The Fire Dance

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The Fire Dance


Ch98

Elrond closed his eyes and opened his mind *Vel! Ron! Return to the
dining hall!*

Out by the stables, Thorvel and Thoron exchanged a look....

"Did you hear that?"
"Aye, Daeradar is calling for us"

The twins looked at their friends ""We need to return, if we have time
we will catch up with you""

As the twins rushed off, a friend grabbed one of their horses and
mounted up "Let us go then"

Back in the dining hall, Elladan and Rumil sighed when they entered....

""You called for us Daeradar?""

Elladan smiled as he placed a hand on their shoulders "Aye, you rushed
off so quickly. We would like to test your guarding skills"

Vel: "Guarding? Where!"
Ron: "Aye, where are we to guard Adar!"

Elrond stepped forward and smiled "That is up to Glorfindel, he would be
your captain in the future"

The twins ran over to the great slayer and looked up ""Where are we to
go uncle Glorfindel""

The seneschal smirked as he took Erestor's hand "I always place new
recruits where I know they will have a hard time. This shows me what
type of warrior they will be by how they handle the post"

Exchanging a worried look, the twins calmed some ""Where are you placing
us then?""

Glorfindel narrowed his eyes and gave a long look at Thorvel "I will
place you at the baths"

The elder twin released a relieved sigh, but then Glorfindel smirked
"The ellith baths"

Vel slowly looked up, his eyes widening as he did "Aye...as...as you
wish Captain Glorfindel"

The golden warrior then looked deeply at Thoron "And you, I will place
at the Chamber of Waiting"

Thoron shuddered "At the...I...I am to guard the...the dead?"

Glorfindel stood tall "Aye, many of our warriors hail from other lands
and when they fall, be it from a warg attack or other such evil, their
bodies need to be watched until their kin are able to arrive for the
ceremonial burning. Their pyre needs to be built and...eh, you know
about the chamber"

Thoron swallowed hard "I will do my best Captain. When do you want us to
start?"

Glorfindel glanced over at Mandos, then back to the twins "Right now"

~*~*~

A few hours later, Torfindel looked over at his friend as they sat on
the bridge skipping stones "You are not my age are you"

"Why do you say that Gwee?"

Torfindel shrugged "I can tell. And the fact that all the elders are
nervous around you...and you carry yourself as one older...and you
mentioned kissing a certain someone, most at my age do not even Think of
kissing ellith let alone doing it, and speaking of it with such
familiarity...and..."

Mandos held up his hand to hush his friend "One more 'And', and I will
jump off this bridge"

"Who are you Eruion, you seem familiar to me but I can not place you"

The Doomsman sighed as he skipped another stone "Does it truly matter
who I am? Is it not enough that I wish to be your friend?"

Torfindel furrowed his brow "Of course it matters. I count you as a
friend and I do not even know who you are. Friendships are formed with
honesty, do you fear that I will not like you if you tell me? Why did
you have my Ada post the twins, and why is my Adar so fearful of you"

Mandos arched his brow "You know it was my doing to have the twins posted?"

The young elf rolled his eyes "Well it was actually You who mentioned
they should not go riding...correct? The posting was Elladan's cover"

"You heard all that hmm? Aiyah you are sharp Gwee, you truly have a
brilliant mind"

"Saes, who are you"

Torfindel's eyes grew wide as his friend began to shine brightly and he
scrambled off the wall of the bridge "Wh...who are you!"

Back in his full form, he looked down at the young elfling and smiled "I
am Mandos"

Looking up, Torfindel blinked in shock "You...you are...Ma...Mand...",
Gwee then tilted his head and slowly smiled from ear to ear "Truly?"

Taken aback by the affectionate smile, Mandos leaned down "I do not
frighten you?"

"Nay"

"Not in the least?"

Torfindel shook his head "Nay"

"Ahh! You are still such a bold little life!"

Gwee tilted his head and frowned confused "Still?"

"Eh, I will tell you about it at a later time. Are we still friends?"

Torfindel returned to the wall, sat down, then patted the space next to
him "Now that you were honest, of course. So, I always thought your
voice would be...uh...louder. At least that is what I have heard Ada say"

Mandos sat down and took up a handful of stones "I am keeping it down
for you, I would not wish to damage your hearing...I yelled at you once
when you were a wee elfling and had to immediately heal your ears...though
we do not need to let your Adar know that alright?"

Torfindel smiled as they resumed skipping stones "You are one Big elf
Mandos"

~*~*~

Thorvel stood next to the door of the baths and sighed 'Argh! This will
be the third time since Glorfindel placed me here that this idiot has
returned'

"You may not enter! How many times must I tell you this"

The ellon tried to push his way past, and again, was stopped by the
elder twin

"I only wish to speak with her!"

"Well you are not going in to do so, you will have to wait until she
comes out"

Just then, the door opened and Ormeril stepped out "Are you hear Again?"

The young warrior smiled as he handed her some flowers "You look lovely
today lady Ormeril"

Rolling her eyes, she placed her hands on her hips "You need to find
another Nortrel I am not available I am to bond with Healer Tordren saes
let go of this fantasy and find someone else do I have to get my Adar
involved?"

The young warrior shuddered "Nay! Saes, there is no need to get Warden
Haldir involved. I only wanted to let you know my interest so when you
reach your majority, you would know that you have choices"

"Well now I know so go away before I get upset and hurt you"

After the young elf left, Ormeril turned and smiled as she looked down
"Most ellyn have a nice little bulge in their leggings when they are
posted here yet you are as flat as an elleth"

Thorvel lightly blushed "Leave me alone Ormeril, I am working"

"You like ellyn don't you cousin"

*Groan* "Ormeril saes, just let it go"

"Oooo...does Ron know? Oh! Or does he share your preference?"

Thorvel gave her 'the' look and she blinked "Alright cousin alright I am sorry
you do not have to answer"

Ormeril then placed her hand on his shoulder "We are cousins Vel I was
only teasing but truly should you ever wish to talk about it I am always
available you and Ron are dear to me"

*Sigh* "I know Ormeril and hannon le, now go, I am working"

~*~*~

Having been standing in the chamber for a few hours, Thoron shuddered as
he glanced at the warrior on the table 'He twitched, I know I saw him
twitch!'

~*~*~

In Elrond's study, Glorfindel glanced over "So how are they doing?"

Elrond looked at his friend, and then to Elladan "Vel is doing just
fine...though I sense great fear from Ron"

Elladan shook his head and took Rumil's hand "Vel has always been more
bold then Ron, this does not surprise me. Ron is away from his twin and
having to handle things alone...he is not used to that"

Glorfindel nodded "They are much like you and Elrohir at that age...I
will have them relieved in a little bit. I think tomorrow I will place
them somewhere else"

Rumil tilted his head "Tomorrow?"

"Aye, regardless of the original reason for the "testing" of them, I
would like to see how they do. So are you going to tell them?"

Elladan sighed as he sat back in his chair "Tell them what...that one of
the horses they were riding got spooked and ran itself off a cliff? I
think I will wait, I do not want them ruminating on which of them may
have been on the horse, and that their friend was horribly injured. They
are peredhil, what did not kill their friend, would have certainly
killed one of Them...they do not need to worry about such things at
their age"

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

Translations:


Peredhil -------------------- Half-elven
Saes ----------------------- Please
Hannon le ----------------- Thank you
Daeradar ------------------ Grandfather
Ada / Adar ---------------- Dad / Father
Elleth / Ellith --------------- Female elf / Female elves
Ellon / Ellyn ---------------- Male elf / Male elves