Light. It was fading then coming. The warm spring breeze caressing her face. A bird sang its happy song somewhere outside. Slowly Lilly opened her eyes, and the light came pouring in. It was a bright spring day; late in the day she guessed. Slowly Lilly turned her head and there beside her sitting on a chair was Legolas. He lay motionless, his fair hands resting upon his chest, his eyes unclosed, as is the way with Elves. His head rested gently on the back of the chair. The sunlight was playing gently across his face, as a light spring breeze gently blew his golden hair. His wounds had already been tended to but not very well by the looks of them. Slowly and painfully Lilly lifted herself up to a sitting position. Looking around for a glass of water because her mouth felt so parched, she found it beside her bed. "Good morning Lilly" came a soft voice, floating over a gust of morning breeze. Being startled by this sudden voice Lilly hit the glass to the floor. "Legolas, why must you startle a patient so" she asked smiling and blushed a little for knocking the glass over. "If you must speak, at least warn someone before you do so". "But Lilly", he said sitting up straighter and gazing intently at her. "To warn someone I would have to speak." "I suppose that is so," Lilly said seeming to think about it for a second. "Well then at least either try not to fall asleep or wait till the person is out of the room. Legolas, how come your wounds were not properly tended to?" "I would not let them use up their skills and time with my wounds, when yours were much more severe. I survived, even without much aid from the healers," he said sitting up but wincing as he did so. "Legolas, we have enough healers in the kingdom to care both for you and I. Any way what if you had died, I would not have been able to live with myself if I had lived and you had not" Lilly argued with him. "Well we both came out alright so there is nothing to fuss over", he said. "Well I suppose you are right" she said realizing that that was the end of the. "Don't trouble yourself anymore", he said comfortingly. "Let us go and have some breakfast." "We will, just as soon as you have your injuries tended to. I will get my father's best healers to tend to you and after they are done, yes, we will go and get some nourishment" she concluded.

After Lilly had taken Legolas to her father's healers they were off to the great hall. There they found her father sitting at the end of the table drinking tea. He looked deep in thought but looked up when he saw them entering. Relief seemed to wash over his face at seeing both Legolas and Lilly alive. Standing up he walked over to meet us, hugging both of us in turn. "Lilly, I was worried sick. They had told me that you were in critical condition and was not to be disturbed. And Legolas." He said turning to eye him. "I hear that you never left Lilly's side. I also heard rumor that you put up quite a fight not to be tended too properly so that you could stay with Lilly", he said with a smile playing across his face. "I suppose that was the way of it" Legolas said as though that was the obvious thing to do. "Well no harm done Legolas" Elrond said. "Come, sit, eat and tell me of your encounter with Kodana". So Legolas and Lilly sat, ate and told her father of they're run in with Kodana. After a short time Legolas and Lilly left to go walk out among the gardens. The day was warm with a scent of rose blossoms in the air. As they walked along they talked about a subject that both knew well: archery. They critiqued each other on maybe their stance or how fast they could rattle off three arrows at once. After a while of critiquing Legolas and Lilly agreed to meet out in one of her father's fields and to bring our bows and arrows. They would have an archery contest between each other. Although both knew perfectly well that each was exceptionally good, however it would give them practice and it would just be fun.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Getting her bow out of the cloth that she had wrapped it in. Lilly turned to get her arrows from the weaponry near the gardens, but as she turned she bumped into Legolas, not knowing that he was there. Although most of the time Lilly had no idea that he was there until she either walked into him or he startled her so much that she would take the dagger out of her boot leg, and turn around to face who ever had startled her. "Legolas I wish that you would stop startling me like that. One of these days you are going to find a dagger implanted in your arm, as a result of your sneaking up on me", she said matter-o-factly. "I highly doubt that Lilly. For even though you are quick with your dagger I am quicker in my movements to maneuver out of the way". "Is that a fact Legolas Greenleaf". "As a matter of fact it is Lady Lillyana" he said smiling in a mocking sort of way. "I bet you didn't see this coming". "What?" "This!" And with that she dropped her bow quick as lightning and leapt upon him and started to tickle him. His laughter sounded like the ringing of many bells all around the palace. But being stronger he easily turned the tides on her and soon Lilly was on the floor sprawled out in laughter. "Have mercy Master Elf" she managed to say through a wave of laughter.
"I don't know, you might try one of your tricks on me again."
"No I won't, I won't."
"Well I suppose," he said relenting.
"Just kidding."
"But you said you wouldn't" he managed to say before Lilly started again.
"I lied. You will pay for that Master Elf," Lilly said beginning to tickle him with even less mercy than he had shown her. Soon they were rolling on the floor just bursting with laughter, laughter that sounded all through Rivendell.

After a few minutes they both fell to the floor exhausted from laughing so much. "You have proven me wrong in assuming that I am quicker in reflex than yourself" he said still laughing merrily. "That was my point in this whole endeavor Legolas Greenleaf" Lilly said still laughing herself. "So is the contest still on Lady Lilly" he asked trying to sit up. "It most certainly is Legolas, but first I must be able to stand without laughing". Slowly they both stood with the help of one another to cling to. Soon they were on their way to the fields, bow and arrows strapped to their backs.