Chapter Two: Maglor: Elfling

Prompt: As a musician I can see him sitting and noticing a sound that is slightly off and moving to where it sounds right and as he is listening he either falls asleep writing it down or just goes to sleep because of how relaxing it sounds. I think this habit is something that caused Maitimo/Maedhros no end of trouble. Little Makalaure falling asleep in Feanor's forge and Maitimo notices just before breakfast and panicking because 'where is Makalaure?' and looking everywhere for his brother finding him and getting him out of the forge just before Feanor goes in to work. As they get older Makalaure learns to only do that when they are safe and if possible home. Unfortunately his habit has him sleeping nearly everywhere, in trees, in the rafters, in a fireplace, under his desk, etc. Maedhros once found him sleeping on the edge of the roof of a tower at his fortress.

A/N: Due to how the prompt was written I wrote two chapters for this one. The first is with elfling!Maglor. The second will be with adult!Maglor. For those who don't know Canafinwe is another name for Maglor, Nelyafinwe is another name for Maedhros, and atya/amme mean daddy/mommy respectively.

Canafinwe carefully looked around to make sure nobody was there in the forge. Earlier that week atya brought him there to see what all he did, and he'd been amazed by all the sounds. Now he was trying to find the spot with the best amount of sounds. He found a good spot where he could hear almost everything that was going on in the forges, and curled up there and fell asleep.

Nelyafinwe woke up early, and started looking around for his baby brother. He checked his room to see if Cana had snuck in while he was sleeping. When he failed to find him there he relaxed thinking that the elfling had fallen asleep in his own room for a change. After checking there, and failing to find him Nelyafinwe went and checked his parents bed room. Cana wasn't there either.

Nerdanel saw him checking in her workroom for something and stopped him.
"Nelyo, what are you looking for?"

Nelyafinw turned to her looking worried. "Amme, I can't find Cana."

"Where all have you checked?"

"Nearly everywhere, the only rooms I haven't checked are the kitchens, the dining room, and the buildings outside."

"Go check the buildings outside, and start with the forge." She instructed. "I'll check the kitchens, and dining room."

Nelyafinwe nodded and hastily tugged on his boots. He ran to the forge, and started searching there for his little brother. Just as he was about to give up he heard something shift. He knelt down, and looked under one of the work benches in the corner. He sighed relieved when he saw it was his brother, and carefully pulled the elfling out of his hiding place. Canafinwe stirred, and cuddled closer to his brother. Nelyafinwe smiled as one little hand curled into the fabric of his tunic.

"No, doing this again. You scared me." He whispered to his sleeping brother. He knew that when Canafinwe woke he was going to scold him for sneaking out like he had, but for now he was content to let the elfling sleep. He passed Feanaro on his way back to the house, and was glad he'd found Canafinwe when he did. Otherwise the elfling would have been woken up by the sound of their atya working, and would have ended up in even more trouble.