The next day when Aragorn awoke, it took him several minutes to remember where he was. Just as he realized the reason he was in a bed instead of the hard ground was because he was no longer in the wild, there was a knock at the door. 'Who could that be?' he wondered while hoping the person would go away if he just pretended to be asleep.

But the person who was knocking wouldn't stop. Instead of going away, they said, "Come on little Estel! It's time to get up." Aragorn rolled his eyes and yelled, "I'm not little Elladan." Aragorn rolled off his bed and went over to the basin to wash his face and get ready for the eventful day that the twins had surely planned.

As he walked down to breakfast, he couldn't help but think that Rivendell no longer seemed like home to him. Three months ago, before he left for his first trip with the rangers, Elrond had pulled him aside and told him that his true name was Aragorn and all about his heritage. He no longer knew how to act around the people he once knew as his family. Last night's dinner had been good, but, still, he felt a little out of place.

Elrond noticed that his youngest was acting a little distant towards the twins and himself. He could understand why. His son had just learned his true identity only three months ago. During those three months Elrond had been thinking of a way to reassure his son that he was just that. And Elrond had the perfect idea. He smiled at his youngest as he entered to the dinning hall to have breakfast. It was a pleasant meal, but his son had said little to nothing, so Elrond asked if Aragorn would come and see him later that day

When there was a knock at the door Elrond looked up from the paper work he had just been writing on. His son walked in.

"You wanted to see me, ada?" asked Aragorn.

"Yes, Estel, I wanted to see you. I wanted to ask you why you were being so distant."

"What do you mean?" asked the young human.

"You haven't been yourself lately," replied the elf lord.

"I don't know what you mean, ada."

"Yes you do, ion nin. So tell me why."

"I don't know. Everything just doesn't feel the same. I guess I no longer know where I am supposed to be. I don't know where I belong anymore." He said all of this wondering why he had just blurted it all out. Usually he was much more difficult.

Elrond smiled and said, "I figured as much." He chuckled softly at the confused look he received from his son. "Which is why," the elf lord continued, "I made you this." Elrond held out a small box for his son to take.

Aragorn took the box from his foster father, wondering what the elf lord had gotten him. He carefully opened the box and gasped. There in the box was the most beautiful dagger he had ever seen. He looked up at Elrond with the question, "Why?"

Elrond smiled at his son. "Read it."

Aragorn complied and smiled when he did read it, for on this dagger it said 'Estel Elrondion'.

Elrond smiled as Estel looked up with more questions in his eyes, but before the young man could ask any of them Elrond said, "One day you are meant to take the crown of Gondor and lead the people of Middle Earth. But until you are ready for such a task--which I can see you are not--you shall stay here just as you always have, my son. This is your home until you are much older. But no matter if you are just a child or the king of men, you will always be my son Estel."

Estel looked up at his father. All he could say was, "Thank you ada."

Elrond smiled. "Go my son. I think your brothers and friend are anxious to see you and to see what you have learned."

Aragorn took his gift, said bye to his father and went to his room. As he opened the door to his room he couldn't help but scream as a bucket of ice-cold water spilled over his head, and slipped onto the floor. Laughter filled the room and he looked up to see three elves laughing at his misfortune. His friend moved to help him up.

"I'm sorry mellon nin, but it was just too tempting," said Legolas as he helped the human to his feet.

"Yeah. Besides, tithen pen, you haven't had a prank played on you for over three months now," said Elrohir.

"Did you think we would let you get off that easily?" said Elladan finishing his twin's thought.

"Well, in the time that I was gone I see that you both have failed to get your own brain and to stop sharing one. Now get out so I can change."

Before the twins could retaliate for what there little brother had just said, Legolas interrupted, saying, "We came to let you know that while you were gone, your brothers and I have been begging our fathers to let us go on a little hunting trip. And he said yes. We leave in three days. We thought that you would like to know."

"Yes, little one, and when we are in the woods with no witnesses we shall make you pay for the comment you just made." Said Elladan.

"Yeah, whatever, just get out so I can change," said Estel

"Fine then. We'll leave, but we're not telling you where we are going so you have to spend the whole day by yourself."

"Whatever you say, Elrohir." Estel couldn't help but roll his eyes as he said that.

As the twins and Legolas were leaving, Legolas turned around and said, "See you at the practice field when you are changed and dry."

"Alright mellon nin, see you then." Estel closed the door and looked at himself in the mirror and then to the box that contained the present he had just received. 'It feels like home at last' he chuckled. 'Too bad I will be leaving in three days,' he thought as he threw on a new tunic and went outside to catch up with his brothers and friend.