Disclaimer: See Chapter One.
A/N: Hi there! THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, for your lovely reviews! I love you all! I am so glad that you like it so far. Many thanks to enb2004 for being my beta! Go read her Harry Potter stories. They are soooo goooood! Yah, I'm a bit hyper today. Anyway, here's chapter four as promised. Enjoy!
As Estel, Elladan, Elrohir, and Elrond slept, a thunderstorm of great intensity crept up on the valley of Imladris unnoticed. As the storm came close the thunder grew very loud and continued to become louder and more violent the closer it passed by Imladris. Estel woke up with a scream as the thunder rumbled and the wind shook the window violently.
"ADA!" Estel screamed as he trembled violently underneath his bed covers. Lightning struck right outside his window and not even seconds later a great crash of thunder followed. "ADA!" Estel screamed again, frightened by the very loud noise and the images that had been in his dream seemed to coincide with the violent thunderstorm. Which made him all the more scared as the dream had been very scary for the little four year old.
Elrohir woke with a curse at the extremely loud thunder, made all the more loud with his keen elvish hearing. Cursing at the thunderstorm, Elrohir was about to roll over and go back to sleep when he heard a voice scream "Ada!" that he instantly recognized as Estel.
Scrambling out of bed, Elrohir ran for Estel's bedroom, barely acknowledging Elladan whom had also run out of his room for Estel's when he had heard his little brother's screams.
Once the twins had reached Estel's room, they both immediately reached for the trembling bundle that was under the covers. "Elrohir, go light a candle, it is far to dark in here," Elladan said while more thunder continued to rumble. "Shhhh, Estel it's all right, we're here now. Did the thunder scare you tithen gwador?" Elladan asked, uncovering Estel from the blankets while Elrohir lit the room up.
"Dan? Is that you?" Estel asked his silver eyes wide and his body still trembling with fear. "Aye tis us Estel," Elrohir said sitting down on Estel's bed and gathering his little brother's shaking form into his arms.
"Estel?" a voice said from the hallway. "Ada, come in. I think the storm is scaring him," Elrohir said, hugging Estel tightly to his chest.
Elrond breathed a sigh of relief as he had feared that something had been seriously wrong the way that Estel had called for him. He chastised himself. He should have realized that Estel would be terrified by the thunderstorms. They weren't all that common in Imladris, especially ones of such intensity as this one seemed to be.
"Ada," Estel cried softly, still scared by the rumbling of the thunder and the images he had seen in his dream. "Shh, it's all right ion nin, it is but a thunderstorm. There is nothing to be scared of," Elrond said soothingly while pulling Estel into his arms from Elrohir's.
"I was so scared Ada, not only because of the storm but of the dream! I was dreaming and then these big bangs could be heard, something was chasing me," Estel cried softly. "Shhh, it's okay Estel. What else happened in the dream?" Elrond questioned, slightly concerned that he thought he knew where the contents of this dream were headed.
"I ran and suddenly I was in this ugly place that had a huge ugly castle with a scary looking eye looking at me. It kept saying a name. Ara... Arath..... Arathorn! Then it started chasing me and I screamed and that's when I woke up and heard the thunder and it reminded me of the dream Ada," Estel cried miserably, the nightmare clearly having an effect on him.
Elrond exchanged horror filled looks with his twin sons. Clearly, Estel had dreamt of the Great Eye and it was looking for the Heir of Isildur. Thankfully, the eye had not discovered Estel but it was highly disturbing that Estel had seen it.
Sauron knew that the heir to the throne of Gondor still lived. This must be dealt with and quickly, before the Great Eye turned it's attention to Estel even further and discovered the truth. It was a good thing that Galadriel and Celeborn were coming for the Winter Solstice, but what of Gandalf? Gandalf had to be informed of this if he didn't already now. Sighing silently, Elrond decided to worry about that later, for now, he had to worry about Estel.
Turning his attention back to his youngest, Elrond noticed that the boy was still shaking in his arms and his silver eyes were wide with pure fear. "Estel, do you wish to try to go back to sleep?" Elrond asked, already knowing the answer.
"No Ada! Please, I don't want to see it again!" Estel said whimpering into the Elf Lord's chest. "That's perfectly all right ion nin, I do not blame you in the slightest," Elrond said soothingly. "Elladan, Elrohir, will you stay with your little brother? I have something that I must attend to immediately," Elrond said, trying to remain calm and collected for Estel's sake.
Elladan and Elrohir exchanged meaningful glances but kept quiet so as not to scare their brother. "All right Ada, we'll stay with Estel and have lots of fun, won't we tithen gwador," Elladan said to Estel. Elrond sighed in relief. The twins would keep Estel occupied and hopefully, with time, Estel would forget all about the dream.
"Good, I have arrangements that must be made but I will be back as soon as I can Estel," Elrond said kissing Estel on the brow and handing him over to Elladan. With one last look at his three sons, Elrond silently walked out of the room and closed the door behind him.
Once Elrond had reached the privacy of his chambers, he allowed his anxiety to show through. Sauron was looking for Estel. He was aware that the Heir of Isildur was alive and thus, a threat to him. Elrond sighed wearily. Oh what he would give for Estel to be a normal little boy and not the future King of Gondor. As long as Estel lived, there would be a threat over his head.
Shaking those morose thoughts from his head, Elrond proceeded to his office. He had to send messages to Galadriel and Gandalf. It would seem that they would need to come to Imladris a bit sooner than planned. The Winter Solstice was only two weeks away, but if Sauron was looking for Estel, those two weeks could prove to be all of Arda's undoing. Sighing wearily, Elrond began to write his messages. He would send Glorfindel and Erestor out tomorrow to deliver them. He would trust no one else with these messages, and even then, the messages were coded. Gandalf and the Lord and Lady of Lothlorien would understand the basic message right way. Come to Imladris as soon as possible, was basically what the entire note would be composed of. Elrond just hoped that they would hurry to Imladris once they had received the messages. Finishing the letters, Elrond left his office and went to go and check up on Estel and the twins.
Translations:
Ada: Dad/Daddy
Ion nin: My son
Tithen pen: Little one
Tithen gwador: Little brother
Arda: Middle Earth
A/N: Hi there! THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, for your lovely reviews! I love you all! I am so glad that you like it so far. Many thanks to enb2004 for being my beta! Go read her Harry Potter stories. They are soooo goooood! Yah, I'm a bit hyper today. Anyway, here's chapter four as promised. Enjoy!
As Estel, Elladan, Elrohir, and Elrond slept, a thunderstorm of great intensity crept up on the valley of Imladris unnoticed. As the storm came close the thunder grew very loud and continued to become louder and more violent the closer it passed by Imladris. Estel woke up with a scream as the thunder rumbled and the wind shook the window violently.
"ADA!" Estel screamed as he trembled violently underneath his bed covers. Lightning struck right outside his window and not even seconds later a great crash of thunder followed. "ADA!" Estel screamed again, frightened by the very loud noise and the images that had been in his dream seemed to coincide with the violent thunderstorm. Which made him all the more scared as the dream had been very scary for the little four year old.
Elrohir woke with a curse at the extremely loud thunder, made all the more loud with his keen elvish hearing. Cursing at the thunderstorm, Elrohir was about to roll over and go back to sleep when he heard a voice scream "Ada!" that he instantly recognized as Estel.
Scrambling out of bed, Elrohir ran for Estel's bedroom, barely acknowledging Elladan whom had also run out of his room for Estel's when he had heard his little brother's screams.
Once the twins had reached Estel's room, they both immediately reached for the trembling bundle that was under the covers. "Elrohir, go light a candle, it is far to dark in here," Elladan said while more thunder continued to rumble. "Shhhh, Estel it's all right, we're here now. Did the thunder scare you tithen gwador?" Elladan asked, uncovering Estel from the blankets while Elrohir lit the room up.
"Dan? Is that you?" Estel asked his silver eyes wide and his body still trembling with fear. "Aye tis us Estel," Elrohir said sitting down on Estel's bed and gathering his little brother's shaking form into his arms.
"Estel?" a voice said from the hallway. "Ada, come in. I think the storm is scaring him," Elrohir said, hugging Estel tightly to his chest.
Elrond breathed a sigh of relief as he had feared that something had been seriously wrong the way that Estel had called for him. He chastised himself. He should have realized that Estel would be terrified by the thunderstorms. They weren't all that common in Imladris, especially ones of such intensity as this one seemed to be.
"Ada," Estel cried softly, still scared by the rumbling of the thunder and the images he had seen in his dream. "Shh, it's all right ion nin, it is but a thunderstorm. There is nothing to be scared of," Elrond said soothingly while pulling Estel into his arms from Elrohir's.
"I was so scared Ada, not only because of the storm but of the dream! I was dreaming and then these big bangs could be heard, something was chasing me," Estel cried softly. "Shhh, it's okay Estel. What else happened in the dream?" Elrond questioned, slightly concerned that he thought he knew where the contents of this dream were headed.
"I ran and suddenly I was in this ugly place that had a huge ugly castle with a scary looking eye looking at me. It kept saying a name. Ara... Arath..... Arathorn! Then it started chasing me and I screamed and that's when I woke up and heard the thunder and it reminded me of the dream Ada," Estel cried miserably, the nightmare clearly having an effect on him.
Elrond exchanged horror filled looks with his twin sons. Clearly, Estel had dreamt of the Great Eye and it was looking for the Heir of Isildur. Thankfully, the eye had not discovered Estel but it was highly disturbing that Estel had seen it.
Sauron knew that the heir to the throne of Gondor still lived. This must be dealt with and quickly, before the Great Eye turned it's attention to Estel even further and discovered the truth. It was a good thing that Galadriel and Celeborn were coming for the Winter Solstice, but what of Gandalf? Gandalf had to be informed of this if he didn't already now. Sighing silently, Elrond decided to worry about that later, for now, he had to worry about Estel.
Turning his attention back to his youngest, Elrond noticed that the boy was still shaking in his arms and his silver eyes were wide with pure fear. "Estel, do you wish to try to go back to sleep?" Elrond asked, already knowing the answer.
"No Ada! Please, I don't want to see it again!" Estel said whimpering into the Elf Lord's chest. "That's perfectly all right ion nin, I do not blame you in the slightest," Elrond said soothingly. "Elladan, Elrohir, will you stay with your little brother? I have something that I must attend to immediately," Elrond said, trying to remain calm and collected for Estel's sake.
Elladan and Elrohir exchanged meaningful glances but kept quiet so as not to scare their brother. "All right Ada, we'll stay with Estel and have lots of fun, won't we tithen gwador," Elladan said to Estel. Elrond sighed in relief. The twins would keep Estel occupied and hopefully, with time, Estel would forget all about the dream.
"Good, I have arrangements that must be made but I will be back as soon as I can Estel," Elrond said kissing Estel on the brow and handing him over to Elladan. With one last look at his three sons, Elrond silently walked out of the room and closed the door behind him.
Once Elrond had reached the privacy of his chambers, he allowed his anxiety to show through. Sauron was looking for Estel. He was aware that the Heir of Isildur was alive and thus, a threat to him. Elrond sighed wearily. Oh what he would give for Estel to be a normal little boy and not the future King of Gondor. As long as Estel lived, there would be a threat over his head.
Shaking those morose thoughts from his head, Elrond proceeded to his office. He had to send messages to Galadriel and Gandalf. It would seem that they would need to come to Imladris a bit sooner than planned. The Winter Solstice was only two weeks away, but if Sauron was looking for Estel, those two weeks could prove to be all of Arda's undoing. Sighing wearily, Elrond began to write his messages. He would send Glorfindel and Erestor out tomorrow to deliver them. He would trust no one else with these messages, and even then, the messages were coded. Gandalf and the Lord and Lady of Lothlorien would understand the basic message right way. Come to Imladris as soon as possible, was basically what the entire note would be composed of. Elrond just hoped that they would hurry to Imladris once they had received the messages. Finishing the letters, Elrond left his office and went to go and check up on Estel and the twins.
Translations:
Ada: Dad/Daddy
Ion nin: My son
Tithen pen: Little one
Tithen gwador: Little brother
Arda: Middle Earth