Chapter 28 reviews:
Galimeril: Thanks for the complement. Sorry to hear that. I found chemistry to be fun and easy. Guess it's not the same with everyone.
Elven Kitten: thanks for the review!
Redleef: Do you really think so? -blush- Thanks for the complement and glad that you liked it.
Inwe Nolatari: I wanted people to feel sorry for Legolas and I also wanted them to cry. Glad I succeeded in that.
Mesccccrg: Don't worry, I forgive you. I hate it when people do that also, so I don't ever want to do that!
Avion Jade: It's okay if your sad, just don't get to sad. As for his memories, they will slowly start to come back now that he remembers something about his past.
Redhead: Your welcome for the update. And I forgive you, so you don't have to worry. I was kicking myself when I noticed that I haven't been writing so much as I use to.
Emily: I'm so glad that you think all my chapters are great! I don't like some of them, but that doesn't matter. I don't like to see Legolas sad either, but it has to be done so that the story could continue. Its good to know that you are a loyal reader!
Darklink231: No internet for two months? What happened? Its okay if you haven't been reviewing, as long as you enjoy the story! I wouldn't say that I enjoy torturing poor souls, more like, uh...well, that doesn't matter anyways! Glad you liked the chapter!
Rebell: Yes, I live! I like Halloween cause you can get free candy. Yay for candy! Must stop the teachers from having meetings huh? You could always just pull the fire alarm and cancel school. I should stop being cruel to Legolas. I feel really bad for him.
Silverkonekotsukari: Well, at least I know that I wasn't the only one who had to suffer. At least you got your work done. I had to do this project and I didn't even have it half done when we had to turn it in. Woe is me!
Moonlight Butterfly: Glad that you enjoyed yourself. And thank you for the review. It makes me happy.
Kel: Yes, it is sad, ain't it?
Erenriel the Elven Canuck: I'm happy to know that you haven't forgotten me. I was wondering what happened to you. Believe it or not, the description is easier for me. I usually have to think about what the characters are going to say before I write it down. Don't get jealous. If you want, I can help you come up with some ideas! At least you get snow. We never get snow, just snowflakes. I'm glad that my grammar is improving. I try to catch all the mistakes that I make before posting up the chapters. As long as you review every once in a while, I don't care if you can't review every chapter. And I like long review. I find them funny.
Nasuada Moon: I try to update at least once a week if I can. Sometimes it might be two weeks before I update.
MaddyPaddy: Think about it yourself and I think that you will feel even worst for Thranduil. They were his only family, after all. I can hide my emotions as well, but I'm really sensitive at times. So that makes it a bit hard.
KyLaaa: I will tell you one thing. He felt as if his soul was torn into tiny little bits.
Silver Mirror: There might be some happiness, but I don't know for sure. I won't know until I write the chapter.
Animebishieluver: Never say never! At least I almost made you cry. So proud of myself! You wouldn't hunt me down, would you?
Illeanah: Yay, I'm forgiven! Yeah, I know what you mean. I can't wait for the encounter either. I don't even know what's going to happen and I'm the one writing this!
Iridia: Well, I fixed it now. Hope that it satisfies you!
IwishChan: Yes, the lord and lady can be kind and loving when they are not fooling around and playing games. I feel so bad for Legolas. -sniffs-
Arialas: How in the world did your piccolo snap in half? I thought that those things were hard to break! The thing about my explanation being straightforward is a good thing, right?
Seylin: Yeah, I know.
Chapter 29
It had grown dark, and the three elves still haven't returned.
At the moment dinner was being served. The dinning room was lit by several torches that were placed all around the room on the walls, giving the room a nice warm glow. There were several elves eating there. Most were at home, eating with their families.
Estel was just picking at his food, not really eating it. Every few minutes or so, he would look up from his meal to eye the door, hoping to see Lord Celeborn, Lady Galadriel, or Legolas. He was starting to worry.
Elladan looked over from his conversation with Elrohir and Raindul, just in time to see Estel eyeing the door again. He gave a sight and tapped his younger brother on the shoulder. Estel turn to look at Elladan, who just gave him a small smile.
"Don't worry so much Estel. Remember, this was our idea. I'm sure that it's just taking Legolas a while to believe everything that is being told to him." Elladan said as he gentle shook Estel.
Even though Estel wasn't completely convinced, he still gave his brother a small smile, then went back to picking on his food.
"How is he?" Elrohir asked once Elladan turned back to him and Raindul.
Elladan just shrugged. "I'm sure that he is just really worried. I didn't expect them to have taken this long."
Raindul nodded his head in agreement. "I have to agree with you there. How long does it take to tell one about his or her past?"
Just as Elladan was about to speak, the doors to the dinning room opened and the Lord and Lady of the realm walked in. The elves in the room bowed their heads as they pasted. They took their place at the head of the largest table, which was the one that the twins, Estel, and Raindul were sitting in, while servants got them drinks and food.
Raindul, who was sitting closer to them then the others, cleared his throat to catch their attention. The two rulers looked over at him, waiting for him to continue.
"My Lord, my Lady, would you happen to know where Legolas is? I would like to talk to him, if that were possible." Raindul said as he watched the Lord and Lady.
Now that he looked at them, Raindul made a few discoveries. Even thought they showed patients, Galadriel's eyes were a bit puff and a little red, as if she had been crying and Celeborn had a look of grief in his normally calm eyes. This made Raindul want to know what had taken place.
Galadriel gave him a smile, though there was a bit of sadness in it. "Legolas has retired for the night. I believe that it would be unwise to speak with him until the morning."
Raindul took the hint and nodded, turning back to his friends to tell them that Legolas has probably gone to sleep.
Galadriel sighed and turned to look at Celeborn, who looked at her with a small, reassuring smile while gently squeezing her hand.
They had both decided to give Legolas the rest of the night to think things over after what had happened earlier.
Flashback
None of them knew for how long they stood there, holding onto each other, drawing strength from the other two. They really didn't care how long they stood there, seeing as that wasn't very important.
After a while, Legolas grew quiet, wanting to find out why Galadriel and Celeborn would want to show his this after so long. He pulled away from the embrace his was in, wiping his eyes, and tried to calm himself down.
Celeborn and Galadriel looked at him with sad eyes, but also with understanding. They knew that Legolas would want to find a quiet area to think things through, but they still had to talk to him before he was allowed to leave.
Galadriel walked back over to the water inside the mirror and stood next to it. Celeborn walked over to stand in front of Legolas.
"Legolas," Celeborn said softly, "would you like to see what your ada looks like?"
Legolas snapped his eyes to Celeborn before looking back to Galadriel. He wasn't entirely sure if he wanted to look back into the water. What if it showed something bad, like it did with his mother?
Celeborn noticed Legolas's hesitation and gently pushed him towards Galadriel and the mirror. "Don't worry Legolas. I believe that it will only show you an image of your ada, nothing more."
Legolas still wasn't completely sure, but made his way towards the stand anyways. Once again, he looked into the water, and after a moment his reflection changed to show an image of an elf.
This elf was male. He had sun-blond hair that reached a little past his shoulders and emerald-green eyes that looked as if they had once held happiness in them. The elf was dressed nicely, in a dark green robe with gold lining.
"This is your ada, Legolas." Galadriel said as she too looked at the image that was being shown. Celeborn had walked over and was now standing next to Galadriel, looking at the image as well.
He seems familiar. Legolas thought. Even if they hadn't told them who this elf was, Legolas's curiosity wouldn't have left him until he found out who the elf in the water was. A tap on his shoulder brought him back from his thoughts.
"Your ada misses you, Legolas." Celeborn told him. "Will you travel to Mirkwood to see him, or will you continue living the way you do now?"
Legolas opened his mouth, then closed it, not knowing what to say.
"You don't have to answer right now." Galadriel assured him. "This question will take a while to answer. You can tell us your answer when your sure of what you want. That way there is no rush."
Legolas gave her a small smile. "Will it be alright if I head to bed? I feel tired." That wasn't a lie either. He felt both emotionally and physically tired. He wasn't completely healed anyways.
"Of course. We will show you to a room where you can get all the rest you will need." Celeborn said.
End Flashback
Celeborn gave his wife's hand one last squeeze before taking his hand away. He didn't feel like eating, but it would look suspicious if he or Galadriel didn't eat anything. Sometimes it's not easy being a ruler.
Elrond just looked at Thranduil for a moment before remembering to blink.
Thranduil had just finished telling Elrond about his dreams. He had also told him that they had found his wife's body when they had gone looking for her and his son. They didn't find Legolas's body and didn't want to think about what the orcs had done with him.
Talan was also in the room and added a few other things whenever it seemed as if the King didn't want to speak.
"Well, I can see why your dreams haunt you, Thranduil." Elrond said.
He understood what if felt like to loose a loved one. He wife died, so he knew what the king went through, but seeing the mutilated body of a love one? No, he had never experienced that, so he didn't know what went through Thranduil at that point.
Thranduil looked as if he was off in his own little world at the moment. This made Elrond concern.
"Elrond? Is there something that you can do?" Talan asked.
Elrond let out a sigh and looked around the room for a bit. They were in the kings study room once again.
"Elrond?" Talan said again, this time poking Elrond on the arm.
"The only thing I can do for Thranduil at the moment is help him sleep. I can make an herb drink that will put him a dreamless sleep. Other than that, there isn't much that I can do." Elrond responded.
They both turned to look at Thranduil, who still seemed to be unaware of what was happening around him.
"I think that will help for now." Talan said. He rubbed the bridge of his nose with one hand as he thought about his friend and ruler, Thranduil. He had never seen him so out of it.
"Perhaps we should get him to his room." Elrond said. "Or should I say, perhaps you should get him to his room while I make the drink."
Talan nodded his head, stood up from the chair he was sitting on and made his way over to Thranduil. Once there, he began to gently shake the king. "My King, it is time to go to sleep. I'm pretty sure that a bed is a better place to sleep compare to a chair."
That seemed to bring Thranduil back from wherever he was. "What was that?" He asked.
Talan rolled his eyes. "I said that you should go to sleep in your bed instead of a chair."
Thranduil just mumbled something as he got up and made to leave the room. Right as he got to the door, Elrond called out to him.
"Thranduil, I will be along in a short while to give you something to help you sleep. Is that alright?"
"Yes." Thranduil said. He didn't know how many more nights he could go on having that dream before he went mad. "I would appreciate that very much." He gave them a grateful smile as he left the room.
When Thranduil left, Elrond turned his attention to Talan. "How come your healers didn't make him an herb drink that will block dreams?"
Talan gave him a sheepish grin. "Well, to tell you the true, we never thought about that." He gave a small chuckle after that. Elrond just rolled his eyes and left to make the drink for Thranduil.
Not my best chapter, but, eh, oh well. And I know that its short.
I could have posted this up earlier, but I went to the renaissance festive yesterday. It was so much fun!