The Hobbit: Unexpected Allies

Chapter 2 of my Hobbit story, enjoy.

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Disclaimer: The Hobbit belongs to JRR Tolkien.

Chapter 2

Elsewhere in Lake-Town, in one of the few houses, along with the Master's and two other houses, that wasn't run-down or in disrepair, a family of four was seated around their dinner table. They were more comfortably well-off than many of the Lake-Town residents; they were part of the 'nobles' of Lake-Town. Second only to the Master in importance and wealth, this put them above most of the citizens, at least in their minds, most of them at any rate.

The oldest of them was the only male, a man of forty named Joseph; he was five foot nine, with medium length dark brown hair, blue eyes, fair skin and a muscular build. The other three were his wife and daughters, his wife was thirty-eight year old Samantha, she was five foot five and a half, only half an inch taller than both her daughters. She had long straight blonde hair, brown eyes; fair skin and a slim build.

The girls were also slim and fair skinned; the younger one was paler than the rest of her family. The eldest daughter was twenty with long wavy dark blonde hair and brown eyes, her name was Andreia, the younger girl was sixteen, named Kaitlin and she too had long blonde hair, hers was pale blonde and slightly curled and she too had brown eyes.

They were currently eating, the table full of plenty of food. One member of the family however, Kaitlin, the youngest, was not eating. She was looking around the table with thinly veiled distaste.

'This isn't right, it's not fair.' She thought angrily. 'How can it be right, that we have so much, when so many don't have much of anything?'

She shook her head; it just struck her as unfair that they had so much food, wealth, were so comfortable, yet there were people out in the town who were starving. Families struggling to keep their children alive due to lack of food or medicine. Yet her family, as well as the Master and other noble families, didn't lift a finger to help them. Her father looked up and saw her expression and sighed.

"Kaitlin, you should eat before your food gets cold." He told her; shaking his head.

She started and bit her lip. "Father…"

Her mother looked up; raising an eyebrow. "Are you alright, you've scarcely touched your food?"

She sighed and tried, once more, to make her family see reason.

"How is this fair, we have so much, when others have practically nothing?" She said at last.

Joseph and Samantha both sighed, sharing a glance, Andreia rolled her eyes.

"Oh, this again." She remarked; scoffing.

Kaitlin rounded on her sister. "How can you not see it?"

Samantha shook her head. "Kaitlin…"

"How can you all sit here, eating all this…?" She snapped angrily. "When there are people in the town, who have nothing?!"

The family all shared a look; they had to deal with this before, Kaitlin and her unnecessary concerns about those lesser than them. Kaitlin could see already that she had failed to get through and could only wait for the first of their reproaches.

Andreia shook her head and scowled. "What nonsense."

"Andreia!"

"Why should we care about those scrounging fools, they should be happy with what they have, instead of trying to steal it all from us." She remarked savagely. "Stealing from us, the ones who deserve it."

Kaitlin leapt to her feet, glaring furiously. "How dare you?!"

Joseph shook his head; glaring. "That's enough, this nonsense stops now Kaitlin, sit down!"

She snarled at that and shook her head.

"No, I won't eat with hypocritical monsters like you." She shot back.

With that she turned and ignoring her family's shouts as she stormed out of the house.

Kaitlin shook her head angrily as she stalked through Lake-Town. She looked around at the unfortunate people, the very ones she had been talking to her family about.

'Look at them all; stuck in such unfortunate circumstances, it's not right.' She thought to herself.

However, just then, she stopped as she heard someone calling to her.

"Kat?"

She smiled, feeling her anger fade. Only one person called her that and he always cheered her up.

She grinned as she saw him. "Bain."

Bain smiled at her as he stopped in front of her. She could feel her face heating up, being so close to him. Despite being of completely different social classes, Bain and Kaitlin were in fact courting, privately. They were in love and they stepped closer, before softly kissing. Bain noticed however, the look on her face.

"What's happened?" He asked worriedly.

Kaitlin sighed sadly. "Urgh, my family…"

He sighed, realizing right away what had happened and hugged her.

"Oh Kat, I'll be alright." He told her. "I know things aren't fair here, but there are people like you; that gives us hope."

She smiled at that and thanked him. They soon got to talking, Kaitlin was worried about the thought of returning home; she mentioned this to Bain.

"I just, the thought of being stuck with them all night, I can't stand it."

Bain smiled and then replied. "Maybe you could to my house; I'm sure my family won't mind.

She smiled and happily agreed.

"Alright, I'll see you then." She said softly. "Do you, do you need any help, looking for your father?"

Bain had told her about that; he shook his head. "No, I'll manage."

She nodded and they kissed again before parting ways. Kaitlin let out a soft sigh, before smiling and continuing on her way. She was still lost in though and trying to think of some way to stay out of her family's way until that time.

Meanwhile, Bain was continuing his search, when at that moment he spotted his father. He hurried over to him.

"Da, there you are, we…" He began, but then stopped. "What's wrong?"

He noticed his father looked rather serious. "Bain, I was delayed, something…something's happened, I'm going to need your help."

Bain bit his lip, but nodded; suddenly curious and worried. His father led the way and Bain followed, wondering just what had happened.

End of chapter, hope you enjoyed it, read and review please.

Well, that's the other OCs introduced now, again, like Philip, their appearance is based on actual actors/actresses, here they are:

Joseph: Jonathan Rhys-Meyers

Samantha: Jennifer Morrison

Andreia: Tamzin Merchant

Kaitlin: Abby Ross