Legolas slowly opened his eyes. He slowly and gently sat up and looked around the musky cave. There were two guards at the front of the cave and two more were standing near the fire. Everyone else was asleep. Legolas looked out of the cave and guessed it to be a little after sunrise.
*I wonder when ada will get here. I miss him so much. I want to go home. I want to see ada and Nefiath again. I don't want to be here. I wish amras were still alive. *
Tears sprang up in Legolas's blue eyes.
He wiped them away however when he remembered the punishment for crying.
" Legolas?" Arwen whispered sleepily as she sat up and rubbed her eyes.
" Mani?" Legolas whispered back. {What?}
" Why are you crying?" Arwen asked, " You want to go home too don't you? I do"
Legolas nodded his head as more tears sprang to his eyes. " I miss my ada and Nefiath."
Arwen nodded her head " I miss my nanna and brothers"
" Legolas, do you know why they took us?" Arwen asked
Legolas chocked back a sob as he nodded his blonde head.
" Why?" Arwen questioned
Legolas shook his head
" Why wont tell me?" Arwen asked hurt.
Legolas shrugged his shoulders.
" Okay um… why can't you tell me?" Arwen asked as she searched Legolas's face or any hint.
Legolas did nothing to show Arwen that he had heard her.
" Do you not want to talk about this?" Arwen asked
" I don't," he whispered.
" Okay." Arwen said sensing that Legolas wasn't going to tell her anything. " Um… tell me about your friends. What do you do for fun around here?"
Legolas put his head down and starred at the floor.
" Don't you have friends?" Arwen said in shock. She thought that everyone had friends.
Legolas shook his head.
" Oh, well… I'll be your friend." Arwen said as she reached across her sleeping father to put her hand on Legolas's arm.
" Diola lle. I'll be your friend too." Legolas said as he put his hand on Arwen's.
Arwen smiled at Legolas and Legolas smiled shyly back before dropping his hand.
" Tell me about your friends. What do you do in Imladris?" Legolas asked quietly
" Well, my best friends name is Menel. We like to swim in the summer and in the winter we like to play in the snow. We like to play with our dolls and have tea parties. We also pretend to be things." Arwen said
" Like what?" Legolas asked
" Like fairies and animals and different people. Or mermaids. It's really fun. Sometimes the twins even play pretend with us. They are really funny. Maybe you'll get to meet them someday." Arwen said.
" You swim? What's that like?" Legolas asked
" You don't know how to swim?" Arwen asked
Legolas shook his head.
" There isn't anyplace to swim around here?" Arwen asked
" I don't know." Legolas said
" Well, if you ever visit me in Imladris then I'll show you how to swim." Arwen said.
" That would be fun," Legolas said with a yawn.
" Oh, don't do that you'll make me yawn too." Arwen said with a yawn.
" Want to go back asleep?" Arwen asked
Legolas nodded his head and lie down next to Elrond.
Arwen yawned again before laying down between her father and Glorfindel.
Elrond smiled slightly as he felt the two elflings snuggle close to him. He knew that Arwen would find a way to make Legolas talk and to make her a friend. Arwen seemed to make friends everywhere she went.
Elrond sighed and put his arms around the two elflings before going back to sleep.
*I wonder when ada will get here. I miss him so much. I want to go home. I want to see ada and Nefiath again. I don't want to be here. I wish amras were still alive. *
Tears sprang up in Legolas's blue eyes.
He wiped them away however when he remembered the punishment for crying.
" Legolas?" Arwen whispered sleepily as she sat up and rubbed her eyes.
" Mani?" Legolas whispered back. {What?}
" Why are you crying?" Arwen asked, " You want to go home too don't you? I do"
Legolas nodded his head as more tears sprang to his eyes. " I miss my ada and Nefiath."
Arwen nodded her head " I miss my nanna and brothers"
" Legolas, do you know why they took us?" Arwen asked
Legolas chocked back a sob as he nodded his blonde head.
" Why?" Arwen questioned
Legolas shook his head
" Why wont tell me?" Arwen asked hurt.
Legolas shrugged his shoulders.
" Okay um… why can't you tell me?" Arwen asked as she searched Legolas's face or any hint.
Legolas did nothing to show Arwen that he had heard her.
" Do you not want to talk about this?" Arwen asked
" I don't," he whispered.
" Okay." Arwen said sensing that Legolas wasn't going to tell her anything. " Um… tell me about your friends. What do you do for fun around here?"
Legolas put his head down and starred at the floor.
" Don't you have friends?" Arwen said in shock. She thought that everyone had friends.
Legolas shook his head.
" Oh, well… I'll be your friend." Arwen said as she reached across her sleeping father to put her hand on Legolas's arm.
" Diola lle. I'll be your friend too." Legolas said as he put his hand on Arwen's.
Arwen smiled at Legolas and Legolas smiled shyly back before dropping his hand.
" Tell me about your friends. What do you do in Imladris?" Legolas asked quietly
" Well, my best friends name is Menel. We like to swim in the summer and in the winter we like to play in the snow. We like to play with our dolls and have tea parties. We also pretend to be things." Arwen said
" Like what?" Legolas asked
" Like fairies and animals and different people. Or mermaids. It's really fun. Sometimes the twins even play pretend with us. They are really funny. Maybe you'll get to meet them someday." Arwen said.
" You swim? What's that like?" Legolas asked
" You don't know how to swim?" Arwen asked
Legolas shook his head.
" There isn't anyplace to swim around here?" Arwen asked
" I don't know." Legolas said
" Well, if you ever visit me in Imladris then I'll show you how to swim." Arwen said.
" That would be fun," Legolas said with a yawn.
" Oh, don't do that you'll make me yawn too." Arwen said with a yawn.
" Want to go back asleep?" Arwen asked
Legolas nodded his head and lie down next to Elrond.
Arwen yawned again before laying down between her father and Glorfindel.
Elrond smiled slightly as he felt the two elflings snuggle close to him. He knew that Arwen would find a way to make Legolas talk and to make her a friend. Arwen seemed to make friends everywhere she went.
Elrond sighed and put his arms around the two elflings before going back to sleep.