Elrohir rose from the bed and gently probing his cheek. He was pleased that the only pain he could feel was the residual bruising on his skin. Legolas had already moved into the outer chambers after getting dressed to deal with important matters of state so it was just he and Elladan left to get dressed. Elladan was currently in the bathroom trying to get a good look at his back. Elrohir placed one hand on his brothers well muscled should and slid his palm over his back sweeping the silken hair over one shoulder. "The cuts are nearly completely gone now, there is one here." he ran a soft finger over the fading scar. Elladan shivered at the touch "That must have been deep, you still have the scar. The same with this one." He once again ran his finger over another scar, Elladan clutched onto the basin in front of him. Elrohir smiled and gripped bother shoulders now. "Come brother mine. Breakfast awaits and I am famished." The pair proceeded to dress leave to meet Legolas. Afore mentioned elf was sat at the small desk getting some paperwork completed at the small desk in front of the balcony doors. Laebon was pointing something out on the document and Legolas had a frown on his face as did Laebon. The twins caught the end of the conversation. "...Well we will need to open negotiations. We need to see that this is brought to a peaceful conclusion before it gets out of hand." and Laebon's reply was as equally vague. "My Lord, I shall invite his Lordship here to discus this." Legolas nodded and ran his fingers through his hair avoiding the braids. He stood and turned to the twins, his shoulders were tense, and he looked like the smallest thing could work him into a rage. "Breakfast" He tried to sound pleasant but failed and closed his eyes for a second gathering himself. He was not in the mood for making pleasant but he needed to keep the peace between his father and his bonded, both of which he was still annoyed at. Squaring his shoulders he strode from the room towards the breakfast hall, Laebon gathered some of the documents and went to follow him. He caught sight of the Twins confused expressions, he took pity and gave a brief explination. "A Lord with a fascination with elves has become rather troublesome and is becoming an annoyance." The twins could tell that this was the glossed over version but it was not their business. The followed Laebon to breakfast sitting in their respective seats and picking what they wanted.

Soon after their arrival Elrond, Thranduil and Glorifindel entered. Each took a seat, Elrond enquired after the health or his sons. "Very well father, thank you. All healed" Elladan answered for the pair of them after swallowing. Laebon had laid some documents before Legolas who was picking at his plate with one hand and used the other to shuffle through them. He appeared to be deep into the problem and spoke little to anyone in the room, that was until a knock came at the door and a servant entered. "My Prince a messenger has arrived from Forodwaith he says it is urgent and that he is to put in no-ones hands but yours." Legolas looked up from the document rolling his eyes, he nodded and the servant stood aside allowing a human into the room. He was a tall and thin but well built with lean muscles. He was carrying a letter in one hand which he held out to the Prince. Bowing deeply he stood back to the side of the room where a servant handed him a small portion of food. Legolas surveyed to outside of the letter, nothing unusual there. Laebon held out a dagger which Legolas used as a letter opener and read the letter quickly. He slammed it down and embedded the dagger come letter opener in it with a loud thunk. Everyone at the table sat back and watched warily, Legolas was never prone to such outbursts but something in that Letter had upset him. Laebon ever sure of his own safety leant in and removed the dagger from the Letter reading it himself. "Laebon have a letter drafted to Aragorn asking him to try and talk some sense into this ignorant mortal child." He spat the last bit standing, he turned his attention back to those at the table. "I apologise, I have something to which I must attend. Please continue with out me. Once you are finished please come to my study we have much to discuss." He strode from the room, bristling like and angry cat. Laebon bowed and followed after him, upon passing the messenger he dismissed him offering him rooms to rest and supplies for the return journey.

Everyone at the table looked at each other and went back to eating quietly. Glorifindel turned to Elrond and asked "Where is this Forodwaith?" He expect Elrond to answer but turned to Thranduil when he answered "A large province north of Greenwood. We have little to do with them, they are an odd people very controlling about custom." He supplied, Glorifindel nodded an went back to eating apparently satisfied for the moment. They continued with occasional question being asked but there was still tension between the twins and Thranduil. Hopefully there would be an end to this when they sat down to talk. After a while everyone seemed to come to the same conclusion that it was best to get this over with now rather than later.

Legolas became aware of the group of people hovering outside his door . He felt like a school master dealing with a group of unruly children. He nodded to Laebon who let them in and gestured for them to take a seat in some of the chairs around the room that had been strategically rearranged. Legolas sat along with them and watched them, Thranduil looked nervous along with the Twins who had pressed themselves close to each other. Elrond was sat in a large armchair with a small smile on his face and Glorifindel sat on the arm of his chair. Legolas spoke now with careful deliberation. "Over the last two days you have caused uproar in my kingdom. I won't have it. You are elves have some decorum. Father I understand and I appreciate the sentiment. I must say I have always loved you protective streak but you took it too far." Thranduil's head dropped slightly. "Elladan and Elrohir, you know exactly why I am angry at you. Never do that to me again, you hear me or it won't be my father you have to worry about do you understand." Elrohir nodded and Elladan muttered a small yes. "Right. Now over the last few days I have felt in a constant tug of war and it ends here. You will apologise father, apologise to my bonded and explain your actions and they will do the same to you. After this I will hear no more on the subject. I had never blamed them so I never punished, you do not have the right to take it in my place." Elrond was suddenly of Legolas, he had left no room for any sort of denial in the face of the speech. Glorifindel smirked and leaned onto Elrond's' shoulder with satisfaction. Thranduil in a bid to save some of his pride tried to speak against this "Why should I apologise for protecting ..." Elladan cut in here with a mocking imitation. "Protecting Legolas..." he switched to he natural tone before continuing. "Yes thats all you wanted, when he was screaming for you to stop. When you nearly struck him down with your own blade." Legolas rubbed the bridge of his nose nose in irritation. Thranduil turned on him. "Well we wouldn't have been in this situation if you had never harmed him in the first pl-" He was cut off "QUIET!" Legolas booming voice ricocheted of the walls. "You are like children. Arguing back and forth over and over. I have had it !" He stood while he was yelling and headed for the door. "I am leaving. Until you sort yourselves out I will have nothing to do with either of." He looked to Elrond. "Excuse me Lord Elrond, you of course are held above these petty children." He swung the door open and made to exit but dropped one last comment. "My bonded, that includes your presence in my bed. A guest chamber will be suitable." He slammed the door shut and left. The silence in to room was deafening to the occupants. Elrond took that chance to make his own opinion known. "I think you quite deserved that." He locked his finger with Glorifindel's and arched his eyebrow. "Don't you think Glorifindel?" "Yes I do, now I suggest you sort your selves out before you meet with Legolas again. I am certain that was not a threat so much as a promise"

Legolas body was on autopilot as he stormed through the halls and before he knew it he was at the archery field, releasing he had yet to replace his bow he made his way to the butte. He spotted Lolindir adding the finishing touches to a starter bow for a young elf waiting with his father in the corner of his shop bouncing. Legolas surveyed the half finished bows on the work surfaces and the finished on the wall for sale. He listened as Lolindir laid out all the rules and safety for the child. Once parent and child were gone from the shop bow in hand Lolindir came over to Legolas. "Can I help you my prince.?" Legolas nodded "Yes I hope you can. I am in need of a bow. My traditional draw is 150 lbs." He felt relaxed conversing on the subject of archery. Lolindir walked over to a stand and pulled a bow down. "Well I can supply you with this, you can buy or I can lend it out while I produce a custom match for you." There was a lost that went into making a bow for and elf. "Yes I think I shall borrow this and have one custom made it think." Lolindir pull out a tape measure and began to take measurements along his arm and his height. Legolas obligingly held out each require body part when asked. Once done Legolas picked up the bow and made to leave. "Sire" He turned back and saw that Lolindir held out three bundles of long arrows. "You will need these if you are to work out your stresses." He paused as if considering weather he should say something. "Is their any way I can help? You have helped me and mine now I wish help you." Legolas clasped the bundles under his arms and smiled. "Thank You. There are matters of state that have come up I can't talk of those for obvious reasons but apart from that my father and my bonded can't seem to even tolerate each other at the moment as you have probably heard." Lolindir nodded listening to his prince. "I had much the same problem with Nessa's father. We did eventually overcome our differences when a few well aimed 'promises' were given to us" Legolas could have died laughing at this, the universal way of dealing with fathers. "Yes I have probably much the same 'promises' to my bonded" Lolindir did laugh here. "They will come around my Prince. Lord and servant alike, there is generally very little difference when it comes to the love of one so dear, what ever form that love may take. And said 'promises' can remind an elf that certain things are a reward not a right." At this moment another customer came in with a broken bow string in one hand and an unstrung bow in the other. Lolindir greeted the customer with a smile, Legolas was pleased to see that he was enjoying the job he had. "I shall take my leave so that you can tend your customers. I look forward to sampling your work." He raised the borrowed bow, Lolindir bowed. "Your order should be completed in one half moon."

Legolas found an empty practice range and place his arrows in the wooden holder set into the ground. He tested the bow and found in perfect for himself, the draw was strong and smooth. The release was swift and straight with only a little vibration. He soon moved to firing the arrows and saw that the shot was straight and the arrow was true. Truly brilliant craftsmanship. His body relaxed under the familiar stress and process. Notch, Draw, aim, steady and release. His mind soon began to wander to other things. Would his father and bonded really reconcile, he would not be able to bare the thoughts that he would be in an eternal tug of war. Then there was that business with Forodwaith, that was escalating quickly he only hoped that Aragorn would be able to help. He suddenly became aware that he was being watched, Elrond was stood behind the safety line watching as Legolas fired arrow after arrow. He was carrying Legolas own quiver and arrows. "I thought I would find you here. I was impressed by you complete and all encompassing reprimand of my sons and your father. Quite impressed." He held out the quiver which Legolas took and strapped to his back. "Thank you. Yes, I'm not sure where that came from really, but I was sick and tired of being pulled this way and that. I know that it really has only been to days but ..." he trailed off not sure if he was justifying or defending himself. "Legolas I believe that you have every right to feel annoyed after all it's true what you said. They are acting like children in what should have been an adult situation and it blew out of proportion. I realised the moment that your kingdom was affected that you had had enough and quite right so." Legolas turned back to the target and carried on the exercise. "Yes, I will take such when in private but it spilled onto my streets. Were they making any head way when you left?" Elrond laughed softly, he lowered himself to the grassy floor before answering. "Yes the twins were most eager to make do and make up after your little threat. I must say that was cruel. I have left Glorifindel to baby sit them for a while, I wanted to check on you. That message got a nerve at breakfast if I'm not mistaken." Legolas looked at him over his shoulder. "I was desperate, any means to an end. They could do with reminding that certain things are a reward not a right" He quoted Lolindir with conviction. Realising that Legolas wasn't going to divulge any information Elrond left it"Yes that is true." They passed into companionable silence with only the sounds of; twang, whoosh and thunk to disturb it.

Glorifindel watched Legolas from the window as he marched across the grass towards the archery butte. He smiled, when Legolas was younger he always used archery to de-stress and forget. He turned back to the proceedings with in the room, they were moving slowly but they were moving. Elladan had made the first move after all something he was passionate about was at stake here. Elladan and Elrohir were giving Thranduil a slightly shortened version of what they had said to their father the day before. They had managed to keep their composure this time when speaking of their crimes and their own self inflicted punishment. Thranduil was listening intently and although he felt angry it was not to extent that he had felt it on the days previous. He tried to keep in mind that what ever had happened Legolas had not blamed them, they were forgiven. The twins finished there tale and looked to Thranduil waiting wanting him to say something much as they had their father the day before. Thranduil waited a moment considering what he was going to say and how he was going to say it. "Your story hurts me because I see now that it was just ..." He couldn't find the word "and there was no great all encompassing reason that explain even a little of the pain you put my elfling through. But now I see that love can be distorted and mutated by other emotions for in my haste to meta out judgment I nearly done worse to my child than the pair you could ever do and I am truly sorry for that. I ask that you forgive me as wish to do for you. I can't say that I won't ever feel that you are a threat to my green-leaf you are, but I am a father and any one that is bonded to a child is always dangerous to a certain extent in the parents eyes. I see now that out argument is pointless, there are far to many of us at fault here to blame anyone solely so we must reconcile and endeavour to be better than our past selves. We do Legolas no good with our child like temperament to each. He needs us united for I sense something is coming that he will need us for." Thranduil stopped, he couldn't believe the words had come out of his mouth. He had never been so wise in all his long years. Elrond saw now that Thranduil and learnt a great deal along with his sons, he whispered something that only Glorifindel could hear about Legolas and headed out of the door just as the Twins began to answer. Elrond held in a grin, it wouldn't do for the Lord of Imladris to be seen grinning, it was just that he was so happy with the outcome. There were so many other outcome that would have left a broken and torn Legolas that would have destroyed a beautiful kingdom that Legolas had put his heart and soul into.

The Twins listened enraptured by Thranduil sudden acquisition of wisdom and council. When he drew to a close they waited surely he had more, they soon got the feeling it was their turn. "Thranduil just as you understand we also understand and bare no ill will. Since our monstrous discretion we have tried to become more like Legolas, slower to anger and with larger hearts more willing to forgive. We shall not hurt Legolas any longer with our acts petty self pity." Thranduil followed on with "Nor I with my thick skull and ignorance." Each of the Twins clasped one of Thranduil's arms in sign of brother hood and friendship. Laebon and Glorifindel looked at each other with pleased smiles and hopeful hearts. Laebon fetched the wine and Glorifindel took Elrond's seat "You three never could do anything the easy way could you. Remember Legolas bonding day, you kept trying to convince him he should think about it more and you two tried to run away with him." Thranduil laughed at the memory, he had walked in on the twins trying to convince Legolas to elope while he had been in the process of preparing to try and get him to rethink bonding. "Legolas was livid in the end he went to fathers room to get away from us." Soon enough wine was drank and they had slipped into nostalgic memory.

Back at the butte, the day passed with general receptiveness for Legolas the same process of shooting that he lost everything to continue over and over. Elrond had pulled out a book from his robes and had read for most of the day but occasionally he watched watched and began worry that something that had started off as a beautiful dance of archery decedent into an exercise of personal torture. Legolas had sweat rolling off his face and neck, his shoulders quivered and shook as he held the draw longer and longer. He fired over and over from his never empty quiver. He continued in the midday sun and long into the evening. Legolas was comfortable and enjoyed the escalating burn in his shoulders that signalled the breaking in of a new and untried bow. What he didn't remember though was that with a new bow came a new string, the constant scrape of it over his fingers would not have mattered if he had only done his usual few hours but he had been out the entire day. Elrond stood made to get the princes attention when he noticed to his shock and horror that every time Legolas released the string small droplets of blood also flew into the air. Legolas had gotten to immersed that he didn't notice that fact the he had stripped layer after layer of skin from his fingers with the new string and that blood was running down his hand. Legolas made to reach for another arrow but Elrond caught his wrist and held it. "Wha..." Legolas was confused then felt a burning pain at his finger tips. "Stop Legolas, look" He showed Legolas his hand. Elrond pulled a cloth from his pocket and gently applied pressure. "Come I will treat this." He led Legolas away. "I didn't notice I was so caught up in thinking I didn't feel it." Elrond wrapped an arm around Legolas other shoulder "Ssshh. We can fix this, you shall heal quickly." Catching one of the field attendants Elrond directed that the Princes equipment be cleared and delivered to his chambers, the bow was to go to the workshop for the string to be cleaned.

The twins and Glorifindel were chatting and Thranduil was asleep in the chair, now he was feeling more at peace. Laebon had been called for by some advisors so was not present. Suddenly the door swung open crashing against the wall and Elrond and Legolas came in, Thranduil and the Twins were crowding around him. Glorifindel had already dashed out to get Elrond's healing bag. "Give him some space, I need to get to the bathroom." Elrond ordered. The three back up and stood together. "It's nice to see you getting along now. I was so worried." Legolas spoke with relief colouring his voice. The three nodded as they followed through to the bedchamber and tried to follow into the bathroom. "No there will not be enough space for Glorifindel when he comes back" As if summoned the golden warriors head popped round the door frame. "Finally, I need that bowl filled with clean water and athelas added so I can soak the fingers" Doing as he was bid there was soon a solution ready. Elrond uncovered the fingers and laid them in the solution. Legolas winced when they touched the water but the pain was soon soothed. "How did it happen?" Glorifindel asked thinking he knew but to really go so far into ones own head that you could do that much damage without knowing. "He was breaking in a new bow and hasn't stopped all day, I didn't realise that he wasn't warring a finger guard" Glorifindel nodded and held of soft linen bandages as Elrond lifted the hand from the blood tinged water. Now he inspected them he could see that it had seemed worse, it was only the middle three that were effected. He wrapped each finger individually securing them around his hand. "Right Legolas tomorrow we will change the bandages and check on them, three days I would imagine before you can even start thinking about archery." Legolas nodded and stood flexing his fingers as he did and wincing "Stop it, you are to rest them." He was bopped on the head by Elrond.

Upon exiting the bathroom he was swamped by three bodies pulling him close, all saying the same thing. "Sorry" "We are so sorry" Legolas hugged the three of them as mush as he could with three damaged fingers and a dead feeling beginning to take over his over exerted arms. "You are all forgiven. I only wanted my family back." Legolas looked pointedly at Glorifindel and Elrond. Glorifindel took that moment to speak. "Shall we order some food I am famished." Soon food arrive and Legolas found that cutting meat and fruit was hard when you only have one hand to use. Legolas quickly found that between Thranduil and the Twins he would get a full meal as they fed him bite sized morsels from forks and fingers. He felt whole again now, he had everyone of his family together here and with him. The evening drew on and they found that good company was made of laughter and good company. He forgot all about matters of state for the evening and when he retired to bed he was joined by his beloveds who held him and loved him and he was strong again.

End of part one

I already have part two figured out it will focus more on outside threats to the family. will be posting in this story as more chapters. Beat my longest chapter again yay. is there anyone that is totally apposed to Elrond/Glorifindel cause i was thinking of putting them together. Please read and review. love you all