Crazy companions

Boring five minutes later Gandalf finished his report about the journey and the runes on the map. Meanwhile, I played with the end of my jacket. Kyra still sat between Fili and Kili and rested his hand on her arms. Bilbo stood unsure behind Thorin and shared a gaze with Kyra. Thorin gave Bilbo the contract and whispered something in Gandalfs ear. Kyra stood up and walked over to Bilbo. While the hobbit was reading, she looked over his shoulders.

Bilbo unfold the contract, which reached down to the ground.

„ What the...", I said and supported myself at the table to get a better view.

Bilbo mumbled silently. „ Incineration?" asked he.

Bofur looked up. „ He'll melt the flesh off your bones in the blink of an eye."

Kyra starred at Bofur, like the dwarf has lost his mind. Bilbos gaze seemed ill as he gave Kyra the contract and supported himself at the wall.

„ Are you alright, laddie?" asked Balin worried.

„ Feel a bit faint" said Bilbo.

Bofur didn't realize it and continued to talk. It didn't even help anything that Kyra made weard moves behind Bilbo to stop Bofur from talking.

„ Think furnace with wings. Flash of light, searing pain, than poof. You're nothing more than a pile of ash."

Kyra and I looked at him with a gaze, which should say something like 'Honestly?'

Bilbo seemed to think about that. Gandalf looked worried and so did Kyra.

A second later, I thought Bilbo was allright, he mumbled a short „No" and tilted to the side.

Kyra screamed in surprise, dropped the contract and catched the hobbit.

„ Don't worry", I tried to calm the company. „ He is just unconscious!"

I crawled under the table to get to Kyra and supported her with Bilbo.

After we settled him into the living room, Gandalf came to look after him so we could talk to the dwarves.

„ Want to try it?" asked Fili and offered us his pipe.

„ No thanks", I replied. „ I don't smoke."

Kyra looked hesitantly at the pipe but decided to try it. After the first deep breath, she startet to cough. I punshed her on her back so she could breathe.

„ It doesn't taste that bad" said Kyra with a rough voice. Fili grinned as she took it the second and third time. I went out to enjoy the fresh air. Inside I could hear the loud conversations and occasionally I heard something broke. Poor Bilbo! I took a deep breathe and thought about our mission here. We were landed in middle-earth in Bilbo Baggins home, moreover in our old clothes and without any weapon and had no idea what to do next. Was it our aim to follow them into the battle and save them? I really had no idea but I would do nothing without Kyras agreement. I wrote a note in my mind that I would talk with Kyra tomorrow before the journey. Now she seemed really busy.

After some minutes in silence someone tapped on my shoulder. Instinctively I turned around and punshed the person in the face. Thorins gaze didn't change. He took me by the wrist and dragged me into the house again. He indicated to a closed door within the house.

„ Boy, never again you will give her a pipe. Do you understand? She was falling into the toilet."

He opened the door and really, there sat Kyra on the top of the toilet with an undefinable gaze on her face.

I looked at her. „ Next time you let her be!"

I went to my best friend and helped her out of the toilet. As I let her go, she stumbled and felt into the bathtub. Thorin grumbled in frustration and walked into the room. He took Kyra under her arms, like he did it with me last time, and helped her out of the bathtub.

„ Fili! Kili! Bilbo!", he screamed and I had to hold my ears because of the volume.

Kyra was wet all over and looked a little bit drunken. Moreover she could not stand on her own feet.

„ What's the matter, uncle?" asked Kili and entered the room with his brother and Bilbo. Just as he was in, he started to laugh.

Thorin groaned annoyed. „ I have no time for such a stupid task." He put Kyra in Kilis arms. „ Put her infront of the fire and gave her changing clothes. I don't need sick companions."

I looked surprised. „ So we can come with you?"

Thorin nodded and left the room.

„ I get a blanket" said Fili and ran out of the room. He didn't need to much time and as he arrived he wrapped Kyra into the blanket.

„ Firstly we get get her to the fire" suggested Fili.

„ I'll do this" answered Kili. „ Can you find some changing clothes from me for the night?"

Fili nodded and left us again. Kili layed Kyras arms around his neck and lifted her up. He carried her into the living room and Bilbo and I followed quickly. Bilbo took an armchair from the corner of the room and put it before the chimney. Kili used the blanket to rub Kyra mostly dry until Fili arrived with some clothes of his younger brother. Bilbo and I turned around as Fili and Kili helped her changing her clothes. Kyra mumbled some thankful words to us as Bilbo put a blanket around her and sat her in the armchair. Immediately she angled her legs under the blanket and wrapped it tight around her body. Bilbo layed down on his bed and said no more words. I got another armchair and sat down next to Kyra. She had closed her eyes and seemed to be asleep. Fili and Kili left us to join the other dwarves. Quietly I watched the fire and drank the tea I got from Bilbo.

Next door the dwarves started singing and I dozed off.

I woke up with the tweeting of the birds outside. I rubbed my face and yawned. As I finished strechting my arms and legs, I opened my eyes and looked around. I was laying headfirst on the armchair with a blanket over my face.

That will be a good morning, I thought and stood up. The small hobbit layed curled in his bed and Kyra was still in her armchair. The dwarves also slept deeply. They were spread on the table, the chairs and even the floor.

I shook my head and went to the bathroom. There stood a bottle with water so I could wash my face and arms. I looked down at my clothes. I was wearing a jeans and a white T-Shirt. Not really the middle-earth dress code. After cleaning everything I was able to, I walked strictly in Bilbos dining room and looked for some bread rolls and sausage. I was even so friendly that I made breakfast for Kyra too. Lovingly I put it on a table, took an ice tube, which I found in Bilbos food chamber, and put it in Kyras neck.

Her reaction was so adorable. The cold ice made her screaming in surprise and in a reflex she took the ice cube and throw it through the room. It landed right in Bilbos face, which he noticed with an unelegant move on the floor.

Kyra turned around and looked at me with angry eyes. „ What was this for?", she asked and jumped on her feet. It ended in a chase through the whole house while Kyra was trying to catch me. Meanwhile we woke up the dwarves. They were not amused with this action in the morning. Kyra and I enjoyed it very well. We were laughing all the time. After some minutes Kyra was tired of running around and stopped in the living room. As she looked down at herself she was scared.

„ Where are my clothes? And who belongs this?", she asked and looked in the round.

„ This were mine" said Kili and came to her. „ We dried your clothes over the night because they were wet."

„ And Thorin doesn't want you to get sick, so we gave you some of Kilis clothes" finished Fili.

Kyra looked at them in shock. Her skin colour turned red. „ Can someone explain to my why I was wet last evening?"

Kili hesitated. „ You smoked Filis pipe last evening and... I could say...you felt into the bathcub and into the toilet."

Kyra looked at him in horror. „ Embarrassing!"

„ Than Fili and I brought you here and changed your clothes with mine..."

„ Ok, that was enough information" stopped Kyra his talk. „ Please forget this evening. Normally, I'm not that crazy!"

„ I think it was quite funny" said Fili.

„ And a little bit sweet" added Kili and smiled.

Kyras gaze turned surprise and she took her clothes out of Kilis arms. „ Would you be so nice and leave me alone while I change my clothes."

„ Sure" answered Fili and we left her alone.

I took my sword and thought about an opportunity to attach it to my body.

„ I have a second belt if you need one" said Ori and gave it to me.

I thanked him and put the belt on my hips. I searched my jacket and went outside. Most of the dwarves were outside and took care of the ponys. There was our first problem: There were only fourteen ponys.

„ What's the matter?" asked Kyra and came out of the house. She was wearing a jeans and a black T-shirt and her black jacket. She also had a belt on her hips with her sword on it.

„ We have a problem", I said. „ We have only fourteen ponys and we are sixteen."

Before she could say anything, Kili went out of the house and stopped behind her. „ If you want to you can ride with me" said he and smirked.

Kyras smile turned wide and she nodded. „ What a friendly man!"

She looked at me in surprise and followed him. I moaned and went to Bilbo. He was my rescue.

„ Bilbo, do you want to ride with me on a pony? We have not enough."

„ Sure" was his answer and we went to our pony. Kyra was already on her pony, behind Kili and put her arms around his waist. Kilis smile couldn't be more intense. I climbed on my pony and Bilbo sat down behind me. Thorin was on the front and we were on the end. I rode behind Kyra and Kili and talked with Gandalf.

We made no break until the evening. But after a long trip through the woods we stopped on the top of a cliff.

Kili jumped off his pony and offered Kyra his hand. Kyra seemed very tired as she bound the pony on a tree next to mine.

„ Fili, Kili, you take the first watch" said Thorin.

The other dwarves layed down on the ground and tried to sleep. Gandalf sat on a tree and smoked his pipe and Thorin sat on a rock and leaned his head on the cold stone. Kyra and I made a fire and sat down next to Fili and Kili.

Bomburs snoring was extremely loud and with every breathe he blew some flies in and out. I put wood on the fire and watched Bilbo, who gave our pony an apple.

Suddenly we could hear a sharply scream. Kyra winced and looked around.

I looked at her. „ Please, tell me that was your stomach."

Bilbo came quickly to us. „ What was that?"

„ Orks" said Kili and looked to him.

„ Orks?"

„ Throat-cutters" replied Fili. „ There'll be dozens of them out there."

„ They strike in the wee small hours when everyone's asleep. Quick and quiet, no screams. Just lots of blood."

Thorin woke up and yelled at his nephews: „ You think that's funny? You think a night raid by Orcs is a joke?"

„ We didn't mean anything by it" mumbled Kili.

Now Balin came to us and told us something about Thorins past. The battle of Moria and the lost of his grandfather Thror. And his meeting with Azog. I listened interested to the story but Kyra now was so tired that she felt asleep on Kilis shoulder. Kili touched her arms and she woke up with a scream.

Thorin stood in front of her with crossed arms. „ I found it really impolite that you felt asleep during my honest report!"

„ She is really tired", I sworn her. He could never known that we allready knew this story from the movie. Most of the dwarves turned to their beds again and slept quickly. Kyra curled up next to the fire and I also layed down on the ground.

I awoke as the bright light of the morning shone in my face. I saw Gandalf still on his tree with his pipe in his mouth. How many could this man smoke without dying? The rest of our company was still asleep.

Where could I get something to eat, I thought and looked through our group. Then I saw the bag next to Thorins feet. I layed down and crawled to the bag. Carefully I reached into the bag as I heard a voice.

„ Marcel, don't do this" whispered Kyra, who was still curled up in her blanket and got stuck between Fili and Kili. Right to her feet was the bag and right to her feet slept Thorin on the rock.

„ But I will die without food", I wined.

„ You're overacting" moaned Kyra. „ I'm hungry too. I would help you but I can't move."

„ Shall I help you?"

She nodded and I tried to move her under the dwarves. As I saw that it didn't work I woke Fili so he could help me a little. We took his brother on his legs and moved him from my friend. Kyra stood up and took a deep breathe.

„ Thank you both!"

Now Kyra wanted to help me with Thorin and the food. We had to get the food away from Thorin. But it were definitely easier if we would try to get Thorin away from the food. So we had to woke him up.

„ No problem. I have an idea" said Kyra and left our company with Fili. Unknowing what I should do I only stood there and waited for the sign from Kyra and Fili. During the time I watched Thorin and his sleeping nephew and asked myself how Kyras plan could look like.