Feathers and sap did not suit the elven prince. This he was sure of. Legolas walked down the halls, his hair dripping with sap and his clothes covered in fluffy plumage. He was hoping he wouldn't run in to anybody and be seen like this, but as he approached his room, he saw a familiar seventeen year old human walk out of one of the rooms along the hall.
"Estel!" Legolas exclaimed as the human's eyes noticed him. Estel raised his eyebrows in amusement;
"Legolas?" The young man asked. Legolas nodded solemnly, finding no humor in being sticky and fluffy.
"The twins?" Estel guessed.
"Who else?" Legolas replied.
"Come in here before someone sees you." Estel said, gesturing Legolas into his room. Legolas quickly went in.
"Thank you." He said, relieved to be out of the hallway.
"They did the same thing to me a month ago." Estel said, leaning against the wall and staring with an amused expression at Legolas. Legolas turned and looked at the young human, momentarily forgetting about the fact that he was covered in sticky feathers.
"Oh?" The elf said, "And you have not even considered revenge yet?" The young man looked at Legolas in a way that suggested he was above that level of immaturity.
"Ada says I should stop fooling around with you three and start acting more mature." Estel said. Legolas stared at Estel incredulously "I am inclined to agree with him." He added. Legolas was taken aback by this response, never had Estel turned down an opportunity to get a good revenge prank on his brothers. "Besides," Estel continued, "Don't you think getting revenge for something that happened a month ago is too late?"
Legolas shook his head as if he was a teacher who was disappointed in his student. "Estel," Legolas began, "Throughout all these years, have we taught you nothing? It is never too late for revenge." The blond elf smiled mischievously.
"Well…" Estel said, "If you're already planning to… I have the perfect revenge idea. I need your help for it though." The young man quickly explained his idea as the elf's eyes shone with anticipation.
"Excellent." Legolas replied.
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An hour later, Legolas and Estel met up back in the young man's room; Legolas was not covered in feathers this time, having washed all evidence of the twin's prank out of his hair and having changed into clean clothes.
"Did you complete the first stage of the plan?" Legolas asked, already excited.
"Only too easily! Look at these!" Estel grinned triumphantly, holding up two almost identical scabbards containing Elladan and Elrohir's swords. The archer's smile widened, automatically recognizing the sheaths. Legolas grabbed one of the scabbards which he recognized to be Elladan's while Estel kept Elrohir's and at the same time, the two friends unsheathed the elven blades. The metal gleamed like bright silver.
"Ah, these will be perfect…" Legolas mused, running his fingers over the intricate patterns on Elladan's blade. "I will set up the rest, just make sure be there tomorrow."
"Oh, don't worry mellon nîn, I wouldn't think of missing this."
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It was the next morning, and Legolas had woken up early to double check that everything was in place. It was, and the plan was going perfectly. Elladan and Elrohir (and Legolas for that matter) had arranged to practice their sword skills with Glorfindel that morning and even though the twins were avid pranksters, they weren't completely immature and planned to be on time so as not to keep Glorfindel waiting.
"Alright Elladan, this is not funny." Elrohir said, while looking in the armory where his sword should be. "Where have you hidden my sword?" Elladan looked up innocently, also searching for his missing sword.
"I was just about to ask you that same question." Elladan said, "Mine is missing also." Elrohir turned to his twin in surprise, automatically looking at the spot where he knew Elladan's sword should be. The twins exchanged puzzled glances,
"Then where are our-" Elrohir almost asked, when they were interrupted by a certain blond archer who walked into the armoury.
"Good morning." Legolas said a little too happily. He proceeded to grab a practice sword off the wall, since he did not have a sword of his own to practice with. "You two do know that Glorfindel will be expecting us soon?" said Legolas, again too cheerfully, "I would have thought you would have your swords already and would be on your way to meet Glorfindel. You shouldn't keep him waiting, you know." With that, the elven prince walked out of the armoury, all the while looking too pleased with himself.
The twins were only confused about Legolas' over cheerfulness for about a half of a second. It only took one look at each other to confirm that they were thinking the same thing. They ran out of the armoury and followed Legolas down the hall.
"Legolas!" They exclaimed together, "What have you done with our swords!?" Legolas turned his head to look at both twins while still walking,
"What makes you think I have done anything with your swords?" Legolas said in a tone that made it obvious he had done something with their swords. The three of them rounded the corner and found themselves outside, walking right beside one of the tallest walls of Elrond's house. By chance, the twins happened to look up at the roof and saw with their elven sight, their familiar sheaths and blades balanced perfectly on the ridge of the roof. Both of them glared at Legolas, who looked triumphant. If this was shocking to them, Legolas thought, there was still more to come…
"You hid our swords on the roof!?" They exclaimed at once. Legolas said nothing. Just then, Elladan spotted a ladder conveniently placed by the side of the wall.
"Come on Ro, we are going to be late if we don't retrieve our swords." He said, setting up the ladder and starting to climb it. Elrohir looked hesitant. "Well we cannot very well just leave them on the roof." Elladan pointed out.
"Fine." Said Elrohir as he started to climb the ladder after his twin. Legolas chuckled in an evilly-playful way.
Once the twins reached the top of the roof, they crawled carefully to the ridge of the roof and grabbed their respective swords. When both their swords where safely in their hands, they turned back to the edge of the roof where the ladder was only to find that it was gone. Legolas was at the bottom, hiding the ladder in the bushes.
"Legolas!" The twins shouted, "That is your plan!? Hide our swords on the roof and just leave us here!?" Elrohir said. Legolas shook his head. While the twins were busy yelling at Legolas to put the ladder back up, a young human crawled up behind them and dumped a bucket of pink dye down the roof so it soaked them. The twins immediately spun around to see Estel sliding down the other side of the roof and going back down to the ground via a thin rope tied to the edge of the roof. Estel tugged on the rope once he was on the ground and it came lose immediately. The twins were now stuck on the roof covered in bright pink dye.
The young human ran around to the other side of the wall where Legolas was trying hard not to laugh.
"I do not even need to ask if you succeeded!" Legolas said, still trying hard not to laugh. Estel nodded and laughed with Legolas. The only other way off the roof was the east porch, which had pillars that reached up the roof by which the twins could slide down. Unfortunately for them, Elrond happened to be having a gathering in the garden directly in front of the east porch.
"Forgive me Estel, but I must go and meet Glorfindel now or else he will get suspicious." Legolas said, and then he raced off. Estel looked up at his brothers and smiled,
"Good luck getting off that roof!" Estel shouted, and then ran off in the same fashion as Legolas.
*Enter Estel*
Okay, first chapter by me. I honestly think my sister is better at humor than I am, so this was most likely not as good. Still, hope you liked it.
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