The Fire Dance

The Fire Dance

Ch118

Everyone watched as the message runner whispered into Elrond's ear,
then startled when Elrond jumped up and fled the room. Looking at the
confused group, the young elf smiled "Prince Elladan, Rumil, Aglar,
the twins and another have just passed the border"

After everyone rushed past him, the young warrior smiled, grabbed an
apple from the table, then left to return to the barracks.

~*~*~

Halfway to Rivendell, Taurath smiled "The trees are friendly here"

Elladan slowed his horse and looked back "Aye, they are...relax now,
you are welcome in my Adar's realm"

~*~*~

Glorduin ran as fast as he could to his chamber, then skidded to a
halt "Moe!"

*SniffSniff*

"Moe! He is back! Aglar is back!"

As Moe-meldis hoped around happily, Glorduin stripped the bed, then
remade it "Now listen here my little friend, you are going to have to
make yourself scarce for a little while...Aglar and I will be Very
busy in here and I will not be able to...to..."

Glorduin stopped what he was doing and smiled when he noticed that
little Moe-meldis had hopped over to her den, pulled out her bell on a
string, then hopped to the door...

"Aye you Are a smart little friend...will you be alright?"

The bell held in her mouth made a light ring as she jerked her head up,
then down.

"Alright then, hannon le Moe"

~*~*~

Lindir's ear twitched when he heard a faint bell, then turned around
and smiled "Well hello there Moe...did you need help with your bell?"

Moe-meldis hopped over and sat on Lindir's foot, then looked up

Reaching down, the young minstrel slipped the string over her head
"There you go"

Moe rubbed against his ankle, then hopped away

"Your welcome"

~*~*~

Orophin ran to the Hall of Falls and choked as he tried to catch his
breath....

"Valar Phin what is wrong!"

"Hal...*Gasp*...the one day you...*Deep Breath*...don't join us for
morning meal...*Pant*...and there is news!"

"Well what is it!"

"Ru! Ru just passed the border and will be here shortly!"

~*~*~

Lirmaen suppressed his laughter when Haldir entered the chamber in
haste, then tripped and fell flat on his face "Warg balls!"

Ormeril fained shock as she covered her ears "Adar such language Oh my
virgin ears!"

Narrowing his eyes as he stood, he glanced at what he tripped over and
kicked it aside "Virgin ears my arse, you spend most of your time in
the barracks! Now pick up your things before you kill me! Mel! Rumil
is returning!"

Melpomaen smiled as he came out of their room "I know it is wonderful
is it not and I hear that there is a Avarien warrior with them and
that he is only wearing a loincloth!"

Lirmaen blinked as she sat up straight "Will he be staying I would like
to see in what style they wear their hair!"

"Oh relax brother I am sure he is taken and only visiting he is
probably just coming to see what we are like here"

~*~*~

As everyone gathered in the main courtyard, Elrond smiled over at
Elrohir "Ion, if you bounce any harder, you will create a hole where
you stand"

*Snort* "I am excited Ada, I can not help it...Ella and I have never
been separated for this long before"

"I know, has he contacted you?"

"Aye"

Elrond rolled his eyes "Well tell me ion! What news did he give!"

Elrohir paused, then took a deep breath "Vel and Ron have bound their fea"

Elrond again, rolled his eyes "Of this I know...now tell me, do you
know anything about this Avari warrior?"

After Elrohir finished telling him about Taurath, Thranduil leaned
close "You mean to tell me that they placed this young warrior into
slavery? They gave him to Aglar?"

Elrohir nodded "Apparently so. Everyone is just treating him like a
friend, fellow warrior. Elladan thinks he just needs time to realize
that he is truly a free elf. Right now, he tries to please Aglar by
tending to his hair. Elladan thinks that Aglar is allowing this
because the warrior does enjoy doing this"

Cirdan gently placed his hand on his mates shoulder and smiled "They
are here"

~*~*~

Sliding off their horses, Vel and Ron slowly approached Elrond and
lowered their heads.......

""Hello Daeradar""

Knowing that their quiet greeting was due to their life choice and
fear of rejection, Elrond swiftly reached out and pulled them into a
deep hug "Ahh! I have missed you both!! Aiyah how you have grown!"

Feeling the genuine love flow from him, the twins wrapped their arms
around Elrond......

"We are sorry for running away!"
"Aye! We did not mean to upset anyone!"
"We were confused and frightened!"
"We needed to find impartial help!"

"Shh...calm down now. You are home now and no longer confused...so
relax now...you are home"

"You are not upset?"
"Aye, we have..."

Elrond arched his brow "Bound your fea? I know. This news does not
upset me, what Does upset me, is that you did this and I was not there
to witness the ceremony. Perhaps you will renew your binding and
invite me?"

The twins burst into tears as they nodded ""Aye Daeradar! We will do
that!""

After the twins stepped aside, Elladan gave his father a hug, then
motioned behind him "Adar, I would like to introduce you to Taurath"

Upon being addressed, the young warrior dropped to his knees and
placed his forehead on the top of Elrond's feet "My lord Elrond
Peredhil, I am Taurath and I humbly ask your permission to reside in
one of your trees"

Thranduil narrowed his eyes *Get him OFF your feet Rondy!*

Elrond looked over with surprise *Thran are you jealous? You need not be*

The Mirkwood king lightly shook his head *Nay, t'is not jealousy, t'is
the supplication...I always hated that part of being king...you do not
have that here in Imladris and I always liked that...and this kind of
supplication is from fear...stop him!*

Elrond reached down and gently placed his hand on the warriors bare
shoulder "You need not kneel Taurath"

Quickly standing, he kept his head lowered "Aye my lord"

Elrond smiled as he raised Taurath's chin with his finger "And you
need not lower your head. You are welcome here in Rivendell. I will
have a chamber prepared for you" then motioned to Thranduil "This is
my mate, king Thranduil of Mirkwood"

Hearing the title, Taurath again, dropped to his knees

Thranduil growled "Get up!"

Aglar walked up and helped Taurath stand "Calm down Thranduil, this is
the way he was raised. Elrond, you are a lord...Thranduil, you are a
king...how did you expect him to react"

Thranduil sighed as he shook his head "You are right of course Aglar.
Taurath, you need not supplicate yourself to me...alright?"

"As you wish King Thranduil"

~*~*~

When things calmed down some and everyone began to lightly chat,
Lirmaen slowly approached "Hello my name is Lirmaen and I would like
to welcome you I am a hair weaver and would like at some time to speak
with you about how the Avari do their hair"

Everyones conversations stopped when Taurath opened his mouth "Hello
Lirmaen I would be happy to speak with you about hair weaving I enjoy
doing that myself I find it rather relaxing"

After speed chatting for a few, Lirmaen walked over to stand by Mel
and Rumil blinked "Aiyah you speak as fast as him"

Taurath shrugged "T'is not hard, I was listening to the group over
there, and thought he may understand me better if I did the same.
Have...have I done something offensive?"

Rumil chuckled as he patted the warriors shoulder "Nay, not at all"
Rumil told him about Haldir and his family, then smirked "It will
actually be nice to have two translators in Rivendell!"

Once conversations were resumed, Torfindel ran out of the main door
and down the steps "Vel! Ron!" then breezed by Taurath in a whirl of
black hair "You are back!!"

The twins quickly grabbed him and the three nearly fell to the ground

Taurath blinked, then swallowed hard and whispered "Wh...who is that?"

Glorfindel stood tall "That is my ion, Torfindel"

Gwee spun and narrowed his eyes "Aye! The ion you forgot to wake up
when they were close to arriving!"

Erestor cleared his throat "Actually ion that was My fault, I told
your Ada that I would wake you"

The dark adviser then smiled "Torfindel, this is Taurath"

Taurath locked his eyes on Gwee's as he lightly inclined his head "T'is
a pleasure to meet you Torfindel"

Torfindel lightly blushed under the strange warriors intense gaze "T'is
nice to meet you as well...every...everyone calls me Gwee...you may
uh...you may call me Gwee if you like"

The Avarien warrior smiled as he took a step closer "As you wish...Gwee"

TBC...............................


Translations:

Ada/Adar ----------------------- Dad/Father
Hannon le ----------------------- Thank you
Ion ------------------------------ Son
Fea ----------------------------- Spirit
Daeradar ----------------------- Grandfather