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Author notes: English is not my mother language, sorry for the mistakes.
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Chapter VI
The twins and Estel looked for Legolas everywhere without success, they felt extremely tired, specially Estel who fall several times to the ground.
"Are you alright Estel?"
"I..." the young human remembered the poisoned words of what he had thought it was his father, but seen the look of worry on identical fair faces he just cursed himself for even think that all that he heard could be truth. "Yes, I am. It's just that I feel like if I haven't eat for a long long time"
"Odd, we have been here not more than a day, but we understand what you mean"
"Maybe after finding Legolas we can search for something to eat and maybe sleep for a little moment" Estel suggested
"Look!" Elladan pointed to the ground
"Blood?"
"Legolas!"
"We must hurry." They followed the trace of blood with his heart beating fast on their chests, beating that almost stopped when they saw the bleeding prince been held by spike plants.
"Legolas!" they shouted but had no answer
"We must bring him down" Estel said almost shouting with rage and worry.
"We know, but how?" and before the twins could say something more Estel rushed to the plant and started climbing it. Trying to avoid the spikes he didn't noticed that it was moving and faster than the light it smashed the young human to the stone wall. Aragorn could hear the terrified shouts of his brothers, but he was determined to reach his friend, and so he started climbing again. His head started hurting for the blow, and the world started spinning around, but he continued.
After what seemed an eternity he reached Legolas at last and cursed when he realized the spikes on his flesh. If he pulled the unconscious prince he will hurt him, but he didn't had time for the plant was trying hard to smash him again against the wall.
"Elladan! Elrohir! You will have to catch us!" he shouted making at last his decision. The twins looked at each other and nodded. They were concerned for the illusions of Oropher and the others and didn't want to lower the guard, but it seemed that there was no other option.
Cutting as carefully as he could the spiky stalks with his own dagger, Estel freed Legolas little by little and when at last the prince was totally lose of the plant he took impulse and jumped.
Elladan caught Legolas burring the spines deeply into the soft skin of both the prince and himself while Elrohir caught their brother. Carefully but quickly Elladan eased the blond prince to the ground, all the things the illusion of his mother had told them were present in the older twin's mind, but looking at Legolas laying there unconscious he was sure that defending his friend against what he had thought it was their mother had been the right thing.
"He looks so fragile" Elrohir said kneeling next to him and Elladan could tell that his twin was thinking the same he had just moments ago.
"How is Estel?"
"Unconscious. He hit his head hard, but I doubt there is a concussion, maybe you can check him later" Elladan nodded, but he wasn't going to do that, for he trusted his twin's healing abilities as he trusted his own. "He also had several cuts on his hands, but the spikes are not poisonous so he will be alright" Elladan noticed that his brother cloak was torn and assumed that he had dressed with it their little brother's hands. "He has lost a lot of blood" Elrohir said refering to Legolas when he saw the pool of blood. It was then when he noticed Legolas' dagger. Standing up he went to grab it.
"Dan, I think Legolas has more injuries than those of the spikes" Elladan stopped tending his friend's wounds and looked up at his brother, when he saw the dagger he frowned. He tried to remember how exactly Legolas had felt unconscious, he turned him to his back and saw the wound. He dressed it tearing apart his own cloak.
" This is strange. The wound is bad, but not fatal. Then why he felt unconscious?"
"Maybe the illusion of Oropher hit him on the head" Elrohir knelt and started inspecting Legolas' head "He has no concussion"
"Thanks the Valar"
"We must get out of here. He is too weak and I don't like having Estel like that as well"
"Do you remembered the way Elladan?"
"No" a heavy silence fell.
"My lords!" a shout startle them. "Here you are, we were sickly worried for you"
"Move a step further and you will be dead" Elladan menaced them with his bow
"My lord is us! King Thranduil send us to look at you after a month passed and you didn't returned"
"A month?" Elrohir asked confused.
"Ro, look at that" Elladan said grabbing Elrohir's sleeve. When the younger twin look behind him he felt that his knees gave away. They were again in the other side of the lake and the trees.
*****
The twins had come to the conclusion that the guards were no illusions and had allowed them to help with Legolas and Estel. If the elves were concerned for the human, they were almost hysterical for their prince.
The Mirkwood elves had tried to convince the sons of Elrond to eat and sleep a little before they started their way back to the palace, but the twins had refuse so vehemently that they had to got as far as they could from that lake, that the patrol did as were told. So it was that until they were three days far from the cursed place the twins allowed themselves to rest.
Estel regain conscious not long after his brothers had gone to sleep. Confused and disoriented he tried to wake his brothers or Legolas without success. He felt tired and hungry, but what if those elves were illusions as well?
"Do not worry Estel" murmured Elladan sleepily "We are safe" Estel relaxed and left his brothers to take the just rest. He went to check on Legolas, who was breathing but too weakly for anyone peace of mind.
"Come, young human. You seem as you are going to fall in any moment. Come and eat something, then rest, you will be safe"
*****
When Legolas regain consciousness he found himself in arms of... Oropher? He started breathing hard and tried to get away from the elf, but calming words spoke by a voice he fully recognized calmed him. It was not the illusion of Oropher, it was his father.
"You are safe Greenleaf" the king was saying "You are safe"
"Father" Legolas said weakly "Please if you are an illusion like Oropher just kill me, but do not torture me"
"What are you talking about? Of course I am not an illusion. And what does my father have to do with this"
"Legolas we are in you father's palace" Elladan told him
"How...?"
"We don't know" Elrohir admitted "When we realice, we were on the other side of the lake again and one of King Thranduil's patrols were there"
"Is Estel alright? I remember him trying to free me"
"I am fine. Worry not my friend." Estel said.
"You looked tired, go and rest. We will talk later" Thranduil said and lifting his son he went to his room. Easing Legolas on his own bed, he took away few locks of hair that were in the fair prince's face.
"Father?"
"Yes Greenleaf?"
"Could you.... Could you stay with me for a while?"
"You do not have to ask it"
TBC...
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