Chapter Six: Cield
Legolas had just been awoken by Haldir to be told to come for supper, and the prince rushed downstairs in his silky bed clothes and was aleady eating.
"Mmm! Haldiw this tastes just like when Ada has the chefs make it!"
"Uh... no... the chefs... did not make it..." Haldir tried to make his lie convincing.
"If you say so Haldiw."
Legolas ate his food quickly and quite sloppy, but the prince was happy... for unknown reasons that no one ever found out why. He was just an excited little elfling.
"What will we do after dindin?"
"You mean what are we doing after diner?"
"Yef."
"Well, I'd say I could... let you play for a bit in your room before bed, alright with you?"
"Yay! Thanks Haldiw! Ada never lets me do that!"
Haldir smiled as the eager young elf ran off to play for the remainder of the time. That left Haldir with the two elder sons of Thranduil: Tonus and Cield.
Cield quickly finished his food and left the table.
"Now don't you go bother Legolas!" Tonus snapped. But in Tonus' heart, he knew Cield was going to do something to Legolas. You could say Tonus predicted it...
Cield smiled and left.
---Inside Legolas' room---
Legolas sat cross-legged on the floor. In his left hand was his little toy teddy bear, in the other a little toy arrow that couldn't't kill a fly as Thranduil wished for the most safety for his elfling who grew up in a house of hunters that even had an armoury in its basement.
"Die Teddy! Poof!"
And so the Teddy fell on the floor, dead, even though the Legolas-Proof arrow bounced right off the teddy and on the floor.
Legolas smiled and pulled his teddy up, cuddling it and smelling the teddy. The teddy smelt like Thranduil. Then he realized Cield stood above him.
"Hi Key! Come to play?"
Cield did not reply but he was smiling evilly.
"No play?"
"No Legolas. But what I wish to do... will be much fun."
"Ooo! What we play? Tag? Draw? Hide and seek?"
"No. It will be much more fun than all those games, at least for me."
"But your games are boring! Like... reading! And drawing with pencils and with no colours!"
"Ah but that is were you are wrong."
With that Cield gave his little brother a middle earth-style wedgie, making Legolas yelp and scream for Haldir or Tonus.
Haldir along with Tonus came quickly in were Legolas was on the floor, Cield kicking him in his ribs, Legolas screaming louder.
"Cield!"
Haldir pulled the elfling from Cield's reach and Tonus grabbed Cield and pulled him away from the elfling, holding his brother back.
"You know not to hurt him!" Tonus snapped, looking at his littlest brother with sympathy.
"I'm sorry just the twerp is always annoying me! I had to get revenge and since Ada is away... I just could not help it-
"CIELD! JUST BECAUSE YOUR FATHER IS OUT DOES NOT MEAN THAT I WOULD NOT CARE IF YOU BEAT YOUR BABY BROTHER TO DEATH!"
Haldir was amazed he had just yelled at one of the princes of Mirkwood, but calmed down when Legolas looked up, sleepy and in pain.
"Why yell? Am I in trouble?"
"Nay little one, your just hurt."
Haldir stormed out of the room and went to check for the bruises on Legolas' chest from being kicked repeatedly.
Haldir gently poked Legolas' bruised skin, making Legolas wince. "That hurts!"
"Sorry little elfling."
Haldir put ice up to Legolas' bare chest, soothing the elfling so. He changed the prince into his sweet little blue pyjamas and placed him in his bed.
"Night time Legolas."
"Really?"
"Yes."
"Aww," Legolas sighed.
"Sing me a song Haldiw, please!"
"Alright..."
Haldir gathered up courage for the little elfling and his teddy's concert of Haldir, then searched for a good song for the elfling. Haldir had a beautiful voice, one of the fairest voices in Lorien, but he still believed he had a horrid voice.
"Lay down
Your sweet and weary head
The night is falling
You have come to journey's end
Sleep now
And dream of the ones who came before
They are calling
From across the distant shore
Why do you weep?
What are these tears upon your face?
Soon you will see
All of your fears will pass away
Safe in my arms
You're only sleeping
What can you see
On the horizon?
Why do the white gulls call?
Across the sea
A pale moon rises
The ships have come to carry you home
And all will turn
To silver glass
A light on the water
All Souls pass
Hope fades
Into the world of night
Through shadows falling
Out of memory and time
Don't say
We have come now to the end
White shores are calling
You and I will meet again
And you'll be here in my arms
Just sleeping
And all will turn
To silver glass
A light on the water
Grey ships pass
Into the West"
Haldir smiled as the elfling fell asleep. Haldir quietly left the room, blowing out the candle on his way. Cield had been grounded until his father came home and then would have to face the wrath of a disappointed Thranduil.
To be Continued...
Dindin: Diner
Yef: Yes