Chapter 8: The Toy Room
Legolas slid through the hole in the wall, telling Haldir to follow.
"Legolas, Tonus and I cannot fit. We are too big."
"You is fat Haldiw. That's why."
Haldir tried to ignore what the elfling had said. "I can see through this hole though... valar, look at all these toys!"
"They all say 'Thranduil' on them. Whose Thranduil?" Legolas asked.
"Your father's name is Thranduil."
"NO! My ada's name is ada."
"Believe what you want to believe little one, but his name is Thranduil. Thranduil Oropherion. Have you never heard him being called Thranduil before?"
"When I was really little, my Nana always called my ada Thran.... Thrand... Thranduil... And my Ada would call my nana 'my love'..." Legolas said. "And nana called me sweetheart and Illiendal she called Sweetie and Cield was Honey and Tonus was... um..."
"Pudding..." Tonus smiled. "I believe my mother was quite hungry when she decided to call Cield and I Honey and Pudding." Tonus laughed. "Now, let me see what's in this room. Haldir, please move aside." Tonus said.
Legolas' brother bent down, his golden hair in his face, as he peered into the elfling sized hole. "These must be ada's toys from when he was Legolas' age, or maybe even older. My father used to sit Cield and I down whenever we fought and instead of punishing us both, he would tell us a story. Cield and I loved the stories and our mother would always give us milk while we listened. It was more of a treat than a punishment. One of the stories our father told us, was about his father. Adar said that his father could not spend as much time with him as Adar spends with us, so Grandsire Oropher would give Ada more than enough toys, which he kept in one room just for the toys... This must be their room. Ada never showed it to me..." Tonus said softly. Tonus was about to push back some of his golden hair (for it was falling in his face again) when Haldir took it all into his hands and held it back for the prince. "Thank you." Tonus said, sitting up and Haldir letting go of his hair.
"Your hair is shorter than the other elves of Mirkwood It is shorter than Legolas' hair!"
That was true, for Tonus' hair went only down slightly past his shoulders, whilst Legolas' golden hair passed his shoulderblades. Cield's hair, unlike his siblings, had long hair that went all the way down his back and slightly past his waist, the same length as Thranduil's hair was.
"I am glad to have short hair, for if I did not, everyone would mistake me for my father, for I had at one time hair the same length as his. Once lord Elrond mistook me for my father and forced me to attend a meeting. He afterwards learnt I was not Thranduil and lord Elrond was quite embarrased." Tonus said.
Legolas then popped back out from the hole in the wall and kissed Tonus and then Haldir.
"Lets go back inside, I'm bored." Legolas said, jumping onto Haldir's back. Haldir sighed and rode with Legolas on his back, all the way to the palace.
To be continued...
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