Chapter 25

Dulliond

Bilbo made us a good breakfast and packed us food for our journey.

"Safe travels and do come again!" he said.

I hugged him goodbye, promising him we would be careful. We would reach Dulliond either late tonight or early tomorrow. I was eager to meet my brother so I went faster than usual.

"Jupiter!"

I smiled at Legolas and when we came to a field I raced him. He won and I laughed. I took a break and gave the horses water.

"Are you nervous?" he asked.

"For once in my life yes. And I'm scared. What if he doesn't approve of me?"

"Jupiter calm down. I told you, you must not think like that."

I took a deep breath and nodded. He smiled and kissed my forehead.

Legolas' POV

By late evening we could see Dulliond. Jupiter stopped her horse and gazed upon it. She was smiling a little.

"It's beautiful." she whispered.

"Yes you are."

She smiled at me happily and laughed. We got off our horses and walked forward. We could hear music and singing as we walked into the city. The elves welcomed us and we smiled as we walked by. We came to a large group of elves singing and dancing. I knew who Vardamir was right away. He had the same eyes as Jupiter. I knew when they saw each other because he stopped what he was doing and slowly walked forward. Jupiter looked at me.

"I don't think I can do this anymore."

"All will be well. Trust me."

She looked scared. I had never seen her like that, expect for when I nearly died. But this was a different kind of scared.

Jupiter's POV

Vardamir walked over. He was tall with dark hair and dark brows. I knew it was him because his eyes were the same as mine. Silver. He stopped in front of us and I moved behind Legolas a bit.

"Welcome to Dulliond, friends. Where have you come from?"

"Lothlorien. I wanted to bring my Jupiter here so she could see more of the elves."

"So she is not an elf."

"She is, but she was not born and raised elven. You must be Vardamir."

He bowed his head with a small smile.

"I am Legolas, son of Thranduil. And this is…"

"Jupiter. Daughter of George Bellerose."

Legolas looked at me confused and I sighed.

"No….my name is Jupiter Bellrose, daughter of Elros." I said quietly.

I heard several people gasp and I looked down. I held onto Legolas' arm and closed my eyes.

"At long last you have come home. My little sister."

I looked at Vardamir in surprise. There were tears in his eyes. I couldn't help it, I threw my arms around him and hugged him tight. He wrapped his arms around me and I smiled.

"I always knew you would return to us. Our brothers and sister shall be so happy when they hear."

"I thought they sailed away." I said.

He pulled back with a smile.

"My dear sister, I can still send word. I know they will come back to finally meet you. We have all long awaited this day."

"Really?"

He laughed a bit.

"Yes, does this surprise you?"

I fell silent at that and he frowned.

"Jupiter? What is it?"

I forced a smile and shook my head.

"It's nothing. I just never really had a family until I came here."

He hugged me again.

"Well you have one now. And we all love you very much."

"Well not Elrohir."

"O man pedich?"

I gave him a confused look.

"You do not speak our language."

"I haven't really had time to learn. If you're asking what I mean, Elrohir doesn't like me. He made that very clear when I left Imladris. I won't be going back there again."

Vardamir looked upset. Before I could even open my mouth he said,

"I will be writing a letter to uncle about this. And you cannot stop me."

"How did you know I would argue?"

He smiled at me.

"Because I can tell you are like our brother, Manwendil."

I smiled.

"What are their names?"

He smiled and we all went to sit down. The music continued.

"There is Manwendil he was third born. Tindomiel our sister who was second. And then Atanalcar, the fourth. And you Jupiter are the fifth."

"All your names are so unique. Where I came from there were no names like that."

"Your name is very unique. I have never heard the name 'Jupiter' before. I like it."

I smiled again.

"My…well my grandmother gave me my name. She said I was special and I needed a special name."

He nodded with a smile and I yawned.

"Come, it is late and time for bed. I will take you to your room. It is yours for whenever you stay with us. And I hope that will be often."

"As often as can be."

He smiled happily and opened the door to a beautiful room. I walked in with wide eyes.

"Oh wow. This is beautiful. Thank you."

"Sleep well Jupiter. And welcome home."

He closed the door and I fell on the bed.

Legolas' POV

"You love my sister." he said.

I nodded.

"Yes I do. I have asked your uncle for his blessing to marry her. And I hope you will approve of me as well. Believe me I love her more than anything in the world. She is my world."

He slowly turned and looked at me.

"I have heard much about you from Vanmoriel."

I sighed.

"None of them were bad."

"Yes I know. I forgot that she too dwelled here. She will not like Jupiter at all. She has always been very….comfortable with me."

"Indeed. And yet you have refused her."

"Of course. I found what I was looking for. I found her lying on the forest floor. She was dressed in strange cloths and when she woke up she hit me in the face. That was the day I fell in love with her."

"She hit you?"

He had an amused smile on his face.

"She did not know who I was so I assume she was protecting herself. That was the first time an elleth ever hit me."

He laughed as we walked.

"I do not know you well, but I know you love her. I can see she loves you very much. You have my blessing to marry Jupiter."

I smiled and bowed my head.

"Hannon le."

"Lle creoso muindor."

I smiled when he called me 'brother'.

Eve's POV

Vardamir wrote a letter to our brothers and sister, and to our uncle. I hoped they would come back to meet me. Vardamir taught me…our language. Yes, our language. It took me a while but I was getting the hang of it. I always noticed when elleth looking at me in a weird way. That, and she was always hanging around Legolas in a way that made me uncomfortable.

"Vardamir?"

"Hm?"

"That girl, the one that keeps hanging around Legolas. Who is she?"

He sighed.

"That would be Vanmoriel."

I growled a bit and stood up.

"Jupiter what are you doing?"

I walked straight up to Legolas and kissed him full on the mouth. I pulled back slowly and he stood there in shock. Vanmoriel was full out glaring at me.

"Oh sorry I didn't see you. I'm Jupiter, daughter of Elros. And you're Vanmoriel, yes?"

She just nodded but the glare was gone. Vardamir finally reached us and I smiled at him.

"I see you have at last met my sister, Vanmoriel."

"Yes. The same lovely eyes as you my lord." she said sweetly.

Oh she's good….but not that good.

"My lord! They have arrived!" said an elf.

Vardamir smiled and took my hand.

"Come! Legolas you as well!"

We all rushed down the stairs and I saw three people on horses. They looked…regal.

"Baby sister!"

A woman jumped off her horse and hugged me tightly. This had to be Tindomiel.

"Oh I have long awaited this day. We all have." she said.

I hugged her with a smile and then Manwendil and Atanaclar. They both hugged me and then smiled at me.

"You and Vardamir are the only ones with ada's eyes." Manwendil said.

I smiled and winked at my eldest brother. He chuckled and I took Legolas' hand. Tindomiel smiled.

"And who might this be?"

"I am Legolas son of Thranduil. I am honored to meet you my lady."

"Please, call me Tindomiel."

"Legolas is….well he's the love of my life."

Legolas smiled at me and squeezed my hand.

"If you hurt her, you answer to my brothers and I." Atanaclar said.

I smiled a bit and he winked.

"I would never."

We all went back inside and I saw Vanmoriel watching me again. I was going to have to deal with her sooner or later.