My Little Greenleaf ~ Little Legolas - Chapter 15: Chapter 15

Thranduil and Legolas rode their elk slowly towards Mirkwood. Legolas pushed his young elk to keep up with Thranduil's full grown one. Because it was smaller and had shorter legs, it needed to go about twice as fast to keep up with the adult elk. It was an adorable sight, father and son riding together. Carefully, they started across the mountains to their home.
Soon after the sun had set, father and son stopped to make camp. Thranduil tucked Legolas in close to his lap, rolled in a blanket.
"Goodnight, Ada." Legolas said while yawning.
"Sleep well, Legolas." Thranduil brushed a strand of Legolas' hair from his face and smiled. They both settled in for the night, one sleeping, and the other keeping watch.
As Legolas slept, Thranduil kept his eyes alert for any movement. All his senses were incredibly keen, and at that moment he was very focused. His eyes flicked back forth through the dark, looking out for the slightest movement. The darkness settled around them like a blanket was thrown on the sun. No fire could be lit for fear of alerting evil things of their presence. Legolas started shivering so Thranduil gently pulled him into his arms and wrapped his own blanket around his son. When Legolas was sleeping peacefully once more, Thranduil looked down at his son. Legolas was smiling in his sleep.
During this, Legolas started having a dream. He was in a meadow. Flowers bloomed and covered the meadow in beautiful blues, pinks, and yellows. Birds chirped cheerfully as water rushed past in a nearby stream. All was lovely and calm. In the middle of the meadow was a beautiful elvish woman sitting with an elvish man. Both were laughing and talking together. As Legolas approached, he saw that the elves were his parents! Elodiel (his desceased mother) and Thranduil smiled at him as he neared. His mother opened her arms to her son and Legolas rushed into them. They hugged each other tightly for a moment until Thranduil also joined the hug. He embraced his son and wife lovingly. For a moment, they were a perfect family. No pain or grief seemed to be able to penetrate the power of the family, until suddenly, all the dream vanished. Legolas opened his eyes. He shed a quick tear for his mother and looked around. His ada was gone! Legolas searched through the dark over and over again searching for his father.
"Ada?" He whimpered. The little elfling began to shake. "Where are you?" Suddenly, he heard a low growl. Stumbling around, Legolas reached for his dagger. He pullled it out and waved it around him as he tried to identify where the noise came from. "Who's there?" he tried to sound commanding, but his voice came out as a small squeak. Still, Legolas could see nothing.
He waited for a while with his sword up, until he was too tired. The scared young elf curled up into a ball with his dagger and waited.
Finally, the sky started to become light. As soon as Legolas could see his suroundings, he began searching for his father. He continued along the rocky mountain path while keeping a watchful eye on his surroundings.
When he was about to give up looking, Legolas' tiny feet brought him to the entrance of a cave. Timidally, he peered into it. Legolas searched through the cave with his eyes until his eyes landed on a cloth. The cloth peeked out from behind a rock that was far into the cave. Thinking it was his ada's cloak, Legolas slowly approached. He swung his sword back and forth keeping it in front of him at all times for protection, while trying to remember everything Thranduil had taught him about fighting. He peeked around the edge of the boulder, to see his ada lying on the cave floor! His leg and head were badly wounded and blood seeped from them. Legolas dropped his sword, rushed to Thranduil's side, and cried out, "Ada!"
Thranduil groaned and shifted. "Legolas?" He slowly opened his eyes and peered up at his son. "How did you find me?"
Legolas hugged his father. "I woke up and you weren't there and I heard a growl and I pulled out my sword to fight, but I couldn't see anything and I couldn't find you so I cried and layed down. Then it got light so I looked for you and I found this cave and you were here." he said stopping for a breathe, "Oh, Ada! I was so scared! I thought you had died!"
Thranduil held his son close and sat up, "It's all right, Legolas. Shh...I am all right." Thranduil pulled his son away and held him at arm's length. "You were so brave, ion nin! You saved me!"
"What happened, Ada?" Legolas wiped his tears.
"After you fell asleep, A warg attacked me from behind and knocked me out. I think it dragged me here after having a taste. But it is strange that he left you alone, and that he didn't kill me." Thranduil pondered what had happened. "We should leave now, Legolas. It would be best if we continued to head home." Legolas nodded his head and helped Thranduil stand up. Together, they found a stream and cleaned Thranduil's wounds.
When they arrived back at their camp, they grabbed what they needed and mounted their elk which had miracuously stayed there throughout everything. They hurried their pace through the mountains and traveled the rest of the distance without any disturbance.
Arriving back at Mirkwood, Thranduil swiftly recieved help for his wounds, and Legolas went off to check on Ithildae.