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As Eldarion and Aragorn left the meeting to go and explain the situation to Arwen - and possibly Elrohir if he was back - Elladan walked his way to the healing halls under instructions from various maids. As he entered an older woman sitting behind a desk smiled and walked him into one of the various rooms. In all honesty Elladan had no idea where this woman was leading him but followed compliantly. Aragorn had said that it was an old friend, but as far as he knew none of his friends were in Gondor. After a while the woman stopped, then bowed and left Elladan standing at the entrance way to a private healing room. As the peredhel was about to leave a quiet song caught his hearing and he entered the room without the thought to knock.
On the window ledge with one knee tucked under his chin and the other hanging down a figure with long blonde hair sat gazing over the pelenor fields with longing. The figure hearing Elladan's nearly silent entrance turned and gave a bright smile at seeing one of his life long friends.
"Suilad, Mellon nin." The blonde elf whispered
"Dadwen, Legolas"
"Ro karne lle tul a, ume ro il-"
"Ro ume il- karna amin. Amin tul e en' leitha will."
"Why are you here Elladan?" The blonde elf asked turning back towards the window and resting his head in his left Palm "I had no idea that you were in Gondor."
"I'm here to check on an old friend, according to Aragorn. Yet I am your elder therefore just a friend." The dark haired elf said coming to sit by his friend. The blonde elf was shirtless and the window was open. It seemed to Elladan that Legolas wanted to go outside but looking along the wall he noticed a pair of crutches. The elf was also bent over and cradling his right arm against a very bruised chest. "Ro and I arrived this morning so I doubt that you would know, and I want to know what happened to you."
"Ask the man that did this to me." The blonde princeling said pulling his legs inside and then standing up, wincing slightly after putting weight on his left leg. "I arrived in the middle of the night and as I was entering a man and his daughter were leaving. The man decided it would be a good idea to strike an elf with an arrow to his thigh, then when he is unstable, push him over so as to stomp on his chest repeatedly until the sound of cracking ribs is heard, then to satisfy his need of, of whatever it was, run a blade from the inside of the arrow wound to his knee. Then also slap his cheeks until they are red and he is dizzy so that one punch to the temple knocks him out."
"Wait a man and daughter leaving in the middle of the night?"
"Yeah why? She obviously didn't want to go but he just pulled her along."
"Did you see which way they were going?" The half elf asked eagerly standing up "and what the man looked like?"
"Yes and yes. Why?"
"Wait here." Elladan said speeding out of the room
"It's not like I'm allowed to leave in the first place." The prince grumbled hobbling back to his bed and sitting down heavily. He knew he was supposed to use the crutches, but the added weakness of needing aid to walk was to much for his pride.
Elladan ran through the halls of Minas tirith as if he was being hounded by a pack of gundabad wargs. As much as he was not familiar with the halls, Elladan just ran for where he sensed his brother. Even if Elrohir wasn't back in the tea room he was with his nieces and they would most likely know their way around. Turning the final corner after nearly toppling two maids and three vases Elladan skidded to a halt inches in front of his brother.
"Why are you running so fast in the halls?" Nithiel asked innocently "Naneth doesn't like it when Alassë, Wen and me play chase in the halls."
"I was running to find you." Elladan lied, lifting his eyebrow to his twin and mocking Estel silently
"That's nice." Alassë pipped up quietly
"Girls, it is getting close to lunch time and I don't believe that I have eaten today," Elrohir started
"Would you be so kind and escort us back to the tea room?" Elladan finished
"What does escort mean?" Alassë asked sweetly frowning slightly as Elrohir nudged his twin
"It means lead us, penneth." Elrohir answered
"Why didn't you say so." The older princess smiled, as she dragged one twin by the hand up the hallway, Alassë doing the same with the other.
As the group entered the tea room Eldarion stood up to greet his sisters. Aragorn moved in front of Arwen and the twins took seats noticing the solemn atmosphere. The silence was deafening but only lasted all of two minutes
"Ada, El, El, him, was playing chase in the halls!" Alassë chimed pointing to Elladan, still having trouble distinguishing the brothers.
"Was he now?" The king asked raising an eyebrow to the older twin, "And why would Elladan be running through my halls?"
"I ahhh, have a lead" Elladan said glancing nervously round the room and focusing on the princesses.
"What's a lead?" Nithiel asked innocently, not having picked up on the somber atmosphere.
"How about we go to the kitchen and make your uncles a special cake for this evening?" Arwen addressed her two youngest, understanding that their presence was not necessary.
"But you still haven't said what a lead is."
"Nithiel go with your you Naneth. I'm sure she'll explain on the way." Aragorn said a bit too harshly
"Fiiiiiiiinnnnne." The middle daughter of the king grumbled taking her sisters hand. "Come on Alassë, were going to make a cake."
And so Arwen took the girls to the kitchen to annoy the staff and to bake a cake to keep them out of the way.
"You said you have a lead uncle?"
"Yes I did didn't I." Elladan said stretching out and putting his feet up on the coffee table "an old friend has lead me to a trail."
"What is this lead muindor. Stop with the riddles."
"You could go talk to an old friend, he has that answer. Also I don't like repeating myself or others."
Elrohir just rolled his eyes and raised his hands in exasperation. His brother was always finding ways in which to irritate him. Rather than letting Elladan win by showing his annoyance Elrohir decided to join in.
"This old friend of ours, is he old or have we just known him a long time?"
"He is old to most. But not as old as you, you sock headed tissue stuffed warg"
The twins were startled as they had forgotten Aragorn sitting right next to them as they were so caught up in there game. Then they smiled at the use of Legolas's favourite insult when it came to losing at a game of insults. This gave their old friend's identity away as well.
"That's funny but Ada I was sure that you could come up with better than that." Eldarion looked confused as he did not understand the joke.
"I can, ion nin but I don't think that a 40 year old Legolas can"
"Legolas? As in blonde, blue eyes, better archer than you, elf who I met at Arilwen's ninth birthday last year, elf who is a danger to the whole of Minas tirith because of his pranks, like reversing the bell chimes at Yule? That Legolas?"
"Yes, that Legolas." The king answered "so it was him who reversed the bells?"
"Wait no. That was Asher. Legolas gave him the ides though."
"Well we two are going to go, interrogate, this troublesome elfling." Elladan said making his way out of the door
"You kids have fun now." Elrohir called over his shoulder as he disappeared down the halls
The king and prince glanced at each other before getting up and going after the twins.
"If anything, those two unsupervised are more dangerous than Legolas is in battle." The king said breaking into a sprint after he saw the twins speed up.
Elvish used
suilad - greetings
mellon nin - my friend
Ro karne lle tul a, ume ro il- - He made you come, did he not
Ro ume il- karna amin. Amin tul e en' leitha will. - He did not make me, I came of free will
penneth - young one
naneth - mum/mummy
ada - dad/daddy
muindor - blood brother