Outside Imladris TA 287

8 years earlier

Elladan loved these days, though he hated to admit it, when he could just relax with his brother, and sometimes sister, and simply do whatever hobby they were doing at the time, and not be attacked. Whether it be by orcs, or wargs, or anything else for that matter.

He and Elrohir had been enjoying a peaceful ride through the forest, though it is questionable whether anything done by the twins could be called peaceful, heading out to the border of Imladris to meet up with their longtime friend, Legolas. They were reaching their destination now, and the area was getting sparser, and more rocky, as they grew closer to the mountains.

It was fall, and the leaves were all bright reds, oranges, and yellows. The air was crisp and cool, with a bit of a breeze. Elrohir was surveying his surroundings contently, when he noticed something odd, about 50 yards to their left, and, without a word sped off, catching his brother off guard.

"'Ro? Where are you going?" Elladan called, speeding after him.

"Ro, what are you doing, Legolas is expect-" Elladan paused his mouth hanging open. Elrohir was kneeling on the ground, cradling one of two identical girls that had been lying there.

"They're alive 'Dan," Elrohir said, looking at his twin with wide eyes "and you look like a fish like that".

Elladan immediately closed his mouth, and knelt down beside the other girl, placing a hand on her forehead. At that moment, her eyes flew open and she gasped, causing Elladan to withdraw his hand.

The girl sat up and looked wildly around her. She stopped her gaze on Elladan, who, smiled warmly at her.

"Who are you" the strange girl asked, her voice barely more than a whisper.

"I'm Elladan, and this is my brother Elrohir" He answered, trying to sound welcoming.

"Are you twins too?" She asked, causing him to chuckle, then nod.

"What is- are your names?" Elrohir asked softly. The girl shook her head.

"I- I don't know. I can't remember" she said bitterly "Why don't you give us some?" Elladan looked at Elrohir, perplexed. 'Give them names?' that wasn't a request they got every day. At that moment he noticed their odd attire. They were dressed identically, but the clothing was unlike any he had ever seen before. Their jackets only reached their waists, and were fastened with a line of strange metal clasps that hooked together. Their pants were a darkish blue, and made of course, bumpy material, that he didn't recognize. And their shoes, they seemed to resemble slippers, but made out of a strange white material, and held together with string. Both the girls had golden hair, and the one standing had dark blue eyes.

"Give you names?"

"I don't see why not, seeing as We can't remember. I mean we can remember some stuff, like our parents." she paused. "They hated us. I mean, they fed us, and gave us clothes, but they certainly didn't like us, when they weren't working or teaching us, they were on the computer, or watching TV" she said this all very fast.

'Birth Certificate, computer, TV? What in the name of Arda was this girl talking about?'

"I'm sorry" The girl interrupted his thoughts. "but… what are you?"

"Why we're elves, of course" Elrohir said.

"Elves…" The girl mumbled "Ummmm, ok."

Elladan looked at Elrohir, and he raised his eyebrows at me. Elladan made his decision, right there and then. They were taking these girls with us, they obviously weren't from here, and they weren't going to leave them to be killed.

"Would you, and your sister, like to come with us?"

"I'd love to!" It was settled then. Maybe we could convince father to let them stay with us. He wondered what Arwen and Nana would think. And Legolas. LEGOLAS! They had completely forgotten about him. He scanned the area, and, funnily enough, saw him approaching.

"Legolas!" he called, waving him over, as he helped the girl to her feet, Elrohir carrying the other one. Soon Legolas was there, looking at them in confusion.

"Um, Legolas, this is… a girl that we found here with her sister. Unconscious." Elladan said, blushing a bit, realizing how stupid that must have sounded.

"Well hello 'girl that they found', pleased to meet you" Legolas said with a smile, and she giggled.

"Pleased to meet you, Legolas" She said. She glanced over at her sister, frowning a bit. "And this is my sister, I think she's all right."

He smiled. "Are you going to Imladris" The girl nodded "would you like to ride with me" She smiled and nodded enthusiastically.

Legolas laughed, and smiled at Elladan and Elrohir. "To Imladris!"

The ride was overall uneventful, though it seemed like the girl was trying to make up for her still unconscious twin, chattering nonstop about whatever. Often with Legolas or the twins joining in.

"And I used to walk to the ocean with my sister and we would always play there, and I loved it when we would try to splash the water as high as possible, the water looked like jewels, it-"

"Aemir!" Elrohir burst out, and when the girl stared at him, he added. "Sea-jewel, your name"

"I like it." She said with another enthusiastic smile.

"Well, Aemir, a lovely name, If I may say so" Elladan said.

"What about my sister?"

"Well, what does she like?" Legolas asked.

The girl thought for a moment. "Snow" she paused for emphasis "she loves snow".

"Lossgwen?" Elladan asked "Snow-girl"

Aemir giggled "She would like it"

The five friends continued on for some time until they reached the valley of Imladris. After marveling at everything, Aemir and her sleeping sister were brought to see their parents.

Imladris TA 287

Elrond was enjoying a cup of tea with his wife on a balcony when he heard the horses. Knowing his son's and Legolas' tendencies for accidents, he braced himself.

This did not, however, prepare him for the sight of his sons and their friend holding one unconscious girl, and talking to what was most likely her twin.

"Well, this is interesting, even for your sons" said a voice behind him. Elrond spun around to see his counselors and longtime friends, Glorfindel and Erestor. He nodded silently.

They slowly walked into the courtyard. Elladan noticed them first.

"Hello Ada! Hello Glorfindel, Erestor!" he called as they walked over. "This is Aemir" he said motioning to the standing girl who waved shyly "and this is Lossgwen, and we were wondering if you could, you know, revive her. Oh, and we found both of them unconscious in the woods."

Elrond stared at them for a second before saying, "Of course" and whisked her away to the healing rooms, while having Glorfindel escort her to a guest room.