Estel and Legolas were beginning to think that just maybe a month-
long hunting trip was just a little bit long. Not that they would
tell Elladan and Elrohir that, however. As the two of them sat
watching the twins resting, Estel glanced at Legolas, then back to
the twins. Legolas casually got to his feet, and stretched. The
twins did not move.
As the two friends moved around, they seemed to be looking for
something. They moved farther and farther away, still keeping their
eyes to the ground, and, for some reason, did not even look at each
other. This should have alerted the twins that their foster brother
and his friend were up to no good.
Suddenly, the two found what they were searching for. This time,
they looked at each other, looked back at the twins, then to the
patch of flowers. Red and white starflowers were sprinkled among the
elanor blossoms.
Within seconds, they had their hands full of the blossoms. With a
wicked smile on both their faces, they retraced their steps back to
the camp. Estel went to Elladan, and Legolas went to Elrohir.
However, Legolas made sure their horses were near, and that they had
a clear path for their escape.
They stealthily started to place the flowers around the two
sleepers. It really did look quite nice…red, yellow, and white
flowers around the two figures in blue and green. As they gazed at
the sight, Estel decided something was missing. Ah, yes! He motioned
to Legolas to put some of the flowers in Elrohir's hair, while he
did the same to Elladan. Now it looked just the way he wanted.
As the twins started to stir, the two decided maybe, just maybe, it
might be a good idea to get ready to get to the horses….while
they
could. When the two elves saw what had been done, they were
absolutely beside themselves.
"Estel! Legolas! Get back here and get these flowers out of our
hair!", roared the twins. Estel and Legolas, however, decided
they
enjoyed living, at least until they were caught up with, and made it
to their horses.
"Catch us, if you can!", came the taunt as they rode away.
The twins
were attempting to get rid of the flowers in their hair, bur were
having problems. It seemed that their hair had somehow become
entangled with the flowers around them.
"When we catch you, beware the wrath of the sons of Elrond! You
will
be sorry!" The two were gone by then. Elladan and Elrohir looked
at
each other, and started to laugh at themselves and each other. "I
must say that Estel and Legolas did a good job," said Elladan.
"I
agree, but we must not let them know that. I do believe, however,
that we will just have to get back at them when they least expect
it!" replied Elrohir with the same evil grin that was on Estel
and
Legolas' face earlier.