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[bow_of_the_galadhrim]

Characters: Legolas and OPEN.
Setting: Forest floor, during the day.
Format: Prose to start, will swap though.
Summary: Zelda gave Legolas the ability to use Light Arrows. Cue practicing until exhausted.
Warnings: None?

Following Zelda giving Legolas the ability to use Light Arrows, the elf had found himself pondering just how to use them. He knew, like all of his people, how to force a sleep upon those that might terrorize them or to put fires to 'sleep' but he'd never done anything so fantastic as what Gandalf might do.

This was something he knew that he could do though, with practice. A lot of practice. And the sooner he got started, the better. She had mentioned enchanting his own arrows though, so that was how he would start.

The elf found a familiar spot, one he'd used to train many times before and where he usually started to go hunting, drew back and arrow and tried to focus. She'd said holy magic so he focused on that and tried but fired only a regular arrow. Again he fired and again he fired a regular arrow. He was patient though and kept focusing his energy until, finally, he was able to fire one holy powered Light Arrow at the tree, watching at the light shined as it left his hold and slammed into the tree.

With a grin, one that was noticeably smug, he drew on what he had moments before and fired another.

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[marchwarden]

Little did Legolas realize that there were another pair of eyes watching him from the shrubbery nearby. The march warden often liked to spy upon his beloved Legolas out of his own impish desire to watch him train. He knew that his love honestly didn't mind the intrusion, but sometimes Haldir didn't want to make his presence known. He always felt as if he hindered Legolas during his training, especially since the young elven prince was easily distracted by him. Though, once a flash of light flew past him and towards the adjacent tree, Haldir couldn't hide his presence no longer.

"Magic...?" The march warden questioned once he stepped out from the bushes. He eyed the mark upon the tree with a look of pure awe before turning his gaze towards Legolas. "You've learned...magic?" There was a look of skepticism within Haldir's gaze. He wasn't too sure what to think about this turn of events.

"Is this Gandalf's doing?"

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Legolas paused as he drew back another arrow, just before infusing it with the magic Zelda had given him. Already a light sweat was breaking out on his brow, the use of power exhausting him a bit more quickly than he thought it might. Zelda had mentioned that it would be difficult to begin though and grow easier over time. And with how much time he and his kind had, that was no concern.

Looking towards Haldir and giving him a slightly smug look, Legolas lowered his bow and placed his arrow back in his quiver. Wiping the sweat away before it fell into his eyes, he stepped towards the older elf.

"No, the wizard had no part in this. It was Zelda who gave me this skill."

Surprising, right?

[marchwarden]

Haldir's brow knitted together for a moment as he tried to make sense of what Legolas said. "Zelda gave you this power?" He repeated slowly with some skepticism in his gaze. Zelda was a very bright and intelligent young woman, but he hadn't known her to be skilled in magic as well. In Middle-earth, magic was rarely used if even at all during the ages. Such power typically came with a price.

Still looking rather confused, Haldir awaited for Legolas to speak more about his new skill. "How is this possible?" He asked in a hushed tone. "I did not realize the depth of the bond you share with Zelda."

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"She did but I don't know how. She made it appear on it's own and when I took hold of it, it vanished. And she told me that I could use it as I wished so long as I did so wisely."

He couldn't help but chuckle softly at the idea of sharing a close bond with Zelda when they were more or less just friends, if even that. And she had recruited him into Pandora and helping place the chips across the tower. Not that he could say anything here where Ruana could hear.

"After so long of knowing her within this tower, I actually know very little of her. But I know that she has become an important figure to the morale of many people here."

[marchwarden]

That "wisely" comment won a slight smirk from Haldir. He didn't doubt that Legolas would use such a power for the greater good, but use it wisely? That's the part that he honestly doubted the most. "Then I pray that you do." He replied with a slight nod.

"Not many seem to know of Zelda well but I suppose this is how she wants it." Haldir turned his gaze from Legolas and glanced towards the tree again. He still didn't quite believe that Zelda possessed such an ability before, but then again he never really knew her.

"She is indeed important to us all." The march warden replied after a moment or two of silence. "Though, I wonder if she realizes that."

[bow_of_the_galadhrim]

Were he a bit younger, Legolas would have stuck him tongue out at Haldir but he only returns a grin. Of course, he'd use it as wisely as he was able. In this tower, one never knew what might happen to his mind. Again. At least he knew that there were friends and loved ones among the tower residents that would keep him from doing too much harm if something did happen.

"I think that she does. She's wise and intelligent, Gandalf would not have given her his ring otherwise."

For all Legolas thought he knew her, Haldir's thoughts mirrored his own. There really was very little he actually knew about the Hylian princess. And that was likely for the best with how unsure their future was now.

[marchwarden]

News about the passing of the ring still somewhat surprise him. Haldir couldn't quite understand why Gandalf possessed such a strong faith in the Hyrulian Princess, but he learned to accept it. The wizard would never blindly trust anyone without good reason or merit. There hasn't been a single time ever in his memory that Zelda earned any scorn. She was beloved by all and feared by her foes. The princess even had a few champions who vowed to fight in her stead, one being a young boy by the name of Link. In truth, Haldir could find no fault in Zelda despite her somewhat comical temper.

"Mithrandir is wise to trust her." The march warden replied with a slight smile. "That is a truth that goes without saying, doesn't it?" His smile widen a little.

[bow_of_the_galadhrim]

It still surprised Legolas too. What fate would await her at the end? A ringbearer who didn't hail from Arda, who could not travel across the sea to find peace with them. Wise as he knew Gandalf was, the younger elf did question at least that much. What would he do for Zelda if they escaped the tower?

"It does. She's done well for one so young. Although, I suppose we've all been forced to grow and mature far more quickly here than elsewhere."

He missed the days when he could just go somewhere and expect the best of a day rather than wonder what danger he'd have to avoid or what kinds of monsters he might encounter.

[sunflowerfairy]

Yotsuba had left the safety of the barricade for awhile since she was hungry and wanted to stretch her legs. After she ate and left the cafeteria, she had wandered down until she found the forest. It looked interesting, so she decided to wander around and see what she could find, and maybe practice her sling throwing, if she found a good tree.

However, she wasn't expecting to find a person firing something into a tree. While that amazed her, her eyes really went wide when she saw a magical arrow fired into the tree. Unable to contain herself, she ran over next to him-but not in front of him-yelling all the while.

"That was awesome! How did you do that? Was that magic? What are you shooting?"

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Legolas paused as she ran up to his side, the elf lowering his bow carefully and tucking an arrow back into his quiver. He motioned for her to stay with him and went to the tree, plucking his arrows out of the trunk and slipping them back into his quiver.

"It was magic, yes. Magic that Princess Zelda taught me, arrows blessed with holy power."

Which he was still having trouble with. For one who had only a very basic ability with the Arts of his own people, using something like this took a lot more out of him than he thought it would. Even for one of the Firstborn.

[sunflowerfairy]

Not that Legolas really needed to worry about holding back his shots. Yotsuba was a slinger and was a bit used to throwing weapons, even if she didn't know what arrows were. However, she did stay put, watching Legolas and smiling all the while.

"I don't know what holy is..but that sounds wonderful! Zelda must be a good person! Oh..are you a good person?"

It was the usual question she asked strangers. While she was naive and believed people when they said they were good people, she still asked it nonetheless, since Daddy had told her to stay away from bad people.

[bow_of_the_galadhrim]

He placed his bow over his shoulder and returned to Yotsuba's side, giving her a smile and laughing very lightly. It was cute, really, how she asked. And wise. Though he was surprised that she didn't know Zelda yet. Didn't most people at least know her name by now?

"Zelda is a very good person. And I like to think that I'm a good person."

Maybe his decisions here in the tower weren't always the best, he could sometimes be reckless, but he tried to put others before himself whenever he could.

[sunflowerfairy]

Oh, Yotsuba and Zelda had met before, but Yotsuba hadn't managed to get her name. Back then, the Administrators had warped her, and Yotsuba was more interested in not dying than talking. But if she saw the woman again, she would recognize her. But, apparently, thinking you were a good person was enough, since Yotsuba wasn't leaving his side.

"Alright then! But..what is that?" She asked, pointing to his bow. "It was shooting something, but they don't look like stones."

[bow_of_the_galadhrim]

One brow went up, glancing to his bow and then back to her. That was actually the first time he'd ever spoken with somebody not familiar with the bow. Everyone he'd met had at least known it, others had considered it a bit primitive.

"It is a bow. We use arrows with it, far more effective in battle than stones in my experience."

[sunflowerfairy]

Yotsuba was a very odd child, and didn't know about things that most children normally knew about sometimes. Not that she really minded, to be honest. It just made the whole world seem more exciting. However, when Legolas said that it was more effective than stones, she looked rather surprised.

"Could Yotsuba use it then?! I have a sling..but if a bow is better, Yotsuba would like to use it to defend myself!"

[bow_of_the_galadhrim]

It did make the world more exciting, he couldn't deny that, but in a tower- no, a world like this, it could prove dangerous. And he was suddenly glad that he could explain this to her now and possibly increase her odds of survival.

"One would have to be crafted for you but yes, you could. You will also need a bracer to protect your arm from the string of the bow."

[sunflowerfairy]

And Yotsuba was glad that she could use a better weapon and avoid dying again. After all..death was painful, and she didn't want to make people worry, or die for good and not be able to see Daddy and everyone else when they were found and helped.

"Okay! Could I help make it? Yotsuba helped make the sling!"

[sonof_thrain]

Thorin squinted, as he saw the shining light ahead of him. It was like beams of light, yet it intrigued him greatly. Was it some kind of magic perhaps? He threw the sack of meats over his shoulder, as he went to investigate the beams of light ahead. His fingers caressed his sword hilt in case it was something sinister. He could never tell within the tower, as monsters seem to thrive along the halls.

Thorin walked past a large tree and spotted the elf, Legolas. He was using some kind of shining arrows. Were they enchanted arrows?

"Hail, Legolas. I could not notice the light coming from your arrows. Did Gandalf enchant those for you?"

[bow_of_the_galadhrim]

Drawing his arrow back again, a light sweat breaking out on his brow. He took a moment to glance at Thorin as he joined him before imbuing the arrow with what Zelda had taught him. It was far beyond what he'd done years before in Mirkwood and it was hard. Releasing the Light Arrow and watching it slam into the tree, he lowered his bow and sighed.

"No, the Wizard did not. He once used his skills to set my arrows aflame but that was his doing rather than my own. This ability has been granted me by Princess Zelda."

[sonof_thrain]

Princess Zelda? He had no idea who that was but he was guessing she was elvenkind like Legolas. Magical arrows had to come from either wizards or elves. "Will you use these arrows against the monsters of the tower to better effect? Improved weapons are always something valuable when we get attacked next." Thorin looked up at the elf with a frown. There was a chance that they would all get attacked again, since the last game of Ruana's was still clear in his memory.

"Who might this Princess Zelda be? She must have magic if she can alight an arrow with light magic such as this."

[bow_of_the_galadhrim]

That was where he was mistaken. The 'magic' of elves did not extend to arrows of magic or anything fantastically noticeable. They were the arts, subtle and almsot simple. Things like forcing sleep to overcome those around them, including fires.

"I will use them to defend my friends and allies. Against anything that the tower might throw at us."

Including Ruana herself or Jason. Especially Jason, if he ever had the chance. Legolas still had a grudge against the administrator for turning him into little more into a slave, an orc. And that was only recent events, he had an entire year so far to build up reasons to hate the administrators.

"Zelda is the princess of the kingdom of Hyrule. It's a world very far from our own, I would assume as she does indeed have the use of magic."

[sonof_thrain]

"That sounds a useful idea, as we do not know what Ruana will throw at us next." Thorin's brow knitted together, as he thought of what other foul ideas could possibly form inside the admin's head. He would fight her with every ounce of his being. "Are the people of Hyrule similar to elves at all?" He was curious but also wanted to know what power such a people could wield. Of course, battle prowess was everything, yet Legolas had strong allies.

[bow_of_the_galadhrim]

"Ruana's time is nearly at an end. She only has hold of the tower and those inside it for the remainder of the month. Someone else will be in charge in a few days time."

Walking forward, feet light and quiet, Legolas pulled his arrows from the tree and checked them over for any damage, deciding whether to keep them or carve new ones. They seemed alright enough though, at least enough that they would last through another fight before he'd have to replace them.

"They are alike in appearance but little else. Zelda has long and pointed ears like elves but she is mortal."

[sonof_thrain]

"Then, we shall bring the fight to whoever chooses to take on her role. Whatever role of wrecking evil and havoc that might be. If only there was some way of getting to these admins and killing them." Thorin clenched his jaw and thought of possibly slicing the heads of the admin with his sword. That would end the pain surely.

"A mortal she-elf? That is something I have never heard of. Then, these creatures must differ greatly from your race, Legolas." Thorin did not care much for the race of elves, yet Legolas was a valued ally here. He could say he and the elf had become close friends.

[bow_of_the_galadhrim]

"We will fight when the time calls for it. When we might be capable, if ever before another year passes." Ruana's message rings in his mind, that they're all going to die in a year. How unbelievably childish, her reaction. Where once he had pitied what she was, his heart had filled with scorn.

So be it. The elf would prefer to die.

"Zelda's race are not elves. I imagine she'd be a bit offended if she heard you call her such." Especially with how terribly impish Haldir tended to be around the princess. "Speak with the princess if ever you've time, I'm sure she'd be pleased to tell you of her race. Or seek out her friend, Link. He is also Hylian."

He could also talk with Tetra if he ever ran into the child.