First Time Around
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Legolas and Thranduil rode on through the night and all through the next day, mostly in silence. Legolas preferring not to speak with his father, he knew it would just lead to subjects he did not want to talk about, mainly marriage and all that sort of thing. Sure Legolas was interested in girls but certainly not in a marriage way! He just wanted to have a little fun with them, didn't his father understand that?!
"So, Legolas, what do you think of the girl you met the other day?" Thranduil broke through the silence.
"What girl?" Legolas wasn't really paying attention.
"The one I introduced you to after lunch, she was pretty wasn't she? Very sweet girl too." Thranduil continued.
Legolas remembered her well enough, if you are referring to that girl who seemed to think the world revolved around her then no, she wasn't all that pretty and certainly not nice.
"Um, I guess so." Legolas didn't feel like arguing with his father at the moment.
"You should get to know her better." Thranduil so brashly hinted towards his son.
"Father, really I can meet girls on my own I do not need help I am perfectly capable I assure you of that!" Legolas burst out wanting the conversation to end right then.
"If you think you are going to meet the right kind of girls out practicing archery all day than you are mistaken. You need to go find respectable girls, from good families who will know how to raise proper children and be a good wife!" Thranduil challenged back, really what was his son thinking!?
"Father! I will find a girl when I find one! What's the big rush anyways!?" Legolas was on the verge of yelling at his father but figured that he should just keep it in, seeing as they were alone in the forest and there was plenty of time for Thranduil to yell back.
"I just don't think you are trying very hard. I'm not saying I want you to marry right away but you need to start thinking of girls now, it takes a while to find a good one you know. I courted your mother for two hundred years before we married." Thranduil usually did not speak of Legolas's mother but knew that bringing her up now would quiet Legolas from further agrument.
"Well, there is still plenty of time for that." Legolas answered, why did he have to bring up mother!?
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"Wake up boys!" Erestor entered the twin's bedroom to find both of them still in bed, facing opposite directions.
"I don't want to." Elladan said grumpily.
"To bad, today you have lessons." Erestor opened that large drapes that covered the windows and allowed the sun to pour in the room, unfortunately for Elrohir he was facing the window, "Erestor! Did you have to do that?!"
"Yes, get up. You have lessons today." Erestor repeated himself and stood over Elladan's bed waiting for him to move.
Elrohir was out of bed and already putting on his clothing by the time Elladan finally rolled out of bed and made a move towards his wardrobe.
"Why do we have lessons today, they aren't supposed to be until tomorrow." Elladan complained.
"Because King Thranduil will be arriving tomorrow and we want to get your lessons done today." Erestor explained waiting for the elf to pull his clothes on.
"Is he the one father says is 'different'?" Elladan asked.
"Elladan! Do not say such things and no, this is not the elf you are thinking of anyways. Your father is good friends with Thranduil, they are making new alliance negotiations and that sort of thing. And of course taking time to visit with each other. They last time they got together was before you two were born." Erestor rushed Elladan out the door with Elrohir behind him, making faces at his brothers' back.
"Erestor!" Glorfindel greeted Erestor outside the study where he was taking the twins, "Some news, it seems Thranduil will be arriving today, he left a day earlier than expected and had a quick journey." Glorfindel informed Erestor.
"Oh," Erestor looked a little disappointed he wouldn't be able to teach the twins, "Okay then you two, go off and be good, do not get dirty and be presentable when your father calls for you to meet King Thranduil." Erestor waved the twins off.
"Good, I hate those boring lessons anyways." Elladan said as the two headed back towards their room to put on nicer robes, "Who is this Thranduil anyways?"
"You heard he is one of father's friends." Elrohir answered, annoyed his brother never listened to anyone.
"Yea, I wonder if anyone else is coming?" Elladan opened the door to their room and went straight towards his bed.
"I heard that his son is coming too, the prince. I heard he was our age." Elrohir pulled out his favourite formal robe and started to change.
"Oh yea, where did you hear that?" Elladan was surprised his brother had heard something he did not already know.
"While I was in the kitchen after you got me in trouble." Elrohir pulled on his robe and straightened it out, "Aren't you going to change?" Elrohir asked his brother.
"Erestor said be presentable, not put on nice robes." Elladan smiled smugly.
"Father will be angry, you know he likes to great all guests as if they were important and I think this one really is." Elrohir raised his eyebrow, much like his father, and went about fixing his hair.
"You're such a girl sometimes, you hang out with Arwen to much." Elladan sneered as Elrohir expertly fixed his hair and did one last check over his outfit.
"At least I don't like or act like a slob." Elrohir retorted back at Elladan.
"I am not a slob I just prefer more comfortable clothes." Elladan reluctantly got back out of bed and went to his still open wardrobe to look for a formal robe.
"I thought so." Elrohir grinned.
"I don't have any clean ones." Elladan said after he searched through his messy clothes.
"You are as dirty as a dwarf!" Elrohir cried out.
"You look like one!"
"And you look like me!" Elrohir called back.
"Yea well," Elladan couldn't think of anything to say, why did they have to be identical?! "I still need a robe."
"Fine, borrow one of mine but if you mess it up you're dead." Elrohir handed over his least favourite formal robe for his brother's use.
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Legolas and Thranduil rode on through the night and all through the next day, mostly in silence. Legolas preferring not to speak with his father, he knew it would just lead to subjects he did not want to talk about, mainly marriage and all that sort of thing. Sure Legolas was interested in girls but certainly not in a marriage way! He just wanted to have a little fun with them, didn't his father understand that?!
"So, Legolas, what do you think of the girl you met the other day?" Thranduil broke through the silence.
"What girl?" Legolas wasn't really paying attention.
"The one I introduced you to after lunch, she was pretty wasn't she? Very sweet girl too." Thranduil continued.
Legolas remembered her well enough, if you are referring to that girl who seemed to think the world revolved around her then no, she wasn't all that pretty and certainly not nice.
"Um, I guess so." Legolas didn't feel like arguing with his father at the moment.
"You should get to know her better." Thranduil so brashly hinted towards his son.
"Father, really I can meet girls on my own I do not need help I am perfectly capable I assure you of that!" Legolas burst out wanting the conversation to end right then.
"If you think you are going to meet the right kind of girls out practicing archery all day than you are mistaken. You need to go find respectable girls, from good families who will know how to raise proper children and be a good wife!" Thranduil challenged back, really what was his son thinking!?
"Father! I will find a girl when I find one! What's the big rush anyways!?" Legolas was on the verge of yelling at his father but figured that he should just keep it in, seeing as they were alone in the forest and there was plenty of time for Thranduil to yell back.
"I just don't think you are trying very hard. I'm not saying I want you to marry right away but you need to start thinking of girls now, it takes a while to find a good one you know. I courted your mother for two hundred years before we married." Thranduil usually did not speak of Legolas's mother but knew that bringing her up now would quiet Legolas from further agrument.
"Well, there is still plenty of time for that." Legolas answered, why did he have to bring up mother!?
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"Wake up boys!" Erestor entered the twin's bedroom to find both of them still in bed, facing opposite directions.
"I don't want to." Elladan said grumpily.
"To bad, today you have lessons." Erestor opened that large drapes that covered the windows and allowed the sun to pour in the room, unfortunately for Elrohir he was facing the window, "Erestor! Did you have to do that?!"
"Yes, get up. You have lessons today." Erestor repeated himself and stood over Elladan's bed waiting for him to move.
Elrohir was out of bed and already putting on his clothing by the time Elladan finally rolled out of bed and made a move towards his wardrobe.
"Why do we have lessons today, they aren't supposed to be until tomorrow." Elladan complained.
"Because King Thranduil will be arriving tomorrow and we want to get your lessons done today." Erestor explained waiting for the elf to pull his clothes on.
"Is he the one father says is 'different'?" Elladan asked.
"Elladan! Do not say such things and no, this is not the elf you are thinking of anyways. Your father is good friends with Thranduil, they are making new alliance negotiations and that sort of thing. And of course taking time to visit with each other. They last time they got together was before you two were born." Erestor rushed Elladan out the door with Elrohir behind him, making faces at his brothers' back.
"Erestor!" Glorfindel greeted Erestor outside the study where he was taking the twins, "Some news, it seems Thranduil will be arriving today, he left a day earlier than expected and had a quick journey." Glorfindel informed Erestor.
"Oh," Erestor looked a little disappointed he wouldn't be able to teach the twins, "Okay then you two, go off and be good, do not get dirty and be presentable when your father calls for you to meet King Thranduil." Erestor waved the twins off.
"Good, I hate those boring lessons anyways." Elladan said as the two headed back towards their room to put on nicer robes, "Who is this Thranduil anyways?"
"You heard he is one of father's friends." Elrohir answered, annoyed his brother never listened to anyone.
"Yea, I wonder if anyone else is coming?" Elladan opened the door to their room and went straight towards his bed.
"I heard that his son is coming too, the prince. I heard he was our age." Elrohir pulled out his favourite formal robe and started to change.
"Oh yea, where did you hear that?" Elladan was surprised his brother had heard something he did not already know.
"While I was in the kitchen after you got me in trouble." Elrohir pulled on his robe and straightened it out, "Aren't you going to change?" Elrohir asked his brother.
"Erestor said be presentable, not put on nice robes." Elladan smiled smugly.
"Father will be angry, you know he likes to great all guests as if they were important and I think this one really is." Elrohir raised his eyebrow, much like his father, and went about fixing his hair.
"You're such a girl sometimes, you hang out with Arwen to much." Elladan sneered as Elrohir expertly fixed his hair and did one last check over his outfit.
"At least I don't like or act like a slob." Elrohir retorted back at Elladan.
"I am not a slob I just prefer more comfortable clothes." Elladan reluctantly got back out of bed and went to his still open wardrobe to look for a formal robe.
"I thought so." Elrohir grinned.
"I don't have any clean ones." Elladan said after he searched through his messy clothes.
"You are as dirty as a dwarf!" Elrohir cried out.
"You look like one!"
"And you look like me!" Elrohir called back.
"Yea well," Elladan couldn't think of anything to say, why did they have to be identical?! "I still need a robe."
"Fine, borrow one of mine but if you mess it up you're dead." Elrohir handed over his least favourite formal robe for his brother's use.
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