Legolas woke in the infirmary of Rivendell, staring at the familiar ceiling
was strangely comforting. It was like coming home. Gazing out the
windows, he saw that it was night again. As he looked more closely, he
noticed that it was a new moon. Legolas smiled softly, these nights were
oddly soothing for him, so quiet and peaceful. The stars shone brightly in
the dark, like pins that had been forced through a piece of heavy black
cloth. Why he found these nights quite so calming he did not know; he
assumed it was because of the quiet that was so often missing from his
life.
There was a moan from the bed next to him. Legolas chuckled and without averting his eyes from the night sky, said, "Aragorn, this familiar?"
Aragorn glanced at Legolas who still was staring out the window. "The infirmary or the night?" he asked, "What is out there anyway?"
"Nothing." Legolas answered simply.
Aragorn rolled over, "You alright?"
"Yes, what about you?" Legolas tore his eyes from the window, "I mean your leg. How is your leg?"
"It hurts. Ada said that I won't be walking for another week." He sighed, "How am I supposed to stay in bed for another week?!"
"Legolas laughed, "Estel, you won't stay in bed for another week. I know you. You'll be up and about in a few days, pain or no pain."
Estel grinned, "And you?"
Legolas winced as he settled himself in the bed, "I'm in a bit of pain as well, but it's not bad, and I'll be fine in a few days of rest," He paused, "speaking of which, I'm going back to sleep." With that Legolas rolled over and fell asleep watching the sky.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~5 Days Later*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"I don't understand Ada! I spoke to him not five days ago and he was fine!"
"I know, I know, Estel! I don't understand either." Elrond and Aragorn were in the library.
Elrond was sitting at the table going through all the books that he could find on medicine and Estel was pacing and yelling.
"Ada! There must be something! Athelas? Kingsfoil?"
Elrond chuckled, but at the look of absolute horror on his son's face stopped short, "I'm sorry son, but you are so worked up that you are repeating things!"
Estel glared, "This is not funny! My best and closest friend is in there with a fever that we can't bring down and the wound is not infected, so by all rights he shouldn't even have a fever!"
Elrond sighed, "Yondo, I know you are worried for your friend, I am too. But you need to sleep, you're exhausted. You will be no good to Legolas in this shape." His eyes conveyed his worry for his son more than his words.
"I know Ada," Estel's eyes watered slightly, and he wiped away the tears, "I know, but, if I loose him, I don't know what I will do."
"Estel, get some sleep," Elrond touched Aragorn's arm slightly; "I will wake you if there is any change."
"Thank you Ada!" Aragorn embraced his adopted father tightly.
Elrond smiled worriedly, as his son left the room, he remembered when Estel was a small boy and would cry himself to sleep, because of his parents, in his arms. He hoped, for his son's sake that Legolas would recover, if Aragorn lost another that he loved Elrond wasn't sure that his boy would recover from the shock.
Legolas had not touched his food since that night that Estel talked to him. Elrond had on more than one occasion come in to find Legolas looking almost hungrily at whoever was in the room. He just didn't understand it.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~Another Week Later*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Legolas gasped and strained in the bed that he had been in for two weeks. Flailing about, he fell out of bed with a thunk that woke Aragorn who had been asleep in the chair by the bed.
"Legolas?" Aragorn asked.
Legolas just gaped and thrashed around in the sheets that had fallen to the floor with him. It was as though something had taken hold of his body and was trying to kill Legolas.
"ADA!" Estel screamed for his father and crouched down beside Legolas. Holding his arms and legs down Aragorn tried to get close enough to see if anything was blocking his friend's windpipe, and that would be why he was gasping. He couldn't get close enough. "Please Legolas," he begged, "Let me help." He tried again and this time managed in successfully trying to fish out what was blocking Legolas's air. There was nothing there.
"ADA!" he shouted again, he needed help and quickly. "Where is that son of an Orc?" Aragorn muttered. He was now sitting on the floor holding Legolas's head, watching helplessly as his friend thrashed and gasped wildly on the floor.
Legolas stopped thrashing. Quickly Aragorn bent over his chest to be sure he was still breathing and he was. With a sigh of relief, Estel lifted his friend back onto the bed.
All of a sudden, Legolas gasped quite loudly, and his entire body arced upwards, his eyes fluttered and closed, and he went limp.
Estel rushed over to hear his companion's heart, but there was nothing there. His chest was not moving either. Looking in horror at the face of his friend that would never conform into a smile again, he silently started crying.
Tears rushing down his face, Estel shook Legolas, "Wake up Legolas! Wake UP!"
Elrond came running in with a look of fear on his face, "My son, what is it? A servant told me you called, but I must have been deep in slumber." He glanced at Legolas and gasped at what he saw. Placing his hand on Estel's shoulder, he whispered, "Valar, Estel, what happened?"
With that, Estel lost all control that he had previously had, and threw himself on Legolas's body and sobbed.
******
Somewhere, in a cave, Narmo howled once and whispered, "It is time."
There was a moan from the bed next to him. Legolas chuckled and without averting his eyes from the night sky, said, "Aragorn, this familiar?"
Aragorn glanced at Legolas who still was staring out the window. "The infirmary or the night?" he asked, "What is out there anyway?"
"Nothing." Legolas answered simply.
Aragorn rolled over, "You alright?"
"Yes, what about you?" Legolas tore his eyes from the window, "I mean your leg. How is your leg?"
"It hurts. Ada said that I won't be walking for another week." He sighed, "How am I supposed to stay in bed for another week?!"
"Legolas laughed, "Estel, you won't stay in bed for another week. I know you. You'll be up and about in a few days, pain or no pain."
Estel grinned, "And you?"
Legolas winced as he settled himself in the bed, "I'm in a bit of pain as well, but it's not bad, and I'll be fine in a few days of rest," He paused, "speaking of which, I'm going back to sleep." With that Legolas rolled over and fell asleep watching the sky.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~5 Days Later*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"I don't understand Ada! I spoke to him not five days ago and he was fine!"
"I know, I know, Estel! I don't understand either." Elrond and Aragorn were in the library.
Elrond was sitting at the table going through all the books that he could find on medicine and Estel was pacing and yelling.
"Ada! There must be something! Athelas? Kingsfoil?"
Elrond chuckled, but at the look of absolute horror on his son's face stopped short, "I'm sorry son, but you are so worked up that you are repeating things!"
Estel glared, "This is not funny! My best and closest friend is in there with a fever that we can't bring down and the wound is not infected, so by all rights he shouldn't even have a fever!"
Elrond sighed, "Yondo, I know you are worried for your friend, I am too. But you need to sleep, you're exhausted. You will be no good to Legolas in this shape." His eyes conveyed his worry for his son more than his words.
"I know Ada," Estel's eyes watered slightly, and he wiped away the tears, "I know, but, if I loose him, I don't know what I will do."
"Estel, get some sleep," Elrond touched Aragorn's arm slightly; "I will wake you if there is any change."
"Thank you Ada!" Aragorn embraced his adopted father tightly.
Elrond smiled worriedly, as his son left the room, he remembered when Estel was a small boy and would cry himself to sleep, because of his parents, in his arms. He hoped, for his son's sake that Legolas would recover, if Aragorn lost another that he loved Elrond wasn't sure that his boy would recover from the shock.
Legolas had not touched his food since that night that Estel talked to him. Elrond had on more than one occasion come in to find Legolas looking almost hungrily at whoever was in the room. He just didn't understand it.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~Another Week Later*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Legolas gasped and strained in the bed that he had been in for two weeks. Flailing about, he fell out of bed with a thunk that woke Aragorn who had been asleep in the chair by the bed.
"Legolas?" Aragorn asked.
Legolas just gaped and thrashed around in the sheets that had fallen to the floor with him. It was as though something had taken hold of his body and was trying to kill Legolas.
"ADA!" Estel screamed for his father and crouched down beside Legolas. Holding his arms and legs down Aragorn tried to get close enough to see if anything was blocking his friend's windpipe, and that would be why he was gasping. He couldn't get close enough. "Please Legolas," he begged, "Let me help." He tried again and this time managed in successfully trying to fish out what was blocking Legolas's air. There was nothing there.
"ADA!" he shouted again, he needed help and quickly. "Where is that son of an Orc?" Aragorn muttered. He was now sitting on the floor holding Legolas's head, watching helplessly as his friend thrashed and gasped wildly on the floor.
Legolas stopped thrashing. Quickly Aragorn bent over his chest to be sure he was still breathing and he was. With a sigh of relief, Estel lifted his friend back onto the bed.
All of a sudden, Legolas gasped quite loudly, and his entire body arced upwards, his eyes fluttered and closed, and he went limp.
Estel rushed over to hear his companion's heart, but there was nothing there. His chest was not moving either. Looking in horror at the face of his friend that would never conform into a smile again, he silently started crying.
Tears rushing down his face, Estel shook Legolas, "Wake up Legolas! Wake UP!"
Elrond came running in with a look of fear on his face, "My son, what is it? A servant told me you called, but I must have been deep in slumber." He glanced at Legolas and gasped at what he saw. Placing his hand on Estel's shoulder, he whispered, "Valar, Estel, what happened?"
With that, Estel lost all control that he had previously had, and threw himself on Legolas's body and sobbed.
******
Somewhere, in a cave, Narmo howled once and whispered, "It is time."
