Chapter 12
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Gilraen Gasped in pain, "He is fading, Halbarad what is happening to my son?" Halbarad looked at his aunt in confusion, "I don't know he must have hurt himself," Halbarad guessed.
Legolas who sat with Haldir and his brothers felt a sudden pain and fell to his knees, "Why do you leave me?" A voice demanded, "Do you not care for me any longer?" "Estel?" Legolas gasped holding onto his hands to his head. "Goodbye Legolas, even if I do return I promise I will not second glance you traitor!" The pain started to leave Legolas and he opened his eyes to see Haldir and his brothers in front of him. "Legolas are you alright?" Rumil asked in fear. "Yeah I'm fine just got a bad head ache, I'm going to bed," with that Legolas stood up and left. Rumil turned to Haldir, "You do not think Estel's spirit is haunting him do you?" He asked. "No, ghosts do not exist you idiot!" laughed Haldir.
Gandalf sat next to the bed and watched Aragorn sleep peacefully, Sometimes he thought this ranger cost more then he was worth the price been the world of men. It had been a few hours now since the incident and he had not even moved Gandalf had found himself often checking if he was even still alive. A groan broke Gandalf's train of thoughts, "Gandalf?" Aragorn's voice was hoarse, "what happened?" Gandalf looked at the child, "Estel I warn you what I am about to tell you may be a bit unbelievable but I tell you no lies," Gandalf stopped and took a deep breath, "when you slipped over you knocked a potion down and when it smashed it turned you fifteen." Aragorn began to laugh thinking it was a joke, but his smile faded as Gandalf looked at him with all seriousness, "You are not joking?" Gandalf shook his head, "No dear Estel I speak the truth." Aragon's eyes darkened, "This is your fault if you had just taken me home this never would have happened!" Aragorn shouted. Gandalf stared at the Ranger in disbelief, 'My Fault? I wanted to take you home but you were too cowardly to face your farther so you made me stay here to sort out my problems so you could hide from your own!" Aragorn glared at Gandalf, "Leave me!" he snarled. Gandalf stood up and walked out of the Hospital wing.
Gandalf entered Dumbledore's office and looked up to see Umbridge and Minerva McGonagall. "Ah Gandalf," Dumbledore smiled, "I was just listening to a story from Dolores about Estel." Gandalf sighed, "What did he do?" "He disturbed my class; he just stood up left and slammed the door!" She complained. Gandalf rolled his eyes, "What do you want me to do hit him?" "I don't care, just do something with him!" Umbridge shouted. "Well he is in the hospital wing at the moment so he won't be up to anything any time soon," Gandalf sighed.
Aragorn sat in the Hospital wing, he was so angry this was all Gandalf's fault if only Gandalf had never known Dumbledore none of this would ever have happened! But wait what would be of him if Gandalf had not known Albus Dumbledore? Would he be dead?
Arwen sat in her room looking out the window, she could feel Estel's presence but she could not connect her self with him any longer. "Estel my love?" She called in her mind, but there was no reply, Arwen threw her self to the ground and began to cry. "Arwen my love?" Arwen sat up it couldn't be could it? "Estel?" "Aye my love it is me, but woe is the news I bring you, I was taken to another world and disaster has struck and I'm fifteen again," Arwen heard Aragorn's voice loud now and it did sound too young to be his. "Oh my love that does not matter it is that you are alive! Wait till Ada hears he is so sad, oh Halbarad was not crazy when he tried telling us so!" "Halbarad knew I was alive?" "Oh yes, he bought your mother to tears trying to tell her so!" "And Ada is worried?" Arwen sighed sadly, "He has taken to locking himself in his study he misses you Estel, he had a memorial built in your favorite garden." "He did that for me?" Aragorn began to feel bad. "Oh yes Estel. Wait till I tell Legolas he will be over joyed!" "No he won't Arwen I am not blind to what has happened there I know he has forgotten me he is now friends with Haldir and his Brothers he does not care for me." "Aragorn he does they do!" "No Arwen YOU do, YOU wish they did!" Arwen gasped in shock, "Estel, we all miss you Dan, Ro, Ada, Halbarad, Legolas, the Rangers, your mother, Haldir and his brothers and ME. Every one misses you!" Aragorn sighed, "I'm sorry I must go now, Farewell my love," "No Estel this is not god bye. Till next we meet my love,"
Arwen sighed as she felt the connection between them break, then her heart filled with joy when she realized what had just happened. Standing up she ran out of her room and to her father's study.
Aragorn sighed deeply, so he was missed Elrond did care for him. Now where did that leave him, Aragorn? Aragorn turned as the Hospital wing door opened Harry, Ron and Hermione stepped in. They walked over to his bed, "How are you feeling?" Hermione asked going to his side. "I'm alright," he sighed, "How are you guys?" "We're fine, umm we don't mean to intrude but in your sleep you kept shouting and cursing at someone called Legolas, who is he?" Harry asked nervously. Aragorn's face turned bitter, "Legolas is the prince of Mirkwood, if it was not for our friendship the only way my father and his would hear information from the other would be through Galadriel. But since we became friends word moved more quickly. But he does not wish to know me any longer and he is now pretending I never existed." "Oh Aragorn I'm so sorry," Hermione whispered. "No need to be, and since when did you call me Aragorn?" Aragorn quickly tried getting off the topic of his best friend. "I'm sorry I mean Estel," Hermione corrected herself. "Do you think you'll be well enough for the Quidditch match coming up?" Ron asked. Aragorn raised an eyebrow, "Quidditch?" Ron gasped, "There is no Quidditch in your world?" Aragorn shook his head, "No healing spells either." "We'll show you what Quidditch is after you get better it will be too hard to explain it now," Harry quickly said before Ron could go into full detail about Quidditch. "Okay," Aragorn shrugged lightly. Madam Pomfrey came out, "Leave Estel needs his rest, go on sho," she said chasing them out. "See you later Estel!" Harry called back as they left. "Bye," Aragorn whispered.
Arwen burst into her father's study and ran over to him, "Ada you will never believe it, Halbarad was not crazy. Estel is alive!" Elrond looked at her in confusion, "Arwen what are you talking about?" "Estel he just spoke to me through mind! He is alive!" Arwen's smile faded, "You do not believe me! Well look into his future and tell me what you see," Arwen said desperately. Elrond sighed and closed his eyes.
A tall man with blond hair stood before a council, "Why not use this ring? Long has my father the Stewart of Gondor kept the forces of Mordor at bane, by the blood of our people are your lands kept safe! Give Gondor the weapon of the enemy let us use it against him." Suddenly a tall man with shoulder length black hair burst in, "You can not wield it none of us can, the one ring answers to Sauron alone it has no other master!" "And what would a Ranger know of this matter?" sneered the man.
The vision ended, And Elrond sighed could that 'Ranger' be his son? HE turned to his daughter, "He lives, but where he is I do not know," he sighed deeply, "Spread word."
Aragorn sat up in the bed what he had said to Gandalf was wrong, and he could not let it stay like this between them. Aragorn knew it was around dinner time so his best chances were to head to the great hall. He put on his Ranger clothes which now hung loosely on him, once again he was thankful for never been to broad in the shoulder so his shirt sat comfortably on his neck, he rolled up the bottom of his pants and placed them into the boot he then proceeded out to find Gandalf.
He walked into the Entrance hall coming around a corner he saw Gandalf talking to professor McGonagall, Aragorn pressed him self against the wall and listened.
"I'm Minerva that I left you for duty when love should have come first, because now I'm around Estel who puts love before duty when he of all people should put duty before love…," Minerva silenced him. "I understand," She smiled, "Every one makes foolish mistakes."
So this was the woman Gandalf had chosen Duty over…..
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