Until Hope Awakes Me
Chapter 3
Can We Keep Him?

"Ro, run back and find Glorfy. We need to get this elf back to ada," Elladan told him. His twin nodded and quickly took off through the trees. Elladan stayed with the elf, staring at his golden beauty but his senses caught something else… a deep sadness. "Why would an elf be sad?" He wondered but his thoughts were broken as hurried footsteps came closer telling him that Elrohir had found Glorfindel and brought him back.

"What happened here?" Glorfindel questioned kneeling down by him.

"We don't know Glorfy, we were just playing and exploring like you told us to and we found him and this horse," Elladan answered. Elrohir had went back over and was now standing by Súrion, stroking his neck. Glorfindel nodded and as gently as he could picked up the young elf's unconscious form.

"Come on young ones. We must get him to Lord Elrond," Glorfindel told them. Súrion followed without having to be told, the twins jogging along side of them curious glances returning to the elf in Glorfindel's arms every now and then.

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"Can you tell who he is ada?" The twins asked hovering over his shoulder, or well by his waist. Celebrían smiled at her sons anxiousness but she could also see that her husband was getting annoyed while he was trying to work.

"Ion nins." Both the twins looked up at her. "Why don't you go play and I will come get you when we have finished the examination?" She questioned but there was no room for argument and the twins knew it. Slowly they left the room, looking back but finally closing the door behind them.

"Hannon le," Elrond whispered with a smile. Celebrían returned the smile before she turned her attention to the still unconscious elf.

"He does not look like any child I have ever seen in Lorien… surely mother would have contacted us if one of the younglings had gone missing," she commented.

"I have a thought as to who this can be…" Elrond told her.

"Really? If you say from Mirkwood you will have an agreement on my part."

"From Mirkwood indeed but not just any part, the palace. This, I believe, is Legolas," Elrond answered.

"Legolas? Thranduil's Legolas? But he can't be over eight hundred years old, what was he doing unconscious and so far from home?" Celebrían asked her motherly instinct taking over. She sat on the edge of the bed and rubbed some of Legolas's hair back.

"It is only a guess but I would know that face anywhere. We will not tell anyone until we are sure however." Celebrían nodded in agreement.

"So will he be alright?" She asked looking up at him.

"Rest and food once he wakes, his ankle was fractured and will need some extra care but it to will heal nicely," Elrond replied. Celebrían smiled and leaned down kissing Legolas's forehead.

"Sleep well pen-eth," she whispered and stood.

"Naneth…" Both elves looked down at the sleeping elf surprised. Celebrían leaned down and stroked his hair again.

"Are you awake pen-eth?" She asked quietly. There was no answer so she stood straight again. "Perhaps it was something his mother did." Elrond nodded as he slipped a hand around her waist and they walked towards the door.

"I will check on him later," he said as they opened the door.

"Is he ok!"

"Is he a he!"

"Can we keep him!" Were the exclamations as they stepped out into the hall. Celebrían could only laugh at their sons while Elrond just blinked at them.

-Seylin-

Elvish Translation

Ada - dad

Pen-eth - Young one

Naneth - Mother

A/N: See previous chapters for disclaimers. Well there's the third chapter, once again ending with a cute saying from the twins… I just love them. Oh guess what everyone? I moved into college! I have a roomie and everything. It's loads of fun so far, I'll keep you updated on how it's going… if you want to know.