Hi! This is a OC insert Hobbit fanfic with multiple OCs from our world that end up in Middle Earth.
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"Normal Speech"
"Sindarin"
"Khuzdul"
"Black Speech"
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The crowd was going wild as the performers took their final bow on the edge of the stage. Said stage happened to be a plot of dirt cut in half by a curtain for the performers to get ready behind. The audience was standing in the grass on the edge of the stage; applauding, hooping, and whistles filling the air. One by one actors and actresses ran from the spots they took on the edge of the performance area, into the middle, then with a final bow they ran back behind the curtain. Some performers received vigorous feedback from the crowd while some got less rambunctious reactions. It was when the last five members of the travelling circus remained on the stage- did the crowd lose their minds completely.
The first to walk up to the middle was a woman with very light brown skin and long, fiery red curls. She was almost seven feet in height and she wore a simple brown leather vest, black leggings, and combat boots. Her face was painted like a cartoon version of a tiger and down her arms were black stripes to match. As she flexed her muscles to the crowd, she let out a loud bellow that sent the crowd into even a greater uproar.
"Let's hear one last round of applause for America's Strong Woman: Miss Gwen Martinez!" The announcer yelled into his microphone as the huge woman left the stage and the next person made his way to the middle.
This man was tall too, but not as tall as Gwen. His long dirty blonde hair was tied up into a bun on his head while a few strings hung loose. His face wasn't painted, but he definitely had makeup around his eyes to make his bright green irises pop. That, and some powder to make his darker beard and mustache seem thicker and more shaped. He wore a simple red tailcoat over his bare chest and black leather tights. On his feet were boots that matched. Overall his outfit was bland, but when then he removed his jacket and shook his hair out...
The high pitched screams of every prepubescent female at the fair was deafening.
The man winked and strutted off stage as the announcer laughed into his microphone, "Beast Tamer and Heart Tamer too- The Amazing Mason West ladies and gentlemen!"
The next girl twirled into the middle gracefully. Her red and orange sequin leotard glittering in the spotlight. Her legs and feet were bare except for the oil that covered them as well as her hands. The girl's dark brown eyes were surrounded by red glitter and smoky eye shadow. Her dark brown hair was pulled back and covered by a red, orange, and yellow feathered headdress that was meant to resemble fire. The most shocking thing about her wasn't that she was the shortest of the group, nor was the fact her arms were on fire the focus of the crowd, no. It was the fact that the girl had a full beard and mustache hanging down to her her breasts was what caught everyone's attention. With an extravagant wave of her arms she blew a kiss out to the crowd, and the fire that was on her arms followed her hands and turned to smoke with the kiss.
"The Beautiful Bearded Dragon Lady: Hannah Twigg!" Said the announcer with a less than sure voice.
The audience had a better reaction and applauded the woman until she was completely off stage.
"Now last but not least! The power couple of the night: Contortionist William Croft and his Aerial Silk Dancing Wife Nadia Croft!"
An albino man with violet eyes and silver eyeliner, thick and long white hair, and a full beard back flipped into the middle of the stage. He wore a white bodysuit with silver cracks on it and silver slippers. Then, a woman of completely opposite complexion did a few back handsprings to the same spot. She was very dark in skin color and her black hair was braided down her back. She wore a black and gold swirled body suit with gold slippers. Her golden eyes popped with a gold liner around them. When they met in the middle, the man fell gracefully into a lunge position. Using his hands to balance he held himself still as the woman stepped onto his knee. In a quick and fluid motion she had stepped off of his knee and did a handstand by using his shoulders for support. The crowd stayed rather quiet for this scene. That is until the woman slowly let her legs fall backwards until her back was completely bent over her head and she flashed a dazzling smile to the crowd.
The woman flipped off of her husband's body and landed on her feet. He then rolled out of his lunge and popped up into a standing position. Quickly he grabbed his wife's hand, they bowed one last time, and then they ran back behind the curtain. The sounds of the crowd slowly began to die down as the announcer for the fair began to tell people that they were closing for the night. Behind the curtain, the circus performers were getting out of costume and packing their vehicles to leave for their next show in another state.
"What a good crowd! I think that was the first one in a while to be so captivated with our performances." Hannah smiled as she wiped make up from her face with baby wipes. Making it a point to keep the glitter from getting into her beard. She- as well as the other two who had gone back before the couple- was sitting in a vanity chair. Wearing a comfy pair of grey sweats that read 'Gregger's Circus' on the back in blue.
"Look where they live, Hann. The most these small town folks probably ever see is a crop duster that looks like a UFO." Mason laughed as he brushed his hair out from where he sat in his own chair.
"I couldn't live here that's for sure." Said Gwen with a tired voice. Her body was free of the tiger paint and now on her arms and legs were ice packs to keep her muscles from feeling too overworked (Lifting a cart with four grown men on it wasn't the nicest thing to do for one's body after all). "I bet they don't even have a Kroger."
"Leave the locals alone." Nadia laughed from where she sat in front of her husband as he twisted her hair into bantu knots. "They can't help being awed by people with rare gifts and appearances like ours."
"Yeah, Gwen. Besides it's the deep south of America. These people aren't as health conscious as you when it comes to food." William chuckled as he finished his wife's hair.
"I'm from the next state over, William." Gwen laughed as she peeled open a banana. "I know they aren't."
It was around eleven thirty at night when the caravan began pulling out. Since they were the last to leave stage, William and his group were the last to hit the road and were a good thirty minutes behind the rest of their group. William drove a Black Hennessy VelociRaptor SUV since it was big enough to hold a lot of people and traveled well. He drove while Nadia was in the front passenger seat, Mason and Hannah in the middle seats, and Gwen sprawled out in the back. All three of the younger members of the group were sound asleep, and Nadia stayed awake to use the GPS on her phone so William wouldn't get them all lost. An hour into driving and it had began to rain pretty heavily. Making it hard for the driver to see the road.
"Not that I doubt your ability to handle this, but considering it's late and we're tired- maybe we should pull over and just sleep in the car. We'll catch up in the morning. It wouldn't be the first time." Nadia whispered to William as she stared over her shoulder at the three in the back.
"I at least want to find an inn or something. It's not good for a pregnant woman to sleep in a car." Sighed the albino tiredly.
"Neither is swinging from ropes, or flipping off of balconies, but I do just fine. Honey would you please pull over? The GPS said that there was a rest stop down the way. We'll stop there to sleep and we'll make Gwen drive first thing in the morning." The dark woman smiled mischievously which caused her husband to giggle.
"That is tempting... Fine, just don't let me miss the exit." William smiled and continued to carefully drive through the storm. Lightning flashes and booming thunder filling the skies as he did so.
The next morning, the group woke up at five before the sun even began to rise. When it did, the first thing they did was pull a cooler out and ate Pb&j sandwiches and drank milk for breakfast. When Gwen felt awake enough to drive, they loaded their stuff back up into the SUV and took a last minute bathroom break. The women went to their respective bathroom and then men went to theirs. Though, when they got there they were disappointed to see that the men's restroom was out of order. Reluctantly they decided that the edge of the woods behind the tourist building was the best place to relieve themselves.
"You go first, I'll stand watch." William motioned to the tree line.
"Thanks." Mason threw the man a thumbs up as he lazily trotted into the bushes.
A few minutes had passed and Mason had yet to come back from within the woods. William let the younger man's slow pace slide until he saw all three of the women had made it back to the car and were waiting for them.
"Mason! Dude! What's taking you so long?" William yelled as he went into the woods to get his friend. When he didn't see any sign of the other blonde he started to wonder whether or not he should be mad or worried. He decided both was probably alright.
"Honey, what are you doing in here? You could get Poison Ivy or ticks!" Nadia complained as she, Hannah, and Gwen followed in behind the pale man.
"Mason's disappeared! We were going pee here, because the bathroom was locked up. Now he's gone!" William threw his arms up in frustration.
"Chill, Swiss-Cheesy. We'll go find him for you." Hannah smiled as she grabbed Gwen's hand and dragged her along.
"I really hope his dicks not out." The ginger groaned.
"Thanks, Cinna-Bunny!" William laughed as Nadia rolled her eyes.
"You know- Handling those three like we do makes me feel real good about having this baby." Nadia smiled as she felt her stomach.
"Yeah? Why is that?" Asked the contortionist as he hugged his wife from behind and felt her stomach too.
"Cause we're like a weird little family. We're the parents and they're our kids, and they came out pretty good even though we didn't raise them from birth. It makes me feel like we're gonna do just fine with this one too." The aerial artist turned to face her husband with a warm glow brightening her dark features. "We may be freaks, but we're freaks who have a good home and a family with a circus that takes care of us. What could go wrong?"
"William! Nadia!" Hannah's voice screamed from deeper within the forest.
Instantly the two rushed in after the girls. When they finally found them the scene they came upon was terrifying. Somehow they had come upon a river that had flooded, and in that river was Mason. He was trying to unhook a young buck's antlers from a log that it got swept into and Gwen was just barely holding onto him while resisting the rough current that went up to her waist.
"What are you two doing?! Get out of there right now!" Nadia screeched in horror as she yanked her phone out of her pocket.
"Why didn't you stop them?" William asked as he took his shirt off.
"Like I would be able to? They're both giant muscle heads!" Hannah cried with tears in her eyes.
"What the hell do you think you're doing William James Croft- Hello, yes this is Nadia Croft. I need to report an emergency..." Nadia snapped at her husband before having to speak to the emergency line. With vigorous hand motions she tried to keep her man from going in after the other two, but it didn't work.
William tied one of his sweater sleeves to a tree limb and waded into the water holding onto the other arm as tightly as he could. He managed to reach Gwen and climbed over her to help Mason let the deer loose. She held onto his sleeve for dear life. Once they freed the animal, William told Mason to get off of the log first in a harsh tone. Realizing he was in deep shit, Mason ducked his head and did as instructed. Everyone was so lost in the stress of the rescue mission, no one noticed that the water was rising until it was too late.
"Shit! Hurry up guys!" Gwen yelled as a log formation from upstream began to float her way.
Just as Hannah had grabbed hold of Mason's hand the current took him out further and she got pulled in with him. Nadia, who was helping her husband out, ended up being tripped by Hannah's fall and she fell into the river as well. Luckily William was still holding her hand, unluckily the limb that his sweater was tied to snapped and they were taken down river with the others. Seeing her friends all being carried down, Gwen turned to try and catch them but the water was too strong. All five of the circus crew members were being swept down a river that just got worse and worse the further down it took them. At some point Gwen had caught up to Mason and Hannah, but William and Nadia were nowhere to be seen.
"Look! There's an archway! Gwen grab it!" Hannah pointed out as she sporadically splashed about.
Knowing she'd have to pull the other two up, the bigger woman swam towards the over head branch formation and used the rocks on the side to climb to the top after she had passed under it. Within seconds Mason and Hannah had exited the little dam and Gwen grabbed them by their hoods. Yelling at them to swim sideways, she managed to get them to the edge of the bank and then pulled them to safety.
"Mason *wheeze* I love ya like a brother man, but that *wheeze* was the dumbest, whitest shit ever." Gwen hissed as she sat back and tried to catch her breath.
"I'll admit- I didn't think that one through." Mason nodded as he wiped his hair from his eyes. "Hann, you alright?"
"I'm one blink away from having a breakdown, so yeah I'm fine- Oh. My. God! Where's Nadia and William!?" The bearded girl screeched as she jumped to her feet.
"They were carried farther down..." Gwen sighed as she helped Mason stand. "Fuck me, Nadia's pregnant!"
With that the three began running down the riverside hoping to find their friends. They ran for what felt like hours until the river split. After a quick and loud argument, they all agreed to follow the side that they were on and double back if they found nothing. Sadly, the couple had indeed been carried down the other side of the river and wouldn't stay in it long.
"Nadia kick!" William cried as his wife went stiff in his arms again.
"I can't! I can't!" She cried. "My legs are cramping!"
William was close to loosing his strength when he felt something under his feet. Discovering what his feet kept touching was indeed ground, he mustered all his strength and power kicked himself and his wife to the bank. Dragging her out he gently, William laid Nadia against a rock and checked her over for injury. Seeing there was none, he began to massage her legs.
"Do you think you'll be able to walk soon?" He asked out of breath.
"I- I don't know I need a minute." She wheezed.
Nodding, William kept kneading at his wife's distressed muscles in an attempt to relieve her pain. His mind was running rampant in worry. For Nadia, and for Hannah, Gwen and Mason. He didn't want to but he couldn't help but wonder if they had drowned or separated. What was the likeliness of three twenty year old circus kids surviving a flooded river? He wanted to think the odds were in their favor since he and Nadia had made it, but he knew that luck differed for every soul. He could only wish they were as lucky as he was.
"Now who might you be?" Said a gentle voice in a strange language.
Turning sharply William felt his eyes widen. He wanted to say 'What?', but he was so in shock from what he was seeing he couldn't. Nadia turned to see the newcomer as well and loudly voiced the typical reaction one would have when seeing an elf standing in front of them.
"What the fuck?!"
Many miles away the younger trio were having a similar crisis, but only a little smaller.
"This is not possible." Mason laughed behind his hand. "This has to be a prank."
"I don't think it's a prank, Mason." Hannah gaped at the roaming green hills before them.
These hills had doors in them, clothing lines hung around them, and fences protecting gardens. Outside were very small people with huge feet. They were all going about their business never once noticing the three outsiders standing on the other side of the little river by the woods. The image seemed to come from right out of a fantasy novel. Even more so with what the people of this small area wore. Dresses with aprons, and waistcoats and suspenders.
"This better be a nerd convention, or I'm gonna lose my shit." Gwen looked down as she rose her hands in front of her body. As if she were trying to hold back some unseen force.
"I don't know what this is, and I'm not going to say what I think this is... Let's just go and ask people if they've seen our friends." Mason gently patted the girl's shoulders as he walked down to a bridge that crossed the water.
The two women shared a tired and uncomfortable look, but followed anyway.
They roamed the little village for hours, doing their best to ignore the crazy looks the much smaller people sent them. After asking only five or so people, the three gave up on getting help from the people around them. They all were too scared to even hold a decent conversation with the strangers. With heavy hearts Gwen lead her friends back to the bridge. The had decided to go back and try to find the split in the river, and hopefully find the couple alive and well. They almost made it across the bridge when a coarse voice called out behind them.
"Excuse me! You three there!"
The trio turned to see a man clad in a grey robe and hat power walking towards them. His long beard blowing in the breeze as he picked up his pace. Using the staff in his hand to propel himself forward.
"Oh, hell no." Gwen turned back around and kept walking.
"Gwendolyn Martinez, is that anyway to greet a friend?" The man yelled.
"Holy- He knows your name! Do you know him Gwen?" Hannah asked as Gwen came back after being called by her full name.
"No... I don't." She grimaced as the tall but lanky man approached them.
"You don't, but you will come to know me. Just as I know all of you; Gwendolyn Martinez, Hannah Jane Twigg, and Mason West- formerly Mason Pines." The stranger smiled. "I assume you know of me by the looks on your faces, but to clear any doubts I shall introduce myself anyway."
"Please don't-" Whimpered Gwen.
"I am Gandalf the Grey, and I am here to ask you all to join me on an adventure."
To be continued...