Legolas watched in amusement as Adonnenniel aimed her bow. He could already tell that the arrow was not even going to hit the target at all. But still, Adonnenniel was determined to make him proud as a teacher in any way possible. He has taught little elflings before but there was something about Adonnenniel that made her not really understand how to shoot the bow correctly.

"Ouch… not again" Adonnenniel moaned. "The strings scraped my arm again! I swear I have more than enough chances hurting my arm then hitting that target!"

"Because you are holding it wrong" Legolas got up from his branch.

"But you have always been telling me that! What am I doing wrong this time?" Adonnenniel rolled her eyes.

"You ignore the wind" Legolas lifted his hand up to make her notice the soft breeze.

"Please, Legolas. The delicate wind could not possibly change the course of this arrow" Adonnenniel looked at him skeptically.

"You would be surprised" Legolas smiled to her.

"Fine, Legolas, show me how it is done" Adonnenniel said tiredly.

"If you do not mind" Legolas bowed his head.

"Go ahead" Adonnenniel moved out of his way.

"The wind is blowing east, Adonnenniel, you should not try to fight it" Legolas picked up an arrow.

"Then what do you suggest I do?" Adonnenniel asked.

"Go along with it" Legolas moved his body slightly so that the wind was pushing his hair to the front of his face.

"Just a simple thing like that?"

"It has worked for me"

Legolas took aim and shot the arrow to the red dot painted on the target. Adonnenniel couldn't help but huff to him not missing. Of course he didn't miss; he was Legolas of the Woodland Realm and a master at shooting arrows. While she was Adonnenniel of the Teleri Elves who can only put on good water show for little crabs?

"You never told me that" Adonnenniel said.

"You have never asked, Adonnenniel" Legolas shrugged. "I was hoping that you would have figured it out. It appears I am very wrong about that. Maybe we should try something else?"

"No!"

"We could try sword fighting" Legolas suggested. "There is nothing wrong with sword fighting. It is common on your grounds, is it not?"

It was common, too common for Adonnenniel. When she was a young elf, they had taught her the basics of sword fighting as a tradition. No one has ever brought up the thought of archery because it wasn't common for her people to take up such a defense unless they were willing to live their lives out as a March warden. Now that Legolas is a very skilled archer, she has more of a drive to know what it was like.

"No thank you. You are doing fine as a teacher. I am just not used to any of this" Adonnenniel looked back at the target. "Legolas, help me with the stance. Something has got to be wrong with my stance"

"Of course" Legolas motioned for her to approach him. "Come here"

Adonnenniel quickly came up and placed her back to him. She tried her best to think about the target but her mind wandered as Legolas gently placed his hands on her hips to move them. She felt her hands start to sweat and shake as he repositioned her arms to be straight. Adonnenniel cleared her throat as she felt the warmth of Legolas radiating all around her.

"Do I shoot now, Legolas?" Adonnenniel asked. "When I look at my target and where my bow is, it does not look lined up. Are you sure this is the right way?"

"It is when the wind is involved"

"So what now?" Adonnenniel asked. "Do I shoot? I have got the aim right. The stance feels better. What are we waiting for?"

Legolas chuckled and gave her a nod. Adonnenniel eagerly let go of the string and noticed it hit the outer perimeter of the target. She squealed, turned around and hugged Legolas around the shoulders, making him laugh. He wrapped his arms tightly around her waist and gently picked her up for a little bit before setting her down.

"That was perfect. You are getting the hang of it" Legolas complimented.

"Only because of you, Legolas!" Adonnenniel looked back to the target.

He smiled and looked over to the sun, thinking that it was already in the afternoon. Legolas didn't want to stay out too late in case his father needed him. He looked back down to Adonnenniel and smiled. Maybe just a few moments more.

"Do it yourself"

"Not yet!" Adonnenniel looked to him. "Just a few more practice rounds? I didn't even hit the bull's-eye"

"No one hits a bull's-eye on their first attempt, Adonnenniel. I didn't even accomplish that" Legolas told her.

"I highly doubt that. You Wood Elves probably had lots of practice. This has got to be the easiest thing you could possibly do" Adonnenniel said.

Legolas just gave her a look before walking back over to the branch that he was sitting on. Adonnenniel sighed and looked back at the target, now looking impossible to beat. She looked back over to Legolas who nodded over to the target. She let out a slight huff before picking up her bow again.

"You can do this, Adonnenniel" Legolas encouraged.

"If you say so" Adonnenniel smirked as she felt energy course through her as she stared down the target. With one swift motion, she let go and watched as the arrow hit the bull's-eye, "I did it!"

Legolas gazed at the arrow in shock. He was not kidding when he said that no one hits a target on their first day.

"You did!" Legolas ran over and hugged her.

He laughed and looked over to the arrow but stopped as Adonnenniel continued to celebrate. Legolas walked over to the arrow and studied it very carefully before taking it out of the target. Upon touching it, water dripped down between his fingers as he noticed the arrow was completely soaked with it. He turned around and walked over to Adonnenniel with a smile on his face.

"It's amazing, isn't it?" Adonnenniel asked.

"Adonnenniel, that was very clever of you. But this is cheating" Legolas lifted up the soaked arrow.

She looked down at the arrow and then looked back up to Legolas' blue eyes before smiling to him. She wanted to make him happy that she was learning something from him but the archery was taking too long. Legolas raised his eyebrow before lifting up his hand for her to give him something. Adonnenniel looked at him confused and then rolled her eyes.

"Legolas, I am not going to pay you. We never said anything about bets" Adonnenniel looked away. "We better get back to this training. I am starting to get hungry"

Legolas then took a hold of the back of her neck and placed his other hand gently at her waist. Adonnenniel gasped as she looked into his dark blue eyes, feeling like she was being devoured in them. He smiled as he inched his head closer to hers, waiting for a kiss. But just as Adonnenniel moved her chin up to kiss him, Legolas turned around and walked away.

"You should try to not rely on your magic so much. There may come a time when you won't be able to use it" Legolas took the small water pouch she had strapped near her arrows.

"Give me a break" Adonnenniel moaned.

"You wanted to learn" Legolas pointed out.

"I still do" Adonnenniel commented.

"I guess we can call it a day"

"No!"

"It is already getting late" Legolas told her.

"Just a little while more. I won't use water magic anymore" Adonnenniel pleaded.

"I thought you said you were hungry"

"Well, yes I am. But why not a few minutes more? I thought you liked archery?"

Without warning, Legolas picked her up and jumped down over the edge. Adonnenniel gasped and felt her stomach sink in as he landed gracefully onto each branch. Each time she thought that they would plunge down to their death; Legolas would balance on a tree branch before jumping off again. Adonnenniel let out a sigh of relief once his feet sank down to the moist floor.

"I already hate when you do that. Warn me next time, Legolas" Adonnenniel scolded.

"I guess we can call it even" Legolas told her.

Adonnenniel looked over to Legolas and shook her head. He seemed to find it quite amusing as he led the way over to the Tree Castle. From up on the platform, the sun was bright and shining while down on the woods bottom, you could barely see the sunlight peeking through. Adonnenniel felt a little bit homesick just knowing that there weren't as many tall and big trees as these to block the sun's rays.

"Wait for me!" Adonnenniel yelled out. "Don't leave me alone in here"

Legolas stopped and waited for Adonnenniel to catch up. He watched as she looked over her should almost as if something would come out and snatch her. He lifted up his arm for her and waited until she noticed. Adonnenniel looked down to the arm and smiled as she wrapped her arms around it so perfectly.

"Don't worry, Adonnenniel, everything will be alright" Legolas told her.

"Do not even try it. Erulassë told me about the giant spiders already. Why didn't you mention that before?" Adonnenniel questioned him.

"It must have slipped my mind"

"Slipped your mind?!"

Legolas chuckled and looked down to Adonnenniel who relaxed for a little bit. The more he got to know her, the more he loved to poke fun at her. He has never had this kind of close bond before to any women he has ever met. He never even knew a bond like this existed.

"Adonnenniel, I didn't want to scare you" Legolas told her.

"You already scared me enough for one event. Can we at least make it back to the Tree in one piece" Adonnenniel looked around the dense forest. "Where, Legolas, do the spiders live? Do you guys know?"

"You are safe, Adonnenniel" Legolas told her.

"I hope so. I already have enough to worry about. The Ra'zacs, giant spiders, and you" Adonnenniel blushed. "I just don't want to see you get hurt. That is something I do not want to happen"

"It won't happen"

"Let's see, Legolas" Adonnenniel gripped onto is arm. "Just don't be careless"

"What makes you think I will?"

"Nothing does, I just hate to think it would be you" Adonnenniel looked down to the ground, she didn't know what she was saying but it felt like to her that she was telling him that if he ever got hurt… she would die.

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