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A/N: Hi there and thank you all so much for your lovely reviews! I am so glad that you like it. As promised, here is another update and this time it is a bit longer that the previous two chapters. Thank you so much enb2004 for being my beta and thank all of you for reading. Here is chapter three and enjoy!
Elrohir and Elladan were glad to be on their way home. Although the hunt had been successful, both were weary from three weeks of hunting. "Elrohir, look! Ada's already waiting for us in the courtyard," Elladan said. "Aye he is, but where is Estel? He's normally running toward us by now," Elrohir said, a hint of worry creeping into his voice.
Elladan frowned when he realized what his twin said was true. "I know not, come let us quicken our pace so we may find out where our little brother is," Elladan said.
"Ada, where is Estel?" Elrohir asked as soon as his horse had stopped, as he still saw no sign of his little brother. "Ada is he okay? He is not sick or injured right?" Elladan said at the same time as his twin.
Elrond smiled at the twins obvious concern for their little brother. "Fear not my sons, Estel is fine and quite content I might add. I am glad that you arrived home to see this," Elrond said, eyes twinkling with amusement.
"See what Ada?" the twins asked together relieved that Estel was fine. "Just come and follow me. Believe me, this is a sight worth seeing. It even made Erestor laugh," Elrond said wryly.
Elladan and Elrohir looked at one another in confusement and excitement. If this sight their Ada wanted them to see had made Erestor laugh, than they most certainly had to see it for themselves. Quickly leading their horses to their stalls, they followed their father into the house, eager to see the sight their Ada spoke of.
The twins followed their father through the halls of Imladris and were becoming more and more curious by the second. "Ada, where are you taking us?" Elrohir questioned. Elrond just smiled and pointed to a familiar door, down the corridor from where they were, that the twins knew all to well from their childhood.
"Ada, why are we going to Glorfindel's office? Surely the sight you wish us to see can not be in there," Elladan said slightly confused by his father's actions.
"Trust me Elladan, trust me. Both you and Elrohir go on in, but be quiet. Do not laugh until you are outside and further down the corridor," Elrond warned.
Elladan and Elrohir just looked at each other and shrugged. Sometimes, their father was quite odd but they would abide by his wishes. Slowly, as not to make any noise, Elladan opened Glorfindel's office door and gasped at the sight and struggled not to laugh, as Elrond and Erestor had before him.
"What, what?" Elrohir asked annoyed. He could hear his brother struggling not to laugh but he could not see what was causing his twins amusement as Elladan was blocking the way.
"Shhhhh," Elladan whispered as he glared at Elrohir and moved out of the way so Elrohir could see. Elrohir peered inside the room and he to found himself struggling not to laugh. He never thought that he would see the day when Glorfindel had a child sleeping on his lap while he slept at the same time.
Slowly the twins back out of the room and down the hallway before bursting out into laughter. Elrond smirked as his twins went into hysterics. "Did I not tell you that it was sight worth seeing?" Elrond teased.
"Oh you were right Ada. I am so glad that we did not miss this and came home just in time to see it!" Elladan said between laughing fits. Elrohir nodded but didn't say anything as he was still caught in the grips of a laughing fit.
Elrond smiled as his twins continued to laugh at poor Glorfindel's expense. "I hate to say it my sons, but we must wake Glorfindel and Estel. I would prefer to let Estel sleep but he has already missed lunch and it would not do for him to miss dinner as well. Will you wake your brother for me? I will wake Glorfindel myself once you two have Estel," Elrond said.
"Of course Ada, we'll get the tithen pen and bring him down to dinner," Elrohir said. "Good, thank you. Now go and get your brother so I can wake the Balrog slayer," Elrond said teasingly.
The twins nodded and went back into Glorfindel's office. Once they were inside the office, they silently made their way to Glorfindel's chair where both he and Estel were sound asleep. Elladan gently scooped up his brother into his arms and smiled when Estel snuggled closed, unconsciously wanted to be close to his brother. The twins smiled fondly down at their baby brother and tenderly carried him out of the office.
"Come Estel, time to wake up tithen gwador," Elladan said softly. Estel shifted slightly in Elladan's arms but didn't wake up. "Come on little one, I know you must be hungry and Dan and I caught a nice big buck for all of us to eat," Elrohir said. Estel shifted again and slowly his eyes fluttered open.
"Dan, Ro?" he asked questioningly. "Yes little brother, it's us," Elrohir said smiling down at Estel. "You're home!" Estel said suddenly wide awake and now squirming in Elladan's arms. "Whoa, easy there tithen pen, I've got you," Elrohir said taking the squirming child from Elladan's arms and hugging him tightly to his chest.
Elladan laughed. "We are glad to see you too tithen pen. We missed you very much. But now, it is time for dinner and then off to bed with you!" Elladan said smiling, immensely glad to be back home with his little brother.
"Okay!" Estel said brightly still clinging to Elrohirs chest. Now that his brothers were home, there was no way he was going to let go for a good while. "Come, I can smell the food already and boy does it smell good!" Elladan said. A decent meal of deer would be nice change from lembas bread.
Laughing all the way, the three brothers made their way down to the kitchens where they found Elrond, Erestor, and a quite disgruntled Glorfindel waiting for them. "I can not believe that you did not wake me Elrond! I could forgive you for not waking me but for showing me sleeping with Estel on my lap to other people as well!" Glorfindel exclaimed, completely miffed and embarrassed that he had been seen in such a position.
"Oh come now Glorfindel, you have to admit, it was such a cute sight," Erestor said while grinning at the embarrassed elf lord. Glorfindel groaned. "You can be replaced, you do realize that Erestor," he threatened.
"Aye, but that would mean you would have to replace the twins and we both know that Elrond would never allow you to do that," Erestor said grinning, knowing that he won the verbal sparing session. Glorfindel groaned but conceded to his defeat. It had been worth it after all, for Estel was just to cute. Estel could easily give an elfing a run for their money. One could hardly tell that Estel was not an elf unless they looked very hard and carefully for it.
"Come, let us eat before the deer becomes cold and certain people fall asleep before dinner has even started," Elrond said, looking over at Estel. He seemed to have lost the sudden alertness from when he had discovered that the twins were home and was slowly falling asleep at the dinner table.
By the time that dinner was over, Estel was half asleep and was struggling to stay awake. Elrond saw this and took pity on the young boy. "Elladan, Elrohir, would you please put your brother to bed? He has had a long day today and needs the extra sleep," Elrond said.
The twins exchanged looks about the long day part, but they knew their father would tell them later. Elrohir swooped Estel up and into his arms where Estel settled down happily right away and within seconds, was fast asleep in his brothers arms. Elrohir smiled fondly as Estel slept in his arms, as he and Elladan took Estel up into his bedroom.
"He is so adorable," Elladan said once they had gotten Estel into bed and had changed him into his night clothes. "That he is. Can you imagine what Arwen will say and do when she see him?" Elrohir said. Elladan winced at the thought and glanced pityingly down at his brother. Suddenly, Elladan realized something that his twin had not.
" You know, Arwen will not be the worst when it comes to claiming Estel," Elladan said with a wry grin. "Oh, and who would that be dear brother?" Elrohir asked suspiciously. Elladan knew something he didn't. That he was sure of.
"Our grandparents," Elladan said with a knowing grin. Elrohir knew this already but he decided to humor his brother. "Grandmother will be all over him, just like she did with us and Arwen when were little," he said.
"It gets even better Elrohir. I happen to know with absolute certainty that our grandparents and our little sister are coming to Imladris for the Winter Solstice," Elladan said.
Elrohir could not help roll his eyes at his brother. " I already know all that Dan," he said, becoming a tad bit annoyed with his brother. Elladan only smiled at his twins exasperation before dropping his little bomb shell. "I also happen to know that our dear Ada "somehow" neglected to tell our grandparents and lovely sister that we had a new addition to the family," Elladan finished smugly.
Elrohir stared at Elladan, opened mouth in shock. "Sweet Valar, save him! If Arwen doesn't kill him, that our grandparents certainly shall!" Elrohir exclaimed. "Aye," Elladan said snickering. "I for one can not wait to see Arwen's face when she realizes that she has a little brother," he said still snickering at the thought of what his little sisters reaction would be like.
"You must only wait another two weeks my sons," Elrond said standing in the hall, having been listening to the twins conversation with growing amusement.
"Ada!" the twins chorused together in surprise. "Come, let your brother sleep in peace. I am amazed that he slept through your entire conversation. He must be more tired than I thought," Elrond said with a frown. "Yes Ada," the twins said together. "Good, I shall see you come the morn my sons. Sleep well," Elrond said as he bent down and kissed Estel on the brow. "Sleep well my tithen pen," Elrond said softly to Estel as the twins left the room. Quietly, he blew out the candles and left Estel to dream the sweet dreams of a child.
Translations:
Ada: Dad/Daddy
Amme: Mom/Mommy
Tithen pen: Little one
Tithen gwador: Little brother
Ion nin: My son
Mellon nin: My friend
A/N: Hi there and thank you all so much for your lovely reviews! I am so glad that you like it. As promised, here is another update and this time it is a bit longer that the previous two chapters. Thank you so much enb2004 for being my beta and thank all of you for reading. Here is chapter three and enjoy!
Elrohir and Elladan were glad to be on their way home. Although the hunt had been successful, both were weary from three weeks of hunting. "Elrohir, look! Ada's already waiting for us in the courtyard," Elladan said. "Aye he is, but where is Estel? He's normally running toward us by now," Elrohir said, a hint of worry creeping into his voice.
Elladan frowned when he realized what his twin said was true. "I know not, come let us quicken our pace so we may find out where our little brother is," Elladan said.
"Ada, where is Estel?" Elrohir asked as soon as his horse had stopped, as he still saw no sign of his little brother. "Ada is he okay? He is not sick or injured right?" Elladan said at the same time as his twin.
Elrond smiled at the twins obvious concern for their little brother. "Fear not my sons, Estel is fine and quite content I might add. I am glad that you arrived home to see this," Elrond said, eyes twinkling with amusement.
"See what Ada?" the twins asked together relieved that Estel was fine. "Just come and follow me. Believe me, this is a sight worth seeing. It even made Erestor laugh," Elrond said wryly.
Elladan and Elrohir looked at one another in confusement and excitement. If this sight their Ada wanted them to see had made Erestor laugh, than they most certainly had to see it for themselves. Quickly leading their horses to their stalls, they followed their father into the house, eager to see the sight their Ada spoke of.
The twins followed their father through the halls of Imladris and were becoming more and more curious by the second. "Ada, where are you taking us?" Elrohir questioned. Elrond just smiled and pointed to a familiar door, down the corridor from where they were, that the twins knew all to well from their childhood.
"Ada, why are we going to Glorfindel's office? Surely the sight you wish us to see can not be in there," Elladan said slightly confused by his father's actions.
"Trust me Elladan, trust me. Both you and Elrohir go on in, but be quiet. Do not laugh until you are outside and further down the corridor," Elrond warned.
Elladan and Elrohir just looked at each other and shrugged. Sometimes, their father was quite odd but they would abide by his wishes. Slowly, as not to make any noise, Elladan opened Glorfindel's office door and gasped at the sight and struggled not to laugh, as Elrond and Erestor had before him.
"What, what?" Elrohir asked annoyed. He could hear his brother struggling not to laugh but he could not see what was causing his twins amusement as Elladan was blocking the way.
"Shhhhh," Elladan whispered as he glared at Elrohir and moved out of the way so Elrohir could see. Elrohir peered inside the room and he to found himself struggling not to laugh. He never thought that he would see the day when Glorfindel had a child sleeping on his lap while he slept at the same time.
Slowly the twins back out of the room and down the hallway before bursting out into laughter. Elrond smirked as his twins went into hysterics. "Did I not tell you that it was sight worth seeing?" Elrond teased.
"Oh you were right Ada. I am so glad that we did not miss this and came home just in time to see it!" Elladan said between laughing fits. Elrohir nodded but didn't say anything as he was still caught in the grips of a laughing fit.
Elrond smiled as his twins continued to laugh at poor Glorfindel's expense. "I hate to say it my sons, but we must wake Glorfindel and Estel. I would prefer to let Estel sleep but he has already missed lunch and it would not do for him to miss dinner as well. Will you wake your brother for me? I will wake Glorfindel myself once you two have Estel," Elrond said.
"Of course Ada, we'll get the tithen pen and bring him down to dinner," Elrohir said. "Good, thank you. Now go and get your brother so I can wake the Balrog slayer," Elrond said teasingly.
The twins nodded and went back into Glorfindel's office. Once they were inside the office, they silently made their way to Glorfindel's chair where both he and Estel were sound asleep. Elladan gently scooped up his brother into his arms and smiled when Estel snuggled closed, unconsciously wanted to be close to his brother. The twins smiled fondly down at their baby brother and tenderly carried him out of the office.
"Come Estel, time to wake up tithen gwador," Elladan said softly. Estel shifted slightly in Elladan's arms but didn't wake up. "Come on little one, I know you must be hungry and Dan and I caught a nice big buck for all of us to eat," Elrohir said. Estel shifted again and slowly his eyes fluttered open.
"Dan, Ro?" he asked questioningly. "Yes little brother, it's us," Elrohir said smiling down at Estel. "You're home!" Estel said suddenly wide awake and now squirming in Elladan's arms. "Whoa, easy there tithen pen, I've got you," Elrohir said taking the squirming child from Elladan's arms and hugging him tightly to his chest.
Elladan laughed. "We are glad to see you too tithen pen. We missed you very much. But now, it is time for dinner and then off to bed with you!" Elladan said smiling, immensely glad to be back home with his little brother.
"Okay!" Estel said brightly still clinging to Elrohirs chest. Now that his brothers were home, there was no way he was going to let go for a good while. "Come, I can smell the food already and boy does it smell good!" Elladan said. A decent meal of deer would be nice change from lembas bread.
Laughing all the way, the three brothers made their way down to the kitchens where they found Elrond, Erestor, and a quite disgruntled Glorfindel waiting for them. "I can not believe that you did not wake me Elrond! I could forgive you for not waking me but for showing me sleeping with Estel on my lap to other people as well!" Glorfindel exclaimed, completely miffed and embarrassed that he had been seen in such a position.
"Oh come now Glorfindel, you have to admit, it was such a cute sight," Erestor said while grinning at the embarrassed elf lord. Glorfindel groaned. "You can be replaced, you do realize that Erestor," he threatened.
"Aye, but that would mean you would have to replace the twins and we both know that Elrond would never allow you to do that," Erestor said grinning, knowing that he won the verbal sparing session. Glorfindel groaned but conceded to his defeat. It had been worth it after all, for Estel was just to cute. Estel could easily give an elfing a run for their money. One could hardly tell that Estel was not an elf unless they looked very hard and carefully for it.
"Come, let us eat before the deer becomes cold and certain people fall asleep before dinner has even started," Elrond said, looking over at Estel. He seemed to have lost the sudden alertness from when he had discovered that the twins were home and was slowly falling asleep at the dinner table.
By the time that dinner was over, Estel was half asleep and was struggling to stay awake. Elrond saw this and took pity on the young boy. "Elladan, Elrohir, would you please put your brother to bed? He has had a long day today and needs the extra sleep," Elrond said.
The twins exchanged looks about the long day part, but they knew their father would tell them later. Elrohir swooped Estel up and into his arms where Estel settled down happily right away and within seconds, was fast asleep in his brothers arms. Elrohir smiled fondly as Estel slept in his arms, as he and Elladan took Estel up into his bedroom.
"He is so adorable," Elladan said once they had gotten Estel into bed and had changed him into his night clothes. "That he is. Can you imagine what Arwen will say and do when she see him?" Elrohir said. Elladan winced at the thought and glanced pityingly down at his brother. Suddenly, Elladan realized something that his twin had not.
" You know, Arwen will not be the worst when it comes to claiming Estel," Elladan said with a wry grin. "Oh, and who would that be dear brother?" Elrohir asked suspiciously. Elladan knew something he didn't. That he was sure of.
"Our grandparents," Elladan said with a knowing grin. Elrohir knew this already but he decided to humor his brother. "Grandmother will be all over him, just like she did with us and Arwen when were little," he said.
"It gets even better Elrohir. I happen to know with absolute certainty that our grandparents and our little sister are coming to Imladris for the Winter Solstice," Elladan said.
Elrohir could not help roll his eyes at his brother. " I already know all that Dan," he said, becoming a tad bit annoyed with his brother. Elladan only smiled at his twins exasperation before dropping his little bomb shell. "I also happen to know that our dear Ada "somehow" neglected to tell our grandparents and lovely sister that we had a new addition to the family," Elladan finished smugly.
Elrohir stared at Elladan, opened mouth in shock. "Sweet Valar, save him! If Arwen doesn't kill him, that our grandparents certainly shall!" Elrohir exclaimed. "Aye," Elladan said snickering. "I for one can not wait to see Arwen's face when she realizes that she has a little brother," he said still snickering at the thought of what his little sisters reaction would be like.
"You must only wait another two weeks my sons," Elrond said standing in the hall, having been listening to the twins conversation with growing amusement.
"Ada!" the twins chorused together in surprise. "Come, let your brother sleep in peace. I am amazed that he slept through your entire conversation. He must be more tired than I thought," Elrond said with a frown. "Yes Ada," the twins said together. "Good, I shall see you come the morn my sons. Sleep well," Elrond said as he bent down and kissed Estel on the brow. "Sleep well my tithen pen," Elrond said softly to Estel as the twins left the room. Quietly, he blew out the candles and left Estel to dream the sweet dreams of a child.
Translations:
Ada: Dad/Daddy
Amme: Mom/Mommy
Tithen pen: Little one
Tithen gwador: Little brother
Ion nin: My son
Mellon nin: My friend