Butterflies and Flutes by Flora-lass

Fanwork Notes

I wrote this last year for the Hungarian TS Mailing Competition - the task was to write a folk tale told by the Elves of Mirkwood, in a maximum of 800 words. My headcanon for a long time has been that young Thranduil played what I would call the recorder (but I use the word flute here as I think it sounds nicer); and as the best recorders are made of wood, this seemed a good theme to make use of.

When I wrote this, I hadn't yet fully decided on the relationship between young Thranduil and my visually-impaired OC Linna (who has so far only appeared in 'The Songs of the Stars'). So she seems to have been overlooked here (although there is an indirect reference to her, but not by name). I hope to give her her due very soon!