Thorin walked quickly to Selene's room, but when he got there she was nowhere to be seen. He turned in horror and began searching Rivendell for her. He sighed in relief when he found her sat with Kili and Fili.

"What are your siblings' names?" Kili asked

"Aurelia and Nilaratan." Selene answered

"What do they mean?" Fili asked

"Aurelia means golden and Nilaratan means blue gem which is what my mother said was the colour of the Arkenstone but I remember it being white." Selene laughed

"What does your name mean?" Fili asked

"Which one? Anexia means fire heart, Selene the name my father gave me means moon and my mother gave me the name Emberlynn which means precious pretty jewel and my name that I was given on my birth means Siren but I have not used that name for many years." She said sadly

"Selene have you ever been in love?" Bilbo asked

"Yes, once well twice but I loved them both at the same time." Selene said sadly

"Ah, two men won your affections." Bofur remarked having joined them

"I never said they were both male." Selene hissed

"You loved a woman?" Thorin asked

"Yes, but she was all too mortal and I was forbidden from loving either of them." Selene looked away

"Who forbade you?" Thorin growled

"Saurman, an Istari does not fall in love is what he told me, so I left them both, the Greenwood burned the day she died." Selene said remembering her loves faces bright with youth.

"How did she die?" Bilbo asked

"Childbirth, she married the man that we both loved and I was happy for them, but I pushed out the world that day vowed not to get attached to anyone else, it looks like I'm breaking that vow now." She said smiling softly as Kili and Fili hugged her on each side.

"Have you ever been in love Bilbo?" Selene asked the Halfling

"Er, no I'm still a little young to fall in love well that is what I think!" He said self-assured in his conviction

"What no hobbit lass court your attention?" Bofur asked

"No." Bilbo answered

"How about a dwarf male, Bilbo?" Selene asked and Bilbo spluttered and turned bright red and refused to answer, Selene giggled softly then she realised which town they would have to go through to get to Erebor.

"I can travel as far as the edge of the Greenwood with you on your quest but I will never travel any further." Selene told Thorin

"Why what scares you beyond the forest?" Thorin asked

"Nothing, I just do not wish to travel any further." She replied

"What do you have to fear at Esgaroth?" Balin asked, looking into the young woman's eyes that were filled with pain.

"That is where they lived isn't it?" Bilbo asked

She nodded "B.., he still lives there with their three children and their eldest daughter looks so much like her, is what he said in his letters, I cannot, I cannot go, I betrayed them both, I lied to them and I left made them think of me as cruel like my maternal grandfather, I told them that one of elven and dwarvish blood could never love simple men." She sobbed as tears streamed down her cheeks "I never got to apologise, or to say goodbye. My life is filled with regrets and the one I feel the most shame for was walking away from them. Walking away from love."

"It's not natural none of it." Dori murmured

"Polyamory is natural, tell me dwarf have you watched as the one you love grow older everyday as you do not age no matter how many years have gone by, I have barely aged since my mother and father were taken from me." She shouted and flames erupted from nowhere and surrounded Dori and herself when she stepped in front of him. The dwarves tried to extinguish the flames but all their efforts were useless. Dori cowered away from Selene and shouted

"Witch."

That one word snapped Selene from her anger and she looked round in horror at the size of the flames she quickly extinguished them and held her arms around her stomach as she saw the horror and even hatred in the dwarves eyes but in Thorin's eyes she saw something that made her feel even worse and that was hope, Bilbo's eyes were filled with pity and she ran.