The Fire Dance

The Fire Dance

Ch171

Elrond continued to slowly make his way down the hall, then stopped at
Elrohir and Cirdan's chamber. Grabbing the handle, he frowned "Locked
ay?" then produced a master key from his robes and smirked "A master
key for the Master Brow!"

Cirdan blinked in shock when he noticed that Elrond was in the room,
then tapped Elrohir on the top of his head "Uhrm...daro my love we
uh...have a visitor"

Before Elrohir had a chance to truly cease his actions, Elrond grabbed
him by the biceps and pulled him to standing...

"Ad...*CoughCough*...Adar? Wha..."

Pulling him into a crushing hug, Elrond sighed "I love you. I love you
so very dearly Elrohir, my ion, my youngest ion. I may not understand
this desire you have for painful pleasure, but I know you love
Cirdan...and all the little games you play together are done out of
love. Know that I am very, very, very proud of you! You took a blade to
your throat for your Nana and...and suffered silence for it. I am so
happy that you allowed yourself to heal, thanks to Cirdan and the love
you share"

Elrohir blinked in shock when his father released him, then smiled
"I...I love you to Ada"

Cirdan furrowed his brow as he watched the entire scene "Elrond? Are
you alright?"

Elrond smiled as he waved his hand "I am fine. Well, I should finish
my rounds" then left the chamber

Elrohir drew close to Cirdan and tilted his head "His rounds? He can
not be making his rounds...he does not have his bag with him"

~*~*~

Returning from the archery range, Legolas took a step back when Elrond
stepped out from behind a tree "Good afternoon Legolas, Gildor"

Both Legolas and Gildor exchanged a look when the tree moaned
'...Something is wrong...'

Oblivious to the trees comment, Elrond drew close, then gently
caressed the princes cheek "You are such a comfort to your Adar...and
you bring my life joy with your presence. You may be a flouncy little
thing, but you have a big heart and sharp mind. I love you like you
were my own Legolas"

The prince swallowed hard "Hannon Le Elrond, you uh...you have always
shown me kindness"

Gildor dropped his jaw when Elrond just walked off, then chuckled "Did
he just call you a...a flouncy little thing?"

"Aye, that he did...and the tree is concerned"

Gildor nodded "Aye I picked up on that as well, perhaps we should go
and see Thranduil"

~*~*~

Entering the kitchen from the outer door, Elrond smiled "Aeromae"

"My lord? How are you this fine day?"

The warrior suddenly gasped when Elrond pulled him close "Thranduil
loves you dearly. He told me that he has always thought of you as a
ion...I am gladdened that you could find love again in my realm,
Crabanwen is a wonderful elleth and I know you two will be happy"

Crabanwen shook her head, her mouth agape when Elrond just silently
turned and walked into the hall

"What was That all about"

"I...I have no idea. though I must admit, I feel that something is amiss"

~*~*~

A little while later, Thranduil looked up from grading the papers on
his desk "Well well, what brings you two here? You are far to old for
my class"

Just then, a group of young ellith began to enter and Elladan held up
his hand "Todays class has been cancelled"

Thranduil sat back and crossed his arms over his chest "What is wrong"

Elladan sighed as he sat down "Elrohir and I have spent the better
part of the afternoon talking with Vel and Ron, Legolas and Gildor,
Aeromae and Crabanwen..."

Thranduil tilted his head when he noticed Erestor enter with several
large books, followed by Cirdan, who then closed the classroom door

"What is going on"

After telling Thranduil of Elrond's actions, Elrohir shook his head
"Adar does not "Make rounds", aye he goes and checks on those he has
treated in the healing wing, but we checked, he has not visited any
patients today...he has only approached family"

Cirdan sighed as he sat down on the edge of Thranduil's desk "He was
Very emotional, and completely unaffected by the fact that Elrohir was
on his knees before me...he just pulled him up and held him
and...Thran, you spend the most time with Elrond, have You noticed
anything odd about his behavior lately?"

Thranduil slowly stood and walked over to the window "Aye"

Elladan and Elrohir quickly stood ""What...what have you noticed""

"You uh...you know that twitch he had the day Aglar made him sleep? I
have seen him do that about 8 times within the last few weeks. He
seems better after he rests"

Cirdan frowned "Twitching you say?"

Thranduil shrugged "He has been under a great deal of stress. He has a
realm to run, he has Mandos popping in here and there, he has two
Valar "Vacationing" in his home...of course that is After they kidnap
Erestor who he considers to be a dear friend...he just lost one of his
warriors...this is alot for anyone to handle!"

Cirdan gently placed a comforting hand on his shoulder "T'is alright
Thran, calm down now"

The Mirkwood king sighed as he rubbed the back of his neck "The only
thing that seems to help, is when he rests, or..uh..."

Elladan and Elrohir tilted their heads ""Or what""

"Or when he wears the pink dress...that actually seems to calm him
down more then the resting"

Cirdan glanced over to the twins "How old is your Adar?"

Elladan arched his brow "Well, we are 2881. That would make Adar...uh..."

Erestor set his books down "Elrond is 6508"

Thranduil nodded "Well, compared to myself and Cirdan, that is not..."

Erestor shook his head as he interrupted "You and Cirdan are not
Peredhil. Aye you have both had to deal with grief in your lifetime,
but not Nearly as much as Elrond has had to endure...and his trials
have not just been on the battlefield, his have been very personal.
His parents were removed from his life at a very young age, he loses
his twin, and not quickly like in battle, he had to watch Elros slowly
grow old and die, how traumatizing is That for a twin...then
Celebrian...her fate was...well, we do not need to go into that. I
tell you, I am not surprised that Elrond is acting out of his mind.
What he needs, is to lessen his workload some and perhaps take a vacation"

Elladan snorted "Our Adar, lessen his workload?"

Elrohir then tilted his head "And I do not believe that Adar has ever
taken a true vacation, that would mean leaving Imladris, and he will
not do that...I mean, he Has gone to Lothlorien and The Grey Havens,
but that was always on business"

Erestor arched his brow "You two have just validated my point"

Thranduil pondered everything they had spoken about, then sighed "This
will take some work, but I think...we...Elrond is coming"

The twins quickly returned the chairs to their spot and ran to the
balcony. Once Elladan had leapt over the rail, Elrohir called back
"Tul Cirdan!", then followed his brother

Cirdan shook his head "It is at times like this that my loves age
truly shows, he actually thinks that I am going to leap off a second
story balcony at My age? I think not. Thranduil, I have come
prepared...Erestor?"

The dark Adviser quickly grabbed the three books and opened them to no
page in particular, then pointed his finger to a random spot just as
the door opened

Thranduil looked down and smiled as he thought 'They are all books on
Mirkwood', then nodded "Aye I have been to that section, it is rather
infested with spiders now though"

Elrond paused at the door "Am I interrupting?"

Knowing that Thranduil could not lie to his mate, Cirdan shook his
head "Nay not at all, we were just looking at some old maps"

Erestor inwardly smirk as he thought 'Well, T'is not a lie, the page
has a map on it and we Are looking at it...now', the dark adviser
sighed loudly as he closed the books and picked them up "Well, I will
return these to the library, we can do this another time"

As Cirdan and Erestor left the room, Thranduil sat back and patted his
lap "Tul my love, sit with me and rest a while"

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

Translations:

Ada/Adar ------------------------- Dad/Father
Ion -------------------------------- Son
Tul -------------------------------- Come
Nana/Naneth --------------------- Mom/Mother
Hannon le ------------------------ Thank you