How They Met
AN: To all who have waited for Glorfindel this chapter's for you. He finally arrives! And boy did it take him long enough.
Glorfindel: "Don't blame my late arrival on me! I'm not the one writing this.. what did you call it? Fan-Fic?"
AN: All of the information on Glorfindel's background with Elrond I'm basing on the little information I've found in the books and from other people. If I am mistaken in this please remember that this is an AU.
Elladan: *rolls eyes *Like that's a good excuse.
Chapter 5: Imladris's New Arrival.
All was clam in the valley. The Last Homely House was a beautiful sight to the travel weary Lorien escorts. It had been a long trip to Imladris; they left about spring and it almost the beginning of summer. The travelers had faced no problems with orcs once they where a week away from Imladris. To them it seemed the orcs had enough sense to say away from Elrond and his city.
" We should be in the city in an hour." Said one of the escorts. "This should be a interesting meeting."
"I know." Replied another." I do feel a great swell of piety for him, going to become the twins teacher and a new advisor to Elrond."
"I wonder how Elrond will react to the fact that Galadriel not only found him a teacher but an advisor."
"Elrond will say nothing. Why the Half-elven may even give him a medal of honor if he can survive one week with the Terrible Two."
" I wonder how he would look bald?"
" Or covered in bites?"
Both escorts laughed." Or missing his eyebrows!"
" Gentlemen." came another musical elven voice. " I do not believe it is kind to speak badly of the children when you have not met them. And as for how things will go with Lord Elrond. we shall just have to wait and see."
Both escorts nodded." You are right Lord Glorfindel."
The blonde elf patted Afsolth on the head. "Tonight rochmellon you will rest in a nice stable, with good hay and cold water."
The white horse neighed and seemed to perk up a great deal.
As the city got closer and closer Glorfindel began to wonder himself just how the meetings where going to go.
He'd been able to meet Nárlhach for a short time before leaving Lorien. Glorfindel had naturally inquired about the twins, all answers he received suggested that they didn't treat Nárlhach very well. But there was something about the former teacher that didn't seem right, and it bothered Glorfindel. Still he decided that he would make no decision about the twin's behavior until he met them.
He had also talked to Lady Celebrian, Lord Elrond's wife. She explained to him, very happily, that both boys enjoyed swords. She also explained that they really weren't the demons everyone made them out to be. The Lady's words and the words of Galadriel are what persuaded him to accept the position.
He didn't want to admit it but he was unsure as to how he could conduct a class with the boys. He wasn't even sure he'd be a good teacher, and the fact that he had this entire journey to worry over things was not helping his confidence. Glorfindel then took a deep breath and sighed. ' I didn't even worry this much when I fought the Balrog.'
" Hîr nin?" asked the escort, snapping Glorfindel out of his thoughts.
"Yes Dúmenel?" He asked looking at the silver haired elf.
"The river. You where so lost in thought I believe it would be good to stop you before you crossed the river. Nimorn has rode ahead to inform them that we are here."
"Then why must we wait here on the other side of the river? It is shallow enough to cross."
Dúmenel smiled and looked down from his horse at the river. " That it is. But Elrond's magic can make the waters rise, flooding it. It's a way to keep things out of Imladris that should not be in it."
"We are guests. We pose no threat to Imladris."
"They may not expect us to have arrived so soon. The Lady Celebrian said it would be best that we inform them of our arrival to prevent being swept away by a flooding river. Don't you think that is wise, Hîr nin?"
Glorfindel nodded and waited for Nimorn to return. Nimorn rode quickly into Imladris, stopping after he entered the gates. Speaking to a guard he was taken directly to Erestor.
"Hîr nin." Nimorn bowed.
Erestor smiled and bowed. "Welcome to Imladris. I am Erestor advisor to Lord Elrond." Then he noticed that no one was with Nimorn.
"Where is your company?"
"Waiting."
"Waiting? Whatever for?"
"Permission to cross the river into Imladris."
"Why?"
"So the river doesn't flood and sweep us away. The Lady Celebrian said we would be if no one announced our arrival."
Erestor sighed and shook his head.' Now I know where the Twins get it.' But to a confused Nimorn he said. "That is true Lord Elrond can flood the river, to keep orcs and other such creatures out of Imladris. But when elves cross over it we never flood it. How else did you think you where able to cross it?"
Nimorn turned red and looked at the ground, embarrassed. "I was just doing what the Lady told me."
"I know. " Erestor said and slapped the elf on the back in a friendly manner. "But sometimes the Lady Celebrian likes to play her own little jokes and pranks. She may be an elf, and elven nobility, but every once in a while a person needs to have a little fun and a laugh. I'm afraid that this particular prank might be a favorite of hers."
Nimorn smiled then laughed. "Well doesn't bother me any. Thought I think it gives the new teacher more time to think over how he will meet his students. He doesn't show it but I think he's nervous about meeting them."
"Well go ride and get him." Erestor laughed. "We can't have him running off before he's even started a class."
Nimorn nodded and ran back out to his horse.
Nimorn had returned and told them the Lady's joke. Glorfindel had found it amusing, Dúmenel had not. But once he entered the city his anger was forgotten.
Glorfindel looked around Imladris as they rode in. ' Indeed this place is welcoming.' He thought as he rode Aslfoth into the stables, to be tended to by a stable hand. ' It seems Elrond, with what was left of the Noldorian elves had done quiet well for themselves.'
"Hîr nin, Lords Elrond and Erestor are waiting for you in the library. I am " Said a dark haired servant girl. Glorfindel noticed that she was staring at him, and she curtsied. With a polite smile Glorfindel smiled and bowed. Both Dúmenel and Nimorn laughed when the young she-elf blushed a lovely pink.
Glorfindel still smiled at the girl but thought,' Dear child I am way to old for you' and glared at Dúmenel and Nimorn. Both walking behind him and the young she-elf muttering quietly things such as," Glorfindel breaker of hearts. Luckiest Elf in all of Imladris.'
Glorfindel made a mental note for his next letter to Lady Galadriel. It was say something along the lines of the immaturity of Lorien elves.
" My name is Mîrelena. I work mostly in the kitchen but also take over the shifts of others if they are not present."
"Mae Govenn Mîrelena." All three elves said together.
She looked at them as she led them down the halls to the library. Glorfindel half paid attention to the conversation and was uncomfortable at the way Mîrelena would look at him and blush.
"So I hear one of you is to be the new teacher of the Twin Masters."
"That would be Goldilocks-err I mean Lord Glorfindel." Nimorn correct once he was on the receiving end of an evil look from the blonde elf. Yes it was going to be a LONG letter to Galadriel.
End of Chapter 5
I'm prolonging him being introduced to the twins. I haven't really decided what will happen. Or what Elrond's going to do once he sees Glorfindel. But at least Glorfindel has finally showed up! * hears the halleluiah music and the cheers of fan girls. * Poor Elrohir though.looks like he's got some competition when it comes to Mîrelena.
Thank to all who reviewed.
AN: To all who have waited for Glorfindel this chapter's for you. He finally arrives! And boy did it take him long enough.
Glorfindel: "Don't blame my late arrival on me! I'm not the one writing this.. what did you call it? Fan-Fic?"
AN: All of the information on Glorfindel's background with Elrond I'm basing on the little information I've found in the books and from other people. If I am mistaken in this please remember that this is an AU.
Elladan: *rolls eyes *Like that's a good excuse.
Chapter 5: Imladris's New Arrival.
All was clam in the valley. The Last Homely House was a beautiful sight to the travel weary Lorien escorts. It had been a long trip to Imladris; they left about spring and it almost the beginning of summer. The travelers had faced no problems with orcs once they where a week away from Imladris. To them it seemed the orcs had enough sense to say away from Elrond and his city.
" We should be in the city in an hour." Said one of the escorts. "This should be a interesting meeting."
"I know." Replied another." I do feel a great swell of piety for him, going to become the twins teacher and a new advisor to Elrond."
"I wonder how Elrond will react to the fact that Galadriel not only found him a teacher but an advisor."
"Elrond will say nothing. Why the Half-elven may even give him a medal of honor if he can survive one week with the Terrible Two."
" I wonder how he would look bald?"
" Or covered in bites?"
Both escorts laughed." Or missing his eyebrows!"
" Gentlemen." came another musical elven voice. " I do not believe it is kind to speak badly of the children when you have not met them. And as for how things will go with Lord Elrond. we shall just have to wait and see."
Both escorts nodded." You are right Lord Glorfindel."
The blonde elf patted Afsolth on the head. "Tonight rochmellon you will rest in a nice stable, with good hay and cold water."
The white horse neighed and seemed to perk up a great deal.
As the city got closer and closer Glorfindel began to wonder himself just how the meetings where going to go.
He'd been able to meet Nárlhach for a short time before leaving Lorien. Glorfindel had naturally inquired about the twins, all answers he received suggested that they didn't treat Nárlhach very well. But there was something about the former teacher that didn't seem right, and it bothered Glorfindel. Still he decided that he would make no decision about the twin's behavior until he met them.
He had also talked to Lady Celebrian, Lord Elrond's wife. She explained to him, very happily, that both boys enjoyed swords. She also explained that they really weren't the demons everyone made them out to be. The Lady's words and the words of Galadriel are what persuaded him to accept the position.
He didn't want to admit it but he was unsure as to how he could conduct a class with the boys. He wasn't even sure he'd be a good teacher, and the fact that he had this entire journey to worry over things was not helping his confidence. Glorfindel then took a deep breath and sighed. ' I didn't even worry this much when I fought the Balrog.'
" Hîr nin?" asked the escort, snapping Glorfindel out of his thoughts.
"Yes Dúmenel?" He asked looking at the silver haired elf.
"The river. You where so lost in thought I believe it would be good to stop you before you crossed the river. Nimorn has rode ahead to inform them that we are here."
"Then why must we wait here on the other side of the river? It is shallow enough to cross."
Dúmenel smiled and looked down from his horse at the river. " That it is. But Elrond's magic can make the waters rise, flooding it. It's a way to keep things out of Imladris that should not be in it."
"We are guests. We pose no threat to Imladris."
"They may not expect us to have arrived so soon. The Lady Celebrian said it would be best that we inform them of our arrival to prevent being swept away by a flooding river. Don't you think that is wise, Hîr nin?"
Glorfindel nodded and waited for Nimorn to return. Nimorn rode quickly into Imladris, stopping after he entered the gates. Speaking to a guard he was taken directly to Erestor.
"Hîr nin." Nimorn bowed.
Erestor smiled and bowed. "Welcome to Imladris. I am Erestor advisor to Lord Elrond." Then he noticed that no one was with Nimorn.
"Where is your company?"
"Waiting."
"Waiting? Whatever for?"
"Permission to cross the river into Imladris."
"Why?"
"So the river doesn't flood and sweep us away. The Lady Celebrian said we would be if no one announced our arrival."
Erestor sighed and shook his head.' Now I know where the Twins get it.' But to a confused Nimorn he said. "That is true Lord Elrond can flood the river, to keep orcs and other such creatures out of Imladris. But when elves cross over it we never flood it. How else did you think you where able to cross it?"
Nimorn turned red and looked at the ground, embarrassed. "I was just doing what the Lady told me."
"I know. " Erestor said and slapped the elf on the back in a friendly manner. "But sometimes the Lady Celebrian likes to play her own little jokes and pranks. She may be an elf, and elven nobility, but every once in a while a person needs to have a little fun and a laugh. I'm afraid that this particular prank might be a favorite of hers."
Nimorn smiled then laughed. "Well doesn't bother me any. Thought I think it gives the new teacher more time to think over how he will meet his students. He doesn't show it but I think he's nervous about meeting them."
"Well go ride and get him." Erestor laughed. "We can't have him running off before he's even started a class."
Nimorn nodded and ran back out to his horse.
Nimorn had returned and told them the Lady's joke. Glorfindel had found it amusing, Dúmenel had not. But once he entered the city his anger was forgotten.
Glorfindel looked around Imladris as they rode in. ' Indeed this place is welcoming.' He thought as he rode Aslfoth into the stables, to be tended to by a stable hand. ' It seems Elrond, with what was left of the Noldorian elves had done quiet well for themselves.'
"Hîr nin, Lords Elrond and Erestor are waiting for you in the library. I am " Said a dark haired servant girl. Glorfindel noticed that she was staring at him, and she curtsied. With a polite smile Glorfindel smiled and bowed. Both Dúmenel and Nimorn laughed when the young she-elf blushed a lovely pink.
Glorfindel still smiled at the girl but thought,' Dear child I am way to old for you' and glared at Dúmenel and Nimorn. Both walking behind him and the young she-elf muttering quietly things such as," Glorfindel breaker of hearts. Luckiest Elf in all of Imladris.'
Glorfindel made a mental note for his next letter to Lady Galadriel. It was say something along the lines of the immaturity of Lorien elves.
" My name is Mîrelena. I work mostly in the kitchen but also take over the shifts of others if they are not present."
"Mae Govenn Mîrelena." All three elves said together.
She looked at them as she led them down the halls to the library. Glorfindel half paid attention to the conversation and was uncomfortable at the way Mîrelena would look at him and blush.
"So I hear one of you is to be the new teacher of the Twin Masters."
"That would be Goldilocks-err I mean Lord Glorfindel." Nimorn correct once he was on the receiving end of an evil look from the blonde elf. Yes it was going to be a LONG letter to Galadriel.
End of Chapter 5
I'm prolonging him being introduced to the twins. I haven't really decided what will happen. Or what Elrond's going to do once he sees Glorfindel. But at least Glorfindel has finally showed up! * hears the halleluiah music and the cheers of fan girls. * Poor Elrohir though.looks like he's got some competition when it comes to Mîrelena.
Thank to all who reviewed.