That afternoon Elladan, Elrohir, and Legolas walked around to the west side of the palace, the side with Ainion's window. Legolas whistled long, and clear, and the squirrel popped out of the trees. It scampered over to them and they nodded at it. Arasinya winked at them from a bench under Ainion's study window. She was keeping a sharp lookout while pretending to read a book. Legolas, Elladan, and Elrohir started to play a very loud game of 'Glorfindel and the Balrog'. The squirrel scampered on a branch and then jumped gracefully into the window. They waited for a few seconds before an almighty crash rent the air. They all jumped in surprise and they heard Ainion yelling curses at the squirrel. "Ahhhh! Give that back! That is mine! A gift from the lady herself not for your tiny paws!" Arasinya stifled a laugh and climbed a tree to look in the window, then promptly fell out of it laughing. She caught a branch before she could hit the ground and climbed up again. By that time the three elflings had joined her. Through the window they saw Ainion running crazily around his study chasing a flying brown streak carrying an silver streak. He growled in frustration as he knocked over a side table in a mad jump for the squirrel. He picked himself up and longed again for the rodent that was sitting on top of a book. It leaped lightly out of the way, landing on the old tutor's head. He jumped up, and the squirrel raced away. "Auggghhh!!!" He yelled "come back here this instant!" Meanwhile four elves were dying of laughter just outside the window. Arasinya winked at the squirrel and the little guy jumped out the window onto the tree. "Noooooo!" Ainion cried. "Catch it!"
   The elleth reached out a hand and caught the squirrel mid-air. She plucked the eagle from its paws, replaced it with an acorn, and sent the animal on its merry way. Ainion sighed in relief and snatched the carving from her hand. "Thank yo--" he began but saw that they were all laughing at him. He frowned, then stuck out his tongue in a very undignified manner before slamming the window shut in their faces.
"That--wa--awesome!!" Elladan said between laughs. The rest nodded vigorously and they spent the rest of the day playing, and fooling around together.
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The next morning Legolas woke up and yawned. He got out of bed and skipped to his father's room. He found Thranduill getting dressed. He chucked when he saw his son. "Good morning sunshine." He said tickling the elfling. Legolas screamed with laughter and zipped out of his fathers reach. A few minutes later they were walking out to breakfast. Legolas meet the others in the courtyard after breakfast to see Elladan arguing with Arasinya.
"But Arrraasinyyyaaa!!!!" He whined loudly.
"No Elladan. I have to go now." She said gently. "I'm sorry, but Eldothad was injured and lord Berenor has asked me to take his place."
"What!?" Shrieked Legolas. "You can't leave!"
Elrohir looked up at her with his best "puppy eyes", while Elladan and Legolas complained loudly.
"Now really," the elleth said frowning at them. "I would have thought more of you. You especially Legolas. You know that if we do not guard the borders then spiders and orcs could come and defile our lands. I have a responsibility to my home, and soon you will as well." They all looked down and Legolas sighed. Arasinya softened her voice. "I will not be gone long, you know."
The elflings looked up at her and smiled. She waved to them, then set off through the gates.
"Well," Elrohir said. "We must think up another prank without Ari then."
Legolas nodded, then a mischievous grin spread onto his face. He looked at the twins, trying to discern if there were any distinguishing marks on either of them. Finding none, he smiled widely. "I've got an idea."

A/N sorry for the shortish chapter, but there will be more to come soon! :) I hope the squirrel was satisfactory. This chapter is dedicated to princesswithashotgun (sorry I know you can dedicate a chapter someone other then just mentioning them but idk how.) she had motivated me to pay attention to this story again, as people want it to continue. Thanks!