Guest: Thranduil will come don't worry. The human doesn't have a vendetta against Elrond specifically, he hates elves in general which is what pushed him to get to Imladris as it's the one who's location he obtained. He then found out that Elrond was the lord of Imladris and after watching him, he saw Legolas and Estel. The human doesn't know that Legolas is biologically Thranduil's, he just saw Legolas as Elrond's son. This is another thing that I consider in this story, that because the bond between Thranduil and Elrond is so strong, and they both raised all 4 kids together, the children call them all ada. Arwen on the other hand, considers Thranduil her uncle, not a father figure, as he didn't raise her at all. I explain more details in depth in 2 of my other stories: The adventures of Two Little Rascals, and The Twins' Tale. Thank you for your review and I hope this clears up some confusion:)
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Disclaimer: I don't own the lord of the rings or anything associated with it. Only the idea of this story is of my own making and imagination.
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The doors to the halls of healing burst open, startling Elladan, Elrohir and Erestor from their brief nap, and in rushed Elrond and Glorfindel, each carrying a twin in their arms. They each lowered them on a bed, then Elrond started removing the cloak that was wrapped around Legolas.
"Ada! How are they doing?" Elladan cried as he jumped to his father's side only for the blood to drain from his face at the sight of Legolas's injuries.
"Estel is fine, at least physically. Mentally, not so much as the worthless piece of scum forced him to watch as he tortured Legolas." Elrond said as he grabbed the teas, previously prepared by the elder twins, and helped Legolas drink them. One was a painkilling tea, one was for the fever, one was for Legolas's lungs and the last one was a white liquid for the infection. It was the mold medicine.
"Legolas needs surgery to stop the internal bleeding and his wrist needs resetting. it's a clean break. Elrohir you set the wrist, Elladan assist me with the surgery." Elrond said as he sterilized his hands and arms.
One heart wrenching and fearful hour, Legolas was more or less patched up. They managed to get the internal bleeding under control and reset his ribs and wrist. The infected gash on his arm was dressed and bandaged, and his fever was not bordering on the dangerous zone anymore, and had dropped a good few degrees. The mold medicine was doing its work and his lungs were improving steadily.
They had then transferred Estel onto the same bed as Legolas, knowing that the little twins slept in the same bed, and they were bound to be even more attached to each other after this whole ordeal. Especially Estel, as he was going to need to see and feel for himself that his twin was okay and breathing.
Exhausted, Elrond, Elladan and Elrohir dropped down on chairs. The rest of the family had gone off to take baths and rest, after being assured that Legolas would live. They just stared at the twins for a while until Elrohir straightened in his chair, "Ada! We need to send word to ada Thranduil!" he exclaimed.
Elrond smiled "You really think he doesn't know?" he asked amusedly.
Elladan and Elrohir stared at him, confused. Elrond chuckled.
"Thranduil also has a very strong bond with both Legolas and Estel. Everything I was feeling through my bond with your brothers, he was feeling too. He's well on his way by now, but the high pass is blocked with snow, which is delaying him." Elrond explained.
Elladan frowned "But how do you know that ada?" he asked.
"Just like you and Elladan have a bond with each other, and your little brothers have one with each other, your ada and I also have one. We might not be biologically twins, but just like Legolas and Estel, blood doesn't define our family. The bond Thranduil and I have is very strong, and it grows stronger with every passing day. We can communicate with each other over large distances through our minds, which is how I've been updating him all the time." Elrond replied.
The twins' eyes widened comically "No way! We can only communicate with each other through our minds when we can only see each other." Elladan exclaimed.
Elrond laughed and replaced the wet cloth on Legolas's forehead, "Our bond was like that, but as we grew, we grew closer and so did the bond." he said.
Just then, Elrond had a faraway look in his eyes then he smiled.
"Ada?" Elrohir asked, as he exchanged worried glances with Elladan.
"Your ada made it past the high pass. He should be in Imladris tomorrow afternoon." Elrond said, happiness radiating from his voice.
The twins' jaws dropped "But the journey from the high pass takes at least 3 days!" Elladan said, confused.
"Never doubt a father's love for his children. Don't you remember how fast he came when you and Elladan had the bad fall a century ago? Elrond reminded them smiling.
"Aye, he came like a tornado." Elrohir chortled as he remembered how disheveled and worried Thranduil had been when he burst into Elladan and Elrohir's room after he heard and felt their pain through his bond with his sons.
Just then, Estel started stirring. The three elves jumped from their seats and rushed towards the bed.
"Estel, my little hope, can you hear me?" Elrond said soothingly as he brushed back his son's dark unruly hair.
Estel's eyes slowly opened. "Ada?... Are you.. am I... where's Las?" Estel started panicking but Elrond quickly soothed him.
"Las is okay, he's right next to you, look." Elrond said as he gestured towards the still sleeping elfling.
As soon as he saw his brother, Estel calmed down and he quickly grabbed Legolas's hand. He was on Legolas's right side so he could hold the unbroken wrist.
"He's hurt." Estel said as his lower lip wobbled.
"Yes, he is hurt, but he will be okay with lots of rest, teas and cuddles from one Estel Thranduilion Elrondion." Elrond said gently while tickling his son gently, as to not cause jerking movements from Estel. Jerking movements could cause Estel to accidentally hit the still healing Legolas and it could go downhill from there.
"You promise?" Estel sure did love his promises.
Elrond smiled and smoothed back his hair "I promise, now do you want something to drink or eat?" he asked and laughed as Estel nodded eagerly.
"Elladan and Elrohir, go get some food for your brother." Elrond told them.
The twins made faces at him from behind his back causing Estel to giggle, if even for a small second, then kissed their brother's forehead and went out the door. As soon as they were gone, Estel started breathing heavily as tears streamed down his face.
Elrond's heart clenched "Oh Estel, it's alright. Let it out. Let is all out." He said as he gathered the child in his arms as he started sobbing.
A couple of minutes later, Elladan and Elrohir returned to the room to find Estel sitting up in bed while Elrond entertained the child with a story about his and Thranduil's childhood.
They said nothing about the recent teartracks on their little brother's cheeks or how his hand never left his twin's limp one.
They simply greeted him warmly and began passing around the food.
Not long after, the food was eaten and cleared and Estel was lying back down on the bed staring at Legolas, as if ensuring that his twin won't disappear.
Just then, Legolas began stirring, his little features scrunched up in pain and he whimpered.
Elrond and the twins jumped up and reached for the pre prepared painkilling tea and carefully lifted Legolas's upper body then he sat down on the bed himself and pushed Legolas to lay against his chest.
"Here little leaf, drink the tea." Elrond told the still out of it but in pain Legolas.
Legolas wasn't really comprehending what was going on but he was in immense pain and he heard his father's voice telling him to drink so that is what he did.
As soon as he drank the tea, the pain dulled immediately and he relaxed against his father's chest.
Elrond let out a relieved sight as he felt his son's tense body relax. But his relief was short lived when Legolas started coughing wet coughs.
Elrond quickly leaned Legolas forward and placed a cloth underneath his little chin to gather the coughed up fluid. As soon as Legolas started coughing, Elrond started to lay Legolas down to go discard the cloth only for Legolas to scream
"No Ada don't leave!"
Elrond immediately sat back down and handed the cloth to the outstretched hand of Elladan. Then he pulled Legolas closer to him and planted a kiss on his hairline.
"It's okay my little leaf, I'm not going anywhere." he soothed the child.
Legolas nodded "Where's esty?" he asked, eyes closed once more.
Estel crawled closer to his twin. "I'm here Las."
Legolas opened his eyes, and although he was extremely tired, he scanned his brother's body and face.
Estel understood what Legolas was going and he squeezed his hand.
"I'm alright Las, he didn't hurt me. You can go to sleep now." he assured Legolas.
Onced assured that his brother was safe and he was in his father's arms, Legolas stopped fighting the exhaustion and effect of the tea and drifted off to sleep.
The pattern continued for a couple of hours, Legolas would wake in pain, take the tea, cough in an attempt to rid his lungs of the fluid then go back to sleep.
But what was noticeable was that he refused to let go of Elrond, not even to his brothers, uncles and grandparents. It seemed as if Legolas's attachment to Elrond grew tenfold after the events. He also asked consistently about Thranduil, wanting his other father with him too, and Elrond assured him that he would be arriving tommorow.
It was at that revelation when Elrond finally saw how affected Legolas was with the whole ordeal. He told Thranduil about the situation through their mind bond and both fathers had their heart heavy at both their children's suffering.
But they vowed to each other that they would not leave them until both of them were the happy and mischievous little twins they were before the incident.
To be continued...
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