Title: The Stars Will Shine Brighter
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the genius which is Tolkien.
Summary: The people of Mirkwood have secluded themselves from other elves for a long time. Legolas has not seen his former best friends, the children of Elrond, for almost 2 thousand years. But when he runs into an injured human that claims to be a child of the Lord of Imladris, will he return to Imladris? Will this human become a friend?
Chapter four:
The journey had been a hard one. They had been riding for a week already and Estel was getting worse and worse. Legolas feared that they would not make it in time to save his companion's life. The human had now been unconcious for two days and with each hour of silence from Estel, Les grew even more agitated.
They would reach Imladris in the dead of night if they continued at the same pace they were at this moment. So they rode without stopping. Estel sitting limp in front of Les on Aimen and Les holding the reigns of Cellar who was galloping along side them once again.
When they reached the gates of Rivendell, they were stopped by the guards.
"I have with me the foster child of Lord Elrond, he was badly injured and the weapon was coted with poison." Legolas explained. One guard led him quickly to the houses of healing and another went to tell Lord Elrond and his sons what had happened.
When they reached the healing houses, Les was led to a room where he put Estel on a bed and stepped back as some healers examined him. Lord Elrond burst in the room and brushed past Legolas to get to Aragorn. Legolas breifly looked at Elrond, who looked exactly as Legolas had remembered him, before turning his attention back to Estel who was being given the antidote for the black poison in his system.
One of the assistant healers approached Legolas and asked him to wait outside, he was about to protest but decided against it and followed the healer outside. He breifly registered when two identical blurs ran by him and into the room where they were treating Estel.
When Estel woke up, the first thing he noticed was that he wasn't outside. He was in Imladris, his home. He then looked around to see the worried faces of his twin brothers and his father.
"Ada?" (father)
"Yes Estel it is I." Spoke Elrond.
"You really scared us this time." Said Elladan.
"You can't come home with out being hurt can you?" Elrohir commented. The twins laughed at the growing joke that Aragorn couldn't come home without some sort of injury.
"Where is Arwen?" Estel asked, wondering where his sister was.
"Don't you remember? She is in Lorien. Arwen will be home in one week. Mithrandir will also be visiting midweek" Said Elrohir. Aragorn nodded, then quickly remembered.
"Where is Les?" Estel asked, looking around for his new friend. Elrond and the twins gave him a confused look.
"Who is Les?" Elrohir asked. For a moment Estel worried that Les had left with out saying good bye, but then a healer spoke up.
"My lords, I believe he was the elf who brought in Estel."Aragorn spoke up.
"Yes he saved me from the group of Orcs that attacked me."
"Where is he?" Elrond much desired to speak with the elf who saved his youngest son.
"Just outside M'lord." Said the healer as he once again busied himself with the pillows behind Aragorn. Elrond swiftly left the room.
~~
Legolas sat on a bench just outside the room where they had been treating Estel, his new human friend. It was now sun up, he had been waiting for hours but no one had come out of the door in front of him.
Just as he was thinking that, the door creaked open. Elrond stepped out.
"You are Les I pressume?" he spoke with an air of importance. Legolas nodded, keeping his eyes slightly down in the hopes that the Lord of Imladris would not recognise him.
"I am Estel's father. Elrond."
"I know who you are My lord." Said Legolas.
"Do you? I would have thought the kin of Mirkwood would have forgotten me. Our lands have not spoken for so long." The Lord sat down on the bench beside Les.
"You look familiar, have we met before?" Elrond asked, looking curiously at the elf beside him.
"you must be mistaken, I have never been to Imladris." Les lied. Elrond eyed him suspiciously, but decided he could not come up with a reason for the elf to lie so dismissed it.
"Thank you for saving Estel. I do not know what I would do if I lost him." Spoke the Lord again, honestly.
"It was what anyone in my position would have done." Legolas really did not want to continue this conversation.
"You and I both know that is not true. Mirkwood elves are not found of humans."
"Why don't you go in and see Estel and then one of my other sons can show you to the room you'll be staying in." Les was about to protest but Lord Elrond stopped him.
"You look weary. Stay at least a while longer." With that the elven Lord left swiftly.
Les stood and made his way into the healing room.
"Les. Come here." Estel waved him over to where he was sitting with two elves whose backs were to him.
"Les these are my brothers. This is Elladan and this is Elrohir." The elves turned around and nodded to him. Legolas prayed they didn't not see who he truelly was. They didn't.
"Les is an odd name for an elf." Elladan commented.
"It's a nick name." Stated Les. He hoped they didn't ask his real name. He was disappointed.
"Whats your real name then?" Elrohir asked.
"Honestly, I don't remember, sorry." Said Legolas with an expression that said he wasn't sorry.
The three brothers looked at eachother. They knew Legolas knew his name but didn't press him for it.
"How are you feeling?" The Prince asked Estel.
"Better than before." Aragorn responded with a smile, "Thank you again." Legolas nodded.
"Well why don't we let Estel get some sleep?" Elrohir suggested.
"Good idea. Les we'll show you to your room." Elladan agreed.
"I'm fine you don't have to leave." Aragorn said. He hated sitting alone in bed when he was injured and the twins knew that.
"Sorry Estel, its not our choice." Smirked Elladan.
"We wish we could stay but we can't, you see we have a thing to do." mocked Elrohir.
"What about you Les, come on." Pleaded Estel. Les wore a thoughtful expression.
"You know I would but, I also have a thing and it needs immediate attention so I must go." Said Legolas, amused at the childish disappointment on Estels features. The twins laughed .
"I think we're going to like him." Laughed Elladan, as the twins led the Mirkwood elf out of the room.
TBC..
Hope you enjoyed it more to come.
~Roper
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the genius which is Tolkien.
Summary: The people of Mirkwood have secluded themselves from other elves for a long time. Legolas has not seen his former best friends, the children of Elrond, for almost 2 thousand years. But when he runs into an injured human that claims to be a child of the Lord of Imladris, will he return to Imladris? Will this human become a friend?
Chapter four:
The journey had been a hard one. They had been riding for a week already and Estel was getting worse and worse. Legolas feared that they would not make it in time to save his companion's life. The human had now been unconcious for two days and with each hour of silence from Estel, Les grew even more agitated.
They would reach Imladris in the dead of night if they continued at the same pace they were at this moment. So they rode without stopping. Estel sitting limp in front of Les on Aimen and Les holding the reigns of Cellar who was galloping along side them once again.
When they reached the gates of Rivendell, they were stopped by the guards.
"I have with me the foster child of Lord Elrond, he was badly injured and the weapon was coted with poison." Legolas explained. One guard led him quickly to the houses of healing and another went to tell Lord Elrond and his sons what had happened.
When they reached the healing houses, Les was led to a room where he put Estel on a bed and stepped back as some healers examined him. Lord Elrond burst in the room and brushed past Legolas to get to Aragorn. Legolas breifly looked at Elrond, who looked exactly as Legolas had remembered him, before turning his attention back to Estel who was being given the antidote for the black poison in his system.
One of the assistant healers approached Legolas and asked him to wait outside, he was about to protest but decided against it and followed the healer outside. He breifly registered when two identical blurs ran by him and into the room where they were treating Estel.
When Estel woke up, the first thing he noticed was that he wasn't outside. He was in Imladris, his home. He then looked around to see the worried faces of his twin brothers and his father.
"Ada?" (father)
"Yes Estel it is I." Spoke Elrond.
"You really scared us this time." Said Elladan.
"You can't come home with out being hurt can you?" Elrohir commented. The twins laughed at the growing joke that Aragorn couldn't come home without some sort of injury.
"Where is Arwen?" Estel asked, wondering where his sister was.
"Don't you remember? She is in Lorien. Arwen will be home in one week. Mithrandir will also be visiting midweek" Said Elrohir. Aragorn nodded, then quickly remembered.
"Where is Les?" Estel asked, looking around for his new friend. Elrond and the twins gave him a confused look.
"Who is Les?" Elrohir asked. For a moment Estel worried that Les had left with out saying good bye, but then a healer spoke up.
"My lords, I believe he was the elf who brought in Estel."Aragorn spoke up.
"Yes he saved me from the group of Orcs that attacked me."
"Where is he?" Elrond much desired to speak with the elf who saved his youngest son.
"Just outside M'lord." Said the healer as he once again busied himself with the pillows behind Aragorn. Elrond swiftly left the room.
~~
Legolas sat on a bench just outside the room where they had been treating Estel, his new human friend. It was now sun up, he had been waiting for hours but no one had come out of the door in front of him.
Just as he was thinking that, the door creaked open. Elrond stepped out.
"You are Les I pressume?" he spoke with an air of importance. Legolas nodded, keeping his eyes slightly down in the hopes that the Lord of Imladris would not recognise him.
"I am Estel's father. Elrond."
"I know who you are My lord." Said Legolas.
"Do you? I would have thought the kin of Mirkwood would have forgotten me. Our lands have not spoken for so long." The Lord sat down on the bench beside Les.
"You look familiar, have we met before?" Elrond asked, looking curiously at the elf beside him.
"you must be mistaken, I have never been to Imladris." Les lied. Elrond eyed him suspiciously, but decided he could not come up with a reason for the elf to lie so dismissed it.
"Thank you for saving Estel. I do not know what I would do if I lost him." Spoke the Lord again, honestly.
"It was what anyone in my position would have done." Legolas really did not want to continue this conversation.
"You and I both know that is not true. Mirkwood elves are not found of humans."
"Why don't you go in and see Estel and then one of my other sons can show you to the room you'll be staying in." Les was about to protest but Lord Elrond stopped him.
"You look weary. Stay at least a while longer." With that the elven Lord left swiftly.
Les stood and made his way into the healing room.
"Les. Come here." Estel waved him over to where he was sitting with two elves whose backs were to him.
"Les these are my brothers. This is Elladan and this is Elrohir." The elves turned around and nodded to him. Legolas prayed they didn't not see who he truelly was. They didn't.
"Les is an odd name for an elf." Elladan commented.
"It's a nick name." Stated Les. He hoped they didn't ask his real name. He was disappointed.
"Whats your real name then?" Elrohir asked.
"Honestly, I don't remember, sorry." Said Legolas with an expression that said he wasn't sorry.
The three brothers looked at eachother. They knew Legolas knew his name but didn't press him for it.
"How are you feeling?" The Prince asked Estel.
"Better than before." Aragorn responded with a smile, "Thank you again." Legolas nodded.
"Well why don't we let Estel get some sleep?" Elrohir suggested.
"Good idea. Les we'll show you to your room." Elladan agreed.
"I'm fine you don't have to leave." Aragorn said. He hated sitting alone in bed when he was injured and the twins knew that.
"Sorry Estel, its not our choice." Smirked Elladan.
"We wish we could stay but we can't, you see we have a thing to do." mocked Elrohir.
"What about you Les, come on." Pleaded Estel. Les wore a thoughtful expression.
"You know I would but, I also have a thing and it needs immediate attention so I must go." Said Legolas, amused at the childish disappointment on Estels features. The twins laughed .
"I think we're going to like him." Laughed Elladan, as the twins led the Mirkwood elf out of the room.
TBC..
Hope you enjoyed it more to come.
~Roper