Hey it is me again I have the second chapter for you ;). Sorry it took me so long but I was able to finish the chapter :)
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Sorry for any mistakes, because I know I make them but not see them ;).
Chapter 2
Wrong prank
"Welcome home ion nin." Thranduil smiled at his son and came down from his horned throne just to hug his youngest son.
"Hi ada, I missed you too." Legolas greeted his father with a happy smile and returned the hug.
"And you too, welcome Luin." The king greeted the great feline as she approached them.
"My king." Luin bowed her head and laid down on the floor crossing her front paws, her bandaged one rested on the top and she was observing the two elves in their conversation.
"I am really glad that you had a safe journey." Thranduil said and hugged his son again.
"Aye it was uneventful." The golden haired prince said and smiled.
"Now lets' come I will prepare a great feast for your safe arrival." The Mirkwood king said and pushed his son through the halls to the dining hall. Luin was happily following the father and the son.
When they were seated and the food was also brought on the tables by the elf maidens, and even Luin had her food in front of her, Thranduils' daughter entered the dining hall.
"Tithen gwador! You have returned!" Eluwien exclaimed and ran to her youngest brother, her long tricolor hair flowing behind her.
"Eluwien!" The small elf happily exclaimed, stood up and rand towards his older sister.
They both ended up in tight embrace.
"I am so glad that you returned to us safely." The elven maiden said and stroked her little brothers golden head.
"Aye the journey here was uneventful." Legolas said when he looked to the ocean blue eyes of his sister. "I can bet my long knives that Luin said to Cinder to keep me out of danger." The young prince smiled and looked at the great bluish feline.
Eluwien looked at the great feline, and Luin looked at her and smirked, because Eluwien was the only one who knew.
The elven maiden knew that her little brother was right because when Legolas left the Mirkwood realm the worried snow leopard paced the halls and when she bumped to the Thranduils' only daughter, and almost knocked her down on the ground, the great feline confessed that she sent the falcon after him.
They were soon joined by Thranduils' oldest son, Harion, but the only one, who did not join them at this time, was Isamir who sailed to Valinor twenty years ago.
The Mirkwood king was really sad, when his second son said he is going to the undying lands. He confessed to him that he heard the call of the see and he had to go. Thranduil did not had the heart to keep his son in his realm. The elven king gave Isamir his blessing and let him go.
Right now the king was too happy that he had the remaining members of his family around him.
All the elves and the feline had a very good time till late hours and the youngest prince tried his chances with his father.
"Ada, I want to ask something of you." Legolas hesitantly asked.
"Aye what is it, ion nin?" Thranduil smiled at his child and leaned closer to him.
"Well, I wanted to ask you if you would let me go to Imladris again soon before the first snow will fall over the High pass." The golden haired princeling asked his father, and Thranduils' smile faded.
"What!" The king exclaimed, but quickly lowered his voice, when he seen that he scared his youngest child a bit. "You only just arrived and you want to leave so soon. I thought that you will stay with us for now." The blond elf said and looked at his son with sad eyes.
"Well ada, I promised lord Elronds' youngest son that I will come back in fall." Legolas said and Luin and Eluwien looked at the golden haired princeling.
"Elrohir? But why?" Thranduil asked puzzled.
"No not Elrohir. Lord Elrond adopted a little boy recently." Legolas smiled. "His name is Estel. He is a really sweet child." The golden haired prince said. "He will be very devastated if I would not keep my promise."
Then Eluwien cut in the conversation. "Please ada. Let Legolas go to Imladris." And the beautiful elven maiden smiled at her father.
"I do not know if it is a good idea." Thranduil said and leaned at the back of the chair.
"Please ada." Legolas pleaded.
"Ada. You do not want that your youngest son will be called liar. Or that the elves of Mirkwood are not trustworthy because of this." Eluwien cunningly said. The elven maiden knew which strings of her father to pull for him to see her point.
"Okay Legolas you may go to Imladris but, you have to be really careful and you must take Luin with you." The elven king said.
"I would not let him go alone, my King. Do not worry, my King, I will keep him safe. And I hate to stay behind and wait." The feline said and placed her large paw on the kings' thigh.
"Hannon le ada!" Legolas exclaimed and launched at his father and hugged him tightly.
"You are very welcome ion nin. Just be safe on your journey there." Thranduil said, hugged his son and kissed his forehead. 'Be safe. Valar, please keep my child safe.' The king prayed.
When the young elf sat back on his seat he turned to his big sister and whispered. "Hannon le Eluwien."
When Legolas thought about something he turned back to her and said. "Eluwien I have one favour to ask you."
"And what would that be, tithen gwador?" She smiled at the smaller elf.
"I want to ask you if you would take care of Ninim. His age is getting to him. He has trouble to keep up with the other horses and gets really tired these days." Legolas said sadness clearly heard from his voice.
"Worry not, tithen gwador, I will take care of him." Eluwien said.
"Hannon le." The golden haired princeling said hugged his sister.
"So you will take Nightmare for her first journey outside the Mirkwood realm?" Harion asked.
"Aye I will take Nightmare Moon with me." Legolas said.
"Well at least the stable masters will be happy." Thranduil chuckled.
"You think ada?" The young elf asked.
"Well she lives to her name as a nightmare to all stable masters. She causes trouble when you are not around and even Luin cannot stop her or make her behave." The king laughed and was then joined by his whole family.
Two weeks passed since Legolas came back from Imladris. Since then the young prince tried to teach his young new mare to carry some of the packs, Ninim used to carry. Once the mare was able to flee from the golden haired prince, but the great cat was near to round her back to the young prince. But most of the time the bluish feline was just watching him from a tree branch. In the end he was successful and the two and a half year old energetic young mare was able to tolerate the packs on her back.
So till the time of the pairs' departure everything was ready.
That time Thranduil was waiting near the stables with Luin, her traveling packs were filling the gap between the elven king and the great feline.
Suddenly the long haired elf king bent over and took the packs.
"My King you do not have to do this. Someone else can do it." Luin was startled by the elven kings' actions.
"I will gladly help you Luin. And as I said before you are family. And family members help each other." Thranduil heartily smiled.
"I know my lord, but for you to do it is awkward. Hannon le my King." The feline shamefully said and bowed her head.
"Do not be ashamed, mellon." The elven king said and patted the feline on her head. "You have been keeping my son safe for a long time now. Even more then I can. And I am forever grateful to you for this. So I can at least help you with this." The blond haired elf smiled.
Thranduil was very quick and skilled because he was able to put on the packs on the felines' back by himself. It usually took two elves to put them on.
"Hannon le my king for your help." The feline smiled.
"You are most welcome Luin. And I have got another request for you."
"Aye my king, you can ask anything from me." The bowed.
"Please, Luin, protect my child from harm." The king said and looked to the great cats' eyes.
"Do not worry my king I always do. And I always will be." Luin said and nuzzled the kings' chest, to which the king patted the cats' head.
I light hearted chuckle interrupted the pair and when they turned they saw the young prince smiling at them. And right next to the golden haired elfling was, a slightly prancing, excited young black mare.
"I did not know ada that you like nuzzling with the cat." Legolas laughed.
"Well you know, ion nin, you are not the only one who likes to play and nuzzle our feline family member." The elven king laughed back.
Luin was just watching the scene before her, but she could not hide a happy smile when Thranduil labeled her as a member of a family. Sure she was a snow leopard and they were elves, but she was saved by the elves when she lost her family and now that she lived for centuries, as the only immortal feline, without others of her kin, the great cat really appreciated what Legolas' father said and did.
The king accompanied his son, his feline companion and his sons' new seed to the gates of the palace, where his only, beautiful, daughter and the eldest son waited.
Behind the gates two blond haired elves, mounted on their grey steeds, were already waiting for the young prince and his traveling companions. They were a substitute for Haldir, who could not make it to the woodland realm. The blond haired Lórien elf had some matters he had to attend to from the lady of the golden wood, Lady Galadriel.
The elven maiden hugged her younger brother and whispered to his little pointy ear. "Please be careful on your journey, tithen gwador."
Harion was the next one in line to hug his little brother. "Say hi to the elrondion twins from me, tithen gwador." The elven warrior said and smiled on the golden haired elfling.
The last one was Thranduil. He hugged his son tightly and patted his sons' golden locks. When he king backed off he straightened himself and said.
"May the Valar protect you both, ion nin, Luin." The blond haired king said to his youngest child and his animal companion. "And also Nightmare." Thranduil quickly added.
The young prince, the bluish feline and the black bowed.
"Thank you My king and may the stars and moon protect you and your family." Legolas and Luin said together.
Then Legolas mounted his new, excited, black steed and they began their journey to the west, heading to Imladris.
When the company reached the High pass on the third day of the journey, the elves had to slower the pace on the rocky path.
"How is the new steed fearing?" Belvaer, one of the accompanying elves, asked.
"Nightmare is great. She is fearing really great so far. She is still very energetic, but she is good." The young prince happily said.
"Well at this pace we should be in Rivendell on the day after tomorrow." Mindir, the other elven warrior said.
"Aye, but we have to be careful on our way through the High pass, because it is starting to snow." The other blond haired warrior said and watched as a stray snowflake landed in his palm.
"I hope we will not encounter any enemies here." The great feline said and looked at the young prince.
"I hope so too, Luin. I hope so too." Legolas said and patted the great cats' head.
But the young prince was so eager to get to Imladris early, where little Estel was waiting for him, so he sped up the pace, not just to test his new steed, but also to get to Rivendell as soon as possible.
Legolas made a race with the great feline through the forest, between the trees and rocks, which surrounded Rivendell.
The young prince and his new mare raced through the threes and rock while the feline leapt over the rocks and tree branches with grace. The golden haired princeling was really surprised when the young black mare did not even flinch when the great cat landed next to her or even before her.
The golden haired Mirkwood prince and his companions were able to reach the hidden elven realm in the middle of the night of the following day.
As the company stepped through the hidden gate, the elves dismounted their beautiful steeds near the stables and led the majestic horses in.
They found three empty stalls besides each other and led the steeds there. The other two blond warriors wanted to take care of Legolas' mare but the young prince refused their offer.
"I will do it alone." He smiled. "I do not think Nightmare will let anyone clean her beside me." The golden haired elfling said.
Luin stretched her slender feline body and waited her fiend and the elven warrior to emerge from the Rivendell stables. The great cat was tired and just wanted to sleep after fifteen minutes the golden haired prince walked through the wooden stable door with the two blond elves right behind him and they headed to the Last homely house.
Lord Elrond was woken up in the middle of the night by one of the elves, who was serving in the Last homely house. The ancient elf was informed that the youngest prince of Mirkwood realm just arrived alongside his animal companion and two elven warriors. The lord of Rivendell quickly dismissed the elf, put on his robe on and left his chamber. When lord Elrond entered his study it was still empty, so the raven haired elf walked to the large window and gazed to the dark and cold night.
Soon the ancient elven lord was interrupted by a knock on door.
"Enter." The raven haired elf called out.
The large wooden door slowly opened and the golden haired prince closely followed by the bluish snow leopard entered lord Elronds' study.
"Mae gowannen." Legolas and Luin bowed.
"Welcome penneth and Luin." The ancient elf smiled.
"Hannon le my Lord, I hope we did not disturb you." The young prince said when he looked closely at the older elf in the room, and he realized that they did. "I am so sorry my Lord we really did wake you up from your sleep!" the small elf exclaimed and he and the feline bowed even lower than before.
"Do not fret Legolas I was woken up by one of the serving elves in my house. As I instructed them long ago, that I want to be woken up when someone will come to Imladris." The ancient elf said and smiled. "And besides I always want to greet a family member when he comes to visit." The raven haired elfs' smile grew wider and walked to the surprised young elf and hugged him. "Welcome back penneth."
"I am also very sorry that it took us so long to get to your study. It is because I had to take care of my new mare. She is very young and she does not like anyone beside me to take care of her." The young elf said.
"Oh. Do not trouble yourself penneth. I did not wait long for you two to come here. And if she is young and does not like the stable hands, you had to do it Legolas." Lord Elrond smiled.
Luin was patiently sitting next to Legolas and watched as the two elves talked between themselves then the ancient elf looked at the great feline.
"And do not think I forgot about you." The lord of Imladris smiled at the great cat. "Welcome back too Luin." Lord Elrond and patted the felines' head.
"Hannon le my Lord." Luin said and purred loudly for the ancient elf.
"I will get a warm bath prepared for you two to relax after your long journey." The ancient elf said.
"You do not have to worry about that my Lord." Legolas quickly said to the raven haired elven lord.
"Oh Legolas you cannot go to bed all dusty from your long journey." Lord Elrond smiled and put his hand on the young elves' shoulder. "I will go ask the elves." The elven lord said and exited his study leaving Legolas and Luin standing there.
Luin looked at the young prince and chuckled.
"Well what else should I have told to lord Elrond?" Legolas said in a hurry.
"Well it just sounded funny. And besides a warm bath sounds nice. Does it not?" the bluish feline said.
"It does mellon nin. Shall we go then?" The golden haired elf asked and patted the cats' head.
"Aye." Luin nodded and they both exited lord Elronds' study and headed to their chambers, where their warm baths were being prepared.
The hot water was like a balm for the young elfs' aching muscles from all the riding to the elven heaven. Now he started feeling how tired he has become from the quick pace he established in the end of their ride. In a short time Legolas started dozing off in the hot bath when a soft voice woke him up.
"Legolas. Do not sleep in here. The water is getting cold." The great feline said.
When the young prince rose his head he saw the great cat sitting near his tub almost done of getting the remains of water off her beautiful bluish fur.
Legolas wearily got out of the bath, dried himself up and changed to his sleeping robe. Then they both entered the sleeping chamber.
The young prince got in to his bed and waited for Luin to climb on it too, but to his surprise the great cat walked passed the bed and laid on the carpet next to the large bed.
"Are you not going to join me up here?" Legolas asked with a surprised face.
Luin rose her head, turned to face the young princeling and said. "I would like to, but my fur is still damp and the elves left a furry rug here for me down here."
"As you wish Luin." Legolas smiled. "Good night to you then mellon nin." The golden hared prince said and laid his head on the pillow facing bit of the soft furry back of his feline companion.
"Good night to you too Legolas." The great cat said and felt as the part of Legolas' blanket covered her back. The feline smiled to herself and they both fell asleep in an instant.
"Ada!" Lord Elrond heard the cry of his three sons from the other side of the hallway, right through the closed doors of his study. He counted to five in his mind, then his children burst through the wooden door.
"Ada there is a big black horse running around the gardens and the stable hands are having a biiig trouble catching it." The youngest and smallest of them excitedly exclaimed.
"I think that would be the troublesome mare that Legolas spoke of last night." The ancient elf smiled and leaned on the back of his chair.
"What!" All three exclaimed and the ancient elf visibly flinched on the chair. "Legolas is here?"
"Aye. Legolas arrived during the night and is sleeping in his chambers right now." The raven haired elf said and closed his eyes. "And I do not want you three to disturb his sleep. He is exhausted from his journey so I would like to advice you not to wake him." The ancient elf said.
"I think they are already gone old friend." A golden haired elf said when he got through the opened door.
Lord Elrond opened his eyes and saw Glorfindel in front of him and few seconds later Erestor got through the door.
"Did Legolas already arrived to Imladris?" The dark haired elf asked the lord of Rivendell, who just nodded. The dark haired elven advisor was almost ran over, by the sons of Elrond, when they ran out of Elronds' study. "I sense trouble." The elven advisor said and shook his head.
"Now let us welcome our friend our way." The twins smiled devilishly at each other and then on their little brother.
Elladan and Elrohir quietly entered Legolas' chambers accompanied with their adopted little brother. They saw the fair haired elf laying asleep in his bed, half covered with blanket. The twins smirked at each other and on their human brother, each of the twins holding a bucked of cold water in their hands, and stepped to the side of the sleeping elfs' bed. But what they did not see was that on the other side of the bed was a sleeping big cat covered by most of Legolas' blanket.
And they dumped the full buckets on the sleeping elven prince.
Legolas was really exhausted from his journey and he felt very safe in the elven home so he did not have to fear anything. The young prince did not even sense the presence of the twins until it was too late.
Legolas woke up with a scream as the ice cold splashed on his face and uncovered chest.
But that was not the biggest problem.
That was as the remaining cold water reached the feline.
Luin woke up at a start and thought that she and Legolas were attacked. She jumped over the bed with a loud roar and dropped down on the retreating twins.
Estel heard the roar of the feline and stood frozen on the spot, but when the giant cat landed on his brothers he quickly turned shouting. "Ada! Ada!" And he fled the room.
Luin was not distracted by the little edains' screams. She was staring at the twins. She growled at them showing her white fangs slowly extending her claws till they reached their skins, but not pierce it, as a warning. Elladan and Elrohir did not dare to move as they feared for what the cat might do if they did and also she was too heavy for them to lift her despite their elven strength.
Lord Elrond was sitting in his study reading one parchment when suddenly he heard a laud roar.
'What they did this time?' He wondered, placed the parchment on his desk and stood up from his chair.
"Ada! Ada!" He heard panicked cries of his adopted son, who soon after ran to his study alone.
"What is the matter Estel?" He asked the boy.
"A beast is going to eat Elladan and Elrohir!" The edain cried and dragged the ancient elf by the arm to Legolas' chamber.
The elder elf and the little human boy soon entered the chamber and saw the wet feline standing over two scared elves growling at them, and the young and wet elven prince getting up from the soaked bed.
'That is dangerous but, they deserve it.' Lord Elrond thought and hid his smile.
When Legolas saw lord Elrond enter his chamber and little Estel hiding behind the ancient elfs' legs, he came to Luin, touched her head and then stroked her wet fur.
"You can let them go. I think they got the point." He smiled at her then he leaned closer and whispered to her ear. "And you are scaring the little one."
Luin looked at her also wet friend and brother then on the little form covering behind the elven Lord, slowly stepping away from the twins tearing their tunics a little with her claws revealing four pinkish spots on each of the twins' chests.
The great feline then moved closer and bowed to the elven lord and the little edain boy, to which the boy shivered more and hid even further behind lord Elrond.
"I am so sorry lord Elrond for causing such an uproar and mainly for scarring this small child." Luin said out loud for them all to hear especially the small boy.
Estel peeked out from behind the ancient elfs' robes just to look right to the sky blue eyes of the giant feline, which was still too scary for him.
"You do not have to apologize penneth. It was not your fault that you both got ambushed by my three sons. They should apologize to you for waking you up in such a rude manner, and to me for ignoring my words." Lord Elrond said and looked at his sons.
Both Elrohir and Elladan came to them and bowed, but Estel stayed behind the ancient elf. "We are sorry for waking you up Legolas and Luin. And ada we are so sorry we did not listen to you." The twins said in unison.
Legolas and Luin looked at each other and nodded. "Apology accepted." They said and the great feline stepped closer to the two brothers.
Lord Elrond immediately knew what is going to happen so he stepped aside a bit and pushed Estel a further back.
Luin looked around and saw that almost everyone stepped to the back except the elrondion twins. The great cat smirked and shook her body so all the water that remained on her long fur ended on the twins so they also end up soaking wet.
"Now we are even." The cat said and everyone laughed at that. Even Estel laughed a bit at that but when the feline stepped closer he flinched and moved closer to the elven lord.
Luin saw it and was sad that the little edain was afraid of her so she moved to her elven brother.
"Now all that is left is to tide Legolas' chambers. Now dry yourselves and join me and Estel for breakfast." Lord Elrond said and stroked the boys' head and smiled at him with reassuring smile.
"Aye we will be waiting for you." The boy said left with the ancient elf.
TBC…
Translations:
Ada- dad, daddy
Adar – father
Edain- human
Hannon le- thank you
Mae govannen – well met
Mellon nin- my friend
Penneth- young one
Ion nin- my son
Tithen gwador- little brother
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