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Thunder crashed outside, waking a small elfling from his deep slumber. He whimpered as another crash sounded.
He buried himself under the covers with his stuffed wolf, Lornie.
His eyes widened as he discovered that the blankets did not save him from the noise.
As quick as he could, he threw off the blankets and ran to his door. Peering through the gap in between the door first, he looked to make sure that no one was around.
A crash from outside startled him and he ran as fast as he could to his parents room.
The king's chambers were quiet. They were still awake and were enjoying a little time to themselves. The thunder had alerted them to the possibility of a scared elfling coming to join them and had stopped anything that they did not deem suitable for their son to see.
Eloria lay blissfully sleepy in her husbands arms. A single candle was all the light that there was in the room. A creak sounded as the door was opened to reveal a frightened elfling who was desperately clutching his stuffed wolf.
His hair was messy and his pyjamas were hanging off of his frame.
Thranduil sat up and opened his arms. As he did a crash sounded making the elfling yelp and he darted underneath the covers at the bottom of the bed worming his way up to the top.
A smiling head popped out from underneath the covers and snuggled up to his Adar.
Thranduil smiled at his son and wrapped his strong arms around him. Eloria turned round and watched as her husband comforted his son.
Thranduil ran his hands though the silky hair of his son and the elfling huddled closer.
A smile appeared on the face of her husband and he lay down, Legolas still his arms. Eloria joined the two and there they lay.
The storm outside was soon forgotten as Legolas listened to his parents talk.
He turned round and snuggled up to his mother who held him in her arms.
Growing restless the elfling slid down the bed and put his ear to his mother's stomach where his baby sister was growing rapidly.
"Hello baby. It's me Leg'las. Don't be ascared by the noise. It can't get you. Adar will save us. Atara is ascared too that's why Adar's got his arms round her. But don't worry cos Las will keep you asafe"
Thranduil and Eloria looked at their son with a mixture of amazement and amusement.
"Little leaf, what are you doing?"
Eloria asked her son. Her eyes twinkling with delight.
Legolas sat up with a look of shock on his face as if to say, don't be silly.
"Las is telling baby not to be ascared"
He said as if he was explaining the most obvious thing.
Eloria laughed,
"I do apologise Legolas"
She said with a huge smile on her face. To see her son already taking on the responsibility that he wanted so much to gain.
Legolas simply shook his head and continued reassuring his unborn sister.
Eloria and Thranduil had to look away from each other to contain the laughter that threatened. Feeling calm once more the couple felt that it was safe to look at each other.
Their eyes were sparkling and joy was clearly etched on their features. There had been a worry that their eldest would feel left out when his sister arrived, but it seemed that their worries were misplaced.
Their elfling was quite happily chattering away,
"And then I'll show you my horsey, he's call'd Tinya, and he's big, he is too big for you through. But you can go with Atara, she will hold you.
Then we can go to the waterfall, Adar will take us.
And I'll choose a colour for your room. It can be yellow and it will have clouds. You can share my bathroom and you can share my soaps, they are lavder"
"Lavender, little leaf"
Legolas mock scowled at his mother and found himself yanked from his place and pulled into a strong chest.
"Adar, Adar no! Put Las down!"
He squirmed in his fathers embrace but to no avail. His eyes narrowed and a wicked grin spread over his face. He bent down and licked his father hand. Immediately his father let go,
"Ai, ai, Legolas spit, I shall never be clean again!"
He exclaimed, making Legolas writhe on the bed with laughter.
His wife looked at him with amusement but said nothing.
Legolas stopped his laughing and yawned, his small fists rubbing his eyes.
"I think it I time for somebody to go back to bed, hmm little leaf"
Legolas merely shook his head and climbed under the blankets, curling into his mother's side.
"Alright, you can stay here tonight"
Thranduil lay down and kissed his wife and child. Eloria fell asleep almost instantly but Legolas lay awake.
After a few minutes Legolas turned around to look at his Adar.
"Adar, why is the sky angry?"
Thranduil laughed at his son's innocent question.
"The sky is not angry my little Greenleaf"
He scrunched his nose up and narrowed his eyes.
"Then why does it make so much noise?"
"Ahh, it is simple. Sometimes there is too much energy in the sky and it has to have a tantrum to get rid of it"
He hoped that the extremely simple answer would satisfy his son's curiosity as he was not awake enough to have a proper conversation.
"Oh"
Legolas nodded and laid his head back on the pillow. Thranduil was glad when sleep claimed Legolas quickly. He looked adorable, tucked into his mothers arms and his stuffed wolf securely in his arms. his fingers even in sleep stroked one of the wolf's ears.
The thunder had stopped but I knew that it would return before the dawn. I took one look at my sleeping family before I stood and made my way to the bathroom. I knew that I would get not sleep this night so I may as well enjoy a hot bath while I have the time.
I sat in the bath enjoying the luxury of being able to relax and read a book in peace and without interruption.
"Adar"
a small voice from the doorway alerted me to Legolas' presence.
I smiled at him and received a grin form him. He walked over and put Lornie down on a towel before taking off his night clothes.
"be careful Legolas, the floor is wet"
"Alright Adar"
he finished and held out his arms for me to pick him up and place him in the water. He giggled as the water engulfed him.
"Why are you having a bath in the night Adar?"
"because it is the only peace that I will get all day"
"peace from me?"
"Nay little leaf, peace from my council. And your Atara"
Legolas grinned,
"Why Atara? What is wrong with her, is she bad?"
"Nay, she is not bad. But she is grouchy and grumpy. Your sister makes it hard for her to sleep well"
"Does baby do it on purpose, I am sure she does not mean it"
"I am sure that she does not do it on purpose. She is simply making her mark in our family. when she arrives she will make herself known do not worry about that"
I poured water over his hair so that I could wash it, luckily he was not in the mood to fight me. He shivered as the hot water streamed down his back.
"what will you call her?"
"I do not know yet leaf"
"Why not?"
"It is not easy to name a child"
"What will she be like when she is here?"
"I do not know. She may cry a lot or she may be very quiet"
"what was I like?"
I smiled at the memories of holding my son in my arms at a council meeting or while I worked in my study.
"You were the quietest elfling that there was. You hardly cried and you hardly demanded. You were a very observant baby. You always looked at everything in great detail. I remember times when we would spend hours in the gardens while you looked at flowers and plants"
"I did not!"
I chuckled,
"You most certainly did. There you hair is washed now"
"Thank you"
"You are very welcome leaf"
He smiled and then yawned widely. Shaking my head I picked him up and wrapped him in a large towel before donning a robe.
Without disturbing my sleeping wife I placed Legolas in bed and then after kissing his forehead, went back to my bath.
Thunder crashed outside, waking a small elfling from his deep slumber. He whimpered as another crash sounded.
He buried himself under the covers with his stuffed wolf, Lornie.
His eyes widened as he discovered that the blankets did not save him from the noise.
As quick as he could, he threw off the blankets and ran to his door. Peering through the gap in between the door first, he looked to make sure that no one was around.
A crash from outside startled him and he ran as fast as he could to his parents room.
The king's chambers were quiet. They were still awake and were enjoying a little time to themselves. The thunder had alerted them to the possibility of a scared elfling coming to join them and had stopped anything that they did not deem suitable for their son to see.
Eloria lay blissfully sleepy in her husbands arms. A single candle was all the light that there was in the room. A creak sounded as the door was opened to reveal a frightened elfling who was desperately clutching his stuffed wolf.
His hair was messy and his pyjamas were hanging off of his frame.
Thranduil sat up and opened his arms. As he did a crash sounded making the elfling yelp and he darted underneath the covers at the bottom of the bed worming his way up to the top.
A smiling head popped out from underneath the covers and snuggled up to his Adar.
Thranduil smiled at his son and wrapped his strong arms around him. Eloria turned round and watched as her husband comforted his son.
Thranduil ran his hands though the silky hair of his son and the elfling huddled closer.
A smile appeared on the face of her husband and he lay down, Legolas still his arms. Eloria joined the two and there they lay.
The storm outside was soon forgotten as Legolas listened to his parents talk.
He turned round and snuggled up to his mother who held him in her arms.
Growing restless the elfling slid down the bed and put his ear to his mother's stomach where his baby sister was growing rapidly.
"Hello baby. It's me Leg'las. Don't be ascared by the noise. It can't get you. Adar will save us. Atara is ascared too that's why Adar's got his arms round her. But don't worry cos Las will keep you asafe"
Thranduil and Eloria looked at their son with a mixture of amazement and amusement.
"Little leaf, what are you doing?"
Eloria asked her son. Her eyes twinkling with delight.
Legolas sat up with a look of shock on his face as if to say, don't be silly.
"Las is telling baby not to be ascared"
He said as if he was explaining the most obvious thing.
Eloria laughed,
"I do apologise Legolas"
She said with a huge smile on her face. To see her son already taking on the responsibility that he wanted so much to gain.
Legolas simply shook his head and continued reassuring his unborn sister.
Eloria and Thranduil had to look away from each other to contain the laughter that threatened. Feeling calm once more the couple felt that it was safe to look at each other.
Their eyes were sparkling and joy was clearly etched on their features. There had been a worry that their eldest would feel left out when his sister arrived, but it seemed that their worries were misplaced.
Their elfling was quite happily chattering away,
"And then I'll show you my horsey, he's call'd Tinya, and he's big, he is too big for you through. But you can go with Atara, she will hold you.
Then we can go to the waterfall, Adar will take us.
And I'll choose a colour for your room. It can be yellow and it will have clouds. You can share my bathroom and you can share my soaps, they are lavder"
"Lavender, little leaf"
Legolas mock scowled at his mother and found himself yanked from his place and pulled into a strong chest.
"Adar, Adar no! Put Las down!"
He squirmed in his fathers embrace but to no avail. His eyes narrowed and a wicked grin spread over his face. He bent down and licked his father hand. Immediately his father let go,
"Ai, ai, Legolas spit, I shall never be clean again!"
He exclaimed, making Legolas writhe on the bed with laughter.
His wife looked at him with amusement but said nothing.
Legolas stopped his laughing and yawned, his small fists rubbing his eyes.
"I think it I time for somebody to go back to bed, hmm little leaf"
Legolas merely shook his head and climbed under the blankets, curling into his mother's side.
"Alright, you can stay here tonight"
Thranduil lay down and kissed his wife and child. Eloria fell asleep almost instantly but Legolas lay awake.
After a few minutes Legolas turned around to look at his Adar.
"Adar, why is the sky angry?"
Thranduil laughed at his son's innocent question.
"The sky is not angry my little Greenleaf"
He scrunched his nose up and narrowed his eyes.
"Then why does it make so much noise?"
"Ahh, it is simple. Sometimes there is too much energy in the sky and it has to have a tantrum to get rid of it"
He hoped that the extremely simple answer would satisfy his son's curiosity as he was not awake enough to have a proper conversation.
"Oh"
Legolas nodded and laid his head back on the pillow. Thranduil was glad when sleep claimed Legolas quickly. He looked adorable, tucked into his mothers arms and his stuffed wolf securely in his arms. his fingers even in sleep stroked one of the wolf's ears.
The thunder had stopped but I knew that it would return before the dawn. I took one look at my sleeping family before I stood and made my way to the bathroom. I knew that I would get not sleep this night so I may as well enjoy a hot bath while I have the time.
I sat in the bath enjoying the luxury of being able to relax and read a book in peace and without interruption.
"Adar"
a small voice from the doorway alerted me to Legolas' presence.
I smiled at him and received a grin form him. He walked over and put Lornie down on a towel before taking off his night clothes.
"be careful Legolas, the floor is wet"
"Alright Adar"
he finished and held out his arms for me to pick him up and place him in the water. He giggled as the water engulfed him.
"Why are you having a bath in the night Adar?"
"because it is the only peace that I will get all day"
"peace from me?"
"Nay little leaf, peace from my council. And your Atara"
Legolas grinned,
"Why Atara? What is wrong with her, is she bad?"
"Nay, she is not bad. But she is grouchy and grumpy. Your sister makes it hard for her to sleep well"
"Does baby do it on purpose, I am sure she does not mean it"
"I am sure that she does not do it on purpose. She is simply making her mark in our family. when she arrives she will make herself known do not worry about that"
I poured water over his hair so that I could wash it, luckily he was not in the mood to fight me. He shivered as the hot water streamed down his back.
"what will you call her?"
"I do not know yet leaf"
"Why not?"
"It is not easy to name a child"
"What will she be like when she is here?"
"I do not know. She may cry a lot or she may be very quiet"
"what was I like?"
I smiled at the memories of holding my son in my arms at a council meeting or while I worked in my study.
"You were the quietest elfling that there was. You hardly cried and you hardly demanded. You were a very observant baby. You always looked at everything in great detail. I remember times when we would spend hours in the gardens while you looked at flowers and plants"
"I did not!"
I chuckled,
"You most certainly did. There you hair is washed now"
"Thank you"
"You are very welcome leaf"
He smiled and then yawned widely. Shaking my head I picked him up and wrapped him in a large towel before donning a robe.
Without disturbing my sleeping wife I placed Legolas in bed and then after kissing his forehead, went back to my bath.
