Not sure where this is going, been working on my other story for a while on paper, just needed to write something completely random:) Might or might not continue with this, it'll mainly be fluff though probably. Please read and tell me whether you think I should continue with this!
I lay gazing at the stars, enjoying the simple beauty of nature, while trying to ignore the snores coming from Master Baggins. The little hobbit was one of greatest friends, but it was to try and get to sleep around him! I sighed and tossed around a bit more, anciently bumping into Bofur, who was lying next to me. I froze immediately, fearing that I had woke him. However, he did not stir, so I just tried to settle down for the night, and pressed further against Bofur's back subconsciously, enjoying the feeling of security that washed over me. And, for the first time since setting off from the Blue Mountains, a slept deeply and dreamt.
The air was cool and fresh, and I could hear streams and brooks babbling as I ran through the forest. I recognised the shortened braid bashing against my cheek with every step I took. It was a courting , as the glowing sunlight gently heated my skin, I could not remember who had placed it there. My pace quickened, my heart aching to me with my One, my Soulmate.
At last I came to a clearing, and a figure was sitting on a boulder a few metres in front of me, though I could not tell who it was, as their back was turned, and sunlight blinded my vision somewhat. But I knew who they were.
"Lass..."
"Lass! Lass! Wake up soon or you won't have any breakfast 'cause Bomber will eat it all first!" I was rudely awoken from my dream and discovery of my potential soulmate my someone with facial hair even more ridiculous than that of Fili, my cousin on his fathers side.
"Okay, okay, I'm up already!" I shooed Bofur away with my had, still slightly in a mood with him. He just grinned a lopsided grin and jogged across the campsite.
"Ly, I don't get how he can be so cheery," Bilbo complained.
"What do you mean?"
"Well, we're out here in the middle of nowhere, and he just acts like everything's normal! And he speaks about...incineration... as if it's nothing" I chuckled. Bofur did seem to have a dark sense of humor when it came to the hobbit. I don't think my reply helped though.
"Well Master Bilbo, incineration is pratically nothing, as, when it occurs, you basically turn into nothing!"
"... or some pile of unrecognisable mess of ash and bones and weird gooey stuff!... Gandalf... he's done it again!" Bofur just lightly kicked the freshly fainted hobbit with his foot in an attempt to get him to wake up.
"Sometimes I wonder what goes through your brain Bofur."
"You don't want to know lass, you don't want to know!"
I talked with my cousins some more that day. We weren't a close family, so I didn't really know them that well, but we had similar backgrounds. Today, me,Kili and Fili had chosen to argue over how effective a bow would be against a dragon.
"Dragons fly, the only thing that can hurt them from the ground is an arrow! Thus, the bow is the superior weapon!" Kili declared, almost losing a hold of the reins as he was using various hand gestures to make his point. Fili just laughed at this, shaking his head.
"But a dragon has scales better than any shield in the whole of middle-earth! Arrows would not be able to do it any harm!"
"But, my cousin, if you could pierce a dragon's wing with enough arrows, it would be forced to land, and then you would be able to finish it of with swords and axes." I contradicted, and that shut both of the brothers up. I heard chuckling from behind, so I turned around to find Bofur and Bilbo.
"You have to admit lads that the girls logic is impeccable, and that she just owned the two of you in one move!" Bofur hit me on the back and pulled me into a hug, which was not the easiest thing to do on horse back.
"Well, at least we're not the ones making a move on her!" Kili retorted, and then he galloped off, with Bofur hot on his heels, leaving me, the hobbit and Filii in fits of laughter.
"I apologise for my brothers behaviour cus', but it's true. Bofur's been eying you up since we left Bag End. Please don't kill me! ...Oww!" Fili rubbed his arm where I had hit him, and then trotted up to his brother as he and Bofur returned, talking like old friends. Kili winked at me and gave me a thumbs up. I just gave him a 'what on middle-earth was that for' look, and then he motioned towards Bofur before making a crude gesture. I just shook my head and sighed.
"If someone told you that they were heirs to the throne, you'd never believe them!" I half-laughed to Bilbo. He said something back, but I wasn't was a conflict going on in my soul. Was Kili just joking around, as he usually does, or was he being serious? Did Bofur have feelings for me? They had been laughing and joking as they rode next to each other, but there had been a serious aspect to it as well. And all this was coming right after my dream, though that was probably just coincidence. And then my mind went back to the previous night, and I recalled how closely I had pressed myself against the older dwarf. Did I have feelings for him? And if I did, would Bofur return those feelings? I guess I could just ask him though, as Bofur rode back to me and Bilbo.
