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Note: Thanks for the reviews. There will be a battle scene in this chapter so bear with me. Let's begin. It will shift from Aragorn's point of view to Legolas'.
"It is too tight." Aragorn softly said as Elladan looked up at his brother. "What do you mean, Estel? What is too tight?" Elladan rose from his cot and walking over to where the king was standing putting on his armour.
Elladan pulled a little on the straps that were holding the armour together on the sides and loosened one. "My armour. It is too tight across the stomach. It feels like I can't breathe and it is uncomfortable." Aragorn took a moment to look down while Elladan shifted his position so he was standing in front of his brother.
"I can put a hand in between here, Estel. It cannot be too tight." The elf said encouragingly. They were on the verge of battle and Aragorn had decided to get ready early. The man was restless and Elladan knew it to be something that the man had picked up among his human companions.
"But it is. The chain mail together with the armour is very uncomfortable. What if it will endanger the child?" The man's hands ghosted over the thick armour that protected his chest. Elladan frowned and moved to Aragorn's side so he could try and loosen the straps once more.
"Estel, it cannot be loosened any more else it will fall off. I will take it off for now." The elf sighed as he helped Aragorn remove the armour that went over the chest and back area. Aragorn breathed a sigh of relief and tugged at the chain mail. Picking up the armour, Aragorn looked at it before he said.
"It folds the chain mail together against my stomach and that must make me feel uncomfortable. I wish I had brought bigger armour." The man ran a hand through his hair and pushed his lips together. The next moment he cursed aloud and threw the armour down on the bed in a sudden fit of anger.
He buried his face in his hands to muffle the cries. "I do not wish to pregnant any longer. Give me the damn bottle and I shall abort this babe now." The man faced Elladan and the elf smiled gently. The elf held up his hands as he faced his brother. "Oh come now, Estel, you do not wish to do that."
"And why not? This child is only creating more problems then it would solve. I cannot do this, Dan." Finally the usually strong man crumbled and Elladan felt his heart ache in pity. He walked closer to grasp the king's hands in his own and said softly. "You have bore it for so long, Estel. You will be able to carry this child to term. Besides the morning sickness will go away now that you are in your third month. It will be fine."
The next moment the man pulled the elf into a strong embrace and buried his face in the soft ebony hair. Elladan stood stunned for a moment by the sudden turn of events before he wrapped his arms around his younger brother's shaking shoulders and allowed the man to feel comforted. "Besides, I do not think that you can abort this child too easily. I can sense the child strongly so it might not go down without a fight."
The man sniffled before he said. "Of course that would just be my luck. A child that does not allow itself to be aborted." The man pulled back to stare at his brother. The man was smiling a watery smile and Elladan felt a smile tug at his own lips. "Yes, Estel, that would just be your luck."
He kissed his brother lightly on the head and then walked away, saying as he did so. "You can wear my armour. It will protect the child and is slightly bigger then your own." The elf took the elvish armour and helped Aragorn to put it on.
Quickly adjusting the straps that would bind the armour together, Aragorn shuddered the armour in place as Elladan adjusted the shoulder pads and then stepped back to take a good look. "It suits you better then the other. I will wear your armour." He handed Aragorn his sword and the man strapped it on.
"Then we are ready for battle." The man said, nodding at Elladan. The elf only nodded as he quickly dressed as well. Together they exited the tent and Eomer fell into steps beside Aragorn. "That is not your armour." The younger man said softly.
"Nay, Elladan allowed me to borrow his armour. My own was too tight. I could not bear it." Aragorn followed Eomer to the horses and they both mounted, leading the men away from the encampment.
"Surely you are not that large." Eomer hissed softly, eyes wide in wonder. Aragorn laughed softly as he said. "Nay, I am not yet. But the child is showing itself to the world and I cannot take any pressure on my stomach."
They rode ahead and Aragorn's gaze was drawn forward. He could almost picture the orcs that they would face. His mind went fleeing to Legolas and he longed to hear the elf speak to him. Just to speak of anything. He calmed himself and kept on riding, keeping his thoughts on the horizon.
Legolas paused in mid stride, looking at the horizon as the thunder came ever closer. The elf put the papers down and walked to the window, seeing the lighting flare across the darkening sky. He knew that today the battle would be. He wondered how Aragorn would do.
He missed his mate. Missing the conversations that they used to have. Missing cuddle closer to Aragorn in the middle of the night and feeling the strength in those arms. The arms that would hold him oh so tight during the night.
The elf sighed and went back to the papers lying on the desk. There was nothing he could do here. He would know if something happened to Aragorn. He busied himself until he became aware that somebody was standing in the room.
He smiled when he beheld Elrohir. "Are you busy?" The older elf asked, smiling at him. Legolas shook his head and followed the Imlandris' elf to the grand hall. "Why do you ask?"
Elrohir took his arm and they proceeded outside. "Ada is watching the thunderstorm. He was wondering if we wanted to join him. He remembered how you used to like them." The rain was just starting to pour and Legolas pulled his hood over his face as they rushed through the garden to the small clearing overlooking the city. They were soaking wet when they finally came to the trees, Elrohir immediately leaped in one. Legolas took a moment to look up to see the nimble elf balance next to his father as Elrond grinned down at him.
The elf leaped up as well and caught the branch above them with ease, swinging himself on top of it. "Show off." Elrohir softly called and Legolas smiled and said. "I am a wood elf after all."
"Yes, always with your head in the clouds, huh Mellon Nin." Legolas grinned but did not comment on it. It had been an old joke between them and sometimes Aragorn had played it with Legolas as well but the elf found himself unable to join them now.
Elrohir sobered while Elrond regarded Legolas with a smile. "I see that you miss Estel." The ancient elf finally said, shifting slightly.
"How could I not? I have loved him since I first laid eyes upon him." Legolas shook his head as the tree showered all tree of them with droplets. "I miss him as anybody would miss their spouse."
"Estel will do well in battle. He is skilled with the sword and he has his men to count upon." Elrond replied, feet dangling and shaking his wet hair out of his face. "What will Arwen do now?" Legolas asked softly and he noticed the surprise gaze of both Elrohir and Elrond.
"She will sail with me. Together with Mithrandir and Galadriel, we shall sail to Valinor. I shall not sail until after your child is born, Legolas. You need not fret. I will deliver this child myself. There will be no danger for Estel." Elrond smiled encouragingly.
"Not more danger then to a female, you mean." The prince softly said. Elrond looked at him and said. "Perhaps a bit more because Estel is male and therefore not equipped to deliver a child but we shall do everything in our power to deliver this child safely. If something does go wrong during the birth we can always cut the child from him but we shall speak of all of these matters when Estel is back in Gondor."
Legolas shot the lord of Rivendell a look that did not bode well. The younger elf actually cinched when he heard the thunder flare above their heads. "Do you think it is actually saved if we still sit in the tree while the thunder is getting closer? I heard that it is normally not safe."
"I think it would perhaps be saver for go inside now." Elrond finally said. "We are soaking wet anyway and I do not wish to safe Estel when he comes home to find us all sick in bed." Legolas shuddered when the image of Aragorn being angry with full pregnancy hormones came into his head.
Together the three elves jumped down out of the tree and raced inside.
Aragorn swung his sword high in a block. He then blocked low to protect his stomach, fury rising in his blood. He then dispatched the orc quickly. A cry alerted him and he spun around to meet his attacker but the orc was staring past him with the eyes of the dead.
The orc dropped down to the ground and Eomer nodded to Aragorn. Aragorn found the relief stealing over his face and he smiled briefly, mentally making a note to thank the man later.
He took a moment to look around. The orcs did not stand a change but it was still dangerous in this close combat to get hurt. His men were already overpowering them and Aragorn knew that if they dispatched this big army the orcs would flee from them.
They had been scattered leaderless when Sauron was destroyed and now had regrouped in hopes of regaining something of their old life. But Aragorn knew that if they dispatched this big band now, the orcs would take another hit and it might take those months to even begin to form another group this big.
Cheers went up around them and Aragorn cried out. "Regroup and finish them off. Leave no one alive to tell the tale." He climbed on his horse, feeling a sudden strange feeling in his stomach. He shook his head to clear it. He shot over the mental list to see if anything could be wrong with the child but found none. Perhaps it was reacting to the excitement in his blood.
His men quickly wiped out all the orcs. As the remaining orcs fled, the riders went after them, cheerfully doing so. "Take the wounded back to the camp and care for them." Aragorn called out, kicking at one of the bodies that were piled up in front of him.
The strange feeling came again and Aragorn frowned, nearly stopping his horse. His hand flew down to his stomach but he could not feel it. A sudden smile lid his face as he though. "No, it cannot be. But here it is again. There is not other explanation. Yes, this is something that Dan should know."
He pushed his horse into a gallop, hurrying to the other group of soldiers. He knew Elladan was with them. He saw one of the soldiers walking back to the camp and called out to them. "Your brother is back at the camp, my lord. He returned there to help thread the wounded."
Aragorn did not hear the rest as he grinned even broader and hurried back to the camp. He quickly dismounted, giving his horse to one of the stable boys. He ran into the encampment, localizing Elladan quickly. The elf looked up startled when he heard Aragorn rushing towards him. "What is the matter?"
The question was quickly asked in elvish. The elf had grasped Aragorn by the shoulders and was quickly taking him back to their shared tent. Elladan was already working on the straps to get the armour off. "Lie down on the bed so I can make sure that the child is alright. It also could be a bleeding some place else."
The man stilled Elladan's hand by placing his over it. "The child is not in danger. I know this for a fact. He is moving." The man was still grinned sheepishly at his brother as Elladan appeared shell shocked before he said. "Are you sure?"
The man nodded, saying. "I first sensed it on the battlefield. The child is really moving." He was caught in a bone crushing hug as Elladan said nothing, just holding him as Aragorn's mind sought out Legolas.
"What is this?" Legolas stopped mid run, his hand dropping to his stomach as he felt the bond with Aragorn flare to life. He was aware of the corner of his the other two elves as tears of joy gathered in his eyes as he said. "Our child is moving." He was rewarded with hugs from his family as the same was done with Aragorn and the happy news was shared.
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