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So sry everyone. Another long wait. I just haven't really been in much of a writting mood lately... well, that and volleyball takes up a lot of my time. Four days a week! And then my friend comes over a lot. -=sighs=- I'll try harder to update more often.

Review Responses

Lady of the Twilight - Sry it took so long. Hmmm... I coulda sworn that there was no spaces. Oh well, me goin' crazy... not like that's anything new....

me - You reviewed three times.. none of which for the 17th chapt, but I'll respond nonetheless. I'm glad ya didn't expect me to do that with the twins... I woulda been way too predictable if you did. Umm... I think the other fic that they were readin' is Nightmares and Sickness, a fic with shounen-ai, like the rest of mine. This is the only one without it... -.- I'm not too fond of that one though.... I'm glad that you're enjoying my fic and I hope you still are. -=grins=- Thx for the reviews.

Enelya Aldarion - Yeah, I have them posted already and did have the URL up but I forgot to put the spaces in it so it would show up. They're on my site (check pro) and on h t t p : n i g h t s h a d o w 131 . d e v i a n t a r t . c o m They're all of anime and manga pics. Yeah, Legolas is too stubborn for his own good. -=nods=- He has all the luck in most of the LOTR fics. :) Of course Elrond isn't goin' to be too happy. They all just left without saying anything! Crazy peoples. -=grins=-

Mornflower - Thx! Yeah, even I feel sry for everyone apart of my fic.... -.- ...kinda odd. Sry, it took so long. Guess it doesn't really matter that you weren't home on 15th. I mean, it's the 24 already. Where'd ya go? If ya don't mind me asking.

Deana - Poor Legolas indeed. He only suffers more and more. Hmmm.... more Legoals torture in your fic too, huh? Gotta love that. -=grins=- Really can't wait for your next update! :)

Hmmm.... less so than usual. -=sighs=- Oh well... at least I'm still gettin' them. I'll try and write more for this fic this weekend, but I still have to write for my IY fic before this one so I don't know if that'll happen. Gomen. I should work on it now..... well, gotta type this up first... and watch my shows. :) I will work on it later though... I promise. And I'll get it out as soon as I can.

If it's not one thing, it's another

Chapter Eighteen

Battle Site

When Elrond woke up his first sight was of the sun shinning through his cream certains; the breeze moving it back and forth. This signified a day with perfect weather.

Despite this good sign Elrond knew something wasn't right and had a very bad feeling. Immediately his thoughts turned to his patient and song.

The elf-lord jumped out of his bed and ran through the halls; not caring that he was still in his night clothing. Ignoring all the looks he got he went straight for the Halls of Healing. All the while hoping that his feeling was wrong for once.

"My lord..." A young maiden said, when he had accidently bumped into her in his haste. She was surprised to say the least. It wasn't very often that the lord of Imladris was seen running through the halls, much less running into people.

Elrond, with how concerned he was, didn't utter a word to the elf maiden and kept going towards the room that Legolas and Estel occupied.

He finally reached the doors and stopped before them, composing himself first, just in case Legolas and Estel were still there.

Elrond took a deep breath, praying that they were inside, and pushed open the door. Walking in he noticed two people.

"My lord..."

"Have you seen my son or Prince Legolas?" Elrond questioned, worry etched in his voice.

"Nay, my lord. It has only been my patient and I all morning." Answered the dark-haired healer. His patient only looked up at the two with pain-filled eyes. It looked as though he had somehow broken his leg.

Elrond quickly focused his thoughts back to the missing elf and human. He went over to the door, keeping his calm appearance while in the presence of the two that occupied the room.

"Would you like me to help you search, my lord?" The healer asked. His patient looking at him in disbelief. What, was he just going to leave him?

"Nay, continue your good work." He replied, opening and closing the door behind him. He resumed his search, running in the halls once again to Estel's room. Why he bothered to keep his composure calm in front of the healer and patient and then run in the halls was a mystery to him. But he thought nothing of it.

Elrond had looked in both Estel and Legolas' rooms to find that they were indeed missing. He also checked the twins' room just in case, still not finding them and not really expecting to after looking in the healing room. He knew Estel must have gone to find his brothers and Legolas had followed. He doubted that Estel would allow his friend to go along with him willingly.

The elf-lord was none too pleased. Estel and Legolas would be getting a long lecture from him indeed; they definitely would not be happy afterwards.

Why must they always do this? As if I was not worried enough with the twins missing. He sighed. And with Legolas just recovering from poison no less!

Elladan was so thirsty that he had to get something to drink. Besides, he needed a break, carrying the unconscious Elrohir wasn't the easiest thing to do.

His elven ears heard the sound of rushing water, surely a river, nearby so headed towards it. He kept his sharp hearing alert for any other noises that could be dangerous to the three. So far they hadn't ran into anything, luckily. He desperately hoped it would stay that way too.

The elder elf finally reached the river. The sun, which was high in the sky now, played ontop of the water causing it to glitter. Trees surrounded either side; swaying slighly with the breeze.

Elladan approached the river and gently laid Elrohir down next to him on the grass. Going next to the rivers edge he scooped his hand through the water and caught some of it. Bringing his hands to his face he allowed the water to slid down his throat. The cool, refreshing taste was just what he needed.

He looked to his left side and saw Sûl bending her neck over and drinking the water as well. The sight made him smile.

It would have made things a lot easier if he hadn't used up all the water that he or rather Elrohir had brought along since it was his supplies that he was using, his own being lost with his horse. He had needed some when tending to Elrohir's wounds and he had also drank it along the way, when he could.

Elladan's smile had faded when he thought about his still unconscious twin. He needed to press on.

"Please Legolas. I know that Mîr is capable of keeping you on her back but you--"

"I am fully capable of riding on my own, thank you." Argued the injured prince. Once he had regained his consciousness and recovered enough, he argued with Aragorn. The human thought that Legolas should ride with him. Riding his own horse caused shooting pain through his leg, but he would never admit it. To ride with Aragorn would show weakness and damage his pride even more. Like he hadn't been doing enough of that lately!

"I do not wish to continue arguing. We need to press on and ffind my brothers." All their bickering was accomplishing was delaying their search. While Legolas had been out Aragorn had put the elf on his own horse and ridden with him. Once the elf had stirred he carefully placed Legolas onto the ground and now he wanted to ride on his own! At least that hadn't wasted anytime... or not a lot anyway. It was far too soon for the elf to be riding on his own.

"Then let me ride on my own." Without hearing what else the ranger had to say, Legolas jumped onto his own horse, like he had before they began their little search party. His world tilted and black dots played in his vision. He hissed in pain and quickly closed his eyes. He was too weak from the last time he was unconscious and couldn't help but show his pain.

Aragorn gave a heavy sigh, knowing this would happen. You would think he would have learned last time. Even though Legolas had kept his face calm the last time he had jumped onto his horse, Aragorn knew that the elf had felt a lot of pain. The wound that had been poisoned had been on his leg! How could it not hurt?

"Legolas, get down before I bring you down myself." Aragorn commanded, treating himlike an elfling again, which the human though Legolas was acting like. He didn't have much of a choice. Legolas definitely couldn't ride on his own. He shouldn't have ridden by himself before or even came along for that matter.

"You would not!" Legolas gasped out, clearly still in pain.

The human went to the side of both Legolas and his horse and started to pull on Legolas' injured leg, to show his seriousness.

Although Aragorn hadn't meant to hurt his friend, the pulling had put pressure against his other leg and Legoals gasped in pain. "I am sorry, mellon nin, butyou must ride with me."

Seeing that Aragorn was anything but messing around, Legolas decided that he would let the human have his way. However, this was only because he didn't want Aragorn to get him down himself, it would only cause more pain.

The blonde elf started to get off but saw that Aragorn had gone to his side as if he were going to help him. That is not going to happen! "Do not even try to help me." The elf said in a tone that left no room for argument.

Aragorn backed off, not wanting to push his luck. He'd gotten Legolas to ride with him, which must have been hard for the elf to let him do.

Legoals got off his horse gracefully, Mîr gave him a weird look, wondering what was going on. Petting his horse on the nose and whispering a few words in elvish to her he went to Aragorn's horse. Ignoring his pain, he got on; without a word to the human, not pleased with the arrangment.

Aragorn sigehd and got on behind Leoglas. They resumed their search with Legolas' horse right behind them. He could deal with the fact that Legolas was mad at him. Having the elf ride with him was much better for his health and they were on their way to his brothers again. He couldn't argue wiht that. Their delay had been long though, hopefully not too long.

They had been riding for about an hour now and Aragorn could feel how tense the elf in front of him had become, no doubt from the pain his leg shot through his leg from the horse's movements. He felt bad for Legolas but there really was nothing he could do about it. He really did not want to stop again anytime soon. "Legolas..."

"I am fine." Legolas answered, shortly, knowing what he was going to ask. He still wasn't very happy with the human.

"Look, I will not say I am sorry, for this is the best option we have." Aragorn said, knowing his words were true.

Legolas sighed and winced. Lor had nearly tripped over something, not seeing it and in order to avoid it, she had to move quickly.

"What is that? Is it...." Legolas trailed off, looking at the item that had nearly tripped the horse. It was of dark brown material and looked to be of elvish make. That cannot be good.

Aragorn brought his gaze down to look at what Legolas was talking about. He gasped. It was Elladan's bag! Surely not a good sign.

The ranger jumped off his horse and went to the bag, seeing if it really was what he thought. Upon inspecting it he found that it was. "He would never discard this so carelessly. They must have really ran into trouble." Aragorn said, worry growing even more. His brother's bag held things that he would surely need while out there. The human picked it up and got back on his horse, wanting to find his brothers even faster than before. "We must continue."

Not far from where they had been they came upon a site that was definitely where a battle had been. They found Elladan's horse on the ground, blood covering his white coat, that was now crimson and brown from dirt. Both Legolas and Aragorn couldn't help but panic at the sight.

Please, let them not be dead! Aragorn prayed for his brothers' safety.

Crap, crap, crap. I'm really not liking my fics lately. I dunno what's wrong with me... well, there's plently of things but I dunno why I don't like my chapts lately. -=sighs=- I hope you guys are still enjoying this. And hopefully the next chapt will be better and out in only a few days! It's actually the 25th now (it was the 24th when I started this...) so.... 16 days! O.o That's way too long. It's volleyball I tell ya... okay, maybe not, but that is the main reason. I'm just repeating myself now. Just tell me to shut up.

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Ja ne

I need to draw....

Oh, btw, I really cannot type today so there are prob'ly more mistakes than usual. Another thing to be sry about....