The Fire Dance

Authors Note: I just want to give out a BIG hug to my beta Oli for all
the hard work she does in beta-ing this story so that I can archive it
at Sunshine&Shadow and AFF. After I post to the groups, she snags it
and fixes what she can, then emails it back to me (normally the same
day I posted if not by the next morning) for me to upload to
wherever...you may live in a country that has a Queen, but you are The
Fire Dance Beta Queen...Thank you Oli *Waves to you from this side of
the pond* ~DarkDreamer

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Lavinia - Yes, the Balrog was one stupid badie! Sorry to hear about your math thing *Hugs*...:)
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TopazKat - HA! Yeah disterbing Erestor's calm can be a BAD thing!...:)
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The Fire Dance


Ch185


Elrond smiled at his reflection, then shook his head and glanced at
Thranduil through the mirror "Thran, you mean to tell me that you...",
he then chuckled loudly "You have to supervise Taurcalad and Thoniel?"


"Aye Rondy and it is not a laughing matter"


Elrond nodded, then sat down next to him "Well where was I, why did he
not ask me"


Thranduil pulled him close, then licked his ear "This was while you
were out of your mind...again!"


"I was Not out of my mind!"


"You were screaming that others were sneaking up on you Elrond, you
were in a paranoid fit"


Elrond squared his shoulders, then tapped his temple "I was right here,
my mind was safe and secure within my head"


"Elrond"


The half-elven lord sighed as he slumped some "I'll wager that you had
not expected This kind of drama when you agreed to be with me"


Thranduil laughed loudly as he shook his head "Nay, I had more
expected your trouble making twins to honey and feather me, or take
binding glue and coat the insides of my under cloth!"


Elrond lowered his head "Thranduil I..."


"Shh...hush now Rondy. I am not detoured by all this...if anything, it
makes life a little more interesting! Besides, if you want to talk
drama...", the Mirkwood king then rolled his eyes "You should have met
Legolas's Naneth! She was insane!"


Both Thranduil and Elrond glanced toward the balcony when they heard a
chuckle and Elrond whispered for his mates ears only "If you are not
worried about my mental state, then why have you posted Aeromae on our
balcony. Thran, it is one thing to post someone outside the door in
the hall, t'is another to have someone posted within our private space"


Thranduil nodded and whispered back "Well for one, I trust Aeromae
with my entire fea...he was to be with my iel, he was around before
Thalion...he is like a firstborn ion to me...and second, who says I am
not worried about your mental state!"


Elrond swiftly smacked him on the arm "Thran!"


Thranduil laughed as he yanked Elrond to standing, then looked at him
from head to toe "And this garment you had made is beautiful...I like
how you had the top of a robe blended down into a flowing dress"


Before Elrond could answer his comment, he found himself shoved
forward over his desk "Thranduil! Don't you dare!"


Pulling up the long dress section, Thranduil snorted "And not a Thing
on underneath! Perfect!"


Aeromae rolled his eyes out on the balcony when he heard........

"Ahh! Hey now! You can not just go and....Ahh!...Thranduil you...ohhh..."

"I cannot What Rondy! What! Do This?!"

"Ahh!"

"Or do you mean...This!"

"Ahh!...oh...ohhh...oh aye...."

Aeromae quietly peeked in through the curtain, then quickly turned
back and placed his gaze out over the rail 'Aiyah, Thranduil truly
knows how to pick them! His first bonded was just as...'

"Ahh! Thran get my...hair...ahh...out of my face!"

"Nay! Hold still now! I want to...try...something..."

"Blessed Valar! Wha...what is That!...what Is that! Thran!
Thrannn...ohhh..."

"T'is something I got...from an adan who was trading pelts...it warms
with fric...friction"

"Ohhh...aye..."

"I do not know what...it is...what is in the mix...I am sure though
that...your healers would be able to...to figure it out"

"Mmm...shut up Thran and add more!"


~*~*~

On the other side of the Homely House.............


Haldir gently laid Ormeril on her bed "Now stay there iel...this is
your first..."


"Oh Adar daro, I am fine!"


Mel suddenly burst into tears and Tordren sighed "Oh calm down now
Melpomaen, I am sure that the pausing in her speech will pass when she
delivers, like your foul mouth did when you had her"


Haldir lightly smacked his arm, then whispered through clenched teeth
"It's not just that Tor, Mel lost an elfling remember? He fears for Ormeril"


Tordren gently grabbed Mel's arm and made him sit "I am the head
healer here in Imladris. Second only to Elrond himself...your iel, my
bonded, will be safe in my care"


Melpomaen sighed as he nodded "I know it is just that my little one is
having a little one and I am so happy and so frightened I lost one of
my elflings what if it is a problem that is passed on I do not want
Ormeril to feel that kind of loss at her age I barely survived the
grief of it myself the only thing that kept me going was Lirmaen and
she is pausing in her speech I never did that since the day I entered
this world I have never paused why is she pausing..."


*Thud*


Haldir blinked in shock "Tordren!"


The healer narrowed his eyes as he tossed the Scratch Thorn onto the
nearby table "He was upsetting Ormeril"


Picking his mate up, Haldir laid him down on the long chair "I am not
upset about you scratching him, I think he Should rest. However, you
could have caught him as he fell forward!"


Ormeril rolled her eyes "Adar? Tordren?"


Haldir sat down on the edge of the bed "Aye my little flower?"


"Aye my love?"


"I am going to spill my stomach"


Tordren quickly grabbed the bucket, then winced "Oh Ormeril! Next time
let us know a little sooner alright?"


After wiping her mouth and chin, she sheepishly glanced at her father
"Sorry Adar"


His chest, lap and legs now completely soaked, Haldir narrowed his
eyes at his daughter "Eww"


"I said I was sorry! Truly Adar I am!"


"Eww"


"Adar saes, do not be angry I...I could not help it!"


"Eww"


Tordren chuckled as the Lorien warrior slowly raised his arms "Watch
it Tordren or I will give you a nice Big hug"


The healer swiftly stepped back and held up his hands "Calm down my
morning meal covered warrior! I work in the healing wing, I get This
kind of treatment regularly from the sick edain that come for care,
you can not blame me for being gladdened that I was spared my bonded's
revisited meal!"


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


Translations:

Saes ------------------------- Please
Daro ------------------------- Stop
Ada/Adar -------------------- Dad/Father
Nana/Naneth ---------------- Mom/Mother
Adan/Edain ------------------ Mortal Man/Men

Translation for Haldir: Eww = What the Fu*k!