The group of five walked up to Elrond, who smiled once he saw the two Mirkwood elves.
"Legolas, Nanaylia, it is so good to see the two of you again. Are you handling something alright yet?" he asked Nanaylia, referring to the magic capability.
"I have some control over it. I will have to practice some more," she replied with a smile, knowing what he was talking about and remembering the incident that happened severl months earlier.
She figured that Elladan, Elrohir and Arwen must have told their father about it but she didn't mind. She was hoping that no one else besides them and those from Lothlorien knew about it.
"Good. Legolas, the council I summoned you for will be soon. The hobbit that was recently brought here has awoken," Elrond told him.
"Alright. I will be ready for it," Legolas said, nodding his head.
"What about me? Why am I here again?" wondered Nanaylia, becoming slightly suspicious. "I would like to know. I was certain that I would be joining you in this council."
"You are here to be company for your brother. It is your brother we requested for," Elrond told her, a cautious look spreading over his face.
"Well, he is not going to this council without me!" protested Nanaylia as she stepped before the Lord of Rivendell.
Elrond sighed as he looked over her. She was the same elf he always knew. She was stubborn and relentless until she got her way. He looked at the angry stare on her face, her hands on her hips.
"Alright, you can join us but you can only listen to what is being said. No more," Elrond replied in a stern voice.
He couldn't believe that he let her have her way. Of course, this was the first time that he did so since her return but he had seen her at work with her father while he was visiting Mirkwood or when the Mirkwood elves were in Rivendell. He gave a sigh as he left the group.
"The things I have been agreeing to lately," he muttered under his breath. "I cannot believe that I just agreed to that. But I have to give Nanaylia something. She has not really had her way in centuries."
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Frodo stepped out onto the balcony and looked out over the land of Rivendell. He was glad to be in a safe haven. He wondered how things were going to turn now. He knew the ring had to be destroyed and he also knew about the subjects that were going to be discussed in the upcoming council.
"This place is amazing," he whispered to himself as he heard voices below him.
He looked downwards to see two elves running around. He could see Strider nearby and he was laughing at them. Also nearby, were two other elves. They appeared to be twins in his eyes.
"Lego! That is not fair! Come back here!" cried the female elf.
"Everything is fair in this war," replied the male elf near her, laughing.
"No, that is where you are wrong. Very wrong. In the war with Elladan and Elrohir, everything is fair," she replied as she chased after him.
"Hey! I thought you said a truce was a good idea!" cried one of the twins.
"But remember dear Elladan, it was your idea at the time, not mine! I only agreed with it to make you happy since you and your brother seem to lose all the time to us! We will always win!" she told him, a laugh in her voice.
"The one we had six months ago was not funny at all. Remember that one?" wondered Elrohir.
"No, it was not funny but the one before that was the best ever, I think," replied Legolas as he laughed.
The twins growled at them, upset on what they were hearing. It appeared to Legolas that Elladan was very angry with Nanaylia for what they had said.
"Did you have to bring that one up? I think we would have more since that one if it were not for Manlin. He ruined our fun in more ways than one," Elrohir retorted.
"Oh come on now. Sure, he did ruin our fun in that aspect but the results are even better than before! Now I have got something that you do not know when I am going to use!" laughed Nanaylia as she hurried away from the group.
"Nanaylia, you are crazy," Strider called after her.
She stopped several feet away and turned to stare at them. She placed her hands on her hips.
"So are you. Even though I have not known you as long as the troubled twins here," she told him.
"I can't imagine what life was like with these two long before I was born," he said.
"You don't want to know. We would try and outdo each other all the time," Legolas replied.
Nanaylia looked over at her brother with a cautious eye. Legolas laughed as he walked towards her.
"Come on. You need to get away from these three and calm down," he told her with a laugh still in his voice, placing a hand on her arm.
She looked at him with an 'are you my father?' type look before agreeing with his request and the two walked towards their room.
Frodo was curious on who the two blonde elves were. They appeared to be related to him before he walked back into the room. He was also curious to know about the two elven twins.
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Legolas walked down the hallway, a book in his hands. He was reading it as he was heading to meet Lord Elrond for he requested to do so. He had snuck his sister's book away from her room and she didn't realize it had been missing yet. He could tell since she was not screaming his name, trying to find him, looking for it yet. He expected for it to be coming soon.
Soon, he could hear someone walking in the hall, heading towards him. Through his elven ears, he could tell that this figure was a man. He knew it wasn't Aragorn and that he had just left him. Legolas stopped and another strange man walked up to him.
"Greetings," said the man with a small smile on his face.
"Greetings to you as well," replied Legolas as he placed the book behind his back so the man wouldn't see it.
The man noticed this and wondered what the book was about. Legolas noticed that the man was curious about the book.
"It is a book of my sister's. She left it in one of the rooms here. I was just taking it back to her," Legolas explained to him, still holding the book behind his back.
He knew it was written in a form of Elvish but he wasn't sure whether or not this man understood the language or not. He barely understood it himself. Legolas gave a smile before walking past the man, who watched him do so.
"I will talk to you another time then? My sister needs this book. She is probably searching for it as we speak and this is her favourite book," Legolas told him before heading down the hall.
He really didn't want to tell the man what the book was about. It would cause too many questions being asked and he didn't want that.
"I wonder if all the elves are this mysterious?" wondered the man before walking down the hall in the opposite direction.
Legolas looked at the book in his hand. He sighed as he continued to head towards his sister's room.
"It looks like he does not understand the Elvish language. I barely understand this Elvish myself so I doubt that he understood it. But I couldn't afford him asking any questions about it. That is a good thing he doesn't know. Now, I have to get this back to Nanaylia. I hope that no one here finds out about that incident she was involved in. Things could get out of hand if they do," Legolas quietly told himself. "I have a strong feeling that something will happen and it is an ill feeling indeed. I do not like it at all."
TBC...