Anolinde- I really didn't mean for Legolas to get hurt that bad but it sort of came out that way. In my mind the steps he and Arwen fell down are made of stone and are very long. Thanks for telling me about my grammar. I trying to fix it as much as I can but I haven't been able to get good grammar skills because I have moved so much in the past three years.
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Thranduil squinted at the unwelcome sunlight. He usually was up at dawn every morning but Legolas had gotten up so many times last night that Thranduil couldn't get much rest.
Thranduil sat up and thought about last night. Legolas had gotten up at least six times. At first Thranduil thought he might be too sore to sleep comfortable in the same position for a long time. But Thranduil realized after about the third time Legolas had gotten up that something else seemed to be on his mind besides pain. What it was Thranduil didn't know but vowed to find out.
Thranduil gently moved away from Legolas and out of the bed. Legolas stirred at the lost of a warm body but when Thranduil put a pillow next to him he quieted down. Thranduil smiled, he himself always liked to sleep with a pillow when he was lonely and it looked like Legolas did too. He watched Legolas snuggle with the pillow a few minutes before turning and walking to his room to get some fresh robes.
/ I can take a bath in Legolas's room. That way I'll be there if he wakes up. /
Thranduil grabbed some robes and walked back to Legolas's room, which was only one door down from his own. When he walked in he saw that a servant that he recognized as nienna was refilling the water jug and putting fresh glasses out on the small table next to Legolas's bed.
" You're here early." Thranduil said as he watched nienna jump up in surprise.
"My lord, I didn't expect you to be here. If I knew you were I would have waited." nienna stammered. She curtsied with a red face and tried not to spill the water in the pitcher that she carried.
Thranduil had to suppress a smile. Nienna was always afraid of being in the way no matter what she did or what anyone said.
" Your fine. Why do you think it matters to me?" Thranduil asked thankful for some conversation that didn't involve head nods.
" Oh I don't know. I just thought that it might. I have to go now. Good day my lord" she said as she bowed her head and walked out of the room.
/ So much for conversation/
Thranduil looked over at his son to check that he was still asleep. Seeing that he was Thranduil walked into the bathroom and started his bath. A soon as it was ready he got in and washed himself as quickly as possible and got out. Thranduil drained the water and changed his clothes. He walked in to the bedroom and grabbed a brush and quickly put in his braids. By the time he was done with that Legolas had woken up and was starring at Thranduil with sleepy eyes.
" Well good morning ion-nin." {My son} said Thranduil as he walked over to sit next to his sleepy son.
" How do you feel?" Thranduil asked while he took advantage of his son's sleepy state to pull him closer.
Legolas shrugged his shoulders and winced slightly as dull pain went though his small body.
" Yeah, you're going to be pretty sore for a while." Thranduil said. " I've got a question to ask you. Would you mind if Arwen and Elrond came to see you for a few hours?"
Legolas nodded his head and looked up at his father with his huge puppy eyes and whispered, " I want to go with you."
/oh please not those eyes Legolas/
Thranduil sighed. Normally it wasn't too much of a problem for Legolas to stay with him most of the day. But since he had been with Elrond or with Legolas all day yesterday Thranduil had a lot to get done and a bunch of meeting that couldn't be delayed any longer.
" I'm sorry my little greenleaf but you can't come with me today. I have too much to do." Thranduil said trying not to give in to Legolas. " Besides Arwen came all this way to play with you. You don't want her to be all alone do you?"
Legolas shook his head. Whether it was to playing with Arwen or not being able to go with his father Thranduil didn't know.
" So what does this mean?" Thranduil asked as he shook his head.
"I… " Began Legolas.
" I what? You can tell me anything you know. Do you not want to play with Arwen or are you mad at not being able to go with me today?" Thranduil asked hoping that the questions would help Legolas somehow.
" I want to go with you and Arwen hates me!" Legolas exclaimed and when he realized what he had said he clamped his hand over his mouth. Thranduil almost jumped back. He wasn't excepting Legolas to say anything at all and most certainly not anything like that.
" Why do you think Arwen hates you?" Thranduil asked softly.
Legolas didn't say a thing and kept his hand over his mouth.
" Legolas?" Thranduil tried again. " Why do you think that Arwen hates you?"
Legolas finally gave in to his father after a few more minutes his father's asking. He slowly turned around and buried his head in his father's robes and started to sob. " Amin harw he" {I hurt her} over and over.
Thranduil gently rubbed Legolas's back in soothing circles until his breath came in hiccups.
" You are right. She did get hurt." Thranduil said carefully " but she still wants to talk to you and get to know you. You don't want to turn her away and cause more pain do you? I really don't think that she hates you."
Legolas shook his head.
" Well then spend some time with her." Thranduil looked out the window and realized that he was already late. " I really hate to leave you Legolas but I'm late and have got a lot to do. Elrond and Arwen should be here very soon though and I'll try my best to get some time to eat lunch with you okay?"
Legolas nodded his head. Thranduil gently laid him back on the pillows of his bed and covered him with the blanket.
" Lle anta yula en alu?" {Do you need a drink of water} asked Thranduil.
" Uma amin naa fauka." {Yes I am thirsty} whispered Legolas.
Thranduil poured Legolas a glass of water and handed it to him. When he was done drinking Thranduil put it on the bedside table and kissed Legolas on his forehead.
" Is there anything else?" Thranduil asked
" My book." Legolas responded.
/ Should of thought of that. Oh his medicine. I'll be really late today/
Thranduil walked over to Legolas's chest of toys and fished around until he found one of his son's picture books. Once the book was in Legolas's hands Thranduil kissed him once more and said " amin mela lle" {I love you}.
Legolas didn't say anything just hugged his father and kissed his cheek.
/ I know he loves me but why doesn't he say it? /
Thranduil reached over to the bedside table and grabbed a green colored jar. He carefully unscrewed the lid and looked over at Legolas who was looking at the bottle with questioning eyes.
" This is going to help your bruises feel better and heal faster. You have to sit up again." Thranduil explained. He helped Legolas into a sitting position and took off his shirt. When the cold ointment touched Legolas's warm, sore body he tried to pull away but Thranduil held him in place as he gently rubbed it into his skin. He slowly worked his way down his son's battered body. It was healing fast but not fast enough for Thranduil. He hated his son to be in any form of pain whether it was from a splinter or broken bones. When he came to the bandaged ankle he stopped.
/ It looks more swollen than the night before. Maybe beraid tied the bandages too tight. /
" Legolas does your ankle hurt much?" Thranduil asked.
Legolas nodded his head with what looked like, from Thranduil's point of view, teary eyes.
/ I'll have to talk with beraid about that. Maybe he can do something/
" I wish I could do something to make it better. I don't know what will expect to put it on a pillow," Thranduil told Legolas as he quickly finished applying the ointment and. " do you want to get dressed or stay in your bedclothes today?"
" Stay" was all Thranduil got out of Legolas.
" Alright.. Do you have to go to the bathroom?" Thranduil asked. He helped Legolas redress.
Legolas nodded and was helped by his father to the bathroom.
Once all that was done and over with Thranduil picked Legolas up and put him back in bed. Thranduil pulled the covers over his son only to have them slightly pushed away.
" Are you hot?" Thranduil asked.
Legolas nodded his head.
He folded the covers back a little so that they would be easy for Legolas to pull over himself if he changed his mind. He also put Legolas's injured ankle on a small pillow so that it might feel a little better.
/ Maybe Elrond can help him a little more. That's about the only thing he is good at. Healing.
"I really I have to go now ion-nin" Thranduil said as he leaned across Legolas to reach the picture book that had gotten folded into the blankets. " Is there anything else you need?"
Legolas shook his head slightly.
Thranduil handed Legolas the book and stroked back a few golden hair that had fallen out of the braid in back of Legolas's head. \ And kissed his forehead.
" Buh- bye greenleaf" said Thranduil as he walked out of the room closing the door behind him. Thranduil spotted one of his head advisors coming toward him. No doubt trying to find him and drag him into boring, endless meetings. Thranduil also saw Elrond and Arwen just a little ways behind him. Where Glorfindel was Thranduil didn't know and didn't care.
" Finarto, I'll be there as soon as I can!" Thranduil said to his advisor.
/ Can't they give me any peace? /
When finarto nodded his head and turned around and went back the way he came Thranduil addressed Elrond and Arwen.
" 'Quel amerun." {Good morning} Thranduil said. " How do you feel Arwen?"
/ She looks a little better than Legolas. Not by much though. Her ankle isn't bandaged like his is. /
" I'm okay." Arwen said sleepily. She looked like she had just gotten up like Legolas. " Is Legolas okay too?" she asked in concern.
/ Sweet girl/
" He is just like you Arwen. Don't worry." Thranduil said. " He is waiting for you in his room."
" Okay" Arwen said as squirmed in her fathers arms. " Ada?"
" Arwen, you'll have to wait." Elrond said as he looked at Thranduil " how are you this morning?"
Arwen gave a small sigh, she knew better than to argue with her father.
" I'm fine. I wish I could stay with you guys a little but I'm already very late and those bloody councilors will be pounding on the door very five minutes." Thranduil said " have you two had breakfast yet?"
" No we haven't we were hoping that we could have it with Legolas this morning" Elrond said with a questioning look at Thranduil.
" I'll send someone up here with breakfast than since Legolas hasn't eaten either. I don't want to but I have to go now. Good-bye. I'll be up here for lunch if I can escape long enough." Thranduil said.
" Very well Thranduil. I'll see you later." Elrond said, " I take it that that is Legolas's room". He moved his head towards Legolas's door.
" Yes that is it. I'm coming." Thranduil said as he spotted yet another one of his advisors coming to get him. " I have to go Elrond. Have a nice time."
" Good bye Thranduil" Elrond said.
" Bye bye" Arwen said as she looked impatiently at her father. " Now can we go? It hurts to be like this ada!"
" Yes we can. Good bye." Elrond said as he and Thranduil went in opposite directions.
/ Please, please don't stress my son out. It's enough that I can't be there right now. The last thing he needs is some idiotic elf bothering him. Arwen seems nice though. Legolas should like her. /
" It's going to be a very long day"
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Please don't think that Thranduil is just leaving Legolas with a bunch of strangers. He really doesn't have a choice and he and Elrond are just trying to do things differently than they would normally would. Just to see how Legolas will react.
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Thranduil squinted at the unwelcome sunlight. He usually was up at dawn every morning but Legolas had gotten up so many times last night that Thranduil couldn't get much rest.
Thranduil sat up and thought about last night. Legolas had gotten up at least six times. At first Thranduil thought he might be too sore to sleep comfortable in the same position for a long time. But Thranduil realized after about the third time Legolas had gotten up that something else seemed to be on his mind besides pain. What it was Thranduil didn't know but vowed to find out.
Thranduil gently moved away from Legolas and out of the bed. Legolas stirred at the lost of a warm body but when Thranduil put a pillow next to him he quieted down. Thranduil smiled, he himself always liked to sleep with a pillow when he was lonely and it looked like Legolas did too. He watched Legolas snuggle with the pillow a few minutes before turning and walking to his room to get some fresh robes.
/ I can take a bath in Legolas's room. That way I'll be there if he wakes up. /
Thranduil grabbed some robes and walked back to Legolas's room, which was only one door down from his own. When he walked in he saw that a servant that he recognized as nienna was refilling the water jug and putting fresh glasses out on the small table next to Legolas's bed.
" You're here early." Thranduil said as he watched nienna jump up in surprise.
"My lord, I didn't expect you to be here. If I knew you were I would have waited." nienna stammered. She curtsied with a red face and tried not to spill the water in the pitcher that she carried.
Thranduil had to suppress a smile. Nienna was always afraid of being in the way no matter what she did or what anyone said.
" Your fine. Why do you think it matters to me?" Thranduil asked thankful for some conversation that didn't involve head nods.
" Oh I don't know. I just thought that it might. I have to go now. Good day my lord" she said as she bowed her head and walked out of the room.
/ So much for conversation/
Thranduil looked over at his son to check that he was still asleep. Seeing that he was Thranduil walked into the bathroom and started his bath. A soon as it was ready he got in and washed himself as quickly as possible and got out. Thranduil drained the water and changed his clothes. He walked in to the bedroom and grabbed a brush and quickly put in his braids. By the time he was done with that Legolas had woken up and was starring at Thranduil with sleepy eyes.
" Well good morning ion-nin." {My son} said Thranduil as he walked over to sit next to his sleepy son.
" How do you feel?" Thranduil asked while he took advantage of his son's sleepy state to pull him closer.
Legolas shrugged his shoulders and winced slightly as dull pain went though his small body.
" Yeah, you're going to be pretty sore for a while." Thranduil said. " I've got a question to ask you. Would you mind if Arwen and Elrond came to see you for a few hours?"
Legolas nodded his head and looked up at his father with his huge puppy eyes and whispered, " I want to go with you."
/oh please not those eyes Legolas/
Thranduil sighed. Normally it wasn't too much of a problem for Legolas to stay with him most of the day. But since he had been with Elrond or with Legolas all day yesterday Thranduil had a lot to get done and a bunch of meeting that couldn't be delayed any longer.
" I'm sorry my little greenleaf but you can't come with me today. I have too much to do." Thranduil said trying not to give in to Legolas. " Besides Arwen came all this way to play with you. You don't want her to be all alone do you?"
Legolas shook his head. Whether it was to playing with Arwen or not being able to go with his father Thranduil didn't know.
" So what does this mean?" Thranduil asked as he shook his head.
"I… " Began Legolas.
" I what? You can tell me anything you know. Do you not want to play with Arwen or are you mad at not being able to go with me today?" Thranduil asked hoping that the questions would help Legolas somehow.
" I want to go with you and Arwen hates me!" Legolas exclaimed and when he realized what he had said he clamped his hand over his mouth. Thranduil almost jumped back. He wasn't excepting Legolas to say anything at all and most certainly not anything like that.
" Why do you think Arwen hates you?" Thranduil asked softly.
Legolas didn't say a thing and kept his hand over his mouth.
" Legolas?" Thranduil tried again. " Why do you think that Arwen hates you?"
Legolas finally gave in to his father after a few more minutes his father's asking. He slowly turned around and buried his head in his father's robes and started to sob. " Amin harw he" {I hurt her} over and over.
Thranduil gently rubbed Legolas's back in soothing circles until his breath came in hiccups.
" You are right. She did get hurt." Thranduil said carefully " but she still wants to talk to you and get to know you. You don't want to turn her away and cause more pain do you? I really don't think that she hates you."
Legolas shook his head.
" Well then spend some time with her." Thranduil looked out the window and realized that he was already late. " I really hate to leave you Legolas but I'm late and have got a lot to do. Elrond and Arwen should be here very soon though and I'll try my best to get some time to eat lunch with you okay?"
Legolas nodded his head. Thranduil gently laid him back on the pillows of his bed and covered him with the blanket.
" Lle anta yula en alu?" {Do you need a drink of water} asked Thranduil.
" Uma amin naa fauka." {Yes I am thirsty} whispered Legolas.
Thranduil poured Legolas a glass of water and handed it to him. When he was done drinking Thranduil put it on the bedside table and kissed Legolas on his forehead.
" Is there anything else?" Thranduil asked
" My book." Legolas responded.
/ Should of thought of that. Oh his medicine. I'll be really late today/
Thranduil walked over to Legolas's chest of toys and fished around until he found one of his son's picture books. Once the book was in Legolas's hands Thranduil kissed him once more and said " amin mela lle" {I love you}.
Legolas didn't say anything just hugged his father and kissed his cheek.
/ I know he loves me but why doesn't he say it? /
Thranduil reached over to the bedside table and grabbed a green colored jar. He carefully unscrewed the lid and looked over at Legolas who was looking at the bottle with questioning eyes.
" This is going to help your bruises feel better and heal faster. You have to sit up again." Thranduil explained. He helped Legolas into a sitting position and took off his shirt. When the cold ointment touched Legolas's warm, sore body he tried to pull away but Thranduil held him in place as he gently rubbed it into his skin. He slowly worked his way down his son's battered body. It was healing fast but not fast enough for Thranduil. He hated his son to be in any form of pain whether it was from a splinter or broken bones. When he came to the bandaged ankle he stopped.
/ It looks more swollen than the night before. Maybe beraid tied the bandages too tight. /
" Legolas does your ankle hurt much?" Thranduil asked.
Legolas nodded his head with what looked like, from Thranduil's point of view, teary eyes.
/ I'll have to talk with beraid about that. Maybe he can do something/
" I wish I could do something to make it better. I don't know what will expect to put it on a pillow," Thranduil told Legolas as he quickly finished applying the ointment and. " do you want to get dressed or stay in your bedclothes today?"
" Stay" was all Thranduil got out of Legolas.
" Alright.. Do you have to go to the bathroom?" Thranduil asked. He helped Legolas redress.
Legolas nodded and was helped by his father to the bathroom.
Once all that was done and over with Thranduil picked Legolas up and put him back in bed. Thranduil pulled the covers over his son only to have them slightly pushed away.
" Are you hot?" Thranduil asked.
Legolas nodded his head.
He folded the covers back a little so that they would be easy for Legolas to pull over himself if he changed his mind. He also put Legolas's injured ankle on a small pillow so that it might feel a little better.
/ Maybe Elrond can help him a little more. That's about the only thing he is good at. Healing.
"I really I have to go now ion-nin" Thranduil said as he leaned across Legolas to reach the picture book that had gotten folded into the blankets. " Is there anything else you need?"
Legolas shook his head slightly.
Thranduil handed Legolas the book and stroked back a few golden hair that had fallen out of the braid in back of Legolas's head. \ And kissed his forehead.
" Buh- bye greenleaf" said Thranduil as he walked out of the room closing the door behind him. Thranduil spotted one of his head advisors coming toward him. No doubt trying to find him and drag him into boring, endless meetings. Thranduil also saw Elrond and Arwen just a little ways behind him. Where Glorfindel was Thranduil didn't know and didn't care.
" Finarto, I'll be there as soon as I can!" Thranduil said to his advisor.
/ Can't they give me any peace? /
When finarto nodded his head and turned around and went back the way he came Thranduil addressed Elrond and Arwen.
" 'Quel amerun." {Good morning} Thranduil said. " How do you feel Arwen?"
/ She looks a little better than Legolas. Not by much though. Her ankle isn't bandaged like his is. /
" I'm okay." Arwen said sleepily. She looked like she had just gotten up like Legolas. " Is Legolas okay too?" she asked in concern.
/ Sweet girl/
" He is just like you Arwen. Don't worry." Thranduil said. " He is waiting for you in his room."
" Okay" Arwen said as squirmed in her fathers arms. " Ada?"
" Arwen, you'll have to wait." Elrond said as he looked at Thranduil " how are you this morning?"
Arwen gave a small sigh, she knew better than to argue with her father.
" I'm fine. I wish I could stay with you guys a little but I'm already very late and those bloody councilors will be pounding on the door very five minutes." Thranduil said " have you two had breakfast yet?"
" No we haven't we were hoping that we could have it with Legolas this morning" Elrond said with a questioning look at Thranduil.
" I'll send someone up here with breakfast than since Legolas hasn't eaten either. I don't want to but I have to go now. Good-bye. I'll be up here for lunch if I can escape long enough." Thranduil said.
" Very well Thranduil. I'll see you later." Elrond said, " I take it that that is Legolas's room". He moved his head towards Legolas's door.
" Yes that is it. I'm coming." Thranduil said as he spotted yet another one of his advisors coming to get him. " I have to go Elrond. Have a nice time."
" Good bye Thranduil" Elrond said.
" Bye bye" Arwen said as she looked impatiently at her father. " Now can we go? It hurts to be like this ada!"
" Yes we can. Good bye." Elrond said as he and Thranduil went in opposite directions.
/ Please, please don't stress my son out. It's enough that I can't be there right now. The last thing he needs is some idiotic elf bothering him. Arwen seems nice though. Legolas should like her. /
" It's going to be a very long day"
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Please don't think that Thranduil is just leaving Legolas with a bunch of strangers. He really doesn't have a choice and he and Elrond are just trying to do things differently than they would normally would. Just to see how Legolas will react.