Family Ties by lilpippin
The man crouched down by the stream, unaware of anything else around him. He was wearing a large black overcoat and unintentionally had his hand on his sword. His shoulder-length wavy black hair drifted in front of his eyes and he pushed it behind his ears, so not to ruin his concentration. This man’s name was Estel and all his focus was placed on tracking his prey. Behind him stood an elf. He had long blond hair that reached below his waist. The sides were braided and you could tell that he was a majestic being. He glowed with an aura no one can describe, a kind of enchanted charm. He lifted his head a bit and listened for any movement with his enhanced hearing, but he heard nothing.
“By the Valar, they are good,” said the elf, whose name happened to be Prince Legolas of Mirkwood, the Woodland Realm. As he said this, Estel, who had been studying the tracks by the stream looked over at his friend with a grin on his face. He lifted his head a bit and moved his pupils upward. Legolas got the meaning right away and climbed up the tree to their left.
The elf moved with exquisite balance and grace. He was like a cat as he stalked his way to his destination. He came up behind two other beings hiding in the tree. They had hair as long as Legolas’ and had the same glow as the elf, but their hair was a deep brown-ish color. They had inherited it by their father, Lord Elrond of Imladris, or Rivendell as it is most commonly known as. They were the twins, Elladan and Elrohir. Elladan was the oldest by 58 seconds and always bragged about him being the older brother.
Legolas leaned over to whisper in Elrohir’s ear now and said, “You guys are getting worse. We broke a record this time.” Legolas laughed out loud as Elrohir jumped a foot in the air and Elladan turned around to see the Prince of Mirkwood smirking.
” No, our brother just happens to be getting better. I remember last time we hid up here, It took Estel 5 hours just to find us. He was what then, 13? He gave up after awhile and we had to climb down just so he could see that we were alright,” said Elladan.
Estel from down below had heard his brothers’ and friend’s laughter and figured out what they were laughing at. They were laughing at his clumsiness and mortal weaknesses. It wasn’t his fault that he was born mortal or that his parents had died, or that Lord Elond had accepted him as his own son.
“Shut up! Elladan, I was young last time. I wasn’t going to fall for the hide-up-in-the-tree- because-Estel-can’t-climb trick again,” Estel said now. Estel watched as his brothers and his great friend climbed down the tree still snickering at the story. He couldn’t help laughing along with them as they suddenly had a laughter attack from the look on Estel’s face.
After awhile they recomposed themselves, and Elrohir asked, “What was his time?”
Legolas looked at the sun and said, “half-an-hour.” With a smile on his face Legolas watched as the two elves took all this in. Their brother could track elves, which was a great skill considering that Estel had lived with elves as long as he could remember, and he had a way of getting in trouble!
Estel smiled weakly at his brothers, and gave a sudden shiver. Legolas looked over at him a little worriedly and Estel nodded that he was fine. Estel hated when the elves fussed over him when he shivered or got sick. The elves were immortal and were immune to sickness. They didn’t get old or get sick but they could die if they were slaughtered. In some places there had been stories of elves who had died of grief. Sometimes his elven friends and adoptive brothers would forget that Estel was mortal and was more fragile than they were. He seemed like one of them. Estel had never found out who his parents were and figured he would never find out . He was nearing his 20th birthday soon and the elves were making a big deal over it.
A week ago when Elrond had told Estel of the party they were to have he said, “Ada, you are thousands of years old, as is Elro, Legolas, and Dan, why are you all troubling over my 20th birthday?” He never got the answer because his father was asked to do some office business.
Now, he said that he was just a little cold especially because it was winter and snow was on the ground. Elrohir and Elladan listened for danger as Legolas handed Estel his cloak. It would keep Estel warm for now. Suddenly they all heard a battle cry, as a scouting party of orcs surrounded them from every angle. The elves had a slight advantage because they could walk on top of the snow. They were worried for Estel, who was more clumsy in snow than the orcs were. They had to trust in his swordsman ship. Legolas brought out his crossbow, Estel brought forth his sword and the twins got out their swords prepared to attack.
They were fatally outnumbered, but they, as of now, had the advantage. An orc approached Estel from behind, and out of instinct Estel swung around the blade, cleanly cutting of the orc’s head. All around them orcs dropped dead and all four companions were standing. Estel watched as Elladan fought of a deadly enemy, not knowing of the figure approaching him with his knife raised. All Estel heard was an arrow whizzing by his head and a loud thwump as the orc fell with an arrow in his arm. Estel nodded his thanks to Legolas and pursued in the battle.
He realized now that Legolas had saved him more than once in the 5 years that they knew each other. He would be dead 7 times over if Legolas and him had never met. Suddenly, he felt a sharp pain in his side. He looked down at the nearly dead orc., the one that Legolas thought he had killed. With it’s other arm he had slashed the human’s side. Estel looked at the knife that did the deed, noticing blood dripping from the blade. That was his blood. In his hazed state he heard the orc say,” Bye, Bye, son of Gondor.” He looked at his companions in surprise and fell as all went black. He never felt himself hit the ground.
“ESTEL,”Legolas had seen his friend fall face first. Elrohir and Elladan now saw their pale brother lying on the ground. The battle finished out of anger and worry. When all orcs were dead, the 3 elves rushed over to Estel.
~Read and Respond! I am only going to add more if I get some encouragement to do so. By the way if you have something to correct feel free to do so, this is my first fanfiction so I am feeling a little unsure about what to do! 😛 ~
44 Comments
THIS IS AMAZING!!!!! PLEEEEEZE post more soon!!!! 😉 *hugs*
One suggestion… Draaag it ouuuutttt. The first chapter was good, but teh second had two chapters worth of stuff! More details, y’know expand on the base. This looks really cool!
nooooooo! musn’t stop now… Estel hasn’t gotten to meet Arwen yet. You simply *have* to let Estel have his 20th birthday party. Please, write more chapters.
Nasty orcs, using an elf-made poison against our brave human. Glorroh should have gotten to Rivendell already, so help is on it’s way. I hope that Elrond, himself, isn’t waiting at home for them to bring Estel to him, this time. Hang on just a little longer, young human. lilpippin will save you. You will, won’t you?
Fascinating, so far. Please, keep going.
I love your story! Great job! Please write more soon!
good story like always 🙂 expecting more
I loved this chapter! Please write more soon! I can’t wait for the next chapter!
um… is that the end? well anyways i hope it isn’t cuz its going great and keep writing!
post more! I can’t wait to see what happens! Great job! write more! and more and more!!!!
Hurry! Hurry! Hurry! With the next chapter!!! PLEASE!!!!
I’m really enjoying your story and hope you continue posting chapters!
I know, I haven’t written a review for the past few chapter. My bad. But that doesn’t mean that I haven’t thoroughly enjoyed them. ‘Cos really, I have. I’m glad Estel awoke from his coma, I *knew* lilpippin would save his life. For him to react so negatively to the truth of his heredity… that was always a possible scenario. Denial, a sense of betrayal. But, in his weakened state, he’s in no condition to take care of himself in the wild. And, he’s unarmed as well. Things don’t look well for ‘Our Hero’. Will he survive this? Don’t leave us dangling like this, lilpippin. Please give us more!
Its really really good. I love i. Please please please PLEASE add more! I will be so upset if you don’t. I would use Aragorn when referring to him outside of text
i think when you are reffering to him between elfs he should be called Estel but when refferred to between any other being he should be knnow as Aragorn. It depends on the context of the paragraph . PLease tell me Legolas isn’t a sobbing fool the whole time.
(l.o.m.200 out)
On the 5th I saw that you’d posted an new chapter, #8. Now, 4 days later, it’s still not showing up. :·( <== see my sad face. I need a new chapter to let me know if Legolas decides he'd better follow his friend, at a discreet distance. And, yes, Estel, whenever he's among elves.
:·( <=== There. Now my sad face is all on the same line.
Great chapter! I am really really enjoying it!!! I have been waiting for this chapter to show up for a long time! Please write the next chapter soon!
¦·à <=== Happy again, at last! Very touching (even with the typos, like 'there looking for him' instead of 'they're looking'). Well, you said you wanted to know, right? When I saved this chapter into my Documents folder, Word got the wiggins with the red and green squigglies. All things considered, still love this story!
:·à I may be doing the ‘beta’ thing, but I’m still a fan of this story. This is the product of your imagination, lilpippin, and it makes for a fun read. Go you!
this is really good, excellent, are you sure this is your first fanfic???? Its great
Wow this is really awesome! I hope you keep up the good work and I’d like to know when you’ve added more on to this one.
It’s very good! Please don’t leave the readers hanging like this! Continue the story! I bet everyone whats to know what happened to Estel!
Keep up the good work!
Aaralaire
PS. Sorry if I used too many exclamation marks…
this is really good! poor estel, waking up w/ no one there… please update soon!
Fantastic story! I can’t wait to read the rest!!!
Keep up the AMAZING work!
Aaralaire
I got a kick out of Gabe swishing the butcher knife in the air. hehehe His uncle Halbarad is going to be really annoyed with him, for more than just his running away. 😉 It’s going to be fun reading about the mischief of another young Dúnedain. I think that being stubborn is one of the traits of that race.
I hope that Legolas finds Estel soon, or else he’ll bleed to death, what with the poison keeping him from clotting properly. I don’t think that he has the strength, now, to move any further. Poor Estel.
I’m ready for Chapter 11! *shows Pippin grin*
*hugs* Patricia
Great chapter! Please update soon!!! sorry, I hadn’t reviewed earlier!
You seriously need to update. You got most of the characters out there and they’re starting to move, but we dont know whats going to happen! please update!
I read this about 5 months ago and I’m still waiting for a review! Please get past writer’s block or whatever it is! All of us reviewers would appreciate it. Cheers!
WOW. all i can say is this is reaaaaaaally good. we will get to find out what happens soon, right???
UN-ON HOLD IT!!! please. Thank you. I’m waiting patiently. Please. Please. Please. Cheers!
Oh, wow!!!! Awesome story!!! Update soon!! Please please please!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is very good so far. I like the perspective on Aragorn’s early feelings. Please post again soon!
Hehehe! I just realized that I hadn’t reviewed here yet! Thanks for the little *hint* Pip! *grins*
I really like this story–always interesting to hear more about young Aragorn! Love the plotline. I can’t wait to read more– please keep the chapters coming. I’ve said it before..and I’ll say it again. You are a good writer!
*There–it’s in an official review–that makes it official and you can’t deny it* 😛
Sorry I haven’t reviewed! My internet’s been down and all. Big mess… Anywho, very nice story, I’m very excited. UPDATE, UPDATE, UPDATE! Even though you just updated. Thanks. Cheers!
Ooooooh, awesome….. UPDATE!!! Really really soon, please! I want to know what will happen, as we all do!!!!!!!
Come on. I was kinda hoping the story would be further along since I just started reading it. Post more soon
Very nicely written, but there are some mistakes in the story. But the writing really makes up for it!
Please continue! It is great!
Keep posting, and i’ll keep reading it (at least if i can find the time td do so.
I read the entire story so far and its good. Please finish it.
VERY interesting chapter! Hope the next one’s up soon!!!
Very nice! Please update soon! This is really interesting!
This is SO good!! Please write more….