Chapter 11 reviews:
Elven Kitten: Good for you! See, that makes all the difference.
Kel: Ok, let me see here, Estel is 21, but because of the elven blood in him, he looks around 18 years, in human standards. Elrohir and Elladan are both 400 years, and they look around 20 in human years. Legolas is 300 years and also looks 18 years. Hope that answers your question.
Nimwen: I love reviews like yours, they make me feel fuzzy. So good to hear that you have taken an interest in my story. Thank you!
Mearas: yes, well, Erestor is smart. Glad I made your day better! D
A. NuEvil: yeah, well I was a bit tired of Erestor always looking stiff, so I decided to change that! I think that the story is better like this.
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IwishChan: Erestor is probably the smartest elf. I didn't he is the smartest, just one of them. Oh, and Elrond wasn't on the other side of the door. "He continued to chuckle until he heard a voice behind him, as he was standing in the middle of the hall." Erestor was in the hall, and Elrond was on the opposite side of the hall that the twin and Estel were in. Hope I'm not confusing you. I'm not to good at explaining things.
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Chapter 12
"Erestor is such a jerk. Making us go outside for no reason!" Elladan mumbled as Elrohir and Estel just nodded their heads in agreement.
That is exactly what happened. After their little run in with Erestor, who promised that he won't tell anyone about what he figured out, he had told the three brothers that their adar was outside. So, naturally, they had headed outside and asked a guard if he had seen Elrond. The guard had just looked at them for a while, then said no. That was what they did for at least an hour, run around and asking anybody if they have seen Elrond outside. At last, a servant had told them that their adar hadn't been outside all day, except when he went out to take a walk around the garden.
Now they were headed back to Elrond's study, were the servant had said Elrond could be found doing work. And they were not in the best of moods.
After walking back inside and turning a couple of corners, they made their way to the door of the study room. Knocking on the door, and waiting for a "come in," they walked inside.
"Looks like we're not the only ones here" Estel whispered.
Inside the study were Elrond, Erestor, Glorfindel, Talan, and Raindul. They all turned to look at who has come in, and seeing that it was Estel and the twins, turned back to the discussion. The brothers glared when Erestor looked at them and couldn't help the smile that broke out on his face before turning back to the discussion as well.
"So," Elrond began, "you are headed back home tomorrow?"
Talan nodded his head. "We only came to see if you knew anything about the arrows. And I believe that we have received our answer."
Elrond nodded his head before asking another question. "Are you not going to see if Lothlorien know anything about this?"
Raindul was the one who answered this question. "Yes. I, with a handful of warriors, will head out for Lothlorien while Lord Talan and the rest of the warriors head back home."
As the adults continued to have their talk, Elrohir, as he was in between, nudged both of his brothers in the side. "This is our chance to ask ada if we could go with the Mirkwood elves to Lothlorien!" Elrohir whispered.
Elladan thought for a bit before agreeing. "Your right. This could be our last chance."
Elladan cleared his throat, causing the adults to turn and look at him. "Ada," Elladan began, "can we go with Lord Raindul to the Golden Woods?"
Glorfindel raised an eyebrow. They couldn't keep quiet on a scouting mission, and here they wanted to know if they could travel to the Golden Woods? He shook his head. Youngsters sometimes confused him.
Both Talan and Raindul looked a bit taken aback. After a few seconds, the small shock gave way to amusement. Raindul looked over to Talan, who looked at Raindul and shrugged. Talan didn't really mind. After all, it wasn't his decision.
Erestor gave a small smile, luckily no one noticed.
Elrond just looked at his sons. They're joking, right? His eyes were a bit wider that normal, and his mouth was open. And he just continued to look at his sons.
The three brothers were beginning to get uncomfortable.
"What?" Elrond practically shouted. This made almost everybody jump. "Of course you can't go! Why bother asking!"
"But ada!" Elrohir whinnied. "Please? I'm sure Lord Raindul doesn't mind!"
Elrond turned his gaze to Raindul who, still looking amused, just shrugged, showing that he didn't mind or cared.
Elrond looked like he was going to argue some more, but a voice spoke out before he did.
"I think that's a wonderful idea."
All the heads snapped to Erestor, for he was the one who spoke.
"What do you mean." Elrond demanded. He did not expect Erestor to side with the three. He looked over to Glorfindel, who looked quite shocked himself.
"Well," Erestor began, "think about it my Lord. This trip might help your sons for the future. And they might learn a thing or two from Raindul and the other Mirkwood elves that will be traveling with them." He then turned to look at the twins and Estel. "And did you not also say that you wanted to visit your grandmother and grandfather?"
Estel was the first to respond. "Yes, we did say that." He turned to look at his ada with pleading eyes. "Please ada? Erestor is right, we might learn something and you promised that we could go see grandmother and grandfather. You wouldn't break a promise, would you?"
Everyone is plotting against me, Elrond thought as he looked between his sons and Erestor. He put his head in his hands. After a few minutes of silence, Elrond let out a sigh and looked at his sons, who were moving nervously. "Fine."
The twins and Estel, wisely, didn't cry out in joy or do anything foolish. They just thanked their ada and left the room.
Once the door closed behind them, Elrond turned to look at Raindul. "I apologize if you didn't want them with you on your journey."
Raindul smiled. "It is no problem, my Lord. We could us a few more warriors. One could never be to safe. And besides, having those three should be, hmm, interesting."
"True," Glorfindel said, "you can never know what those three are up two." He chuckled after he said this.
Erestor put a hand on Elrond's shoulder. "I think that you should take a break." After a moment of thought, were everyone in the room was looking at him, Erestor smiled. "I believe that you should travel with Talan to Mirkwood."
"W-what?" To say Elrond was taken aback was an understatement.
"You are good friends with Thranduil, correct?" When Elrond nodded, he continued. "And Talan said that Thranduil is still suffering, right?" Another nod from Elrond. "Then I think you should go and see what you can do. You are a healer, after all."
Talan brightened up at the thought. "That is a great idea!" He quickly ran over to Elrond. "You can come and maybe, with your healing abilities, you will be able to help him!"
"I suppose..." Elrond looked at Talan, who had hope shining in his eyes. "But then, who will look after Rivendell?"
Glorfindel laughed. "Don't worry your head off Elrond. I'm sure that Erestor and I would be able to keep things under control until you return."
"Very well. I will travel with you back to Mirkwood." Elrond said as he looked at Talan.
Legolas was sitting in a tree, watching the sun setting in the distance.
Only a few more minutes until the plan takes place. Now that he thought about the plan, it seemed easy enough. Elrohir had said to wait until it was dark before he began. It would make it easier for Legolas.
Elladan had returned earlier and had given him a cloak. He also said that they were allowed to travel to Lothlorien, and that they were leaving tomorrow.
That gives me only tonight to get ready. He thought as he packed his bow and twin knives in a pack that he had. Elladan has warned him to not pack any of the arrows that he had with him, so that left Legolas arrow-less.
He had spent the rest of the day making his own arrows. An elf scout had taught him how to make them about two hundred years earlier. All he needed was the arrow heads from the arrows that he had with him.
Now he had a quiver full of arrows that were with the rest of his supplies and he was waiting until the sun went down.
A couple of hours later, it was dark. Legolas jumped out of the tree he was sitting in and began to make his way to the Last Homely Home.
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