Fic: Tributary - Chapter 2

Tributary
Fandom: The Silmarillion, Hayao Miyazaki's Spirited Away
Rating: PG13/T
Warnings: Mild child abuse/child endangerment, underage employment
Relationships: Maedhros/Fingon (pre-relationship), Fëanor/Nerdanel (background), other minor background relationships
Characters:Fingon, Maedhros, Círdan, Fingolfin, Anairë, Turgon, Aredhel, Fëanor, Caranthir, Maglor, Celegorm, Ambarussa, Nerdanel, Curufin, Curufin's Wife, Thranduil, Thranduil's Wife, Hildifons Took, Isengar Took, Rog (Tolkien), Original Male Character(s), Original Female Character(s), Original Genderqueer Character(s)
Word Count: 34,139
Summary: Tributary: noun; a river or stream flowing into a larger river or lake.

Moving to another town can be difficult, especially when you're just a kid. Leaving everything you know behind - friends, classmates, teachers, the nice guy at the ice cream shop who sometimes snuck you an extra scoop - is scary, even if you know the place you're moving to.

For Findecáno, son of Ñolofinwë and Anairë, brother of Turucáno and Írissë, it's going to be even harder.

Dropped into a dangerous and treacherous world of spirits and magic, he doesn't know which way to turn, or even who he can trust, but he has to keep his feet under him in order to stay ahead of the great Sorcerer and save his family.

The man vanished in a blinding puff of flames, and Findecáno darted in, calling for his family. The goats replied, and he startled badly, knocking over a dish of vegetables in sauce with one flailing elbow – the goats crowded around the spilled food, and he bolted, realizing that he could see shades, shapes of see-through darkness like people but not.

Panic set in. He ran through the streets in the way that they had come, calling out for his parents, his brother and baby sister. No one answered. He dodged shades as he ran, stifling shouts of fright, until he was back at the stairs. He hurried down them, tripped, and plunged headfirst into icy dark water. He surfaced, gasping and shivering.( Read more... )