Title: What days we see
Author: So Yun
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Chapter: 4/7
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?
Why did this dark storm choose us to rain on? Why us?
Laughter, laughter at first was heard, this cherished laughter had not arisen for a long time.
A beam on his face as he edged closer and closer on the branch to the arrow, caught in the rustle of beech leaves gold and red with the autumn emotions. Its yellow Mirkwood fletched tail trailed aimlessly in the wind as the leaves were pulled to the side by ferocious wind. Legolas pulled himself, sliding across closer and closer to the arrow.
His shot had beaten Galder by far again but this time to far, into the beech tree outside the palace halls. Galder and Melrue stood below their faces smiling, happy to see laughter in his throat and a smile upon his lips again,
"Come brother! By the time you get it I shall have retaken my victorious winning streak back again!" Exclaimed Galder up into the cloud of leaves. Legolas's soft, light laugher floated down, but then it was followed by a short yelp and a loud crack!
The thin branch had snapped and they watched as his light body fell down, down maybe into that abyss. They ran to him and his eyes fluttered, hope and faith arose in their hearts and they felt the ebb of grief wash away in a second.
"Greenleaf!" Melrue cried and caressed his sweet face as the youngest prince brought himself to sit up, a dreamy look appeared on Legolas's face and he said softly,
"Did that Elf Lady ever get her lover back Tel? From the orcs after he was taken? Did their love arise again and reclaim their emotions?" Telpion paled and tears of happiness,
"Yes they were brought back again by love and hope Legolas, I am sorry I never finished reading it, forgive me…….." Melrue clasped Telpion tightly and cried,
"It has come back! The black hole has been filled! Oh Legolas I don't know what to say!" Legolas got up and smiled broadly,
"Yes, it has, it has……." He said whispering, his mind overrun with gladness,
"I must go tell ada, will you come with me?" He uttered looking into their faces and into the depths of their eyes,
"Yes of course Legolas, of course……" Melrue said and went to follow him back into the palace. But Telpion stopped him and said,
"Melrue I think he needs to do this alone" Melrue understood and nodded, they both watched Legolas proudly as he walked into their father's study and shut the door.
King Thranduil sat by his desk, papers piled high above it and Legolas approached him carefully and said,
"Ada why did you never come and see me? I remember all the times my brothers did but……but you never did" Thranduil looked up, startled and said,
"What do you mean Legolas?" Legolas looked to the desk, and traced the edge of it with his slender fingers,
"Two years ada, did you not miss my face? I thought I was in a dream when they visited you but my nightmares tormented me because I never once heard you……"
He answered, almost pleadingly his eyes averted and he made sure to look his father straight in the eyes. But Thranduil's gaze did not stay they lingered away and he answered,
"I was busy Legolas, as I am now" Then he went straight back to his work, but was broken by Legolas's fist slamming on the table hard and frustrated,
"I know I broke your damn heart father! But can you not see I am trying to fix it?!" He yelled, his blue eyes watering but he did not let them fall. Thranduil stood and lightly put his arms around Legolas and whispered into his elfling's ear,
"Yes my son and I think you have……" The tear fell from the eyes of him and his father. They embraced each other tightly and cried, for the burden had broken inside Legolas now and, Thranduil's lesson had been learn, but the hole was still raw.
Three months later
The barracks were bustling and armour and weapons were being handed out at twenty soldiers a minute. Thranduil stood commanding orders to his captains and his sons, he wore his ceremonial armour and he embraced each son in turn. Then he came to Legolas who had his armour on and his bow in his hand,
"Father Do you trust me?" He said above the noise of the soldiers getting ready, the king sighed deeply and answered,
"Legolas I do not know if I do yet, but I am not keen on you coming…..but I know I cannot stop you" Legolas nodded and answered fiercely,
"Yes you are right, you cannot stop me because I have a whole battalion to lead against this evil cloud about to cover us" Thranduil embraced his youngest son, but not lovingly as the others and said,
"The armies of Mordor and Rhun are evil Legolas, and I do not wish for them to stain you…..but yes then you must go, but I will not allow you to be on the battle field" And he watched as Legolas lead his battalion out of the palace after his brother's armies and towards the cloud.
Then at last the high elven king lead his own battalion to dampen this cloud and let it never return but he knew in his heart, five hundred against one thousand two hundred would not match.
Legolas's battalion resided in the talans as the cloud of Rhun and Mordor ran over the hill. His battalion awaited then finally let their arrows sing and hit their enemies, in the hearts and protect the good of their people.
Telpion, Galder and Melrue's were at the front and Dalen's were at the back below Legolas's. Thranduil's own battalion stood proud in the centre of the army and they awaited the cloud to rush over them.
The battle went for many hours, it seemed more and more of the enemy's army rushed over that hill.
Melrue went down first with a cut to his leg, his battalion weakened and it had many casualties after their leader had been wounded. The elven soldiers in the talans brought the wounded up away from the dangers as they also fired. Next to come down was Thranduil himself; he had also taken a cut to his wrist, which had sliced the artery.
He was pulled up to the talan next to Legolas's with Melrue. They watched as the battle wore on and their army was thinning and so were the leaders. With a sharp blow to the head Telpion was unconscious on the ground and he too was taken up to a talan with Melrue and his father.
Then Galder's thigh was sliced and he could move hardly. They looked anxiously down at Dalen and their remaining army.
In the past four hours three hundred had been wounded and fifty three killed, Dalen's battalion and few of the others only remained. Legolas then decided and he jumped down the ladder and stood by his brother's side.
"We will fight as one my brother!" He cried hoarsely as they fought the larging army that never ended. Thranduil's eyes widened as he noticed that Legolas had left his own battalion to fight with his brother.
He looked to his side where Telpion laid, blood coming from his temple but he would be alright. As well as his other sons, but fear arose for him and the others as they watched on. A messenger had sent word that soldiers of Lorien was approaching within half an hour to aid Mirkwood.
Thranduil and Melrue kept watching on from afar on the talan, Legolas was becoming exhausted and Dalen had already been hauled up with a cut to his leg also. Another hundred had been wounded in the past hour and another fifteen had died.
Only thirty two remained, a part of Dalen and Melrue's battalion's mainly. The wounded and archers watched in despair, they were at loss when were the reinforcement arriving?
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