Disclaimer: See chapter one.
A/N: Dedicated to Carmen as always. Hey there people, sorry that I haven't updated in a while but I just got back from out of town where I didn't have the internet connection I needed to post so my apologies. I hope you enjoy this next chapter and I am trying to make them longer so please bear with me on that. Many thanks to enb2004, the best beta and best friend a fanfiction writer could ask for. Thank you and enjoy!
Twas early the next
morning and the sun was slowly rising, bathing Imladris with her golden
light, chasing away the evil the darkness brought with it.
Elrond watched the sun rise with a contented smile on his face. Though he himself was still awake, his twin sons and Glorfindel had fallen asleep not long after Estel's injuries had been tended to.
They had worked long and hard in the night to heal Estel's various injuries but eventually they had finished. Estel's wounds had been bandaged and laced with Athelas and were healing nicely. Estel would be bed ridden for a few days, but the wounds had caused no permanent damage.
The one thing that concerned the Elven Lord somewhat was the fact that Estel's fever had not yet broken, although the coughing had stopped, as well as the blood that had come up during the fits.
Elrond supposed the coughing fits had come from the pressure of one of Estel's ribs being broken and rubbing slightly against his lung, which they had not discovered until they had changed Estel into his night clothes, and promptly treated once discovered.
Elrond checked Estel's temperature and found it slightly lower than it had been before. Chastising himself for worrying over nothing, Elrond figured that the fever was only from Estel having caught a cold from being out in the wild with little to no protection. At his fathers brief touch, Estel sighed in contentment and slipped deeper into sleep. At Estel's sigh, Elrohir shifted slightly but did not wake. Elrond heard the rustling of Elrohir's movements and watched tenderly as Elrohir continued sleeping, though Elrond knew Elrohir would be up in an instant if Estel moved with but a bit more noise.
Elrond looked around the room at the various sleeping Elves and could not help but chuckle softly. The twins had dragged in a couch from the hallway and had fallen asleep upon the other, while Glorfindel had claimed Estel's favorite chair and dragged it over by the twins where he had promptly fallen asleep as well.
Elrond shook his head in mirth and laughed silently once more. Elrond retrieved a chair himself and dragged it over to Estel's bedside. He gently laid a hand on Estel's chest and leaned back in the chair as the dream world claimed him as it had his sons and advisor.
Dreamscape: Estel heard shouts and cruel laughter combined with the sound of clashing swords and the whoosh of arrows as they flew by him. "ESTEL!" a familiar voice shouted sounding panicked and slightly pained.
"LEGOLAS! Where are you?" Estel shouted in desperation as he heard the cruel laughter of orcs and the growls of wargs approaching from all around him.
ESTEL!" he heard Legolas shout once more in what sounded like desperation. "Hang on mellon nin, I'm coming. I'm coming Legolas!" Estel shouted across the sounds of the battle, all the while watching and unable to do anything while more and more orcs and wargs surrounded his best friend.
"ESTEL! NO!" Legolas said, and then everything went dark around Estel.
"NO!" Estel shouted helplessly as he lost sight of Legolas and what was happening around him.
(End Dreamscape)
Everyone in Estel's room was suddenly jolted awake by Estel shouting out Legolas name at the top of his lungs. Elrond immediately tried to hold his son still as Estel started shouting and struggling against the strong Elven Lord that held him.
Elrond was loathe to use a sedative so soon after the sleeping draught but if he did not calm Estel down, Estel was likely to hurt himself struggling so. "Elladan, fetch me both the mild sedative and strong sedative. We need to calm Estel down. Elrohir, get me some cool water and a washcloth. Glorfindel! Help me hold him down."
Glorfindel and Elrond looked at one another despairingly as Estel continued to struggle violently beneath them for several minutes, though it seemed like hours to the two elf lords. "Valar, what it taking them so long?" Elrond questioned tersely when Elladan and Elrohir did not come back right away.
"Shall I..." Glorfindel started to say but was interrupted by Estel.
"NO!" Estel shouted suddenly and then bolted upright wide awake just as Elladan and Elrohir came back with the various potions and the water and washcloth.
"Shhh, it's all right Estel. Twas only a dream," Elrond said comfortingly in Elvish as he embraced his son and rocked him gently.
"Ada, it was Legolas, he was in trouble and there were orcs and wargs and..." Estel started to say but was interrupted by Elrohir. "Worry not tithen gwador. Legolas is just fine and is safe and sound in Mirkwood with his siblings and father. Twas only a dream little one," he said while placing a cool washcloth against Estel's forehead.
"Nay! Twas not a nightmare Elrohir. Ada, it was to real. Legolas is in trouble! I have to help him!" Estel said moving to get out of bed. Elrond frowned and gently pushed Estel back onto the various pillows.
"Nay Estel. I am sure that Legolas is just fine, but even if he weren't, I would not allow you to get up. You are still ill ion nin, and your injuries have only just begun to heal. If it will ease your mind however, I shall send a message to Thranduil and make sure that Legolas is just fine and is indeed home with his brothers and sisters just as Elrohir said," Elrond said patiently.
"Ada is right Estel. You are far to weak to be up yet. For Valar sakes Estel, it was only last night that you came through my door looking like death warmed over," Elladan said gently hugging his brother in order to calm him as well as himself from the memories of the previous night.
"But..." Estel started to say.
"No buts young one, you are to stay here, and in bed until I say so. Elrohir, Elladan, stay with your brother while I write to Thranduil and Glorfindel takes care of running Imladris temporarily," Elrond requested of the twins, although it came out more as a command than a request.
Estel scowled at his father and brothers but relented under their glares. "Oh very well, I shall stay in bed, but please hurry and write that letter Ada," Estel said all the while planning how to get out of bed without his family noticing. Elrond smiled at his young sons tenacity. That tenacity would serve Aragorn well in the years to come.
"Fear not Estel, I shall write that letter immediately, but for the love of Valar, stay in bed," Elrond said with a gentle tease.
"Yes Estel, you know what will happen otherwise," Elladan said while grinning. Elrond rolled his eyes and glared at the twins. "Elladan, Elrohir, do not tease nor try to entertain your brother right now. In fact, do nothing at all except try to get him to go back to sleep," Elrond said while shaking his head knowing it was fruitless but he had tried it none the less.
"Oh we will Ada, won't we Elladan?" Elrohir said with a devious grin.
"Don't worry Ada, Estel will sleep..... eventually," Elladan said with an equally devious grin.
Elrond rolled his eyes once again. "Try to sleep Estel, though that is doubtful with those twin terrors, and feel better ion nin," Elrond said gently and kissed Estel on the brow before leaving quietly with Glorfindel at his heels.
Translations:
Ada: Dad/Daddy
Tithen pen: Little one
Tithen gwador: Little brother
Ion nin: My son
Elrond watched the sun rise with a contented smile on his face. Though he himself was still awake, his twin sons and Glorfindel had fallen asleep not long after Estel's injuries had been tended to.
They had worked long and hard in the night to heal Estel's various injuries but eventually they had finished. Estel's wounds had been bandaged and laced with Athelas and were healing nicely. Estel would be bed ridden for a few days, but the wounds had caused no permanent damage.
The one thing that concerned the Elven Lord somewhat was the fact that Estel's fever had not yet broken, although the coughing had stopped, as well as the blood that had come up during the fits.
Elrond supposed the coughing fits had come from the pressure of one of Estel's ribs being broken and rubbing slightly against his lung, which they had not discovered until they had changed Estel into his night clothes, and promptly treated once discovered.
Elrond checked Estel's temperature and found it slightly lower than it had been before. Chastising himself for worrying over nothing, Elrond figured that the fever was only from Estel having caught a cold from being out in the wild with little to no protection. At his fathers brief touch, Estel sighed in contentment and slipped deeper into sleep. At Estel's sigh, Elrohir shifted slightly but did not wake. Elrond heard the rustling of Elrohir's movements and watched tenderly as Elrohir continued sleeping, though Elrond knew Elrohir would be up in an instant if Estel moved with but a bit more noise.
Elrond looked around the room at the various sleeping Elves and could not help but chuckle softly. The twins had dragged in a couch from the hallway and had fallen asleep upon the other, while Glorfindel had claimed Estel's favorite chair and dragged it over by the twins where he had promptly fallen asleep as well.
Elrond shook his head in mirth and laughed silently once more. Elrond retrieved a chair himself and dragged it over to Estel's bedside. He gently laid a hand on Estel's chest and leaned back in the chair as the dream world claimed him as it had his sons and advisor.
Dreamscape: Estel heard shouts and cruel laughter combined with the sound of clashing swords and the whoosh of arrows as they flew by him. "ESTEL!" a familiar voice shouted sounding panicked and slightly pained.
"LEGOLAS! Where are you?" Estel shouted in desperation as he heard the cruel laughter of orcs and the growls of wargs approaching from all around him.
ESTEL!" he heard Legolas shout once more in what sounded like desperation. "Hang on mellon nin, I'm coming. I'm coming Legolas!" Estel shouted across the sounds of the battle, all the while watching and unable to do anything while more and more orcs and wargs surrounded his best friend.
"ESTEL! NO!" Legolas said, and then everything went dark around Estel.
"NO!" Estel shouted helplessly as he lost sight of Legolas and what was happening around him.
(End Dreamscape)
Everyone in Estel's room was suddenly jolted awake by Estel shouting out Legolas name at the top of his lungs. Elrond immediately tried to hold his son still as Estel started shouting and struggling against the strong Elven Lord that held him.
Elrond was loathe to use a sedative so soon after the sleeping draught but if he did not calm Estel down, Estel was likely to hurt himself struggling so. "Elladan, fetch me both the mild sedative and strong sedative. We need to calm Estel down. Elrohir, get me some cool water and a washcloth. Glorfindel! Help me hold him down."
Glorfindel and Elrond looked at one another despairingly as Estel continued to struggle violently beneath them for several minutes, though it seemed like hours to the two elf lords. "Valar, what it taking them so long?" Elrond questioned tersely when Elladan and Elrohir did not come back right away.
"Shall I..." Glorfindel started to say but was interrupted by Estel.
"NO!" Estel shouted suddenly and then bolted upright wide awake just as Elladan and Elrohir came back with the various potions and the water and washcloth.
"Shhh, it's all right Estel. Twas only a dream," Elrond said comfortingly in Elvish as he embraced his son and rocked him gently.
"Ada, it was Legolas, he was in trouble and there were orcs and wargs and..." Estel started to say but was interrupted by Elrohir. "Worry not tithen gwador. Legolas is just fine and is safe and sound in Mirkwood with his siblings and father. Twas only a dream little one," he said while placing a cool washcloth against Estel's forehead.
"Nay! Twas not a nightmare Elrohir. Ada, it was to real. Legolas is in trouble! I have to help him!" Estel said moving to get out of bed. Elrond frowned and gently pushed Estel back onto the various pillows.
"Nay Estel. I am sure that Legolas is just fine, but even if he weren't, I would not allow you to get up. You are still ill ion nin, and your injuries have only just begun to heal. If it will ease your mind however, I shall send a message to Thranduil and make sure that Legolas is just fine and is indeed home with his brothers and sisters just as Elrohir said," Elrond said patiently.
"Ada is right Estel. You are far to weak to be up yet. For Valar sakes Estel, it was only last night that you came through my door looking like death warmed over," Elladan said gently hugging his brother in order to calm him as well as himself from the memories of the previous night.
"But..." Estel started to say.
"No buts young one, you are to stay here, and in bed until I say so. Elrohir, Elladan, stay with your brother while I write to Thranduil and Glorfindel takes care of running Imladris temporarily," Elrond requested of the twins, although it came out more as a command than a request.
Estel scowled at his father and brothers but relented under their glares. "Oh very well, I shall stay in bed, but please hurry and write that letter Ada," Estel said all the while planning how to get out of bed without his family noticing. Elrond smiled at his young sons tenacity. That tenacity would serve Aragorn well in the years to come.
"Fear not Estel, I shall write that letter immediately, but for the love of Valar, stay in bed," Elrond said with a gentle tease.
"Yes Estel, you know what will happen otherwise," Elladan said while grinning. Elrond rolled his eyes and glared at the twins. "Elladan, Elrohir, do not tease nor try to entertain your brother right now. In fact, do nothing at all except try to get him to go back to sleep," Elrond said while shaking his head knowing it was fruitless but he had tried it none the less.
"Oh we will Ada, won't we Elladan?" Elrohir said with a devious grin.
"Don't worry Ada, Estel will sleep..... eventually," Elladan said with an equally devious grin.
Elrond rolled his eyes once again. "Try to sleep Estel, though that is doubtful with those twin terrors, and feel better ion nin," Elrond said gently and kissed Estel on the brow before leaving quietly with Glorfindel at his heels.
Translations:
Ada: Dad/Daddy
Tithen pen: Little one
Tithen gwador: Little brother
Ion nin: My son