Balrogs, Butterflies & Bondings

Authors Note:

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Ertia - Ack! Is that how you spell his name? Melpomean? Grrrrr.
Anyway...ya, would suck ay? First ya get to overhear some
great...err...lovin, then you have to borrow out your
robe...heheeh...Elrond getting tired on ya hun? Not a prob, I have my
very own Celeborn I can send you...Hope all is well with ya...:)

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Lisn - LoL...your to kind...:)

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The twins speaking as one is double quote ------> ""Huh""

The twins speaking in their minds is * -------> *What ya doing?*,
*Shh, dont yell in my head*



B, B & B



Ch27



Several hours later, Elladan stirred, then furrowed his brow when he
heard a quill scratching away. Peering over the back of the long chair,
the elder twin placed his hand over his younger half's mouth, then bent
his own pinkie back. As Elrohir quickly woke, he spoke inwardly
*Shh...Thranduil is sitting behind adars desk*.



Elrohir peered over the back of the long chair and watched as the king,
who was now clad in only his underlay and leggings, finished with a
scroll and placed it on a very tall stack. Elrohir slowly looked over
to
his brother as he licked his lips *Is he helping? It looks like he is
helping us*.



Elladan peered back over and sighed *It does look that way, let us get
up now and see what happends*.



Thranduil put down the quill he was using and sat back when he noticed
the twins approach "Sons of Elrond?"



The twins just blinked sleepily as they looked at the finished work and
Thranduil smiled "You did an impressive amount of work for your first
time in charge...Now, if you are refreshed from your rest, I will get
out of your way".



Elladan stepped forward, held up his hand, then furrowed his brow as he
glanced at the finished papers and visually measured that the stack was
at least from wrist to elbow height "You...you finished all this in
only
two hours?".



Thranduil tilted his head "You must be Elladan, I have noticed that you
are usually the one to speak first, or for you both" the king then
scratched his cheek and waved toward the pile "Nai, this stack is
almost
finished. I had noticed that you had a piece of scrap paper atop it
with a question mark and assumed that you were at a loss on what to do
with them so I...I thought I would help".



Elrohir stepped forward and sighed "Not that your help was not
appreciated, but...why, why would you help us like this".



Thranduil sat back and nodded "I understand why you would be
surprized...let me tell you about My adar. I was younger then you both
are now and my adar sat me down behind his desk and said, "Alright
ion-nin, I want all this paperwork finished by tomorrow's midday"".



The king shook his head and sighed "It was three weeks worth of
paperwork and I had never seen more then half of those documents before
and knew not what to do with them...and of course, no one would dare
help me. I had never worked so hard in my life...I failed of
course...and my adar never let me forget it, he often expressed his
disappointment in me...and publicly at that".



Thranduil then looked straight at the twins "Your adar is nothing like
that, had I not helped with this stack, he would have been proud of
your efforts regardless. On another note...I do realize that I am the
cause of this backlog with my interruptions to Imladrises harmony.
Elrond is now preoccupied with my ion, and Erestor is a mental mess at
the moment. I felt it only right that I assist both of you. So, sons of
Elrond, what else would you like my help with?"



Elladan smiled and inclined his head respectfully, then pointed to
another stack "Those are papers that need adars signature, where should
I put them".



The king chuckled and shook his head "Elladan, you are the crown
prince, and in charge right now. You should sign them. Tul, I will go
over them with you, and then you will alter what you feel is not right.
You will then sign them and send them by eagle so they get to where
they need to be quickly. Oh, and some of those documents need the
councilors signature as well, so Elrohir, since you have taken over for
Erestor...you will need to sign some of them as well".



The Mirkwood king smiled as the twins just starred at him in shock.
After a few moments, Elladan walked over to the kings right as Elrohir
walked to his left and Thranduil blushed as the twins simotaniously
leaned down and each kissed a cheek ""Hannon le king Thranduil for your
help"".



Thranduil cleared his throat as he shifted in his chair "I must say the
elves here in Imladris are an affectionate lot".



The twins exchanged a look, then smiled ""Nai...very affectionate"".



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





Translations:

Ion-nin ------------------------- My son

Ion ----------------------------- Son

Tul ----------------------------- Come

Nai ----------------------------- Yes

Hannon le ---------------------- Thank you