Trisha's POV
I balanced the box on my shoulder and pulled out the key, sticking it in the lock and twisting open the door. My face broke into a large smile as I sat the box down and moved towards the kitchen, looking for a glass to pour myself a glass of brandy. Picking one up from the box in the kitchen, I began to pour my drink as I leaned against the countertop, a sigh leaving my mouth. Looking around the house, I felt my heart sink into my stomach as I remembered how happy Mitchell and I were when we bought the house and how excited we were to move in together, especially after we had fixed the house to our liking. Though those hopes and wishes were dashed after what happened to Mitchell. My heart squeezed as I grabbed at my locket, feeling the tears well into my eyes.
"Mitchell, wouldn't want me to cry anymore. He wouldn't." I mumbled as I finished my drink, and moved to the living room.
Sitting on the floor, I pulled the box with all Mitchell's books and movies in front of me, opening the box and feeling a faint smile grace my face. Picking up his Lord of the Rings and Hobbit books, I sat them on the floor beside me and pulled out the movie box sets. A laugh left my mouth when I saw he had both versions, original and extended version, remembering that he said it was his lifelong mission to get me obsessed with it.
"Nine freakin' movies." I said as I shook my head, laughing slightly.
Setting them on the couch, I pulled out his other movies and started placing them under the T.V, before I moved to place his books on the bookshelf. His mother only let me have some of my favorite pieces of his clothing, all his books and movies, all of the pictures of me and him, his weapons collection and his Hobbit merchandise. Pulling his blanket around me, I chuckled at the words that were on the blanket.
"Never laugh at a live dragon." I mumbled as I moved around the living room, placing all the books on the bookshelf.
Picking up the last box, I moved to hook up the DVD player and my Xbox to the flat screen. My fingers nimbly worked around all the wires as I set up the satellite and the other boxes. I remember how Mitchell had tried to plug up his PlayStation once, and shocked himself badly. Looking around the room, I grabbed my phone and plugged it into the speakers. Scotty McCreery's song, I Love You This Big, played in the house, filling it and breaking the silence. For this noise in the house, I was grateful. My hands placed the dishes, silverware, and glasses into their correct places as I swayed and hummed to the music. I reached for another glass and it slipped from my grip, shattering on the ground causing it to break into tiny pieces. A sharp shard flew towards me and nicked my cheek, causing a small cut to spill a small stream of blood down my cheek. Reaching up, I lightly touched it as I saw a small red drop land on the floor and I sighed.
"Gods, can I be anymore clumsy?" I muttered as I moved to get the broom and dust pan.
As I walked by the couch to get the broom, my hand lightly grazed over the throw and the Hobbit movies and I cursed as they fell over, landing on the floor with a soft, but loud thud. Grabbing at my chest, I exhaled as I reached down and picked them up, setting them on the couch again. Muttering about how my luck is the worse in the world, I cleaned up my mess and sat on the couch. Happy that I managed to get everything in place in two days, I curled under the blanket and turned on my Xbox and its controller.
"I can't watch Netflix until I get my Wi-Fi set up tomorrow. What can I watch?" I mumbled as I looked at the Hobbit movies.
"Why not?" I said as I picked up the first one and placed in the disc tray, closing it as I walked to the kitchen to get ice cream, root beer, and cookies for my dinner.
Walking back into the living room with my dinner of champions, I sat down and played the movie. I felt myself raise an eyebrow as I saw what I suspect to be the hobbit writing a letter to Frodo. Leaving my spoon hanging in my mouth as I watched the first scene, I felt a smile cross my face as I saw the first two dwarves arrive and bulldoze the poor hobbit who could do nothing to stop them. The hobbit moved to get the door when the bell rang again, this time revealing two more dwarves, who introduced themselves as Fili and Kili, who looked the youngest of the small group so far. Leaning back on the couch, I laughed and shouted at the dwarves, elves, Bilbo, and Gandalf throughout the first two movies, remembering how Mitchell would do this when I would call him to bid him goodnight. By the time I had finished the last movie, I had forgotten about my ice cream and the rest of my 'dinner' as I leaned forward, listening to Thorin's last words to Bilbo, tears filling my eyes.
"It's the eagles." Bilbo said to the dying king under the mountain as I felt tears fall down my face.
"Thorin…Not you too. You can't die too. Fili and Kili are gone, you have to live. The line of Durin must continue, please don't die too. " I whimpered as I tightened my grip on the blanket.
Thorin's eyes glazed over and Bilbo broke into tears and strangled sobs, I followed his example as I leaned back on the couch. Wiping my tears on the edge of the blanket, I watched as Bilbo returned home to the Shire and reclaimed his items from the other hobbits. When the movie ended, I picked up the Lord of the Rings and placed them behind my DVD player, not ready to watch them just yet. I grabbed the Hobbit movies, before placing back in their cases and stuck them behind my Xbox. Looking at the clock, I frowned when I noticed that it was eleven and that I have work in the morning. Pouting, I walked up the stairs and walked into my bedroom, covering myself as I yawned.
"It would be great if the company of Thorin Oakenshield, excluding Gandalf, Legolas and Tauriel would turn up here. That would be the best thing ever." I said into my pillow.
'So you have asked child of the stars, so it shall be given to you. During this time with them, you will learn much about yourself child of the stars.' A voice like velvet says before I drift into a dreamless sleep.
Third Person's POV
The dwarves sat in cells as they all moped, each afraid that they would never reach the mountain to reclaim their homeland. The youngest of the company sat in his cell, staring at the rune stone his mother had given him before he left. A soft clink filled the quiet area of the Woodland Elves dungeon and Bilbo quickly let the dwarves out of their cells.
"Close the doors. It will buy us some time." Bilbo said as they moved towards the wine cellar.
Bilbo stopped as he saw a strange figure in front of him, a soft glow around the person. The dwarves all slammed into the frozen hobbits back as they all grumbled to the hobbit.
"Hey, lad. Why did ya stop?" Gloin asked.
Bilbo only pointed at the figure as he floundered for the words to explain what he was seeing. The dwarves stared at the woman and she raised her hand in a swift motion, causing them all to disappear. When the flash had disappeared, they were standing in a field that was filled with flowers and fireflies that circled around them, before moving on. Thorin moved to the front of the group and opened his mouth, but Dia disappeared. The company stared in shock because as quickly as she left, she reappeared with Legolas and Tauriel.
"What kind of dark spell did ya cast missy?" Bofur asked.
"There was no dark spell that forced any of you here. It was simply a wish." Dia said as she walked past the company, leaving everyone even more confused.
She stopped at the edge of the tree line, staring at a house that was dark as they stared at her back. Legolas looked at the dwarves and glared at them, Tauriel looking around, trying to find some dark energy but finding none.
"Legolas, I can't sense any dark energy here." Tauriel said as Legolas looked at her.
"Shall I show you all where you all are to be staying?" Dia said as she moved towards the house.
The dwarves and elves looked at her back wary as they slowly followed behind her, their hands twitching in uncertainty as they followed behind her. The house was dark as they all stared at it in silence. Fili moved closer to Dia in his amazement of the large house, only to be pulled back by Thorin.
"What is this? Why are we here?" Thorin asked, strutting over to Dia.
"Like I said, you all were merely a wish. A wish by a sad and destitute girl. As much as you may hate being here, she needs all of you." Dia said as she turned and glared down at the dwarf.
Thorin let out a grunt as he crossed his arms over his chest, looking at the house again. Tauriel moved closer and looked at the house, her face showing concern. Her eyes moved over the house as she saw the dark aura around the house.
"This house is filled with sadness and grief, as if the house was absorbing its owner's pain. Is the owner in pain?" Tauriel asked, as she looked at Dia.
"The owner of this house has lost the last person she loves the most in this world. She needed someone to bring her out of this downward spiral. You are just the ones to do it. I will be back to retrieve you all once you have finished this mission. Also, the backdoor is open." Dia said as she disappeared.
The dwarves and elves looked at the house as it seemed to whimper and whine, waiting for them to enter the house and help its owner heal her wounds. Tauriel felt a small twinge of hurt for the girl in the house and she moved towards the house, still watching to make sure no danger appeared and attacked the house. The males watched as Tauriel walked to the house with looks of shock.
"Should we follow her?" Fili asked, as he moved forward slightly.
"If we wish to return home, we must." Thorin said as he walked towards the house.
Tauriel waited until they made it to the porch, and twisted the knob, pushing the door open lightly. She poked her head in the door before walking inside, making sure not to alert the sleeping girl upstairs. Legolas moved quietly behind his friend as he walked towards the living room and saw pictures of a happy couple lining the walls as he trailed slowly in the room. Bombur waddled into the living room and let out a gasp as he saw food sitting on the table and he moved to devour the remains. Fili and Kili followed Bilbo as he led them towards one of the many rooms in the house.
"It's so odd isn't it? She lives here alone and isn't afraid too." Kili mumbled as he saw a gleam of light flash from the corner of his eye.
Kili moved towards the light but a crashing sound from downstairs stopped his movement as he heard a groan from the room he was about to walk towards. Bofur and Gloin where hitting Bombur with pillows as he tried to cover his face from their beatings. The table and the dishes that were sitting on the now broken table, were now smashed on the floor as Bomber apologized. Fili grabbed Kili, pulling him back into the shadows as the door opened, reveling Trisha who looked furious as she pulled her sleep shorts down. She stomped down the stairs, muttering threats to the person who had dared to wake her from her sleep.
Trisha's stomping caused everyone to look to the stairs, holding their breath as she entered their sight. Trisha stood at 5'4 and her brown eyes shone with the promise of death and her black hair was in a wild disarray on her head. The small black girl reached over and turned the lights on and everyone looked shocked as the lights filled the room. Trisha's eyes widened as she looked at them, before walking over to Thorin.
"Who are you and why are you all in my house? I have the right mind to report you to the police for breaking and entering, destruction of property and disturbance of the peace." Trisha said as Bofur and Bifur stopped hitting Bombur.
"There's no need for that lassie. We were sent here to help you by a goddess." Oin said as Trisha rose an eyebrow.
"Still this couldn't wait for a few more hours and also tell the three upstairs to come down. I don't like people who lurk in doorways. It's rude." Trisha said as the three in question walked downstairs.
"You are not taken by surprise by our being here?" Legolas asked, in disbelief.
"After you hear a voice in your head telling you that your wish will be granted and you appear in my house. It's kinda hard to be surprised, though I was bettin' it wouldn't work." Trisha said, mumbling the last part.
The dwarves and elves stared at her as she moved towards Bombur and helped him to his feet, before looking at the mess on the floor. Sighing, she turned on her heel and walked into the kitchen, coming back with a broom and dustpan.
"Bombur! Since you made the mess, you have to clean it up. Also, before I forget, I'm Trisha." Trisha said as she pushed the broom into his arms.
Bombur almost fell to the floor from the amount of force that she exerted as he moved to clean up the broken plate and bowls. Trisha picked up the broken table bits and threw them into the trash can, before walking back into the living room. The dwarves and elves watched as the girl paced in front of them, her eyes moving over each one of them. She walked over to the closet and opened the door, searching in the closet for her sleeping bags that she has gotten over the last few months.
"Kili, Fili and Ori. Get over here." Trisha said, as she waved them over.
The three young dwarves walked over to her and she shoved a sleeping bag into their chests. Kili's had the Green Archer on his, Fili had Naruto and Ori had Astro boy. The three looked confused as she shooed them away, pulling out more from the closet. She tossed Oin, Bofur, Bifur, Nori, Dwalin, Gloin, and Dori one.
"Thorin, Balin, Legolas, and Tauriel. I believe there should be enough rooms upstairs for you all, unless you would rather sleep on the floor." Trisha said as Legolas walked over to her.
"Please, we wish not to impose on your generosity to us. Anything that you provide us with shall be sufficient." Legolas said as Trisha smiled.
"Nice to know. Floor it is for you." She said, as she slammed a sleeping bag into the elf prince's stomach.
Legolas let out a loud grunt as he fell to the floor, gasping for air as he looked at the human girl. She shot a smirk at the elven prince, not at all deterred by his height, royal title or the weapons on his back. The others looked at Legolas before Thorin cleared his throat, impressed with the girl's attitude towards the elf prince.
"May you show us to these rooms?" Thorin asked as Trisha nodded.
She led them all upstairs and she stopped at the first door, Kili and Bilbo ramming into her back.
"Tauriel, you will be sleeping in this room. Balin, you will be in the room across the hall. Thorin, your room is next to Balin's. As for the rest of you, my dance studio will be big enough for all of you. It's down the hall and the last door to your left. Now, excuse me. I have work in a few hours and I need to rest. Goodnight." Trisha said as she entered her room, slamming and locking the door.
The group was silent as they moved towards the rooms she had specified as theirs. Each was surprised by the style of each room as they began to get ready for bed. Legolas sat in the far corner away from the pile of dwarves as he laid in the sleeping bag, staring at the ceiling that had stars covering the black paint.
"Alright lads. We may want to get some sleep as well. Goodnight laddies." Oin said as he turned on his side.
Mummers of good night sounded in the room, before snoring filled the dance studio and Legolas sighed. He pulled the pillow over his face as he tried to block out the loud noises, until a hand touched his shoulder. Trisha stood over him with a pair of headphones and a small smile on her face as she held it to him.
"Figured you and Tauriel would like them as well. They are quite loud." Trisha said as Legolas took the headphones.
He nodded his thanks before placing them over his ears, creating silence as Trisha walked out of the door. Legolas leaned back and felt his eyes getting heavy before he drifted off to sleep. The make shift stars, lulling him to sleep and watching over them.
Trisha's POV
"Where is she?! I'll kill her!" I heard come from downstairs.
I tightened my grip on my covers as I buried my head under my pillows. The screams and shouts from downstairs seemed to get louder as I groaned, kicking the blankets off of me. Climbing into my bat mobile house shoes and my Batman robe, I walked down the stairs to see Sydnie yelling as she looked for something, Dylan smoking his vape and Mario playing on his 3DS. Sitting on the stairs, I pulled out my vape and turned it on, inhaling the cotton candy flavored smoke before blowing it out.
"Sydnie, I'd like my house to be in one piece this morning love." I said as I blew smoke out again.
She turned around and I wiggled my fingers at her, a teasing smile on my face as hers turned bright red. Pointing her finger at me, she stuttered angrily as I rose an eyebrow. Dylan shook his head before sighing, as Mario finally pulled his nose from his game.
"The reason for intruding in my house so early is?" I asked.
"Sydnie's pissed because you didn't tell her that Jacky left Falling in Reverse." Dylan said.
Snorting, I walked down the rest of the stairs and entered the kitchen, looking for my tea kettle. Grabbing my black tea, I placed the kettle on and grabbed my 'It's my world, you're just living here' mug and placed it on the counter. Turning on the flame, I moved to grab the skillet, my waffle iron, frying pan, and sat them on the counter. Sydnie blocked the fridge as she glared at me, her arms crossed over her chest.
"Hey, you can't blame me for you just now finding out. You binged on K-pop for months on end." I said, as she sneered at me.
Dylan let out a chuckle as Mario smirked at Sydnie's shriek as she sat at the bar, pouting. I tossed the dish rag at her face, and she threw it back at my head. Ducking, the towel soared over my head and landed on the stove head. Sydnie mumbled a few choice words as I started making breakfast.
"So, I'm to understand that you all are staying for breakfast?" I asked as I looked at them.
"No, I have to get to work." Dylan said as he stood up.
"As do I and Sydnie, you have work today as well. You just wanted to yell at Trish about Jacky." Mario said as he walked to the door.
I nodded as I heard a loud bang from upstairs and I let out a low growl. Mario looked up the stairs as he rose an eyebrow, pointing up the staircase.
"What was that?" Mario asked.
"Probably a box that I haven't finished unpacking. It's nothing." I said as I poured my omelet mix into the skillet.
Mario nodded as they walked out of the door and I waited until I heard Dylan's car back out of the drive, before I let out a sigh of relief. Turning back to my feast, I began preparing the rest of the food. A loud clamor came from the stairs and I lightly tapped my knee against my throwing knife under the island. Thundering footsteps were heard as the dwarves raced to enter the kitchen, each fighting for a spot at the table. My eye twitched as they started grabbing forks and knives, pushing and tugging at each other as the elves and Thorin stared at them.
"SIT!" I yelled as they all sat at the table.
The dwarves looked at me in shock as I took a deep breathe to calm my anger as I open the waffle iron and flip out my strawberry waffles, placing them on the plate next to the waffle iron. Flipping out the last omelet, I felt heavy breathing over my shoulder, and I threw my elbow into the person's stomach. They fell to the ground and I turned around to see it was Bofur. I smiled apologetically as him as I helped him to his feet and I picked up the plate with the waffles and the one with the pancakes.
"Bofur. Grab the other two serving plates and bring them to the table. Also, don't you dare try to eat anything from those plates or you can go without breakfast." I ordered.
He nodded as he followed behind me, setting the plates on the table. The dwarves and elves looked at the meal in shock as I saw Bombur wipe drool from his mouth. Because Mitchell had so many friends that played sports with him, I always made a lot for meals because I was used to having a huge gathering around for meal times that always tried to eat me out of house and home each time. The pancakes and waffles were next to each other in a large towers as they sat behind the pan sausage and bacon. There were omelets, toast, French toast and hash browns. This was a meal fit for kings and I sat down at the head of the table, facing Thorin as I placed my napkin on my lap.
"Alright. Your lessons for surviving in the human world began now. First off, humans don't eat like wild animals or like kings and queens. So, place your napkin on your laps now." I said as they did as instructed.
"Now do we get to eat?" Ori asked as I glared at him.
He shuddered back under my glare as I picked up the plate with the waffles, placing two on my plate before handing it to Bofur.
"Now, we begin to prepare our plates. The maximum you can take is two of each until everyone has been served. Anyone tries to take more than that, will be going without or I'm cutting off a hand." I said.
The dwarves looked at me with fear in their eyes as they began to pass the plates around and place food on their plates. I looked at the dwarves and I rose an eyebrow, as I noticed their height change from last night. Quickly taking a bite of my omelet, I nodded at them all as the elves began to eat.
"Umm, Miss? How are we supposed to eat?" Ori asked again as the dwarves nodded.
I looked at them and rose an eyebrow, before I picked up my orange juice. Taking a sip, I looked at the dwarves and let out a soft sigh.
"You must eat like a human. We don't scarf our food, nor do we act like royal dicks." I said directing the last comment at Legolas.
The dwarves nodded as they began to eat and I pulled out Sydnie's enforcer, a metal ruler, as I bounced it on the table. I stood up and walked towards the stairs, ready to go change clothes for my job.
Kili's POV
Trisha walked upstairs and we all looked at each other as we eat. Bilbo the only one who was enjoying this type of eating.
"She's certainly something else." Dwalin said.
"A tad bossy." Bofur said.
Thorin looked at us as he sipped his drink, before placing it on the table again. His eyes moved over us all before he cleared his throat. We all looked at him and waited for him to say something about our hostess and her attitude.
"This is her domain. We must abide by her rules if we are to survive in this world. Also remember, we are only here to help her. We must get back to our world as soon as we can. So if listening to her helps our mission go faster, we will." Uncle said as we all nodded.
"I don't find it fair. We are to become a part of her life and be close to her. Not hurt her even more than she already has been. I feel like your plan Master Dwarf, will cause more harm than good to this child. In order for her to accept us a friends, we have to be ourselves and not follow her like slaves." The female Elf said as she picked up her fork.
We all looked down in shame as we all felt bad about thinking about lying to the girl. I let out a soft sigh as I picked at my food, confused as to what it was even though it smelled really good. Footsteps sounded from the stairs and Trisha jumped down into our line of sight. She was dressed in a white short sleeved shirt with a black corset top that cut off under her chest, and black breeches. Strange flat black shoes covered her feet as she walked over to the table and looked at us. She sighed as she pulled out a flat box and handed it to Legolas. He took the box and looked at it as she pulled out another one.
"Listen up. This is a cell phone, a way for you guys to communicate with me while I'm at work today. My number is already programmed into it and it's also the only number there. If someone comes to the door, contact me. Do not answer the door and if my friends that showed up this morning come back, I want you all to hide and contact me." Trisha said as she began to show Legolas how to use it.
"Now, I have work and I won't be back for some time. I want my house to be in perfect condition and if I come home and this place is a mess. You will find out why the men at my job fear me." Trisha said as a dark glint flashed in her eyes.
Turning on her heel, she grabbed a bag and walked to the door, slamming it behind her. We all winced as the frame shook lightly and Tauriel stood, picking up her plate and glass. She smirked lightly as she placed it in the sink, quickly washing them. Looking back at us, she smiled as she walked towards the stairs.
"I rest my case gentlemen." She said as she walked out of our view.
Thorin growled as he finished his breakfast and placed it in the sink. We all started eating quickly as we finished all the food on the table. Picking up the plates, we walked to the sink and placed them in the water as Bilbo washed them. He then handed Fili a plate and a towel.
"Dry it and place it in that cabinet." Bilbo said as we all begin to help him clean up the kitchen.
The only dishes we didn't know where to put them were what she had cooked the food in, so we left them on the counter. We moved to the living room and sat around on the couches and chairs, and we sat in silence. Thorin had picked up a book and was flipping through it, a concerned look on his face as he did. I looked up and saw a picture of Trisha with a guy who towered over her small frame. He had his arms wrapped around her waist as he laid his chin on her shoulder. They both where smiling at a small dog when the picture was taken. I looked at the clock on the wall and saw three hours had passed as I noticed most of everyone was asleep. Uncle was still flipping through the book as he sighed, sipping out of a teacup.
"Kili, take this to the kitchen for me please." Uncle said as he held up the cup.
I nodded as I grabbed the cup and cracked my back, before moving to stand up. Standing up, I heard the doorknob jiggle as I looked at the door once I got to the kitchen. Uncle turned and walked to the hallway and backed up, looking at us. The others had woken up, looks of confusion on their faces as Uncle looked at the door.
"We need to hide. Someone's coming in." Uncle Thorin said as we all moved upstairs.