The Twins of Mirkwood

Original Author: Etidorpha

Re written author: me :)

Warnings: Spoilers, AU, crossover with LoTR

Disclaimer: Hell no.

Beta: Etidorpha

This story is adopted, and updates may be slow, I am hashing ideas with the original author who has said she would beta for me. Thanks Etidorpha!

(Previously)

"When both sides fall we will swoop in and take back command. The Wizarding section has forgotten that they are my people and the Ministry has passed laws without my seal of approval." The woman said with a disapproving frown on her face.

"As my lady wishes, so mote it be." Severus said softly.

"Indeed, now leave Severus, I do not wish for either man to know that you are my man." She said and Severus bowed low before leaving. A smile graced his lips. To think, both thought he was theirs when he was a true man of the Queen of England. If only they truly knew where the loyalty of their most trusted spy really was.

Chapter 18

"Severus Snape," Elian said as he stood beside Draco in the man's office. Snape's eyes narrowed over the homework he was grading. "I need to ask a favor of you." He said and Severus took in their appearances. Elian stood straight, his face closed off from emotions and his fists clenched. Draco stood with his eyes aimed at the ground, his shoulders slightly slumped as if under an invisible weight.

"What do you want?" Severus snapped after a moment of silence.

"Narcissa Malfoy; you are 'best friends' with my uncle so it will not be suspicious if you go there. I need you to get a message to Aunt Cissy. Tell her it is time. She will know what you mean." Elian said with a steady voice. His eyes were ablaze with an emotion Severus couldn't name.

"And why should I do this for you?" Severus asked silkily.

"The sooner I know my aunt is safe the faster I can take down Voldemort, and the sooner I will be out of your hair and back home where I belong." Elian said, his voice cold as he spoke. "I care not for what happens to this world once I am gone."

Severus studied the b…man before him. He could see the seriousness of it all, and slowly he nodded in acceptance. "I will do as you ask on the condition that once the war is over you leave. Never to return to the United Kingdom, and I want a Wizard's Oath." He said and Elian frowned. He was not stupid, he could see that there was something he was missing.

"On my magic I do swear that should Severus Snape help us retrieve Narcissa Malfoy, when the war against Voldemort is over and the dark lord dead I will leave and never return unless the Valar demands it." Elian said and a red wave of magic washed over him.

"Acceptable," Severus said with a nod of his head.

"You have something planned, something that makes it essential not to have any rallying figures around. What is it?" Elian asked out of curiosity.

"It is of no concern to you." Severus said with a glare as the possibilities swept through his head and a smirk began to form on his lips as the pieces fell together.

"The Queen will be taking back command of the wayward wizards then." Elian said with a nod of approval. "I do not blame her; it has been long in the coming. I wish her the best of luck."

Severus could not stop a look of shock from appearing; Potter had never been this attentive and he had never given any information out! Seeing the look on his face, Elian laughed. "Come now, it really was not hard to deduce. There are two fractions, the light and dark. You walk a fine line but never fall for either side, yet at the same time you hide information and give it to another source, knowing you would not like another master. That leaves the option that you either you want to be the next dark lord or you are working for the rightful place of someone. You are not a dark lord, you're not dark enough for that, or the queen is coming to place a bunch of wizards in their places, which would make sense if you needed me out of the way." Elian explained with a smirk on his lips.

"That is a rather large assumption Potter." Severus said softly, his mind rolling over how the brat had gotten to that decision, and why he had never shown such intuition while at school.

"Not really, it is the only logical explanation. I would say you were serving another master, but you don't like being a slave, and further, I am not Potter; you are placing me with a boy who was never really alive, Snape. Your assumptions of my own intelligence are biased and based on a façade I created from what others wanted to see and what I knew. You forget a fundamental fact: I am older than you and most other wizards. Draco is by far younger than I am, simply because I left when we were still young and grew into maturity in a place where time is different. You knew an abused child who strove to hide in shadows while walking like a puppet in the light. I walked a thin line back then between showing the real me and wearing a mask. I suggest you throw everything you thought you knew out the window." Elian said with a harsh glare.

"Just like your father, arrog…" Severus began but a laugh from Elian cut him off.

"You never knew my father, you knew my adopted father whom I did not. Second off, if I am arrogant then I have worked hard for the right to be so. After all I have escaped a madman out for my head more times than I care to count and my own brother now thinks I am dead, as well as my friends back home. Do not think to call me arrogant when you know nothing of what I sacrificed for a world I care little for. My childhood was spent in constant pain from beatings that would make you have nightmares. My school years were spent with constantly being talked about and placed in situations that would scare a normal kid. No, you know absolutely nothing about me, so keep your comments to yourself Snape." Elian hissed in a deathly quiet voice, and shivers passed down the Potions master's and Draco's spines.

Severus would have said something in retaliation, but the look in Elian's eyes warned him off; there was a deep-seated pain and a numbness that scared him and froze him in place. Those were eyes that had seen too much pain and death, eyes that screamed in fury and denial. Those were not the eyes of a child or a human, but the eyes of one who had lived to see more horrors than any mortal mind could grasp. They were ablaze with darkness that did not belong in the eyes of an elf.

"I am the champion of the gods Snape, I see beyond what any elf can see. I feel more pain than any of my race will ever know in all their years. My soul is an old soul, one that has lived before, and I was their champion then as well. My mate is in Adar, and will be King once our war is over, but I can no more tell him he is my mate than anyone else can. Because I am the champion it is up to my dominant to find me, yet I am not sure he will like what he finds. My soul is bitter – living for the Valar is not glorious. It is painful, and once you are theirs there is no return. I will always belong to the Valar." Elian's words were soft and almost mournful. His posture was one of defeat.

Severus was unsure of how to respond or what to say; a part of him wanted to retort curtly but the other part of him wanted to comfort the b…man before him. In the end no response was necessary because Elian left the room, his eyes sad and distant, and Draco followed him.

That night Elian spent in a meeting with Arwen, debating the course of action they were going to take. "I do not like the headmaster, but I believe he has learnt his lesson." Elian said dryly as he sat back in a chair.

"Perhaps it is better to have them as allies than to fight this war on our own." Arwen conceded with a sigh as she looked over the information their informants had been able to gather.

"Once Aunt Cissy is here I will tell the headmaster of our acceptance as allies." Elian said with a nod and a sigh. Arwen smiled sadly at the younger prince; her heart ached for him.

"Legolas misses you; he never did believe you to be dead." Elian said after a moment, startling Arwen who looked at him with wide eyes. "Nor will he consider another as his mate, he claims you are his one and only. When the wars are over, if we have all survived, I would like to see you both married."

Later that night when the castle was sleeping peacefully Elian and Draco sat up, a cup of cold water seated in front of them as they conversed in soft voices. "I owe you much cousin." Elian said with a smile on his lips.

"You owe me nothing, cousin, you are my prince first and foremost and I would gladly do as you ask of me." Draco replied, shaking his head slightly.

"I am your kin, your family, first and foremost, Draco. I may be a prince, but that matters little to me. You know that, don't you?" Elian asked, thinking of when he asked Draco to kill 'Harry Potter'.

"Yes, I know." Draco said softly, his eyes lowered to the ground, and Elian gave him an intense look.

"Do you? I am not positive you truly see it that way, Draco. You and Aunt Cissy are as much my family as father and Legolas, and I do love you cousin." Elian said intensely, his voice strained with emotions and Draco looked up. His eyes flickered with emotions as he looked at his cousin.

"I know, cousin." Draco said, his voice soft as he spoke the words with a tender look in his eyes. "But I have a duty to you, as do all of our kin. You are our prince and you are the chosen champion of the Valar. You deserve our obedience and our love."

"I deserve nothing Draco; it is not your duty to love me as kin." Elian said softly.

"No, that is my pleasure, cousin." Draco said with a slight smile as he silently cursed the muggle humans who made Elian doubt himself. No matter how many years passed Elian would still sometimes fall back into the belief that those who loved him loved him out of duty, and not from their hearts.

"I am off to bed, and suggest you go there as well." Elian said after a moment of silence. With a final smile he left to find some rest.

The next morning dawned sooner than Elian would wish and he found himself falling out of bed unceremoniously. He let out a huff as someone giggled and turned to glare at Arwen, who stood with a bright smile on her face. "It is time to get up Elian, lest you sleep the entire day away like your brother is prone to do." She said as she placed the now-empty bucket on the floor and Elian scowled darkly as he stood up; he looked like a drowned cat.

"At least now I can see that you truly are related to your brothers." Elian said with a sigh as he shooed her out so he could dress for the day. Slowly he made his way out of the room and down the stairs to meet his 'delegation'.Draco stood coolly off to the side and Arwen stood calmly and simply gave a calm nod and smile as Elian offered the princess his arm. Draco rolled his eyes and followed his prince and the princess out.

Once they were seated they began to eat, ignoring the presence of everyone else as they quietly chattered amongst themselves when the door opened with an audible BANG! In walked a slender woman with long black hair and midnight blue eyes. It was easy to tell that she was an aristocrat and held the dark and beautiful coloring of the Black family.

"What in the blazes of the Valar is going on?!?!" She demanded with her eyes on Elian. Very few saw the pleased smile on her thin lips.

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Haha! Here is Cissy for those who have been awaiting the great woman!

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