Disclaimer: See Chapter One
A/N: Hi there people, just a slight warning that I won't be updating for the next few days as I'm going out of town, but I will update as soon as I get back promise! As always, dedicated to Carmen and many many thanks to my beta enb2004 for helping me out with my fics, so read her things! Thanks!
A/N 2: Oh by the way as for some reason I can't get the italics to word blah blah means a dream sequence, sorry for any confusion. If anyone knows how to get the Italics working I would be highly appreciative. Thank you!
Legolas Greenleaf of Mirkwood was fast asleep in his bed, but his dreams were anything but peaceful. Images of Estel surrounded him. "Legolas! Help me!", Estel cried out. "I'm coming! Just hold on a little longer mellon nin!", Legolas shouted back over the roar of a waterfall and hoof beats. The scene suddenly shifted and Legolas found himself in Imladris at a burial. "NO! Oh Valar, please not Estel, please not him, he is too young!", Legolas pleaded with the Valar when he saw the figure upon the burial ground. It was Estel. He was deathly pale and appeared to be nothing more than a corpse. "NO!!!!" Legolas cried out in despair. "LEGOLAS! LEGOLAS!!", Estel said suddenly as he rose from the burial ground. "NO!",Legolas screamed. "LEGOLAS, WAKE UP ION NIN!" Thranduil shouted suddenly.
Legolas jerked up wide awake, his blue eyes flashing fearfully and searching every corner of his room in a slight state of panic before his eyes finally settled on the figure of his father. "Easy, easy ion nin, what is wrong", Legolas father asked concerned. "Nearly the entire palace could here you Greenleaf. I became very worried when you wouldn't wake up after I called you a few times", Thranduil said his voice laced with concern for his son.
"I am sorry Adar, I was having an intense dream, nay not a dream, a nightmare, about Estel and that he.. that he.... was dead", Legolas choked out. "Oh ion nin, twas but a nightmare. While I admit that it is highly unusual for our kind to have nightmares, it does happen on occasion", Thranduil said while comforting his son. "I know this Ada, but it seemed to real to be but a nightmare. I fear that something evil had befallen Estel. I fear that this dream may be showing a future that has yet come to pass. I must go to Imladris Ada. Come morn, I will leave at once", Legolas said firmly.
Thranduil sighed sadly. " Very well ion nin, I know I can not keep you here if you believe Estel to be in trouble. Do take care though hmmm? It seems to me that whenever you and Estel get together, trouble inevitably follows the both of you as though it were a shadow. Legolas rolled his eyes in mock annoyance. " We do not go looking for trouble Ada! It just usually happens to find us", Legolas said in exasperation. " I know ion nin, I know. Seriously Legolas, check on Estel and make sure that everything is all right with the young man. I pray to the gods that your nightmare was just that, a nightmare. I know you, nor Elrond and his children could bear to lose Estel. I myself do not think I could bear it. He may as well be my son as well as Elrond's for all the time he spends here", Thranduil said.
"Do not worry Ada, I will make sure that Estel is fine and I will send word either way", Legolas said. " Go on and pack then Legolas, for knowing you, you shall leave early in the morn and you shall want to be well rested", Thranduil said. "Thank you Ada. I shall probably leave before you wake so I will bid you farewell now. Tell my brothers and sisters where I have gone and why and that I will send word. Farewell Ada, and I shall see you shortly I hope", Legolas said. "Farewell and goodnight ion nin, fare journey, and do bring Estel back home in one piece this time", Thranduil said teasingly. "Yes Ada, I shall endeavor to, but trouble seems to follow Estel everywhere. We shall return within the month Ada", Legolas said. Thranduil nodded and with one last hug, he left Legolas to pack and sleep, while knowing that neither of them would sleep this night. Not with the possibility of Estel being in severe trouble and possibly dying. No, there would be no rest for the King and his youngest son until they knew that Estel was well and was on his way to Mirkwood.
Translations:
Ada, Adar: Dad/Daddy, Father
Ion nin: My son
A/N: Hi there people, just a slight warning that I won't be updating for the next few days as I'm going out of town, but I will update as soon as I get back promise! As always, dedicated to Carmen and many many thanks to my beta enb2004 for helping me out with my fics, so read her things! Thanks!
A/N 2: Oh by the way as for some reason I can't get the italics to word blah blah means a dream sequence, sorry for any confusion. If anyone knows how to get the Italics working I would be highly appreciative. Thank you!
Legolas Greenleaf of Mirkwood was fast asleep in his bed, but his dreams were anything but peaceful. Images of Estel surrounded him. "Legolas! Help me!", Estel cried out. "I'm coming! Just hold on a little longer mellon nin!", Legolas shouted back over the roar of a waterfall and hoof beats. The scene suddenly shifted and Legolas found himself in Imladris at a burial. "NO! Oh Valar, please not Estel, please not him, he is too young!", Legolas pleaded with the Valar when he saw the figure upon the burial ground. It was Estel. He was deathly pale and appeared to be nothing more than a corpse. "NO!!!!" Legolas cried out in despair. "LEGOLAS! LEGOLAS!!", Estel said suddenly as he rose from the burial ground. "NO!",Legolas screamed. "LEGOLAS, WAKE UP ION NIN!" Thranduil shouted suddenly.
Legolas jerked up wide awake, his blue eyes flashing fearfully and searching every corner of his room in a slight state of panic before his eyes finally settled on the figure of his father. "Easy, easy ion nin, what is wrong", Legolas father asked concerned. "Nearly the entire palace could here you Greenleaf. I became very worried when you wouldn't wake up after I called you a few times", Thranduil said his voice laced with concern for his son.
"I am sorry Adar, I was having an intense dream, nay not a dream, a nightmare, about Estel and that he.. that he.... was dead", Legolas choked out. "Oh ion nin, twas but a nightmare. While I admit that it is highly unusual for our kind to have nightmares, it does happen on occasion", Thranduil said while comforting his son. "I know this Ada, but it seemed to real to be but a nightmare. I fear that something evil had befallen Estel. I fear that this dream may be showing a future that has yet come to pass. I must go to Imladris Ada. Come morn, I will leave at once", Legolas said firmly.
Thranduil sighed sadly. " Very well ion nin, I know I can not keep you here if you believe Estel to be in trouble. Do take care though hmmm? It seems to me that whenever you and Estel get together, trouble inevitably follows the both of you as though it were a shadow. Legolas rolled his eyes in mock annoyance. " We do not go looking for trouble Ada! It just usually happens to find us", Legolas said in exasperation. " I know ion nin, I know. Seriously Legolas, check on Estel and make sure that everything is all right with the young man. I pray to the gods that your nightmare was just that, a nightmare. I know you, nor Elrond and his children could bear to lose Estel. I myself do not think I could bear it. He may as well be my son as well as Elrond's for all the time he spends here", Thranduil said.
"Do not worry Ada, I will make sure that Estel is fine and I will send word either way", Legolas said. " Go on and pack then Legolas, for knowing you, you shall leave early in the morn and you shall want to be well rested", Thranduil said. "Thank you Ada. I shall probably leave before you wake so I will bid you farewell now. Tell my brothers and sisters where I have gone and why and that I will send word. Farewell Ada, and I shall see you shortly I hope", Legolas said. "Farewell and goodnight ion nin, fare journey, and do bring Estel back home in one piece this time", Thranduil said teasingly. "Yes Ada, I shall endeavor to, but trouble seems to follow Estel everywhere. We shall return within the month Ada", Legolas said. Thranduil nodded and with one last hug, he left Legolas to pack and sleep, while knowing that neither of them would sleep this night. Not with the possibility of Estel being in severe trouble and possibly dying. No, there would be no rest for the King and his youngest son until they knew that Estel was well and was on his way to Mirkwood.
Translations:
Ada, Adar: Dad/Daddy, Father
Ion nin: My son