"Will you two please shut up! The reason we called you here is to stop this petty bickering!" Celeborn snapped at two elves.
Both Elrond and Thranduil shut up immediately but did not stop glaring at each other. The age-old argument had broken out again and Rivendell and Mirkwood still did not hold each other in trust. For this very reason Celeborn and Galadriel had summoned Elrond and Thranduil to Lorien to discuss the problem. For a problem it had become. Elves had come divided through this endless bickering and it was time for it to stop. The only way to do this was to get Elrond and Thranduil to trust each other.
"To get you both to co operate we have decided that you need to trust each other. And the greatest way to gain trust is to put your child under the care of another. It can also be very rewarding as me and my husband have enjoyed having the company of Arwen, Elladan and Elrohir here in Lorien throughout their childhoods," the Lady Galadriel told the two now-very-shocked Elves in front of them.
"Therefore we purpose that you Thranduil send your two youngest, the twins Legolas and Adela, to be raised by Lord Elrond in Rivendell for a while," Celeborn announced.
"We would have a child sent to you as well, Thranduil, but Elrond's children are grown," Galadriel said comfortingly.
"Very well," Thranduil said, knowing that it would be very unwise to disagree with the Lady and Lord of the Wood. "I shall bring the twins to Rivendell in two months time, just before the summer is over, they will have no wish to leave Mirkwood before then and my wife and myself would like some time with them beforehand," Thranduil told all of them and left.
He was going to head home to Mirkwood immediately and speak with his youngest. He had no desire for them to go to Rivendell especially as they were still very young, but it appeared he had not choice.
"Well, that went well," Celeborn sighed after Thranduil had left.
Elrond also excused himself. He also was heading home immediately to get ready for two new arrivals in his household.