Hi everyone!
This is my VERY FIRST fanfiction, so feel free to give constructive criticism.
I had wanted to write a Hobbit fanfic for SO long but this one was the one that I went with.
I may or may not continue with the previous one I had started- it depends on what God wants.
BUT I had a blast writing this and I hope you guys enjoy it as much as I did.
I would first and foremost like to thank Jesus for giving me this gift and love of writing, without Him none of this would have been written. He's the One that flooded my brain with the inspirations, dialogue, comedy, tragedy and romance. He is the EPIC romance after all!
I love You Jesus, thank You for giving me this tiny part in this big project of Yours. This story goes to You firstly.
Second, I'd like to thank my second best friend and sister in Christ, Erin (Rider), it was a PLEASURE taking you along this journey! I've had a BLAST and I hope you have too! Thanks for your help, prayers and advice!
Third, I'd also like to thank Tolkien. Thank you for creating this world that I have fallen in love with- and characters. It was an honor to write this!
I would like to thank everybody who worked on The Hobbit! Thank you guys for bringing this beloved story to life! You guys did SUCH a great job! This story is also for you guys- I REALLY hope I've done you justice! P.S. thanks PJ for Tauriel!
Evangeline- thank you for bringing Tauriel to life. I LOVE her to bits! I COULD NOT leave her out of this story!
Dean- thank you for bringing Fili to life! He's an awesome big brother and NO ONE ELSE fit that role as you did. You were an incredible Fili!
Richard- thank you for bringing Thorin to life! I hope I did Thorin justice!
Aidan Turner-
I honestly have no words for how great an actor I think you are.
I will always be super grateful you were cast as Kili because if it weren't for this role, I wouldn't know who you are. I could not write this story and not include you in it.
You will probably disagree with this but...you are so talented and it's such a pleasure to watch you act! Every time I'm blown away by how effortlessly you encompass a character, a situation.
This story is for you too! I HOPE and PRAY I did Kili justice!
Enjoy Everyone!
WARNING!:
There are love scenes in this story, I wrote them as modestly as I could. However, if you are not comfortable with love scenes, I will put a "WARNING" at the beginning of the chapter so you'll know to skip the page OR this may not be the story for you. I do have a scene that involves alcohol- when the dwarves are escaping Thranduil- they go through the cellars and the beer barrels- every other time any alcohol is mentioned, just know that I did look up non-alcoholic wine names!
There's no cursing in this story, I don't use my Lord's Name in vain in ANY way. So if you are a fellow believer, don't worry about it. I don't have that in there. The only time we use His Name is in a respectful and loving way.
It was March 17th and Kahlan woke up and got ready for St. Patrick's day. Dublin was already swarming with people.
She had plans with one of her best friends, Erin, who she called Rider. They would be hitting The Brazen Bead Pub for dinner. She was wearing dark brown knee-high leather boots, tight black leather leggings and a deep U- neck spaghetti strap shirt with a Celtic cross colored in the Irish flag with the Claddaug and three leaf clover in the middle.
She did her hair in a half up, half down fashion. She was so excited to pack her green clover glasses and tattooed four leaf clovers just below her collarbone, then she headed out.
When she arrived at Rider's home, she opened the door to see her friend, dressed in white heels, knee length jean skirt and adorable green glittery shamrock shirt.
"Wow, look at you!"
Rider smiled and said,
"Aww, well what about you!"
Kahlan smiled and said,
"Ready?"
Off they went to The Brazen Head Pub.
Kahlan ordered her favorite: cabbage and diet Pepsi, and Rider had bangers and mash with a sweet tea.
"You excited for today?"
"Duh! It's Paddy's day!"
They laughed.
"So, so far how has your day gone?"
Rider said,
"My day has been good! Work was really good. We got two new dogs today and they're adorable! One's a husky and the other one is a schnauzer. The husky's name is Seamus and the schnauzer is Skai."
"Awww, I love both does already! I love husky's and schnauzer's!"
"Yeah, they're really good dogs. Really sweet. They do get a little excited sometimes but they're good dogs."
"Well, I'm glad. Oh my gosh- this cabbage! Wow!"
Erin laughed.
"Yeah, these potatoes are so delicious!"
When they were done, they got spots for the St. Paddy's day parade several floats went by and they snapped as many pictures as they could.
The parade lasted for a couple hours then Kahlan and Erin decided to check out some booths. There were some booths set up. People were selling drinks, food, St. Paddy's day themed shirts, green wigs, hats glasses, necklaces and crafts.
They were pretty cheap, so they decided to buy some stuff. Erin bought a green necklace, a bottle of sweet tea and a shirt. Kahlan bought a shirt, a necklace, a hat and she decided to check out the crafts booth. She saw homemade necklaces and rings but something caught her eye.
A smooth, beautiful runestone. She carefully picked it up and turned it around in her hands. She saw runes carved in it but didn't know what they meant.
Erin came to stand by her side and saw what Kahlan was holding and said,
"Wow, what a beautiful rock."
"It's a runestone," she looked at Erin and said,
"I know this won't make sense to you, but somehow I feel connected to it. I can't explain it."
"Well, why don't you go buy it?"
Kahlan fished out five dollars and bought the stone.
Since Erin decided to spend the night, they decided to go o the store to by goodies for their St. Paddy's day sleepover. They bought brownie mix, four leaf clover sprinkles and dark chocolate frosting. Several bags of crisps were tossed into their cart, some diet sodas and a gallon of sweet tea.
They were in the soda isle and Kahlan gasped,
"Rider, look! They have Irish cream soda!"
Erin's mouth fell open and her eyes went wide.
"We have to try it!"
Kahlan set the four pack in the cart and they headed to check out.
As they made Kahlan's living room into a mini theatre, all Kahlan could think about was that blue runestone she got.
She had put it in the pocket of her leggings after she had bought it, so she took it out and held it while Erin made the brownies.
"Are you looking at your runestone?"
"Yes. I can't stop thinking about it."
"It is very pretty, isn't it?"
Kahlan put it back in her pocket and open the bags of crisps, they turned the TV on and got comfortable.
After the brownie were baked, it was time to ice them. They more or less iced them and just ate them. When nine o'clock rolled around, Erin turned the TV off.
"I hope you don't mind but it's time for my devotions."
"Not at all. Time for mine, too!"
So, they each took an hour or two for quiet time with God.
Later that night as the girls were getting ready for bed, Erin said,
"Well today was a good day! I enjoyed it!"
"Yeah, me too!"
Erin and Kahlan sat on the couch, held hands and bowed their heads and prayed,
"Lord, thank You for this day. Please watch over us as we sleep and give us happy dreams. Thank You for what St. Paddy's day means. In Jesus's Name, Amen."
The first thing she was aware of: sunlight and birds chirping. She noticed there was a fresh, sweet smell wafting through the air. Her face felt a gentle, steady breeze kissing her face. She blinked gently and slowly opened her eyes. The sunlight was peaking through the trees. She was laying in an open field, the trees were dancing every time that beautiful breeze blew through.
She sat up as she looked around. Rolling hills with the most beautiful shade of green she had ever seen. Birds randomly flew by and tweeted their way through. They sky was so vibrant and blew, with very few clouds. She decided to get up and try to figure out where she was. She walked around the area. She realized that the rolling hills were actually houses.
"Who could live in such a little house?"
She thought.
She came upon a house. There was a gate and small garden. And a very small man.
"Hello, could you tell me where I am?"
The man stopped smoking his pipe and looked at her.
"You're in Hobbiton, of course."
Kahlan's eyes went wide, as she thought,
"Hobbiton? I don't know where that is…"
"Have you seen my friend? She's this tall, red hair and wears glasses? Her name is Erin."
The man thought for a moment and said,
"Mmm, so you're Kahlan?"
"Yes. How did you know?"
"Your friend is inside, she had come looking for you."
Kahlan breathed a sigh of relief and said,
"Oh, praise God! Okay, perfect. Do you mind if I came in?"
"Nope. My name is Bilbo Baggins."
She smiled and said,
"I'm Kahlan. Nice to meet you, Bilbo."
His house looked very cozy and homey. There was a mantle above Bilbo's fireplace dressed with pictures and there were two shelves on either side of the room just lined top to bottom of books. History books of Middle Earth, elvish books and so on.
There were quite a few arm chairs in the living room. Two sat a little ways away from the fireplace, then there were a couple on either side.
Bilbo directed Kahlan to the kitchen- precisely where Erin was. She was sitting on a chair at the smallest table. Bilbo had given her some fish, crisps and bread. He gave her chamomile tea.
Kahlan took a chair across from Erin and Bilbo served her some fish, cheese and bread, as well as some chamomile tea.
"Thank you, Bilbo. This looks so good!"
Bilbo smiled and said,
"Of course Ms. Kahlan. While you girls eat, I will get your rooms ready."
"Kahlan, how in the haystack did we get here?"
Kahlan started laughing and said,
"Rider, I don't even know where 'here' is. Just enjoy while we're here. Just pray we eventually get home."
Erin nodded and as Bilbo was coming back, both girls got done eating. They decided to check out their rooms.
The rooms looked pretty identical. Small in structure. Small beds, nightstands and lamps but Kahlan thought it lovely.
"It's all so cute! Everything's small!"
"Yeah but how will we sleep?"
Kahlan shrugged,
"We maybe could put our mattresses together and have another sleepover?"
Erin agreed. It took five seconds to bring her mattress into Kahlan's room. Kahlan put her mattress on the floor next to Erin's and it looked about average. Like a twin size. They put their blankets and pillows together. They decided they had done the right thing and decided to take a walk outside.
They guessed by the sky that it was in the evening. They saw so many little houses, with a lot of gardens and small people tending them. They wondered who the people were. As the sun set, it got a little chilly, so Kahlan and Erin decided to get back to Bilbo's. When they got there, however, they noticed that Bilbo had visitors. They walked up to the door and opened it. Both their mouths fell. There were at least twelve little people inside!
"Rider, I think they're dwarves!"
"What would dwarves be doing in Bilbo's house- at this hour no less!"
Kahlan scanned the room. Dwarves were coming and going, left and right. Going from the pantry to the kitchen table. Dwarves and food were everywhere. However, Kahlan couldn't ignore that her heart felt elated- happy, cheerful- even and so peaceful. She saw Bilbo standing in the center of the hallway that connected the pantry to the kitchen telling dwarves to put back when they were carrying to the kitchen table.
"How on earth…do they all fit in that small room. WE barely fit?"
Kahlan said,
"I don't know but I'm going to go talk to him."
She walked over to Bilbo and said,
"Mr. Bilbo, are you okay?"
Bilbo looked at Kahlan, distraught, stressed and in an aggravated tone said,
"No, no I'm not. It's these dwarves!"
Kahlan sweetly smiled and put her hand comfortingly on his shoulder and said,
"Should I talk to them?"
Bilbo sighed and said,
"No, it'll do no good."
Erin said,
"Kahlan, I'm just going to go to our room."
"Maybe you should follow her, Ms. Kahlan. I don't want you bothered by these dwarves, too."
She nodded and left.
An hour later, Kahlan sat up in bed. Erin had fallen asleep, but Kahlan was wide awake. She noticed that the noise was gone, she thought maybe they'd left. She got up and went out. She walked down the little hallway to the kitchen. All was quiet and she guessed Bilbo was asleep.
She went to the pantry to see of there was more bread and cheese. Just then…
"Oh, hello."
She whirled around to see one of the dwarves standing there, in the doorway. He was a little taller than the average dwarf. He was very built and had dark brown wavy hair that came to his shoulders. He had it in a half up, half down fashion- the way she had her hair done.
His facial hair was a little moreover than stubble, and goatee that met his sideburns.
"Hi, can I help you?"
He walked into the pantry,
"I was actually looking for a midnight snack."
Kahlan giggled,
"Me too. I'm Kahlan."
He shook her hand and smiled,
"Kili and, I'm very much at your service, milady."
She giggled and got bread and cheese as well as some,tea that had been made earlier.
"Do you mind if I sit with you, Ms. Kahlan?"
"Not at all, Kili."
Things were quiet for a couple seconds.
"So, what are you doing at Bilbo's house?"
He swallowed his bite of food and said,
"Well, I traveled here with my brother, Fili. We all met here for a family meeting."
"What was the meeting about?"
"Well, it's a secret. I can't say."
"Oh, okay."
"What about you?"
She finished chewing and swallowed,
"Well, it's quite strange actually. Pretty much, I was in my house as I went to bed and I woke up in Hobbiton."
"How do you like it?"
She smiled at him,
"Actually, I really do like it. Although, I have no idea when I will return home."
"I kind of know what that's like. Before my brother and I were born…a dragon attacked our home. My Uncle Thorin, mother and family had to flee. I've lived in the Blue Mountains with my family- all my life."
"Wow, Kili. I'm so sorry."
She gently put her hand on his. He looked at her. When she saw that he was looking at her, she withdrew her hand and said,
"What? Why are you looking at me like that?"
"You're just really nice is all. Really nice to talk to."
She smirked and said,
"Thanks. You're really nice to talk to too."
"So, how long will you guys be staying?"
Kili finished the last bit of his food.
"We are leaving tomorrow. Though, I kind of wish we couldn't stay longer," he winked at her.
"Thank you, Kili. You're really sweet. I kind of wish you could stay longer."