"What do you think they are talking about?" Amrod asked looking at his twin who was gently rubbing the back of the bandage that was around his head. 

"Who knows," Amras replied with a sigh. "What I am more worried about is about Moreserce," He said. 

"Yeah. How did he find us?" Amrod asked. 

"It's Moreserce. You really want to ask that question?" Amras asked. 

"Not really," Amrod replied with a slight sigh as he walked and sat down by Amras. They were waiting in a tent and Maglor stayed there as a healer that was there checked over their wounds. Yet, they brushed the healer off and took of their wounds themselves. Maglor then left to go with his other brothers to talk to their partners they said. Well, he did along with Maedhros, they did see that Celegorm was left outside as a guard they guessed. They were not sure where the others were but they chose not to question it. 

"Some mess we got ourselves into?" Asked Amrod. 

"We got out of worse," Amras replied as he laid against his brother's shoulder. 

"Yep," Amrod replied with a nod. He then leaned his head on Amras. They both were curious as too why they were brought here. 

"We can look at the bright side," Amrod then said after a few moments. 

"Right. We may have found guys who are insane but are not bent are torture and are sadistic" Amras said. 

"Right. It's a new discovery," Amrod added. 

"should be documented," Amras finished. The two looked at each other and giggled in amusement. Yet, despite the humor they both were glad that there were others around who seemed to dislike Moreserce and those who he works or worked with periodically. 

~~~

Feanor looked at Maglor and Meadhros with a raised eyebrow. Nerdanel looked at them with a thoughtful expression. "You are sure that these elfings know who this Moreserce, is?" Feanor asked his sons. 

They nodded and Maedhros said, "They seem to be pretty frightened of him. So it is very likely that they work with him." 

Feanor just gave a nod and stood up but stopped Feanor and said, "If you are going to question them I am coming with you. Considering the story these boys do not need someone towering over them commanding to know everything they know about someone who clearly had hurt them in the past." 

Feanor opened his mouth but closed sighed and said, "Fine." As he saw the glare that Nerdanel presented him with. Maglor and Maedhros just shared a little look but stepped aside letting their parents out. The four of them walked to the tent was Celegorm was outside.

He stood up as they came over and Feanor just walked in. Nerdanel thanked him and stepped in after Feanor. Celegorm, Maglor, and Maedhros all stayed outside the tent and carefully listened in.

Inside the tent, Amrod sat up more and shoved Amras awake as Nerdanel came in with Feanor. They eyed at each other and but kept their main focus on the two older elves before them. Nerdanel looked at them with a bit of pity, she walked over to Amras and Amrod kneeling down in front of them. 

"How is your head?" She asked Amras gently. 

Amras looked suprised with Amrod and they looked at each other bad back at her. "Uh. Hurts a little." He said. Nerdanel nodded and looked at Amrod and asked, "And your cheek?" 

Amrod blinked and said, "Uh. It's okay. A bit sore." 

Amras nodded a bit absentmindedly in a greement, they always had a very strong connection to each other. Often when one was hurt the other was a bit stiff or sore. Which was the case right now, Amras head hurt a bit and his cheek felt a bit strange but as for Amrod his cheek hurt some and his head felt a little weird. Yet, they were used to it but what they were not used to was someone asking if they were alright. They have not been used to that show of kindness in some time. 

Nerdanel just nodded and said, "I am Nerdanel and this is my husband Feanor." 

Amras and Amrod looked at each other and said together, "We are Ambarussa." 

"You have the same name?" Feanor asked raising an eyebrow. 

"Well no," 

"and yes." 

"We have separate names." 

"and we do have one name for both of us."  

"yet when meeting new people" 

"We prefer using the name that we share." They said switching off every other line. Feanor just blinked at that and Nerdanel chuckled lightly. 

"Alright. Ambarussa, I have something to ask you." Nerdanel said taking over the questioning completely from Feanor. "That elf. Moreserce. Who is he exactly?"

The twins looked at each other and then at her. Then together they said, "An insane sadistic lunatic who has to much time on his hands."

"We will need something more than that," Feanor said. 

The twins sigh and look at each other. They had to tell them who he was. They did not want to since it will bring up painful memories for them both. Yet, there was nothing they can do really. So, they took a breath and Amras started off, "Moreserce and his partner Martadur are two Moriquendi elves. They are leaders a group of elves that work as thieves, spies, and assassins." 

"All that kind of stuff. They both had a few run-ins with Marion and Melkor. Yet, we know nothing about that." Amrod said.

"I don't want to know anything about those two *intense elvish curse word* idiots," Amras added under his breath after Amrod said. Amrod gave a nod of agreement and Nerdanel looked at them a bit suprised at the curse word. Yet, Feanor could not help but smirk at two elflings calling them that. 

"Anyway. They work with them periodically but they want to be paid for any work they do." Amrod said continuing with who these two elves where. "Yet, the reason why they even do work is that because Martadur and Moreserce both found a way to do things that are well...unnatural." 

"Like knowing things they shouldn't," Amras said. "Or seeing things before they happen." 

"They also are very fast and smart," Amrod added. 

"And insanity cruel and sadistic," Amras added with a bit of a shiver.  

"That is it?" Feanor asked. 

"That's a lot of it," Amrod said. 

"We do not know everything about them. The only one knows anything about those two beside themselves is-" But Amras stopped speaking and looked down. Amrod leaned into him as he stopped. 

"Who?" He asked them. 

"No one that can be of any help." The twins said together. 

Feanor looked at Nerdanel who was looking at the twins with a bit of pity. Feanor then looked at the two and asked, "How do you two know them?" 

Both twins looked angry and very bitter. "Since our idiot father abounded us and they found us and gave us a choice. Die or come with them." They said at the same time again. 

Nerdanel felt a sting of pain for two elves. In a gentle voice, she asked, "What happened to your mother?" 

"Died when we were born," Amras said. It was that that got Feanor, he clenched his fist slightly but relaxed it after a moment. He looked at the twins and saw that they looked worn out and a bit hungry. 

"Stay here until tomorrow morning. Someone will bring food for you and after a few more questions you can stay here or go back to what you were doing." Feanor said. Then with that he turned and left. Nerdanel looked after Feanor with a question. She smiled at the twins before she turned and left to ask Feanor what just happened. 

It seemed Maedhros, Maglor, and Celegorm had the same question as they moved to the side as Feanor just walked out of the tent. The brothers looked at each other as their Mother followed Feanor. After a few moments, the twins stuck their head outside the tent and asked. "What was that?" 

"Not a clue," Maedhros replied with a shake of his head. The twins looked at each other and shrugged. They went back into the tent and sat down on the bed that was there. 

"Strange," They both said together. They looked up though as Maglor came in. 

"Are you two okay?" He asked. 

"Meaning?" Amras asked with a raised eyebrow. 

"Well considering you guys have some past with this sadist as you say. Then you run into him again, then have to talk about it...well it would bother anyone." He said. 

Amrod shook his head and said, "It's fine...today he seemed less harsh." 

"That was less harsh?" Maglor asked. 

"For him?" asked Amras.

"Completely," Amrod answered. "Plus. We are okay. We have hard worse days than this." 

"You poor guys," Maglor said feeling himself getting a bit emotional. 

Amras and Amrod looked at each other and up at. "It's fine...it's not like your the one who beat us senseless," Amrod said.

"Wait. Beat you?" Maglor asked.

"We are thick-headed, stubborn, and probably too smart for our own good." Said Amrod. "Moreserce and Martadur didn't like that when we had to follow them around."

"They also did not like us taking half their wine and filling the rest with water," Amras said.

Amrod smirked and said, "The others didn't notice when we did it to them."

"Hard to find good help," Amras said with a smirk.

"Wait. Enough with jokes and finishing each other's sentences. If they hurt you why follow them?" Maglor asked.

The twins looked at each other and Amras said, "Not like we had any other place we can go. Our father left us, we never met our mother. Also, they had a third leader that wasn't a sadistic idiot. He was nice and felt bad for us. So while he was around life was alright. He was the one who taught us how to steal, hunt, and everything we needed to know to survive. He is why we stayed, yeah things were hard when he wasn't around but what can you do." 

Maglor opened his mouth but loud grumbling cut him off as the tent flaps flew open. In walked a soaking went Caranthir, Curufin was with him who was chuckling with an amused expression. Celegorm could be heard outside the tent dying of laughter. 

"You!" He hissed looking at the twins. 

"Oh. Looks you tired to take our stuff," Amrod said. 

"Take your stuff! I was getting back what you stole from us!" He snapped. "Well, I was trying to before the trap you set sent me flying out of that tree and into a stream!" 

"Well, no one ever really came across our camp before so we never knew how far it would send someone," Amras said. 

"Speaking of how did you two make that trap?" Curufin asked who was intrigued by the craftsmen ship of the trap. "I have not seen anything like it." 

Amras and Amrod shaped another look. They said nothing to each other for a few moments before looking back to Curufin. The two switched off explaining how they did it as Caranthir left the tent to go either dry off or find Maedhros to complain to. A bit later Curufin left the tent going over what they told him and going through how they just used trees, branches, and rope for a trap that sent Caranthir catapulting into that river. Now after he knew how they did it he ran to tell Feanor about the trap they set up. 

"They are weird," Amrod said. 

"You have no idea," Maglor groaned rubbing his face.  

"All of you are brothers?" Armas asked. 

"Yeah." He replied. "How can you tell?" 

"Only brothers will laugh openly at another's pain like that." Amras and Amrod said togeather. "Or have the reaction you did when we said they are weird." 

"You two pick up on a lot," Maglor said. 

"Both a gift," Amras said. 

"And a curse," Added Amrod. 

"Do you always do that?" Maglor asked. "With the sentences? Either switching off or speaking together." 

"We do not know what you mean." The twins said together with a grin. Maglor winced seeing he walked right into that one. Just then an elf came in with some food for the twins, their eyes widened at it as it was placed down. 

"You two don't get a lot of good food do you?" Maglor asked. 

"Nope," Amras said as he took a bite. 

"Yeah. Our cooking is not bad...but we don't have any seasonings or anything spices." Amrod said. 

"So our food is pretty bland," Amras added. 

Maglor nodded feeling even worse for these twin boys. He left the tent leaving them to eat in peace. He went to were Feanor and Nerdanel were speaking to tell them the other things that the twins told him. 

Yet, when he got there he found Curufin there telling Feanor about the trap. Feanor was listening intnetly as Curufin explained what happened. Maglor went over to his mother and tapped her on the shoulder. 

"Yes?" She asked. 

"I went in when you left to ask them how they were doing with everything. We got to talking they told me a bit more about the two elves." He said. He then told her what the twins told him. Nerdanel listened and shook her head as he retold her what the boys told him. 

"Those poor boys," She said gently. She turned to Feanor and Curufin who (for once) had stopped discussing craft and were listening in to what Maglor was saying. 

"They are staying," She said. 

"I agree but it is there-" Feanor began but was cut off. 

"This elf clearly hurt them in the past and based on what our sons told us is after these boys again." She said. 

"Yes but-" Feanor tried again 

"Furthermore..." Yet Curufin and Maglor did not stay to hear the rest as they had walked away knowing full well that listening to their parents argue will do nothing. 

Curufin looked at Maglor's face as they walked away. He was pretty sure that his brother was close to plotting murder in the near future. Finding out what happened to these boys also just rubbed Curufin the wrong way. The fact these two elves worked for Melkor just added to the fact they wanted to kill them.

~~~

"He told you?" Amras asked. It was the next morning and Nerdanel and Feanor were back it the boy's tent speaking with them.

"Yes," Nerdanel replied. "I hope you do not mind." 

The twins shrugged. "We do not care. It happened years ago, our wounds healed."

"Yes but you still seem afraid of him," She said gently. 

The twins looked at each other and then down at the ground. Neither one spoke for a few moments. Yet, Amras looked up and said, "Well both of them are pretty scary. They have ways of getting in your head and just under your skin. They care nothing if one of their own dies, the elves that follow them are just after the promise of being well rewarded."

"We...do have a long history with them that is pretty unpleasant so...yeah. We are still scared of them." 

"And if you do run into him again?" Feanor asked before Nerdanel could stop him. 

Both twins looked at each other with fear, their tough expressions were breaking a bit under everything that has happened. They did not answer the question they just pressed close to each other and looked down at the ground.

Nerdanel sent a bit of a glare at him before going closer to the twins more. She spoke softly to them, "It is alright to be scared," She said. "You two must have been through so much." 

She was met with silent nods. "Yet, you two are very brave to be able to live on your own like that." She said gently. 

Amras brushes a silent tear away from his eye before looking up at the two older elves and asked, "What do you want from us? My brother and I are sorry we stole from you and we did not want to be trouble." 

"We just wanted to eat," Amrod said. 

"We are not mad," She said. "We are here since we are trying to see new land and reclaim something that was stolen from us not too long ago. We are not upset about the food that was taken considering what you two are telling us it is understandable that you had to steal some food and a few other things to live off of." 

"What does that have to do with us?" Amras asked. 

"The one who stole from us is Morgoth or Melkor as you would know him," Feanor said bitterness in his voice. 

The twins suddenly got a look of understanding. Since they knew two elves who knew Melkor they wanted to know about them so they try going to them to find out about the former Valar. Amrod looked at the two older elves and asked, "Can my brother and I talk for a few moments...alone?" 

"Of course," Nerdanel said before Feanor could say anything else. She stood up and shover Feanor out of the tent. Once they were outside she slapped him a bit. 

"Ow! What was that for?" He asked. 

"And if you do run into him again?"  She repeated. "They are clearly afraid of those two! How could you ask that." 

"I didn't think it would get them like that," Feanor replied. "They seemed to be handling their run-in with him very well so-" 

"Feanor." She said cutting him off. "You should try judging things with a more caring hand instead of trying to get everything answered right then. These boys will not tell us everything they know and we can not ask that of them. If we do we may be forcing them to relive hard memories for them, despite what they say." 

"Alright," Feanor sighed. 

Amras stuck his head out and said, "Okay. We talked somethings over, can you two come back in?" 

"Yes," Nerdanel replied going into the tent with Feanor. 

~~~

After a very very long talk with the twin elves, Nerdanel and Feanor were sitting in their tent quietly. They were quiet processing the long story they were just told by the boys. By this point, it even seemed Nerdanel who was calm and level headed was ready to hunt down those two monsters herself. 

Feanor looked at her as she was sitting there and said, "Well. What do you think?" 

"I think letting them stay is a good idea since if they did leave and those arauco's got their hands on them I will never forgive myself." She replied. "And you already did offer them a place. Plus aren't we also on a quest for revenge? We do not have any right to stop others from that," 

Feanor just nodded understanding his wive's words. He looked down as he thought about the two elves. His hatred of the Valar now just grew, leaving the elves that didn't want to follow them with anything to protect them? He could easily blame what happened to those two on them since if the valar had done something to help these elves. Moreserce and his ally most likely would not have done what they did. He also felt for the two boys since he had lost his mother as did the boys lost theirs before they even knew them. 

Feanor looked up at Nerdanel as she said, "Feanor. I know we do want another child, a daughter, and I know these two are not daughters. Yet, they have no one else. The only one they said to have ever had is dead and I do not think it is enough to just let them stay. They only told us this full story in hopes that we will allow them to come with us. They need those that can care for them." 

"Are you saying we should adopt them?" Feanor asked. 

"I am," She said. "They have nowhere else to go and they will be staying with us and will need someone to keep an eye on them. We are letting them stay but letting them stay and taking them in are two different things." 

Feanor looked at her and sat back thinking quietly. He then sighed and said, "If they will have us then-" 

He was cut off by Nerdanel hugging him tightly. After that moment of surprise faded he hugged back his wife. The two then stood up and went to speak to the twins once more. 

~~~

"You two adopted them," Caranthir said as he and his brothers were seated in their parent's tent. The sons of Feanor knew that their parents were discussing a lot of different things with each other and those boys. 

"Yes," Nerdenal said. "They had nowhere else to go and no one else to look after them." 

The brothers looked at each other they could tell that there was something more to this adoption. Curufin looked at them and asked, "What is it you two are not telling us?" 

Feanor and Nerdenal shared a quick look. Feanor looked to his sons and said, "We have told them we will not tell anyone." 

"Well we are technically their brothers now so don't we-" Curufin began he stopped as he saw the look on his parent's faces. 

"They had no one else," Nerdanel said. 

"Mamil," Maedhros said before any of his brothers could say anymore. "You or Atar do not have to explain your reasoning for this choice. We understand and respect your decision." 

Nerdanel smiled and said, "Thank you Nelyo."

"Of course," He replied kicking Curufin hard in the shin under the table to stop him from asking any questions. He silently thanked Maglor with a look since it seemed Maglor was able to keep Caranthir quiet with a well-placed kick as well. 

After a few moments, the brothers were alone and Maedhros ran a hand through his hair. He winced a bit as Curufin punched his arm. "That was for kicking me! Speaking of why in Valinor did you kick me!" He snapped. 

"Didn't you see them?" Meadhros asked. "Our father's hands were shaking just slightly. Mamil looked a bit pale. Clearly there is something more to this than we know and if they did not tell us once we came in than we are not meant to know right now." 

"As well as we all know those two have told us everything," Maglor said. "Whatever they were hiding they told our parents." 

"Yet. If we are going to be their brothers we have a right to know," Said Curufin. 

"Oh. Just like we have a right to know all your secrets?" Asked Maedhros raising an eyebrow. 

Curufin glared at his older brother and said, "Alright. Alright." 

"Plus shouldn't you be glade that you are no longer the youngest or are you just upset that your spotlight for atar will be taken away?" Asked Celegorm looking at Curufin. 

"Will you be quiet. I said okay, I hear what you guys are saying." He replied holding up his hands as he walked  away

"I'll go talk with him more," Celegorm sighed as he stood up and walked after him. 

"You know you did not have to kick me as well," Caranthir said looking at Maglor. 

"Just being sure," Maglor replied. 

Caranthir just shrugged and said, "Not much we can do about it if they deiced to adopt the two boys. Might as well come to terms and live with it." 

"Uh...Moryo. You do know you are speaking about two elflings as if are parents took in some kind of monstrous creatures." Maglor said. Caranthir just shrugged and just walked away of course not letting what he was thought or felt show. 

"What are we going to do with him?" Maglor asked. 

"Wish I knew," Maedhros replied. "Want to go talk with our new brothers?" 

Maglor nodded and stood up and walked with Maedhros to the tent the two were staying in. They came up to Celegorm and Curufin as they came to the tent. 

"They are asleep," Celegorm said with a bit of smirk. Curufin just had an odd expression on his face as he walked passed.

"What's up with him?" Maedhros asked watching Curuifn walk away. 

"I think when he saw the twins sleeping his heart melted a bit, I mean kinda hard not too. They were curled up next to each other sound asleep...it also looked like they had been crying recently." Celegorm said. He added the last part dropping the amusement from his voice. "Judging by the state of two handkerchiefs I saw in that tent a lot of it too." 

"Poor guys," Maglor said. 

"Yeah. I also explained to Curufin that if we wanted to find out what they just told our parents then he should be nice to them and earn their trust as probably our parents did." Celegorm said. 

Maglor and Maedhros just nodded as Celegorm spoke with them. 

"Also, I am looking forward to having them in the family. They were able to set traps that I could not spot. The only reason I knew I had them in the first place was since I asked a bird that was nearby about the two." He replied as he walked away. 

"How come I am suddenly worried?" Maedhros asked. 

"Since most likely you and I will have to keep all of them out of trouble," Maglor offered. 

"Yeah. That's it." He replied. 

"And your most likely right too," said a voice behind them. Meadhros and Maglor both jumped a foot in the air and spun around facing the twin boys. 

"We are light sleepers," Amras said. 

"We woke up when that elf started talking to you both," Amrod added. 

Meadhros and Maglor looked at each other noticing they did not mention or deny the crying. Yet, they pushed that away and looked back to the two elves. Maedhros said, "Well. If we are going to be family I think proper into introductions are in order. I am Nelyafinwe or Meadhros." 

"I am Maglor or rather Canafinwe or Kano for short. We normally call him Nelyo for short." Maglor said. "And you two are?" 

"I am Telufinwe," Amrod said. "Yet, I normally prefer to be called Amrod." 

"I am Pityafinwe," Amras said. "Yet, I'd rather be called Amras." 

The twins then looked at each other and said together, "Or you can just stick to calling us Ambarussa." 

~~~

Martadur looked up as Moreserce came into the candle lite room. "You have found the twins then?" Martadur asked looking up from his book.

"Yes but it seems they have got themselves drawn into a very interesting game." He replied. "They have met and seem to have caught the attention of Feanor and his band." 

"Did they now," Martadur said closing his book. 

"They did," Moreserce replied with a wide smirk. 

"I take it you have some idea or else you will not be smirking like you are." He said. 

"Of course I do," Said Moreserce. "I mean can you pass up the chance to want to play with them? They snap so easily and with our mutual agreement with some high powers we know. It can prove to be very exciting." 

Martadur laughed and leaned back in his chair and crossed his legs, "You sure you want to do this? Feanor is known to have a will of fire and considering what he did to those boats it's not just his will that is made of that." He said through a smirk.

"Of course," He said. "Playing with fire is fun and we do not mind getting burnt."

Martadur laughed as he took a clear glass and put it over a low candle. "Ture but it is even more fun to watch it slowly extinguish into nothingness." He said as the small flame fought for the oxygen that was remaining in the trapped space. Then it slowly burnt out and he removed the glass and watched the small line of smoke float into the air. "Isn't it?"