I watched as the rain trickled down the glass in the Prancing Pony. My feet were kicked up on the table as I examined the rowdy people from my secluded corner. What had caught my eye was a dwarf who was sitting right in front of the fireplace with his sword and meal. It is rather unusual to see these type of Folk in this area, I thought to myself. I got up and took a seat next to the dwarf just as two men were about to come over, and probably not be very polite. Once they saw me they sat back down. They knew of my power, and knew not to mess with me.

"Hello," I said taking a seat across the small table from him.

He looked up from his food and gave me a small smile, but it never reached his eyes, which were drowned in emptiness. Possibly from a severe loss, "What is it that you want, lass? Have you come to stir up trouble too?"

I shook my head, causing my blue cloak to fall off of my head, to reveal my brown curls. "No. I am not one to cause trouble. I simply, noticed that a few men were coming to, so I sat here before they could."

"And to what can a mere woman do to a couple of burly men?" Someone asked pulling up a chair next to me. I looked over to see my fellow wizard, Gandalf the Grey.

"You, out of all of the people in this room should know of my power, Gandalf," I inquired. "I am one of the Blue wizards, of course."

"But you aren't old, nor a man, and you are rather short," said the dwarf, causing me to chuckle, he was right I was only five feet tall with my heeled boots on.

"I am the only Female wizard who lives on Middle Earth now, besides my mothers, but I've never heard from her. I am also the youngest Wizard. I am only 63 years old, while the others are thousands of years old. So, if you don't mind me asking, what brings you to these lands? Your folk live halfway across Middle Earth."

The dwarf starred at me with those sad, empty eyes. "I have heard rumors that my father has been spotted here. He has been missing for quite some time."

"Of course Thorin," Gandalf said and my eyes grew wide. This was the dwarf who was the next in line for the throne of Durin. "But you must know that this endless searching needs to end. It has been far too long. It is time to take back Erebor."

Thorin scoffed, "And how do you suggest I do that? There is no entrance into the Lonely Mountain and even if there was, Smaug is still inside. It will be impossible. One simply does not walk into Erebor now."

"Not if you have a wizard working beside you," Gandalf reminded. "You have my staff."

"And since I don't have a staff," I joked, "You have my service."

The Dwarf Prince smiled, "That's a start, now all we need is a company. You..."

"Banon,"(BAH-nin) I supported.

"Banon. You will need to get my nephews from the Blue Mountains. Gandalf, you will need to find us a Burglar. I will find the rest of the party and sending them here. You will bring them to the Burglar's house and then we'll start our journey."

Gandalf and I nodded. We got up and left, leaving Thorin to finish his meal.

"This is going to be my first adventure," I admitted to him, mounting my grey, speckled pony named Misty.

"You'll do fine," he said walking beside me as my pony trotted. "Without a first, there will never be anything."

I smiled, "Gandalf, would you mind not letting any of the others know that I'm a wizard?"

"Why is that Banon?"

"It's just that I don't want to be compared to you, for you have been alive longer than I."

"As you wish," he said, with his wise, grey eyes. "But you will need to tell them sometime."

Then we parted our separate ways. Him going to the Shire, and I heading to the Blue mountains. I got bored with the quiet traveling and whispered, "Siirrä paikkoja Sininen Vuoret ," afraid to say it any louder. There was that sudden sensation of free falling, and then I fell onto the ground with a loud thump in the outskirts of a forest. Misty was about to fall too, until I had her hover slowly to the ground. I guided her out of the woods and through the rocky terrain.

There was a dwarf with a small pony heading in the opposite direction.

"Excuse me," I said as we crossed paths. "Do you happen to know where either Fili or Kili Oakenshield are?"

The dwarf smiled at me warmly, "They are in the city, helping a blacksmith, they should still be there. I'd hurry though, they leave to
their homes once the sun sets."

"Thank you," I said and hurried off to the city of the Blue Mountain. The city was actually quite big, and was hard to find everything, but soon enough I found the Blacksmith's shop. I tied Misty to the fence and walked into the shop.

The shop was dark and the only source of light was the hearth of the fire. Two dwarves were standing in the room, sweat dripping off of their backs. The first one was standing by the fire with a partially made sword. His dark hair hung over his eyes. The second one had lighter hair, he was beating a heated sword with a mallet, causing red sparks to fly everywhere.

"Excuse me," both of them looked up at me. "Are you two by any chance Kili and Fili?" They both nodded and set down their work.

"And why are we so privileged to be of the presence of such a beautiful woman?" The dark haired dwarf said kissing my hand.

I smiled at his charm. "Your uncle actually sent me. He is starting a journey to retrieve Erebor back from Smaug." Their jaws dropped. "Now come on, we must hurry if we are to meet everyone else on time."

"But first, we need to get supplies from our home," The blond one stated.

"Of course," I replied. I waited for them to put away their supplies and we were off. I mounted my horse and the brothers got on their ponies.

"Why is it that our uncle sent you, a human to help us?" The dark haired one asked, he seemed younger out of the two, his beard only starting to grow.

"Don't mind my brother," Blondie said. "He's a little blunt about some things."

I shrugged it off. "That's all right, I actually am used to that. I don't get a lot of respect where I grew up."

"And where is that?" Blondie asked as we climbed up a steep hill.

"Lake town," I said with a sigh. "Quite close, actually, to where Erebor is. It used to be a great city, very plentiful with our trade with the Dwarves. Now it's a city of turmoil, our ruler has become a dictator. So I left."

"What of your family?" The other one asked.

"My mother abandoned me when I was a child to leave middle Earth. My father had died when I was still in the womb, so I was raised by a man named Bard. He actually helped me escape, but I still miss him," I replied, the lie slipping off of my tongue with ease.

We stopped at a small house and mounted off of our horses. They led me inside the house.

"Fili, Kili? Is that you?" The voice of an older woman asked. The boys rushed into a side room and hugged a woman, who I assumed was their mother. I walked into the room and the older woman smiled at me. She had similar features like Thorin, dark hair, and blue eyes. "Hello dearie, are you one of Kili's lady friends?"

I shook my head, "No ma'am, I was actually sent by your brother to ask your sons for help. He's going to get back Erebor."

She took it surprisingly well. "I will let both of them go on one condition."

"And what may that be?"

The mother looked at the boys and they nodded and left the room. "I know who you are, Banon the Blue Wizard. I was friends with your mother before Smaug. My only wish is that you keep both of my boys safe."

I looked up at the protective mother, "I will try my best to protect them, but I can not guarantee their complete safety."

"That is all I need to hear. Your honesty is very assuring Banon Silvermist." She called the boys in. After they came in with their bags packed, she hugged them tightly. She kissed Blondie on the cheek, "Protect your younger brother, Fili." She turned and grabbed Kili in a warm embrace, then handed him a small stone and whispered something in his ear. he nodded and kissed her cheek.

Then we left. "Are you able to make it to the Shire in a day or two?" Gandalf asked telepathically.

"Possibly, if we hurry. We are leaving just now. We'll head straight there."

"Good." We rode for a couple hours through the forest. The only thing that was to be heard were the stamping of the hooves and the moaning of the trees. I looked my left and my right, both Kili and Fili had fallen asleep. I smiled at their sleeping figures and a placed my two blankets I had in my pack, and placed it around both of their backs.

I thought of teleporting, but then quickly dismissed that fact recalling what had happened when it was just me and my horse. I took a deep sigh as my eyelids grew heavy.

"Take us to the Shire, Misty," were my last words before I was fully taken over by sleep.