Celeborn's Nine - Riders of the Night
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Category:
-Multi-Age › General
Rating:
Adult ++
Chapters:
88
Views:
9,392
Reviews:
155
Recommended:
0
Currently Reading:
0
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back to the keep
Author's note: yeah, I think it took this time. And thanks for staying with me now that we are nearing the end.......and I have a LOTR/SciFi in the wings just waiting LOL
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Haldir kept his promise to Tiger. He fed her the blood that the tiger needed each night until the seed took and life settled in her womb. On the day she knew for certain, he went for a ride alone outside of Minas Tirith. He needed to think, to decide what he was going to do next. Fear tugged at him, reminding him with cold whispers Tiger's fate the last time they had been here.
He told himself that things were different now, that she would be safe with him. But always in the back of his mind something kept telling him to take her back to Longma, at least until the cub...baby...was born. Longma would be a better nurse for her than he, and Tiger hadn't seen Longma in a long time. She would keep the dragonwitch busy with her stories for months and months. Tiger wouldn't have time to get bored....or miss him. Longma would always be there for her, not out roaming the countryside looking for monsters to slay.
It only made sense. He had to take her back to Longma's keep.
Speaking with his brothers and Glorfindel first, he told them his plan and waited for a reaction. Unanimously they all agreed; Tiger would be better off with Longma until she was delivered and the child was old enough to travel safely. Unless Haldir wanted to give up adventuring, which he did not.
"Well, I think Celeborn can spare us a couple of weeks," Glorfindel said optimistically. "I wouldn't mind seeing Celeste again."
"Or I the dolphins," Legolas spoke up from an open doorway. "I'm sorry I listened in, but I am growing weary of courtly life."
"As I," Gimli intoned. "And since WE do not have pregnant spouses, I see no harm in us joining you. Safety in numbers, you know."
Rumil, grinning at the eaves droppers, said, "And since we've already killed all the ugly things between here and there, it ought to be a short ride."
"Unless some new uglies have stepped in to fill the void," Glorfindel reminded him.
"Oh, that would be right fun," Gimli said, his eyes glowing. "I've decided I am not partial to too much peace. It dulls the senses."
Glorfindel looked at the smiling Haldir and said, "I guess you'd better tell her we're going to see Longma."
Tiger was ecstatic. And Dog was coming too! Haldir didn't think it wise to mention he was leaving her with Longma and returning to Rivendale without her. She was happy now; he wanted her to stay that way.
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Haldir kept his promise to Tiger. He fed her the blood that the tiger needed each night until the seed took and life settled in her womb. On the day she knew for certain, he went for a ride alone outside of Minas Tirith. He needed to think, to decide what he was going to do next. Fear tugged at him, reminding him with cold whispers Tiger's fate the last time they had been here.
He told himself that things were different now, that she would be safe with him. But always in the back of his mind something kept telling him to take her back to Longma, at least until the cub...baby...was born. Longma would be a better nurse for her than he, and Tiger hadn't seen Longma in a long time. She would keep the dragonwitch busy with her stories for months and months. Tiger wouldn't have time to get bored....or miss him. Longma would always be there for her, not out roaming the countryside looking for monsters to slay.
It only made sense. He had to take her back to Longma's keep.
Speaking with his brothers and Glorfindel first, he told them his plan and waited for a reaction. Unanimously they all agreed; Tiger would be better off with Longma until she was delivered and the child was old enough to travel safely. Unless Haldir wanted to give up adventuring, which he did not.
"Well, I think Celeborn can spare us a couple of weeks," Glorfindel said optimistically. "I wouldn't mind seeing Celeste again."
"Or I the dolphins," Legolas spoke up from an open doorway. "I'm sorry I listened in, but I am growing weary of courtly life."
"As I," Gimli intoned. "And since WE do not have pregnant spouses, I see no harm in us joining you. Safety in numbers, you know."
Rumil, grinning at the eaves droppers, said, "And since we've already killed all the ugly things between here and there, it ought to be a short ride."
"Unless some new uglies have stepped in to fill the void," Glorfindel reminded him.
"Oh, that would be right fun," Gimli said, his eyes glowing. "I've decided I am not partial to too much peace. It dulls the senses."
Glorfindel looked at the smiling Haldir and said, "I guess you'd better tell her we're going to see Longma."
Tiger was ecstatic. And Dog was coming too! Haldir didn't think it wise to mention he was leaving her with Longma and returning to Rivendale without her. She was happy now; he wanted her to stay that way.