AN: Sorry if I took so long to get this chapter posted. My life was busy and I didn't get much time to write.

Chapter 3

It was a clear day. The sun was shining brightly in Rivendell and somewhere inside the border, three figures were enjoying the day.

An hour away from the Last Homely Home, the sound of splashing and laughter could be heard. Three figures, two elves and one human, were having fun at a nearby lake. It was located in an area where the tress were tall and green. The trees were spread far apart enough to let plenty of light to shine through and illuminate the area.

"Come on Estel, jump off!" Elladan was swimming near the middle, where the water was deepest. Elrohir, his twin brother, was floating on his back, not far from Elladan, with his eyes closed and a smile on his face. He was clearly enjoying himself.

Elladan and Elrohir were twins, though Elladan was older by a few minutes. They both that gray eyes and brown hair that reached pass their shoulders. When they were both elflings, they had nearly driven their father mad, pulling pranks on the staff and each other. Now they play pranks on Estel.

"All right, all right! Hold on!" Estel was on a tall tree that was conveniently located near the edge of the lake. He had climbed as high as he could and was about to jump off into the lake. I hope ada never finds out about this or who knows what he'll do. With that in mind, Estel jumped as far out as he can and, much to his amusement, landed near Elrohir.

After Elrohir recovered from his shock, and after Estel came up for air, he rounded on the human and gave him a glare. "Estel, next time you do that, I swear I'm going to kill you!"

Estel gave him a smug grin. "No you wouldn't. You love me too much."

Elladan, who was listening to this little exchange, burst out laughing at the face his twin brother made. "He got you there, dear bother of mine. You can't even bring yourself to touch him in a threatening manner." Then he and Estel laughed again.

Estel was a twenty-one year old human. He was adopted by Elrond, the lord of Rivendell, when he was a baby and has lived with the elves practically all his life. He stormy-gray eyes and black, wavy hair that when down to his shoulder.

They stayed at the lake for the better part of the afternoon until they decided to head back home. After drying and dressing themselves, they made their way back the way they had come. Since orcs rarely ever appeared in Rivendell, they were allowed to run across the forest, as long as they didn't go pass the border.

Estel put his hands behind his head and smiled. "That was quite relaxing." He loved spending time with his brothers, even though they played pranks on him. He didn't really mind because he always got them back, always.

"Yes, the afternoon was rather relaxing." Elladan sighed as he looked out into the forest. "Too bad we can't do this very often."

"Ha! If we did this often, ada would call us lazy!" Elrohir remarked. "We also wouldn't need all those lessons in history and stuff. Which reminds me, don't we have lessons today?"

Both Elladan and Estel stopped in their tracks. They both looked at Elrohir and said the same thing at the same time: "WHAT!!"

"I thought the lessons were tomorrow!" Elladan took off running as he said this. Estel and Elrohir weren't far behind.

"Lets take a shortcut. We could get there fast that way." Elrohir called out his opinion. Not that he really cared about the lessons, but he didn't want another lecture from his father.

That said, the three brothers headed down another way, which took them through the forest. They were also going to get a surprise.

Legolas was quietly making his way from tree to tree. He liked it here, were the sunlight showed through the tree tops and shone on his face whenever he looked up. He passed a group of elves that were on patrol duty, but didn't hang around to see where they were going.

He jumped off the tree he was in and leaned against the trunk. It's so peaceful here. He slid down until he was sitting and relaxed. So far, nothing interesting has happened and he honestly didn't think anything will happen.

Maybe he should go to Lothlorien and annoy the captain of the guards, what was his name? Ah yes, Haldir. He liked messing with the captain, it fun. Legolas chuckled to himself. Yea, after this, he was traveling to Lothlorien to mess with Haldir.

He left all of his supplies except for one of his two long knives hidden further back. He didn't see why he needed to bring his weapons with him if orcs almost never came here.

Legolas was brought out of thought when he heard the light steps of feet hitting the ground. Quickly, he got up and hide behind the tree he was leaning against. Pretty soon, three figures appeared. They slowed down and Legolas was able to hear their conversation from his hiding spot.

"This is all your fault Elrohir! Now we're going to be even more late then we were going to be if we took the other way. Some shortcut!" Elladan was glaring at his brother and stopped in front of the tree Legolas was hiding behind.

"Well it's not my fault you listened to me! Shesh, you have to learn to take responsibility for your actions." Elrohir just looked at his brother calmly, as if nothing wrong had happened.

Estel just rolled his eyes. Those two always blamed each other for everything. Sometimes it surprised him that the other hasn't killed the other yet. That thought made him chuckle a little.

Both Elladan and Elrohir turned to look at him. "And what," Elladan began, "little brother, is so amusing?"

Estel looked to Elladan, who was frowning, to Elrohir, who was grinning. "Oh, umm... nothing." he then turned his attention to the trees around him.

Legolas, who was crouching low to the ground, almost jumped up from behind the tree when he heard Estel's voice. It sounded so familiar! Or at least, it reminded him of a certain human he traveled with for a while.

Ever so carefully, so that he didn't make any noise, Legolas stuck his head around the truck and let his gaze fall on Estel. He was surprised by what he saw. That young man looked almost like the man Legolas traveled with!

He must have made a noise cause he noticed that the two elves were looking at him. Oops. He did the only thing that he knew to do in these kinds of situations, he decided to make a run for it.

Legolas only made it several feet before he was tackled to the ground by Elrohir. Elrohir wrapped his arms around the struggling elf's waist and waited until Elladan and Estel showed up. The elf he was holding was actually strong for someone as slim as him. Elrohir had to tighten his grip to hold him down. Carefully, so he didn't hurt himself or the elf, he stood up.

Legolas cursed his luck. He really didn't want to be caught, he knew what would happen if the two elves and the human decided to take him to the lord of the land. He would be asked thousands of questions that he wouldn't know the answers to and then they'll must likely throw him in a dark, dank dungeon.

Suddenly, Legolas was hit with an idea that he learned while traveling with a group of elves a few years back. It would probably make the elf that was holding very angry, but it was worth the risk. Legolas stopped struggling and went limp. It had the desire affect, cause the arms that were holding him loosened.

Elrohir felt the elf in his arms go limp, and thought that he had given up. His arms were getting tired from holding the elf in a tight grip and loosened his arms a little. That was a bad idea. No sooner had he done that, the elf he was holding suddenly spun in is grip and smashed his palm into his nose. Elrohir immediately let go with a cry and Legolas jumped away from him.

Elladan, who had arrived when Legolas went limp and had seen what happened to his brother, decided that it was not a good idea to grab the elf the way his brother did. What to do, what to do! For all he knew, this elf could be here to cause mischief. Elladan watched the elf wary as he made his way to Elrohir, who was on his knees and giving the new elf a death-glare. Elrohir's nose was also bleeding, but that wasn't a surprise.

Out of the corner of his eye, Elladan notice that Estel was standing in the shadow of a tree. He was looking at Elrohir with such worry in his eyes. He turned his head slightly and nodded in Estel's direction to let him know that Elrohir was alright. Then Elladan notice that the elf had turned his attention to his Estel.

Legolas notice Estel standing in the shadows only after the caught the older twin looking in that direction. Why did this human remind him of someone else he had known? Well, he couldn't really see his face that well, sense he was in the shadows, but that could be arranged. Slowly, so as not to frighten him, Legolas made his way over to Estel.

Both Elladan and Elrohir, who was back on his feet, exchanged looks of fear when they saw the elf headed towards their little brother. By the valar, he's going to do something to Estel! He might kill him! Dose he know who Estel really is? Elrohir was panicking as these thoughts raced in his head.

There was no way Elladan was going to let that elf touch Estel, not if he could help it! Quickly, before he even knew what he was doing, Elladan charged toward the unknown elf. He was stopped in his tracks when the elf suddenly pulled out a long knife that he had been hiding.

"Don't move." Legolas didn't turn to face the twins when he said this, but kept his eyes on Estel, who couldn't move as fear and terrible thoughts crawled into his head. Oh my god, he's going to kill me! And I don't have anything to defend my self with!

When Legolas reached Estel, he grabbed his arm and brought him into the light to get a better look at him. Then to every ones surprise, Legolas put his weapon in Estel's hand and backed up a little.

Estel, needless to say, was shocked beyond belief. Elladan and Elrohir had their mouths hanging open, and Legolas was tilting his head this way and that as he examine Estel.

Then Legolas broke into a huge grim. "I knew you reminded me of someone! For a moment there, I thought my mind was playing tricks on me." He walked back to Estel, who was looking confused, took his weapon back, and headed to Elrohir. When he was standing in front of him, he tore a piece from his tunic and handed it to him.

Elrohir looked at the cloth, then to Legolas, then back to the cloth. Legolas rolled his eyes. "It's for your nose. I case you forgot, it's bleeding"

Elrohir, having had forgotten about that, snatch the cloth out of Legoas's hand and gave him a glare. "In case you forgot, its because of you that it's bleeding!" He should have been beating the crap out of Legolas, but then, Legolas had a weapon and he didn't. So he decided to play it safe.

Legolas just smiled. "Yes, well, you got to do what you got to do in order to survive." He turned to Estel and motioned him to come. Estel walked over cautiously, and when he was close enough, went behind the twins. Legolas looked at the three beings in front of him. Then, as if suddenly remembering, said: "Oh yes, my name is Legolas." He held out a hand to Elladan.

Elladan looked at Legolas with uncertainty in his eyes. He looked to Elrohir and Estel, but they just looked back. Looks like I have to make the decision. He looked back at Legolas, who was looking at him curiously. He didn't look evil, and he didn't kill Estel. Elladan slowly took Legolas's hand. "I am Elladan, this is Elrohir, and this is Estel." As he said their names, he pointed to each one. "We are the sons of Lord Elrond."

Legolas eyes widen at that. "Sons of a lord?" He quickly turned to Elrohir. "Please forgive me. I didn't know, and if I did, then...well I wouldn't have...you know." Legolas found the ground very interesting at that point. Smooth move. Now they'll probably throw me in a dungeon for sure! I hate my luck!

Estel nudged Elrohir's side. "You should say something. He looks really sorry about your nose." Now why was he defending Legolas? That confused him. He focused on Legolas for a moment. I guess he didn't know who we are. That's strange, I thought every elf knew about Elrohir and Elladan, being ada's kids. How come he doesn't?

The same thing must have ran through Elrohir. "It's alright, um, Legolas." Legolas looked up and the relief could be seen in his eyes. "Where do you come from?"

Legolas gave a small smile at the question. "Around." That was all he said.

Elrohir looked like he was going to ask more, but Estel beat him to it. "Earlier, you said I reminded you of someone. Who?"

Legolas switched his gaze to Estel. "Yes, I did say that didn't I? What was his name again?" He sat on the ground with a look of concentration on his face.

Elrohir turned to Elladan. "You don't think he will notice, do you?" There was a look of alarm on his face.

"Hope not." That was all Elladan said before Legolas jumped up to his feet, a large smile on his face.

"I remember!" Legolas pointed to Estel. "You remind me of Arathorn!"

sorry if this chapter sucked. I had this great idea, but it didn't come out right.

I would like to thank those of you that liked my story so far and thanks for your reviews. I will try to get the next chapter faster. Hopefully I will have time to write it.

Happy New Years!