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rating: Pg-13 for violence and child abuse.
Darkness seemed to linger upon the bright sunshine and uncertain and fear seemed to radiate from the twins room the next morning as Elrohir sleepily glanced about the room. " 'Dan? Where are you?"
Silence greeting Elrohir's frantic shouts and the younger twin grew worried. He glanced about the room as he made his way to his wardrobe. Once he had dressed in pale blue robes he headed out of his room and down the halls. He distantly heard screams of pain and headed towards the sound with a hand upon the hilt of his sword. ' Dan?' he called out within the bond that the two of them shared.
' I'm fine....' was Elladan's response, though both knew that was a lie as Elrohir heard the pain within his mental voice.
' where are you 'Dan?' he called out hoping desperately that the screams in which he heard wasn't his brother. ' What could cause such harm within the last homely house of my father?' Elrohir thought silently to himself, and his worry increased when his brother made no response to his question.
Elrohir stopped outside his father's study where it seemed that the source of the screams were coming from, and a sense of foreboding appeared within the pit of his stomach as he opened the door. Gray eyes widened and he couldn't help but stifle the gasp that escaped his lips at the scene that greeted him.
The curtains in the room were drawn to hide the light of the morning, and within the faint firelight of the room Elrohir made out his brother tied upon his father's desk, and Elrond was in the corner of the room for the moment looking through a box that neither of the twins had ever seen before.
Elrond came towards Elladan with a nine-tail whip that he had heated, and was now glowing white from the heat that radiated from it.
" No!" Elrohir cried as he rushed to stand between his helpless brother who looked to be only half conscious, and glared at their father. " What is the meaning of this Adar?" Elrohir cried out in rage.
" The beginning of your punishment for the crime in which you committed." Elrond responded as he sent the whip down hard upon Elrohir.
Elrohir cried out in surprise and pain as he felt the burn and bite of the whip that would soon draw blood.
" No... please Adar...." Elladan begged. " Leave Elrohir alone... it was my fault it wasn't his..."
" It matter's little whose fault it was Elladan. If it was your fault then you will soon learn to think before you act, and Elrohir will soon learn to think before he follows you in your actions." Elrond responded as brought the whip harshly upon Elrohir again. " Take off your robe Elrohir."
Defiance burned within the younger twin's eyes at that. " No."
" Then I'll just have to return back to Elladan..." Elrond said and trailed off.
" NO!" Elrohir cried out, and tears of rage formed, but he refused to let them fall. His face burned in humiliation as he shed his robe, and stood bared to all in the room.
Elrond smirked and brought the whip down repeatedly upon the younger twin, and when Elrohir fell to the ground he put the whip back in the box and left bringing the black box back to his room. He locked the door leaving the two half conscious, and bleeding brother's alone with their pain.
TBC....
Review response:
Dalas Ray: The first chapter wasn't an intentional cliffhanger. I didn't know yet where I was going to go with the story.
Sporkgirl: Thanks for the awesome review. As for the twins well... grief is a powerful thing.
spiritsllionofthecimarro: I'm glad you like it. Yes I'll keep going with it though I'm not quite certain exactly where it's going yet.