Andromeda River have known dwarfs all her life. At a young age Andromeda met Thorin soon after the dwarf kingdom fell. He and his dwarfs had sought shelter with Andromeda's people when the elves turned their backs on them. It was Andromeda's people that helped the dwarfs rebuild themselves and once again regain their health. It is since then that Andromeda has become close friends with Thorin and his people, all of them so kind and loving to her people. Since meeting Thorin, Andromeda felt as if it is in her duty to help him become as great as he once was, to help him regain his kingdom as it once was.
When the opportunity came to regain their home Andromeda jumped to the opportunity to help her dear friend, but she never expected what this opportunity may bring for her.
Dressed in a simple clothing with brown leather laced up boots. Most woman would frown upon seeing such a woman dressed as she is, in a pair of leather brown pants, a leather brown button up vest, and a green cargo jacket on over it.
Fairies aren't exactly what people believe. They are not an inch tall, but rather about the same height of a dwarf, but more small and petite. Andromeda is a very small fairy, standing only 4'3" and very thin and petite. She is beautiful beyond words, with her raven black hair, falling past her shoulders and down her back, her silver eyes that always manage to capture one's own eyes, and her pale skin resembling that of a doll's. She always dressed casually, just in case her dwarf friends wanted to play a game of hide and seek, but always managed to look beautiful.
Another thing many do not realize about a fairy is that they indeed control nature itself and are natural gardeners, preferring to be one with nature rather than one in the village. Fairy also do indeed have wings, but they can also make their wings blend it. Blend in meaning they're able to lay their wings flat and have the wings sink in as if they were tattooed to the skin, which allowed hiding them much easier.
At the moment Andromeda too indeed had her wings hidden. She hated people knowing she was a fairy before they got to know her, people tend to think all fairies are... well naked little beings who spent their days with flowers and causing mayhem, when in fact none of that is true... except maybe the flower part, but one can not help loving such good smelling things such as flowers.
"Andromeda, trapped in your head again are we?" Andromeda smiled at Kili and Fili, the brothers who were always messing around and bringing a smile to Andromeda's lips.
"Oh, I'm afraid so. Always thinking about something or another." Andromeda answers. Thorin thought it'd be best to have Andromeda arrive with the brothers, due to him always wanting her to say safe. He's like an over protective brother to her just as Kili and Fili are.
"Once again you are in a daze." Andromeda's eyes move over to Fili before frowning.
"Sorry, you were saying?"
"We found the marking." Kili points out the blue f on a small home.
"Oh, alright then, let's head on in." Andromeda smiles as she walks up the steps and knocks gently, but loudly on the door. She waits, the brothers standing behind her, and smiles once the door opens. The door opens to a small ginger haired hobbit, who does not look at all prepared for guests. "Hmm." He mumbles as he sees the three of them.
"Fili." Fili smiles, he's the blonde one with the four braids in his hair and two in his mustache, one on either side. His brother, Kili has darker hair and keeps it more natural and long, not bothering with special things.
"And Kili." Kili says, his voice deeper than his brothers, despite Fili being older by a year.
"At your service." The two say together as they bowed from behind her. Andromeda giggles and looks at the hobbit.
"I'm Andromeda." She smiles as she curtsied. "Again, at your service." She normally wouldn't greet in such a way, but she thought to greet like a dwarf would.
"You must be Mr. Boggins." Kili smiles.
"Nope! You can't come in. You've come to the wrong house?" Andromeda raises an eyebrow. This hobbit is being rather rude, not that Andromeda would ever follow stereotypes, knowing first hand how wrong they can be.
The hobbit tries to close the door, but Kili steps forward and stops it with his hand. "What?" Kili asks. "Has it been canceled?"
"No one told us." Fili frowns, while Andromeda watches the three of them with her watchful silver eyes.
"Can-No, nothing's been canceled." The hobbit says with a shake of his head.
"That's a relief." Kili smiles as he heads into the small hobbit home, Fili following after with a funny looking struct.
"Don't mind them... they're dwarfs." Andromeda smiles at the hobbit before following after the brothers.
"Careful with these. I just had them sharpened." Fili says as he throws his swords at the hobbit, who catches them with a grunt. Andromeda too have weapons, double daggers resting on her hips, the dagger being a good foot long, and on her back is her white recurve bow and her matching white quiver, with golden details, her birch wood arrows, with a golden head, resting inside. She doesn't hand any of her weapons over however, much preferring to have them on her.
"It's nice, this place. Yeah." Kili says as he looks around the small home. "Did you do it yourself?" He asks as he scraps his boots off with a nearby box.
"What? No, it's been in the family for years." The hobbit manages to say. "That's my mother's glory box. Can you please not do that?" Andromeda looks over at Kili just as Dwalin comes in, he's a large dwarf with no hair on top of his head.
"Fili, Kili, Andromeda. Come on, give us a hand." He says, causing Andromeda to smile and head in after them.
"Mr. Dwalin." Kili chuckles as he greets him.
"Shove this in the hallway. Otherwise we'll never get everybody in." Balin says as they walk through the doorway of the kitchen, Balin being an older and rather funny plump dwarf.
"Everyone? How many more are there?" The hobbit asks.
"Where do you want this?" Fili asks as the four dwarfs try to lift the table.
"Oh, no. It's really heavy." Kili whines, causing Andromeda to giggle.
"No. No. There's nobody home!" Andromeda raises an eyebrow at Kili as she hears the hobbit. "Go away and bother somebody else. There's far too many dwarfs in my dining room as it is." Andromeda hears no more of his voice as she focuses on helping her friends.
"Hold on, let me." She slips her jacket off, letting her wings come out from her skin, and she rubs her hands together. "A little bit of magic may help, yeah?" She closes her silver eyes and claps her hands. The table shrink and Kili chuckles.
"Thank you, Anna." He says, using his nickname for her, causing her to blush ever the slightest as he lifts the small table up, carries it out to the main room and nods to Andromeda.
"Your welcome, now step back." She claps again and it's back to full size. Andromeda has control over nature and even the nature of nonliving things, such as tables. Once it is taken care of her wings fold back over and she outs her jacket back on.
Andromeda smiles as the rest of her friends join the home, helping set the table with all the food that they shall be eating. "Gandalf, that hobbit of yours seems to be a bit uptight isn't he?" Andromeda asks as he places forks and knives down.
"Mm." Gandalf smiles as he looks at her. "Which is why I chose him. He could use a bit of adventure." Andromeda giggles.
"Okay, whatever you say."
"Excuse me, Mr. Gandalf?" They both turn to see another dwarf by the name of Dori standing there.
"Yes?"
"May I tempt you with a cup of chamomile?"
"Oh, no, thank you, Dori. A little red wine for me, I think." He starts for the doorway, glancing back at Andromeda. "And Andromeda, care to join me?"
"Us fairies are very light weights, one sip of alcohol and we're running naked through the woods." Andromeda smiles. "I think I'll have some tea though, thank you, Dori." Dori smiles and hands her over the cup.
"Here, you go Miss. River." Andromeda smiles just as everyone finally sits at the table for dinner.
"No chance. Not from that distance." Andromeda giggles as the dwarfs play games with their food. Another reason her people aren't as polish and elegant as the elves is because they spent time around people such as dwarfs. It amuses them, dwarfs, always so carefree and well... funny.
"Wanna bet? Bombur... catch!" One dwarf yells, throwing a bit off food, which goes right into Bombur's mouth. Andromeda has met all of these men before, but it's always so hard to keep the names straight. Out of the bunch she is closest to Fili, Kili, Thorin, and Bailin, the others are just names and faces that she has seen and heard before.
Andromeda smiles as the dwarfs erupt with cheers upon Bombur's great catch. "Who wants an ale?" Fili asks as he walks over the table. "There you go." He passes them out to the other dwarfs as men pour cups full of different alcohol.
Soon not even Andromeda can handle sitting with the rough dwarfs and goes to visit the hobbits. "Gandalf never mentioned us coming did he?" The hobbit turns in surprise as he looks up at Andromeda.
"Not.. he didn't."
"I'm sure he meant no harm."
"Harm?! My food storage is cleared, that is meant to last me all winter." The hobbit says.
"Oh, I'm sorry." Andromeda says, causing the hobbit to instantly regret his tone. Andromeda is a sweet fairy, doesn't have a mean bone in her body except on the battle field. She is a little warrior on the field, killing three at a time, but outside it she is just a sweet and selfless fairy. "I'll have my people repay you in full."
"You don't need to do that." The hobbit finds himself saying, causing Andromeda to smile.
"I insist. Once all business is over I will repay you in full." She says before dinner is over and the dwarf begin to clean up, which turns into a rather nice singalong.
"Blunt the knives, bend the forks." Kili begins as he catches the plates and bowls that Fili throws at him before throwing them to the dwarf that is working in the kitchen.
"Smash the bottles and burn the corks." Fili sings.
"Chip the glasses and crack the plates." More dwarfs chime in.
"That's what Bilbo Baggins..."
"Hates!"
"Cut the cloth, tread on the fat. Leave he bones on the bedroom mat. Pour the milk on the pantry floor." Andromeda sips her tea as she dodges the flying dishes. "Splash the wine, on every floor. Dump the crooks in a boiling bowl. Pound them up with a thumping pole. When you're finished, if they are whole, send them down the hall to roll." Andromeda smiles as everyone dances and go with the beat. "That's what Bilbo Baggins hates." Bilbo, the hobbit, runs into the kitchen once the song is over and sees the dishes are all piled neatly.
"The dwarfs clean up once they're done, Bilbo, you never have to worry with them." Andromeda smiles just as everyone falls silent and turns to the door, hearing the knock loud and clear.
"He is here." Gandalf announces.
"Gandalf. This place isn't to find. I lost my way, twice." Thorin says as he enters.
"Thorin, you're here." Andromeda smiles as she heads over to him and gives him a hug. He smiles and hugs her back.
"Hello, Andromeda." He smiles before pulling away and taking his cloak off. "I wouldn't have found it at all had it not been for that mark on the door." He goes on tells them.
"Mark? There's no mark on that door. It was painted a week ago." Bilbo says as he goes to the door.
"There is a mark. I put it there myself." Gandalf says as he closes the door. "Bilbo Baggins, allow me to introduce the leader of our company: Thorin Oakenshield." Bilbo stands before Thorin as he takes Bilbo in.
"So... this the hobbit." He says as he places his hands on Bilbo. "Tell me, Mr. Baggins, have you done much fighting?" Andromeda frowns as Thorin asks the question. Anyone can see Bilbo looks like no fighter.
"Pardon me?" Bilbo asks.
"Ax or sword?" Thorin circles the poor hobbit. "What's your weapon of choice?"
"Well, I do have some skills at conkers, if you must know..." Thorin stands and crosses his arms. "But I fail to see why that's relevant."
"Thought as much." Thorin turns to Andromeda as Kili smiles beside her. "He looks more like a grocer than a burglar."
"Be nice, Thorin, people can surprise you." Andromeda says as the rest of the dwarfs laugh.