A/N: Just a short chapter to tide you over until I have a little more time ~ Shenaux

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Chapter Thirteen

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Legolas approached the archery fields with trepidation as the advice Sinn gave to him ran through his mind. He walked up to one of Haldir's brothers, Rúmil, and explained to him what Sinn told him. Rúmil now looked at Shenaux a bit more warily and he decided that it would be best if he warned the other Lórien Elves as Legolas went to warn Haldir. However, the two of them both forgot about Orophin and well that's when disaster struck.

Legolas was talking with Haldir in Elvish behind Shenaux' back as she practised pulling the string of the bow back, trying to get the feel of it.

"Haldir, I got a warning from Sinn." Legolas told him as he sent a worried look at Shenaux as she slowly got closer and closer to the quiver of arrows that Orophin leaned against a young sapling.

"Do I want to know?" Haldir questioned.

"Well, you see, she told me to warn all of you to stay far, far behind Shenaux when she shoots the arrows, and I quote, 'If you cherish your life, or any part of your body stay out of range.' What do you make of it?"

"I honestly don't know Legolas." Haldir frowned and then gasped when he saw Shenaux string and arrow.

Legolas looked up at Haldir's gasp and watched in horror as Shenaux aimed the arrow and shoot at the target on one of the many trees. However, that's not what made him look on in horror. What made him look on in horror was that Orophin was near the targets that Shenaux just shot at... and it didn't help matters that the wind picked up and pushed the arrow even more off course.

Haldir, Legolas and Rúmil watched the events unfold in slow motion. They watched as Shenaux dropped the bow in shock and her eyes widened as she watched the arrow make it's way towards the targets, but her aim wasn't straight and the arrow was going slightly to the left. But then the wind picked up and the arrow was now making it's way towards Orophin.

"Orophin!" Rúmil yelled in Elvish in warning.

Just as Orophin turned towards his brother's call, the arrow hit him.

Shenaux covered her mouth with a gasp and she quickly ran over to the injured Elf. She looked at the Elf in complete horror. "Are you all right?" She questioned.

Haldir, Legolas and Rúmil couldn't help themselves and began to laugh at the misfortune of their fellow Elf. Orophin received the arrow right in the left cheek of his butt. He was presently saying every curse word in the Elven language and possibly using some Common curse words.

"You have to take the arrow out." Shenaux told him as she tried to reach for it, but Orophin backed away from her. "Oh, stop being such a wuss. It wasn't my fault! Honest!" She told him.

He said something in Elvish, and by the tone of it, it wasn't pleasant and Shenaux knew what kind of tone that was. She slapped him upside the head.

"That wasn't very nice!" She told him after she hit him, making Haldir and the other Elves laugh all the harder. "Now shut your trap and turn around." Without waiting for a response, she grabbed his shoulders and spun him around, then with her right hand she grabbed the arrow and then placed her left hand on his back and finally she gave a sharp yank and the arrow came free.

Orophin let out a loud yelp of pain and Shenaux smiled at him sweetly. "Now that wasn't so hard, was it?" She asked him and then sauntered away from him to the three hysterically laughing Elves.

"I think I am going to go back to my talan now before I kill anyone. It's been fun. Once Orophin calms down can you please express my deepest sincere apologies about shooting him in the arse." She grinned and then walked away after she placed the arrow in Haldir's hand.

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"So," Sinn called from the bath where she was now relaxing when Shenaux entered the talan, "who did you shoot this time?"

"I told you before Sinn that shooting you in the arm was an accident." Shenaux protested. "Along with shooting Orophin in the arse."

Sinn burst out laughing. "You shot an Elf in the ass?" she giggled. "I wish I was there to see that one!"

"Shut up Sinn and just bathe!" Shenaux snapped at her friend.

Sinn just laughed. "I'm almost done. If you want to start heating up some water, you could have the tub when I am finished with it."

"Ya, maybe that will calm me down. I really am sorry for shooting Orophin in the arse." Shenaux sighed. "I just didn't think that, well, I would hit anyone. I mean, I thought maybe I would have better aim now then I used to have. I guess I was wrong."

Sinn shook her head as she grabbed a towel and stood up. She wrapped the towel around herself and then walked into her room.

Shenaux began to heat up the water.

After Sinn was dressed in a robe, she dumped her bath water and went back into her room to finish getting dressed.

She put on a green gown and tied her hair up. She slipped on the matching green slippers before she began to put her chain back on. She was startled out of her wits when she heard Shenaux scream.

Rushing out of her room, a dagger in hand, Sinn looked around for the intruder. She found Shenaux on the opposite wall from the kitchen and door.

"Shenaux! What happened? Are you all right? Why did you scream?" Sinn demanded, still looking for any sign of an intruder.

Shaking, Shenaux took a breath. "It… it was a spider." She pointed over to the cauldron where she was heating her bath water.

Sinn looked at her friend before leaning against the doorframe to her room, her shoulders were shaking with silent laughter.

"It isn't funny Sinn!" Shenaux said angrily as she stomped her foot. "You know how much I hate spiders!"

Before Sinn could say anything, Haldir, Legolas, Boromir, Aragorn and the other members of the Fellowship were in the talan.

"What's wrong? What happened?" Aragorn questioned before he took in the fuming Shenaux and laughing Sinn.

"What's going on?" Boromir demanded with a raised eyebrow.

"Shenaux… *giggle*… spider…*snicker*….Ha, ha, ha, ha!" Sinn gasped as she tried not to laugh any more. "I'm….*chuckle* sorry Shenaux!" She laughed out loud.

Shenaux glared at Sinn and crossed her arms over her chest. "It's not funny Sinn so stop laughing damn it!"

"Sinn, calm down." Aragorn said as he looked over at said woman whom was doubled over in laughter. "Breathe. Now tell me, why did Shenaux scream? She seems unwilling to tell us."

Still chuckling, Sinn looked up at the leader of the Fellowship. "She's unwilling to tell you why she screamed because she came across a spider over by the cauldron. Shenaux detests spiders."

"But it was really, really BIG!" Shenaux protested.

The jaws of all the males standing in front of the two women dropped.

"You screamed because of a spider?" Merry asked.

Shenaux meekly nodded.

Nobody noticed Pippin walking over to the said cauldron to look for the said spider. When he found it, he picked it up and joined the group again.

Sinn walked over to Shenaux, still snickering. "I can't believe you screamed."

Shenaux gave her a dark look. "You don't like spiders either Sinn."

"Yes, but I don't scream when I see one."

Pippin decided that this was the time to step forward with the spider. He walked up to the two women and held out his hand. "Is this what made you scream Shenaux?" He thrust his hand that was holding the spider into both Shenaux' and Sinn's face.

That action had the expected reaction. Sinn and Shenaux both jumped and screamed. Pippin began to laugh.

"Great," Gimli muttered. "They see a damned spider and it sends them to screaming. They see an orc and they kill it." He shook his head and left the talan muttering something about females and their unpredictability.

Aragorn and Boromir shook their heads as they left the talan, not bothering to say anything. The Hobbits left in a laughing fit and the two Elves stayed with big grins on their faces.

"Well," Legolas said. "I guess you two wouldn't want to visit Mirkwood. Considering the forest holds giant spiders, bigger than the one Pippin left with."

Sinn glared at the Elf. "You're never going to let us live this down huh?"

"Nope!" Legolas grin grew wider. "See you two later!"

Haldir nodded and the two left the talan.

"I'm going to kill Pippin." Shenaux muttered as she went back to heating water for her bath.

"I'll help." Sinn agreed and went back into her room.

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A/N: So any questions? comments?