Title: Unsupervised
Author: Anáwiel
Rating: U
Summery: The "boys" have been messing around for a while now and Elrond's had enough. What happens when he takes a short break to Mirkwood and more important can it be undone? (humor)
Disclaimer: Oh How I WISH it was mine (well one elf in particular anyway), unfortunately all I own is a copy of the books and the DVD's and a few posters, that's it, anything recognisable is not mine and never will be (but I can still dream can't I ?)
Authors note: I'm not sure if Thranduil is really the way I wrote him to be but I don't care this is the way I like him to be, sorry if I'm wrong but oh well it's written now…
Chapter 10
The next morning all woke up a little stiff and sore and the whole process began again, they searched and cleaned and cleaned and searched with absolutely no luck.
"Mellon-nin, I'm beginning to doubt that the answer lies in this room" Estel said as it approached lunchtime.
"So am I" the twins voiced from the other side of the library at the exact same moment.
"I know, I am as well, but where else could it be, this is the only place I remember being in and surely if it happened Earlier then someone would have noticed" Legolas mused.
"Okay, I've got an idea" Elladan said "why don't we go and have lunch and then make a quick sweep of the entire house just to be sure, then we can return and continue our search"
"That sounds like the best idea you've had all day" Elrohir said "but just one question, do you even know what it is that we're looking for?"
"Well…no, but we might have better luck in another room"
"Alright, no offence but I am beginning to get a little bored of the sight of these four walls, I wouldn't mind a change" Legolas said.
The decision made, the quartet left the library (which had been restored to its former state of neatness) and headed to the kitchen for some lunch. When they had finished they all headed to the Hall of Fire because that was the last place any of them could remember being before they're memories went fuzzy and they woke up.
At Elladan's suggestion they all split up to cover more of the house faster. So they all individually went from room to room searching, occasionally stopping to talk to the random elves they had on the night, no-one knew anything and their search was fruitless.
An hour later they were all sitting in the library again generally staring at the walls, not saying much and wondering what to do next.
"Well, what are we going to do now? The answer is no-where in the house" Legolas asked, breaking the silence that had fallen between them.
"The only choice we have now mellon-nin is to wait for Ada to come home and seek his advice" Estel said
"What do you mean WAIT? I have to stay like this for the next two weeks, maybe MORE?! I cannot keep my hair like this for the next two weeks, it's already annoying me and it's only been two days"
"I'm sorry Mellon-nin but it's the only thing I can think of doing now, I'm completely out of ideas, do either of you have any?" Estel asked as he turned his head to look at his brothers
"Nope"
"None"
"To tell the truth I'm out of ideas as well. Yours is the best, I shall just have to wait and avoid as many people as possible" Legolas conceded
"So…What will we do until then?"
Three pillows flew through the air and hit Estel in various places on his body, when he recovered from the temporary shock he picked up a pillow of his own and initiated round four of the war of the pillows.
During the ensuing bedlam they did not hear the dozen horses draw up in the courtyard, they did not see their fathers dismount and enter the house and they did not sense the two elf lords standing outside the door listening to them.
"I thought they would have gotten sick of that by now" Elrond said as he opened the door to greet his sons and present their other guest to them, the scene that greeted them was almost exactly the same as the one that had driven the Elf Lord away in the first place.
"Aren't you four tired of that yet?" he asked as he spotted them, Estel was lying on the floor with the twins sitting on either leg and Legolas sitting on his chest hitting him with a pillow. All four started and looked up at the same time, Legolas doing so so fast it flicked his hair behind is ear exposing the fact that it was no longer pointy. Before he could hide it Thranduil stepped into the room and unfortunately noticed.
"Legolas?" Thranduil cried as he approached his son who was now standing and helping Estel to his feet "Legolas, my little Greenleaf, what happened"
"We don't know Ada; I went to sleep one night and woke up the next morning like this"
"Well do you know how to fix it?"
"No, we've been looking for the past two days and have been unable to come up with a solution."
"I'm surprised you were able to look for anything in this mess" Elrond voiced from the doorway where he had remained.
"We're sorry Ada" three voices replied from various positions in the room.
"Mellon-nin" Thranduil said as if he had just remembered Elrond was in the room "would you possibly know how to reverse this?"
"I'm not sure, if I am correct then yes, but first I must ask that this room be cleaned because I cannot seam to find the book I need" Elrond replied as he crossed the room towards the bookshelf where it usually rested.
"Yes of course" The three elves and two mortals replied. All six got to work immediately in their own little areas that they had been standing in. Elrond, being the closest to it began at the bookcase. He began by picking up all of the books on the floor surrounding the bookcase. Even when all of the books had been picked up and replaced on the shelf he still could not locate the book he was sure would reverse the spell Legolas appeared to be under, so he dropped to his hands and knees and looked underneath the shelf.
"Aaha" he said as he rose, book in hand "I believe I have the answer"
"Where did you find that?" Elladan asked as they all stopped at the same time to discover what the answer would be
"Underneath the bookshelf"
"Are you sure it will work?" Legolas asked
"This is the only book I have that could have changed you in this way, we can only try, now Legolas if you wouldn't mind would you come over here and sit in this chair so I can monitor you in case something goes wrong."
Legolas nodded and moved over to the couch Elrond had indicated. As he sat down Thranduil crossed the room and sat next to him, taking one of his son's hands in his own. Legolas shifted his gaze from Elrond to his father and gave him a smile, Thranduil returned it with on of his own before father and son turned to look at Elrond who had found the right page in the book and was ready to begin.
"Ready?" At the nod from Legolas Elrond began reading what he hoped was the counter spell to restore Legolas to his former self. As he read the prince of Mirkwood closed his eyes and sighed, he could feel that same slight tingling he had when the spell was first cast. He opened his eyes when Elrond finished speaking and knew it had worked, he could hear the trees whispering to each other again, a sound he didn't realise he had missed.
"Thank You"
After the spell had been reversed and many hours had been spent re-cleaning the library, all six of them left to have their evening meal. Over dinner the elf lords managed to piece together exactly what had happened from the fragmented memory's of their children. A lecture was decided against as the lesson seamed to have been learned this time. When they were finished the four friends retired to Legolas' room to talk. When they arrived Legolas spread a blanket on the floor and they all lay down to get comfortable while they were talking as they were all completely exhausted.
"It was all your fault you know Estel" Legolas said to the ranger who was lying on his right.
"How was it my fault?"
"I'm not sure, but it was all your fault"
"He's right you know" Elrohir stated from Legolas' left
"I agree" his twin said from Estel's left
"Oh thanks, you two are supposed to stick up for me"
"But Estel, we thought you were big enough to look after yourself now" Elrohir said, his face a picture of innocence and his voice dripping with sarcasm.
"Trust you to turn that back on me now"
"Yep" both replied at the same time, how the hell did they keep doing that.
"Estel, are you tired?" Legolas asked as he caught his friend in the middle of a yawn.
"A little yes" Estel replied
"Okay wait here" Legolas said as he rose and crossed over to the bed where he picked up all of the pillows and gave one to each of them on his return before lying back down and placing one under his own head.
"Thank you" Estel said as he yawned and closed his eyes.
"Thank you, all of you" Legolas said into the near silence
"For what?" Elrohir asked
"For being there for me and helping me over the past few days, it really meant a lot to me"
"You don't need to thank us" Estel said "you would have done the same for us…You're welcome anyway"
One after another they all fell asleep. An hour later Elrond and Thranduil entered to tell them that it was time to go to their own rooms because Legolas and Thranduil were planning to leave in the morning and needed their sleep. When they opened the door the scene that greeted them was so heart-warming it made them look at each other and smile. Estel, Elladan and Elrohir had reached over each other and they all had one of their hands covering Legolas' which were folded across his chest. The elf lords entered, took the other blanket from the bed and covered their children with it. Thranduil then knelt down and kissed his son on the forehead before leaving after Elrond who closed the door, turned to the King on Mirkwood and said,
"We have good kids there don't we?"
"Yes we do mellon-nin we do indeed"
The End.