.....Chapter 6.....
Elrond smiled as he finished the story.
Elladan laughed, "Aye, I remember that... the next morning during breakfast he came up to both me and Elrohir and did the same."
Legolas smiled when he felt the man shift slightly on the bed again. Though he looked shocked when the ranger kicked the elven lord lightly.
Aragorn opened one eye and gave his father a betrayed look. He looked as if trying to say something but quickly figured out he couldn't make a sound. He frowned and cocked his head to the side, one hand went to his throat, then he shook his head slightly and blinked at his father.
The elf smiled slightly, "Estel, you remember what happened to those elves who came in poisoned when you were 17?"
Aragorn frowned as he tried to recall what had happened, he nodded after a moment and his eyes widened.
Elrond noted the look in his sons eyes and simply nodded.
The human let out a small sigh and sat up. Pushing away his fathers hands and gave him a look. He leant against the headboard and glanced around the room and smiled.
Teralin was watching him, he'd almost expected him to become upset over his dissability but the human simply seemed to accept it.
Elrond saw the confusion on the man's face and spoke easily, "He's seen the effects of this before. 'T is actually not the poison that causes this but the effects of the poison and the counter together. Unfortunately nothing else anyone has encountered has any effect on this certain drug."
Aragorn glanced over at the other man and smiled at him.
"I see... but I suppose I expected him to be a little more... upset I suppose."
Elrond smiled, "Aye, but as you know he spent most of his second year and part of his third in silence. And he's had other temporary dissabilities before."
Teralin blinked and glanced over at Aragorn, "Oh?"
Aragorn smiled and nodded, then pointed to his eyes.
The captain looked shocked, "Blind? And yet your eyesight is better than any of our men."
Aragorn just raised an eyebrow.
Legolas chuckled, "Unfortunetly for us his dissability didn't make him any less annoying."
Aragorn whacked the elf with a pillow.
Elrond snatched the pillow from the elf just as he was about to whack the human back with it, "Not now you two"
Aragorn gave his father the most innocent look the elf thought he'd ever seen come from him.
Elrond shook his head, "Much too innocent."
Aragorn blinked.
Legolas chuckled and glanced over at the twins, "How long do you think it will be before he insists on getting out of bed?"
Elladan snorted, "It will happen in a shorter time than we can imagine I'm sure..."
Elrohir grinned, "After lunch," he nodded.
Aragorn glared at his brothers, then paused and gave them a slightly sheepish look as though saying, 'you're probably right'.
The three elves burst out laughing.
Elrond just sighed and shook his head again, "Are you feeling well? No side-effects?"
Aragorn smiled and shook his head.
"Good," the elf said slowly, eyeing him slightly.
Aragorn rolled his eyes and smiled, giving him a reasurring look and placing one hand over his heart, a motion the elven lord recognized as a promise.
Elrond smiled then and nodded, "Okay, now..."
He was cut off as Aragorn suddenly snagged the pillow he was still holding and whacked him with it, giving him the same betrayed look he'd given him before.
Elrond just laughed.
Aragorn couldn't help but grin at that and swung his legs over the side of the bed and gave his father a hug.
The motion had caught the older elf off guard. It was not like his son to so quickly show any emotion in front of any other than people who knew him well. He could also tell by the other man's surprise that Teralin didn't know him as well as he thought.
Teralin smiled at his friend and stood, "I will see you later my friend."
Aragorn nodded with a smile and watched him leave.
Legolas grinned, "How have you been you stubborn human?"
Aragorn turned and gave him a look, his eyes giving his usual retort.
Legolas snickered slightly.
Elladan laughed, "But really Estel, what have you been up to?"
Aragorn just smiled and gave the elf a small shrug.
"Oh I'm sure..." Legolas laughed, "you can't stay out of trouble my friend, it follows you. How many times have you rendered yourself unconscious since we last met?"
Aragorn gave him a wide-eyed, mock incredulous look.
"Nice try human," the blond elf shook his head in amusement.
Aragorn responded by flopping back against his pillows again.
"You give up too easily, perhaps you aren't as stubborn as I thought," the archer grinned.
'Prissy elf,' the human mouthed then turned to his father and smiled mischievously, 'retaliation?'
Elrond caught on to what he meant immediately, "Of course, we want to be fair don't we?"
Legolas's eyes widened, "No we don't!"
Aragorn grinned at him, his eyes clearly saying 'I win'.
Legolas glared at the human, "You seemed to be such a sweet child... when did that change?"
Elrond chuckled, "After he regained his voice. That done he had quickly allied himself with the twins and learned how to terrorize any elves that were unfortunate enough to be in the same room as they."
Legolas turned to the twins, "You two created a monster."
Aragorn whacked him with the pillow.
Elladan rolled his eyes at the human, "He insists he's an adult yet he pulls stuff like that!"
"You're no better," Elrond chuckled.
Aragorn gave his brother an exasperated look, he was already beginning to look about ready to try to escape his bed.
Elrond noted the look, "You can get out of bed, but you have to be careful. If you feel unsteady give yourself a break..."
Aragorn smiled innocently at his father.
"Don't give me that look, we both know the truth."
Aragorn shrugged and grinned, then pushed himself out of bed, holding onto the courner of the bed in order to stay upright when everything swayed suddenly.
Elrond held the human steady as he re-gained his balance and frowned slightly, "You must be worse than I thought..."
Aragorn immediately shook his head, and to Legolas and Teralin's shock, motioned to his father with slow hand movements, pausing often to remember a certain sign.
Elrond just sighed, "Alright..."
Legolas cleared his throat in order to catch his friends attention and raised an eyebrow at him.
The human held his hands up with a held shrug.
"What indeed..." Legolas shook his head, "Where did you learn all that?"
Aragorn frowned, trying to figure out how to tell his friend and helplessly, his annoyance only too obvious, he turned and silently asked his father to help him.
Elrond nodded, "Ah yes, when those we encountered when he was younger had this same disability, Estel had decided to sit in with them and learn as well. One of those elves, in fact, was Silür, the others were his family, and so Aragorn wanted to learn with his friend to make him more comfortable."
Aragorn nodded simply and smiled his thanks.
Legolas smiled, "Ah, I see."
Elrond nodded slowly, "In fact... that was quite the story."
Elladan nodded, "Aye. If I remember correctly, before they met a few days before they hadn't seen each other since Estel was five..."
Elrohir grinned, "It was quite amusing... Estel had grown so much and Sil so little it was only too funny when they finally recognized each other."
Aragorn's eyes widened and he stared at the three.
Elladan noted the look out of the courner of his eye and grinned, "What do you say 'Ro? Something to pass the time?"
Elrohir grinned as well, "You read my mind brother."
Elladan grinned, "Perfect! Do you want to start or shall I?"
Aragorn glared at them.
Legolas watched his friend, he could have sworn the man looked as though he was ready to pounce on the twins.
Elrond just shook his head, knowing full well that the twins had only decided to spend their time telling this story because their younger brother obviously didn't want them to. But there rarely was any point in trying to dissuade those two from anything so he didn't bother this time. If he really wished it he would have no problem doing so, but Legolas and Teralin looked interested and it was a good way to pass the time.
Elladan grinned, "So!" he exclaimed looking quite ready to start, "It started mainly when Estel wisely decided to avoid an annoyed Erestor..."
A/N
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