Title: Wishes of the Heart

Author: Latina44870

Rated: M for Mature content, mild violence some sexual situations.

Pairings: Kili/ofc

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters except Kira. All others belong to the amazing JRRT.

Summary: When a modern day girl makes a birthday wish she finds herself tossed into the amazing world of Middle Earth. The last place she thought she would find love.

Author's Note: This is a complete Mary Sue type story. If you do not like these type of stories please do not read it. You have been warned.

Kira turned the key in the door lock and swung it open with a soft thud. Reaching around to the light switch on the wall, she flipped it and flooded the room with brightness. "Alone again," she said out loud to the empty room. "Another *bad date* to add to the long list of failures."

She had met six different guys on various online dating sites and all six of them had turned out to be either jobless and living with their mom, drop outs, or men with no ambition. She walked over to her mirror and looked at her reflection. "Why is it so hard to find a good guy these days?"

She was not Miss America but she felt she had a lot to offer. She was pretty with her long chestnut colored locks that seemed to curl perfectly all on their own. Her eyes were not too large nor too small on her face. They too were a nice deep brown color. Her skin was clear and her make up she wore lightly. She smiled at herself. Her teeth were straight and white and her figure was decent too. She had graduated college with a degree in childhood education and worked full time at the local elementary school. She even had her own apartment which she was very proud of.

So why then, at age 21 was she alone? "You are too picky Kira!" she chastised herself in the mirror. Then with a sigh added, "But no matter what we will not settle for less than true love."

At least she was honest with herself. She walked into her kitchen and over to the counter. Her birthday cake she had bought earlier was sitting there waiting for her. Several of her friends had tried to get her to go out but she was just not in the mood to celebrate. Yes, she had friends but they were really no more than co workers and acquaintances. She really had no one special in her life. She had lost both parents to a car accident a few years ago and she was an only child. Her grandparents had all passed away and other than a very distant great aunt somewhere in Iowa, she had no real family.

"Maybe I should get a cat and grow old and be the *cat lady*," she laughed to herself. She opened the cake box and looked at the pretty pink icing that spelled out her name. She had felt silly buying it but had done so anyways. She opened the candle package and put the 21 on the cake.

"I shall celebrate this birthday the best that I can," she said. "I'll sing to myself, blow out my candles, eat cake, and start that library book. It will be a great evening!"

She did just that! After lighting the candles, she closed her eyes and made her birthday wish.

"I wish that I could find true love. The one man in the world who could make my heart flutter like you read about in books and see in movies. Someone who would spend their life making me happy so that in return I could do the same."

She opened her eyes and blew the candles out.

After cutting herself a slice of cake she grabbed her book and went into her bedroom. She yawned as she laid back on her bed. She was really tired all of a sudden. "So much for reading," she said as she yawned again. She dropped her book on the floor and got up to pick it up. "The Hobbit," she read aloud as she set it on her bedside table. Her co worker had told her it was a great book but she was skeptical. She just wasn't into fantasy and sci fi things like that. No doubt it would probably put her to sleep.

She felt a little weird and woozy and rubbed her eyes. The room seemed to be spinning. She hoped she wasn't getting sick or anything. She sat on the edge of the bed and jumped when the book opened up by itself.

"What the..?" she gasped as she stood up. She was about to grab the book when she felt herself falling…

Then everything went black….

"Is she dead?" Fili asked his brother who was leaning over the small woman who was lying on the ground under a tree.

Kili could see that the woman was breathing. Her chest rose and fell like a sleeping person. "My lady?" he said as he gently shook her shoulder. "Are you alright?"

He waited a moment and received no response. Fili came over to them and knelt down beside his brother. He too shook the woman though a bit more forcefully. "My Lady, wake up!"

Still the woman did not move.

"I think she is dead," Fili stated. "We should continue on."

"We can't just leave her here like this," Kili said. He knew Fili would not really leave her like that. He was just impatient to join their kin at their meeting place.

"Well, what do you suggest we do then brother?"

Kili looked over the woman's body for any signs of wounds but saw none. He did not know why she would not awaken. "Perhaps she is under a spell of some sort?"

"Or perhaps she drank too much ale?" Fili laughed. Kili shot him a glare. She didn't look like the type who would drink too much ale but she did look odd.

"What is she wearing?" Kili asked as he took in the dark blue leggings and the pink shirt that she wore. It was form fitting and he blushed as he realized just how exposed she was.

"Looks almost like her underclothes," Fili said. "Maybe Gandalf will know how to help her? We could just leave her here and go to the meeting then come back?"

"We can't just leave her here," Kili said again and was about to argue further when the woman let out a small groan.

Kira felt her head pounding as she tried to open her eyes. She had heard someone talking but could not think clearly.

"Are you alright?"

Someone was talking to her. She forced her eyes to open and when they focused, she was looking into the brown eyes of a man who was leaning over her. With a gasp, she sat up and scooted away from him. "Who are you?" she said as she wondered how this man was in her bedroom. It was then that she realized she was NOT in her bedroom at all. Not even in her apartment… She took in the serene green countryside surrounding her. It was the beginning of twilight and the sun was setting in the west. "Where am I?"

"It is called The Shire," Fili replied. "You are not a Hobbit."

"A what?" Kira asked not sure she had heard the man correctly. "Hobbit?"

Kili nodded. "This is the land of the Hobbits. This is where they live. Clearly, you are not one of them." He glanced at the black boots she was wearing. Her feet appeared normal size so he knew he was correct in assuming a Hobbit, she was not.

"The book," she said. "The book I was going to read was called The Hobbit."

"I don't know about any book," Kili said, "but you should not be out here alone in the dark when clearly you do not seem sound of mind at the moment."

"I don't know what is going on," Kira said as she felt the tears begin to fall from her eyes.

"Let us help you," Kili said as he stood up and held out his hand to the young woman. "We are on our way to a meeting of our kin. Come with us and we will seek their counsel on this matter."

"Thorin will not like this," Fili told his brother. He was certain their uncle would not want an outsider to know of their business.

"He will understand," Kili said as he helped Kira to stand up. Her legs were a little shaky at first but he kept a firm grip on her. "Can you walk?"

Kira took a few deep breaths and nodded. Her head was clearing up and she felt a little better although thoroughly confused. The two men seemed to want to help her even if they did nook pretty odd. Now that her head was better she looked at them. They were not tall but still taller than she was. She was only five foot so guessed they were about five two maybe. Their hair was long like someone from a hair band of the eighties. The blonde one had several braids in his hair as well as a few in his mustache. It looked pretty odd from what she was used to. The other guy was not as hairy and he did not have braids. They were dressed oddly as well. They wore thick cloaks and looked as if they were on their way to a renn fair or something.

She saw they both carried weapons. This frightened her a little but she did not say anything about them. Clearly she was not in her world any longer. How does one get sucked into a fictional book like this? It sounded too absurd to reason with. She felt it best to follow along with the men and hope that she could figure out just what exactly was happening.

They led her down the road and to the left where they stopped in front of a small house in the hill side. "This is it," Fili said as he knocked at the door. They waited a moment and soon the door was opened by a very small and flustered man.

"Fili and Kili," the two men said and bowed to the smaller man, "at your service."

Kira could not help but notice the smaller man's feet were rather large and hairy. He wore no shoes so it was not easy to miss them. Was this a Hobbit?

The Hobbit seemed to not want to let them inside but she heard the two men arguing with him until finally he opened the door.

She stopped just inside the door when she saw the other two men in the room across from them. They too were not very big but they were very hairy and looked scary to her.

"Are you alright miss?"

She looked at the Hobbit and shook her head. "I don't know what is going on."

"I'm Bilbo, Bilbo Baggins and you are?"

"Kira," she said remembering her manners. "Kira Sands and I'm from New York but I don't know how or why I am here."

Bilbo shot Kili and Fili a questioning look but they both shrugged their shoulders. "We found her asleep under a tree on our way here. We do not know anything more."

"Mr. Dwalin!" Kili shouted in greeting to one of the other men in the house. Kira thought Mr. Dwalin was quite possibly the scariest man she had ever seen. Kili hugged the man and introduced him and the other one to Kira.

"Hello," she said softly. She couldn't help but notice the one called Balin looked like he could be a shorter version of Santa Clause with his long white beard. He didn't seem as scary as the other one.

Their was another knock on the door and before Kira could say anything a load of short hairy men fell into the room. What was going on? She asked herself. How strange this all is!

It was then that she noticed a tall man enter. He was dressed weird too. Almost like the headmaster of Hogwarts. It did not take the man long to spot Kira. He smiled warmly at her.

"And this must be Kira!" he said. She was shocked that he knew her name.

"I don't think we have met?" she said politely to the man.

"No we have not officially met until now," Gandalf said. "but I know of you and I know about you."

Kira sent him a puzzled look. "Why am I here?"

Gandalf laughed merrily at her expression. "Why my Lady you are here to get your wish." With that he gave a chuckle and turned to talk to the other men…

Her wish? Kira thought about the last wish she had made… the one right before she had blown out the candles on her cake. "Ohh.." she said as she turned and looked at Kili who was standing next to her. He smiled and she felt her heart flutter. Could it possibly be?