Disclaimer- I do not own The Hobbit or any characters associated, no matter how much I wish I did.
After tucking in my two little boys for the night, I walked back to my empty room and sat on my bed, sighing. Was this how my life was always going to be? The same thing day in and day out. A single mother of two, living in a basement. I was only 21; I couldn't live my life that way.
I lay in my bed and closed my eyes, wishing I was anywhere but where I was. After a few minutes, I found myself fast asleep. It wasn't long before I was dreaming, but this dream was different than any others I had.
I looked around, seeing a misty fog lying in the shadows of a vast, but lonely mountain. In front of me, I realized, was a battle taking place. It was strange though, there were men who were nearly twice my height and wearing strange clothing, and then there were men my height, all with long beards and hair, dressed in full armor. That's when I saw what they were fighting, ugly death-like creatures with jagged blades and unforgiving movements.
It hit me in an instant what I was looking at. I had read the Hobbit, and watched the movies. I knew what this was. The Battle of Five Armies.
I felt compelled to walk forwards, the battle silent around me as I just walked through, not even noticed. When I reached my destination, it took me a moment to realize what I was watching. I saw a regal-looking dwarf, fighting valiantly in front of two much younger dwarves, the blonde and the dark-haired princes. Brothers.
"NO!" I screamed.
I watched in horror as I saw the pale orc stab Thorin in the chest with his metal clawed hand, picking him up and throwing him back towards the two boys, who were staring in disbelief as their uncle fell at their feet. Within an instant, both brothers were standing in front of their uncle, protecting his body with all they had.
The pale Orc and his son slowly sauntered forward to the brothers with sickening grins on their faces.
I looked over to Thorin and felt something inside me rip apart as I watched blood flowing from his mouth freely. I then turned my attention to Fili and Kili, who were now battling the father-son orc duo. The orcs were easily twice their size and I tried my best to pry my eyes away from the horrible images in front of me, however, I couldn't. It was as if some other force was controlling my body.
I screamed out when I realized Azog had Kili speared in the stomach, the same as his uncle, holding him up to the pale orcs face, about to throw him when Kili grabbed one of his few remaining arrows from his quiver and lodged it into the pale orc's neck before pulling it out and plunging it into his eye.
Azog fell, as did Kili who rolled to the feet of his brother. Fili looked down at his younger brother in panic and his concentration broke for a split second, long enough for Bolg's sword to impale him through the chest. In a last second effort of revenge, Fili used one of his dual swords and swung as hard as he could, cutting Bolg's head off in one clean swipe.
Fili then fell to his brother's side, only a few feet away from their dying uncle. By this point, tears were falling freely as I watched the one last exchange of looks between the brothers before both closed their eyes for the last time in this life, together. I screamed out, but no one heard.
All of a sudden, I was yanked from my spot on the dark battlefield and put into a room with a blinding light. Still crying, I kept my eyes closed, afraid of what I would see next.
"Amarianna Collins, welcome." I heard a strangely light voice from in front of me. The fog cleared and I saw a beautiful woman, dressed in white and green looking ethereal.
"How- how do you know my name? What is this? Where am I?" I asked quickly. The woman just laughed softly and kneeled down in front of me.
"All in good time, my dear. What you have just seen, the deaths of the dwarf king and his kin, the last in the line of Durin, is what shall happen if you do not fulfill the prophecy, laid before us." The woman spoke softly, her voice soothing me and worrying me at the same time.
"What do you mean, prophecy? I'm not even from Middle Earth, this is just fiction where I come from, none of it is real!" I yelled, trying to convince myself more than her.
"You shall learn many things about yourself as well during this quest, my dear." She said firmly and I wondered what she could have meant.
"I can't go on a quest! I have two children at home that need me!" I yelled at her loudly.
"Amarianna, you cannot go back to Earth yet. Time moves much differently here, darling. A year can pass here in but a blink of the eye for your world. When this quest is finished, you have the choice of being sent back, as if none of this ever happened, or you may stay, and we can bring your children to you. It is your choice, but cannot be made until the prophecy is fulfilled." She responded. I just stared at her in disbelief.
"So basically, I don't have any other choice than to 'fulfill' this 'prophecy,' which I know nothing about and be without my children for a year or more while going on a quest that could potentially end my life?" I asked, getting a bit angry.
"Essentially. This is your destiny, Amarianna, do not fight it. Remember, your children will only have had a moment of time pass before you shall see them again. You must save the line of Durin, make the dwarves look past their greedy ancestors." The woman said to me.
"Fine, but I am not doing this for you, or for Middle Earth or wherever we are! I am doing this so that I can get my children back!" I yelled, still angry.
"Very well. When you wake, you will be in Rivendell, awaiting Mithrandir and Lord Elrond, who have been anxiously awaiting your arrival. You may keep this with you, if you wish." She said, laying a silver locket in my palm before vanishing into mid air. I looked down at the locket and opened it, seeing a picture of my two little boys inside. I felt tears prick my eyes as I clasped it safely around my neck, closing my eyes.
First chapter of my new story! Let me know what you think! It's a bit of a different spin on OC in Middle Earth! Don't forget to REVIEW!
-Bex