Fic: Tributary - Chapter 13

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 journey was long, and Findecáno fell into an almost trance-like state, trying to stay awake as his companions drifted into slumber. He had to listen for the stop, it would be hard to get back if they overshot, and Findecáno didn't know what they could be facing if they did have to backtrack.

No one spoke on this train, inhabited by shades more than spirits, coming and going at different stops. Findecáno watched the sun set out the window behind him, wondering if they had had to close the bathhouse for the night to clean up and repair in the wake of the disaster as well as the stink-spirit-slash-corrupted-river-god from the night before. He marveled that Fëanáro had even chosen to reward him on successful eviction of the faceless spirit, when it was technically his fault in the first place.( Read more... )