Chapter 36 reviews:
Reedleef: well, i do hope that i don't disappoint you with this chapter.
Jule Johnson: Glad to know that! Also glad to know that you are being patient with me as I try go get these chapters up.
Moonlight Butterfly: Yes, they have finally reached Mirkwood!
: I'm sorry for making you have to wait so long, but I'm sure that you will last a bit longer! My Little Ponnies scary me with their cutness!
Avion Jade: I'm sorry for making all of you guys wait for me for so long, I feel so guilty right now. I don't think that Thranduil will meet Shadow, since Shadow will be in a stable while the king is in the castle/palace thingy.
Emily: It was more like a vision, when Leggy saw Elrond, and I'm sure that Leggy doesn't like being called crazy, who does? I do feel sort of bad for Glorfindel, making him suffer like that, but i can't help it! And they are finally at Mirkwood. Thank you for the last comment!
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Rebell: Actually, all the horses and three of the Mirkwood elves get eaten in this chapter. sorry if i spoiled it for you, but you'll find out in this chapter anyways. Well, as long as you enjoyed the chapter, then i don't care if you didn't review. I can tell that you enjoyed that part. Have fun poking everyone!
Silver Mirror: Glad you liked the chapter that much. I just hope that I don't make you regret it in this chapter.
Chapter 37
They stood in front of the gate for a while, just staring at them. I mean, who wouldn't? It was the biggest set of gates any, except for the Mirkwood elves and Raindul, have ever seen!
"How many does it take to open it?" Elladan asked. He imagined hundreds of elves pulling or pushing just so that the gate would open or close.
"About ten elves, maybe twelve. No more than that." Raindul answered, keeping his eyes on the trail that they had taken, just incase the spiders decided to come back. After all, one could never be to careful.
Elrohir looked at Raindul with wide eyes. "Only ten! How the heck can ten elves move that huge thing? It must weigh at least several tons!" He couldn't help but think that Raindul was messing with him.
Raindul just shook his head. "I'm not lying. Even thought the gate looks heavy, it is actually rather light." When all he got was stares, he sighed and continued. "It is not made of stone."
Estel got off the elven horse and walked a bit closer to the gates. "If it is not made from stone, then what is it made of?"
Raindul and the twins climbed off the horse that they were on. The twins went to the back, to make sure that Legolas and the other elves, along with Shadow, were alright while Raindul walked up to Estel.
Raindul put a hand on Estel's shoulder. "They are made of elven steel, which is really actually light, along with some elven spiritual magic. It makes them light enough to move and strong enough to hold out against anything." Estel could hear the pride in Raindul's voice.
One of the Mirkwood elves, the one named Amarid, walked up to Estel and Raindul. "Captain, I think we should head in now." He looked Raindul over before speaking again. "I would also think that you would like to get out of those clothes."
Raindul looked down at himself just know realizing how he look. He had blood from the spiders all over him. He felt a small sting on his arm and was surprised to notice that it was bleeding. Must not have noticed it with everything was going on. Maybe I should let one of the healers look at it, just in case it gets infected.
Estel was had some blood on him. He had a scratch on his cheek, but it wasn't bleeding. His hair was disheveled and was hanging in odd directions. He also had a slash on his leg, probably from one of the spiders fangs.
Elladan had blood all over the front of his face and some in his hair as well. There was also some on the front of his tunic, but other than that, he was pretty clean.
Elrohir was perhaps the cleanest. There were a few dark spots here and there, but it looked like he hadn't suffered from any wounds.
Legolas, who had finally joined them, had a small scratch on his forehead. His leggings had a few tears, probably from being dragged with Shadow. He had also lost his bow and he had no arrows.
Raindul looked over to his troops. He had taken six with him at the very beginning, and know he only had three left. And all the horses that they had rode had been killed, all of them except for the two elven horses and Shadow. He let out a soft sigh.
Then he turned to look at the others. "I think that we should head in now." He let out a loud whistle that lasted about ten seconds before stopping. After a moment of waiting, the gates slowly opened before them.
They made their way inside, Raindul leading the way followed by everyone else, in no order. The horses brought up the rear. Once the horses cleared the gate, they were quickly closed.
Raindul quickly lead them straight to the castle, not pausing when several elves came up to him, wanting to know what had happened and who the new people were. At least, he didn't stop until he was tackled to the ground by a blue blur.
Several of the elves that had surrounded the group began to chuckle while the three brothers and Legolas looked on with curiosity.
A she-elf, wearing a blue dress, was squeezing the life out of Raindul at the moment. She had light-brown hair that reached the middle of her back and was in a pony tail and brown eyes that were filled with tears and happiness.
"Raindul, your alive!" She cried. "When Lord Talan came back and you weren't with him, I had thought you gone!" She stopped hugging the captain and began to shake him. "Do you have any idea how worried I was about you? You could have given Talan a letter to give me so that I wouldn't worry so much!" A sudden thought came to her before she jumped off Raindul, who was very dizzy, and pointed an accusing figure at him. "You don't care about me!"
Raindul, after clearing his head, got back up. "You know that's not true."
Elladan cleared his throat. "Um, who are you, if you don't mind me asking."
Both Raindul and the she-elf turned to look at him, as if forgetting that he and the others were there.
"Oh! How rude of me." she did a small curtsy. "I'm Lithreal, Raindul's sister. And you are?"
"I'm Elladan." He pointed to both Elrohir and Estel. "These are my brothers, Elrohir and Estel, and this," He pointed to Legolas, "is Nieoral, a friend."
Legolas raised a brow at the name. Nieoral? What kind of name was that? The others, meaning Elrohir, Estel, Raindul, and the three elves that traveled with them, gave Elladan a look.
Lithreal just blinked before looking at Raindul again. "Oh my, your so dirty! Lets go get you cleaned, and your friends too!"
Raindul gently pushed her to the side. "Not now. I have something very important to do first, then I can go and get cleaned and all that stuff."
Lithreal just huffed. "You always have something important to do. Mom and dad have been very worried about you as well you know. The least you can do is go and say hi!"
Raindul let out an impatient sigh. "This has something to do with the king."
At that, Lithreal's eyes go big. "Oh." She looked down at her hands. Raindul tilted her face towards him and gave her a smile. "Why don't you go and tell our parents that I'm back. Then, after all of this is finished, we can have a nice, big meal."
Lithreal beamed, and after giving her brother a kiss on the cheek, ran back home to tell their parents the good news.
Raindul turned to look at his companions, who were looking back at him. "Lets get going before we waste anymore time." He then continued making his way to the castle.
Legolas walked so that he was next to Elladan. "What was the name for?"
Elladan looked over at Legolas, a bit surprised. "I just figured that you wouldn't want everyone to be staring at you and asking questions." Legolas thought about this for a short while before nodding and giving his thanks.
On their way, Raindul stopped a servant and told him to take the horses to a stable and have them looked over. The servant gave a nod before taking the horses by the rein and leading them to a stable.
Before any of them knew it, they were in front of the castle, then inside of it. Raindul turned down several halls, never slowing.
"Hey Raindul, were the heck are we going?" Estel asked as they turned down another hallway. He figured that if he was left on his own, he would had gotten lost in a couple of seconds.
"To the king." That was all he said.
Thranduil, Talan and Elrond were in the kings study at the moment. They had been there for the better part of the morning, seeing as if still morning and noon hasn't past yet.
Thranduil leaned back into his chair and sighed. Elrond wanted him to tell him about his dreams, again, with every little detail. He said that it would not only help Elrond find out what was causing them, but that it might also help him as well.
How, Thranduil didn't know.
"Alright." Elrond said as he wrote something down on the papers that he had brought with him. "Now I want you to tell me about the day that haunts you."
That's a nice way to put it. Thranduil thought as he rose an eyebrow at Talan, silently asking him what Elrond was doing.
Talan, who knew what his king was asking him, shook his head and shrugged his shoulders. He had no idea how this was suppose to help out his king, but he didn't question Elrond. After all, Elrond was the healer here, not him.
Thranduil was about to speak, but stopped when he thought he heard voices out in the hall. Elrond and Talan gave Thranduil a confused look, before they too, heard voices out in the hall.
"Are you sure this is a good idea?"
"Of corse! What could possible go wrong?"
"Well, I'm sure that a lot of things could."
"Elladan, your suppose to make him feel better, not make him think of all the bad things that could happen!"
"I don't think that any of you are making him feel better."
"What if they don't believe me?"
"Well, then I guess that they will imprison you for lying and have you executed."
"Elrohir!"
"What? I'm only answering his question!"
"Listen to Estel. Don't answer anymore questions."
The voices were just on the other side of the door. Thranduil and Talan both looked amused. Elrond, on the other hand, had his mouth hanging open and was wide eyed.
What were his sons doing here? They shouldn't be here! They should have gone straight home after the visit to Lothlorien! Elrond felt sick for an odd reason.
"I bet they already know that we're here, since you all talk so loud." There was a knock on the door.
Thranduil and Talan looked over to Elrond, their amusement growing at the look on their friends face. Thranduil called out. "Come in."
Raindul opened the door and stepped through, giving a bow to the king. When the three occupants of the room saw him, however, they quickly paled and jumped up.
"By the Valar, Raindul!" Talan cried, seeing all the blood on the captains tunic. "What happened?"
Raindul looked down at his tunic before looking back to the three in the room. "Had a little run-in with the spiders on our way back." He stepped to the side and made a motion with his hand. The twins and Estel stepped into the room. They saw their ada and gave him smiles and a thumbs-up. Elrond wanted to strangle them.
"Captain Raindul, what is this all about?" Thranduil asked. He didn't expect to see Elrond's kids here.
"We have something to show you." Raindul said, before walking back out into the hall. They all heard him whispering something to someone out in the hall, though they couldn't make out the words. Soon Raindul came back into the room, dragging another elf behind him. The other elf had his head down, so they could only see the top of his head.
Estel gave the elf a nudge to the side before the elf lifted up his head. The two lords and king let out gasps.
Elrond's eyes widened. He knew the elf! Or at least, he had see the elf before in the strange dream that he had. He had thought that the whole thing was just a dream!
Talan had his mouth open. It couldn't be! Wasn't he dead?
Thranduil had gone stiff. His mouth opened and closed, but no words came out. The elf was only looking at him, ignoring everyone else in the room.The elf hadbright blue eyes and with hair the same color as his, only lighter.
A child with bright blue eyes, the brightest he had ever seen and with hair the same color as his, only lighter
Thranduil knew who stood in front of him, yet he couldn't say anything. The elf in front of him spoke first.
"Thranduil?" The elf asked. Thranduil only nodded. The elf in front of him opened his mouth, before closing it. He cleared his throat before beginning. "I'm Legolas, your son."
Silence.
No one moved.
Legolas was beginning to get uncomfortable. The twins and Estel exchanged glances with each other and with Raindul, who was getting nervous. The other three in the room didn't move.
Finally, Thranduil moved. He put a hand on his chest, then spoke. "Oh, my heart." His eyes rolled up into his head before he came crashing onto the ground, not moving.
The room exploded into action.
Elrond and Estel ran over to the fallen king's side while the twins stood near the door, making sure that no one could see what was going on inside the room. Raindul was holding Talan back, who had leaped at Legolas, screaming things like "You killed him!" and "Fake! When I get my hands on you, I'll strangle the life out of you!" Legolas was up against the closest wall. He looked like he wanted to cry.
Raindul was having a hard time holding onto Talan. Who would have thought that the advisor was so strong! He almost lost his grip more than once, and every time he did, Talan got closer and closer to the very pale Legolas, who was backed into a corner.
Suddenly Elrond quickly walked up to Talan, grabbed him and pushed Raindul away, and began to shake the advisor so hard that those in the room expected to hear a neck break. Elrond let go of Talan, who wobbled around for a while, wanting to know why the room was spinning. Elrond grabbed him again, just to steady him, and when he got Talan's attention, Elrond pointed to the king, who was still lying on the ground.
"He is not dead." Elrond said slowly, as if talking to someone who was slow. Then he pointed to Legolas, who was being helped from his sitting position by Raindul. "I don't think that you want to harm him, incase he is the prince."
Elrond then grabbed Talan's arm and dragged him to a chair, making him sit. "You stay here and don't move. Understand?" Talan nodded his head, eyes wide.
Elrond turned to Legolas and Raindul. "Captain, perhaps you should take him to one of the guest rooms." Raindul just nodded before carefully leading the still shaking Legolas out the room. Elrond turned to look at each one of his sons. "Get the king to his room, I'll show you the way." The twins and Estel didn't argue and quickly went to pick up the unconscious king. Elrond then turned to Talan and glared at him. "Don't move." Talan sunk into his seat, trying to become as small as possible.
Soon, Elrond, his kids, and the unconscious Thranduil left the room, leaving Talan alone. He just sank deeper into his chair.
There all done. They finally meet. I hope I didn't disappoint any of you with this. It was so much better in my head, but oh well.
I have a virus in my computer, so I was only able to update this by using the computer at school. I don't know when I'll be able to update again. Sorry about that people.
There is another part to this, which will be the next chapter. Legolas and Thranduil will get some alone time there.