The sorrow of a little heart
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Chapter Three
A very upset healer who was dragged from his chambers forcefully by Lord Erestor, went quickly towards the room of the ailing child. He was not too eager to deal with a lowly mortal but he feared that lord Erestor would kill him slowly and painfully if he refused to see the child so he had no option other than paying s visit to the bothersome little imp. Without knocking on the door, he broke into the silent room except of the heavy breathing of the shivering lump in the middle of the bed. The boy was shifting uncomfortably under the covers for he couldn't find a position he could lay in that may ease his breathing.
The annoyed healer yanked the covers from the trembling boy quickly and stared in utter satisfaction when he saw the sorry state the young mortal was in. His cheeks were red from the raging fever, tremors run through the little body made the young white teeth clashing together, the mouth of the child to catch his breath thanks to his stuffy nose. The healer smiled evilly and pressed his big hand harshly to the small forehead to assess the degree of his temperature and he had to withdraw his hand quickly, the boy was very hot to the touch.
The healer thought of a way to drop the temperature to normal level and at the same time he could have the pleasure to see the boy suffers. The dark haired healer went to the bathroom and started to fill it with cool water, he did not bother to warm it a little so the boy's body would not expose to shock from the sudden drop of the temperature. Then he returned to the boy's room with quick motions he removed all the boy's clothes and dropped them carelessly on the floor. He carried the little boy to the tub and without warning dropped him in the cool water.
A scream escaped the little human child's mouth as he felt suddenly the cold water surrounded his small feverish body. He started to shiver violently as if he had convulsions and he started to thrash weakly trying to escape the new torment but the elf's strong hands held him tightly preventing him from escaping. The right hand of the elf tugged hard on the young boy's head and pressed it forward to force the boy's head under the cool water.
Young Estel resisted with all his might but he lost the battle against the strong elf and the boy's head had been submerged under the water and stayed there for few seconds then the elf grabbed the boy from his long hair forcing the little head to appear from under the water then this torment had been repeated for few times until the elven healer found it enough and he once again carried the trembling young boy out of the water and placed him non-gently on the floor.
The healer rummaged through the boy's belongings and fetched a big towel and dry clothes for the naked boy. He forced the boy to his feet and started drying him hastily and dressed him with the dry clothes. Then he ordered the boy to sit on the bed and obediently the boy climbed the bed and sat quietly there, the healer took a small vial from his pocket and put some from it's contents on a cup of water and offered the cup to the boy,
"Drink this cup quickly and do not drop anything or you will be harshly punished," threatened coldly the old healer. The boy received the cup with shaking hands and tried to gulp down the bitter contents without dropping a single drop but with no such luck. His constant shivers let some of the bitter liquid to fall on his clothes. When the boy discovered his mistake, he looked fearfully to the standing elf praying that the elf had not seen what happened but the evil gleam on the old healer's eyes killed the hope inside the little boy and the elf said coldly,
" Of course, a lowly creature like you would fail in doing such a simple task, now finish your medicine so I will start your punishment."
The young boy finished the cup and handed it back to the elf, he wished from his whole heart that the elf will spare him from his soon punishment but nothing went as he wished. The elf carried the young boy and placed him over his knees and exposed his bottom and without warning he started to spank the tender flesh with vigor, the boy screamed but the elf's other hand found its place over the boy's mouth to muffle his bloody screams so no one could come to the boy's rescue.
After sixteen hits, the elf stopped and looked admiringly at the flushed hot flesh of the tender bottom, the boy's tears of agony wetted his other hand but he found great satisfaction in delivering pain to this edian. He hated all humans because some savage humans were the cause of the death of his beautiful wife many years ago and he vowed to himself that he would avenge her and the young boy will pay for the evils and wrongs of his human race.
He placed the young child one more time in the hard floor and looked at him with pure hatred and disdain then he retrieved a small vial from his pocket this time, it was not a medicine but a slow poison which side effects would not cause death but will make it's receivant to suffer from unbearable pain and cause spasms in the body's whole muscles. He forced the child's mouth open and gave him few drops from the vial and the young boy had to swallow. The bitter liquid burned the little human throat and a sadistic grin appeared on the elf's lips and said cruelly to the poor child,
"You will taste some of the pain that your entire disgusting race should taste. Good luck, úvanima ulban ' hideous monster '," the elf turned around and with a swirl of his silky robes he left the room quickly leaving the poor youngling to his dark fate.
Young Estel rose from the ground and tried to adjust his clothes rightly as well as he could and dragged his exhausted weakened body to the bed and placed his head on the soft pillow. His young mind was full of many questions but he couldn't find any answers. He was thinking about what were the wrong things he had done to be so hated from most of the elves? He also was wondering why they approved for him to live here while they are disgusting of his presence. He was also questioning why he had no father or mother to take care of him and love him. The trail of the unanswered questions was cut abruptly with the first wave of the sharp pain that travelled from his abdomen to every part of his body.
The little boy screamed of pure agony when he felt as if sharp knives cutting his tummy, wave after wave of pain attacked the young body with ferocity and the young boy called for any body to come to his aid,
"Please, anybody... help... Please...help...Ada...Ro...Dan... anybody...please..." but no one heard his pleading and no one came to his rescue, he spent a couplet of hours struggling with the excruciating pain, raging fever, severe spasms in all his muscles then he vomited violently on the carpet beside the bed and finally he slipped to the world of unconsciousness.
Few hours later, the lord of the valley remembered that his young human charge was sick and he went to check on him, he opened the door without making any sound, he walked inside the room and he immediately hit with the foul stench of vomiting. He approached the bed carefully not to step in the sticky substance on the carpet and peered on the young boy and he noticed the bad condition of the young boy. He frowned slightly, he remembered that he ordered his advisor to bring a healer to the young edian to check on him but the state of the boy is so bad and clearly he did not have any medical attention.
Although Elrond did not like the boy but he was known as the greatest healer in middle Earth so he would not leave anyone who was suffering from disease without aid. He left quickly to gather some herbs and warm water to make herbal tea to remove nausea, and decrease the fever. He also fetched a basin full of water and clean towel to fight the high fever.
Nimble experienced hands worked quickly to make the tea and within few minutes, the warm liquid slide between the parted lips of the young boy. After feeding him the proper medicine, he used the clean towel as cool compress to lessen the heat from the feverish forehead to decrease the threat of brain damage from the high temperature.
When the famous healer was satisfied of his work, he called a maid to remove the soiled carpet and bring another clean one. When the elf Lord noticed the improvement on the boy's health he left to take a nap before his return to check on the ailing child once more.
Estel woke up, the next morning, feeling so tired and dizzy but he smiled when he found the terrible pain had gone. He remembered that he soiled his carpet with his sudden vomit and he dreaded telling his Ada or one of the maids. Before he could think of any excuses to tell the elf Lord, the door of his room was pushed open and the tall dark-haired lord of Imladris and his surrogate father marched in. He noticed that the young boy was awake and approached him but he was startled when the young boy slide from his bed and bowed lowly on the ground asking his forgiveness,
"Please, my Lord, forgive me. I did not mean to throw up on the carpet, I wanted to reach an empty basin but it came so sudden and I damaged the fine carpet. Please, do not be angry." the elf Lord fixed the boy with a cool look and said easily,
"It is nothing to worry about. It is a normal symptom when a human is sick." a slight frown appeared on the young one's forehead and he innocently argued,
"But I was not feeling sick on my stomach from the beginning; it is the medicine that the old healer gave to me that made me sick as the old elf told me. He said that it will make me feel the pain that my human race should taste." the elf Lord was confused about what the child was telling him. If what the child said was true then he should punish that healer because he did not respect the duty of being healer and betrayed his responsibility so he had to ask the elf himself. He got out of the room hastily leaving a perplexed young human behind.
After few minutes of interrogation to the old healer and the half-elven lord became convinced that the healer was innocent and that the young boy started to be a big liar before he returned to face the boy of his wrong-doings, he stopped in his private chamber and retrieved his leather belt because he won't permit to the child to go unpunished.
To be continued...
Author Notes:
Next chapter:
What will happen to Estel, will he be able to escape his fate?
Thranduil and his heir prince Legolas will visit Imladris, what will be their reaction to the existence of a human in the elven kingdom?