I am so sorry for the delay, but I got so busy. Then there was Duty of the Heart. But mostly because the U/H had deserted me. So, here is Chapter 3, and I promise that you won't have to wait that long again for the later chapter.

Chapter 3

Rivendell

It was then that Elrond and the twins heard something that relieved them and broke their heart at the same time.

"Mellon nin, where are you?!?" Legolas whispered from his curled up position on Aragorn's bed.

Unfortunately, Legolas didn't stay aware long enough to register his friends presence, so when they called out to him, they received a bloody scream as an answer. Then, he fell into a delirious pass, and began thrashing madly in the bed. They managed to restrain him during the fit, but they did not all leave the crisis unscathed.

Elrohir received a fist in the ribs, knocking the breath out of him; Elladan had his lip spilt when the prince's foot connected with it; Elrond on the other hand managed to duck and parry the younger elf's strikes.

While Elrond was treating Elladan's lip, Elrohir gently picked up Legolas' limp form and brought him back to his room. After posting a guard his friend's room, Elrohir went back to his father and twin. He wanted answers and he would have them now.

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Glorfindel's mission was a hard one, for trying to find Gandalf was an arduous task, but one that he would complete nonetheless. He was on his way to the Shire, for he knew that Gandalf was often there. As he was musing over the current situation, he nearly fell of his horse when he heard a loud voice call out to him.

"What is the hurry my young friend?"

"Mithrantir!" Glorfindel exclaimed.

Before the Istari could say anything, Glorfindel told him all in one breath,

"You must come to Rivendell with me, it is Legolas. He is dying."

Gandalf's face fell, and he without loosing a second, he mounted his horse and followed Glorfindel back to Rivendell.

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"Adar?" Elrohir asked when he walked back to Aragorn's room.

"Yes, my son?" Elrond answered. The seriousness in his son's voice gave him an idea of the question that was about to be ask.

"What is happening to Legolas, Adar?"

"I do not know. I have tried every possible antidote, and yet he does not get better, in fact, he is getting worse. I did everything I could for him, we have to wait until Mithrandir's arrival; if he cannot help Legolas, no one will be able to."

"What about Aragorn?" Elladan asked.

"Until I know more of what is happening, and who is it that has the antidote, I cannot do anything. I fear that he might kill Aragorn if we try anything. And if we loose Aragorn, we loose Legolas as well." Elrond said, his eyes full of sorrow.

"So we are just going to stay back and watch as they both die." Elladan hissed, blinking back tears of fury. "There must be something we can do, some way to help. I cannot just accept that they will die. You may have accepted their imminent demise, but I won't stay back and do nothing like you did with your brother." Elladan spat at his father, while his brother was looking at him, surprise etching all of his features.

With that said, Elladan storm out of the room, went into his own and slammed the door behind him. Elrohir and Elrond could hear the shattering of his vases, mirror, and the glass in the window.

After all the sounds had died, Elrohir got up and went to talk to his twin, before leaving he told his father,

"You may not be right, but he won't leave. I will keep him here."

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When Legolas had left to go to Rivendell for the ranger's birthday, Thranduil had felt that something was amiss. He didn't exactly know what, but he had a feeling that something was going to happen. So, a few days after his son departure, the King was also leaving Mirkwood, bound for the Last Homely House.

Fortunately, he had encountered no trouble on the way, to his utmost relief. The only thing he encountered was Raniean and Trelan, who were traveling back to Mirkwood. After hearing what their King had to say, they now shared his haste to get to Rivendell. So the three set out again, hoping that Thranduil's feeling was inaccurate.

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Ranio, Rivendell's fastest messenger, was currently trying to fight his way thought the band of orcs that had caught him unaware. As he was about to swirl around to stab the next orc, he felt the hilt of a sword connect with the back of his head. Just before blacking out, he heard a cold voice tell him.

"We will need you when that pesky ranger arrives."

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The next few days did not went well in Rivendell, Legolas' condition only worsen. Up to the point that Elrond feared leaving his side, so the Elf Lord spent the two days in the young one room. Elladan was still enraged at his father, but Elrohir had managed to talk him out of leaving. Well, in the whole two days, Elrohir had done all the talking while Elladan only nodded or glared.

"Why Elrohir, why must it always be him? We are the older ones, we should get the trouble." Elladan said his voice breaking.

"We cannot always be there for him Elladan." Elrohir said.

"We should be, for we took an oath brother; an oath to protect him, to stand by his side no matter what. Look where we are now brother, sitting around while he may probably need us. Or did you forget about the oath we took?"

"Of course I remember it!" Elrohir exclaimed. "We swore to stand by him no matter what. This also means standing by his decisions." Elrohir pointed out. "He chose to go alone, the only way we can help him now is by staying here."

Their conversation was cut short when the sound of hooves was heard in the courtyard.

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Upon their arrival, Glorfindel and Mithrandir were immediately led to Legolas' room.

Elrond got up when he saw them in the doorway of the room. He was about to say something when Mithrandir motioned him to stay silent.

"There is evil afoot here. It is no poison that ails young Thranduilion, it is a curse." Mithrandir said.

A/N Major thanks Trin, my dedicated beta reader,to Cathy for her help in this chapter and for the chat's peeps :D

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