Authors notes: - Thank you again for all the great reviews. I hope you
enjoy this!!
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Elrond closed his eyes and with all his strength sent healing waves into the battered body. He felt the last of Legolas's life force leaving his body and held onto it refusing to let it go. Moving through the body he tried to heal the huge dark wound in the elf's mind. It had left a gaping void. He tried to get the tired heart to beat again. Pouring his entire strength into getting the heart beating. Exhaustion flooded his body and just as he was about to stop. The heart started beating again. Smiling in satisfaction he returned to his own mind. Opening his eyes he saw the blonde elf take a huge gasp of air. The prince's eyes opened to reveal them as no longer white but a startling blue.
"NOOO!" the elf screamed. He hit Elrond hard in the face.
"Master? Where is my master?" the elf cried as he pushed Gandalf backwards. He leapt up adrenaline flowing through his body.
"What have you done? MASTER!!" Legolas screamed. Arwen came running into the room to see what was happening. Elrond had his right hand held up against his bleeding nose, Gandalf was rubbing his chest and both of their eyes were fixed on the hysterical elf in the corner. Legolas looked terrible. Black blood covered his chest and his eyes were wild in panic.
"MASTER!" the elf screamed. Arwen stepped forward and Legolas launched himself at her. She jumped out of the way.
"Where is he? What have you done?" he cried terrified and angry.
"GUARDS!" Elrond called as Legolas wild in his fury attacked Gandalf. Three guards ran in.
"Restrain him." Elrond said. The three managed to pin the elf to the ground who was screaming in fury.
"Move him to the bed and secure him with cloth restraints." The elven lord commanded.
"Restraints? What about sedatives?" Arwen asked shocked about her father's command of restraints.
"Arwen his system is over - loaded, weak and damaged. Giving him sedatives would only damage it further. He will calm down when the shock wears off."
Arwen looked at the screaming elf that now had his limbs secured to the bed with bandages.
"Leave him." Gandalf said leading the guards, Elrond and Arwen out of the room. Legolas continued calling out demands to know what had happened and cries for his master.
"We can't leave him." Arwen cried as she listened to the agonising cries of her friend.
"He will quiet down soon." Gandalf said.
"Who will quiet down?" a voice demanded and they all turned to see Aragorn stood in the doorway of the cave.
"How did you pass?.."
"Ciryn let me past. Now what is going on?" the man demanded.
Aragorn heard Legolas cry and moved forward to find the cause of his friend's distress.
"No do not go in there." Gandalf ordered.
"He is my friend. Let me pass." Aragorn ordered angrily.
"Estel the spell we performed to rid his mind of the darkness caused his system to suffer a huge shock. He needs to calm down. His system needs to adjust. When it does you can see him but not before." Another scream from Legolas caused Aragorn to rush forward before they could stop him.
Aragorn ran into the room and saw Legolas secured to the bed. The elf looked at him. The man was shocked. His eyes were blue.
"What have you done to me?" Legolas snarled curling his hands into fists and he pulled against the restraints.
"We have destroyed the darkness in your mind."
Legolas face became anguished. "My master will not be pleased. He will punish me. Please put me back.please." The elf begged. Aragorn choked trying to swallow the lump in his throat.
"You will get better my friend. You do not have a master and we will not hurt you."
"I am damaged. I feel wrong."
"You are not damaged Legolas."
"Why do you keep calling me that?" Legolas asked.
"That is your name."
"Leave me alone. Go away." The elf said turning away from him.
"Legolas."
"GO AWAY!" The elf screamed. "GO AWAY, GO AWAY."
"Peace my friend. I am leaving."
Legolas felt tears roll down his face and he slowly sobbed until he fell into an exhausted sleep.
*
Glorfindel sighed in relief as he saw Rivendell appear in the distance. A weary cheer sounded from the troops as they too caught sight of the elven realm.
They reached it quicker than expected and he sighed as they walked under the arches and into the courtyard. Healers ran to greet them and the wounded were taken away. The rest of the troops were shown to places where they could rest, bathe and eat.
"Glorfindel I am pleased to see you are well." Arwen said walking out to greet him.
"How is the Prince Legolas?" he asked.
"Father and Gandalf have managed to remove the dark ties that were in his mind but he is still deeply traumatised. He refuses to eat or speak."
"Where is Lord Elrond?" Gimli demanded approaching the duo desperate to hear news of his friend.
"I will show you. I was going to go and see Legolas. Father has put him in the Valley Rooms and Gandalf has put a spell around it to allow Legolas to recover without Sauron attacking his mind." Glorfindel nodded and he and Gimli followed Arwen down the path into the valley. The elven lord felt the presence of many guards watching their progress down into the cool valley. They entered the rooms to find Gandalf, Elrond and Aragorn sat around the fire. Elrond got up as soon as he saw them enter.
"You have returned safe?" Elrond questioned.
"Aye we had no problems after Mithrandir left us. The wounded are being treated and the rest of the army are resting."
"How is Legolas?" Gimli demanded.
"The darkness has gone but it has left a void. You must understand that it has been all he has known for almost a year. To have it suddenly taken it away has traumatised him. We have to stop him believing what Sauron has convinced him is the truth. He is frightened, terrified that if for a second he stops believing it that when Sauron finds him the punishment will be severe."
"Sauron will never touch him again." Gimli swore fiercely.
"I want to see him." The dwarf demanded. Aragorn stepped forward knowing the dwarf wouldn't take no for an answer.
"He is in here." The man led Gimli into the second room. Aragorn was prepared but Gimli stopped in shock. Legolas was sat on the floor in the corner staring at the wall. Blood from various cuts ran down his arms.
"Why have they not been treated?" Gimli demanded
"He did it to himself wanting to see if his blood was black. We can't get near enough to treat them. They are not deep and will stop on their own."
Gimli stepped towards his friend. The elf's eyes watched him closely.
"Stay away." Legolas said.
"Legolas. It is I Gimli."
"Don't come any closer, you are a trick of my mind and I will not be deceived."
"We are real my friend. You are safe now." Aragorn said.
"GET AWAY." Legolas screamed. "GET AWAY GET AWAY!" the elf started banging his head against the wall in an attempt to stop the spell he thought Sauron had put on him.
"Gimli we must leave." Aragorn said fearful of his friend damaging himself further. The man led a protesting Gimli from the room.
"Help him." The dwarf demanded of Elrond.
"We have done all we can. It will take a lot of convincing by us to persuade him that he is safe. He will not recover over night. It may take days, months even years to get him back and even them he might not be the same. Patience and friends will help him and your presence here will help even if he doesn't show it."
Gimli stood taller, squared his shoulders and looked determinedly at Elrond.
"I will help until that crazy elf is back to his annoying self and I can again remind him of the many ways dwarfs are superior to elves." And with that comment Gimli took a chair by the fire and sharpened his axe. The others looked at him with a mixture of amusement and amazement. To have a dwarf care so much about an elf was amazing and amid all this darkness miracles still happened.
**
Elrond closed his eyes and with all his strength sent healing waves into the battered body. He felt the last of Legolas's life force leaving his body and held onto it refusing to let it go. Moving through the body he tried to heal the huge dark wound in the elf's mind. It had left a gaping void. He tried to get the tired heart to beat again. Pouring his entire strength into getting the heart beating. Exhaustion flooded his body and just as he was about to stop. The heart started beating again. Smiling in satisfaction he returned to his own mind. Opening his eyes he saw the blonde elf take a huge gasp of air. The prince's eyes opened to reveal them as no longer white but a startling blue.
"NOOO!" the elf screamed. He hit Elrond hard in the face.
"Master? Where is my master?" the elf cried as he pushed Gandalf backwards. He leapt up adrenaline flowing through his body.
"What have you done? MASTER!!" Legolas screamed. Arwen came running into the room to see what was happening. Elrond had his right hand held up against his bleeding nose, Gandalf was rubbing his chest and both of their eyes were fixed on the hysterical elf in the corner. Legolas looked terrible. Black blood covered his chest and his eyes were wild in panic.
"MASTER!" the elf screamed. Arwen stepped forward and Legolas launched himself at her. She jumped out of the way.
"Where is he? What have you done?" he cried terrified and angry.
"GUARDS!" Elrond called as Legolas wild in his fury attacked Gandalf. Three guards ran in.
"Restrain him." Elrond said. The three managed to pin the elf to the ground who was screaming in fury.
"Move him to the bed and secure him with cloth restraints." The elven lord commanded.
"Restraints? What about sedatives?" Arwen asked shocked about her father's command of restraints.
"Arwen his system is over - loaded, weak and damaged. Giving him sedatives would only damage it further. He will calm down when the shock wears off."
Arwen looked at the screaming elf that now had his limbs secured to the bed with bandages.
"Leave him." Gandalf said leading the guards, Elrond and Arwen out of the room. Legolas continued calling out demands to know what had happened and cries for his master.
"We can't leave him." Arwen cried as she listened to the agonising cries of her friend.
"He will quiet down soon." Gandalf said.
"Who will quiet down?" a voice demanded and they all turned to see Aragorn stood in the doorway of the cave.
"How did you pass?.."
"Ciryn let me past. Now what is going on?" the man demanded.
Aragorn heard Legolas cry and moved forward to find the cause of his friend's distress.
"No do not go in there." Gandalf ordered.
"He is my friend. Let me pass." Aragorn ordered angrily.
"Estel the spell we performed to rid his mind of the darkness caused his system to suffer a huge shock. He needs to calm down. His system needs to adjust. When it does you can see him but not before." Another scream from Legolas caused Aragorn to rush forward before they could stop him.
Aragorn ran into the room and saw Legolas secured to the bed. The elf looked at him. The man was shocked. His eyes were blue.
"What have you done to me?" Legolas snarled curling his hands into fists and he pulled against the restraints.
"We have destroyed the darkness in your mind."
Legolas face became anguished. "My master will not be pleased. He will punish me. Please put me back.please." The elf begged. Aragorn choked trying to swallow the lump in his throat.
"You will get better my friend. You do not have a master and we will not hurt you."
"I am damaged. I feel wrong."
"You are not damaged Legolas."
"Why do you keep calling me that?" Legolas asked.
"That is your name."
"Leave me alone. Go away." The elf said turning away from him.
"Legolas."
"GO AWAY!" The elf screamed. "GO AWAY, GO AWAY."
"Peace my friend. I am leaving."
Legolas felt tears roll down his face and he slowly sobbed until he fell into an exhausted sleep.
*
Glorfindel sighed in relief as he saw Rivendell appear in the distance. A weary cheer sounded from the troops as they too caught sight of the elven realm.
They reached it quicker than expected and he sighed as they walked under the arches and into the courtyard. Healers ran to greet them and the wounded were taken away. The rest of the troops were shown to places where they could rest, bathe and eat.
"Glorfindel I am pleased to see you are well." Arwen said walking out to greet him.
"How is the Prince Legolas?" he asked.
"Father and Gandalf have managed to remove the dark ties that were in his mind but he is still deeply traumatised. He refuses to eat or speak."
"Where is Lord Elrond?" Gimli demanded approaching the duo desperate to hear news of his friend.
"I will show you. I was going to go and see Legolas. Father has put him in the Valley Rooms and Gandalf has put a spell around it to allow Legolas to recover without Sauron attacking his mind." Glorfindel nodded and he and Gimli followed Arwen down the path into the valley. The elven lord felt the presence of many guards watching their progress down into the cool valley. They entered the rooms to find Gandalf, Elrond and Aragorn sat around the fire. Elrond got up as soon as he saw them enter.
"You have returned safe?" Elrond questioned.
"Aye we had no problems after Mithrandir left us. The wounded are being treated and the rest of the army are resting."
"How is Legolas?" Gimli demanded.
"The darkness has gone but it has left a void. You must understand that it has been all he has known for almost a year. To have it suddenly taken it away has traumatised him. We have to stop him believing what Sauron has convinced him is the truth. He is frightened, terrified that if for a second he stops believing it that when Sauron finds him the punishment will be severe."
"Sauron will never touch him again." Gimli swore fiercely.
"I want to see him." The dwarf demanded. Aragorn stepped forward knowing the dwarf wouldn't take no for an answer.
"He is in here." The man led Gimli into the second room. Aragorn was prepared but Gimli stopped in shock. Legolas was sat on the floor in the corner staring at the wall. Blood from various cuts ran down his arms.
"Why have they not been treated?" Gimli demanded
"He did it to himself wanting to see if his blood was black. We can't get near enough to treat them. They are not deep and will stop on their own."
Gimli stepped towards his friend. The elf's eyes watched him closely.
"Stay away." Legolas said.
"Legolas. It is I Gimli."
"Don't come any closer, you are a trick of my mind and I will not be deceived."
"We are real my friend. You are safe now." Aragorn said.
"GET AWAY." Legolas screamed. "GET AWAY GET AWAY!" the elf started banging his head against the wall in an attempt to stop the spell he thought Sauron had put on him.
"Gimli we must leave." Aragorn said fearful of his friend damaging himself further. The man led a protesting Gimli from the room.
"Help him." The dwarf demanded of Elrond.
"We have done all we can. It will take a lot of convincing by us to persuade him that he is safe. He will not recover over night. It may take days, months even years to get him back and even them he might not be the same. Patience and friends will help him and your presence here will help even if he doesn't show it."
Gimli stood taller, squared his shoulders and looked determinedly at Elrond.
"I will help until that crazy elf is back to his annoying self and I can again remind him of the many ways dwarfs are superior to elves." And with that comment Gimli took a chair by the fire and sharpened his axe. The others looked at him with a mixture of amusement and amazement. To have a dwarf care so much about an elf was amazing and amid all this darkness miracles still happened.