A/n: This will have slight gore in it. So...warning.

The others turned and saw the elf standing by Amras. The elf just stood there stunned as he looked at Amras as the others came to stand behind them. He opened his mouth after a long moment of silence and said, "...Hi?"

"Hi!?" Amras repeated half in shock and the other half in disbelief. "That's it! I thought you were dead and hi!? That's the first thing you say to me? Hi?"

Amrod gave an off smile and hugged him with his good arm and pulled him close. "I am sorry, Amras. I really am but...but it's just a very long story." He said. He then let go and stood back and looked at the group.

"Before you raid him with questions, please let him come here so I can see how his wounds are. This is his first official week being able to walk around without any assistance." Narndir said as he stepped over. "After I see he's fine. We'll get you all food, settled, and then questions will be answered."

"Of course," Maglor said as Amrod walked over to Narndir who led him inside his tent and to where a soft mat was on the floor. The brothers soon crowed at the entrance and inside. Yet, Narndir sent them out for Amrod's privacy.

"Amras can stay," Amrod said stopping his twin from leaving the tent. Amras smiled a little and sat down next to the twin as the other's left.

Amras gasped as Amrod removed his mask and Narndir removed the bandage carefully. The whole left side of his face was covered in burns that looked to be bleeding slightly, parts were blackened, and some parts were just gone.

"It looks much better now," Amrod said softly as he saw his brother's face. He then winces as Narndir carefully starts to clean the wound and apply a few different forms of salve to it. Amras grabs and holds his brother's right hand. Yet, he did have to let go as Amrod removed most of his clothes to allow Narndir to check and tend to the other burns on his body. Most of them were like his face. Blanked, red, scared, and bloody. Yet, in some areas, there was still slight blistering that did look painful.

"Well. Good news, you are healing nicely and in a few days I can remove the sling." Narndir said as he finished up. Amrod put his clothes back on and said, "Thank you, Narndir."

"Of course. Now I will hold your other brother's back. I think two should have a few moments alone before anything else happens." Narndir said as he stood up and cleaned his hands on a towel. He then left the tent and Amrod places his mask back on before looking at his twin.

"Amras...I...don't know what to say," Amrod said. "I know I hurt you but-"

Yet, Amras cut his twin off by hugging him tightly. "I know, Ambarussa." He said hugging him. Amrod smiled and hugged his twin back.

When Amras sat back the to shared a knowing smile. Amras wanted some answers but he could wait for those. All's that mattered to him was the fact he has his twin back. It seemed that Amrod was in a very similar place that Amras was in. He just was happy his twin was there as well.

"Cool mask," Amras said nodding to it.

"Ya. I didn't like the scars or just the bandages. I thought it would be a good idea." He replied putting a hand to it.

"It's a good choice," said Amras.

Amrod smiled and stood up. "Come on. I'll show you where I stay," He said. Amras smiled and followed Amrod as he led him out of the tent. The others followed after them when they saw them leave. Amrod led the group to a tent that was right behind the healer's tent. It was a good size tent but a bit too big for one person.

"This is where you have been living?" Asked Curufin.

"Not much but yes," He said as he opened the flap and let them inside. He slid inside after them and sat down on a makeshift mattress. There were two other of these makeshift mattresses and judging by how the tent was set up it didn't seem like he lived alone.

"Who lives here with you?" Asked Celegorm as he saw the other beds.

"Lithel and Amathael," He said. "They are two of the ones who really helped me out. They found me lying half-dead and burnt in the water. They kept me alive and got me here."

"We'll have to thank them," Said Amras.

"Yeah. Saved my life," Amrod said with a small nod. "I would rather wait for them to arive before you start asking me questions. I know you have a lot but in truth, I don't remember somethings. They'll be able to answer it for you though."

"Can I ask you something though? I mean before they come," Asked Curufin.

"Sure," Amrod said.

"Why...why did you stay on the ship? I mean it wasn't really because you didn't like sleeping on the ground. Was it?" Asked Curufin.

Amrod sighed and sat back closing his eyes for a few moments. When he opened them he said, "I planned to leave...to go back...ask for forgiveness. Yet, not for the oath but for the lives we took. It haunted my dreams over the whole ride here. The lives we took...we were not defending ourselves. That was just murder."

When he finished the others were just quiet. Staring at him without any words, yet, even when one of the brothers opened there mouths to speak Amrod just shook his head. "Just. Leave it be for now. I am in no mood for arguing."

"Alright," Amras said. "Whatever happened. We can deal with it later, for now we are just happy you are alive."

Amrod smiled and said, "I did miss all of you."

"We missed you," Celegorm replied.

"I missed him more," Amras said hugging his brother's arm.

"Atar missed you too," Added Curufin. Amrod just nods and settles back a bit more.

"I know...I missed you all too," He said.

"Then why didn't you try to find us?" Amras asked looking at his twin.

"Since up till now I haven't been able to leave my bed." He replied.

"Oh...good point," Amras said.

"I guess," Amrod replied. He then looked up and past Curufin to Ardhel, Glorfindel, and Ecthelion. "Should I ask why you three are here....or more so how you three are here."

"We walked across the Helcaraxe," Answered Ardhel.

"It's crazy wherever you guys chose to settle then," Amrod said.

"You have no idea," Said Celegorm. "Yet, things might settle down if now that you are back."

"About that...I am not going back," Amrod said. Yet, he continued on before they could say anything. "I will come to show that I am alive. Yet, once I am well enough to travel and be able to defend myself I am going to travel further to the east. Narndir said he heard a rumor from a friend that there are other elven cities to the east. He said there are elves there that may be able to help somehow break this curse."

"The only way to break it is through getting the silmarils back," Curufin retorted.

"How?" Asked Amrod. "We can't go up against Morgoth. I will want to fight him to stop him but fighting against him for avenging our grandfather. Not through the stones."

"You are going to give up our birthrights?" He replied.

"Birthrights? They are just jewels, that changed our father. Come on are you that much of an idiot you can't see they changed him? What will they do to us if we get them back? What will this oath make us do? I almost died. I killed innocents. I want a chance to be free of the oath. Understand that." Amrod said. "I thought about this through the trip here and over these months of healing. I made my choice."

Curufin just stood there and turned walking out. Celegorm got up but Ardhel stopped him, "You should let him go." She advised.

"I am sorry," Amrod said.

"It's fine," Celegorm said. "I may not be the most sensible of us but I can understand your choice. I am not an idiot,"

"Oh?" Amrod asked with a little smirk. Amras snickered and Celegorm smiles and shakes his head. Amras leaned against his twin just smiling. He missed his twin and despite the fact he wanted to get the Silmarils back he was not going to leave his twin's side ever again. As well as Amras thought similar things as to Amrod had. The Silmarils had changed their father.