Greetings dear readers! I'm back with a new a chapter. I'm sorry it took so long, but I've been really busy lately. (SATs suck! As do exams in my college classes!) Anyways, here's the new chapter. I hope everyone likes it. Much love!

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Lord of the Ringlets

a.k.a. The Sqishabug Chronicles

Chapter 4: In Which We Visit Another Fantasy Series

After their little shopping excursion, the Fellowship decide they should begin

their quest in earnest. They had been walking through the woods for quite happily for some time, (except for Gandalf and Steve, who were holding hands and skipping along singing "Happy Together.") when they reached a fork in the road. The left side had sunlight dappling through the trees and birds singing happily; the left was quite a different story. It was dark and spooky, with strange, knotted trees and weird one-eyed crows roosting in the trees. The Fellowship naturally began walking down the left side of the path, but they were stopped by Legolas, who insisted they go the other way.

"I know that my Pantene is this way!" he said. "We must rescue it!"

"But Legolas, these two paths come out at the same place." Arwen said in her calm Elfish voice.

"Yes", said Legolas. "But this is a shortcut. I know it. My spider senses are tingling."

"You don't even have spider senses," Aragorn said, rolling his eyes. "Since I'm the King of Gondor, I think I should decide which path we take, and I choose the left one. Now who's with me?"

The rest of the Fellowship agreed wholeheartedly with Aragorn. They again started to walk down the left pathway, when Legolas begin to cry.

"I'll never find my shampoo, and it's all your fault!" Legolas angrily screamed, pointing an accusing finger at Aragorn. He then erupted into uncontrollable sobs. Not wanting to deal with Legolas' ridiculousness any longer, the Fellowship begrudgingly agreed to take the right path.

Legolas' attitude improved immediately when they began walking down the spooky path. He was alone in this respect. The ominous atmosphere put everyone else ill at ease. An uncomfortable silence surrounded the travelers, broken only by Legolas humming a song that sounded strangely like "I Feel Pretty." They had traveled like this for quite some time, when the weird deformed trees gradually begin to give way to evergreens. A light shined in the distance, making the atmosphere a lot more pleasant. Everyone began to feel a lot better. As they got closer to the light, they realized that it was actually a lamppost, seemingly growing out of the ground. Everyone in the Fellowship found this really weird, but Legolas saw it is a sign that his beloved Pantene was near, and he began doing an elaborate "happy dance" that combined elements from the Macarena, the Electric Slide, and the Funky Chicken. The rest of the Fellowship were to busy staring at Legolas to hear someone approaching from behind. It wasn't until the stranger tapped on Faramir's shoulder that anyone even realized he was there.

"Who are you?" Faramir asked the young man.

"I was going to ask you all the same questions," the stranger replied, staring at Legolas with a confused look on his face. "And what's wrong with her?"

"That's a guy, and his name is Legolas." Faramir replied. "He's doing that 'happy dance' because he thinks that that lamppost means his Pantene shampoo is around here somewhere."

"I've never heard of Pantene," the young man said. "But I don't know anything about shampoo. We should go to the castle and ask my sister Susan, she might know."

"Why should we trust you?" asked Sam, who for some reason didn't like this guy.

"Because I'm a king, duh," the guy replied. "I am King Peter the Magnificent of Narnia."

"Nice title," said Frodo. "I've been thinking about changing mine. It could be 'Pimp Frodo the Wicked Awesome' or something. What'd you guys think?" But sadly for Frodo, no one was listening, as they had all began to follow Peter to a castle in the distance.

"Welcome to Cair Paravel," Peter said when they reached the castle by the sea.

"Sweet setup you got here," said Aragorn admiringly. "It's almost as cool as Minas Tirith." The Fellowship proceeded to enter the castle, where they were greeted by Lucy, who began jabbering to Peter about various things that had happened that day.

"That can't be your sister who's the expert on shampoo!" Legolas said in horror as he caught sight of the little girl with short red hair. "Her hair is barely long enough to do anything with."

"No, this is my youngest sister, Lucy. Susan's the one who knows all about hair care products. She is in the throne room. Come with me." Peter turned and led the Fellowship through the elaborately carved doors that led into the throne room. Susan sat in the window reading a book, and Edmund was standing on the balcony, watching the moles plant an orchard in the courtyard below.

"Hey Sue," Peter said making his sister look up from her book. "I've got someone for you to meet." Legolas appeared behind Peter, making Susan nearly faint from his hotness.

"Greetings, I am Queen Susan the Gentle of Cair Paravel," she said once she had gained her composure again. "What do I owe this honor?" A look of revulsion crossed Legolas' face, and he stepped away from her.

"What?" Susan asked him, a look of concern on her face.

"Did you just say you were the queen?" Legolas asked.

"Yes."

"And King Peter is your brother?"

"Yes."

"EWWW! Incest!" Legolas shouted.

"We're not married, you perv. That's just gross." Susan said. "You're stupid." Legolas promptly stuck his fingers in his ears and started the whole "LaLaLa, I'm not listening" thing he had pulled on Elrond earlier. Susan just rolled her eyes and was getting ready to return to reading her book when she got the uncomfortable feeling that someone was staring at her. She turned to find Arwen giving her the evil eye.

"What's YOUR problem?" she asked, annoyed by now.

"You stole my style," Arwen replied, her voice dangerously low. She then began to put an Elvin curse on Susan that would cause her to look like Cher, when a loud roar shook the room. Everyone turned around to see a large lion standing in the doorway.

"Aslan! You're back!" Lucy shouted as she ran over and threw her arms around the lion furry neck.

"What is going on here?" Aslan demanded in a deep, booming voice that was full authority.

"These strange people are on a quest to find some lost shampoo, and I thought Susan would know something about it, seeing as how she is Narnia's shampoo expert, but then stuff got stupid." Peter explained to the great cat.

"Putting Elvin curses on people is no way to settle disputes." Aslan said, giving Arwen a stern look. "This problem," Aslan continued, "shall be settled in a catfight that will be held tomorrow at dawn." Everyone bowed to the lion at this command.

"Well, I guess you will be staying here tonight." Peter said. "Lucy will show you where your rooms are." Lucy happily led the Fellowship out of the throne room and down a long hallway. She chattered as she led them to their rooms, and most of them chattered with her. But the Legolas hung back, silent. He was beginning to fear that he would never find his Pantene.

What strange things will befall our heroes next? What other adventures does Narnia hold? Find out in Part II, which I will upload soon. Hope you liked it, and even if you didn't please R&R.