Legacy of the Ring
Echo the Nymph
Disclaimer: For the last time, Middle-Earth is Tolkien's!!!
Chapter 33
"Tinuviel, there you are." Lord Elrond stepped to her side. Somehow, he felt that something was happening, and she would be there for him.
"I needed some air." She chuckled softly. "Hobbit holes may be cozy, but I felt a little cramped. After all, the one who built it knew not about centaurs." Her gaze was drawn back to the west. "Look!" The huntress pointed and he followed the direction she indicated. Someone was coming.
The image became more defined as it approached. A cloak was wrapped around her, the hood hiding her face. The woman approached Lord Elrond without hesitation. She stopped in front of him and drew back her hood. "Elrond, it has been a while."
He looked at her in shock; never had he thought that she would leave Valinor to return to him. He thought he would have to go to her.
"Don't just stand there; come here." She commanded.
Phoenix gave off a good-natured groan before giving the elf lord a shove. Elrond stumbled into his wife's embrace as the filly seemed to fade into the shadows. "That huntress is not going to..." He broke off as she kissed him.
"Who is she? After all, I had left long before she was born." Celebrian commented.
"She is Phoenix Tinuviel, a High Princess to her people and a dragon bound huntress of the line of fire." His eyes grew distant with memory. "She was born in Rivendell, just as Prairie Song had foreseen. By her people she is called Phoenix, yet any one of us call her Tinuviel." His arms stayed around her, not wanting to let go.
"Mother!" Arwen cried, shocked. Surprise was evident in her tone.
Reluctantly, Celebrian pulled away from Elrond and looked to her daughter who was soon to be a mother herself. "Arwen, I missed you." She hugged her daughter happily.
Startled sounds came from Bag End as the others came out. Phoenix instantly blocked them. "Let them have some time. Don't rush it." Her command was gentle, calming her startled friends. She glanced back to the elves, her gaze gentle. Then she walked alongside Aragorn towards the door.
"Tinuviel, Aragorn wait." Lord Elrond called. They halted, not understanding why he had asked them to stay. But soon, they relaxed knowing that introducing them to his wife a little at a time would be less stressful.
As conversation carried on, Phoenix felt the healer's heart in her cry out. A warning of birth. And only one was pregnant here. "Arwen, you're going into labor."
Arwen glanced at Phoenix then felt the first contraction. A sharp hiss escaped her, prompting Aragorn to steady her. Phoenix opened the door before them. Once inside, Talitha flew into the kitchen all the while chirping urgently. Images drawn from her memory revealed the problem. Samwise instantly started heating water while Frodo found what else was needed. The dragoness latched onto the bundle before vanishing.
Elrond and Aragron held onto Arwen's hands as Phoenix aided in the process of delivering. Her gentle chanting soothed the pain Arwen felt from the clenching muscles. A gushing wetness poured out with the next contraction. Talitha took over from her huntress, crooning a greeting song.
"You're doing fine, Arwen. The head's already crowning." The huntress sounded surprised about the speed of the Queen's first delivery. "Let's get her up." Together, they got her into a squatting position. "Sam, hurry!" Phoenix called.
With one final push, Arwen managed to get her baby out. A light pinch on the toe caused a healthy wail to come from the infant.
Sam came in with the basin of warm water. Phoenix bathed the child before wrapping him in a warm blanket. "You have a son." She handed him to his tired mother and gathered the afterbirth into a bundle. Talitha latched onto it and vanished between.
"His name is Eldarion." Arwen declared.
With the birth of the Prince of Gondor, a new hope came to Arda. But what would become of this world, forever separated yet forever connected to another? Hidden by mists that are impenetrable to mortal men has this place been protected by.
Still, more adventures await the Fellowship of the Ring.
Echo the Nymph
Disclaimer: For the last time, Middle-Earth is Tolkien's!!!
Chapter 33
"Tinuviel, there you are." Lord Elrond stepped to her side. Somehow, he felt that something was happening, and she would be there for him.
"I needed some air." She chuckled softly. "Hobbit holes may be cozy, but I felt a little cramped. After all, the one who built it knew not about centaurs." Her gaze was drawn back to the west. "Look!" The huntress pointed and he followed the direction she indicated. Someone was coming.
The image became more defined as it approached. A cloak was wrapped around her, the hood hiding her face. The woman approached Lord Elrond without hesitation. She stopped in front of him and drew back her hood. "Elrond, it has been a while."
He looked at her in shock; never had he thought that she would leave Valinor to return to him. He thought he would have to go to her.
"Don't just stand there; come here." She commanded.
Phoenix gave off a good-natured groan before giving the elf lord a shove. Elrond stumbled into his wife's embrace as the filly seemed to fade into the shadows. "That huntress is not going to..." He broke off as she kissed him.
"Who is she? After all, I had left long before she was born." Celebrian commented.
"She is Phoenix Tinuviel, a High Princess to her people and a dragon bound huntress of the line of fire." His eyes grew distant with memory. "She was born in Rivendell, just as Prairie Song had foreseen. By her people she is called Phoenix, yet any one of us call her Tinuviel." His arms stayed around her, not wanting to let go.
"Mother!" Arwen cried, shocked. Surprise was evident in her tone.
Reluctantly, Celebrian pulled away from Elrond and looked to her daughter who was soon to be a mother herself. "Arwen, I missed you." She hugged her daughter happily.
Startled sounds came from Bag End as the others came out. Phoenix instantly blocked them. "Let them have some time. Don't rush it." Her command was gentle, calming her startled friends. She glanced back to the elves, her gaze gentle. Then she walked alongside Aragorn towards the door.
"Tinuviel, Aragorn wait." Lord Elrond called. They halted, not understanding why he had asked them to stay. But soon, they relaxed knowing that introducing them to his wife a little at a time would be less stressful.
As conversation carried on, Phoenix felt the healer's heart in her cry out. A warning of birth. And only one was pregnant here. "Arwen, you're going into labor."
Arwen glanced at Phoenix then felt the first contraction. A sharp hiss escaped her, prompting Aragorn to steady her. Phoenix opened the door before them. Once inside, Talitha flew into the kitchen all the while chirping urgently. Images drawn from her memory revealed the problem. Samwise instantly started heating water while Frodo found what else was needed. The dragoness latched onto the bundle before vanishing.
Elrond and Aragron held onto Arwen's hands as Phoenix aided in the process of delivering. Her gentle chanting soothed the pain Arwen felt from the clenching muscles. A gushing wetness poured out with the next contraction. Talitha took over from her huntress, crooning a greeting song.
"You're doing fine, Arwen. The head's already crowning." The huntress sounded surprised about the speed of the Queen's first delivery. "Let's get her up." Together, they got her into a squatting position. "Sam, hurry!" Phoenix called.
With one final push, Arwen managed to get her baby out. A light pinch on the toe caused a healthy wail to come from the infant.
Sam came in with the basin of warm water. Phoenix bathed the child before wrapping him in a warm blanket. "You have a son." She handed him to his tired mother and gathered the afterbirth into a bundle. Talitha latched onto it and vanished between.
"His name is Eldarion." Arwen declared.
With the birth of the Prince of Gondor, a new hope came to Arda. But what would become of this world, forever separated yet forever connected to another? Hidden by mists that are impenetrable to mortal men has this place been protected by.
Still, more adventures await the Fellowship of the Ring.