FICLET: My Name, My Brother - Elladan, Elrohir, G

[tuxedo_elf]

Title: My Name, My Brother
Author: Tuxedo Elf
Rating: G
Beta: Eni-the-supersonic beta
Characters: Elladan and Elrohir
Summary: The trials of being an identical twin…
Notes: A belated birthday present for minuial_nuwing. :)



“Elrohir! Do not walk through the hall in muddy boots!” Celebrían scolded her son as he tried to slip by.

“But Nana…” the Elfling protested, “I’m…”

“No excuses, Elrohir!”

“But Nana, I’m Elladan!”

Celebrían stopped her scolding and looked again at her son. “Ai, I am sorry, Elladan. I thought it was Elrohir that had gone out. Though you still should not be running through the halls in muddy boots!”

“Yes, Nana.” Pulling off his boots, Elladan sighed heavily and went back to his room.

Pushing open the door that was really far too heavy for such a small Elfling, he stomped in. “Elrohir! Nana yelled at me instead of you again!”

Sitting cross-legged on the floor with several toys about him, Elrohir looked up slowly. “That is nothing!” he declared. “The cook at lunch thought I was you and served me cabbage! She didn’t believe that I wasn’t you and I had to eat it all!” he made a face. “I am tired of always being called you!”

Elladan nodded in agreement. “Me too! But what can we do?” He dropped down next to his twin. “What happens if they think I am you and make me eat carrots? That would be the worst thing ever!”

Elrohir nodded seriously. Being forced to eat vegetables was a serious matter indeed. But what to do?

Suddenly, he had the most wonderful idea. “I know!” he cried, jumping to his feet. “Come with me!” Taking Elladan’s hand, he dragged him out of their room to the study where they had their daily lessons and pulled open one of the cupboards.

Seeing what his twin had planned, Elladan’s eyes opened wide. “Elrohir, you are wonderful! Now they will know for certain!”

Pulling out what he needed, Elrohir grinned. “Just hold still!”

**********

Elrond looked at two empty seats at the dinner table and frowned. Where were his sons? It was unlike them to be late for dinner.

“Do you wish me to find them, my lord?” Glorfindel offered from across the table.

“I will give them a moment longer,” Elrond replied. “I am sure they will not be long.”

As if on cue, the door opened and the young lords entered the room.

A room that immediately fell silent.

Celebrían was the first to find her voice. “Elladan, Elrohir, what have you done?” she asked, rising slowly from her seat.

“Is it not wonderful?” Elladan said cheerily. “Now you will know who is who!”

“Indeed,” their mother replied, rather weakly. “For quite some time, I would imagine.”

“Will that come off?” Elrond asked, when he had recovered from his own shock. He stared in horror at his sons. He certainly hoped that the twins would not be expected to attend any formal functions anytime soon.

“Aye, eventually,” Celebrían muttered.

“Well, it is quite amusing, if nothing else,” Glorfindel said, though he was swiftly silenced by glares from his lord and lady and returned his attention to the twins and their new - identification.

It had clearly been a joint effort - they had taken a pot of red ink, a soft brush and painted their names in their best handwriting across their foreheads. They looked extremely pleased with themselves, not understanding the reactions of their elders.

“Perhaps we should get them pendants?” Celebrían suggested slowly.

Elrond looked at the bright red ink, which was going to be visible for weeks, if not longer. “Aye,” he agreed, rubbing the bridge of his nose in resignation. “Perhaps we should.”

THE END

Comments

[el-esteleth.livejournal.com]

Awwwwwww. That was so cute. *hugs the twins*

[faramirhaldir.livejournal.com]

*giggle* This is a story that will be retold at their majority elebration! That was adorable, Tux!

*hugs*
Tena

[maelleconstance.livejournal.com]

Poor little twins! That was lovely, sweetie!

*hugs*

[larian.livejournal.com]

Totally kids! Because vegetables *is* a serious matter for sure!!!!

[mdarkdreamer.livejournal.com]

HA! Oh this was griceless! I loved it! Ohhhh...I loved this!

~DarkDreamer

[aglarien1.livejournal.com]

That was fabulous, Tux! Love it!

[menegroth.livejournal.com]

*lol*
That's cute! *^____^* Sounds like something those imps would do, too.

Thanks for sharing this! *smooches*

Ah,

[ennorwen.livejournal.com]

The evolution toward the beads! Brilliant, Tux - I'm sure Min will like it. As Paul Harvey would say, "so - that's the rest of the story." Good day!

E

[verayelwe.livejournal.com]

Eating vegetables is a very serious matter, indeed!
At least their action made their parents thinking about a solution for identifying. I guess they would prefer pendants as well, since they could remove them if don't want to be identified.
I had to grin through all of this. Just wonderful.
*hugs*

[minuial_nuwing]

**squeal** Oh, Tux, this is adorable! **squishes you senseless** I can just see them, all puffed up with pride because now those silly adults will be able to tell them apart! **grin**

Thank you, sweetie!

**hugs**

[phyncke.livejournal.com]

He he he. Very sweet. I never pictured them getting mistaken for each other and one would think they would take full advantage of it later. But this was very cute.

He he he.

[aglarien1.livejournal.com]

*runs in, drops off icon and runs off again*

[txdville.livejournal.com]

ohmygawd! Priceless!

my sister and I aren't twins; but very close in age - there were times when we thought of doing something similiar.

[inaravar.livejournal.com]

I really liked that story, it made me laugh! The twins as elflings are adorable, always into mischief (for my entertainment...lol)
Inara

[ghostangel.livejournal.com]

*waves* Um, since you don't have a Friends Only page, I decided I'd comment here! (And this fic never fails to make me giggle!)

Fellow slasher and druid (maybe? *giggles inanely over the Christianity has Pagan DNA icon*) Yup. And I guess I know who you are through Minuial too :)