An arrow hit a tree, completely attached to it. And turns out, it was Aster who did that. He held the bow from his hands and saw the arrow on the bark of the tree, panting as he did so. Lake looked at him and clapped her hands. She hopped off a tree branch and walked up to him. "Very good, Aster! What's your motivation?"

"Ignoring the rumors." Aster said, furiously, his face full of seriousness as he grabbed another arrow and faced a different direction, and lifted his arms up as he let go of the arrow and it hit a different tree. Lake raised a brow. "Aster?"

"Don't talk to me." Aster replied, without glancing back at her, and faced a different direction and hit another tree. Lake started to get ticked off. "Aster, talk to me."

"No!" Aster faced the direction he was from earlier, and squinted his eyes as he looked at the arrow in the tree. He pulled the arrow from his bow and aimed, letting go of the arrow as it went right through the first arrow, moving closer as it cut the first arrow apart and completely going through the tree, only half of the wooden arrow, which made Lake completely speechless, until she eventually spoke. "Aster, that was amazing-!"

Suddenly, the grayish blue troll aimed his bow and arrow in front of Lake, totally shocking her and making her gasp, fear in her eyes while Aster had anger filling him. Aster looked at the fear in her beautiful green eyes, then he gasped and quickly put his sharp arrow away. "I-I'm so sorry, Lake! I-I didn't mean to startle you!"

"I-It's ok... are you alright, Aster? You seem-... tense." She replied, and tried stepping away from the front of the arrow and beside him, she
patted his back. "Cmon, let's get you relaxed. It's been a tiring day. Hey, you know what makes me feel relaxed? A nice climb on the mountains!"

"Um... ok?" Aster said, raising a brow and giving an odd look. Lake grabbed his wrist and dragged him to a tall mountain.

Sometime later... Lake and Aster were on the mountain, climbing up, with Lame full of confidence and braveness while Aster was full of fear and anxiety. He held tightly and leaned more against the mountain. "THIS ISN'T RELAXING AT ALL!!!"

"Exactly!" She laughed and stepped up, but only to trip and slightly fall down, but she felt someone grab her wrist and held her up. She looked up and saw Aster, with a smirk. "Agree with me now?"

Lake scoffed and rolled her eyes, slightly stammering from her embarrassment. "Psssh, no. I-I'm enjoying this! I mean, look at the view from out here! It's beautiful! Ever seen something so beautiful?"

"Everyday, Lake. Everyday." He replied, glancing down at Lake and smiling. But then he pretended to cough and lifted her up, brining her back to where she was. "Now cmon, I almost see the top."

Aster and Lake reached the top of the mountain, seeing the sundown and seeing stars starting to slowly shine up the night. Lake jumped and cheered. "WOOHOO! We made it!"

"We sure did." Aster chuckled and gazed at his surroundings, especially Lake, smiling cutely at her without her even noticing. But once Lake noticed and looked at him, Aster quickly looked away and pretended to stare up at the stars. Lake giggled and sat down, glancing up at the beautiful sight from above. Aster did the same, then they both sighed happily in relief. They both thought... If only we could stay like this forever...