Elrond frowned deeply at the information in the letter. He looks out the window of his study at Legolas who was walking in silence with Elrohir and Elladan.
Elrohir exchanged a concerned look with Elladan as Legolas refused to dive into the stream in a diving game that they usually played in the stream just outside the river.
Legolas smiled sadly as he watched the two brothers. Finally he got swayed and joined them in the river, but he refused to take his tunic off. Elrond's underlings in healing had done what they could for the broken wrist.
Elrohir watched Legolas for a moment and sighs. He was determined to get to the bottom of what was wrong with his friend. " Legolas what is it that troubles you?"
Legolas lifted his head and looked at Elrohir. For a moment the turmoil that raged inside him along with the pain and anguish he felt shone briefly in his eyes, but then vanished almost as quickly as it came. " I am fine. Nothing troubles me." He answered carefully.
Elrohir noted at once the look that ran across his friend's face and said silently in the bond that he and his brother shared ' Elladan go get Ada. Tell him it is about Legolas.' Once his brother was gone he turned back to Legolas. " Legolas please.." He pleaded.
Legolas didn't answer. Instead he dove off the bridge that was near by and into the water.
" Legolas!" Elrohir called after he had not surfaced for a while. Elrohir dived into the water and spotted Legolas who was trapped between the rocks twice. His ankle was firmly held by a sharp jagged rock, and his tunic was torn and stuck on the rocks and sticks. He wasn't breathing and began to sink to the bottom of the stream.
Elrohir eventually manages to free him and dragged him to the shore. Elladan and their father were running towards the two of them.
Elrond gently lifted up Legolas. His face darkened as he saw the deep scars and bruises on his body which had been revealed after Elrohir had to cut Legolas's tunic off to free him from the death trap. Elrond tended to Legolas once he brought him to a room and set him down on a bed, and once he finished he turned towards Elrohir and walked out to the hall.
" What happened Elrohir? Elrond asked gently but firmly.
" I asked him what was troubling him and he said it was nothing. I
asked him again, and he suddenly jumped off the bridge and into the water. When I found him he was almost drowned underwater as he was caught between rocks." Elrohir explained in a rush to his father.
Elrond sighed at the news. " This is indeed grieving news. This is not the prince we left so long ago. I'll be in my study get me when he wakes up."
Elrohir walked back into the room that Legolas was in and whispered to his brother. " How is he Elladan?"
" He hasn't woken up yet, and I do not know how to help him. Where is Ada?" Elladan asks.
Elrohir sighed at the news. " He is in his study."
TBC....
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