Stars Of and Over Imladris
by Erhothwen
Author's Note: I've been thinking of writing the entire childhood of Elrohir and Elladan, but settled on a 2 chapter viginette just because I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to finish my original thought. Ugh, I hate not finishing things I've started. Also, the twins are around the ages of 5. (I'm still trying to grasp the concept of how Elves age) To any readers who have not read the timeline in the Return of the King appendixes (Shame on you!), Arwen is not in this because she isn't born until Elladan and Elrohir reach adulthood.
Elrond: Are you going to go through the entire Lord of the Rings history?
Thwen: This is MY author's note, so sod off! Anyway, I'll stop boring you with facts everybody already knows.
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Genre: General
Rating: G
Warnings: None. No slash, no incest, etc.
Main Characters: Elladan, Elrohir, Glorfindel, Elrond, and Celebrian
Other Character(s): Erestor
Summary: A sweet, 2-part viginette about the young and restless Elladan and Elrohir witnessing a comet for the first time and stargazing with Glorfindel on a chilly night. Includes cute family bonding.
Disclaimer: I'm not Tolkien! I swear it! I'm just an entusiast! (Police take handcuffs off Erhothwen) Phew!
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PART 1/2:
Elrohir climbed upon his father's plump and squashy arm-chair while heaving a thick book upon it. After squirming around for a bit, he settled in a cozy position and opened the leather-bound book.
Glorfindel, who was walking down the corrider, stopped short when he saw the door to Lord Elrond's study ajar. He smiled at the sight of Elrohir staring at the book pages in fascination. The book covered nearly all of the Elfling's small lap.
Glorfindel stepped lightly inside without the young Elfling noticing. He would have been able to perfectly surprise Elrohir if it hadn't been for the small, but audible footsteps running down the corrider. Elrohir looked up to see both Glorfindel and an energetic Elladan sprint in.
"Glory, Glory, Glory!" he shouted as he rocked on the balls of feet.
"I think I got you the first time," answered Glorfindel in an amused voice.
"Glory, what's this?" asked Elrohir abruptly. Glorfindel's eyes dropped down to the illustration Elrohir was pointing to and responded, "Why it's a comet, Master Elrohir."
Just as he suspected, Elrohir opened his mouth to question him about comets, but the naturally talkative Elladan had already grew impatient. "Books are boring, 'Rohir. Let's go look at the stars! Naneth* said we can if Glory watches us. Naneth says she has to talk to Ada** alone. You know what that means?" Elladan didn't wait for an answer and continued in rapt speed, "It means they're going to smooch and kiss and be all lovey-dovey!"
"Gross!" exclaimed Elrohir, wrinkling his nose.
"C'mon, 'Rohir. It's no fun if you're not there and you know it!" whined Elladan. Elladan jutted his lip out in a way that he knew would make Elrohir agree.
Elrohir pondered this for a moment and gave in at last, as always. Glorfindel helped him put the the thick book where it belonged and led them both to his bedroom balcony. It was a well known fact that someone had to be watching the twins at almost times to prevent any mishaps. Despite that, the young mischief makers always seemed to find trouble, or perhaps trouble always seemed to find them. But no one could stay angry at them for a long time. After all, they were only Elflings and pretty cute ones for that matter with their round shining faces, twinkling grey eyes, and their dark auburn hair giving them the splitting image of their father.
When they reached the balcony, Glorfindel lifted both Elflings in his arms as they stared up into night sky in wonder. Stargazing was a favorite amongst the sons of Elrond and kept even the easily bored Elladan preocupied.
A soft zephry caused the air to become slighly more chilly and the twins snuggled against Glorfindel's warmth. There was a few moments of silence for a while and the twin sons of Elrond started to grow drowsy.
"Glory," murmured Elrohir quietly. "Where can I find a comet?"
"In the sky, but they don't show up everyday," answered Glorfindel in a peaceful tone.
"Why not?" pestered Elrohir. "Yeah, why not?" chimed Elladan sleepily, though it was more of an attempt to stay awake.
"Uh-oh," thought Glorfindel. Meeting Elrohir's satisfaction for his wide curiosity was Elrond's department, not his. This was the sort of thing Elrond did well in. Glorfindel knew that an answer would lead to a new question and would end up being a neverending cycle, so instead he said, "There will be one tomorrow. I'm sure your Adar*** will tell you all about it."
"You mean I'll get to see one!" said Elrohir in excited tone, which broke out into a yawn. Elladan opened his mouth to speak, but ended up resting his head on Glorfindel's shoulders fast asleep; his small hand clinging onto Glorfindel's tunic. Glorfindel nodded and Elrohir mirrored Elladan, to sleepy to carry on with his usual bombardment of questions. The twins' dark hair swayed to the soft breeze as they cuddled as much as possible in Glorfindel's arms.
"I see my sons are asleep at last," said a soft melodic voice from behind. Glorfindel turned to see Lady Celebrian with Lord Elrond beside her. Trying hard not to wake the slumbering Elflings, Glorfindel passed Elrohir into Celebrian's arms carefully while Elrond took Elladan in his arms. Elrond brushed a speck of dirt off Elladan's small nose and Celebrian's sang softly a Quenyan lullaby.
"I shall be off to bed then," said Glorfindel in a hushed undertone. Elrond nodded and stood their cradling his son along with Celebrian, but Glorfindel took a step forward. "I believe this is my bedchamber," he said as a small smile played on his lips. "Oh, of course," murmured Celebrian and Elrond in unison.
"They're already anticipating tomorrow's comet appearace," called Glorfindel before Elrond left.
"You told them already?" said Elrond in an exasperated voice.
"Why? Is something wrong with that?"
"I planned on telling them later; now they'll be overly hyped up in the morning."
"Aren't they usually that way?"
"Good point. Sleep well, Glorfindel, mellonin****."
"And to you, Elrond Peredhil*****"
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*Naneth "Mother/Mommy"
**Ada "Daddy"
***Adar "Father"
****Mellonin "My friend"
*****Peredhil "Half-elven" (Elrond's 2nd name)
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I'll post Part 2 either later today or tomorrow. Review, please.
by Erhothwen
Author's Note: I've been thinking of writing the entire childhood of Elrohir and Elladan, but settled on a 2 chapter viginette just because I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to finish my original thought. Ugh, I hate not finishing things I've started. Also, the twins are around the ages of 5. (I'm still trying to grasp the concept of how Elves age) To any readers who have not read the timeline in the Return of the King appendixes (Shame on you!), Arwen is not in this because she isn't born until Elladan and Elrohir reach adulthood.
Elrond: Are you going to go through the entire Lord of the Rings history?
Thwen: This is MY author's note, so sod off! Anyway, I'll stop boring you with facts everybody already knows.
----------------------------
Genre: General
Rating: G
Warnings: None. No slash, no incest, etc.
Main Characters: Elladan, Elrohir, Glorfindel, Elrond, and Celebrian
Other Character(s): Erestor
Summary: A sweet, 2-part viginette about the young and restless Elladan and Elrohir witnessing a comet for the first time and stargazing with Glorfindel on a chilly night. Includes cute family bonding.
Disclaimer: I'm not Tolkien! I swear it! I'm just an entusiast! (Police take handcuffs off Erhothwen) Phew!
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PART 1/2:
Elrohir climbed upon his father's plump and squashy arm-chair while heaving a thick book upon it. After squirming around for a bit, he settled in a cozy position and opened the leather-bound book.
Glorfindel, who was walking down the corrider, stopped short when he saw the door to Lord Elrond's study ajar. He smiled at the sight of Elrohir staring at the book pages in fascination. The book covered nearly all of the Elfling's small lap.
Glorfindel stepped lightly inside without the young Elfling noticing. He would have been able to perfectly surprise Elrohir if it hadn't been for the small, but audible footsteps running down the corrider. Elrohir looked up to see both Glorfindel and an energetic Elladan sprint in.
"Glory, Glory, Glory!" he shouted as he rocked on the balls of feet.
"I think I got you the first time," answered Glorfindel in an amused voice.
"Glory, what's this?" asked Elrohir abruptly. Glorfindel's eyes dropped down to the illustration Elrohir was pointing to and responded, "Why it's a comet, Master Elrohir."
Just as he suspected, Elrohir opened his mouth to question him about comets, but the naturally talkative Elladan had already grew impatient. "Books are boring, 'Rohir. Let's go look at the stars! Naneth* said we can if Glory watches us. Naneth says she has to talk to Ada** alone. You know what that means?" Elladan didn't wait for an answer and continued in rapt speed, "It means they're going to smooch and kiss and be all lovey-dovey!"
"Gross!" exclaimed Elrohir, wrinkling his nose.
"C'mon, 'Rohir. It's no fun if you're not there and you know it!" whined Elladan. Elladan jutted his lip out in a way that he knew would make Elrohir agree.
Elrohir pondered this for a moment and gave in at last, as always. Glorfindel helped him put the the thick book where it belonged and led them both to his bedroom balcony. It was a well known fact that someone had to be watching the twins at almost times to prevent any mishaps. Despite that, the young mischief makers always seemed to find trouble, or perhaps trouble always seemed to find them. But no one could stay angry at them for a long time. After all, they were only Elflings and pretty cute ones for that matter with their round shining faces, twinkling grey eyes, and their dark auburn hair giving them the splitting image of their father.
When they reached the balcony, Glorfindel lifted both Elflings in his arms as they stared up into night sky in wonder. Stargazing was a favorite amongst the sons of Elrond and kept even the easily bored Elladan preocupied.
A soft zephry caused the air to become slighly more chilly and the twins snuggled against Glorfindel's warmth. There was a few moments of silence for a while and the twin sons of Elrond started to grow drowsy.
"Glory," murmured Elrohir quietly. "Where can I find a comet?"
"In the sky, but they don't show up everyday," answered Glorfindel in a peaceful tone.
"Why not?" pestered Elrohir. "Yeah, why not?" chimed Elladan sleepily, though it was more of an attempt to stay awake.
"Uh-oh," thought Glorfindel. Meeting Elrohir's satisfaction for his wide curiosity was Elrond's department, not his. This was the sort of thing Elrond did well in. Glorfindel knew that an answer would lead to a new question and would end up being a neverending cycle, so instead he said, "There will be one tomorrow. I'm sure your Adar*** will tell you all about it."
"You mean I'll get to see one!" said Elrohir in excited tone, which broke out into a yawn. Elladan opened his mouth to speak, but ended up resting his head on Glorfindel's shoulders fast asleep; his small hand clinging onto Glorfindel's tunic. Glorfindel nodded and Elrohir mirrored Elladan, to sleepy to carry on with his usual bombardment of questions. The twins' dark hair swayed to the soft breeze as they cuddled as much as possible in Glorfindel's arms.
"I see my sons are asleep at last," said a soft melodic voice from behind. Glorfindel turned to see Lady Celebrian with Lord Elrond beside her. Trying hard not to wake the slumbering Elflings, Glorfindel passed Elrohir into Celebrian's arms carefully while Elrond took Elladan in his arms. Elrond brushed a speck of dirt off Elladan's small nose and Celebrian's sang softly a Quenyan lullaby.
"I shall be off to bed then," said Glorfindel in a hushed undertone. Elrond nodded and stood their cradling his son along with Celebrian, but Glorfindel took a step forward. "I believe this is my bedchamber," he said as a small smile played on his lips. "Oh, of course," murmured Celebrian and Elrond in unison.
"They're already anticipating tomorrow's comet appearace," called Glorfindel before Elrond left.
"You told them already?" said Elrond in an exasperated voice.
"Why? Is something wrong with that?"
"I planned on telling them later; now they'll be overly hyped up in the morning."
"Aren't they usually that way?"
"Good point. Sleep well, Glorfindel, mellonin****."
"And to you, Elrond Peredhil*****"
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*Naneth "Mother/Mommy"
**Ada "Daddy"
***Adar "Father"
****Mellonin "My friend"
*****Peredhil "Half-elven" (Elrond's 2nd name)
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I'll post Part 2 either later today or tomorrow. Review, please.