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Solaris came to her senses slowly as she heard the humming of the song the dwarfs' sang in Bag End. For a while she just lay there but as soon as she remembered where she was and what had happened she leapt to her feet a little too quickly and in the process of falling over she knocked over a glass jug containing water. Servants immediately came rushing to help her to her feet and to mop up the broken glass and water.

"Solaris" a tall blonde elf said dropping to her side.

"Mother" Solaris said placing hand on her shoulder.

"My sweet Solaris" Celebrian said pulling her daughter to her feet. She framed her face with her hands and studied deep into her eyes.

"How are you feeling?" she asked.

"Rested" Solaris replied.

"Once you are dressed you must come to the guess dining hall, your dwarves are very anxious to see you well" she said.

"They are?" Solaris asked.

"Yes, they even sat at your bedside singing to you. But I sent them away so that you could heal" Celebrian said.

"I shall get dressed and make my way to them" Solaris said and Celebrian left the room. Solaris chose some fresh clothes much like what she's been wearing before only this particular emerald green jacket had topaz jewels sewn into the material down the length of her arms and all down the front where the fastenings were. As she got dress her eyes were drawn to the sliver scar at her side. She touched it gingerly and looked at herself in the mirror.

"The first of many" she whispered to herself.

Once dressed she made her way down to the dining hall.

She entered as the dwarves were starting to eat.

"Solaris!" they all exclaimed.

"How are you feeling Lass?" Balin asked.

"Much better thank you" she smiled sitting down between Dwalin and Fili and opposite Kili. She picked up some bread and nibbled on it delicately. "I trust you have all been treated well?" she asked looking around.

"As well as to be expected" Fili nodded.

Solaris looked across the table and her eyes rested on Kili who looked deep in thought. His eyes were looking at something over her shoulder and Solaris turned to see he was staring at a she-elf playing the harp. A smile crept onto her lips as she turned back to the table and nudged Fili beside her. They watched as Kili smiled mischievously at the elf and gave her a wink. Unlucky for Kili Dwalin had also noticed and was giving him daggers. Kili noticed and cleared his throat.

"Can't say I fancy elf-maids myself" he said and everyone who had been listening scoffed.

"You haven't left pour Solaris alone since we met her" Bofur laughed.

"Nah, to thin. They're all high cheek bones, creamy skin, no enough facial hair for me" Kili said turning to look at an elf who walked passed him.

"Do I have high cheek bones?" Solaris asked turning to Fili.

"You've got beautiful cheek bones lass" Bofur but in and Solaris giggled.

"Although that one there's not bad" Kili said motioning to the elf behind him.

Solaris burst out laughing and covered her mouth with her hand.

"That's not an elf maid" Dwalin said deeply. The elf turned and was a male playing the harp. All the others burst out laughing and Kili looked at Solaris disheartened and she gave him a wink.

"Your father has been talking to Thorin and Gandalf" Fili said. "Don't suppose you'd be able to find out what's going on?" Solaris turned and looked at the high table. "I accept your mission" she nodded and left the table.

She approached gingerly in case they were discussing something private.

"Laris" Elrond said seeing her. He stood and hugged her gently. "Please sit and eat, you must regain your strength"

"Thank you Father" she said sitting down in the seat next to him. On her left had side was Thorin who smiled at her as she sat.

"I want to thank you for your bravery" he said.

"And I would do it again" she said.

"I should hope not" Elrond said "I wouldn't call it bravery but rather stupidity" and Solaris rolled her eyes.

"It was just a scratch" she said picking up a glass of water.

Elrond scoffed but then turned to a blade that was laid on the table in-front of him.

"This is Orcrist, the Goblin-Clever" he said turning the blade in his hands, a famous balde, forged by the High Elves in the West. Our kin" he said nodding at Solaris. "May it serve you well" he said handing it back to Thorin. "And this is Glamdring the Foe Hammer. Sword of the King of Gondolin. These were made for the Goblin Wars of the First Age. How did you come by these?"

"We found them in a troll hoard on the great east road. Shortly before we were ambushed by orcs" Gandalf said.

"And what were you doing on the great east road?" Elrond asked.

Gandalf and Thorin exchanged glances.

"Change the tune why don't you, I feel like I'm at a funeral" Nori said.

Solaris turned in her chair to watch the dwarves. The elves behind them playing the harp and flute looked down at them in disgust.

"Did somebody die?" Oin asked.

"Alright lads, there's only one thing for it" Bofur said standing up and jumping onto the table.

"Oh no" Solaris said covering her smile with her hand.

"There's an inn, a merry old inn beneath an old grey hill, and there they brew a beer so brown, that the man in the moon himself came down one night to drink his fill" all the dwarves were singing and stamping their feet and cutlery on the tables. The serving elves watched in horror and Elrond was open mouthed. Solaris was the only elf who was giggling and clapping along to their song.

"The ostler has a tipsy cat that plays his five stringed fiddle. And up and down he saws his bow, now squeaking high, now purring low, now sawing in the middle" food went flying past Elrond who turned to watch where it landed. Gandalf just carried on eating ignoring the song and dance.

"So the cat on the fiddle played hey diddle-diddle a jig that would wake the dead. He squeaked and sawed and quickened the tune while the landlord shook the Man in the Moon 'It's after three' he said"

It was there the song stopped and the dwarves cheered and threw food. Kili purposefully picked up some creamy treat and aimed it at Solaris. She saw it coming and dodged and instead it hit the wall beside Lindir.

"Oh" she exclaimed and picked up one of the cakes from her table.

"Solaris" Elrond warned but she ignored him and threw the cake at Kili who wasn't so fast as dodging and the cake caught him square in the forehead.

"Ha!" she laughed. Kili quickly picked up an even bigger cake and launched it at the head table. Solaris slid from her chair and the cake hit Elrond on the chest and landed in his lap. Solaris gasped and rushed to her Father's side.

"Stand back" Lindir said giving her a light push.

Trying not to laugh Solaris stood against the wall and watched as her Father left to change. She looked back over at Kili and winked at him.

"I don't understand why you won't show him the map" Solaris said exasperated to Thorin.

"Our business is no concern of elves" he said sternly. She suppressed a shout and looked to Gandalf and her Father for help.

"For goodness sake Thorin show him the map" Gandalf said.

"It is the legacy of my people, it is mine to protect as are its secrets"

"Save me from the stubbornness of dwarves" Gandalf said. "Your pride will be your downfall. You stand in the presence of one of the few in Middle Earth who can read that map. Show it to Lord Elrond"

Everyone looked at Thorin and Solaris and Gandalf breathed an auditable sigh of relieve when he reached into his breast pocket and brought it out.

"Thorin no" Balin said but Thorin raised a hand and passed it to Elrond who took it gently.

"Erebor" Elrond said opening it "What is your interest in this map?"

Thorin opened his mouth to speak but Gandalf cut him off.

"Its mainly academic" he said "As you know this kind of artefact sometimes contains hidden text"

Elrond walked to a lighter part of the room.

"You still read ancient Dwarfish, do you not?" Gandalf asked and Elrond smiled.

"As does Solaris" he said and Gandalf and the Dwarves looked at her wide eyed.

"Why did you not tell me?" Thorin exclaimed.

"You did not ask!" she exclaimed back "Because of your Dwarfish pride you didn't show me the map so there for I did not know"

"Come here" Elrond said and Solaris walked to his side. She looked at it and whispered in Elvish to her father. She'd hoped to anger Thorin speaking in a language he could not understand but Gandalf translated.

"Moon runes, of course. An easy thing to miss"

"Well in this case that is true. Moon runes can only be read in the light of the moon of the same shape and season as the day on which they were written" Elrond said turning the map over.

"Can you read them?" Thorin asked.

Elrond led them into the mountain and underneath the waterfall. There was a single table made of crystal on the edge of the cliff which he walked to.

"These runes were written on a Midsummer's Eve, by the light of a crescent moon nearly 200 years ago. It would seem you were meant to come to Rivendell. Fate is with you Thorin Oakenshield" Elrond said. "The same moon shines on us tonight"

Elrond placed the map onto the crystal table and waited as the clouds moved and the moon shone. A light beamed down and the map started to glow.

"Stand by the grey stone when the thrush knocks and the setting sun with the last light of Durin's day will shine upon the key hole" Elrond said.

"Durin's day?" Bilbo asked.

"Is the start of the Dwarves new year, when the last moon of autumn and the first sun of winter appear in the sky together" Gandalf said.

"This is ill news" Thorin mumbled. "Summer is passing. Durin's Day will soon be upon us"

"We still have time" Balin said.

"Time, time for what?" Bilbo asked.

"To find the entrance" Balin replied. "We have to be standing in exactly the right spot at exactly the right time. Then, and only then can the door be opened"

"So this is your purpose to enter the mountain?" Elrond asked.

"What of it?" Thorin replied.

"There are some who would not deem it wise" Elrond said passing the map back to the dwarf.

"What do you mean?" Gandalf asked.

"You are not the only guardian to stand watch over Middle-Earth" Elrond said placing a hand on Solaris's shoulder. He gave Gandalf a last warning look and then led Solaris away. She went willingly; she'd had enough of dwarves for one day.

Retiring for the night Solaris listened to the shouting and laughter of the dwarves. She couldn't understand why she felt angry but love for them at the same time. They infuriated her with their loudness, their stubbornness and their zest for life when things were so dark. A knock at the door made her sit up in the bed.

"Come in" she said and Elrond entered silently.

"Can't sleep" he asked.

"No" she said.

He sat down on the bed by her feet and sighed. "I am proud of you" he said.

"I am glad" Solaris replied.

"It is a shame that your sister and brothers are not here to see you" Elrond said.

"Where are they anyway?"

"Arwen is across the shore while Elladan and Elrohir have gone to Lothlorien"

"Why have they gone there?" she asked.

"They went to visit Haldir" Elrond replied and Solaris nodded. "They also went to watch over the woods as Lady Galadriel is here"

"She is here?" Solaris repeated.

Lady Galadriel was an enchanting elf and her auntie on her Mother's side. She was a very mysterious elf and had always frightened Solaris as a child.

"I am holding a meeting with Gandalf, Lady Galadriel and Saruman do you wish to join us"

Solaris thought about it. She would like to be important enough to attend the meeting but she was tired and Galadriel and Saruman intimidated her.

"I shall not" she smiled. "Maybe next time"

"Alright" Elrond nodded "I shall leave you to rest"

"Father" she called as he got to the door and turned.

"When the dwarves leave I wish to join them on the next part of their quest"

"Solaris my dear" he said coming back over to her "I hadn't expected anything less" he kissed her forehead.

"Also, did Gandri come back? I sent him home when we had to go into the cave"

"He is safe and sound in the stables" Elrond replied.

The dwarves had no thought to that of the elves trying to sleep but continued to have a good time till the early hours of the morning when they all settled around a fire they had created. They had also managed to find some sausages in some of their packs and held them into the flames to cook.

"So what do we think of Miss Solaris then" Bofur asked.

"She's strange for an elf" Oin said.

"How?" Ori asked.

"She cares for others than just her kind" Gloin said.

"Are you sure she doesn't just want a share in the gold?" Ori asked "Maybe her Father put her up to it"

"No" Fili said "She's helping us because she has a good heart"

"Yeah and besides, having her around gives my eyes a rest from having to look at you ugly lot" Kili said and Bofur hit him over the back of the head with his hat.

"She's not to be trusted totally" Dwalin said "She maybe different to the other elves but she is an elf non the less"

"You're wrong" Thorin said. They all looked over at their leader who had been silent till now. "Solaris can be trusted" he continued.

"And just how do you know?" Dwalin asked.

Thorin glanced at him and then at the fire "I can see it in her eyes"

"Has our courageous King developed feelings for the she-elf?" Nori asked and pushed Bofur's shoulder smiling.

"She is fit material for a queen" Balin said "She is a princess of Rivendell after all"

"So shouldn't she be better suited to a prince?" Kili asked, his eyes glancing round.

"He's worried that Thorin's going to steal his girl" Bofur laughed.

"I'm not going to steal anyone" Thorin said gruffly. "And besides if she was going to marry a prince it would be Fili as he is the oldest"

Kili looked at Fili who smiled and raised his eyebrows. "You're supposed to be rejecting the idea!" Kili exclaimed.

Fili didn't say anything but continued to smirk at his younger brother who then jumped on him and started to pull his hair.

"Get off!" Fili laughed between gasps of laughter.

"Stop it the pair off you!" Thorin said crossly "Stop acting like children and go to bed, we have a long day ahead of us tomorrow"

Their uncle had spoken so the brothers rested down to sleep.

"She is beautiful" Fili whispered and Kili hit him in the chest. Fili laughed and then closed his eyes.

Hey so I've added a little extra into this chapter. I got round to watching some of the deleted scenes and the bit where Kili mistakes the male elf for a she-elf was too funny to leave out so I've added it in.