*Note to the readers: Okay, you know how I said that this chapter would
have more to do with why Aragorn is annoyed with his brothers and friend
well I lied. It does have some, but I hit a major writers block while
writing this chapter so it isn't exactly what I wanted it to be. However it
seems to have some humor in it so I decided to post it anyways. Well I hope
you all enjoy it.
MaverickGirl: Glad you like the story so far. And don't worry Estel will make it out of this story with out any scars. We don't want any permeate damage done to him
ThE iNsAnE oNe: Happy Birthday! (: It's nice to know that you are enjoying the story. Hope you like the new chapter.
Arabella: Thanks for the idea.. I will definitely try that for here on out (:
Selendrile: Okay I'll be nice and not take your review as a flame. However since my story is fiction on a story that also is fiction (No matter how many of us believe that Middle Earth really does exist) I'm sorry to say that I don't really care if my history of middle earth matches that of what JRR Tolkien made it out to be. I no not pretend to be an expert, cause I know I am not. I am just trying to have fun with this story.
Chapter 3
The Road to Rivendell.
The first rays of the morning sun found the elves packing up their camp getting ready to hit the trail once again. Inside the cave the twins and Legolas packed up Estel's belongings back into his pack allowing the young man to sleep a few extra minuets. Aragorn had been woken at least twice every hour during the night because of his head wound, so he was undoubtedly still very tired, and a tired Estel was an irritable one.
During the night the whole right side of Aragorn's face had turned black and blue almost completely swelling his eye shut. The cuts that dotted across his face had turned an angry red. Making him look like he had tangled with a pack of wargs and lost, badly.
When the group was all packed up Elrohir woke Aragorn, the young human pushed his elfin brother away and mumbled something about letting him sleep and how he didn't want to get up and go to lessons. Smiling at his little brothers confusion, Elrohir reached out and shook his little brother awake again, this time Estel opened his left eye as that was the only one that could open and tried his best to glare at the older elf, before he sat up. "Alright quit shaking me I'm awake!!" He snapped at the elf that stood before him.
Elladan who was standing a few feet away looked down at his brother, "You don't need to be so rude young one! It is time to get a move on, are you feeling better this morning? Or do you need one of us to carry you?" he questioned. In truth Aragorn was exhausted, since his brothers had insisted on waking him up several times during the night. On top of that he hadn't slept well, during the brief stretches of time that they had actually allowed him to sleep, do to the pounding in his head and the ill feeling of his stomach. He felt like he needed someone to carry him although in the end his pride won out and he decided to walk. He didn't want to look like the baby, that his brothers made him out to be, in front of the other elves.
"I'm fine." Aragorn lied. Other than his exhaustion it wasn't a total lie, he was feeling a little bit better the nausea in his stomach had disappeared. However the unmerciful pounding in his head was still present.
Legolas handed Aragorn a piece of elfish way bread hopping that the young ranger would try and eat some of it since he hadn't been able to manage dinner the night before. He watched as his friend picked at it, pretending to eat. "You need to eat it Estel! It's not going to give you strength if you just sit there and pick at it; more of it is ending up in your lap than in your mouth."
"I'm not hungry."
"That may be, but you have to try and eat something, the way bread is light it's not going to upset your stomach. Besides you only need to eat one small bite and it will be enough to fill your stomach."
Feeling defiant Aragorn yelled back "NO! I DON'T WANT IT" and for effect took the small piece of bread that he held in his hand and hurled it at the far wall of the cave, before standing and pushing his way past a startled Legolas and his two very shocked twin brothers, he headed out of the cave.
Elladan recovered from his shock first, "Wow.. What has him in such a bad mood?"
"He's probably just tired, he'll calm down later today." Elrohir added in the defense of the young human.
"I certainly hope so.." Legolas added.
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Three hours later, found the group on the banks of Bruinen just outside the realm of Rivendell. The trip had been a hard one as Estel's mood had grown worse and worse, as he grew even more tired, till it was almost at the breaking point. Yet it was meant to be, his bad mood was finally pushed over its limits when Elladan raised a hand in the air signaling a stop, "My brothers and I will be resting here for a few minuets before we continue onto Rivendell. As for the rest of you.. feel free to head home. We will be joining you as soon as Estel has had some rest."
Sending his brother a look that could kill Aragorn tried to sink into his surroundings. How dare Elladan treat him like a child? They where less than half, a days walk from the gates of Rivendell now. He would have been able to rest better once he was home and in his own room. But no. Elladan had treated him like a weak baby in front of all the other elves and now they had to rest???
Again defiance crept up inside Aragorn, "I don't need to rest here, Elladan I want to go home I'm sick of being on the trail. I'm FINE how many times do I need to tell you that?" Pushing away from Legolas who had come to stand next to him, and not caring about all the other elves that had come to be staring at him with their mouths open. Aragorn headed for the river."I'm going home!"
Aragorn started to cross the river only to be stopped by Elladan, "Oh no you don't.. come back here." He commanded as he grabbed his brothers' arm. "I told you that you are going to rest and rest you shall! We may be close to home but you look like you are about ready to fall over. you are not going anywhere under your own power until you rest! And that is final." He finished with his teeth clenched.
Biting back a retort, Aragorn flopped down on the ground, he was tired.. in fact he was really tired, and he knew his brother was right, there was no way that he would make it to Rivendell if he didn't rest. It was just that he wanted to get home. Yet he knew better than to push his older brother so he had decided to comply with Elladan's wishes. Yet that didn't mean that he had to like it.
Seeing the forlorn look on Estel's face Legolas came over and sat down next to him. "I know you want to get home Strider, but don't worry we will be there soon enough." Reaching an arm around Estel's shoulders, Legolas pulled the young human close and allowed him to place his head upon his shoulder. "Just rest a few minuets and then we'll be on our way."
Aragorn was asleep almost the second his head rested on Legolas's shoulder. Seeing this, Elladan and Elrohir sat down next to Legolas. "Poor little guy he's exhausted." Elrohir said as he watched his human brother sleep. Turning to Elladan he added, "Couldn't we maybe carry him home? Its not really that far and you know how badly he wants to get back."
"I thought of that too however it would be nice for him to for once be able to walk into Rivendell under his own power. It would also be nice to give Ada a break, and allow him to have one home coming from us where he doesn't have to almost have a heart attack. He's already going to have a fit when he sees Estel's face." Answered Elladan, "However if he doesn't wake up by himself in a little while I suppose we could carry him home."
Legolas started to chuckle as he listened to the brother's he could almost see the look of horror that Lord Elrond would give them when he saw Estel being carried in. For he had seen that look many times before, when the young human had to be carried in by either himself or one of the twins. It was never Estel who got in trouble it was always the unlucky person that was carrying the boy that got yelled at.
"Legolas what could possibly be funny about all of this?" Elrohir asked when he heard the younger elf chuckling. "I'm not laughing at poor Estel I'm laughing at the fact that you seem to have forgotten what will happen to you if one of you guys has to carry Estel in to Rivendell and the look that you two will get from your father followed by the speech."
Elladan and Elrohir both groaned loudly, they had indeed for gotten about their fathers look and what he would do to them when he saw Estel injured. Their groaning sent Legolas into another fit of giggles. The twins both shot him a look that could kill, "What if we make you carry him in Legolas?" Elladan asked
"Yeah" Elrohir agreed
"Nope, sorry no can do, I'll carry him as far as the gates but one of you two will have to carry him into the gates. Either that or you can wake the poor exhausted boy and watch him stumble in and see what Elrond thinks about that?" Legolas turned mirth filled eyes on the elf twins before gently hugging Estel to his side. "You wouldn't want poor little Estel to have to do that now.would you?"
"Legolas you know you can be replaced don't you?" Elladan cut in before Legolas could say any more.
"Is that a threat Elladan, son of Elrond? You should know better than to threaten royalty!" Legolas answered back in a mocking tone, which sent Elrohir into a laughing fit.
Unknown to the battling elves Aragorn had woken up, he listened to his brothers and friend, argue over what to do with him with mild amusement. It took all of his self control not to laugh when Legolas mentioned Elrond; the elfin Lord, was indeed going to be very upset at his brothers for not taking care of him and preventing his injuries. Since he seemed to remember Elrond telling his older son's to watch out for their younger brother and not let anything happen to him. In all fairness his fall had nothing to do with his brothers, but at the moment Aragorn didn't care, deciding to milk this for all it was worth, he continued to play possum.
The twins and prince finally got tired of egging each other on and decided that they should start on the last leg of the trail back to Rivendell. As promised Legolas lifted Aragorn into his arms to carry him up to the gates, it had been decided that Elladan would carry him in unless he had awoken by the time the group reached the gates and in that case would walk in under his own power.
Most of the hunting group had gone ahead to Rivendell earlier when they had first stopped by the riverbank, only a few remained to escort the twins, prince and ranger back into Rivendell.
As the great gates came into view, Legolas leaned down toward Aragorn's ear and whispered, "We will soon be at the gates Estel, you only need to pretend a little bit longer."
Forgetting that he was playing possum, Aragorn opened shock filled eyes on the Prince. Leaning down again Legolas whispered in his ear. "Yes Estel I knew you were awake however I decided to let you play your game. So I suggest that you close your eyes again and finish it, before I tell your brothers."
Legolas had known that Aragorn was awake since he had picked the human up in his arms back at the riverbank. He had felt the human tense up when he was lifted off the ground and cradled into his arms. If Aragorn had truly been asleep he would have remained limp. Deciding to let Estel have his fun, Legolas continued to carry him, with hopes that maybe just maybe the boy might actually fall back asleep as well.
"OH ELLADAN!" Legolas called in a mirth filled voice as he came to a stop just outside the gates. "It's time for you to take you brother." Hearing Elladan groan, Legolas fell into a fit of laughter. Elladan could be so dramatic. As Elladan took Aragorn from Legolas Elrohir started heading for the gates saying "I'm just going to head in first and prepare ada for the sight of the youngster in your arms. Don't worry, it's not like Estel is really injured it is just a healing head wound and exhaustion. Things could be a lot worse. I'll just tell ada that he fainted along the trail and that is why he is in your arms." Elladan groaned again as the younger twin disappeared through the gates.
"He can be replace too you know." Legolas said as Elrohir disappeared through the gates. Elladan smiled, "No we wouldn't want to do that.. who else would be dumb enough to walk into the lion's den other than him. Ada is going to kill him you know as well as I do that it is always the messenger that gets killed first." Legolas nodded before answering, "You know your right??? You tricked us all into doing the hard jobs while you sat back and managed to get the easy one."
They didn't even make it half way up the trail that lead to the house of Elrond when, the Lord of Imladris came rushing out to meet them, Elrohir at his heels. Spying his youngest in Elladan's arms, Elrond reached over and took him into his own. Hearing Elladan sigh, Elrond glared at him. "We will talk about this later once I have seen to his head wound and have put him to bed, don't even think that this is over." Turning to Elrohir and Legolas he added "That goes for you too Elrohir. Legolas if you will follow me please?" Elrond turned and headed towards the house. With a mirth filled glance at the twins Legolas turned and headed toward the house trailing after him.
*I hope you all enjoyed that. I will hopefully update again sometime tomorrow.
MaverickGirl: Glad you like the story so far. And don't worry Estel will make it out of this story with out any scars. We don't want any permeate damage done to him
ThE iNsAnE oNe: Happy Birthday! (: It's nice to know that you are enjoying the story. Hope you like the new chapter.
Arabella: Thanks for the idea.. I will definitely try that for here on out (:
Selendrile: Okay I'll be nice and not take your review as a flame. However since my story is fiction on a story that also is fiction (No matter how many of us believe that Middle Earth really does exist) I'm sorry to say that I don't really care if my history of middle earth matches that of what JRR Tolkien made it out to be. I no not pretend to be an expert, cause I know I am not. I am just trying to have fun with this story.
Chapter 3
The Road to Rivendell.
The first rays of the morning sun found the elves packing up their camp getting ready to hit the trail once again. Inside the cave the twins and Legolas packed up Estel's belongings back into his pack allowing the young man to sleep a few extra minuets. Aragorn had been woken at least twice every hour during the night because of his head wound, so he was undoubtedly still very tired, and a tired Estel was an irritable one.
During the night the whole right side of Aragorn's face had turned black and blue almost completely swelling his eye shut. The cuts that dotted across his face had turned an angry red. Making him look like he had tangled with a pack of wargs and lost, badly.
When the group was all packed up Elrohir woke Aragorn, the young human pushed his elfin brother away and mumbled something about letting him sleep and how he didn't want to get up and go to lessons. Smiling at his little brothers confusion, Elrohir reached out and shook his little brother awake again, this time Estel opened his left eye as that was the only one that could open and tried his best to glare at the older elf, before he sat up. "Alright quit shaking me I'm awake!!" He snapped at the elf that stood before him.
Elladan who was standing a few feet away looked down at his brother, "You don't need to be so rude young one! It is time to get a move on, are you feeling better this morning? Or do you need one of us to carry you?" he questioned. In truth Aragorn was exhausted, since his brothers had insisted on waking him up several times during the night. On top of that he hadn't slept well, during the brief stretches of time that they had actually allowed him to sleep, do to the pounding in his head and the ill feeling of his stomach. He felt like he needed someone to carry him although in the end his pride won out and he decided to walk. He didn't want to look like the baby, that his brothers made him out to be, in front of the other elves.
"I'm fine." Aragorn lied. Other than his exhaustion it wasn't a total lie, he was feeling a little bit better the nausea in his stomach had disappeared. However the unmerciful pounding in his head was still present.
Legolas handed Aragorn a piece of elfish way bread hopping that the young ranger would try and eat some of it since he hadn't been able to manage dinner the night before. He watched as his friend picked at it, pretending to eat. "You need to eat it Estel! It's not going to give you strength if you just sit there and pick at it; more of it is ending up in your lap than in your mouth."
"I'm not hungry."
"That may be, but you have to try and eat something, the way bread is light it's not going to upset your stomach. Besides you only need to eat one small bite and it will be enough to fill your stomach."
Feeling defiant Aragorn yelled back "NO! I DON'T WANT IT" and for effect took the small piece of bread that he held in his hand and hurled it at the far wall of the cave, before standing and pushing his way past a startled Legolas and his two very shocked twin brothers, he headed out of the cave.
Elladan recovered from his shock first, "Wow.. What has him in such a bad mood?"
"He's probably just tired, he'll calm down later today." Elrohir added in the defense of the young human.
"I certainly hope so.." Legolas added.
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Three hours later, found the group on the banks of Bruinen just outside the realm of Rivendell. The trip had been a hard one as Estel's mood had grown worse and worse, as he grew even more tired, till it was almost at the breaking point. Yet it was meant to be, his bad mood was finally pushed over its limits when Elladan raised a hand in the air signaling a stop, "My brothers and I will be resting here for a few minuets before we continue onto Rivendell. As for the rest of you.. feel free to head home. We will be joining you as soon as Estel has had some rest."
Sending his brother a look that could kill Aragorn tried to sink into his surroundings. How dare Elladan treat him like a child? They where less than half, a days walk from the gates of Rivendell now. He would have been able to rest better once he was home and in his own room. But no. Elladan had treated him like a weak baby in front of all the other elves and now they had to rest???
Again defiance crept up inside Aragorn, "I don't need to rest here, Elladan I want to go home I'm sick of being on the trail. I'm FINE how many times do I need to tell you that?" Pushing away from Legolas who had come to stand next to him, and not caring about all the other elves that had come to be staring at him with their mouths open. Aragorn headed for the river."I'm going home!"
Aragorn started to cross the river only to be stopped by Elladan, "Oh no you don't.. come back here." He commanded as he grabbed his brothers' arm. "I told you that you are going to rest and rest you shall! We may be close to home but you look like you are about ready to fall over. you are not going anywhere under your own power until you rest! And that is final." He finished with his teeth clenched.
Biting back a retort, Aragorn flopped down on the ground, he was tired.. in fact he was really tired, and he knew his brother was right, there was no way that he would make it to Rivendell if he didn't rest. It was just that he wanted to get home. Yet he knew better than to push his older brother so he had decided to comply with Elladan's wishes. Yet that didn't mean that he had to like it.
Seeing the forlorn look on Estel's face Legolas came over and sat down next to him. "I know you want to get home Strider, but don't worry we will be there soon enough." Reaching an arm around Estel's shoulders, Legolas pulled the young human close and allowed him to place his head upon his shoulder. "Just rest a few minuets and then we'll be on our way."
Aragorn was asleep almost the second his head rested on Legolas's shoulder. Seeing this, Elladan and Elrohir sat down next to Legolas. "Poor little guy he's exhausted." Elrohir said as he watched his human brother sleep. Turning to Elladan he added, "Couldn't we maybe carry him home? Its not really that far and you know how badly he wants to get back."
"I thought of that too however it would be nice for him to for once be able to walk into Rivendell under his own power. It would also be nice to give Ada a break, and allow him to have one home coming from us where he doesn't have to almost have a heart attack. He's already going to have a fit when he sees Estel's face." Answered Elladan, "However if he doesn't wake up by himself in a little while I suppose we could carry him home."
Legolas started to chuckle as he listened to the brother's he could almost see the look of horror that Lord Elrond would give them when he saw Estel being carried in. For he had seen that look many times before, when the young human had to be carried in by either himself or one of the twins. It was never Estel who got in trouble it was always the unlucky person that was carrying the boy that got yelled at.
"Legolas what could possibly be funny about all of this?" Elrohir asked when he heard the younger elf chuckling. "I'm not laughing at poor Estel I'm laughing at the fact that you seem to have forgotten what will happen to you if one of you guys has to carry Estel in to Rivendell and the look that you two will get from your father followed by the speech."
Elladan and Elrohir both groaned loudly, they had indeed for gotten about their fathers look and what he would do to them when he saw Estel injured. Their groaning sent Legolas into another fit of giggles. The twins both shot him a look that could kill, "What if we make you carry him in Legolas?" Elladan asked
"Yeah" Elrohir agreed
"Nope, sorry no can do, I'll carry him as far as the gates but one of you two will have to carry him into the gates. Either that or you can wake the poor exhausted boy and watch him stumble in and see what Elrond thinks about that?" Legolas turned mirth filled eyes on the elf twins before gently hugging Estel to his side. "You wouldn't want poor little Estel to have to do that now.would you?"
"Legolas you know you can be replaced don't you?" Elladan cut in before Legolas could say any more.
"Is that a threat Elladan, son of Elrond? You should know better than to threaten royalty!" Legolas answered back in a mocking tone, which sent Elrohir into a laughing fit.
Unknown to the battling elves Aragorn had woken up, he listened to his brothers and friend, argue over what to do with him with mild amusement. It took all of his self control not to laugh when Legolas mentioned Elrond; the elfin Lord, was indeed going to be very upset at his brothers for not taking care of him and preventing his injuries. Since he seemed to remember Elrond telling his older son's to watch out for their younger brother and not let anything happen to him. In all fairness his fall had nothing to do with his brothers, but at the moment Aragorn didn't care, deciding to milk this for all it was worth, he continued to play possum.
The twins and prince finally got tired of egging each other on and decided that they should start on the last leg of the trail back to Rivendell. As promised Legolas lifted Aragorn into his arms to carry him up to the gates, it had been decided that Elladan would carry him in unless he had awoken by the time the group reached the gates and in that case would walk in under his own power.
Most of the hunting group had gone ahead to Rivendell earlier when they had first stopped by the riverbank, only a few remained to escort the twins, prince and ranger back into Rivendell.
As the great gates came into view, Legolas leaned down toward Aragorn's ear and whispered, "We will soon be at the gates Estel, you only need to pretend a little bit longer."
Forgetting that he was playing possum, Aragorn opened shock filled eyes on the Prince. Leaning down again Legolas whispered in his ear. "Yes Estel I knew you were awake however I decided to let you play your game. So I suggest that you close your eyes again and finish it, before I tell your brothers."
Legolas had known that Aragorn was awake since he had picked the human up in his arms back at the riverbank. He had felt the human tense up when he was lifted off the ground and cradled into his arms. If Aragorn had truly been asleep he would have remained limp. Deciding to let Estel have his fun, Legolas continued to carry him, with hopes that maybe just maybe the boy might actually fall back asleep as well.
"OH ELLADAN!" Legolas called in a mirth filled voice as he came to a stop just outside the gates. "It's time for you to take you brother." Hearing Elladan groan, Legolas fell into a fit of laughter. Elladan could be so dramatic. As Elladan took Aragorn from Legolas Elrohir started heading for the gates saying "I'm just going to head in first and prepare ada for the sight of the youngster in your arms. Don't worry, it's not like Estel is really injured it is just a healing head wound and exhaustion. Things could be a lot worse. I'll just tell ada that he fainted along the trail and that is why he is in your arms." Elladan groaned again as the younger twin disappeared through the gates.
"He can be replace too you know." Legolas said as Elrohir disappeared through the gates. Elladan smiled, "No we wouldn't want to do that.. who else would be dumb enough to walk into the lion's den other than him. Ada is going to kill him you know as well as I do that it is always the messenger that gets killed first." Legolas nodded before answering, "You know your right??? You tricked us all into doing the hard jobs while you sat back and managed to get the easy one."
They didn't even make it half way up the trail that lead to the house of Elrond when, the Lord of Imladris came rushing out to meet them, Elrohir at his heels. Spying his youngest in Elladan's arms, Elrond reached over and took him into his own. Hearing Elladan sigh, Elrond glared at him. "We will talk about this later once I have seen to his head wound and have put him to bed, don't even think that this is over." Turning to Elrohir and Legolas he added "That goes for you too Elrohir. Legolas if you will follow me please?" Elrond turned and headed towards the house. With a mirth filled glance at the twins Legolas turned and headed toward the house trailing after him.
*I hope you all enjoyed that. I will hopefully update again sometime tomorrow.