"My son!" Thranduil's voice echoed through the wreckage.
The King of Mirkwood ran past Adonnenniel and took hold of Legolas, his eyes full of sorrow and tears as he picked up his sons head. Legolas still looked pale and hadn't even moaned since Adonnenniel rescued him from the tree. Her heart broke in two as she realized what Thranduil must be thinking of as of now. He already lost the woman he loved the most and now his only son was in jeopardy.
"We need a healer!"
"Bring him to his chambers!"
"That's too far" Thranduil disagreed. "Take him to the nearest room you can find"
Soldiers that were close by quickly took Legolas off of Maldor and quickly ran in one direction. Adonnenniel looked down to Legolas and could feel even her own life slipping away just by seeing the tortured look on his face. She closed her eyes and tried to remember him as the tall and glowing elf that seeped into her heart. She suddenly felt a hand on her shoulder and looked up to see Adanion standing over her.
"I am sorry about Legolas" Adanion apologized.
"Don't say it like that! He isn't dead!" Adonnenniel suddenly snapped.
"There is still time" Adanion told her.
"I hope so" Adonnenniel said softly.
"You must go to him"
"Come with me" Adonnenniel said to her brother. "Maybe we can help?"
"How?"
"There has got to be something we can do"
"We don't have that much experience in healing"
"How many healers did you bring here?" Adonnenniel asked.
"Just a handful. I already sent everyone around to heal" Adanion sighed. "Adonnenniel, I didn't know Legolas was hurt"
"That doesn't matter right now. We have to find the most experienced"
"Who knows where he is by now!" Adanion told her.
"We will find him later! Right now, let's go to Legolas" Adonnenniel pulled her brothers arm as raindrops started to fall down from the sky.
"Alright, but we may have to keep our distance" Adanion warned.
Adonnenniel didn't heed the warning that her older brother gave her as she dodged around the stream of Elves. Everyone was out in the streets reuniting with family, tending the wounded, and mourning over the dead. The Teleri Royalties ran over to the nearest Healing Tree that they could find and quickly asked where the Prince was being held. The brother and sister ran down a long corridor to the back of the room where upon arrival the guards opened the doors for them.
"This is impossible"
"What is wrong?"
"Normally spells are broken once the being is dead" a Healer announced.
"But the Shade is dead!"
"And yet, the curse is still within him"
"Even if this is a poisonous curse, we don't know the remedy!" a male Healer said. "The Princess only felt her shudder when he was poisoned. There are many remedies that we can try but so little time to do it"
Thranduil looked down sadly at his son and pet his son's hair as he became deep in thought. He seemed so broken and not like the mighty King that everyone knew he was.
"Can a potion help?"
"It might be able to" the male Healer said, "But we don't know if there will be different herbs that can react and make the poison worse on him"
Adonnenniel walked over and placed her hand within Legolas' as she waited for his comforting squeeze. She looked back up outside and out into the rain as people scattered around to help with the damages. She remembered how people often heard most about Galadriel's warning and how Legolas nearly felt bewitched by the sea. People often said that if it wasn't for his task at hand to save Middle-Earth, he would've left.
"Sing him the song, Adonnenniel"
"Who are you?"
"I believe you know who I am, Adonnenniel, sing him the song of the sea" Lady Galadriel's voice echoed through her mind.
To the Sea, to the Sea!
The white gulls are crying
The wind is blowing
And the white foam is flying
Everyone in the room grew still as Adonnenniel sat down on the bed and stared tracing Legolas' cheek. This song was fairly popular once they each heard Galadriel's warning to the young Prince. She often hated to admit but Adonnenniel would sing the song to herself whenever she knew no one was around. She never would've thought that Adonnenniel herself would be singing it back to its maker.
"How will I know that this is working, My Lady?" Adonnenniel asked.
"I can feel him stirring" Galadriel said. "He is waking up to the sound of your voice"
West, west away
The round sun is falling
Grey ship, grey ship
Do you hear them calling,
Adonnenniel's hands seemed to work on its own as she summoned up water from the vial in her brother's belt. She could easily pick up the sea smell as she water went to her hands and laid there. Adonnenniel brought both of her hands onto each side of Legolas' cheeks as she continued to sing, commanding the water to move like as if it were in the ocean. The feeling itself must stir some kind of desire around Legolas to wake up and gaze out to what he will believe to be the sea.
The voices of my people
That has gone before me
I will leave, I will leave
The woods that bore me
People in the room all of a sudden gasped as they noticed the purple veins protruding from his body seemed to have slowly vanished. Whatever Adonnenniel was doing, it was most certainly working. Thranduil couldn't believe his eyes as he slowly watched his son come back to life. He looked over to the Healers and noticed how completely in awe and was shocked at how Adonnenniel could find this power within herself.
For our days are ending
And our years are failing
I will pass the wide waters
Lonely sailing
Legolas' skin seemed to have been given into light, glowing with each verse that Adonnenniel would sing. She brought her hands over his ears so that he could hear he sounds of the waves that she was creating. A big intake of breath seemed to have risen from Legolas' chest as his desire became more and more surreal. Adonnenniel smiled slightly as she continued to sing his song.
Long are the
Waves on the
Last shore falling
Sweet are the
Voices in the
Lost Isle calling
Adonnenniel finally realized now why this song seemed to be working for him. There was no hidden magic behind anything that she was doing. Legolas has grown attached to the song, has heard the sounds of the sea, and now his Sea Enchantress was singing him back to life. Everything that he wanted was before him and all he had to do was wake up.
In Eressea, in Elven home
That no man can discover
Where the leaves fall not:
Land of my people
Almost worlds away, Galadriel could feel the fallen Elven Prince being risen back to life as Adonnenniel found her strength in words. She opened her eyes and looked to her right where Elrond was standing with her and to her left was Gandalf the White. They both smiled to each other as they listened to the sweet song of the Sea Siren. Her words were beautiful as she placed her love behind each word.
Forever
To the sea, to the sea!
The white gulls are crying
Thranduil closed his eyes as he listened to the song and muttered along with it. He felt bewitched as he could imagine his beloved wife standing over their son. He almost felt guilty for wanting to keep him in this life and not to be reunited with his mother. But without Legolas, Thranduil felt that this life would never be as it once was.
The wind is blowing
And the white foam is flying
West, west away
The round sun is falling
Adonnenniel had to admit that she was weak by the end of the song as she let her hands fall to the pillow and let her body collapse down onto Legolas' chest. Her mind felt tired and out of energy as she struggled to stay awake. Sweat began to from her forehead and the back of her head as the heat rose to her cheeks . Adonnenniel swallowed to give liquid back into her dry throat as she whispered the last verse of the song:
Grey ship, grey ship
Do you hear them calling?
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