Midnight-chan: HEY! Yeah, i'm back, I shalt not ask for forgivness as I had exams and am now on work experience. I also got an or else threat to update, so I did. Here you go! HA!

Legolas: Nice angsty, dramatic, funny(for the begining of section 3) chapter

Elrond: Enjoy

Midnight-chan: YEAH!

Chapter 2: Stars and Tears

Elrond walked into his son's, Estel's, room. As he expected said son was standing at the window, gazing into the stars. His eyes held a distant look as one who looks for answers to questions he cannot make sense of. Elrond walked silently over to Estel and put a hand on his shoulder, this sudden change caused him to jump in surprise.

"Oh! Ada...You surprised me."

As his son took a breath to calm himself, Elrond pulled him towards the bed, pulled back the covers and pointed-

"Bed, Estel. You need sleep, my son, you look like you could drop at any moment." He said, voice laced with the concern of a father, "Do not make me drug you." Elrond added in all seriousness, kind of.

"You wouldn't." Estel stated, "Would you?" He asked changing his mind about how cunning his father was when it came to these things.

"He would!"

They both turned towards the door, where the twins door from across the hall was wide open and they were standing in the doorway. Elrond raised an eyebrow.

"Are you two not supposed to be in bed aswell?" Elrond questioned, clearly not impressed with his son's antics.

"Yes ada." They answered and disappeared into their room, closing the door as they shouted; "Night! Love you!"

"And I you, my sons." Elrond replied

Elrond turned back towards Estel, who had sat on the bed, eyes closing. He fell forward and Elrond caught him, pushing him down onto the bed. Elrond straighted Estel out, so that he was lying properly and pulled the covers up, over his son. Elrond bent down and placed a kiss upon Estel's forehead.

"Sweet dreams, my son."

Estel smiled in his sleep and Elond left as silently as he came, shutting the door quietly behind him.

Elrond had just walked into the healing rooms, shutting the door behind him, he started walked towards the only occupied bed. But he heard begging coming from inside the drawn curtains. He rushed over and lent over Legolas' tossing form.

"No! Please, spare them!" Legolas yelled

Elrond placed his hands to Legolas' temples and whispered-

"Wake Legolas, let your dreams haunt you no more."

Legolas woke from his dream, his eyes snapped open and his pupils dialated in shock of an all to recent memory of a pained heart. He bolted upwards, gasping and Elrond put his hands on Legolas' shoulders and he looked up. Elrond gazed into Legolas' eyes and found such saddess and regret there that he pulled him into a tight hug. Elrond pulled back and spoke-

"Oh Legolas, how did you come to be in this state?"

Legolas' eyes became even more sorrowful and that sorrow swirled with regret in his dulled blue eyes. A lone silver tear ran down his pale face and Elrond lovingly wiped it away. Elrond pulled the golden-haired prince to his chest and began to slowly rock him back and forth. Legolas was shaking in shock and Elrond would do anything to keep it from its full extent.

"I-I failed them Elrond." Legolas whispered, "I couldn't save them."

The silver tears didn't stop this time and Elrond just held Legolas to his chest and stroked his hair as the Mirkwood prince fell to pieces over a memory that Elrond did not know.

"Hush now, we shall talk tomorrow, young one, if you feel ready. Until then; heal and sleep."

Elrond's calming voice lulled Legolas to sleep, just as the moon reached it's peak in a sky filled with the beauty of thousands of stars. He stayed there, at Legolas' beside and soon enough Elrond drifted into an alert sleep, incase Legolas woke in the night. He was so exhausted himself that he didn't notice the two identical elves, sharing his likeness, place a blanket over him.

Legolas woke when the door opened, he looked over to see all three sons of Elrond enter, quietly. Of course then they pointed towards Elrond sleeping at Legolas' beside and got noisy.

"I don't believe this." Estel stated

"We just-" Elladan started

"-Don't get it." Elrohir finished.

"So he 'threatens' to drug you-" Elladan began

"-And yet, it's night again-"

"-And ada is not-"

"-Awake yet?" Elrohir ended

"Appranantly so." Estel added

"And evidently, you three could wake up the entire house."

Legolas had decided to make his conscious presence known and have his input, which ended with all three of Elrond's sons rushing over and fussing him as he sat up.

"Okay, stop! Less you wake Elrond." Legolas finally voiced

"They succeeded."

They turned to see Elrond starting to sit up from his position of resting his head on his arms on the beside table next to him.

"You know ,ada, 'tis not good for one to sleep like that." Estel chimed

"Hush you." Elrond replied, "Now on to much more pressing matters; Legolas."

The golden-haired, sky blue-eyed, prince of Mirkwood, cast his eyes down.

"We had been on patrol for three days already. News of many orcs in the west had reached us and my father send my group out, when we found them, we were greatly out numbered and therefore, we were captured. Some of my companions had died on the battle field, taking many of the orcs with them. This only angered them. I saw my friends beaten, tormented and killed before my eyes and even some of the remaining brave souls took out the orc killing them. I was almost alone and in chains. As the next of my soldiers waited to be taken, I broke the chains that bound me and the rest of the survivors. I told them to run when they had the chance. But...They would not leave me. We waited and as the orcs came for the next elf, he jumped up and started fighting. The ones fighting pushed me towards the forest and told me and the others to run to run. I watched them die as one by one arrows hit my remaining kin. I ran through the night with the last one of my friends. Before I reached here he fell and asked me to flee as the orcs would soon catch up. I refused and found shelter in a century old tree. He died in my arms and I ran on here. You know the rest."

Silver tears of sorrow and regret spilled down Legolas' face and the others could only stare in shock.

Midnight-chan: Longest chapter I've written in ages! Please review - Remember no flames or threats.

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