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Chapter Seven: The Pass of Caradhras

The Fellowship had been travelling for a few weeks now. Boromir and her had butt heads a lot on their journey. She tried to get along with the Gondorian for the benefit of hers and everyone else's sanity in the Fellowship but some of the snide comments he made deserved a witty response from her. She was just happy that they were having a short rest or she felt like she would have tried to take his head off.

Aragorn actually had to restrain her from reaching for her sword a few times. Throughout the duration of their journey so far, the Ranger had stayed by her side, asking her questions about her life, family, friends and laughing at every attempt she made to kill Boromir. The idiot found it funny.

She, however, did not. She also noticed that he did not carry a new sword on him and immediately knew that he still had not accepted his destiny. This wasn't unexpected but she still had hoped.

Adara sat next to Aragorn, sharpening and cleaning her weapons and occasionally watching as Boromir taught Merry and Pippin how to use their swords while the Ranger relaxed himself by smoking his pipe. She wondered why Boromir had not ask Frodo and Sam if they wanted to join in on their lessons. Frodo was the Ring Bearer and certainly needed to learn how to defend himself against his enemies. Although she knew that she'd die before she'd let anything to happen to Frodo, that did not mean that she had a death wish. She wanted him to learn how to defend himself. Adara resolved herself to having a talk with him after lunch.

"Move your feet," Aragorn encouraged with a sharp nod. "Very good."

"You look good, Pippin." Merry said, complimenting the other Hobbit and successfully drawing his attention away from the spar.

Pippin replied, "Thanks Merry." Pippin immediately loses focus and forget to watch Boromir, instead boasting about how dashing he is going to look when they returned to the Shire. Adara sighed in exasperation and frustration, focusing more closely on her blades and sword so as to distract herself from her warring emotions. She loved Merry and Pippin. They always knew how to make her laugh and reminded her greatly of Elladan and Elrohir but sometimes, she really did prefer Frodo and Sam to them. If she wanted peace and quiet while they were travelling then she knew exactly who to walk with.

Suddenly remembering what was about to happen, she placed her blades down beside her and watched as Pippin kicked Boromir in the shin and then was taken down by the two Hobbits. She watched as Aragorn stood from next to her and walked over to Merry and Pippin, telling them that that was enough. Adara couldn't contain her laughter any longer and began heaving with laughter, a carefree smile on her face. She felt a small vindictive glee well inside her when she watched as the Hobbits managed to pin Boromir.

Walking over to the pile of bodies and the victorious smiles on the Hobbits faces, she flashed them a smile before pressing a soft kiss to each of their cheeks. "I really needed that," their cheeks flushed red. "Besides I love seeing Boromir get his ass kicked. How the mighty have fallen if the Great Captain Boromir has lost to this helpless lady," she pointed at herself and then at the Hobbits saying, "and two Hobbits."

She smirked at the scowling man and sauntered away, packing away her sword and blades before choosing to sit down next to a solemn Frodo. The group watched as the woman coaxed the first laugh and smile from the Hobbit that the others had seen and heard since they had left Rivendell. Smiles appeared on all of their faces, even Boromir when they were interrupted by a shout from Legolas.

"Crebain from Dunland!"

Needing no other incentive, Adara grabbed Frodo and pushed him under a rock outcropping, throwing his pack and hers under with him. Checking that there was no sign of the Hobbit hiding there, she stood and rushed to help hide the other Hobbits. Her and Aragorn had just finished helping Sam put out the fire and hiding Merry and Pippin when they saw that the Crebain were getting closer and that they needed to find a place to hide as fast as possible. Adara saw a small bush that should just hide the both of them from sight so she pushed the Ranger right into the leafy branches of the bush before climbing in after him. She felt Aragorn's body tense as she pressed her body tightly to his, trying to appear as small as possible but she was more focused on trying to hide them. She pulled her cloak off and tried to cover the both of them as much as possible and waited.