Tales of Elves, Men, and Dwarves

by Leafdragon117

Part of NirCele's 100-Drabble Challenge! Erynel is only one of many elves upon Middle-Earth, but she holds an interesting story that lays untold. Here, read a hundred of her stories, from the smallest moments to the most life-changing of all. Set in my LotR AU, which has yet to have an official story, hopefully it'll come out soon. Also, rare updates. T for violence, maybe gore...

7. Wind

A/N: Here is another installment of Tales of Elves, Men, and Dwarves! I hope you enjoy this, I had a great amount of fun with it, you'll see why, :D.

Disclaimer: Do we even need these anymore? I don't own Tolkien's work and I never will. I do own Erynel and a few others, though.

Happy Reading!

Prompt: Wind

Title: Another Windy Day

-Imladris/Rivendell, TA 1265, 1676 years before Thorin and Co. set out on their quest-

Erynel snickered as she watched the Elrondions attempt to claw their hair out of their faces. "Perhaps you should braid it?" she called cheekily.

They gave her identical glares, "Today is 'No-Braid-Day', we don't braid our hair. Nor do we do it like that." Elladan pointed to Erynel's pale golden hair, which was in a single braid.

She shrugged, "It's your loss. You're the one who decided to put off your training to the windiest day of the month. Oh, and let's not forget this 'No-Braid-Day' of yours." Erynel narrowed her eyes, "It is made up, isn't it?"

"Yes," Elrohir spoke this time, albeit sheepishly, "We made it when we were young, and-,"

"Elrohir!" Elladan adamantly cried, dismay falling over his fair features, "She was not supposed to know that!"

The younger twin jumped, "Oops, sorry." He turned back to the Woodland Princess, "Secret."

Erynel watched them with curious eyes as her mind steadily got to work on how to take advantage of the glorious opportunity.

She never was able to act upon them that day, however. The twins had had to go and practice archery, knifework, swordplay, and various other tra1ining exercises during that windy day. For Erynel, it was particularly hilarious. Elladan's hair refused to stay back, despite everything he tried – excluding a single braid, of course – and got in his face in crucial moments during sparring. Elrohir's dark hair was slightly more behaved, probably because he had given up "No-Braid-Day" and braided some of his hair back. However, both of their arrows were hilariously off-course. Though they had all trained to shoot with the wind in consideration, the gale that had plagued Imladris that day blew this way and that. First north, then south, then west, and every other direction.

Luckily, Erynel had not had to train with them, as she'd completed her exercises before her brother Legolas has returned to Mirkwood, which was on the clearest day of the month.

Total Words: 364

A/N: And there we go! Drabble #7 complete! After three more drabbles, I'll be updating sporadically, probably five or so drabbles each time. Stay tuned!

Thank you for reading!

-Leafy