" Gone? All of them, just gone?" Thranduil starred at Valandil. " How? How did those people get past the guards, killing both, and destroy my sons room and then they just vanish into thin air? What about all that blood? Surely it must of left tracks? Unless…" Thranduil trailed off and put his tear stained face into his hands.
" Milord, your son, Glorfindel, Elrond and Arwen are all missing. The blood in the bedroom did not leave any trails. It looks like Glorfindel and Arwen were taken by force in a secluded part of the garden." Valandil explained to his king.
" My son, my son is gone, gone, gone," Thranduil mumbled over and over again to his hands.
" Do you know how might of done it?" Thranduil asked hopefully as he took his head out of his hands.
" Most of your enemies have witness that they were some where else at the time of the kidnapping. The ones that we haven't found yet are: Vero and his gang of rouges, Dûrë, Ranté, and, Hîthdur and Duinloth. We also think that Vero and his gang and Ranté may have joined together against you." Valandil explained. " Every one who has disserapered are close to you in some way. First amras, then Beraid and nienna, both in the same day, and now Legolas and Elrond, and then Glorfindel and Arwen."
" Who do you think is next?" Thranduil asked as he put his head in his hands ounce again.
" I can't say. It might be you or me. Nefiath, um… Alasse's sisters, brothers, maybe her parents. Or maybe it will be only be isolated to Mirkwood. They may stretch as far as Imladris. Maybe they will go after the twins and their mother." Valandil said.
"All this seems hopeless." Thranduil muttered.
" Nothing is without hope milord, we will find them. We will find Legolas," said as he toke a step closer to his king.
" Oh I know that some day I will get to see Legolas again but I wonder if I will see him or just his body." Thranduil said as he choked back a sob. " I mean, I can't lose Legolas, he is all I have left, the only thing that stops me from fading. I love him; he is entirety to young to have so many problems and setbacks. He shouldn't have to be put in a stressful and dangerous situation like this. He shouldn't… and what about Elrond and his family? He has a wife and two older boys. What will they do if their best friend, sister and father get killed?"
" I don't know milord? I don't know. I do know that my troops and I will try our best to find them and bring them home." Valandil said as he walked up to Thranduil's desk and laid a hand on his arm.
" Diola lle." Thranduil said as he took his face out of his hands again and let the tears that he had been holding back all day flow freely down his face. " I just don't know what to do anymore Valandil. I mean, what can I do than just sit here and hope to the valar that my son his all right? What can I do to help him? Mankoi? Mankoi ro? Mankoi sen?" {Thank you. Why? Why him? Why them?}
Valandil said nothing for he knew that nothing could comfort his king.
Once Thranduil has his emotions under control again he said, " I suppose that I have to write to Celebrian and the twins that their father, sister, and Glorfindel has been kidnapped."
" Yes you should. They deserve to know." Valandil said as he took a step away from the desk. " I have to go now. It is my shift to look for Legolas."
" Yes, Tenna' Tulare " Thranduil said as he stood up to shake his friends hand {until tomorrow}
" Tenna' Tulare." Valandil said as he shook Thranduil's hand and left.
Thranduil sat back down and took out a blank sheet of parchment and unscrewed the inkwell and grabs a quill.
Thranduil starred at the paper in a loss of what to write.
He was soon saved momentarily from writing the dreaded letter when there was a knock at the door.
" Come in it is open." Thranduil called.
" King Thranduil, where is our ada?" a elf with long dark brown hair and gray eyes said as he and his mirror image stepped into the room.
/ Great, just great, now I have the twins here. /
" He was not where any one told us he would be. So we thought that he might have taken up a council with you." the other one said as they approached the desk " but he is not here, our sister is nowhere to be found either."
Thranduil sighed " I was just about to write a letter to you two boys. But before I tell you about that you must tell me why you have come here." Thranduil said. " Take a seat please."
" I'll stand, thank you," Elladan, Thranduil guessed, said.
Elrohir looked at his brother and without a word both of them retreated the couch.
" Excuse my brother, he is not himself. My name is Elrohir and this is Elladan." Elrohir said.
Thranduil nodded as he noted that Elrohir wore a deep blue cape while Elladan wore a silver one. Otherwise they were a perfect match. Right down to the braids in their dark brown hair.
" We were delivering a message to my grandmother and we decided that since we were on this side of the misty mountains why not visit our little sister, ada, and Glorfindel. We thought that maybe we could also meet your son for Arwen writes many good things about him." Elladan said to Thranduil.
Thranduil nodded. " Yes Arwen and Legolas seem to get along well."
" Could you please tell us where our ada is? You see, nanna is going to kill us when she gets our letter that we are here instead of visiting our grandparents like we are supposed to be doing. We only mean to stay for a few days with our sister since we miss her awfully." Elrohir said. " We don't mean to bother you. We just want to see our sister."
" Ah, your sister, boys I have some bad news to tell you." Thranduil said sadly.
" What? What ids wrong with Arwen? Is she hurt? Did someone hurt our baby sister!?" Elladan said
" I don't know, your ada, Arwen, Glorfindel and my Legolas have been kidnapped. I don't know by who but please believe me when I say that I am doing everything I can to find them." Thranduil broke the bad news to Elrond's almost grown sons.
The color slid out of the twins already pale faces as they grasped each other's hands and starred at Thranduil in shock.
" Before you came in I was trying to write a letter to you and your mother explaining why. Maybe you could better explain it to her." Thranduil said.
" Mankoi?" the twins said at once.
" I don't know why. They just seemed to vanish." Thranduil admitted to Elrond's twins.
The twins said nothing.
" Would you two like a room?" Thranduil asked thinking that they may want privacy.
The twins nodded and stood up together. " Is there anything we can do to help? Anything at all?" Elladan asked.
" You two could join the search parties. But you have to at least try to get some rest and write to your mother and grandparents before I will allow you two do that." Thranduil said as he led the twins out the door.
" Sounds fair." Elrohir said
Elladan nodded.
" Could you show lord Elrond's sons to a guest room and then send for some food and extra clothes for them." Thranduil asked a guard that was standing outside his door.
" Uma milord." the guard said.
" I will fill you in on all the details after breakfast. Quel undome." Thranduil said.
The twins just nodded and followed the guard to their room.
" Milord, your son, Glorfindel, Elrond and Arwen are all missing. The blood in the bedroom did not leave any trails. It looks like Glorfindel and Arwen were taken by force in a secluded part of the garden." Valandil explained to his king.
" My son, my son is gone, gone, gone," Thranduil mumbled over and over again to his hands.
" Do you know how might of done it?" Thranduil asked hopefully as he took his head out of his hands.
" Most of your enemies have witness that they were some where else at the time of the kidnapping. The ones that we haven't found yet are: Vero and his gang of rouges, Dûrë, Ranté, and, Hîthdur and Duinloth. We also think that Vero and his gang and Ranté may have joined together against you." Valandil explained. " Every one who has disserapered are close to you in some way. First amras, then Beraid and nienna, both in the same day, and now Legolas and Elrond, and then Glorfindel and Arwen."
" Who do you think is next?" Thranduil asked as he put his head in his hands ounce again.
" I can't say. It might be you or me. Nefiath, um… Alasse's sisters, brothers, maybe her parents. Or maybe it will be only be isolated to Mirkwood. They may stretch as far as Imladris. Maybe they will go after the twins and their mother." Valandil said.
"All this seems hopeless." Thranduil muttered.
" Nothing is without hope milord, we will find them. We will find Legolas," said as he toke a step closer to his king.
" Oh I know that some day I will get to see Legolas again but I wonder if I will see him or just his body." Thranduil said as he choked back a sob. " I mean, I can't lose Legolas, he is all I have left, the only thing that stops me from fading. I love him; he is entirety to young to have so many problems and setbacks. He shouldn't have to be put in a stressful and dangerous situation like this. He shouldn't… and what about Elrond and his family? He has a wife and two older boys. What will they do if their best friend, sister and father get killed?"
" I don't know milord? I don't know. I do know that my troops and I will try our best to find them and bring them home." Valandil said as he walked up to Thranduil's desk and laid a hand on his arm.
" Diola lle." Thranduil said as he took his face out of his hands again and let the tears that he had been holding back all day flow freely down his face. " I just don't know what to do anymore Valandil. I mean, what can I do than just sit here and hope to the valar that my son his all right? What can I do to help him? Mankoi? Mankoi ro? Mankoi sen?" {Thank you. Why? Why him? Why them?}
Valandil said nothing for he knew that nothing could comfort his king.
Once Thranduil has his emotions under control again he said, " I suppose that I have to write to Celebrian and the twins that their father, sister, and Glorfindel has been kidnapped."
" Yes you should. They deserve to know." Valandil said as he took a step away from the desk. " I have to go now. It is my shift to look for Legolas."
" Yes, Tenna' Tulare " Thranduil said as he stood up to shake his friends hand {until tomorrow}
" Tenna' Tulare." Valandil said as he shook Thranduil's hand and left.
Thranduil sat back down and took out a blank sheet of parchment and unscrewed the inkwell and grabs a quill.
Thranduil starred at the paper in a loss of what to write.
He was soon saved momentarily from writing the dreaded letter when there was a knock at the door.
" Come in it is open." Thranduil called.
" King Thranduil, where is our ada?" a elf with long dark brown hair and gray eyes said as he and his mirror image stepped into the room.
/ Great, just great, now I have the twins here. /
" He was not where any one told us he would be. So we thought that he might have taken up a council with you." the other one said as they approached the desk " but he is not here, our sister is nowhere to be found either."
Thranduil sighed " I was just about to write a letter to you two boys. But before I tell you about that you must tell me why you have come here." Thranduil said. " Take a seat please."
" I'll stand, thank you," Elladan, Thranduil guessed, said.
Elrohir looked at his brother and without a word both of them retreated the couch.
" Excuse my brother, he is not himself. My name is Elrohir and this is Elladan." Elrohir said.
Thranduil nodded as he noted that Elrohir wore a deep blue cape while Elladan wore a silver one. Otherwise they were a perfect match. Right down to the braids in their dark brown hair.
" We were delivering a message to my grandmother and we decided that since we were on this side of the misty mountains why not visit our little sister, ada, and Glorfindel. We thought that maybe we could also meet your son for Arwen writes many good things about him." Elladan said to Thranduil.
Thranduil nodded. " Yes Arwen and Legolas seem to get along well."
" Could you please tell us where our ada is? You see, nanna is going to kill us when she gets our letter that we are here instead of visiting our grandparents like we are supposed to be doing. We only mean to stay for a few days with our sister since we miss her awfully." Elrohir said. " We don't mean to bother you. We just want to see our sister."
" Ah, your sister, boys I have some bad news to tell you." Thranduil said sadly.
" What? What ids wrong with Arwen? Is she hurt? Did someone hurt our baby sister!?" Elladan said
" I don't know, your ada, Arwen, Glorfindel and my Legolas have been kidnapped. I don't know by who but please believe me when I say that I am doing everything I can to find them." Thranduil broke the bad news to Elrond's almost grown sons.
The color slid out of the twins already pale faces as they grasped each other's hands and starred at Thranduil in shock.
" Before you came in I was trying to write a letter to you and your mother explaining why. Maybe you could better explain it to her." Thranduil said.
" Mankoi?" the twins said at once.
" I don't know why. They just seemed to vanish." Thranduil admitted to Elrond's twins.
The twins said nothing.
" Would you two like a room?" Thranduil asked thinking that they may want privacy.
The twins nodded and stood up together. " Is there anything we can do to help? Anything at all?" Elladan asked.
" You two could join the search parties. But you have to at least try to get some rest and write to your mother and grandparents before I will allow you two do that." Thranduil said as he led the twins out the door.
" Sounds fair." Elrohir said
Elladan nodded.
" Could you show lord Elrond's sons to a guest room and then send for some food and extra clothes for them." Thranduil asked a guard that was standing outside his door.
" Uma milord." the guard said.
" I will fill you in on all the details after breakfast. Quel undome." Thranduil said.
The twins just nodded and followed the guard to their room.