Title: The Darkness Comes

Author: ScottyLass

Chapter: two: The Long Sleepless Night

Warnings: Some violence and possible male/male relationships so don't like then don't read.

Summary: Legolas has a strange illness as well as a few other elves. Can Haldir find out what is wrong and save them? (My summaries are not good but please read)

Disclaimer: Unfortunately I don't own any of the characters. They all belong to Tolkien etc. (but some day you never know hee hee hee – I wish.)

Notes: Well this fic is not the best at least that's what I think but judge for yourself. I'm sorry for the delay in the posting of this chappie I've just been so busy recently the next chappie should be up much quicker. Just bear in mind this is my first fic so don't be to harsh if you review and you should review cause reviews really help me out. Review responses will be at the end

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(AN: this first part is Legolas's point of view before he falls into a coma. It's kind of confusing if I didn't tell you that seen as he fell into a coma at the end of the last chapter.)

Legolas went to his room and lay on his bed but he just couldn't believe what had happened to Arwen. He was a bit angry with himself for not sticking to his suggestion about meeting Aragorn halfway but he knew from experience that once Elrond decided on something there was no changing his mind, which is why he had just given up but it didn't stop him being angry with himself. As he was lying on his bed he began to get a headache again and he was feeling rather tired and it was at that moment a great feeling of dread fell over his heart and his keen senses but he shrugged it off as being related to his worry over Arwen.

Legolas was only on his bed for a couple of minutes when he drifted off into a deep sleep.

dream

At once Legolas found himself standing in the middle of an oasis which had a vast expanse of desert surrounding it. He knew that this was a dream but he could feel someone watching him so he turned around to have a look but he couldn't see anyone and suddenly a sense of urgency came over his senses and a feeling of dread descended upon him, but he didn't know the cause of it. All of a sudden a great darkness enveloped him and he turned round hesitantly and was totally shocked at what he saw. He tried to wake himself up but he couldn't and this worried him so he just stood there waiting for the inevitable. This time what he saw and what happened made him scream and suddenly he was in darkness.

end dream

The next thing he remembered was hearing Elladan and Elrohir's voices whispering comforting words to him from the darkness but for some unknown reason he just couldn't stop himself from the screaming which he hadn't realised he had been doing. He was surprised when a feeling of love and hope passed over his senses but he couldn't think clearly and didn't know who it could possibly be coming from. Even in his confusion it managed to calm him down although not very much because he still had the feeling of someone or something watching him and then he felt ' it's ' presence again but he managed to whisper into the darkness a plea for help

"Please help me it's got me..."

Then he fell into oblivion.

(AN: this is the end of Legolas's pov and the next part of the story is basically what is happening now)

Elladan and Elrohir had not planned on leaving Legolas at any point in time during that night so when their father had told them to stay with him they were glad that they did not have to leave him alone when he was in so much distress. They did not get any sleep that night and they were sure that no one in the whole of Imladris slept either as every couple of hours Legolas let out an awful blood curdling scream. Despite this they did there best to try and keep him calm by whispering comforting words to him throughout the night. The both of them were almost in tears because they could feel Legolas's pain as if it were their own, which they initially thought a bit strange but put down to their strong bonds of friendship. What made the whole experience worse was the fact that they couldn't do anything to help him and they felt utterly useless. What everyone was failing to realise was the fact that Elrohir seemed to be hurting more than anyone else and this was due to the fact that over their years of friendship he had grown to love Legolas but he hadn't told anyone of this because he couldn't stand the thought of Legolas rejecting him. He hadn't even told Elladan, his own twin, of this because he didn't know how he would react to the news and he didn't want Elladan to say anything to Legolas because he knew that that's exactly what Elladan would do when he found out how much he was hurting over this. Now Elrohir thought that even if he wanted to he could not tell Legolas of his feelings because to him it looked as though his young prince was dying and he just didn't know if in the long run he could live without Legolas even if it was only as a friend. When Legolas said those six words amidst the screams "please help me, it's got me" only then did the twins allow the tears to trail slowly down their cheeks. This was one of the worst feelings they had ever had and they were worried because they just didn't know what to do to help their lifelong friend.

That night found Elrond in his study trying to find out what could possibly be ailing Legolas as he had never seen anything like this before and he couldn't think of any ailment that had the same symptoms Legolas was showing. After leaving Elladan and Elrohir with Legolas he had gone straight to his study to try and find some answers but so far his searches had turned up fruitless. He was becoming very tired and his mind began to wander to thoughts of Arwen's condition and what could be ailing her but he couldn't think of anything and that's when he had a sneaking suspicion that what Arwen was suffering from seemed very similar to what Legolas was now suffering from. Before he knew what was happening he was sobbing into his hands and couldn't help but feel totally useless because he couldn't help Legolas, whom he thought of like a son, and he couldn't help Arwen, his own daughter. He had just managed to gain control of himself when there was a quiet knock on his study door. Elrond gave his eyes one last wipe and called out to whoever was on the other side of the door to enter. The door creaked slowly open to show a very tired and worried looking Glorfindel standing in the doorway. Elrond wasn't in the least bit surprised and didn't even need to ask him what he wanted as he already knew, so he just waved for him to sit in the chair opposite. Elrond watched as Glorfindel slowly closed the door and made his way over to sit in the aforementioned seat. It didn't take long for Glorfindel to voice what he had come for

"So do you have any information on what is ailing Legolas and Arwen yet?"

Elrond didn't really want to admit that he had found nothing so it was with a strained voice in which he answered Glorfindel

"No my dear friend but I'm trying my best. I just cannot seem to find any reference which shows the symptoms the two of them are suffering. And now I'm beginning to suspect they are suffering from the same thing but I don't know how that can be they have not seen each other in a long time."

With a quick glance in Glorfindel's direction Elrond continued

"I just feel so useless and I'm so tired but I don't want to stop looking through the scrolls and books because I have to find what is wrong with them. What kind of healer would I be if I could not find out what is ailing them?"

Elrond looked at Glorfindel and realised that he looked exhausted so he turned to the big ornate clock behind him and realised that it was 2am

"You look exhausted Glorfindel have you been with Legolas?"

Glorfindel shook his head and then said

"Well not exactly. I was sitting on a chair outside his quarters so that I could be there if anyone needed me."

Looking in Elrond's eyes Glorfindel saw the confusion and added

"I didn't want to go in and disturb the twins as they seemed really upset about Legolas's condition, so I wanted to give them some privacy to watch over him and that way they can show their emotions without worrying about being weak. We both know they would because that's just like them as they do take after their father after all."

Elrond nodded in agreement. That's when Glorfindel picked up a book from the many which littered Elrond's desk and began searching through it. Elrond didn't bother telling Glorfindel to get some rest because he knew that Glorfindel loved both Legolas and Arwen like a son and daughter so he wouldn't listen and would do everything he could to help them even if it meant many sleepless nights.

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Reviewer Responses:

MysticHeero: Yeah I still don't understand why this was taken off I mean I didn't think it was that bad but hey maybe I was wrong. Thank You very much to you because I wouldn't have wrote this if it wasn't for you telling me that I had better type it up and just generally being annoying until I done it- (hee hee it's normally me that's the annoying one ne?).I'll have the next chappie up quicker for you but then again you'll probably be the one making me do it (lol).

DBZHobbit: Yeah this was the one taken off unfortunately but hey I posted it again and didn't change anything and they haven't taken it off this time so I don't understand why they done that. Thank You for your review it gives me confidence to write more . Anyway I'll have the next chappie up much quicker for you because I have it written I just need to type it up so it shouldn't take too long.

Haldir's Heart and Soul: Thank You very much for your review. You will get to find out what is wrong with Legolas within the next two chapters I promise so if you can keep reading it will all be revealed.

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Princess-elfie: Thank you for your review it really does give me confidence and I'm sorry I didn't update sooner I have just been so busy recently but the next chappie should be up soon because I've only got to type it up.

Lyn: Thanks for the review and sorry this wasn't out sooner I've just been busy the next chappie won't be as long updating I promise.