Chapter 12: Breakfast

Haldir waited some time until going to the kitchen to see what the elfling was preparing.

"Haldiw, go away! It's not ready!"

Haldir opened his eyes carefully to see Legolas, standing below him with brown, sticky dough in his hair and on his face. Haldir sighed and bent down to Legolas' height.

"What are you doing little one?"

Legolas clearly was not ready to tell Haldir he had been cooking a breakfast for Haldir, and though most of it was ready and just was waiting for the cake to finish baking, wished to direct the subject to something else.

"Why do elves always call me 'little one' and 'elfling'?"

"Legolas... What are you doing?"

"Sowwy Haldiw. I was just trying to cook you food!"

Haldir smiled and sat down on the floor. He pulled the elfling into his lap and embraced the baby tightly, slowly rocking from side to side.

Legolas surveyed the room as he tried to get out of Haldir's 'ucky hug'. His eyes widened as he looked over to his cooking pot he was baking with. He immediately pulled himself from Haldir's grasp and ran to the pot, pulling out the odd contents.

"What is that Legolas?"

"Fruitcake!" Legolas giggled happily as he put it on the plate he held, beside a blueberry muffin, a glass of orange juice and a raw egg that Legolas scrabbled with a fork.

"This is so nice Legolas. You are so adorable, your Ada is so lucky to have you as his little son..."

Haldir gently ran his fingers down the prince's hair, going over knots and making Legolas yelp.

"Eat Haldiw! EAT!" Legolas begged. Haldir looked at the raw egg with disgust but carefully took the muffin and ate it happily, knowing it wouldn't kill him, as he had known Legolas had found the muffin in the pantry.

Legolas watched, proud, as Haldir ate the food and sipped at the orange juice.

Haldir observed the fruit cake, but did not touch it or the eggs.

"Why no eat Haldiw?"

"Eh... I'm, er, afraid of fruitcake!"

"Oh! I'm afraid of the dark, I understand. But why not eat eggs?"

"Because there is eggs in fruitcake."

"There is? Oopsies!"

Haldir went to the sink and rinsed his plate, then picked up Legolas and swayed him in his arms, humming softly 'Into the West' to the baby.

"I am hungry Haldiw."

Haldir slowly put Legolas on the floor and took him by his wrist.

"What do you want to eat?"

"Um..."

---Tonus decides to go see Cield---

"Cield?" Tonus asked softly. Cield had his back turned.

"Go away, gwador."

"Cield, I wish to speak with you."

"No you don't. You're going to hurt me. You always hurt me. Your going to hurt me again."

"No, I am not."

"Then why else would you come? You have much better things to do than talk with me."

"Cield, I came to talk. I am not going to hurt you, gwador."

Cield gave no reply and kept his back turned.

"Cield, remember when we were both elflings?" Tonus asked. Cield grumbled.

"I will take that as a yes," Tonus said. Cield grumbled more. "I remembered what I used to do to you..."

"Now you remember? You yell and slap me for things I did to Legolas, when you did just as bad to me! Tonus, you ruined my childhood. I was never happy and I had few friends because they were scared you would hurt them," Cield snapped in rage. "You ruined my life. Now I am a miserable adult, and you and Legolas are both joyful." Cield grumbled.

"Cield, I came to apologize."

"That wont do anything. You cannot change the past. No one can. Leave me now." Cield said. Tonus sighed and turned around, leaving the dungeons.

To Be Continued...

Well, there's more Cield and Tonus in this chapter. Poor, poor Cield. just like messing with his life, don't I?

Gwador: Brother

Haldir's Heart and Soul: Yes! Three llamas! One for every time I posted the story. If this story is deleted again, there shall be four llamas! Then five! This could be fun...