Brothers Forever
Author: Elphpirate
rating: PG
A.N. I know that Legolas and Aragorn are not really the same age, but in this story they are. Oh yeah, Aragorn's Mother died right after his Father, so Elrond raised him. Okay?
Disclaimer: All of these character belong to Tolkien, not me. Tolkien is da man.
Chapter 1
Estel never thought he could be so bored. His foster-brothers Elladan and Elrohir, were gone on a hunting trip and wouldn't be back for two or three more weeks. His foster- Father Elrond, would normally have played with him, but some pressing business about trade with Mirkwood had him booked up with paper work and meeting.
Estel sighed, he was for sure not going to play with the elf-children his age. He remembered far to well what they said last time."My Ada said you should never befriend a mortal, they are only going to die ant way.' 'Yeah, and you can't trust them, they are all weak!' 'I'd rather play with a Sindar or a Dwarf than with you!" Estel watch them play a game of hide-n-seek in a small field near Elrond's house. They did look like they were haveing fun. Maybe they wouldn't notice if he joined in. Haveing nothing better to do, Estel racest out to the field.
Well, his hopes of joining unnoticed were soon crushed. As soon as he made it to the middle of the field all laughter and playing had stopped. Estel began to feel very uneasy with all of those eyes on him. "You again?!" Asked one of the older elf-children Estel knew, His name was Gelmir, and he had maded it clear that he had no intentions of being friends. "I want to play too." Estel said in the strongest voice a six year old could muster. Elladan had told him before; " Don't let them pick on you. Stand up for yourself." He just hoped he didn't get beat up for it.
"Let me think about that.... No." Came the flat answer.
Estel just staired at him, then he heard a new voice coming from behind him.
"Why can't he play?" It questioned.
Estel turned to get a better look at the new comer. He was a elf, of course, about the same height as Estel and the same age. He had long hair like all the other elves Estel had seen, but this one was diffrent. He had long straight blonde hair and pale skin. He wore mostly greens ans browns and had the bluest eyes Estel had ever seen in his life! He could tell the child was not from around here.
"Why can he not play?" The question came again, with a little annoyance.
Gelmir watched the younger elf closely then smiled. "Why Can't he play? Because he is like you." Now Estel was really confused. Like this blonde elf?
"What do you mean?"
Gelmir smiled again, this time the smile looked cruel. "You are sindarin, are you not?" Gelmir emphasize the word 'sindarin' as if it left a bad taest in his mouth.
"Yes," the younger elf replided. "I am. My name is Legolas. I am here with my Ada from Mirkwood."
Gelmir glanced at his friends. "That is how you two are alike, you are sindarin and Estel is a mortal..."
Estel and Legolas looked at each other oddly, woundering what Gelmir could mean by all of this. Gelmir laughed. "You really don't understand, do you?" Estel and Legolas were now both wishing to be any where but here. "Everyone knows that the Noldar are wiser, more powerful elves, far better than any sindarin! I mean look at Oropher," Gelmir taunted. Legolas could feel his face get red. Even though he himself had never known his Grandfather (Oropher had died in the last alliance, long before Legolas was even born.) Oropher was still very much a role model to his grandson. Thranduil told his son many storys of Oropher, for he wanted his son to have some idea of who his Grandfather was.
"To arragont and stupid to just wait for Gil-Galad's orders." Gelmir's friends had now formed what looked like a front line of a army behind him. " And don't EVEN get me started on the worthless race of men!" The older elf said loudly.
Estel could feel unshed tears fill his eyes. " Oh yeah, cry, give them one more reason to laugh at you!" He thought.
Beside him, Legolas, who had always had a temper like his Father and his Grandfather's (Just not as easyly lit) was ready to tackle Gelmir. "How dare he speak about my grandfather that way!" He thought.
"It's no wounder that Oropher and all the kings of men are all DEAD!" Gelmir had just nailed the final nail into his own coffin. Legolas swung with all the might his small body could give, and knocked Gelmir to the ground.
Gelmir sat there blinking, then wiped the small line of blood that came from his nose where Legolas' fist had hit. With somthing that sounded like a growl, Gelmir jumped to his feet and threw himself at Legolas.
Before Legolas or Gelmir knew what was happening, Estel knocked Gelmir to the ground again. Estel himself did not exspect to hit Gelmir, but Legolas stuck his neck out for him and Estel really didn't want to see the young elf get hurt.
Gelmir stode, gathered his friends and yelled over his shoulder as he ran, "You're both freaks!" then they were out of sight. Legolas and Estel both stoud in a odd silence. Legolas shook his head, remembering how his Ada acted when he met someone for the first time. Giving a short bow in elven greeting, he said "I am Legolas son of Thranduil."
Estel smiled. He had seen his Ada greet many people in this formal way. He bowed in return, "My name is Estel son of Elrond." Estel could not believe that this elf-child was talking to him! None of the other children from Rivendell had ever taken the time to get to know him, much less speak kindly to him.
"You did not have to do that for me,' the young human said shyly. 'asking them to let me play the way you did. If you hadn't done that, they would have let you play with them, I mean because, well...you're a elf."
"Not the way they see it. I have tryed to play with them before and they said that sindarin elves are 'No better than dogs.". Legolas sighed.
"We don't need them," Estel said in a we-don't-have-to-take-this voice. "We can play without them!" So for the rest of the day, if you saw one then you saw the other. The elves that saw them were amazed at how fast there two unlikely companions became friends. They seemed as if they had known each other from borth, as if they were brothers.
To Be Contiued.....
So what do you think? Please review, tell me what you liked and didn't like. There is one more chapter I want to put up, but I'd like some feed back first! )
