Thranduil tossed and turned while images of his captive son ran though his head. It had been a whole day and most of a night. Why hadn't anyone tried to contact him? Were was his son? Was he all right? Had he been feed? Was it his blood all over his room? Was he hurt? Was he sleeping in a bed or on the hard ground? Was he…
Thranduil sighed as he pushed his covers back and slowly got out of bed and walked over to his balcony. When he opened the double glass doors he was greeted by a soft cool wind that he would have enjoyed if he had been in different circumstances. He sighed and walked over to a chair and slumped down in it.
" Legolas, where are you? Why were you taken away from me? What kind of person would take a child so young?" the devastated Mirkwood king asked the wind that was playing on his teary face. " why can't you be home? I just want to hold you in my arms. I just want to see you again. Why, why are the gods punishing me? Why did they let you get taken away from everything? What have we done to deserve this?"
Thranduil put his head back and looked up at the starry sky though bleary eyes.
/ if Legolas was here he would be curled up in a thick blanket and he would snuggle up into my arms. I would tell him all the star names all the stories that went with them. He would fall asleep in my arms and then I would go and lay him in my bed and cuddle with him till morning/
Thranduil sighed and bent forward and put his head in his hands.
/ baby where are you? Please, someone give me a sign that he is okay./
Thranduil took his head out of his hands when he heard his bedroom door open and close.
/ not someone else comes to tell me that they are sorry that Legolas has been kidnapped. If only they would leave me alone! Can't they tell that I want to be alone?/
Thranduil took a deep breath and tried to put on his impassive face as much as he could.
" milord?" Nefiath asked as she opened the balcony doors " do you wish to be alone or can I join you?"
" you can join me Nefiath. I just thought that it would be another person that came to tell me that they were ' ever so sorry' that my son has been kidnapped." Thranduil said as he moved over on the bench to make room for his sons nanny.
" oh" was all Nefiath said as she sat down next to her king.
Thranduil took another deep breath.
" Nefiath, has Legolas ever mentioned any thing to you about something that bothered him? Anything at all?" Thranduil asked
" Nay, he has said nothing to me. The only thing that ever worried me about Legolas was his shyness." Nefiath replied.
Thranduil nodded his head. " He has said nothing to me also. But, you should have been here this morning. It was like he was just starting to trust people. He was opening up a little. And then. He just was gone. Just like that, gone." Thranduil ended with a small, almost inaudible sob.
Nefiath put her arm around Thranduil's shoulders. " I know. But he is out there somewhere. We will find him soon. Legolas is a strong boy; he will make it through till the end. I know that he will. We will have to be strong for Legolas too though."
Thranduil nodded his head as tears rolled rapidly down his face. " I just wish that… he could.. Be here… with me.. If I had known.. Then maybe I could have… stopped it. I should have never… have left him." Thranduil said between sob that shook his body.
" I do to, my king, I do too." was all Nefiath said as he gently pushed Thranduil's head down on her shoulder. " try to sleep now. You will have a long day tomorrow."
Thranduil nodded and in a few minutes he fell into a sleep that was plagued with nightmares of his son.
Thranduil sighed as he pushed his covers back and slowly got out of bed and walked over to his balcony. When he opened the double glass doors he was greeted by a soft cool wind that he would have enjoyed if he had been in different circumstances. He sighed and walked over to a chair and slumped down in it.
" Legolas, where are you? Why were you taken away from me? What kind of person would take a child so young?" the devastated Mirkwood king asked the wind that was playing on his teary face. " why can't you be home? I just want to hold you in my arms. I just want to see you again. Why, why are the gods punishing me? Why did they let you get taken away from everything? What have we done to deserve this?"
Thranduil put his head back and looked up at the starry sky though bleary eyes.
/ if Legolas was here he would be curled up in a thick blanket and he would snuggle up into my arms. I would tell him all the star names all the stories that went with them. He would fall asleep in my arms and then I would go and lay him in my bed and cuddle with him till morning/
Thranduil sighed and bent forward and put his head in his hands.
/ baby where are you? Please, someone give me a sign that he is okay./
Thranduil took his head out of his hands when he heard his bedroom door open and close.
/ not someone else comes to tell me that they are sorry that Legolas has been kidnapped. If only they would leave me alone! Can't they tell that I want to be alone?/
Thranduil took a deep breath and tried to put on his impassive face as much as he could.
" milord?" Nefiath asked as she opened the balcony doors " do you wish to be alone or can I join you?"
" you can join me Nefiath. I just thought that it would be another person that came to tell me that they were ' ever so sorry' that my son has been kidnapped." Thranduil said as he moved over on the bench to make room for his sons nanny.
" oh" was all Nefiath said as she sat down next to her king.
Thranduil took another deep breath.
" Nefiath, has Legolas ever mentioned any thing to you about something that bothered him? Anything at all?" Thranduil asked
" Nay, he has said nothing to me. The only thing that ever worried me about Legolas was his shyness." Nefiath replied.
Thranduil nodded his head. " He has said nothing to me also. But, you should have been here this morning. It was like he was just starting to trust people. He was opening up a little. And then. He just was gone. Just like that, gone." Thranduil ended with a small, almost inaudible sob.
Nefiath put her arm around Thranduil's shoulders. " I know. But he is out there somewhere. We will find him soon. Legolas is a strong boy; he will make it through till the end. I know that he will. We will have to be strong for Legolas too though."
Thranduil nodded his head as tears rolled rapidly down his face. " I just wish that… he could.. Be here… with me.. If I had known.. Then maybe I could have… stopped it. I should have never… have left him." Thranduil said between sob that shook his body.
" I do to, my king, I do too." was all Nefiath said as he gently pushed Thranduil's head down on her shoulder. " try to sleep now. You will have a long day tomorrow."
Thranduil nodded and in a few minutes he fell into a sleep that was plagued with nightmares of his son.