Silver pools of knowledge

by whenineternal

Prolouge

"We have to do something!" The words echo through my head even now, after hours have past since they were uttered. I have never seen Lord Celeborn like that before, and to be honest it scared me a little to see the fire in his eyes as he surveyed the gathered elves that were avoiding looking him in the eye.

I guess I can understand him. One of his closest friends was in the middle of the dangers that were to shoot upwards very soon. If it were me in his situation I would have done the same as he did. Haldir and the twins are my best friends and I can`t bare the thought of ever loosing them.

Well it is nearly noon, the councel will continue now and I am still obligated to be there. Sometimes I hate being a prince, the duties and all the expectations, it wears me down. But I wouldn`t change a thing about my life. I love my family and I love my friends, a lot.

The bell rings so I make my way to the balcony where the lords are all waiting.

The first I see when I reach it is Lord Celeborn pacing with his head down-turned, the swish of his silver robes strangely loud in the tense silence that envelopes the council.

"Someone must go" is the first and only thing Lord Elrond says when everyone is seated in their chairs. I look around at the oldest and wisest of the council. There is my own father, sitting as still as a statue and staring in front of him, I know this look as he is in deep thought.

Then there is Glorfindel, formerly chief of the house of the Golden Flower, now Lord Elrond`s chief war councelor, he is looking at a spot on the ground, his forehead furrowed and he looks to be biting his cheek. I`m guessing he has something on his mind that he should rather not utter.

After him there is Lord Elrond. His brown hair is held back by braids and pearls, and a majestic crown rests on his head. As always his face looks calm, but I can pride myself in knowing him good enough to say with confidence that the wheels in his head are turning fast.

By his side sits Erestor. The elf is nearly as old as Lady Galadriel but not quite as. His hands are folded in his lap and he is gripping at his fingers so hard the knuckles of his hands are white. I don`t think he likes the idea very much. But he is after all a scholar, he is made to think everything through, down to the smallest detail and probably knows all the dangers that lies in what must be done, I bet he knows it better than the Lords of the lands themselves.

There are the twins but they look like they normally do. The mischeviousness in their eyes is still present, and they`re fidgeting in their seats, ready to run for it when they can.

Then there is Lord Celeborn. He looks calmer now than he did before the break and I know he is a little satisfied with the desicion that is in the making. But he hides it all so well behind a mask of fierce calmness. His eyes are still burning with knowledge as they always do, and his expression is one of control.

Beside him sits the beautiful Lady Galadriel. Her golden locks catch the sun so that it almost blinden me when I look at her. But I blink a few times and I can see normal again, only to find her knowing eyes looking into mine. It is as if she knows something of me, before I know it myself. Well, considering she has the gift of foresight I probably shouldn`t be so surprised.

Haldir sits beside her, and he looks just like the Marchwarden he is. With his red cloak and control of mind he is almost as intimidating to look at for long, as the Lords.

I move my eyes back to Lord Celeborn, but not before looking into Lady Galadriels eyes again and I can hear her voice in my head, soothing me and encouriging my decision.

When my eyes land on the silver lord, I feel my strength intensified as he too is looking at me. It almost makes me wonder if he has heard what Lady Galadriel has said to me.

"I will go" I whisper it first to myself, and look into the silver eyes of the migthiest of the Lords, while repeating myself. "I will go", the reaction isn`t immediate, but when it comes it is in the strong voice of my father.

"No, Legolas you will not" I do not acknowledge him, only keep my eyes set on Lord Celeborn`s and I grin on the inside at the pride I can see in the silver pools of knowledge.

"No one else can Ada" I turn my attention to my father after a while and I have no idea where it is coming from, what i say, but I have a feeling some of it is Galadriel, perhaps even Lord Celeborn. "If anyone is to help, it must be someone who can stay with him all the time, so we need someone who can pass as a student. I am the youngest elf in all of Middle- Earth Ada, who else fits better than me?"

I can see my father`s resolve crumbling as he sees the wisdom behind my words and I grab his hand in mine. I am going to miss my father very much, he is the one I love the most in my life and I know he loves me just as much, even though he doesn`t show it that often.

"We`ll go with him" I look up at the almost identical voices and see the twins, Elladan and Elrohir, standing and looking straight at their father.

Lord Elrond is about to speak but is interupted by someone else, and the voice gives me chills at the same time as it sends a warmth to my heart.

"I will follow him, and no other" Lord Celeborn is firm and has that look that makes everyone loose the will to argue.

I can sense my father relax slightly beside me by the way his shoulders loosen up a little and his grip on my hand isn`t as tight.

"Do not worry Thranduil, I won`t let any harm come to Legolas" Lord Celeborn says to my father, before looking at me. "He is dear to us all".

Okay! maybe this will finally go somewhere now!! I have had a major writers-block for so long I thought I was never going to be able to write again.

But I think something's coming along now

This is very short but it`s just a prologue so... hope you like it and don`t think it`s a stupid idea. It`s not used before though, that I know at least.

This is set way before the Quest of the Ring (weird way of saying it) and Legolas is still very young and inexperienced...in everything people don`t go gettin' only dirty thoughts now...

I`m getting them myself so STOP this Bloody Authors Note!!

Review people, makes me feel LOVED!!