Joy say by the Carrock, her feet in the icy water. She was supposed to be tending to the bees by her fathers house but they didnt need much tending and she would much rather sit and dream by the water. Her long blonde hair was tied back in a long braid and tied at the end with spider silk. She frowned and ran her hands down her white woollen dress and sighed deeply, she wanted an adventure but her father forbade it and Beorn was not a man you defied lightly.
She leant back on her elbows and looked up at the sky, in the distance she could see smoke rising, that wasnt so unusual the Orcs were always burning things. She sighed and thought of the forest, she loved exploring the forest even though she wasnt supposed to. The spiders liked to braid her hair and she liked to climb the trees, she wasnt like her father at all she had light green eyes and light blonde hair. Her father had dark eyes and wild black hair, the other obvious difference was their height, Beorn towered over everyone where as she barely came up to his waist. She wasnt convinced that he was her real father but then he had raised her and she had never known another father.
She frowned at the sky, dark spots flying towards her. They were still some distance away so she had time to run if she needed to. She stood up on the bank and took a few steps backwards towards the tree line, Joy was a very quick runner and if she didnt want to get caught she rarely would... except her father, he could always catch her.
The dark spots came closer, growing in size. She could now see that they were birds, not just birds but eagles. She ran and hid behind a tree watching carefully as the eagles landed on the Carrock and dropped of their passengers before taking flight again. She spotted the wizard first and smiled, wondering if he was friends with Radagast the Brown who was a good friend of hers. With the wizard was a tiny little man with curly brown hair and hairy feet, she had never seen someone so small before she was quite pleased feeling tall for the first time in her life. Tearing her eyes away from the tiny man, she looked over the other men with the wizard and on closer inspection they wernt men at all but dwarves. She had heard her father describe dwarves to her before, telling her tales of the Silmarils and the skill of their crafts.
She eyed each of the dwarves in turn, the first one she spotted had his hair in three pointy sections and his beard parted in three sections too, he had gingery hair and carried an odd looking staff. The next one was young and kind of goofy looking with only a small beard plaited in places. Next to him stood a really fat dwarf with his long hair tied as a plait across his stomach... it looked quite silly if she was honest. Then she spotted the dwarf next to him, he was quite old looking with light grey hair and a small neat beard. Behind him were two dwarves talking animatedly to each other, one was blonde with long hair and two braids in his short beard. The one he was taking to seemed younger than him, he had long black hair with a short stubbly beard. She couldnt believe how many dwarves there were! One of them had long grey hair, his beard was plaited in two places which curled up almost into circles. Another of them had ginger hair and a long bushy beard which was decorated with silver bands in places. And there were still five of them she had yet to look at, as she looked she saw one dwarf with black and grey hair with a long elaborate beard, another that was tall and bald with a long black beard with grey streaks in it. One had white hair and a long white beard, parted in two sections and the last one she could see properly had brown hair in two plaits and a long moustache with a short, trimmed beard. The last dwarf had his back to her but from what she could see he had long brown hair and wore well made and fitted armour, he turned and she caught her breath as her eyes roamed over his face. His long hair was braided in places and his brown beard was trimmed neatly and was full and thick, but it was his eyes that caught her attention they were steely grey with sparks of blue which glimmered like sapphires.
She shook herself and frowned, she needed to get home or at least find a better hiding place, unfortunately there was nowhere for her to move without being spotted. The tree she was hiding behind was barely more than a sapling, she was lucky she was so small... though a few of the dwarves would tower over her. She looked around slowly, hoping for something to disappear behind, no such luck the tree was a good hundred meters away from the main tree line. She could try and run for it but she knew that if the wizard wanted her to stop running there would be nothing she could do. They didnt look like a threat but she didnt want to take any risks. She decided to stay put and stay out of their line of sight, watching where they would go. Once they had past her she could move freely, she chewed her lip as she waited for them to move, they seemed to be discussing which route they would take.
She crouched down low as they made their way across the Carrock and towards her hiding place, she shivered and tried to stay hidden from view. They seemed to be heading towards her fathers house and she hoped they didnt want to hurt them. Suddenly the wizard stopped and turned around, the group around him stopped too and watched him as he gazed at the tree she was hiding behind.
"I know you are there. Come out or we will drag you out." The wizard had a strong commanding voice and she trembled slightly, she was out numbered and had nowhere to escape to.