The Fire Dance

Authors Note:

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Nikkiling - Glad you liked the Het, wasn't easy for me I tell ya! Ha!
Yes, Mel had a secret...gotta ad those secrets!...Sorry RL is so buisy,
though Im glad you have time to read and wind down *Sends you some of
Cirdans Haven wine*...:)

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Ertia - Yes, Mel had a secret, heheheeh, I am sorry that I left it
there, but I had to get to work...Haldir arrived with his Jelly Bellys
and was promptly intercepted by my Glorfindel and Thranduil. They
dragged
the poor march warden off to their room and I think they are doing
naughty things with those Jelly Belly!...:)

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TopazKat - I would think a male pregnancy would be a little more
difficult, C-section needed and all *Ouch*...Not gonna say anything
about Mel...*Muuaawwhhaa*...:)

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The Fire Dance





Ch47





Elrond paused and took a deep breath "Alright Rumil, remain calm, I
must reach in and retrieve your little ones. I will have to use my ring
to determine which one was to be birthed first...the natural firstborn
should come out first...because I will be using my ring, there may be a
tingling sensation"

Rumil bit his lip and clutched Elladans arm "Alright my lord, I...I am
ready"

~*~*~

Out in the receiving chamber, Orophin and Elrohir huddled close.........

"Alright, Ru has blond hair and blue eyes....."

"Aye, but Elladan is like me, black hair and gray eyes"

"True, so what do you think the elflings will be, blond or black, blue
or gray"

Elrohir crossed his arms, his brow furrowed in deep thought "Good
question Phin", rubbing his throat with a wince, he looked over to
Thranduil "You have two ions...Legolas is blond and blue eyed like you,
but your firstborn is more of a sandy blond with darker blue...what had
been your wife's coloring?"

Thranduil smiled "She had red hair and green eyes"

Elrohir and Orophin exchanged a look and the middle brother of three
sighed "Well, that shoots all our attempts to try and guess"

Elrohir snorted, looked to Haldir, then back to Orophin "Will he be
alright? He has been just sitting and starring this whole time"

Orophin bit his lip as he reached out and touched his brothers knee
"Hal?"

"He had an elfling"

Orophin winced, then looked to the others "Uh, he should be alright"

Erestor rolled his eyes and sighed "Nay, he will not be alright if he
does not snap out of this. How do you think Mel will feel when he
emerges from the room and finds him like this...he will feel hurt"
Erestor took a deep breath, then walked over and slapped Haldir across
the cheek....

"Hay!"

"Snap out of it you Lorien elfling! Rumil will need you and so will
Mel! You DO remember Mel do you not?!"

Noticing the look Haldir was giving Erestor, Glorfindel stepped forward
and placed his hand possessively on his mates shoulder "Careful Haldir"

Slumping back in his chair, Haldir sighed "I should probably go and get
Mel a fresh set of clothes, he will more then likely need them after
all this"

~*~*~

Hands still within Rumil, Elrond finally smiled "Ahh, this is the
firstborn...Cirdan, ready yourself, and after you have cleaned the
little one, take some ink and mark the bottom of his or her foot"

Elladan furrowed his brow and Elrond chuckled "Well how do you think we
kept you and your brother straight. You two were crawling and rolling
around and until you actually knew your names to respond to them..."

"I get the idea Adar"

Elrond smiled, then looked to Rumil "Alright, here comes your firstborn"

Cirdan held open a soft cloth and received a tiny black hair blue eyed
elfling and immediately went to work.

"Alright, here comes your second"

Melpomaen readied his soft cloth and received a blond hair gray eyed
elfling, then turned to begin his cleaning.

Elrond smiled at his son and Rumil "You have ions"

As soon as Elrond was finished tending to Rumil, he quietly approached
Cirdan "Well, I suppose the ink is not necessary"

Out in the receiving room, everyone held their breath when they heard
crying, then rushed in when Elrond finally opened the door.

Elrohir flashed Cirdan a smile and nod as he ran over to his twin and
embraced him "Ella!"

Elladan chuckled and wiped his eyes "We have twins...twin ions!"

Haldir walked over to to Rumil and looked at the elflings in his arms
"Adar and Naneth would have been proud Ru...well done"

The march warden then looked closely "So, black and blue, blond and
gray...what did you do Ru, jump up and down and get them all mixed up?"

Everyone chuckled and Rumil sighed "I was hopeing they would be
identical like Elladan and Elrohir, but I am happy that they are just
here"

Elrond slowly approached "Well, if you look at their features closely,
they could be considered identical, their faces are the same"

"But their hair and eyes are different"

Elrond smiled and patted Rumils arm "Their eyes are the same, tis the
color that is off, but the shape is the same. Elladan dyed Elrohirs
hair once...bright pink, yet their features of course still looked the
same...eh...you will see in time when they begin to grow"

Orophin smiled as he gave his little brother a kiss on the forehead
"Have you thought of names yet?"

Rumil sighed and looked to his arms "One should not rush such a
decision, we are still placeing thought to their names"

As everyone settled down, Haldir slowly walked over to Melpomaen "I
thought perhaps you would like for me to go and get you some fresh
clothes?"

Mel lowered his gaze "That would be nice hannon le Haly uh Haldir"

The march warden frowned, then pulled him into a crushing hug "You may
still call my Haly my love, nothing has changed save that I know you
are able to bare life"

"You still want me then?"

"Of course I still want you! Though I do have some questions...like,
who
was the adar, where is your elfling, what is his or her name, why are
you not with the adar, if you are able to bare life why have you not
with me?"

Mel bit his lip and nodded "All good questions and they shall be
answered when we sit down and discus all this the only thing I will
give
you at this time is that I had a son and named him Lirmaen he lives
here in Rivendell and is very talented in his trade"

Haldir blinked, then leaned close "You mean he is...er...what is his
trade my love, is he a warrior? A scribe? A..."

Mel held up his hand "He weaves hair"

Haldir stepped back in shock "He is a hair weaver? You must be so very
proud!"

The young scribe blushed and nodded "I am he is quite talented and I do
not say that as his parent he was even sent to tend lord Elronds hair
once"

Elrond turned and furrowed his brow "Oh? So I have met this elfling of
yours? Tell me Melpomaen, why have you kept him a secret?"

Mel lowered his head "When I came here everyone just assumed he was my
little brother and since I did not know anyone and was unsure how they
would react to my being able to bare life I just never corrected them"

Erestor smiled and drew close "Wait, you mean to tell me that the
little elfling that would come into the library and rearrange the books
was actually your ion?"

Mel slowly nodded "Aye Master Erestor that he was and worry not he
received punishment for doing that to the books"

Haldir gently caressed his cheek "But why keep him from me"

The young scribe sighed and shrugged "I have only been with you for
seven years Haly and I was unsure if we were just lovers or more aye
you wrote me when you were back in Lorien and saw me every time you
came here but..."

Haldir hushed him with a kiss, then slowly pulled back "I love you Mel,
now let me go and get you some fresh clothes alright?"

~*~*~

After closing the door to Melpomaens chamber, Haldir adjusted the
clothing draped over his arm and began to make his way down the hall.
As he walked, he looked to his left and noticed the chamber that was
used for the hair weavers and took a deep breath.

Entering the chamber, an elleth smiled as she approached him "May we
help you?"

Haldir cleared his throat "Aye, I would like my hair re-braided...as
you see it now"

The elleth nodded "Of course, just wanting it cleaned up some?"

"Aye. Would it be possible to request a certain weaver?"

"Oh of course, who would you like?"

"Lirmaen if he is available"

"A wonderful choice, he is right over there"

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





Translations:

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

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