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Chapter 8: Searching

And I know it aches
And your heart it breaks
You can only take so much
Walk on

-Delerium

Lord Elrond paced his bedroom. For three days he had not slept, and for three days he had not eaten. Worry ate at him like a sickness.

"Ada!" Elrohir cried from the doorway. "Ada, you must come out. Please, share with us what is troubling you."

Lord Elrond turned around. The sadness in his eyes tore at Elrohir's heart. "He is hurt, Elrohir."

"Estel?" Elrohir asked. He walked to his father's side and put an arm around him. "You must rest, Ada." He tried to lead his father over to a chair but Lord Elrond would have none of it.

"I do not know where he is, but I know he is hurt," Elrond whispered. His eyes were far away - unfocused.

"Elladan and I will search for him, we will retrace our steps. Please, Ada, please just rest. You do not look well!" Elrohir begged and cried.

"The snow will be falling soon," Elrond whispered.

His father speaking so incoherently scared Elrohir. "Yes, Ada, the snow will fall soon."

"Please find him." Lord Elrond turned from his son and walked onto the balcony. As he looked off into the distance, Elrohir left the room.

Elrohir ran down the hall as fast as he could. He was trying hard not to run into the servants but it was hard. He saw a closed conference room door, and yanked it open. He knew Glorfindel would be inside, and he didn't care about intruding.

He stepped into the room and vaguely noticed six elves having council. He spotted Glorfindel and walked over to the elf.

"Elrohir," Erestor's tone was one that would have made Elrohir think twice about interrupting, if he hadn't been so worried about his father.

"Glorfindel, I need you!" Elrohir said worriedly.

Glorfindel must have noticed the distress in the younger elf because he quickly made apologies for both himself and Elrohir. He took Elrohir by the arm and led him out of the room. "I hope you have a good explanation, young one." His tone was pleasant but there was an undertone that hinted a scolding.

"It is Ada…" Elrohir began.

Glorfindel became incredibly serious quickly. "What is wrong with your adar?"

"Come see!" Elrohir called as he began to walk down the hall.

Glorfindel followed the younger elf to Lord Elrond's rooms. He opened the door and became concerned when he noticed his friend standing on the balcony, unmoving. "Elrond?"

Lord Elrond hadn't heard Glorfindel enter and jumped when he heard his voice. He turned around and frowned. "Is something wrong?"

"I will say something is wrong! Elrond, what happened?" He looked at Elrohir and nodded, dismissing the young lord.

Elrohir nodded and silently left the room.

"Estel is hurt and I don't know where he is," Elrond said in a dead tone. He loved his human son as much as his three other children, it was common knowledge to everyone who knew Lord Elrond and his children.

Glorfindel walked over to his friend and squeezed his shoulder tightly in support. "He will come home." Glorfindel looked his friend over and frowned. "You must sleep."

"I must know if Estel is alright," Elrond muttered.

"Right now I want to know if you are alright." Glorfindel lifted Elrond's face. "Go to bed, Elrond. I will bring you something."

Elrond settled his friend with a glare. "It had better not be tea, because I know what is in there and do not want to drink it."

Glorfindel chuckled and left the room, only to return with some food and warm cider. "Eat, you need rest too," he commanded.

Elrond glared at his friend but did as he said. He was happy to see that he had cider instead of tea, even if the cider had sleeping herbs in it.

………………..

Elladan and Elrohir were discussing their father.

"We must search for Estel and Legolas," Elladan stated. "If Ada is feeling this strongly we must start searching."

Elrohir nodded. "I know, I was thinking the same thing."

"Where is Ada now?" Elladan asked. He was worried about his father; it was rare that he got worked up like this.

Elrohir blushed slightly. "I was scared for him so I pulled Glorfindel out of council."

Elladan closed his eyes and began to chuckle. "Let us go tell Ada we are leaving."

Elrohir nodded and followed his brother out of the room. "Do you think he will mind us leaving?" He asked.

Elladan shrugged. "He will probably be pleased that we are going to look for Estel." He knew how their father had been acting, but he hadn't noticed as everything like Elrohir had. He was silently berating himself for not noticing his father's mood

Elrohir pushed open the door and let his brother enter first. He looked around the room and chuckled. Glorfindel was relaxing in a chair, propped back on two legs. His eyes were closed and the sun shone on his blond hair. Next to Glorfindel, on the bed was their father, his eyes half lidded in elven sleep.

"We are going to try to find Estel," Elladan said to Glorfindel. A smile tugged at his lips as he watched their father's friend.

"I will tell you father. Do you know when you will return?" Glorfindel asked. He was content to just laze in the sun whilst his friend slept on the bed. He had drugged Elrond so that he would sleep.

"No," Elrohir said. "We are going to be searching for Estel so it might take weeks."

"I will tell him to expect you before the snow passes, that would be a reasonable time to be home. Do not worry too much over Estel, he has Legolas to take care of him." Despite Glorfindel's strong words he did not feel that Estel was completely safe. It would put his nerves at rest to know that the twins were out searching for him.

The twins smiled gratefully at the elder elf.

"Thank you," Elrohir whispered before he and Elladan left the room.

The twins hurriedly went and packed a few things that they knew would be crucial. They grabbed herbs and salves along with bandages – just to be sure.

"Come, the stable hands have surely saddled the horses by now," Elladan said as he threw a pack over his shoulder. He grabbed his bow and quiver and walked out of the room with Elrohir hot on his heels.

"Where are we going to go?" Elrohir asked his twin while he shuffled down the hall. "Elladan, wait!" He snapped, stopping in the middle of the hall to refasten his pack.

Elladan sighed dramatically before stopping to wait for his brother. "You should have fastened it before we left the bedroom." He frowned at his brother's angry look.

"You didn't let me," Elrohir muttered before sticking his tongue out playfully and hurrying to catch up.

Elladan rolled his eyes and walked out of the house and towards the stables.

"We saddled your stallion, Lord Elladan," one of the stable hands said, "but we could not take your gelding out of his stall, Lord Elrohir."

Elrohir frowned and walked into the stables. He stopped in front of his horse's stall and looked at the gelding. He had always been such a faithful mount and Elrohir was curious as to why he wouldn't leave his stall.

Elrohir unlocked the door and let himself into the stall while he talked to his horse. "Feilan," he whispered softly.

The gelding was standing in his stall, resting his left foot. He eyed Elrohir with satisfaction before closing his eyes to relax.

Elrohir ran his hands over the horse, trying to see if there was anything physically wrong with him. He stopped when he felt heat in Feilan's back leg. He hadn't been worried when he had first seen Feilan resting it, but now he was worried.

"Elladan, Feilan has been injured, would you saddle Cinwen for me?" He called to his brother while he continued to feel Feilan's leg.

"Of course. What happened to Feilan?" He asked as he took the filly out of her stall. She was young still, only two years old and highly spirited.

"Stone bruise," Elrohir replied. He wasn't too concerned, but he didn't want to press his luck and ride Feilan. Elrohir exited the stall and went over to one of the grooms. "See that cold packs are applied to Feilan's leg for me. He has heat and I fear it is either a stone bruise or a sprain."

The groom nodded and went off to get bandages and ice.

Elladan exited another stall leading a flea bitten filly. "Cinwen is a good mount," he commented.

Elrohir nodded and swung himself onto Cinwen's back. He patted her neck and led her out of the stable. "I wish I were on Feilan."

Elladan nodded. He knew that Feilan was Elrohir's favorite horse for long journeys. "We need to hurry, we delayed too much in the stables. We should hurry and begin searching for our brother."

"I hope we find him," Elrohir said quietly. He hoped that Estel was safe; it would be horrible to find their brother in pain.

"He is with Legolas, let us hope that they are both safe." Elladan nudged his horse into a trot and the two quickly left Imladris' borders.

Reviewer Responses:

Melboriel: Thank you! I love a vulnerable Aragorn as well. He is in so much pain, the poor guy. I really wanted to thank you for the compliments! I am happy you like how I have done the characters. I am trying! I am so happy you like my writing style. Thanks for reading!

Deana: Heehee, well you're going to have to wait and see how they escape. Meanwhile, just enjoy the twins.

Mornflower: It's totally ok that you couldn't review. Our computers can be EVIL!! ::hisses:: Poor Aragorn and Legolas. The guys are going through a lot. Well, you're going to have to wait and find out what happens with Aragorn and Legolas. I hope you enjoy the twins!

Kissed-luck: Heehee! I hope you continue to enjoy the fic. Thanks for reading!!!!

Lindahoyland: I know! Poor Aragorn finally has a little hope. Perhaps he can get out this time…

Someone Reading: Thank you for the compliments! I always tell you I look forward to your reviews and I mean it! They make me feel really good. Yes, I love Legolas and Aragorn. Aragorn is such a caring person. OT: I am really happy you liked the beginning of my novel!

Linuvial Greenleaf: And we have reached you…::shakes head:: Hello Smeejee (the same voice as "Hello Clarice") Heehee. When are we going to start handing out our Smeejee awards? We need to. Hm…seeing you grab insanity by the horns is a very amusing(ish) picture. Heehee! I love the idea. LMAO! Using one's limb as a sword. I wish I could see Nero use a limb for something productive, let alone for a sword! Heehee. THE SMEEJEE AWARDS MUST BE GIVEN!!!! ::shakes head:: Haldir and The Bride. They had to look. ::sad depressing tone:: the idiots. You have gotten me in to the anger. Those idiots! WHY DID THEY LOOK!?!?!? ::shakes head:: The fugitive. Have you seen her recently? Has she come by to push you in a hedge? Heehee! I loved hearing about her. You do have some pretty wild adventures. Crazy families. ::Shakes head:: I can't believe I pulled a Lauren. Heehee. Damn super glue. We should sue!!! Heehee. That would be the funniest headline. "Teen Girls Sue Glue Company after Spilling Glue on Themselves" For some reason I don't think we'd win, mellon-nin. The might just laugh at us. You have finished the Character Profiles!! You see, it wasn't the bane of your existence. The full moon!! Ahooooooooo ahooooooooo…don't mind me I am just attempting to howl at the moon. I love it! It makes me sooooo happy. More girl trouble with your brother? How long do you think the 75ft restraining order will last for? I can just see you jumping at the girl and demanding to know everything about her before she dates him. You are so protective. I think your brother thinks you're nuts. I do. ::grin:: But as we know, I am your smeejeetic friend! You should mess her up. Stupid girl. She was mean to your brother!! I have rambled for a good long time. Smeejee out.

Shadowfaxgal7: I know you said that you love the twins. Here is some twin stuff! Yes…the rescue will be talked about in the next chapter. ::grin:: I hope you like this one! Thank you for all the lovely compliments. I was happy to hear you had a good time in camp. I hope you like this chapter!

Wolf Jade: Escape! They must escape!! ::backs away from the evil glare:: Heehee. Thank you for your thought. I hope you like this chapter!

Jadesaber: Yes! I know! Poor Estel seems to walk around singing the trouble song. Nothing ever goes right for him! Yes, it is good that they are going to try and free Ceslon. The poor man. Thank you for reading!

DreaminofLorien: Yeah. Those stinkin' humans!! Elflings!! I loved Eyebows of Doob! It was awesome. I have to read the next chapter!!! Oh! I just wanted to say that I remembered that you loved the twins so much, so I made this chapter all for you and the twins!! Heehee!

Catmint: Thank you for the compliments!! I wanted to thank you for beta reading. It makes me a better author. I am happy the parts with the twins touched you. I hope you really like this chapter!

Blank: Hm…since you didn't leave a name I was sort of confused. I am really happy you are enjoying this fic, though. I updated!

Beling: I am so sorry that chapter 6 was so heartbreaking for you. I am happy you enjoyed it as well. I know Legolas was suffering and I know Aragorn is ready to die. The poor guys. Heehee! I doubt escape would ever be easy with those two! Thank you so much for reading!

Kai: Heehee! I really loved your compliments! I can't tell you what is going to happen. It would ruin everything for you!!! Here is an update, though!

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A/N I accidentally said in Through the Eyes of an Adult that I had returned 'to' California. I meant I had returned 'from' California. Sorry for the mistake