A/N: Thank you for all the wonderful reviews! If you read my other stories, no I'm not abandoning any of them it is merely taking awhile to write them. I am very happy to have gotten 11 reviews for the last chapter! Hopefully I'll have the next chapter ready to be put up straight away after I receive the tenth review for this chapter!
All elvish in this chapter is translated at the bottom of the chapter! Thanks again and don't forget to review!
Dedicated to JuMiKu!
Chapter 4: Guests
"English/Common tongue"
"Elvish"
"Mind speech"……………………………..
A few weeks had passed and the population of Rivendell had gotten used to having the young elfling around. After the first day or two Harry started acting happier and started 'coming out of his shell' as everyone called it. He still avoided talking of his passed life but everyone thought that was because he didn't like being remaindered that they had yet to find away to send him 'home'.
"Emrys!" Elladan yelled as his twin Elrohir fell to the ground laughing.
"Yes dear Uncle of mine?" Harry asked sheepishly, after the initial shock Elladan and Elrohir had been overjoyed with the fact that they where Uncles and that there littlest sister had had a son. They had taken Harry under there wing straight away and quickly became the overprotective Uncles Harry, though he wouldn't admit it, had come to love.
"How many times do I have to tell you not to sneak up on people?"
"But wasn't it you who told me to sneak up on Glorfindel while he was…"
"Alright how many times do I have to tell you not to sneak up on me?"
"Always once more!" Harry said grinning at his Uncle before making a quick get away to the practice field where he knew Glorfindel would be. Glorfindel had become an honorary Uncle to Harry and often saved him from the twins, he was also teaching him to fight.
"Hello Emrys what have you done now?" Glorfindel asked Harry as he ran over to him.
"What makes you think I did anything? Maybe I was just in a hurry to see you," Harry suggested.
"Hello Emrys!" Aragorn said coming over to the pair, Aragorn had taken to his nephew quickly and taught him all the skills a ranger could need: hunting, tracking, and other wilderness survival skills to name a few. Arwen, Harry's only real Aunt, had also taken to the elfling and quickly put her mothering instincts in overdrive. In fact everyone who had met him quickly fell for his charm and in Harry's opinion all became overprotective, smothering people, though he didn't say this but rather think it with more then a hint of affection.
"Hey Aragorn what are you up to?" Emrys asked smiling at the Ranger King.
"Getting ready to head back," Aragorn said and Harry's smile dropped "Hey you know I have a kingdom to run who knows what will have happened while I've been away, they've probably burnt the city down!"
Harry laughed at that and smiled again, his heart ached a little at the thought of Aragorn and Arwen leaving so he quickly changed the topic, "Did you hear? A group from Mirkwood and Lothlorien are coming!" Harry said, "Grandfather even said the Lord and Lady of the woods are coming!"
Glorfindel and Aragorn both raised an eyebrow at the same time as they heard this, causing Harry to giggle slightly. Both of them knew that the Lord and Lady rarely left the Golden woods and that the most likely reason for them to do so now was so they may see their great-grandchild, but nether of them where going to tell Harry that.
"Is that so?" Aragorn asked.
"Yep!" Harry said, "They arrive a few days before you leave."
"Hey Emrys aren't you supposed to be with Erestor?" Glorfindel asked.
"Oh no! I am sooooooooo dead!" Harry groaned sinking to his knees.
"Shouldn't you get a move on then?" Aragorn asked
"No I'm already late so if I go now he will kill me if I go later he will kill me later therefore it would be better for me to stay away from him for as long as possible therefore extending my lifespan slightly!" Harry explained it to Aragorn and Glorfindel like they where two year olds. "So what do you want to do now? Something fun! I have to make the most of the time I have left!"
And so it was that Harry, Aragorn and Glorfindel spent the rest of the day doing things Harry classified as 'fun'; lets just say that by the end of the day Erestor was not the only one lining up to kill the young elfling and his companions.
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As it turns out Erestor decided to forego killing Harry instead Harry's punishment was cleaning part of the library and his punishment for his 'fun' was to clean out a room that looked like it had been thousands of years since anyone had lived there. Some good did come out of it though as when cleaning the room as Harry discovered a secrete passageway that lead to more passages all throughout Rivendell and even into the surrounding area. It was perfect for spying, playing pranks and quick getaways.
It was two days later and Harry was in the library, under Erestor's watchful eye, cleaning one of the dusty shelves when a horn sounded signalling the arrival of the elves of Lorien and Mirkwood.
"Erestor can I go?" Harry begged, "Please! Can I?"
Erestor thought about it for a moment but gave in when Harry used his ever successful puppy dog eyes, "Okay but this doesn't mean your punishment is finished! And don't run in the library!" Erestor yelled after him as Harry ran out of the room.
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As the elves rode into Rivendell Harry rushed over to his family.
"Ah, glad you could take time from your busy schedule to join us my dear nephew." Elrohir said as Harry skidded to a halt next to him.
"Oh do shut up," Harry said as he watched their elven guests dismount in the courtyard before them.
"Welcome Milord and Lady to Rivendell," Lord Elrond greeted two of the elves, the elves seemed to glow, they where so beautiful and held an air of wisdom and power.
"Suilad, Ion nín," The Lady said smiling, her smile seemed to light the whole courtyard.
"Grandadar! Grandnaneth!" Arwen exclaimed happily as she walked over to hug them, the twins followed her and also hugged their Grandparents.
As Harry watched them he felt something or someone trying to enter his mind, he quickly brought up his defences blocking the intruder from his mind though he left a little 'room' at the 'front' of his mind with the message telling the person not to try to get further into his mind as his mind was his own.
"Do not fear little one I do not mean you any harm," the voice said in his head, in the space he had left for it. "I am sorry if I unsettled you."
"What do you want?" Harry asked it feeling really weird talking to someone in his head.
"To talk to you, my great-grandson." The voice now identified as the Lady of the woods, his great-grandmother, Galadriel.
Before he could respond to her he felt a tugging at his shirt, "Come on 'Ry, come say hello they won't bite." Elrohir said, pulling Harry over to the others.
"Greetings Emrys," Lord Celeborn said smiling down at his nervous great-grandson Harry smiled back nervously before turning to his great-grandmother who too was smiling at him. She moved forward and hugged him he automatically tensed but quickly forced himself to relax.
It turn out one of the Mirkwood elves was Prince Legolas who, after greeting Lord Elrond and handing over the letter from him father the king of Mirkwood, disappeared with Aragorn. The rest of the day passed fairly quickly, well that is after Emrys managed to disappear into his secret passageways away form all those eyes. Yes he knew that elflings where rare but really didn't they know staring was rude? He supposed they would get over it in a while just like the Rivendell elves he only hoped it would be soon and they didn't get the side affect of mothering over protectiveness that the Rivendell elves got. But, unfortunately, he couldn't stay hidden forever as he had to attend the feast and then before he could slip away again the twins dragged him to the Hall of Fire where the elves told stories and sang. He didn't really see the point he couldn't understand most of what was said, he was still learning the elvish language, and he didn't really want to spend the night being stared at and babied.
A few escape attempts later, Harry found himself sitting between the twins who seemed determined to make sure he stayed; with them were Aragorn and Legolas; the Prince seemed to find the whole thing rather amusing.
"So 'Ry how about you sing us a song?" Elladan suggested.
"Yeah we haven't heard you sing yet," Elrohir agreed.
"No! Not going to happen! Hell would freeze over first!" Harry said quite passionately.
"Aw, why not?" Elrohir asked.
"I. Don't. Sing." Emrys said making sure each word was heard clearly.
"Don't sing? Everyone sings!" Elrohir exclaimed.
"You don't have to sing it in elvish, you could sing a song from your home!" Elladan suggested.
"No! Absolutely not! No way in Hell! Actually that probably the only place it would happen…but this isn't Hell at least I bloody well hope it's not because if it is it is a rather large let down…or would that be a let up? And if this is Hell I wonder what Heaven would be like as this isn't exactly what the brochure to Hell said so I wonder if they got Heaven wrong as well?" Harry paused in his ramblings to take a breath and see how his company was taking it.
"What is Hell? And Heaven for that mater?" Aragorn asked after he finally got his head around what had been said, the twins and Legolas all looked curious too.
So Harry spent the next while explaining it to them he also explained some of the religions from earth and the many different theories on death including reincarnation. By the time he was done he had their heads filled with so much different and strange information that he took the perfect chance to escape their clutches. He was at the door before they finally regained their senses.
"Hey Emrys you get back here!" The twins cried running after him as he took of out the door to freedom. Of course the twins yelling drew others attention to the retreating elfling and twins but also to their companions Aragorn and Legolas, who by this stage where in uncontrollable fits of laughter as they fully realised what the young elfling had just done. The Rivendell elves just shock their heads assuming that Harry had pulled a prank on the twins, the other elves where not as used to such things as they didn't have an elfling nor the twins but though slightly confused they didn't say anything.
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The next day Harry noticed Erestor seemed to be looking for him, assuming it was so he could get him to finish his punishment work Harry decided it best to avoid him and the best place to do that was the practice yards so that's where he went.
It was in the archery practice fields that Harry saw Legolas, he was by far the best archer Harry had ever seen and that was saying something as he had seen some of the greatest elven warriors.
"Hello Emrys, his amazing isn't he," Aragorn said coming up beside him "The greatest archer in all middle earth they say which is fitting." At Harry's look Aragorn explained, "Mirkwood is known for producing the finest archers and Legolas is the prince of Mirkwood so it is only fitting that he is the best archer."
Harry nodded in agreement as he watched Legolas hit the middle of the target from a position that would normally make it impossible for the arrow to even reach the target let alone get a bullseye.
"How are your studies coming anyway?" Aragorn asked.
"Good Glorfindel said that I was doing pretty well."
"Not just good the boys a natural!" Glorfindel said as he joined them.
"Really?" Aragorn said impressed, it was not often that Glorfindel complemented trainees; he said that it gave them big heads and made them over confident, which was never a good thing out on the field.
"Yes, he has improved greatly in all areas and has surpassed me in archery, though I'll admit that archery is my weakest point." Glorfindel said proudly, as Harry ducked his head blushing.
"Is that so?" Aragorn said smiling at his young nephew, "How about a demonstration before I leave?"
"I don't know…" Emrys mumbled still blushing at the compliment he had received.
"Come on Emrys! Please!" Aragorn begged.
"Uh-Ok," Harry said.
"Good! Why don't we start with archery? Seen as we're here and all." Aragorn suggested.
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Later that night found a still dazed Harry sitting down at the dinner table.
"What's up Ry?" Elrohir asked.
"Emrys here is still shocked about the fact that His highness Prince Legolas has agreed to give him archery lessons." Aragorn said chuckling.
"Really? Wow, how come?" Elladan asked.
"He seemed to be impressed with Emrys' skills so far, said he was a natural." Aragorn said.
"Ahh, and don't forget Lord Haldir's offer," Glorfindel said grinning.
"Haldir's offer? What was that?" Elrohir asked.
"Also an offer of training though in a different area of course. Daggers wasn't it?" Aragorn asked Glorfindel.
"Yes I believe it was."
"Wow! He's going to be trained by the best of Rivendell, Mirkwood and Lothlorian!" Elladan said whistling in appreciation.
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Translations:
Suilad - Greetings
Ion nín - my son
Grandadar - Grandfather
Grandnaneth - Grandmother
Ada - Dad
Tiithen pen – little one
A/N: Please remember to review! Tell me what you think of this chapter if I have the characters mostly right esp. the spelling of the names! Anyway hope you enjoyed reading this!
