The Fire Dance

Authors Note:

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TopazKat - Yup, the new elflings will have to dye their hair and keep
their eyes closed if they want to play the "Which one am I" game!
HA!...:)

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The Fire Dance





Ch48





As Haldir approached the young weaver, his trained eye noticed the
slight widening of the young elf's eyes and inclined his head "Hello,
are you Lirmaen?"

"Aye"

Haldir plopped himself down in the chair "I need my hair brushed and my
braids redone"

"Aye"

"Do you say anything other then aye?"

"Aye"

Haldir inwardly smirked and thought 'Oh he definitely knows who I
am...his hands are shaking...'

"Are you free this evening?"

His braids now undone, the young weaver began to brush his hair "Why"

"Are you free or not penneth"

"A...aye"

Haldir arched his brow 'Valar, Mel you cant get to shut up and his son
you cant get more then a one word answer...I'll get him to talk',
"Good, because I would like to invite you to evening meal"

The young weaver paused in his brushing and frowned "Nay"

"Nay? Why do you decline, you said you were free"

"Why would you wish to have evening meal with me it is well known that
you are with Melpomaen how would He feel if he found out that you were
asking another to a meal I do not think he would like that very much do
you normally ask strange ellyn to dine with you I do not feel that is
appropriate you should dine with Melpomaen"

Haldir blinked, then shook his head "Valar penneth take a breath, you
actually speak faster then your Adar when heated"

*Blink* "My Adar?"

"Aye penneth, I would like for you to join Mel and myself for evening
meal, so that I may know you better"

*Hard swallow* "You know?"

Haldir calmly explained about Mels outburst and confession.

Lirmaen sighed, then began to gather his hair for the braids "Well in
that case I would be rather pleased to join you for evening meal Lorien
style?"

Having been with Mel for so long, Haldir deciphered his speech without
much effort "I am gladdened that you will come, and aye, I would like
my hair Lorien style"

Once he was finished, he looked in the mirror and smiled "You have a
true talent for weaving, hannon le. Come to your Adars chamber at the
normal meal time"

Lirmaen nodded "I will be there"

~*~*~

As Haldir resumed his path to Elladan and Rumils chamber, he shook his
head and laughed "Oh I am going to have to speak with lord Elrond...if
I am going to have Mel in one ear and Lirmaen in the other for several
hours, I will definitely need a draft to word off a headache"

~*~*~

Elladan smiled after he and Rumil were finished whispering and looked
over "We have chosen the names...Thorvel and Thoron"

Everyone nodded at their choice and Elrond walked over "Very nice" then
noticed that the little twins were fussing and reached forward.

Rumil blushed as Elrond maneuvered the elflings "My lord I..."

"Hold still Rumil they are hungry"

"But..."

"Rumil, I will not have my grandlings starved"

"But..."

"There...now just hold them like that"

The blush on Rumils face deepened to a dark red and he looked over to
Elladan "Would you...uh..."

Elladan smiled and without having to be told, pulled the sheet up to
Rumils neck "You need not be shy my sweet one, tis a natural thing that
they must eat"

Melpomaen walked over, yanked Elladan away, then turned and lightly
pushed Elrond "I think you all need to leave so that Rumil may have
some private time with his elflings go to the outer chamber and I will
come and get you when he is finished"

After the room was cleared, Mel walked back over, removed the sheet,
then sat down "Give me one you should not feed them at the same time
the angle is all wrong"

Rumil sighed as Mel helped him to sit up more and handed him the dark
elfling "Lord Elrond may be a healer and was the adar to twins but he
did not have to feed them hold him like this"

"Hannon le Mel"

Taking the blond elfling, he poked his finger into his tiny mouth and
smiled "Think nothing of it now when he is full put him aside then feed
the second on the opposite side"

"Is it suppose to..."

"Hurt?"

"Aye, it pinches"

Mel smiled "You do not have breasts Rumil you only have the swelling
and even if you did have breasts it would still be uncomfortable at
first I will get some of the cream I used when I was nursing Lirmaen it
helped a great deal"

Rumil nodded, his lip beginning to wibble

The young advisor placed his hand on the warriors shoulder and sighed
"Let it out I know this is frightening"

Without further prompts, Rumil burst into tears.

~*~*~

Elladan pulled his ear away from the door "Ru is crying", then began to
pace "Who does Mel think he is removing me from Ru, I want to be in
there helping!"

Cirdan walked over and forced the elder twin to sit "So tell me
Elladan, who knows better what to do for Rumil, you? Or Mel who has
actually birthed and elfling"

Elladan sighed defeated and nodded "I know, I just feel like I should
be doing something"

Everyone's heads turned as Haldir appeared in the door "And we are all
out here again, what is my brother having more?"

Everyone chuckled and filled Haldir in "Mmm...I see. Well, Rumil is my
little brother and Mel is my love, Im going in"

~*~*~

Once in the room, Haldir walked over and set Mels clothes down on the
bed "How is everything?"

Rumil sniffed "It is going well I suppose" then burst into tears.

"Uh-huh...alright you just cry then Ru", then arched his brow when he
noticed the blond elfling in Mels arms "He looks good in your arms my
love. But I want him, so hand him over"

Mel blinked as Haldir grabbed the elfling and began to jostle him while
he rubbed his nose against the little ones "Who's a fair elfling...You?
Oh aye You are a fair elfling..."

Haldir suddenly paused in his cooing and sniffed "Aiyah you need
changing"

Mel dropped his jaw as Haldir plopped the elfling down on the bed,
striped him bare, wiped, powdered, then placed a fresh cloth on him
"There! Now isn't that better little one?"

Haldir glanced over to his love and smiled at the shocked look "I
raised both of my brothers Mel. When Orophin was still in cloths I used
to help Nana change him. And Rumil was not even crawling when our
parents sailed, so who do you think changed him"

The young advisor smiled "You just look so cute is all" then tilted his
head "And your hair looks beautiful did you bathe before you returned?"

Haldir smirked "Oh my hair? I stopped at the weavers to have it brushed
and braided"

Mel swallowed hard "You stopped and..."

"Had your ion do my hair, he is quite talented. I invited him to
evening meal"

"You you you....."

"I...I...I....invited Lirmaen to dine with us this evening. I love you
Mel and wish to know your ion"

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



Translations:

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

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