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Um, yeah, I was going to put this in script format, but that's not really allowed, so... It's actually supposed to be more from the camera's POV than mine... So yeah...

"Is this thing on? Yes? Good." I stepped back.

"Might we ask of you why we are included in this, Fantasy?" asked Legolas. Aurell, his cousin, stood next to him with a 'my-question-exactly' expression on her face.

"To make it less boring," I replied.

"By all rights that is the most foolish response to any inquiry I have heard in my life," said Aurell.

"Greenleaf, Daystar?"

"Yes?" asked the Elves at the same time.

"Shut up." I adjusted the camera one last time.

"But-"

"HEY, howdy, aloha, hola, bonjour, ni hao, suilad, and greetings in every language I know how to say 'hi' in! This is A Quick Guide to Sindarin and A Ton of Insanity. Mainly the insane part being me, but whatever." I grinned at the camera.

"That doesn't sound very promising..." I shot a glare at the Ellon. [male Elf]

"Be quiet, I said." I turned to face the camera again. "Well, to put it bluntly, I'm sick and tired of being the only one who has a good-ish understanding of the Elvish language. SO. This is chapter numero UNO, in which I will explain some simple stuff, some greetings and some farewells. Forgive me for trying to use Spanish, I think you should know that I only know a teensy bit of Spanish, and even less of any language besides English."

"Then you don't know very much Sindarin?" the Elleth interrupted. [female Elf]

"No, I know Sindarin, I'm just far from fluent."

Aurell rolled her eyes in a manner that was very immature for an Elf. But then again, she's the youngest Elf here.

I disregarded that and returned my attention to what I was doing. "Okay, let's just get on with it. First, there's some simple stuff that we need to cover. In Sindarin, the adjective goes after the noun. Mellon nin- 'my friend'. Mellon 'friend' nin 'my'. Like Rio Grande in Spanish, and I'm told that that's how it works in French, too, but I don't have a French example."

"Why is it that you humans have so many different languages?" Can those two never be quiet for five minutes?

"Look who's talking, the Elves have different languages of their own. Sindarin, the tongue of the Grey-Elves of Mirkwood and Lothlorien; and Quenya, the tongue of the high-Elves of Imladris -that's Rivendell- and and Valinor. Ooh, lookie here, we've got ourselves a little Elf history lesson already." I smirked at them.

"'Little' is an overstatement, I would say, you've left out many details..."

I ignored Aurell once again."And moving on,-"

A shout from the other room stopped me again. "FANTASYYY! Can you beat this guy for meee?"

"Nevermind. Excuse me while I go and battle Morpheel for my little sister." I sighed. "There is a reason why Twilight Princess is rated T, you know!"

I looked around. "ELROND! HALDIIIIR!"

The Ellyn entered from the room opposite the one my sister was in.

Elrond spoke first. "There is no need to shout, Fantasy, we were just in the next room. Can we help you?"

"Yeah, I've got to fight a boss for my sister. You two are in charge of entertainment while I'm gone." I pointed at the camera. "We're live."

Haldir was aghast. "What?! Fantasy, you cannot just leave us here to entertain-"

"Thanks now byeee!" I winked and then left before they could complain further.

The Lothlorien Elf was not happy with their new job. "This is absurd! Why do we always end up with the most foolish of tasks?!"

My voice could clearly be heard from the other room; the door was ajar. "Aaaargh! Link! Stop getting eateeeeen!"

Elrond gazed curiously at the camera. "...What should we do? Surely she does not expect us to do the Hokey-Pokey in the most un-Elf-like manner possible?"

Once again my voice could be heard. "STAB. STAB. STAB. DIEEEE you foul sea vermin! YARR! Heeey! Why is it always so much harder the second time? I never had this much trouble on my file! HA I WIN!"

"You do the Hokey-Pokey and you turn yourself around! That's what it's all about!" The Ellyn had started dancing in the most un-Elf-like manner possible because they didn't have anything else to do.

"OH MY GOSH LINK LOOK OUT IT'S ZANT!"

*A few minutes later*

I reentered the room just in to see the Elves finish dancing.

Aurell was rolling on the floor laughing out loud, once again in a very immature way.

I made a face. "Well, this is awkward..." Then I burst out laughing. "Dang, I should have come back earlier with another camera and taken pictures!"

"What's wrong with that one?" Aurell pointed at the camera that I had set up earlier.

Legolas had a troll face on. He held up another camera and ran out of the room.

Elrond blanched. "Legolas Thranduilion, get back here with that camera this instant! My reputation will be ruined!" He chased after the prince. "DON'T MAKE ME TELL YOUR FATHER!"

"Oh YAAAY!" I looked over at Haldir. "So what, you don't care that Legolas has a video of that? You're not embarrassed?"

"...I believe you were giving a Sindarin lesson before you were interrupted?" was the only answer I got to that.

"Oh yeah... So. I assume we've all seen the note on pronunciation that can be found in The Silmarillion, The Children of Hurin, and the world wide web? So I don't have to explain how the Elvish 'dh' is pronounced like the 'th' in 'this'? Great. That's fantastic. Where was I... Oh yes! Greetings and farewells!" I faced Haldir. "Greetings, Haldir."

" that thing?"

I gave him a death glare.

"OH! I must go now!"

I continued to give him a death glare.

"Boe i 'waen." [it is necessary that I leave]

"Na lu e-govaned vin." [until we next meet]

"No veren." [enjoy yourself]

"Okay, that's enough. BYEEE." I shoved Haldir out the door and slammed it.

"Have you reached the end of lesson 1?" asked Aurell.

"Yeah, I think we're about done. I'm not going to repeat the meanings of those words, by the way. Some honorable mentions: props to Leia Paige on Youtube, Arwen-Undomiel .com, and Hisweloke's Sindarin dictionary! And I think that Elrond deserves an honorable mention as well, because he's the only man I know who can wear a tiara and still look like a BOSS. ...Where is he, anyways? It's not really his fault that he did what he did... because you are all figments of my imagination... AND SLAVES TO MY WILL."

"I think he's either still chasing Legolas, or he went back to Imladris." The Elleth replied.

"Oh. I was considering apologizing... Hey if we're done, i should probably turn off the camera..." I walked around behind it. "And we're clea-"

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