"What's this now?" Bombur asked.

He looked around in astonishment. There were trees around him, but not the trees he used to see.

"Get off so we can all see!" Kili grunted from below him.

Bombur quickly got off the pile of dwarves and of course the Hobbit.

"Woooow..." Fili and Kili said.

They were in Central Park, New York, but of course the company of Thorin Oakenshield did not know this.

"Where are the orcs that were chasing us?" Bifur asked while turning around.

"Where is everything is a better question..." Oin said a bit weary.

"What sorcery is this?!" Thorin grunted. "One minute ago we were being attacked by orcs and now we are in a strange forest."

Bilbo was the only one who, instead of asking questions, walked around in search of answers. He silently made his way through the strange trees and eventually came in an open field. There were a lot of human children running around in strange clothes. Bilbo observed for a while, safely hidden behind a big tree. He remembered reading one or maybe three books including pictures that looked a lot like this scene.

"Hello there, have you lost your way little boy?"

Bilbo let out a shriek and looked behind him. A female human was looking at him.

"Uh...uh I..." "Wh...where am I?"

The woman frowned. "In Central Park, New York of course." "Have you hit your head?"

"Hobbit!"

Thorin and the other dwarves were running towards him.

"Let him go witch!" Fili screamed before launching himself towards the woman.

The woman screamed and then fainted.

"What's going on, why did you leave us?" Balin asked.

"I was looking for answers when that lady saw me, she thought I was a child." Bilbo said.

"And did you find any answers?"Gloin asked.

"Yes, we're in New York, I've read a few books about it." "It's a city full of humans and I don't think it's in Middle Earth..."

"Not in Middle Earth, oooh noooo we're doomed!" Ori cried.

"Silence!" Thorin said. "We will find our way back and as master Baggins knows the most about this land we will follow him."

Fifteen minutes and a lot of scaring human children later

"Yes I can see some light!" Bofur yelled.

"Finally out of this crazy forest..." Dwalin muttered.

"What's that strange noise?" Nori asked.

He found out a minute later. Our company was standing in front of a road.

"Hobbit, what's this?" Thorin asked.

"Uh...I do believe it's what they call a road here."

Thorin unsheathed his sword and carefully tapped the black substance. Bilbo was brave enough to stand on it and all the dwarves gasped, but soon enough they all were running around with exception of Thorin of course who watched. Suddenly Nori stopped.

"I hear that strange noise again." He said looking around.

And then they saw it. A huge metal...well what was it.

"CAR!" Bilbo shouted in horror. He had read about these metal monsters and was not keen to see it up close.

Of course shouting "car" said nothing to the thirteen dwarves but the horror on Bilbo's face said enough. They all hurried back to the safety of the forest except Kili who charged the metal beast with his sword. If it wasn't for Thorin pushing his nephew aside just in time, it would have ended ugly for the young dwarf.

"You brainless dwarf!" The uncle shouted. "What were you thinking?!" "You would have been killed, and I would have too when I told your mother what had happened to you!"

Bilbo closed his eyes and sighed. If all of the new things the dwarves would encounter would go like this, there was a long way to go...