Sunrise
Eruanna: 11
Raunion: 18
Raunion hadn't expected to be startled awake by his younger sister one morning.
He and his family were on their way to Gondor to visit Estel, Arwen and Eldarion. The small group had been riding for a while, now, gradually getting closer to the Kingdom, and it seemed that Eruanna was growing extremely excited at that fact, as she had woken up as soon as the sun began to rise and jumped on her brother 'so they could leave'.
"'Anna…" Raunion groaned as his wildly beating heart slowly started to calm and he realised what had happened. "It is way too early."
The smile on the girl's face didn't diminish, however, as she sat perched on her brother's stomach. "We have to leave now, so we can get to Gondor quicker! Do you think we'll arrive today?"
"Not today," Raunion said, closing his eyes and sighing heavily.
Eruanna frowned and her shoulders slumped. "I want to see 'Dari," she mumbled.
"And you will," Raunion assured her, reaching up and swiftly pulling his little sister down to lie next to him. "Have some patience."
"I have patience! Ada said so," the girl said, pulling her brother's blanket up to her chin and shuffling closer to him.
Raunion snorted, eyes still closed. "Not enough," he told her. "Now, keep quiet, or you will wake everyone else up."
"I want to wake everyone up! We need to leave!" Eruanna protested, and the older elf's eyes flew open, pinning his sister with a halfhearted glare.
"Patience, remember?" he said, and the girl nodded. "Try and get back to sleep, little one, and when you next wake, we will be ready to leave. Alright?"
Eruanna silently agreed, resting her head on Raunion's chest and quickly falling asleep to the soft sound of his beating heart.
Needless to say, when she did wake next, the sun high in the sky, she refused to get up, claiming she was too tired and it was 'way too early to be journeying to Gondor'…