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TigerRain : Sorry, but I should have made it clearer before this about the order of the brothers. My fault. It's Romion, Taelas, Haifirion, Naramin, Kaimion and then Legolas.

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Chapter 28

"So you have no idea who this person is?" Haldir asked after Romion finished explaining to them.

Romion nodded. "He wouldn't say anything regarding this person," Thranduil said sadly.

"This person, if you found him, what would you do, I mean, how would he be able to help him?" Arwen asked the royal family. She knew her father told them not to say anything but curiosity got the better of her. And they needed to know just how Elladan would be able to help Legolas.

Romion and Haifirion looked at their father but Thranduil only shook his head. He had never thought of this question. So he shook his head at Arwen.

"I do not know. Larsius only said that true love would save my son's life but he did not specifically said how. I just don't know. But what's the use of knowing anyway? We do not know the identity of this person," Thranduil explained.

'There goes our chance of helping Legolas discreetly. We don't even know how to begin,' Arwen thought to herself.

"Lord Elrond. Do you have any plans or ideas on how to help my brother?" Haifirion looked at Elrond hopefully.

Sadly, Elrond shook his head.

Romion sighed in defeat," Then there is no chance of saving my brother then. Even the greatest healer do not know what to do."

No one said anything as they indulged in their own thoughts of what was to happened next.

"I'm going to see Legolas. Elrond, would you come with me?" Thranduil asked as he stood from his chair.

Elrond rose as well and nodded," Yes, I'll come with you."

"We'll go too!" Elladan exclaimed and practically jumped from his seat.

"Yes." "No." Elrond and Thranduil spoke in unison. Thranduil raised an eyebrow towards Elrond on why he wouldn't let the younger elves come with them.

"No. Legolas is probably very tired now. We don't want him to feel more tired than he already is. Stay here," Elrond said as he looked at each of them seriously.

Elrond did not want Elladan to see Legolas because he knew Elladan would not be able to handle his emotions well if he sees Legolas.

Elladan wanted to protest but one look at his father's face, he sat back down with a sigh.

"I can stay here with them, keep them comp..." Haifirion offered but before he was finished, Arwen interrupted him.

"That won't be necessary. I'm sure you'd want to see your brother. We'll be fine by ourselves here," Arwen said quickly.

Thranduil looked at Elrond and he nodded his approval.

Haifirion gave her a shy but grateful smile, bowed and said," My lady," before he followed his father, Elrond and Romion out of the door.

As soon as they were out the door, Arwen waited for a little while before she creaked open the door a little and peeked outside.

Elrohir snickered and said," I think someone's interested in someone."

Arwen rolled hey eyes in annoyance but did not say anything.

Then, she closed the door, turned around and said," Look, we need a plan. There's a reason why I don't want Haifirion here with us."

Three pair of eyes looked at her with interest. "What kind of plan?" Elladan asked slowly and cautiously.

"We need to get you to Legolas' room," Arwen said.

"What?!" Three shocked voices said in unison.

Arwen crossed her arms in annoyance and said again," We need to get Elladan to Legolas' room. This is the chance for Elladan to save Legolas without anyone knowing."

"But adar told us to stay put," Elrohir protested.

"Ah... but since when did you start to do as adar says?" Arwen asked with a raised eyebrow and a small smile.

'Good point,' all three thought.

"It's too risky," Elrohir said quickly, hoping that he could change their minds.

"Why? Afraid your father would ground you, Ro?" Haldir said with a smirk.

Elrohir protested," No, of course not. I'm not worry about adar. Think about it. There is a reason why Adar ordered us not to say anything. If they knew that it was Elladan, Mirkwood might wage a war upon Rivendell. Do you want to risk that?"

Haldir looked at Elrohir with wide eyes," Are you sure they'll do that?"

"No, we're not sure about that. But this is our friend we're talking about. His life is in danger. We must help him," Arwen tried to reason with her brother.

"I know he is in danger," Elrohir snapped. Then he continued," There is a bigger picture here that we must consider."

Elladan waved his hand to silence his brother," I don't want to see the bigger picture here, Elrohir. I've come here to save Legolas and that's exactly what I'm going to do. With or without your help."

Elrohir tried to protest again but Haldir spoke before he did to prevent the brothers from arguing," The king had promised Legolas that he would not pursue the matter. I think we're safe here, Elrohir."

"Grief can be the strongest motivation to do damage than you can ever imagine, my friend," Elrohir said solemnly.

"Elrohir, just tell me. Are you in or out?" Elladan asked impatiently.

Arwen and Haldir looked at him hopefully.

"Of course I'm in," Elrohir said," I just hope you know what you're doing."

"Okay. First, we need to get into Legolas' room without being noticed," Arwen started.

Elladan frowned and asked," Just how are we going to do that? We don't even know where his room is."

"That's why I had to peeked through the door. I know where his room is. We need to wait until they came out of the room and then we sneak in," Arwen said with a smile. She felt absolutely brilliant with her plan.

"But aren't they coming here after that?" Elrohir asked worriedly.

Arwen just smiled at him and said," I was worried about that too but I overheard that they were going to the dining hall after that and they will send someone to get us when the food is ready. When they couldn't find us, we'll just say that we went for a walk. Oh, and this would only work if there is absolutely no one in Legolas' room. We could knock first and if someone answer we would just say that we were looking for Adar."

Her brothers and Haldir looked at her as if she had grown another head but Arwen was beaming.

"Wow, you thought that up all by yourself?" Elrohir asked, impressed with Arwen's plan.

Arwen scowled at him and answered sarcastically," Of course. I do have a brain you know."

"I am utterly impressed," Elladan praised his sister and Haldir only nodded.

To which Arwen only smiled and said," Okay, Ell, you should stand by at the door. Peek through it and tell us if they've come out of Legolas' room."

Elladan nodded and proceeded to take his place by the door. He opened the door a little and peeked out while the others sit and wait for his signal.

It was only a little while before Elladan whispered excitedly," They've come out. They're heading towards the other side of the hall. Okay, coast is clear."

The four of them went as quiet as they could get and followed Elladan towards Legolas' room. Then Elladan stopped in front of a door.

"This is it. I saw them coming out of this door," Elladan said nervously.

Remembering Arwen's plan, he knocked softly. All four of them held their breath as they waited for a reply.

No one answered.

Just to be cautious, Elladan knocked again.

Still no one answered.

He took a look at his companions. When none of them rejected, he opened the door slowly and carefully and peeked into the room. Satisfied that no one was in the room, he entered followed by his siblings and Haldir.

As he was the last to enter the room, Haldir closed the door slowly.

Quickly, Elladan made his way towards the bed and saw Legolas sleeping on it.

"Dear Valar," he whispered to himself. He could hear the others gasped at the sight that greeted them.

In his opinion, Legolas looked terrible. He was way too thin and his skin was deathly white. The normal glow within him was slowly diminishing. There were dark circles under his eyes and his lips was pale and dry.

Elladan's heart ache when he saw the condition Legolas was in. But calmly, he made his way to the bedside. There, he knelt and took Legolas' hand in his. With his other hand, he stroke Legolas' hair and brow.

"Legolas," he whispered to his sleeping prince," Wake up, my angel."

But Legolas did not stir.

"Please Legolas, please wake up. For me. I want to see your eyes again," Elladan pleaded softly. Then he kissed Legolas' nose and forehead. He knew Legolas' loved the gesture.

"Come on baby. You need to open your eyes again. Come on, please," Elladan said as he tried to choke back the tears that were coming.

But it was no use. The sleeping prince did not awake.

"I love you, my angel. Do you know that? Can you hear me? I said I love you," Elladan said as tears started to flow down his cheeks. He kissed Legolas' hand that he was holding.

"Do you know how did I reach here? Your love brought me here, angel. Look," Elladan unclasped his tunic and took out the chain that he was wearing and fingered Legolas' ring. All this while, it was hidden under his tunic to avoid any confrontation with the royal family. "Your ring brought me here."

No answer.

"What can I do, baby? What can I do to save you?" Elladan continued to whisper. Then he kissed Legolas on the lips, hoping that somehow Legolas would open his eyes and say that he is all right.

As he withdrew his lips, he waited. Waited for any sign that sowed Legolas had survived. That the curse was broken.

But Legolas did not wake. Elladan lowered his head and cried while Elrohir, Arwen and Haldir stood behind him, sadly watching.

"What's going on here?" A voice boomed from the door.

All four of them turned towards the voice and found an elf looking at them suspiciously. Elladan rubbed his tears with his hands and stood up.

"Who are you? What are you doing here?" the elf asked again.

"We're Lord Elrond's children," Elrohir explained.

The elf raised his eyebrows and asked again," Lord Elrond? He is at the dining hall."

"Oh, yes. We should probably go and join him. But we wanted to see how was Legolas doing," this time it was Arwen who spoke.

The elf walked towards them and said," He should not be disturbed as he is tired. You should..." The elf stopped mid-sentence when he came to face Elladan.

"You!" the elf exclaimed as he raised an accusing finger towards Elladan.

"You're the culprit!"

TBC...

Well, a lot of you guys had suggested the ring so I had decided to go with it. At first it was supposed to be someone overheard the things that ELladan said to Legolas but oh well, the ring works for me as well...

What do you guys suggest or think should happen to Elladan? Beat him up? Send him to the dungeons? Wage a war on Rivendell? Hmm.... or.... KILL HIM????? hehehehe.... now, that's a thought... * evil plan formulating again, it's been quite a long long time * I mean, no one seemed to die in this fic, maybe should get the action going...?

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