The Fire Dance

Authors Note: Yup...200...I uh...I think I should say something due to
the chap number. How about......"Thank you everyone for all your kind
support and sticking with me through this...there is of course, more
to come, but oy! I could not have gotten this far without all of the
Voodoo Vibes and kind words and encouragement from my dear
friends...Thank you" ~DarkDreamer

The Fire Dance

Ch 200

It was early morning and Erestor took a deep breath when he entered
the massive library, the smell of the books always putting a smile on
his face. Starting his routine, he paused when he heard hushed voices...

"He is so fair"
"He is smaller then I imagined he would be"
"Aye, I thought he would be Lord Glorfindel's size"
"And he is so shy"
"I know, he is so very adorable"

Erestor rolled his eyes when there was a collective swooning sigh,
then cleared his throat, his arms crossed over his chest "Are we not
doing any work today?"

The young group of scribes gasped and jumped, all lowering their heads
as they began to pick up their things and go about their duties...save
one, the youngest of his scribes

Erestor titled his head, the young ellon in front of him had his head
hung low and was not moving "What is wrong"

A small voice drifted out from under a curtain of brown hair "May I go
back to my chamber a moment? I will return swiftly, and stay after for
my starting late"

"You are already here, begin your work"

"Master Erestor?"

"What"

"You...startled me"

"That was not my intention"

"I..."

"You what Delmir"

"I...I wet...uh...I..."

Erestor blinked, then stepped aside "By all means, go and change then"

When the young scribe had gone, Melpomaen peeked his head out from
behind a shelf "You truly need to stop doing that Erestor making the
penneth wet himself like that he was more then likely aroused as well
they were discussing Lord Ecthelion he is a very popular topic right
now everyone wants to know where his love preference lies and they are
all very shocked that he has more the body type of a scribe and not a
warrior I mean think about it he killed Gothmog all by himself and he
is not much bigger then you granted he was crushed and drown in his
own fountain but I think that was just a lack of dodging skills I mean
really a big Balrog is falling toward you one would think you would
move out of its way"

Erestor blinked, then waved his hand "Get to work"

~*~*~

Close to mid-day..........

Thorvel and Thoron slowly made their way toward the barracks ""Hello
Haldir, how is Ormeril?""

"She is well still pausing in her speech but the life within is healthy"

Ron smiled "Haldir, are you heading for the Hall of Falls?"

"Aye they are having a gathering today and many ellyn like to try and
gain entry when there are that many ellith and..." Haldir blinked,
then slammed his hand over his mouth

Vel chuckled as he gave the warrior a cheeky smile "Living with the
quick speakers is rubbing off on you ay?"

Haldir narrowed his eyes, then silently walked off

~*~*~

Glorfindel smiled as the twins entered his office, then stood and
backed a step "Boys? Tis nice to see you but my mind is now off limits
to you"

Ron laughed as he shook his head "Nay uncle Glorfindel, we are not
here for that. We wanted to talk to you about Lord Ecthelion"

Glorfindel rolled his eyes "Should I construct a platform and stick
him up on it? Because you are the 4th to inquire about him this morn"

Vel stepped forward and shook his head "Oh we are only here to ask
what kind of fountain his family had. There are many different styles
of fountains and we wished to know what style was his. Could you
describe it to us?"

The golden warrior furrowed his brow "You...you want to know what kind
of fountain he had?"

""Aye""

Glorfindel sat back down and grabbed a piece of parchment and quill
"I'll do one better, I'll draw it for you, I spent countless hours
sitting on it with him"


~*~*~

Five days later......

Erestor sighed as he placed another 4 stones on the large pile he had
collected

**Quite a collection of fine stones you have there**

Erestor slowly turned "Lord Mandos, what do you want...MY...mate is
not here at the moment"

**Ooo...testy today are we?**

The dark adviser narrowed his eyes "You pleasured Glorfindel when he
was in your Hall!"

Mandos returned the glare **Watch yourself, I could have kept him you
know. But I wanted to see him happy...so I returned him and...*Sigh*...**

Erestor took a deep breath "And what my lord"

**And I gave him You! I knew you would be good for him and that He
would be good for You! I stepped aside for You!!**

Erestor dropped to his knees, his hands covering his ears as he
shuddered in pain "Saes..."

Seeing his reaction, Mandos lowered his voice "Is this better?"

Erestor panted as he uncovered his ears "Aye my lord...han...hannon le"

Mandos extended his hand, helping him up "I would not have returned
him and allowed your bonding, let alone allow you two to have
offspring...had I not loved him dearly Erestor...and cared for you as
well"

"I...I will always be grateful for your...meddling in such a way. I
love him"

Mandos smiled as he stood tall "I knew you would"


~*~*~

Vel and Ron growled as they looked at the fountain they made, then
tipped their heads "It is not even"

Ron sighed "I know, one side is lower, it slants. Argh, what do we do
now! And why will the water not flow"

As they stood there, contemplating their fountain disaster, Ecthelion
slowly walked up and tried to suppress a smirk "What a lovely...fountain"

The twins groaned and Ron's lower lip wibbled some "It was to be
gift...for you my lord"

Ecthelion blinked as he looked back at their creation. Noting that the
twins built it directly on the soil with no base foundation for
stability, and even if there had been one, it would still lean
horribly. The mortar was jagged and uneven, causing the stones to slip
some before it hardened...reminding him of a cake that was only half
risen.

The twins stood silently as the one they dually loved looked over
their mess

Blushing, Ecthelion shoved his shyness aside and stepped forward
"You...you two created this fountain...for me?"

Ron lowered his head "Aye, and we can not get the water to flow"

Ecthelion wiped his eyes, took a deep breath, then stepped into the
water and reached down, feeling for the flow pipe "Ahh...tis only
detached"

The twins watched in shock as the returned warrior lord just
nonchalantly entered the fountain...

*Ron, he likes it, I can feel his happiness over it*
*Aye! He is beyond pleased...he is...deeply touched by our gesture!*

Ecthelion smiled as he looked back over his shoulder, his hand still
in the water "No one has ever built me a fountain before. Hannon le
Thorvel, Thoron"

The twins smiled, then stood tall when Elrond walked up "What is...this?"

Ecthelion stood and smiled from ear to ear "Vel and Ron built me a
fountain. I was just about to fix the flow pipe"

Elrond's eyebrow arched as he mumbled "Tis not the only thing that
needs fixing on it"

Ecthelion looked around at it from within and shook his head "Nay, tis
otherwise perfect. It was built with love, a fountain should always
reflect the creators personality in some way" he then leaned back down
to finish with the flow pipe

Vel and Ron again, tilted their heads and Vel nudged his younger half
"Well, we both are a little...off"

Suddenly, Ecthelion yelled "Got it!"

The angry, gurgling sound of pent up water suddenly able to flow, now
springing forth with geyser-like force....

Elrond narrowed his eyes as the fountain calmed and began its off
kilter flow. The elven lord growled as he shook out his now completely
soaked tunic dress "Argh!"

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

Translations:

Ada/Adar ----------------------------- Dad/Father
Hannon le ----------------------------- Thank you
Saes ---------------------------------- Please
Elleth/Ellith ---------------------------- Female Elf/Elves
Ellon/Ellyn ---------------------------- Male elf/Elves