Elrond was fuming. They were taking a carriage to a village, well not
really a village more of a shire. Elrond groped either side of him hating
every moment of being in this stupid place. It was going to be hairy,
stupid and would obviously smelled bad. Gandalf was taking them there.
Gandalf was laughing at something Aragorn had said, Elrond had no clue he
wasn't paying any attention he was to busy trying not to smell the air. He
saw a man he recognized from Aragorn and Legolas's friendship and from
Gandalf's journeys. He smiled at the boy; he liked him well just as much as
he possibly could. He glared at Legolas and Aragorn and turned his head
towards Frodo. He seemed relatively well in physical health and also well
in mental. He jumped onto the carriage and pulled himself next to Gandalf.
Elrond heard him yapping about some hobbit getting married and Elrond
rolled his eyes. This was no \where near good enough for the queen of
Rivendell to be living. He felt Legolas kick him in the shin. He looked
over at him and glared. Legolas gave him that you know what you did look
and turned back around pretending to be engrossed in whatever Frodo was
saying. Elrond finally gave up and began listening too.
"LEGOLAS! ESTEL!" they both turned their heads as they heard the familiar cry. They had been out on the lake when she came running towards them. She looked radiant, her dark hair gleaming brightly and her eyes not a drop of sadness. Aragorn laughed and turned around flicking his wet hair at Legolas in the process. Legolas's eyes flared and he heaved a wave of water towards Aragorn, splashing Arwen in the process. Arwen's eyes grew and the two boys jerked to a stop as a tiny wave crested at her feet her body now soaking. Legolas gasped and dived under water trying his best to hide from Arwen's unbearable wrath. He felt a long slim hand grasp him by the color of his drenched silk tunic. He turned around knowing those were not Arwen's hands. His face color drained as he saw Haldir holding him up out of the water.
"Umm, hi?" He said abashedly. Haldir shook his blonde hair and flung it out of his long face. He laughed at his expression.
"Hello, Legolas and Hello Estel. My wife has just been telling me all about you little escapades, care to elaborate." Aragorn's eyes widened and he turned toward Legolas who was now wringing the life out of his tunic to try and get it to dry off. Aragorn laughed and waded out of the water trying to dry his body in the midmorning's sun. Legolas spun when he heard a soft giggle and almost fell over with the sight he saw. There was Arwen's son a beautiful bouncing boy not more then a few months old Legolas's heart spun. He held his hands out as if to take him and gladly gathered the small bundle in his arms. He nodded for Aragorn to come over.
"He is beautiful aye?" Legolas nodded softly not disturbing the child in his arms. Arwen spoke up.
"He is almost a year old if you care to take him wading in the water, though I advise with great wisdom keeping his clothes ON or else you will have elfish unpleasantries spilling from your mouth." Haldir laughed and nodded quickly as if to say he had been there before. Aragorn nodded and pulled the bundle out of its blanket and saw how small he really was for an elf. He looked like Haldir with the long face and hair but obviously had Arwen's gleaming eyes. Arwen laughed as Legolas set him down softly in the water watching the small child smack the water with all his might only causing small splashes. Aragorn chuckled and sat down next to Legolas. He pulled out a small chain he had held quietly in the depths of his pocket. He pulled out the evenstar. It still glowed and the young child was transfixed on the pendant. Arwen turning her head suddenly realizing what was the pendant she held. Haldir's eyes followed suit and all were staring softly at the evenstar now glowing brighter than ever. Elrond sighed and put a hand softly on his daughter's shoulder. Arwen turned around and gasped her father being there a surprise seeing as he never left a city of elves. She smiled softly tears shining in her eyes and hugged him tightly. Her eyes tightly shut. "I missed you Ada. Would you like to meet your grandson?"
He nodded and walked towards Legolas, picking up the child softly and holding him gracefully in his arms. "I approve of who you married Arwen. I approve of your son. What did you think I would disapprove of? Haldir being from the woodlands, I think not. You are my family Arwen and never shall it differ. We are all family now" He said motioning to Haldir and the child in his arms, "And never shall it differ."
"LEGOLAS! ESTEL!" they both turned their heads as they heard the familiar cry. They had been out on the lake when she came running towards them. She looked radiant, her dark hair gleaming brightly and her eyes not a drop of sadness. Aragorn laughed and turned around flicking his wet hair at Legolas in the process. Legolas's eyes flared and he heaved a wave of water towards Aragorn, splashing Arwen in the process. Arwen's eyes grew and the two boys jerked to a stop as a tiny wave crested at her feet her body now soaking. Legolas gasped and dived under water trying his best to hide from Arwen's unbearable wrath. He felt a long slim hand grasp him by the color of his drenched silk tunic. He turned around knowing those were not Arwen's hands. His face color drained as he saw Haldir holding him up out of the water.
"Umm, hi?" He said abashedly. Haldir shook his blonde hair and flung it out of his long face. He laughed at his expression.
"Hello, Legolas and Hello Estel. My wife has just been telling me all about you little escapades, care to elaborate." Aragorn's eyes widened and he turned toward Legolas who was now wringing the life out of his tunic to try and get it to dry off. Aragorn laughed and waded out of the water trying to dry his body in the midmorning's sun. Legolas spun when he heard a soft giggle and almost fell over with the sight he saw. There was Arwen's son a beautiful bouncing boy not more then a few months old Legolas's heart spun. He held his hands out as if to take him and gladly gathered the small bundle in his arms. He nodded for Aragorn to come over.
"He is beautiful aye?" Legolas nodded softly not disturbing the child in his arms. Arwen spoke up.
"He is almost a year old if you care to take him wading in the water, though I advise with great wisdom keeping his clothes ON or else you will have elfish unpleasantries spilling from your mouth." Haldir laughed and nodded quickly as if to say he had been there before. Aragorn nodded and pulled the bundle out of its blanket and saw how small he really was for an elf. He looked like Haldir with the long face and hair but obviously had Arwen's gleaming eyes. Arwen laughed as Legolas set him down softly in the water watching the small child smack the water with all his might only causing small splashes. Aragorn chuckled and sat down next to Legolas. He pulled out a small chain he had held quietly in the depths of his pocket. He pulled out the evenstar. It still glowed and the young child was transfixed on the pendant. Arwen turning her head suddenly realizing what was the pendant she held. Haldir's eyes followed suit and all were staring softly at the evenstar now glowing brighter than ever. Elrond sighed and put a hand softly on his daughter's shoulder. Arwen turned around and gasped her father being there a surprise seeing as he never left a city of elves. She smiled softly tears shining in her eyes and hugged him tightly. Her eyes tightly shut. "I missed you Ada. Would you like to meet your grandson?"
He nodded and walked towards Legolas, picking up the child softly and holding him gracefully in his arms. "I approve of who you married Arwen. I approve of your son. What did you think I would disapprove of? Haldir being from the woodlands, I think not. You are my family Arwen and never shall it differ. We are all family now" He said motioning to Haldir and the child in his arms, "And never shall it differ."