3. Elladan and Elrohir
"Ow be careful Elrohir you will pull my hair out." Elladan complained to his twin as he braided his hair.
"Be still and it will not hurt so much." Elrohir replied thanking the Valar he was almost done.
"Why could they not have an informal wedding? These robes are so annoying!" Elladan picked at his robes while Elrohir rolled his eyes.
"Because Aragorn is now King of Gondor and after this Arwen will be his queen." Elrohir answered exasperatedly finishing up the last braid as Glorfindel knocked then entered the room looking amused.
"Are you two ready yet?" He asked knowing their dislike of dressing formally.
"Yes." Elladan answered grabbing their matching circlets from a box and throwing one at his brother.
They stood before Glorfindel for inspection.
"Nice but I think you're forgetting one thing." He said and they groaned.
"What?" Elrohir asked, his impatience now matching that of Elladan.
"These." Glorfindel held out the two identical broaches in the shape of a rayed star, the insignia of Imladris.
"Thank you Glor, Adar would have killed us if we had forgotten them." Elrohir said pinning his on while Elladan frowned.
"Why did you have them?" He asked suspiciously and the Balrog Slayer grinned.
"Because your father knew you would forget." He replied and they groaned again.
"Where is Ada?" Elrohir asked as they walked from the room finally.
"He is talking to Arwen." Glorfindel said.
"Then we shall go and annoy Estel." Elladan declared and Glorfindel frowned.
"He is Aragorn now remember and do not think to play any pranks today, your father would kill you." The golden one warned and they shuddered as another thought entered their minds.
"Not to mention Arwen and Daernana." Elrohir said with a grimace.
"I shall come with you to visit Aragorn, let us see how he is faring." Glorfindel led the way to the King's chambers and the twins shared a look as they followed him. The Balrog Slayer loved Estel as much as any of the family.
"So brother have you come to your senses yet and realised you are throwing your life away?" Elladan greeted Aragorn as he walked into the dressing room and the two elves behind him cringed while the men already in the room looked unsure how to take the comment.
"Nay Elladan I still wish to marry Arwen." Aragorn grinned as he answered and everyone relaxed.
"Ah you are a lost cause." Elladan laughed while his twin nudged him to shut up.
"I apologise for Elladan, he is still very young." Glorfindel said to King Eomer, Faramir and Prince Imrahil who were watching the scene amused.
"Better to be young than ancient like you Glor." Elladan jested then jumped away from him to avoid a swat about the ears.
"Are you nervous Aragorn?" Elrohir asked taking the attention away from his incorrigible twin.
"Nay there is naught to be nervous about." The King replied but the three elves could see that there was something bothering him. Only Glorfindel had a clue as to what it may be.
"Lord Elrond is talking to Arwen now but he bade me to give you this." He held out the third brooch exactly the same as the twins and Aragorn took it gently, cradling it in his hands.
"Truly?" He asked reminding Glorfindel of a little Estel with big eyes and a mop of curly hair.
"Yes. His exact words were, 'he may be the King of Gondor now but he is still part of the Royal family of Imladris.'" The elda related and was rewarded with a bright smile and the banishing of the sorrow in Estel's eyes.
"I had better wear it then for it would not do to annoy Ada today." He pinned it on and went to leave the room until the clearing of a throat stopped him.
"What?" He turned to see everyone in the room grinning like fools and Faramir holding his crown.
"Oh shut up I am not used to being King." He grumbled as he kneeled down to allow Faramir to place the crown on his head, which sent them all off into peels of laughter.
"Hurry up I have no wish to be late to my own wedding, Arwen would skin me alive." Aragorn moved them along and pinned the twins with a glare when they continued laughing.
"Then she would skin you two as well." He threatened wiping the grins off their faces as Glorfindel escorted them to their places in the crowd.
"I hope they shall be happy together." Elrohir mumbled and Elladan squeezed his arm.
"Of course they will." He wondered what had brought the sudden sadness onto his twin's face.
"I wish they did not have to be mortal." Elrohir blurted out and Elladan felt his own heart clench at the thought of losing them and his brother's pain.
"Do not think that way Elrohir, this is meant to be a happy occasion. Try to forget what the future holds for this one day." Glorfindel advised them when Elladan found himself unable to speak.
"Yes besides that is many years off and we shall have much time to annoy them before it comes about." Elladan found his voice and tried to lighten his brother's heart and it worked as a mischievous look came onto his face.
"That is true, imagine the fun we shall have when they have children." Elrohir said and for the remainder of their wait for the ceremony to begin the twins planned their torment of their younger siblings for years to come. Glorfindel listened with a lighter heart and wondered if Aragorn would have a kingdom left if the twins succeeded in their endeavours.