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Rain
Eventually they did stop and every one else let out a relieved sigh. Aragorn went to talk to Merry about Pippin and Aradel went to talk to Legolas.
"Enjoying yourself are you?" she asked grinning mockingly at him as he gave her a venomous look at the spring in her step as she approached him.
"No. And you know it so leave me alone."
"No, I think you need some cheering up. What have you done lately that made you happy?" she asked intently giving him a strange look with her head tilted to one side to see his face which was faced squarely at the muddy ground.
He looked up and towards they gray sky thinking he smiled. "I ate dinner last night. It was very good I could have eaten all night. No comparison to Elvish food but better then I've had for a while."
His female companion's look told him that that wasn't good enough. "Alright then, what has happened in the past year that made you really, really happy?" she asked hoping for a better answer then 'I ate something'
He thought, again, for a few moments then replied in a low voice. "I saw you again." He told her bluntly looking her strait in her deep brown eyes.
She stared back into his icy blue eyes then turned upward to the sky an exasperated smile playing on her lips. "You don't have a lot of good stuff happen to you do you? Watch me I can think of one. I met an old boyfriend. I know what your thinking and the fact that he's a complete scum bag wasn't apparent to me at the time so it doesn't count." She added seeing the look on his face. "So how's Mirkwood been doing lately?"
He laughed and told her that it had been going better and better since the end of the war with the dwarves and everything was going wonderfully. She laughed harder, swallowing a fair amount of rain, and reminded him that that was around the time that she left. He was forced to consider the fact that her absence was the cause of all the good things happening but quickly dismissed it as a strange coincidence.
They continued to remenis about Mirkwood and the crazy things they had done when they were younger. The rest gave them dirty looks, as they were laughing hard and Legolas' mood greatly improved. She had always been able to bring his spirits up on cloudy days, always been able to make him laugh, even if it was in the most inappropriate times.
The next three days were quite uneventful unless you included Merry missing a few hours of sleep and almost falling into the fire if it had not been for Aradel roughly pulling him back, Gimli trying to chop a living tree down and Legolas exploding at him, or Pippin annoying Aragorn until his right eye started to twitch, at which point Aradel, just for fun poked him right in the cheek and him starting to yell and scream ferociously while she sat and smiled apparently satisfied with her results events.
However, Aradel found herself being woken by noises in the woods in the middle of the night. And every time she did wake up she would ask herself the same things. 'What was that?', 'Just a harmless nocturnal creature looking for some scraps to eat?', 'A flesh hungry beast ready to pounce on it's latest victim, us?', 'A skilled archer notching an arrow?'. The noises would stop so she went back to sleep.
At the very end of the third day since leaving the cliff where Rayan had left they came across a clearing where Pippin cried out in pain.
"What is it? Did you twist an ankle?" Aragorn asked, apprehensively stepping forward.
"No, I stepped on a rock. The soles of my shoes are so thin it poked right through and it really hurt for your information." He replied grumpily.
"Well, it's obvious your foot doesn't need any rest but we have been walking for three days strait. I suppose we can stop early tonight. But we still have to get started early in the morning." Everyone groaned as the morning was the worst part of the day for the majority of them, excluding Gimli who was used to it because he was expected to start mining early in the morning when it wasn't too hot below the earth.
The rain had stopped a while ago but the firewood they did manage to find was still reasonably wet and took some time to start. Once they did have a blaze they cooked dinner and ate in silence, not having much to say. Everyone was very relaxed and tired after dinner so they sat in oblivion by the fire dreaming of home and the million places they would have rather been right then.
Aradel however was upright and alert at all times, paranoid from the noises that awoke her more and more frequently every night. Her eyes darted from tree to tree and in between, searching as far as her eyes could see for anything that might pose a threat. Her ears listened for any sounds, strained to hear behind her for where she couldn't see. Every sense was tensed and working to keep her from being taken advantage of in any way.
But the fire was so warm and the soft ground was so comfortable. It was very hard to resist the lull of sleep and soon the long days walk took its toll on her body and she started to relax along with everyone else. Her eyes started to droop and she fell into the deepest sleep she had had in a while, a long while. She didn't know whether it was the warmth of the fire, the fact that everyone else was awake and at least half-conscious, or the strange sense of security the people around her had earned themselves but at the moment she didn't care.
Then there it was again the crack of a broken twig somewhere in the darkness around her. Wearily, she sat up and propped herself on her elbows and looked around. She didn't see anything, other then the fact that Legolas was awake though she didn't know why. Unable to get back to sleep from uneasiness she got up and began walking in circles around the rest of her sleeping friends.
A/N: She finally fell asleep. God Aradel's paranoid, don't you think. I do. Do you think she'll get attacked?! Not very likely. it's about 10 to 90. The ninety is that she doesn't get attacked. Nehoo, bye-bye!:D
Kat L.: Glad you liked it, thank!:D
Elven Script: I tried it but it didn't work. Apparently the little brat is smarter than i expected. :( Oh well i guess it's back to beating him to uncousciousness. Sigh. I almost forgot to update today, lol. :D
ainu lote: What is that supposed to mean?
Mistopurr: Oh goody your back! I've missed you:D I don't care how long they are, there's lots of them! I also forgot about the dance thing, i often do that. I'm listening to really loud music right now so im barely conscious right now. :D
Rain
Eventually they did stop and every one else let out a relieved sigh. Aragorn went to talk to Merry about Pippin and Aradel went to talk to Legolas.
"Enjoying yourself are you?" she asked grinning mockingly at him as he gave her a venomous look at the spring in her step as she approached him.
"No. And you know it so leave me alone."
"No, I think you need some cheering up. What have you done lately that made you happy?" she asked intently giving him a strange look with her head tilted to one side to see his face which was faced squarely at the muddy ground.
He looked up and towards they gray sky thinking he smiled. "I ate dinner last night. It was very good I could have eaten all night. No comparison to Elvish food but better then I've had for a while."
His female companion's look told him that that wasn't good enough. "Alright then, what has happened in the past year that made you really, really happy?" she asked hoping for a better answer then 'I ate something'
He thought, again, for a few moments then replied in a low voice. "I saw you again." He told her bluntly looking her strait in her deep brown eyes.
She stared back into his icy blue eyes then turned upward to the sky an exasperated smile playing on her lips. "You don't have a lot of good stuff happen to you do you? Watch me I can think of one. I met an old boyfriend. I know what your thinking and the fact that he's a complete scum bag wasn't apparent to me at the time so it doesn't count." She added seeing the look on his face. "So how's Mirkwood been doing lately?"
He laughed and told her that it had been going better and better since the end of the war with the dwarves and everything was going wonderfully. She laughed harder, swallowing a fair amount of rain, and reminded him that that was around the time that she left. He was forced to consider the fact that her absence was the cause of all the good things happening but quickly dismissed it as a strange coincidence.
They continued to remenis about Mirkwood and the crazy things they had done when they were younger. The rest gave them dirty looks, as they were laughing hard and Legolas' mood greatly improved. She had always been able to bring his spirits up on cloudy days, always been able to make him laugh, even if it was in the most inappropriate times.
The next three days were quite uneventful unless you included Merry missing a few hours of sleep and almost falling into the fire if it had not been for Aradel roughly pulling him back, Gimli trying to chop a living tree down and Legolas exploding at him, or Pippin annoying Aragorn until his right eye started to twitch, at which point Aradel, just for fun poked him right in the cheek and him starting to yell and scream ferociously while she sat and smiled apparently satisfied with her results events.
However, Aradel found herself being woken by noises in the woods in the middle of the night. And every time she did wake up she would ask herself the same things. 'What was that?', 'Just a harmless nocturnal creature looking for some scraps to eat?', 'A flesh hungry beast ready to pounce on it's latest victim, us?', 'A skilled archer notching an arrow?'. The noises would stop so she went back to sleep.
At the very end of the third day since leaving the cliff where Rayan had left they came across a clearing where Pippin cried out in pain.
"What is it? Did you twist an ankle?" Aragorn asked, apprehensively stepping forward.
"No, I stepped on a rock. The soles of my shoes are so thin it poked right through and it really hurt for your information." He replied grumpily.
"Well, it's obvious your foot doesn't need any rest but we have been walking for three days strait. I suppose we can stop early tonight. But we still have to get started early in the morning." Everyone groaned as the morning was the worst part of the day for the majority of them, excluding Gimli who was used to it because he was expected to start mining early in the morning when it wasn't too hot below the earth.
The rain had stopped a while ago but the firewood they did manage to find was still reasonably wet and took some time to start. Once they did have a blaze they cooked dinner and ate in silence, not having much to say. Everyone was very relaxed and tired after dinner so they sat in oblivion by the fire dreaming of home and the million places they would have rather been right then.
Aradel however was upright and alert at all times, paranoid from the noises that awoke her more and more frequently every night. Her eyes darted from tree to tree and in between, searching as far as her eyes could see for anything that might pose a threat. Her ears listened for any sounds, strained to hear behind her for where she couldn't see. Every sense was tensed and working to keep her from being taken advantage of in any way.
But the fire was so warm and the soft ground was so comfortable. It was very hard to resist the lull of sleep and soon the long days walk took its toll on her body and she started to relax along with everyone else. Her eyes started to droop and she fell into the deepest sleep she had had in a while, a long while. She didn't know whether it was the warmth of the fire, the fact that everyone else was awake and at least half-conscious, or the strange sense of security the people around her had earned themselves but at the moment she didn't care.
Then there it was again the crack of a broken twig somewhere in the darkness around her. Wearily, she sat up and propped herself on her elbows and looked around. She didn't see anything, other then the fact that Legolas was awake though she didn't know why. Unable to get back to sleep from uneasiness she got up and began walking in circles around the rest of her sleeping friends.
A/N: She finally fell asleep. God Aradel's paranoid, don't you think. I do. Do you think she'll get attacked?! Not very likely. it's about 10 to 90. The ninety is that she doesn't get attacked. Nehoo, bye-bye!:D
Kat L.: Glad you liked it, thank!:D
Elven Script: I tried it but it didn't work. Apparently the little brat is smarter than i expected. :( Oh well i guess it's back to beating him to uncousciousness. Sigh. I almost forgot to update today, lol. :D
ainu lote: What is that supposed to mean?
Mistopurr: Oh goody your back! I've missed you:D I don't care how long they are, there's lots of them! I also forgot about the dance thing, i often do that. I'm listening to really loud music right now so im barely conscious right now. :D
