Chapter 5
The twins trailed slowly behind their father and Glorfindel, who were having a quietly heated discussion, but they were only able to pick up parts of it.
"Elrond, calm down..."
"Calm down? Calm down. You expect me be calm after the way he threatened us. He has practically put Estel to death."
"But what can we do? Like you said, we cannot exactly go and ask for him back..."
"I will do whatever it takes to get my son back." He said determinedly, "I will hear no more on the matter."
"Hey, wait up," a voice called for behind. The group stopped and turned around.
"Legolas," the twins' faces lit up with delight seeing their friend.
"Mae govannen lord Elrond," the younger Elf bowed, "firstly I must apologise for my father; he should not have acted as he did..."
"You are not responsible for your father's actions young one." Elrond was quick to reassure him, "it is as much my fault as it is his."
"Know, but still..."
"No Legolas, I will hear no apologies from you, you have done nothing wrong." Elrond snapped, harsher than intended. "Sorry," he murmured, "we should get moving. I want to get Estel and get out of here as soon as I can."
"Don't mind father," Elrohir spoke to Legolas softly, "he only worries for Estel."
"I know, as do we all, he is right, we should move faster. These parts are dangerous all the time." He said as the five Elves began to sprint towards Dol Guldur.
He barely could tell when he was conscious, or not. Time moulded into one long mass of pain. The pain was making him block all of his memories, even those of his home and the family who he had thought loved him, but lately...he did not know what to think, and so didn't. The pain was too great.
"You pathetic, worthless Human." His older brother spat, he could not tell which one, not that it mattered; they both abused him. "Why father ever took you in I will never know. Some Hope. Weak, pathetic, that is all you are. I should have let the Orcs take you and not allowed you to become a burden."
The man let out a low whimper, his voice lost to screams and terror, his energy drained too much to do anything but take it as faint sobs wracked his body. It seemed like centuries since he last saw his home, and now, as the memories faded he would never see or feel such love and warmth ever again. The best he could hope for was death to take him swiftly.