Title: What days we see
Author: So Yun
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Chapter: 3/7
Rating: K+
Summary: Can one heart breaking tragic disaster tear the Thranduillion family apart? Will Legolas ever survive it and wake up? Will Thranduil learn a lesson in loving again?
"It cannot be!" Breathed Dalen and rushed to his brother, and caressed his face softly and smiled, tears shining in his eyes like most of the other elves in the room. Legolas shivered back and looked up in anger and frustration and stated again,
"What…..what has happened?!" Dalen shrunk back in hurt and looked deeply into the orb of those eyes,
"What…..what do you mean my brother?" His other brothers stepped forth and put their hands on Dalen's tight shoulders. Telpion wiped the tears of his cheeks dismissively and looked up to the ceiling, he does not remember that day………
Elrond looked at Thranduil who had not said a word, and his eyes did not leak a tear. Then he whispered to the twins,
"Get the healer sons, he will know of this mishap" The twins rushed out of the room and returned with the healer, who examined Legolas thorough ignoring the prince's protests,
"Because he has been comatose for so long, his memory has been erased, I doubt he will remember what happened from that day forward. But he should get his memory back, maybe in a few months I will leave you in peace" The healer rushed out, feeling as if he had intruded and the room went deathly silent. Legolas lay on his bed, not knowing what to say but then whispered again, repeating himself once more,
"What has happened……….." Telpion stepped forth and took up the responsibility,
"Legolas……Legolas my brother you have been dead to the world for two years and six months, do you remember happened that day? You were impaled upon a….an orc blade" The horrifying memory flaring up and springing new tears to Telpion's eyes again.
Legolas shook his head and looked at each brother in turn, and then finally his gaze rested on his father,
"Ada? Two years?" He cried and looked at the sheet laid upon him; Melrue sat by him on the bed and embraced his brother. He had wished to this for everyday ever since the terrible tragedy had happened.
"Yes Legolas, two years…….two whole years and six damn months!" Then he fled the room, his own father had fled him and this hurt Legolas beyond the heart,
"I…..I am sorry I…….." Legolas was lost for words and hid his misery, his brothers encircled him in a hug and the twins nodded and followed their father out of the room.
The next months were hard; Thranduil needed a lesson in learning to love again. Legolas was coming down the hall one day, his bow in his hand and his father heading his way,
"Ada!" He shouted, his voice echoing the halls, his father lifted his head up and his eyes locked with his sons,
"I….I am busy not now" He said quietly back but his voice also rang around the hall, Legolas's face fell and he walked up to his father,
"But I actually beat all of them! Melrue, Telpion, Dalen and even Galder!" He cried with enthusiasm, Galder was the best archer in the family by far, but Legolas was soon catching up. His father nodded then answered,
"I must go now, be at dinner at eight o clock sharp" Never did a smile come to his lips as he watched his son fall slightly, his pride battered upon his chest. Thranduil left him there and went to his study, he looked out the door a little as Legolas just stood there, holding his bow looking at the floor. Then he gathered up his pride again and walked off to his room, I cannot bear to utter a word to him, for I do not wish to bring him in too close again……
Legolas sat on his bed, lamenting at the floor and his mouth open slightly, was he such a burden that his father could not bear to be around him?
"No" The stone hard word hit the brothers and froze them, just like jumping into cold water. Telpion stopped and held the jug high and looked seriously at his father,
"Ada, come it is a time of celebration and Legolas is of age now remember, he is not a little elfling" He laughed and his brothers joined him , Legolas blushed and shook his head.
"He should not be drinking, I will not allow it" Their father's voice stopped them dead again, Legolas nodded and said softly,
"Tel it does not matter, I will always be the youngest and never allowed freedom….." He did not intend to sound bitter, but his father had built a cold, strong cage around him. Not letting him move freely or do anything he wished, his father looked up sternly and bellowed,
"I do not allow you freedom, for look what you did to yourself nearly three years ago! You cannot be trusted or allowed to move freely!" The four brother's of Legolas, inside their hearts flared with anger as they watched him go pale with sadness,
"I see, you blame me for what happened well ada, I am sorry for breaking your heart! I am sorry for being born! I am sorry for ever waking up!" He shouted back and rushed out of the dining hall, his heart torn. Telpion and Melrue looked at their father, daggers nearly flaming in their eyes,
"Ada why did you say that to him? It was not his fault, it was never his fault!" Melrue shouted, his head swaying, and his heart screaming. Telpion nodded and added,
"And on his birthday ada, couldn't you wait till later or not say it ever?" Thranduil looked at his sons and said darkly,
"I do not care whether it is his birthday, and I will say anything my mind tells me too, because it is the truth at heart!" And he too left to his bedroom, thundering down the corridors.
"I know that it all affected us, but we are beyond it now, why can he not drop it?" Dalen said quietly and his brothers shook their heads and Galder answered,
"I know that it made a hole in his heart, I do no think it ever healed but if he intends to fix it he is not doing it right" They all nodded and Telpion got up and walked out the hall into the garden where Legolas was. In the moonlight Legolas's hair shined with radiance and his eyes stood out more then ever,
"Brother, do not let his words eat away at your heart…..he did not mean it" Telpion said to him and rested his hand softly on his shoulder,
"But Tel I know he did mean it, isn't that obvious to you? To the others?"Legolas critically said and his eyes darkened a touch.
Telpion did not know what to say to this and held his breath and also looked up at the stars too with his youngest and most loved brother,
"You do know that we would never do anything to hurt you Legolas, we all love you individually and we will never forget you I promise…..any day would we want to be with you and hear your words…." Telpion said while searching the skies for a sign of hope that would help his blackening family, dissolving into a deep abyss. He then pulled his brother towards him and hugged him tight, fearing if he let go he would drop into that abyss, I will catch him if he does……
"And all I have is this deep dark hole, that will never fill up with the memories I have lost…….in those two years and six months" Legolas muttered.
Elves never perceive their emotions, and Legolas held the tears, the emotions, and the burden deep within his chest. Buried in a mound of worries and fears, willing to come out for a breath of air at any moment. His chest was tight and withdrawn, holding in a never escaping breath of sadness, of misery.
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