DISCLAIMER: god dang it! I DO NOT OWN AVATAR! Nor do I own the Lord of the Rings, but I do own Lerolas, since I made her up.
Ok, lopchop is begging me 2 hurry up and update 1 of my stories, called To Save Us, but I won't. I need 2 finish this 1 first. So, if ppl reply more, I'll write more chapters, and write them faster. They'll b a top priority, that'll make the story end sooner, than I can continue any other stories. It all works nicely. Don't u agree?
Chapter 9: Lerolas and the YuuYan
It was three days before the wedding, and the whole city was in a nervous wreck.
Everyone, except Lerolas.
Elves were known for being calm, even in battle. So Lerolas wasn't acting like everyone else, nervous about the huge ceremony happening in three days.
But even if an Elf's face was calm, their face was betraying their insides.
Lerolas' heart was always beating 300 miles a minute, and she exhausted herself, trying not to scream in excitement that she was being married.
Legolas would come and watch his cousin, even if she didn't know it. Everyday he would tell himself he would tell her, but when he came to do it, he just couldn't bring himself to tell her.
The third day before the wedding, Legolas sprinted to Lorien. He needed to talk with Galadriel.
They talked, then Legolas asked something of her. Galadriel nodded, then showed it to him.
Legolas nearly wept.
His fears of his cousin's future, was true.
On the second day before the wedding, Lerolas was sitting in a garden, playing a flute she had had since before her mother had died.
She played a sad song that she did not know the name of. When she had been a Wanderer, she had met fellow Wanderers who had played that song. She did not know what it meant.
The song was played by those, who did not know they were about to lose something they loved.
Lerolas stopped playing, and her eyes snapped open when she heard a sound. Soft feet, padding against the ground. Lerolas nocked an arrow, and looked around. Her keen eyes spotted a figure, and she shot.
The figure barely got out of the way in time, and Lerolas realized what it was.
A YuuYan Archer.
"Very good, how did you see him?" A slimy voice asked from behind. Lerolas turned to face it. Another YuuYan, probably their leader.
"In my training camp, we had to try and kill gnats 500 yards away, but could not kill it." The YuuYan looked at her in surprise.
"That must have been difficult." Lerolas was about to say 'no', but stopped. If she said that, there would be questions, that would eventually lead to the discovery of Elves.
"Yes, it was very hard. But over a course of years, it grew to be childs' play." The Archer nodded.
"Yes, years of training. Where did you train?" Lerolas thought. Somewhere that couldn't be doubted.
"I do not know. I was taken there when I was too young to remember." The Archer hissed. He wanted to be better than Lerolas.
"I bet you can't hit a moving target from 200 yards away." Lerolas grinned at this Archer's request. She knew where this was going.
"I bet I can hit a moving target, 200 yards away, blindfolded." The Archer was joined by his fellow YuuYan, and they grinned.
"Deal. But first, what's in it for us?" Lerolas shrugged.
"If I lose, I'll tell you how I got so good. But if I win, you all have to leave, and join the Earth Nation." The Archers looked at each other. This was a big risk. If they lost, and she hit a moving target, they would be killed by the Fire Lord before they could reach the Earth Nation. But if they won, they could become better than Lerolas!
"Do we have a deal?" Lerolas asked, and held out her hand. The leading YuuYan reached out and shook it firmly.
"Yes."
One YuuYan was setting up the mechanisms so that the target Lerolas would be shooting at could move. The others were with Lerolas.
Lerolas grinned while she put on the blindfold. The slimy voice of the leading YuuYan whispered in her ear.
"You have one shot. Miss, and we learn why you're so good. Hit, and we're off by tomorrow morning for the Earth Nation." Lerolas nodded from behind the blindfold.
"Move the target!" A YuuYan yelled. The target began to slide quickly back and forth.
Lerolas nocked an arrow and pointed it straight, then listened. Her keen ears told her where the target was, and where it would be next.
Lerolas reacted quickly. She released the arrow and heard it whoosh through the air. There were several more.
Lerolas heard the target stop moving and removed the blindfold to examine her work. She grinned.
7 arrows had landed in the exact same place.
Lerolas turned to the gaping YuuYan.
"Well, my dear Archers, like you said, you must be out of the Fire Nation and heading toward the Earth Nation by tomorrow morning. And, I'm not letting you come back."
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