They'd been travelling without incident for about four days when a storm started to blow in from the east. Legolas climbed a tree to get a better look at it and when he came back down he looked grim. "It's going to be a bad one, we need to find shelter."

The landscape around them was all scrubby bushes with a few trees scattered in meager copses that would offer no shelter from a storm. They were not far from a cleft in the land that Legolas told her had once been a quarry for a nation that no longer existed. He took her hand and led her at a run towards the scarred section of the land. "There should be an enclosed area that we can take cover in."

With her heart skipping several beats at the gentle and smooth touch of his hand taking her's, Adessa's wings fluttered as heat slowly rose to her cheeks. She allowed Legolas to lead her forward, picking up her skirt so she wouldn't trip on them or so they wouldn't get caught on any of the scruffy and thorny bushes. Periodically she would glance at the sky to see how much the weather had progressed against them. The clouds were growing darker in color and swelled with rain, threatening to let loose if they didn't hurry. Adessa started to worry more as she looked over her shoulder at her wings, their shimmering colors catching the wind and blowing against her, causing her to stumble a little. 'I don't want to find out what happens if my wings get wet.' She thought to herself before looking ahead and spotting a shallow cave in the side of the rock face. "There! There's a cave off to your right Legolas!"

Just as they reached the cave and nearly flung themselves inside, the cloud cover broke and rain streamed down in angry torrents, slapping against the rock. Adessa let out a breath and gently wiped her fingers over her skin, sprinkles of water having hit her face and dampened her cheeks. She shifted her knapsack and let her wings shuffle and fan a little, making sure they weren't wet and if they were, they'd dry quickly. "Well that was close."

Legolas peered around their shallow cave searching for any occupants aside from themselves but they were alone. He looked out at the torrential downpour and shook his head. "It's not uncommon to get storms the far south during the winter but this came from out of nowhere."

He took off his bow and set it in the back of their shallow cave away from any drip and started looking around for any twigs or wood that he could start a fire with. There was precious little to work with and he eventually had to give it up. Watching the storm for a moment more, her eyes following the clouds and the large droplets of water hitting the ground and soaking it, Adessa shook her head and looked back at Legolas. She only rubbed her arms a little for warmth and sat down on the sandy cave floor, tucking her legs beneath her and pulling her knapsack into her lap to dig through for her leaf pouches and blanket. The blanket she threw about her shoulders and the leaf pouch she offered to Legolas before opening her own and munching on a few berries. "Are there many forces here that could influence the weather like this?" She asked, pushing a few strand of black hair from her face and looking at the Elf with her hazel eyes questioningly. "We should be in Rivendell in a day or two right?"

He leaned against the cave wall and stared out into the rain. "There are a few who could alter the weather but I'm not sure why they would. We still have a few weeks to Rivendell."

He turned to look at her and offered her a smile. "We'll be passing through a town though. I was thinking to get you a cloak to cover your wings and getting a room at an inn so we can resupply and sleep in a proper bed."

"I think the gray cloak I packed can handle hiding my wings when we enter the towns, but it would be nice to have a hot bath and a warm bed." Adessa said, returning his smile with one of her own. She didn't know what it was about him, but his kind gestures of friendship and soft words made her feel safe and at ease. His company on this trip was welcomed and in all honestly, Adessa didn't think she would have left her cave if he hadn't had shown up and encouraged her to join him on his trip to Rivendell. She extended the second leaf pouch of berries to Legolas and stifled a yawn behind her hand.

He took a few absently but didn't eat them right away. "You should rest. I'll keep watch."

Putting a hand over hand over her mouth again to hide a slightly larger yawn that escaped from her, Adessa nodded and tied up her berry pouch and returning it to the knapsack. Her gray cloak she pulled from the bag and she placed it under her head. As she blinked and sleep slowly took her, Adessa looked up at Legolas and spoke. "Wake me in a few hours and I will take my turn so you may rest."

With one last, lopsided smile, Adessa settled her head down on her arm and cloak and drew her blanket closer to her. Soon enough, sleep took her and she fell into a quiet and dreamless sleep.