Chapter Five.

After all had eaten, including the Hobbits and the Dwarf, Lord Elrond and Lord Alixuss decided on a little catch-up talk in the gardens while the Twins and Legolas helped sort the Hobbits into their rooms, Gimli into his and move Aragorn into the Healing House. Once all of those self-appointed tasks had been dealt with, they simply sat on the roof and looked out over Imladris and watching Elrond and Alixuss walking and talking.

"What do you think they may be talking about Elrohir?" queried Elladan whilst trying his hardest to lip-read but being so high up and them at quite a distance, it was proving to be rather hard to do. Legolas was scanning the area for something to shoot while Elrohir tried to figure out what his father was saying, leaning on Elladan in the process.

"Hmmm it seems they are catching up on the past and…something about Aragorn well on his way to a full recovery. Well, good news so far." Elrohir said as he squinted some more to catch other words. Elladan slowly turned his head to face his squinting twin, who seemed to not see him move at all, and gaped at him.

"How can you see what they are saying and I cannot?" he asked, sounding slightly annoyed. Elrohir smirked, placed two fingers on his twin's cheek and pushed his face back to facing the two Lords, making him concentrate on what they were saying. Legolas smirked as he spotted something moving in the trees below and pulled out his bow and a single arrow. As he steadied his arrow, pulling back the wire, it creaked which made both Twin's stare at him whilst he locked onto his target in the trees. He really didn't care what it was; he just wanted something to shoot. Aiming his arrow with pinpoint accuracy, he let it fly with a whistle and within a split second it hit his target. All three Elves sat rigid for a few seconds, trying to figure out what Legolas had hit until their worst fears were unleashed as Glorfindel let out a scream of pain and came running out of the bushes below, clutching his left butt-cheek, running straight into the conversing Elves.

"Oh no, look what you hit Legolas! And in his buttock as well, good shot mind you but wait until he sees us up here, Ada will see us and so will Alixuss and then we'll all be punished for spying and shooting stupid Captains!" Elladan's voice gradually grew louder as he panicked and started to shake with fear while Elrohir froze as well as Legolas, when Elrond's gaze fixed on theirs. Legolas quickly hit his bow behind him and went pale when Alixuss followed his friend's line of sight.

"We've been found out." Was all Legolas whispered and the Twin's whimpered. Glorfindel, who had been busy with trying to pull the arrow out of now numb butt-cheek, looked up and glared.

"LEGOLAS! I'LL HAVE YOUR HIDE FOR THIS YOU LITTLE IMP!" he bellowed and the three Elves quickly evacuated the roof and ran as fast as their legs could carry them. Alixuss shook his head as he and Elrond watched Glorfindel limp after the three Elves, cursing as he went. Once he was out of sight, the two Lords sat on a nearby bench and began talking once again.

"So then, Alixuss, how long do you intend to stay here, in Imladris?" the Valley's Lord asked, eyebrow raised. He already knew he wouldn't stay very long but asked anyway. The red-haired Elf smirked slightly and sighed.

"Not long I'm afraid. Once Aragorn is healed completely, I shall have to leave unfortunately." He said with a sad smile. Elrond nodded in understanding and rose before motioning for Alixuss to follow. Both Lords walked in step with one another back towards the house, each Lord occasionally nudging the other one playfully until one ended up on the floor and the other bolted for it, the victim hot on his heels. Still Elfings at heart.

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"Do you think he'll find us in here?"

"OUCH! Get your elbow out of my gut!"

"It's not me!"

"LEGOLAS!" they heard from outside of their little hiding spot. The twins felt Legolas start to shake in between them and they felt sorry for him somewhat, but they knew Glorfindel would get them too. All three of them huddled together in an attempt to become one.

"Oh Valar! He'll kill me! You have got to do something!" Legolas whispered in panic. The poor Prince was almost wetting himself in fear, he'd faced and killed trolls, Orcs, Wargs and wolves but a Balrog Slayer Re-born was terrifying him.

"We can't Legolas, sorry. Anyway, we can't leave either, he'll have our hides as well you know." Elladan said and in the dark, both heard Elrohir shuffle as though he was nodding. Legolas was almost crying now, he didn't want to die. He didn't know he'd shot Glorfindel! And, he thought, why was he in the bushes? Hmmm?

Somewhere in the Last Homely House, Alixuss was giggling to himself, picking up on Legolas' and the twins fear and decided to help out a little.

'Legolas?' he thought.

Legolas, in the broom cupboard, jumped. Was Alixuss in there with them?

'Yes?' he answered, unsure of what he was talking to exactly.

'Ah, you seem to be in a bit of trouble…' he heard some giggling, 'want some help young one?' he finished.

'Please!' he almost screamed. Elrohir raised an eyebrow now that Legolas had stopped shaking and was very still, slightly unnerving.

'Very well…' came the reply and Legolas waited a fee seconds as the Elf worked his magic.

"GLORFINDEL!" came a scream from somewhere upstairs and all three of them held their breath while the Captain walked past the door.

"WHO CALLS?" he screamed back.

"YOUR LORD DOES! WHAT ON EARTH WERE YOU DOING IN THOSE BUSHES? I DEMAND AN EXPLANATION RIGHT NOW!" came Lord Elrond's voice. Alixuss had spoken to his friend in his mind, far speaking, and enquired as to why Glorfindel was in those bushes and as he thought, Elrond grew so suspicious to the point where he had to know. Legolas and the twins let out a long sigh as they heard Glorfindel stomp off towards his Lord's study.

'There you are Legolas. You may leave now and I will be sure to get you out of your situation. I'll speak to Lord Glorfindel, you have my word.' Came a soft echo in Legolas' head and he smiled. Maybe he'd be all right now…?

"We can leave. Alixuss said so." Legolas said as he stood and stretched. The twins got up and once they had exited the broom closet, they gave him a very inquisitive look. Legolas sighed and explained the best he could before the three of them went to check on Aragorn.