Puddle In The Talan

Author: simon22cat

Rating: T

Characters: Orophin/Rawion (OC), Lucky (ODC)

Summary: The continuing adventures of A Rainy Afternoon.

Disclaimer: I don't own them and no profit is made from this venture. Although if I could get Orophin (or one of his brothers) in my clutches, I would not turn them loose.

Genre: Things that make you go 'Awww'


Puddle in the Talan

The Elfling looked franticly over his shoulder, hoping not to see any adults. Satisfied that there were not any adults in sight, he bent back to his task. He was so going to be in trouble if he did not get the mess cleaned up before anyone saw it. His father had told him that the puppy was his responsibility, which included feeding and talan-breaking the butter cream colored animal.

Rawion was not having much luck getting the dog to understand that he had to answer the call of nature outside, not inside. Especially not in front of his father's weapons chest, the chest that had been carved by his own father. Flipping a lock of silvery gold hair out of his face, he scowled at the puppy. Hiding under the bed, the black nose of the puppy peeked out from under the covers.

"Dumb dog. When are you going to learn?" He asked.

"Emlin? What are you doing?"

Rawion felt his heart leap to his throat at the sound of the voice. He had not heard anyone enter the room. Turning, he was relieved to find his uncle standing in the doorway and not his father.

Orophin stood in the doorway and watched as his nephew had tried to clean the mess the puppy had made. He raised an eyebrow upon seeing the puddle in the talan. Again. Only this time the canine had decided to use Haldir's weapon chest for his tree trunk. His brother would be most displeased with this; their father had carved the chest specifically for Haldir.

"I cannot get Lucky to understand," he sighed, "that he needs to 'go' outside."

"Rawion, he is still young. It takes time to teach an animal. Time and patience."

"But ada said..."

"Your ada will not toss Lucky out on his ear," Orophin told the worried Elfling. "No matter what he said."

"Really?"

"Yes, really. Now let's get this mess cleaned up and take Lucky for a walk. Maybe we can work on teaching him where to relieve himself."

Orophin smiled as Rawion went to get the puppy's leash. He knew his brother would not be that upset over the accident. The other night Haldir and he had talked about the little puppy that had been rescued from the fallen mallorn. His brother told him that he was actually amused by Lucky's antics. 'That little puppy is a bundle of pure energy,' was what Haldir had told him.

Snapping the leash to Lucky's collar, Orophin held his hand out to Rawion. "Come let us go walk along the forest floor and see what kind of trouble we can get into," he told his nephew.

"We have to stay away from the Lady's garden though. She was not very happy when she found the holes Lucky dug in her rose garden." Rawion grinned as he let this little bit of information slip.

"Rose garden, huh?"

"Rose garden," Rawion nodded.

Orophin winced at the thought of the damage done. He imagined that Lady Galadriel was not very pleased at that; he knew how proud she was of her garden. But it could not have been as bad as when Lucky had sneaked into Lord Celeborn's library and chewed up several patrol reports before being caught.

"Alright. We will stay away from the garden and Lord Celeborn's library."

"Ohhh, I forgot about that."

The sound of Orophin's laughter could be heard up and down the walkways as the trio made their way to the forest floor.

The attention of one elleth had been caught as she watched Orophin and his nephew walked the dog. The silly puppy had the leash in his mouth as he tried to run off. She sighed, watching as the silvery hair of the warden blew across his face in the gentle morning breeze.


A/ N:

Emlin / Yellowbird