Simone was the first one to wake. She let out a loud breath and rubbed her eyes.

"Crazy ass dream." She mumbled to herself and sat up. She opened her eyes and blinked a couple of times before her face fell. "Guess it's not a dream after all."

Simone, Jessica and Febe had fallen asleep on the living room floor in front of the fire while the dwarves had been singing a song about their homeland.

Simone stood up and stretched before walking into the kitchen. It was there was no sound except for her footsteps, the snores of the dwarves and her growling stomach. Simone walked to the pantry in hope for food and by her surprise the pantry was filled with food again. She grabbed an apple for a shelf but didn't notice that she took the bottom one and all the apples fell to the ground.

Simone closed her eyes hoping she didn't wake anyone. When she didn't hear anything she let out a long sigh.

"Wow… This day couldn't start any better." She mumbled to herself picking up the apples and placing them back on the shelf.

"Think fast!"

Simone turned around and grabbed an apple an inch from her face. Fili was standing in front of her with a smirk on his face.

"Jesus Christ!" She said and placed a hand on her heart. "Don't do that."

"You got excellent reflexes." He said smiling. "Might come in handy."

"Thanks." Simone snorted. "Though I don't see the use of it."

"You really don't want to go on this quest do you?"

"Not really, no." She answered honestly. "But someone has to watch after them. Febe will have Thorin's head if he isn't careful and I think Jess will go wander off looking for unicorns or wolves!"

Fili chuckled when he saw how dramatic Simone was becoming.

XxX

It wasn't long after Simone and Fili's chat that the others started to wake. Everybody, except for Jessica, who never awoke before twelve, unless you would wake her yourself.

Simone ate her breakfast with a smile while Feb only had a biscuits, she never at much in the morning. Febe stood up from the table and went to wake Jessica. She walked into the living room and kneeled next to her sleeping friend.

"Jess, wake up." Febe said shaking her. Nothing. "Jess, get up!" Again nothing.

Febe signed and walked into the kitchen, grabbed a glass of water, walked back and splashed the water in Jessica's face. Jessica coughed and rubbed the water out of her eyes before jumping up.

"FEBE!" She growled and grabbed her bow that had been laying next to her and swung in at Febe's head.

Febe ducked before running away.

"Get back here!" Jessica shouted, getting everyone's attention and running after her friend. Febe screamed and ran through the many halls of Bag End with Jessica on her tail. Simone still sat at the kitchen table with laughing dwarves and buried her face in her hands.

Febe looked back and crashed into someone before Jessica crashed into her and they both fell to the ground. Febe looked up and saw that they had crashed into Thorin.

His eyes were as dark as night and she could feel his anger coming from him.

"All hail the demon-"

Febe placed a hand over Jess's mouth. "Shut. Up!" She hissed.

Jessica licked the inside of Febe's hand.

"Ergh!" Febe said and wiped her hand on her dress and stood up. "What are you looking at?!" She asked Thorin.

"Pack your things." He said staring down at her. "We leave in fifteen minutes."

"Does it look like we brought anything?"

Thorin ignored her and walked away.

"Well isn't he a cloud full of sunshine." Jessica said as she was helped up.

"How I wish I could kick his ass." Febe growled. "I am going to shoot him one day."

XxX

"Which is ones are our ponies?" Feb asked Thorin. She only counted fourteen ponies and a horse, which was Gandalf's.

"You will ride together with someone else."

Febe rolled her eyes and walked up to Bofur. "I don't think that you might let me ride with you then?" She asked.

"Hop on, lass." Bofur smiled and held out his hand. Febe gladly took it and he pulled her up.

"Oh hell no!" Simone said. "I am not climbing on any pony."

"Oh come on, Simone." Fili laughed. "You'll love it and you can ride with me if you want to."

"Thanks but no thanks. I can walk."

"Oh no you don't." Fili said and grabbed her by the waist, lifting her up onto his pony before he jumped on himself.

"Screw you!"

"Any time." He joked but was quickly shut up when Simone pulled his hair.

"Aw… Aren't they a cute couple." Kili joked as he looked at the two. "When's the wedding again?"

"Ha ha, very funny." Simone said and Fili rolled his eyes. "Where is Jess?"

"I'm coming! I'm coming!" Jessica shouted from inside the house. She walked out still fixing her hair.

"Oh my God! They are so fluffy!" Jess ran up to the ponies and started hugging them and jumping around. "They are so cute I could just eat them! Can I name him?" She asked Kili as she stood by his pony. "I shall call him Squishy and he shall be mine!"

"Want to ride with me then?" Kili asked. "I'm sure- um… Squishy can carry us both."

"Can I?" Jessica asked. "You really want to ride with me?"

"Why not?" Kili asked with a smile on his face and lifted Jessica up and swung himself up.

"Show off." Fili mumbled causing Simone to giggle and the company was on their way.

XxX

"Are we there yet?" Jessica asked for the thousandth time.

"We have only been on the pony for fifteen minutes." Kili laughed. "We at least have a couple of months to go."

Jessica leaned her head against his back and sighed.

"Wait…. WAIT!" The company stopped at Bilbo's shouting voice. "I signed it!" He said when he reached them. He was holding up he contracted and he handed it to Balin.

"Everything seems to be in order." Balin said when he saw Bilbo's signature. "Welcome Master Baggins, to the company of Thorin Oakenshield."

There were soft cheers from the others and the girls couldn't help but smile.

"Give him a pony." Thorin ordered.

"No, no no. That won't be necessary." Bilbo said quickly as the others started to trot off again. "I-I'm sure I can keep up on foot. I have done my fair share of walking holidays, you know." A weird sound left his throat as Fili and Kili lifted the poor hobbit on one of the free ponies that the girls weren't aloud to ride.

Jessica face-palmed herself as she saw how Bilbo was siting on his ponies and Febe basically fell from her pony when she saw Bilbo's facial expression as the horse neighed.

Simone just giggled and held onto Fili's side as he decided to go a little quicker.

"Come on, Nori!" Oin shouted. "Pay up!"

Grumbling Nori grabbed a pouch of coins and threw it over his shoulder. "I'm going to steal his horn for this." he mumbled.

"Maybe you just shouldn't have made a bet." Febe said with a smirk. "You should have known-"

Bilbo sneezed and started to shout. "STOP, stop! We have to turn around!"

Everybody stopped and looked at the hobbit.

"What on earth is the matter?" Gandalf asked.

"I forgot my handkerchief!"

"Here!" Bofur said and ripped a piece for the inside of his jacket and threw it to him. "Use this!"

Bilbo caught the piece of fabric and looked rather disgusted.

"Move on!" Thorin shouted and everybody left again.

XxX

"Are. We there. YET?!"

"Jessica!" Febe shouted further down the line of ponies. "Shut up!"

"Nobody knows the trouble I have seen…" Jessica sung. "Nobody knows my sorrow."

"Please be quiet." Simone prayed. "Please be quiet."

"It's a small world after all-"

"Jessica!"

"Febe!" Jessica shouted.

"What?!"

"I've got a lovely bunch of coconuts, ti ti li ti! There they are standing in a row!"

Febe started to sing with. "Big ones, small ones some as BIG AS YOUR HEAD!"

"Jessica! Febe!" Thorin shouted from the front. "Be quiet or I will have your mouths bound shut!"

"Joy-killer!" Jessica mumbled and leaned her head against Kili's back.

"Don't worry." Kili said. "He just needs to get used to you."

"I don't see that happening anytime soon, do you?"

Kili chuckled and fixed his eyes on the road again until he felt someone pull his hair. Jessica was braiding his hair into thousands of small braids.

"I'm bored!" Jessica growled when she was done braiding. "How much longer until we stop?"

"Won't be soon now." Fili chuckled as he saw his brother's hair and shocked look. "Maybe another hour or two before we set up first camp."

Jessica sighed but giggled when she saw that Simone's arms were around Fili's waist and had fallen asleep.

"I know a song that gets on your nerves,

gets on your nerves, gets on your nerves.

I know a song that gets on your nerves

and this is how it goes.

I know a song that will get on your nerves,

get on your nerves, get on your nerves.

I know a song that will get on your nerves,

and this is how it goes.

I know a song that's very annoying,

Very annoying, very annoying.

I know a song that's very annoying,

and this is how it goes…"

"Somebody get the lass to stop singing!" Bofur whined. "How are you girls related again?"

"We met in school." Febe giggled as Bofur tied the earflaps of his hat over his ears. "We are not… a hundred percent."

"What?"

"We aren't normal, a bit crazy and don't think in one line."

"I already guessed that when you spoke to Thorin." Bofur teased. "You got some nerves, lass."

"He was the one who started it!" Febe growled softly. "He should think twice about how he talks to me."

XxX

"Hallelujah!" Jessica shouted when Thorin ordered to set up camp. "Thank goodness! I can't feel my ass anymore!"

"I can't feel my body!" Simone complained and cracked her back. "What happened to cars or busses or-"

"Airplanes?" Jessica filled in.

"I am never EVER going on vacation with you guys EVER again!" Simone said as Fili help her from his pony. "Next time we are just gonna go to the Efteling!"

"… Get a fire going." Thorin came walking closer to Jessica and Simone with Febe stomping behind him. "You go get some water." He pushed everybody's water skins in their arms.

"All hail the demo-." Simone quickly covered Jessica's mouth before she could say more.

"You what?!" Thorin growled but Febe pushed him away before he could out to her friend.

"She didn't mean it Thorin." She tried to say as nice as she could. "She's just grumpy from sitting on a pony for an entire day. We'll be right back."

She pushed her friends forward and to a stream they past not long ago.

"I can't believe that you want to follow his orders." Jessica said. "He is pure evil! Can't you see it in his eyes?"

"He is not evil he has probably just been through a lot. Bofur told me to be careful and he said that if we wanted to earn a spot in the company we should better do as he says."

"Since when do you listen to people's advice?" Simone asked.

"Never." Febe answered. "I don't like Thorin, I wish I could rip of his head and I don't know why but maybe we should just listen to him."

"You talked to him, didn't you?"

"Just shortly but let's not talk about him and fill these thingies and get back before it turns dark. But how was your trip? I saw you two riding with Fili and Kili." Febe raised an eyebrow and gave them a knowing smile.

"No!" Simone said maybe a little to extreme. "Don't you even dare think it."

"To late."

"Goddamn it!"

"Now I am never going to hear the end of it." Jessica laughed. "You looked cute together."

"Don't start Jess." Simone teased. "I wasn't the one braiding the guys hair."

"No." Jessica admitted. "But I wasn't the one sleeping against the guys back."

"I did not!"

"Yes you did."

"Didn't!"

"Did!"

Febe rolled her eyes and pushed them both in the water. "This almost feels like vacation again." She laughed and pulled of her boots, legging and weapons. "Now let's get these filled and head back.

She stepped in the water but it didn't take long for her friends to force her down the water. They truly laughed for the first time in Middle Earth and played in the water, splashing in each others faces, throw the water skins as if it was a ball and forgot the company of dwarves for a while.

Suddenly arrows flew past their head and they jumped up with a fright. A couple of men grabbed them from behind and they screamed before a hand was place over their mouths.

"Be quiet!" A voice hissed. "Or this will be over sooner then I want it to be."