Terrible Two

Disclaimer: I do not own LotR.

"Estel, it is time to take a bath." Cimorene yelled as she searched the Last Homely House for the child. "Really, you must take a bath sometime in your life."

A sigh emanated from the closet. Cimorene crept forward and turned the handle silently. Then she flung the door open. She ruffled through the clothes for a minute then noticed a small door in the wall. 'The little brat.' Cimorene thought. The child always managed to evade her when it came time to take a bath.

She opened the trapdoor and a small figure shot out of it. Estel crashed into her and he stumbled back, dazed. "You silly adan." She said as she picked him up and carried him to his room, where a tub of hot water was waiting. "You are lucky the servants like you so much, otherwise the water would be cold."

She stripped him of his filthy tunic and leggings. As soon as she turned her back on him to put them down, he ran. She turned back around to find him gone. "Ai! You little brat! I'm going to beat your rear"She shrieked as she ran out of the room after him.

Estel screamed as he ran down the hall. Many elves stared in shock at the nude child that ran through the house. They were even more surprised when one of Elrond's advisors, ran after the child shrieking at him.

Luckily, for Cimorene, Glorfindel came out of his room to investigate the commotion, and Estel stopped, screamed and ran the other way. Right into Cimorene, who wasted no time in putting the child in the tub, bathing him, and putting him to bed.

It was a story told through Rivendell for days on end.