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Too much darkness in a day…
Chapter 12: Don't drink the water
When Legolas woke, he noticed his father sitting in a chair beside the bed. Asleep, or so he hoped. He almost didn't feel any pain so he decided it was the opportune moment, (now his father was sleeping) to take a walk. He slowly stood, careful to avoid dizziness, his blue eyes not once leaving his father's sleeping form. For a moment, Thranduil reminded him of his younger brother Eleiden, when he was still a young baby.
He limped awkwardly to the door, as soon as he actually stood. He still expected his father to wake or Celahir to walk in any second. He left the room and smiled when he didn't see the healer, but he did see someone else, someone he didn't know at all. He wondered why, for a second he even thought he hit his head somewhere.
"Your highness, we finally meet." Anárion said while bowing.
"I didn't hit my head then."
Legolas continued when Anárion lifted an eyebrow.
"I don't believe I've seen you before, so I hope you don't mind to introduce yourself."
"Of course not your highness, my name is Anárion, I'm the only son of Menenwen, I think you know my mother."
"Call me Legolas, and yes I met your mother."
"I'm sorry to bother you with this, but I must show you something."
Legolas frowned but agreed "Very well."
Legolas also knew his father would pull down the palace if he wasn't there when he woke. Perhaps his thoughts were a little exaggerated, but only a little. If Thranduil himself didn't do it, his voice would. He didn't fear the lecture, but he definitely didn't look forward to it either.
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"Adar."
"Adar, wake up!" Eleiden called his father
It took Eleiden another two times before Thranduil finally moved, which was rather strange for an alert elf.
A little dazed he locked eyes with his son "Eleiden? What happened?" He asked still confused.
"You don't know?"
"Not really." When he looked to his right he noticed his firstborn son had disappeared. "Where's Legolas?"
"Are you telling me you do not know that either?"
"No, the last thing I remember is drinking a glass of water and I must've fallen asleep after that. We must find Legolas."
Eleiden laughed "He probably just took the opportunity to get out of here."
"I hope you're right ion-nin, but Celahir didn't give me the glass of water."
"If he didn't drug you, then who did?" Eleiden didn't get it, the healer was the only one who would drug his father.
"A servant brought me the glass, I didn't question the gesture. Celahir was here with me so he had nothing to do with it. Where is he anyway?" Thranduil wondered out loud. "Go find that brother of yours, I'll search for Celahir and that servant." Thranduil continued and Eleiden could only nod.
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"It's about my mother", Anárion explained "I found something rather disturbing, a letter addressed to you."
Anárion sighed "I couldn't keep it a secret any longer, when I read it I knew I had to tell you."
Legolas nodded, he already had a feeling what kind of letter Anárion was talking about.
"I'm glad you're telling me this" Legolas said still following the younger elf.
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Thranduil didn't know where to start looking, he knew every tiny corner of the palace, but he had no idea where to find Celahir when he wasn't in the healing wing. And he couldn't find that servant either.
Eleiden had no luck either, but giving up the search wasn't really an option. After a while he came to the conclusion that the only place he hadn't looked yet was his father's bedroom. He didn't think he would find anything, or anyone there, but it wouldn't hurt if he checked it anyway. His father wouldn't mind.
When he entered his father's chamber he found Celahir and the servant unconscious on the floor. He knelt beside the two and checked for a pulse, just to make sure they were only unconscious and not dead. When he put his fingers to the servant's neck, he felt nothing at all, no pulse. 'No blood?' Eleiden thought confused. He let out a sigh of relief when he checked Celahir's pulse. The healer moved slightly before he came to full awareness. Apparently he wanted to say something.
"A…"
"A what?" Eleiden encouraged.
"Anárion."
"Did he do this?" Eleiden asked, he had only just met the elf and knew he was Menenwen's son.
Celahir wanted to reply something ironic but decided against it, instead he just nodded.
"Find him, I'll be fine", when he saw the other elf to his right he remembered a few things, "and I'll take care of things."
"Thank you Celahir." The prince thanked the healer before leaving his father's room.
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"I put it the letter in this drawer" Anárion told the prince, before opening it and going in with his right hand. But instead of taking out a piece of paper he took out something else, a dagger, and he threw it into Legolas' direction.
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