" Ada?" came a soft voice.
Elrond closed his eyes as he recognized Arwen's voice.
*/ Just go back to sleep Arwen, please baby/*
" Yes baby." Elrond asked as he turned to look at his daughter.
" Why am I tied up? Where are we? Oh the ground is wet!" Arwen said as she squirmed uncomfortably.
Glorfindel moaned as Arwen touched one of his wounds but didn't wake.
" We have been captured for some unknown reason. And I do not know where we are." Elrond said. He scooted the few feet to his daughter and scooped her up in his lap with Legolas. " Don't worry, everything will work out fine. Thranduil will find us soon."
Arwen starred at her father with tears running down her face.
Elrond glanced up at the elves to see if they had seen his daughter cry.
" Shush Arwen, do not cry, I know that you want to but don't." Elrond said as he shifted as best he could to hide Arwen from view of their captors.
" Why" Arwen said trying to stop her tears.
" Because.. Legolas was crying and he got in big trouble and he got hurt. I don't want you to get hurt also." Elrond said leaving out the details and hoping that it was enough to stop Arwen's curiosity.
" Legolas got hurt? How bad?" Arwen asked as she snuggled closer to the warm body of her father.
" Um pretty bad." Elrond said as he looked around for something to talk about instead.
" Lle anta yulna en alu?" Elrond asked as he spotted the two canteens that the elf had given him earliest.
"Uma, amin naa fauka." Arwen said as she nodded stiffly. {Yes I am thirsty}
" Arwen, are you hurt? Did they hurt you at all?" Elrond asked concerned.
" My neck hurts because they grabbed it really hard. Ada.." Arwen trailed off as more tears ran down her face.
" Mani? Mani naa ta? Mani marte?" Elrond asked
" Me and Glorfy where.. In the garden and they.. Came out of nowhere and they grabbed me and put a knife.." Arwen trailed off as she started to sob quietly into Elrond's bloodstained tunic.
" Keep going. I need to know what happened to you." Elrond said as he gave his daughter a reassuring hug.
" They put a knife at my throat and… told Glorfy that if.. He dint do as they said.. That they would kill me!" Arwen said between sobs.
" and what happened after that?" Elrond pressed.
" Glorfy tried to fight them off… but they beat him. They got him really badly ada. And then they threw me against the garden wall and… they held me against it… they beat Glorfy up really badly and then they tied me and Glorfy but glorfy tried to fight them again." Arwen said.
" Glorfindel tried to fight again? What happened to him?" Elrond asked as he readjusted Arwen into a position where she wasn't touching his knife wound under his ribs much.
" Glorfy punched one guy and… while he was beating him up the other elves came up behind him and grabbed him. They… held him there while another elf punched him in his stomach again and again. When glorfy gave up… they tied him up to and then blindfolded us and then they hit me other the head really hard and… then I woke up here." Arwen finished her story with a huge sob.
" Amin ikotane hiraetha, amin ikotane hiraetha," Elrond said over and over as he cradled his young daughter and gently rock her back and forth
" Ada," Arwen said between quiet sobs.
" Mani?" Elrond asked
" I want to go home. I don't want to stay here. Make those bad elves go away. I want to see Elladan and Elrohir again. I miss them. I want to sing with nanna and play with the twins. I want to sleep in my own bed and play with my dolls. Make everything better ada. You can always make things better." Arwen said with a loud sob.
" I cant Arwen, I can't make it better because I don't know why we are captured. We just have to stay out of trouble and do as they say. Can you do that?" Elrond asked as he lifted Arwen's face so that they were looking at each other. " Please? For me?"
Arwen nodded as more tears flooded her wet face.
" Good girl." Elrond said.
Elrond looked up when he heard an elf approach.
" Naa rashwe?" the elf asked as he looked at Arwen's tear stained face. {Is there trouble}?
" Nay, no trouble at all." Elrond said quickly hoping that Arwen was calm enough that the elf would leave her alone.
Elf the looked up at Elrond and back down at Arwen. " I'm not so sure."
Elrond bit his lip and looked down at Arwen and brushed some stray hairs from her face. " Just leave her alone please, she isn't crying," he said softly.
The elf said nothing as he bent and grabbed Arwen roughly and jerked her up to look eye to eye with him.
" What's the matter? Miss home? Well too bad cause you aren't going back." the elf said as he tightened his grip on Arwen's shoulders and shook her roughly. When he was done shaking her he drooped her on Elrond's lap and turned on his heel and left.
" Ada," Arwen wailed.
Before Elrond could respond to his daughter he felt a movement by his side and immediately knew that Legolas was awake.
" Shush Arwen, remember what I told you about crying? You have to be a big girl now." Elrond said as he scooted Arwen over in his lap and picked up Legolas and put him in his lap also.
" Ada you're bleeding!" Arwen said in shock when she looked down and saw Elrond's wound.
" Not much. It just reopened. It will be alright." Elrond said with a strained smile.
Arwen laid her tied hands over the wound.
" Mani?" Elrond said as he shot his young daughter a puzzled look.
" You always said that you have to stop things from bleeding. I'm stopping it from bleeding." Arwen said.
Elrond smiled and laid back on the ground so that Arwen could have more room to 'doctor him'
Pretty soon Elrond felt more weight on his cut. He looked up and discovered that Legolas had added his hands to Arwen's.
" Thank you Legolas, that is very kind." Elrond said as he smiled at the shy toddler.
Legolas looked down avoiding Elrond's gaze.
Elrond sighed and laid back down. After a few minutes he reached up and grabbed the two toddlers and laid them on either side of him.
" Lets go to sleep. We don't know what tomorrow will bring us." Elrond said.
" Can I have a drink of water first ada?" Arwen asked.
" Sure, Legolas do you need a drink too?" Elrond asked as he handed Arwen a canteen and when Legolas nodded he handed him the other one. When the two small children were done drinking Elrond took a drink then all three of them laid back and fell into an uneasy sleep.
Elrond closed his eyes as he recognized Arwen's voice.
*/ Just go back to sleep Arwen, please baby/*
" Yes baby." Elrond asked as he turned to look at his daughter.
" Why am I tied up? Where are we? Oh the ground is wet!" Arwen said as she squirmed uncomfortably.
Glorfindel moaned as Arwen touched one of his wounds but didn't wake.
" We have been captured for some unknown reason. And I do not know where we are." Elrond said. He scooted the few feet to his daughter and scooped her up in his lap with Legolas. " Don't worry, everything will work out fine. Thranduil will find us soon."
Arwen starred at her father with tears running down her face.
Elrond glanced up at the elves to see if they had seen his daughter cry.
" Shush Arwen, do not cry, I know that you want to but don't." Elrond said as he shifted as best he could to hide Arwen from view of their captors.
" Why" Arwen said trying to stop her tears.
" Because.. Legolas was crying and he got in big trouble and he got hurt. I don't want you to get hurt also." Elrond said leaving out the details and hoping that it was enough to stop Arwen's curiosity.
" Legolas got hurt? How bad?" Arwen asked as she snuggled closer to the warm body of her father.
" Um pretty bad." Elrond said as he looked around for something to talk about instead.
" Lle anta yulna en alu?" Elrond asked as he spotted the two canteens that the elf had given him earliest.
"Uma, amin naa fauka." Arwen said as she nodded stiffly. {Yes I am thirsty}
" Arwen, are you hurt? Did they hurt you at all?" Elrond asked concerned.
" My neck hurts because they grabbed it really hard. Ada.." Arwen trailed off as more tears ran down her face.
" Mani? Mani naa ta? Mani marte?" Elrond asked
" Me and Glorfy where.. In the garden and they.. Came out of nowhere and they grabbed me and put a knife.." Arwen trailed off as she started to sob quietly into Elrond's bloodstained tunic.
" Keep going. I need to know what happened to you." Elrond said as he gave his daughter a reassuring hug.
" They put a knife at my throat and… told Glorfy that if.. He dint do as they said.. That they would kill me!" Arwen said between sobs.
" and what happened after that?" Elrond pressed.
" Glorfy tried to fight them off… but they beat him. They got him really badly ada. And then they threw me against the garden wall and… they held me against it… they beat Glorfy up really badly and then they tied me and Glorfy but glorfy tried to fight them again." Arwen said.
" Glorfindel tried to fight again? What happened to him?" Elrond asked as he readjusted Arwen into a position where she wasn't touching his knife wound under his ribs much.
" Glorfy punched one guy and… while he was beating him up the other elves came up behind him and grabbed him. They… held him there while another elf punched him in his stomach again and again. When glorfy gave up… they tied him up to and then blindfolded us and then they hit me other the head really hard and… then I woke up here." Arwen finished her story with a huge sob.
" Amin ikotane hiraetha, amin ikotane hiraetha," Elrond said over and over as he cradled his young daughter and gently rock her back and forth
" Ada," Arwen said between quiet sobs.
" Mani?" Elrond asked
" I want to go home. I don't want to stay here. Make those bad elves go away. I want to see Elladan and Elrohir again. I miss them. I want to sing with nanna and play with the twins. I want to sleep in my own bed and play with my dolls. Make everything better ada. You can always make things better." Arwen said with a loud sob.
" I cant Arwen, I can't make it better because I don't know why we are captured. We just have to stay out of trouble and do as they say. Can you do that?" Elrond asked as he lifted Arwen's face so that they were looking at each other. " Please? For me?"
Arwen nodded as more tears flooded her wet face.
" Good girl." Elrond said.
Elrond looked up when he heard an elf approach.
" Naa rashwe?" the elf asked as he looked at Arwen's tear stained face. {Is there trouble}?
" Nay, no trouble at all." Elrond said quickly hoping that Arwen was calm enough that the elf would leave her alone.
Elf the looked up at Elrond and back down at Arwen. " I'm not so sure."
Elrond bit his lip and looked down at Arwen and brushed some stray hairs from her face. " Just leave her alone please, she isn't crying," he said softly.
The elf said nothing as he bent and grabbed Arwen roughly and jerked her up to look eye to eye with him.
" What's the matter? Miss home? Well too bad cause you aren't going back." the elf said as he tightened his grip on Arwen's shoulders and shook her roughly. When he was done shaking her he drooped her on Elrond's lap and turned on his heel and left.
" Ada," Arwen wailed.
Before Elrond could respond to his daughter he felt a movement by his side and immediately knew that Legolas was awake.
" Shush Arwen, remember what I told you about crying? You have to be a big girl now." Elrond said as he scooted Arwen over in his lap and picked up Legolas and put him in his lap also.
" Ada you're bleeding!" Arwen said in shock when she looked down and saw Elrond's wound.
" Not much. It just reopened. It will be alright." Elrond said with a strained smile.
Arwen laid her tied hands over the wound.
" Mani?" Elrond said as he shot his young daughter a puzzled look.
" You always said that you have to stop things from bleeding. I'm stopping it from bleeding." Arwen said.
Elrond smiled and laid back on the ground so that Arwen could have more room to 'doctor him'
Pretty soon Elrond felt more weight on his cut. He looked up and discovered that Legolas had added his hands to Arwen's.
" Thank you Legolas, that is very kind." Elrond said as he smiled at the shy toddler.
Legolas looked down avoiding Elrond's gaze.
Elrond sighed and laid back down. After a few minutes he reached up and grabbed the two toddlers and laid them on either side of him.
" Lets go to sleep. We don't know what tomorrow will bring us." Elrond said.
" Can I have a drink of water first ada?" Arwen asked.
" Sure, Legolas do you need a drink too?" Elrond asked as he handed Arwen a canteen and when Legolas nodded he handed him the other one. When the two small children were done drinking Elrond took a drink then all three of them laid back and fell into an uneasy sleep.