Chapter 109: Ada is stuck

Legolas eagerly grabbed his new bow and arrows before running out of the palace, Haldir following. Haldir grabbed the elfling and held him in his arms.

"You wish to go to the archery field?"

"Yef."

"Then I shall carry you there, since your little legs will get too tired to manage the full walk." Haldir said. Legolas played with Haldir's hair while he was carried to the field, where there was a lake just beside which was so deep that Haldir had to walk around it, occasionally stepping in the shallow areas.

Legolas jumped down and Haldir borrowed a bow from one of the archers.

"Alright Legolas, place this hand on the wooden part."

Legolas was watching a butterfly and dropped his bow to go follow it.

"Follow the butterflies, follow the butterflies... Lalalalalalalalala-

Legolas stopped as his collar of his tunic was held and Haldir frowned. "Take your bow, and hold it as I am holding mine, with an arrow."

"Yes Haldir."

Legolas imitated Haldir, and in half an hour, he shot his first arrow. It flew very far, across the lake even, when it hit something - or someone, judging by the fact the person it hit yelled. Legolas gasped and hid behind Haldir, when Thranduil came over, holding an arrow.

"Ada! You found my arrow! Hal told me to shoot across the lake so I would not hit anyone but I hit someone but now I have my arrow back! Yay!"

"It hit me." Thranduil said.

"Sorry. It was an accident you know."

"I know ion-nin, I know."

Legolas had his mind on the lake. Legolas could not swim well, but he loved spending time in the water - just not the bath.

"Hey Ada?"

"Yes ion-nin?"

"My favorite Valar is Ulmo, because he is the Valar with the water."

"Would you be saying this to me because you wish to go swimming?"

"Ye... how'd you know?"

"After raising Tonus and Cield and still raising your sister and you, I get used to being told things like this." Thranduil smiled. "Can we go swimming?" Legolas grabbed hold of his father's belt, and with it pulled himself up to cuddle against his father's chest.

"Who do you mean by 'we'?"

"You, me, and Haldiw."

"Haldir, are you up to swimming with the little elfling?"

"Certainly, though I have nothing meant for swimming in, so I shall be wearing the leggings that I am dressed in already."

"Alright then Legolas, Haldir and I will take you to swim in the lake."

"Yay!"

Legolas was about to run straight into the lake when he was stopped.

"First, you and I must change into some leggings we can swim in, since I am wearing thick leggings and you are not even dressed in leggings."

"Okay..." Legolas said miserably.

"How are you feeling Legolas? Are you sure you wish to swim sick?"

"Yef. Yef, yef, yef, yef, YEF!"

"Okay then..."

Thranduil brought Legolas and Haldir to the palace, where he changed Legolas and then himself. Haldir carried towels, and Thranduil invited Cield to join, but the prince rejected this since now that he was to wed Firelien, he was relieved, calm, and eager for the elfling to come. Tonus and Galion where invited, but the two where having a staring contest, being there for at least an hour staring at each other. Even Bob, the mysterious black guy with the acid was invited, but he was eating Lembas, so he refused to leave his prison just to swim.

Legolas was afraid to enter the water, since he could not swim.

"Legolas, tis not deep, there is no reason to be afraid."

Legolas let Haldir carry him into the water, and put him down in the shallow water. Thranduil removed his own tunic and followed in. Legolas was trying to get further and further into the deep water, but one step he took was where the lake's floor suddenly sloped down, and the prince sunk.

Legolas was scared. He could not breath, or get himself to the top. Legolas kicked with his little feet, and kicked a large bolder. Legolas did not get above the water, but the bolder loosened, enough for one more kick to send it down, crushing anything below, including the elfling.

Thranduil gasped and swam to Legolas, where he took his in his arms. While swimming, Thranduil kicked the bolder that Legolas had also kicked, and the bolder fell. Thranduil quickly swam as high as he could, until Legolas' head was above the water. Haldir took the elfling, and expected Thranduil to come up. But the king did not. Haldir stuck his head below the water to see that the bolder was on Thranduil's leg. The king was in pain, his leg clearly broken, and Thranduil tried to push the bolder off of his foot, but it was too heavy. Thranduil could not breath, and his vision was poor. Haldir tried to move the bolder, but failed, instead getting his wrist crushed and broken. Haldir managed to float back to the top of the water, the last he saw below the water was Thranduil loosing consciousness.

To be continued...