"This is humiliating!" Estel exclaimed, struggling against the ropes of his net, "We will have to wait until someone comes to let us down. Imagine what they will think!"

"I do not relish the thought of waiting here until someone comes for us." Legolas agreed. Estel grumbled incomprehensibly and Legolas went on, "After about the ninth time I got caught in a net, I learned how to easily escape from them; however, I always had my knives or an arrowhead or something sharp. This time, we are not so lucky."

"How is that supposed to help?" Estel complained. There was no answer from Legolas as one of the gardeners approached the greenhouse. It was an elleth, come to water the plants.

She stopped abruptly upon reaching the greenhouse and looked in curiosity at Estel and Legolas; rainbow colored and hanging in nets. Looking at her, they both couldn't deny that she was very pretty.

"Who might you be? And how did you get up there?" The elleth asked, laughing. Estel turned bright red and couldn't find the right words.

"I am Legolas. That is Estel. Do not even ask how we got up here." Legolas said, "Forgive me, my lady. I would introduce myself formally, however…"

The elleth stopped her laughing, "Estel?" She asked, looking at the human, "You mean Lord Elrond's foster son?" Estel nodded.

"Would you be so kind as to let us down?" Legolas asked. She started to laugh again,

"And you are Legolas? I believe you are King Thranduil's son."

"You would be correct." Legolas replied, "Now would you please let us down?" She nodded, still laughing at them, and eventually they were both on the ground.

"Thank you." Legolas said, and motioned for Estel to follow him as they quickly ran towards the house.

Once she was out of hearing range, Legolas mumbled; "That was completely humiliating."

Estel nodded, "I agree." There was silence for a few moments until Estel spoke again; "Legolas?"

"Yes?"

"You said you had been caught in a net over nine times?" Estel asked incredulously. Legolas smiled as if remembering a fond memory.

"Do not ask, Estel." Said the elf, "Do not ask."

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Two hours later…

"Estel!" Legolas moaned, "I fear my hair will remain like this for eternity!" He held up his hair which was still for the most part rainbow colored. They had both changed into clean clothes and washed out their hair, but most of the dye had stayed in Legolas' light hair. It was still in Estel's hair too, but the human's darker hair color hid the rainbow from showing.

"There is a reason the twins used that particular color." Estel said in reply to Legolas' distressed comment. Legolas growled in frustration and settled with braiding it in such a way that all his still blond hair was on top and all rainbow color was underneath.

"We will get revenge on them!" Legolas growled, tucking in his final strands of hair, "They will discover what will happen when they awaken my wrath!" Estel took a step back.

"Who said anything about we?" Estel asked, "I got revenge on them once with you and look what they did to us. Besides, I am surprised Ada has not gotten involved yet."

"Don't pretend you don't want to get revenge Estel." Legolas replied offhandedly. "And about your father, he learned to stay out of our prank wars a couple yéni ago."

"You're right. I do want to get revenge on them." Estel said grinning.

"Alright." Legolas said, "I have a plan, but it will require some sort of sleeping potion... Meet me tomorrow; I have a very worthy plan. "

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The next day, Estel and Legolas were in the halls of healing and Estel was digging through the cupboards.

"My father has been teaching me about healing herbs, and I think this is the strongest one there is." Estel said, pulling out a jar of small herbs.

"Are you sure these are the right ones?" Legolas said, grabbing a stem from the jar. Estel shrugged.

"I am almost sure." Replied the human,

"Then that is perfect!" Legolas exclaimed, "Now all we need are some giant sacks, shovels, an unusual amount of honey, a coil of rope, an empty glass bottle and two dresses."

Estel eyed the elf suspiciously. "I can get the sacks, and the rope and I know just where to get the dresses, but I do not know where to find the other things."

"That is alright, I will find them." Legolas said, wondering in the back of his mind where Estel was going to get the dresses from "Just take a fair amount of that sleeping herb and leave it in my room along with whatever else supplies you find. I will meet you back in my room two hours before sundown for final preparations." The two shared an evil-ish smirk and headed off to get their supplies.

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The sacks and the rope Estel needed were found in the stables. He headed into the stables and was planning on quietly getting the stuff he needed and then leaving, however, it was not so easy. Estel found a pile of sacks used to carry game back from hunts in the corner of the stables and picked up two. The sacks were so large! Bigger than him, actually. Eventually, he found a way to hold them both at the same time, but he needed both hands. Then came the rope. Estel saw the rope, hanging just out of reach on the wall. He tried to stick his left arm out to grab it, but he couldn't completely let go of the sacks without them falling.

Just as the sacks were about to fall, he brought back his arm and supported the sacks again, almost considering making two trips. Luckily, a graceful elven hand came into his vision and grabbed the rope. The coil was neatly placed in top of the sack pile Estel was holding.

"Thanks-" Estel said, turning to face the elf that had just helped him. It was Glorfindel. "-Glorfindel." Estel finished.

"You are very welcome, young Estel." Glorfindel smiled, "Going hunting alone? I am sure your father would not approve."

Estel smiled nervously, "No. Not really, I was… just going to meet Legolas. He told me to get these." This wasn't really a lie. Glorfindel looked amused.

"Is that so?" Said the balrog slayer, "I hate to wonder just what that mischievous prince wants those for. Well, stranger things have happened to me. I still have not received an explanation for why your brothers were absent from sword training yesterday." He said the last part almost to himself. Estel had to keep himself from laughing,

"They were? I don't have any idea as to why that would be." Estel said. Glorfindel eyed the young human suspiciously, "Anyway, thanks again. I have to go." Estel said, and he ran out of the stables.

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Looking back on it, Legolas really didn't have any idea how he managed to carry a large barrel full of honey out of the kitchen and into his room without being spotted, but he supposed it was luck. While he was in the kitchen, he also found an empty glass bottle that looked perfect for his purposes. Now the shovels, Legolas was sure would be somewhere close to the greenhouse.

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One hour before sundown…

The dresses were hidden in Legolas' closet along with the sacks. In the Hall of Fire, hidden where only Estel or Legolas could find it was a glass bottle with red-orange liquid in it that contained the sleeping herbs. Everything was set. Legolas and Estel had just finished cleaning up after doing final preparations in the forest. The twins really were about to find out what happened when they awoke Legolas' wrath.

Elladan and Elrohir were walking down the hall, coincidentally almost approaching the corridor Legolas' room was in.

"Stop." Elladan commanded his twin, peering around the corner, "they have planned something. I know it. We must be very careful. Especially around here." Elrohir nodded in agreement, but before either of them could speak, Legolas' voice startled them, making them jump in their minds.

"Elladan, Elrohir. Good evening, mellyn nîn." Said the archer. The both turned rather abruptly, expecting Legolas to be holding dye/mud/a net/sap and leaves/an evil platypus that sprayed sticky substance of some sort/something else to soak them in. Obviously, he was not. The both looked at him in identical suspicion.

"Good evening, Legolas." They replied doubtfully.

"I would like to propose a truce." Said Legolas, which was the last thing they expected him to say.

"A truce?" they repeated. Legolas nodded,

"You to have shown your pranking abilities are-" Legolas paused for a second, "-superior to mine and Estel's. I say we should put aside our small prank war and sit as friends in the Hall of Fire. Estel waits there already. Will you join us?" His words were so genuine that it was hard not to believe him, but of course, they were still suspicious.

"Of course, Legolas." Elrohir said, "To the Hall of Fire then?" Legolas smiled kindly and nodded,

"Good. Then we shall head there."

The twins were obviously suspicious at first, but once they entered the Hall of Fire and figured out there were no prank devices in sight, they relaxed a bit. As Legolas had said, Estel was already seated in a chair by a small table and three other chairs. The three elves took their seats and slowly, as they talked, Elladan and Elrohir slowly dropped their guard, so they only found it slightly suspicious when a few hours later, Legolas offered them a glass of what he called Soga-en-Iaew it was warmly red and orange and smelled calmingly sweet. It had been a few hours since they had entered the hall and so therefore a few of hours since they had last thought of what Legolas and Estel might have been planning for revenge. Because of this, they willingly accepted their glasses of Soga-en-Iaew without much suspicion. Legolas and Estel even poured some for themselves, but little did the twins know that the elven prince and their little brother only pretended to drink their glasses. In a few minutes, the twins suddenly started to get tired.

"It has been enjoyable taking with you two, but I fear I must go now. I feel quite tired." Elrohir said, a bit out of energy.

"I think I will as well." Elladan said, also feeling a bit spent.

"Alright then, see you tomorrow." Estel said, waving. The twins wearily got up and left the hall. Legolas and Estel looked at each other excitedly. Once the twins left the hall, Legolas and Estel went after them, careful to stay out of sight until the twins got to their rooms. When the twins got into their rooms, Legolas and Estel split up and each grabbed one of the doors and twisted the handle to keep it from being locked. Luckily, the twins were too tired to even bother locking their doors anyway. After waiting a few moments, Legolas and Estel crept into Elladan's room to find him fast asleep on his bed and then checked Elrohir to see him the same way.

"Perfect." Legolas whispered, "Go get the sacks and dresses." Estel quickly did what Legolas asked and the elven prince picked up Elladan and brought him into Elrohir's room while Estel was gone momentarily. When Estel came back, the two friends started changing Elladan and Elrohir into the dresses.

"Where did you get these from anyway?" Legolas asked as they slipped the lacy sleeve onto Elrohir.

"There is an empty room down the hall that I personally have never seen used." Estel said, "It has a closet full of dresses in it."

Legolas laughed, finished dressing Elrohir in the feminine gown and starting to move onto Elladan, "Let us hope that whoever owns these dresses does not go looking for them soon."

"Do not worry; I have never seen anyone in there." Estel replied, finishing Elladan. The friends smirked at the sight of Elrond's twin sons in dresses. They stuffed the twins into sacks and carried them out of the room. They were careful not to run into anyone, lest they be seen, for they were quite sure it looked like they were dragging two bodies they intended to hide (Which they actually were, but not with such malicious intent as people might think.) and it would be quite awkward to explain themselves. Once they were outside, they got the sacks onto their horses and rode out into the surrounding forest to the location they had been at earlier when preparing the prank. They found the spot exactly how they left it, with the ropes ready to be used and hanging from the trees. Right underneath said trees were two pits of honey. Legolas and Estel started to tie the sacks into the trees.

"How long do you think it will take them to get back?" Estel asked.

"On foot?" Legolas smiled, "Half an hour at least. And that's if they run." With that, the two finished tying the sacks above the honey pits and mounted their horses and rode all the way back, just waiting for the twins to return in the morning.

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Elrohir awoke slowly the next morning, only half registering that he wasn't in his bed. The son of Elrond brought his hand up to brush his hair out of his eyes when he noticed the lace around his wrist. Looking down, he realized what he was wearing and then, finally completely waking up, he started to struggle against the sack. The first real thought he had was; why am I in a sack and- am I wearing one of Arwen's dresses!?


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Here's a quick translation for the two elvish things I used here. I'm not translating Soga-en-Iaew, so bonus points to anyone who is curious enough to translate it.

Yéni - Plural for yén, which is a period of 144 years

Mellyn nîn - My friends

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