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To gracelpv: Thank you so much! I am super excited for it as well! I wont say exactly if I will let them live or not, but I will say that I love them with all my heart and have never been a huge fan of how The Hobbit ended. I for one, always right happy endings. ;) Hopefully that will give you enough information to guess what I will do with them.
Disclaimer: I do not own The Hobbit in anyway shape or form. The credit for that goes entirely to the wonderful minds of J.R.R. Tolkien, and Peter Jackson. What would we do without them?
The dwarves were up and about once again after the food on the table had disappeared. A few stumbling around after having downed several pints of Ale and Gwen found herself being some what accepted by these men.
Even though there were a few that were not as fond of her appearance at their gathering, namely Dori, Dwalin, and the oldest of the group, Balin. Although Bofur, Fili and Kili had informed her that it was just because they were older and thought that women should not have anything to do with what they were planning.
They never exactly told Gwen what they were planning, but seemed to think that was enough information to make her not feel as bad. Gwen knew better of course and had a feeling that it was not the fact she was there, but the fact that their leader would not approve of her company.
"Don't worry Lass." Bofur said, taking a gulp of the ale he had in hand, "You'll grow on them eventually." Gwen just smiled, and hoped that she would actually be able to go on this quest with them so she would get to grow on them.
Gwen knew that it was a long shot, hoping that they would allow her to join them. Not only was she a stranger, but a human woman nonetheless, and that fact was enough to make them laugh at the idea of her joining them.
She just guessed that she would need to be very convincing.
"Excuse me, that is a doily, not a dishcloth!" Bilbo said, and she saw him yank a white doily from the hands of Nori who was using it to wipe his grimy face.
"But its full of holes!" Bofur said, he having seen the exchange as well.
"It's supposed to look like that, it's crochet."
"Oh, and a wonderful game it is too," Bofur laughed, "If you got the balls for it."
Gwen snorted into her cup of water at his response. She decided that two pints of ale had been enough, and had asked Bilbo for a glass of water, so that she was sure not to get to drunk. She saw Bilbo mumbling to himself and decided to follow him into the hallway where Gandalf was standing.
Gandalf must have noticed Bilbo's mumbling as well.
"My dear Bilbo, what on earth is the matter?"
"What's the matter?" He scoffed and looked around the room as if it were the most obvious thing in the world, "I'm surrounded by dwarves. What are they doing here?"
"Oh, they're quite a merry gathering, once you get used to them." Gandalf said, and Bilbo sighed. Gwen couldn't help but feel a little pang of sympathy for the Hobbit as he looked into his pantry and it seemed as if he were about to explode.
He didn't say anything at first as he saw Gwen staring at him and she gave him a soft smile in hopes of calming him down.
"Hello Gwen." He said quietly. Despite the fact that she was one of the ones that had come to his home uninvited, he seemed not to mind her as much as the others. He turned quickly back to Gandalf. "I don't want to get used to them. The state of my kitchen! There's mud trod in the carpet, they've pillaged the pantry. I'm not even going to tell you what they've done to in the bathroom; they've all but destroyed the plumbing. I don't understand what they're doing in my house!"
Gwen heard a soft voice behind her and turned to see Ori looking at her with a shy smile, and a plate in his hand.
"Pardon me Miss Gwen." He said softly, and she noticed that she was blocking the way into the hall,
"Oops. Sorry Ori." She moved aside and let him pass. "And just Gwen." Ori smiled and nodded, then turned to Bilbo who didn't notice his arrival, and was still fuming.
"Excuse me." Bilbo turned his head quickly to see Ori standing next to him with plate in hand. "I'm sorry to interrupt, but what should I do with my plate?" Bilbo seemed taken aback by the young dwarf's manners and didn't respond. Gwen laughed at the hobbits surprise and felt Fili brush past her and walk up to Ori.
"Here you go, Ori, give it to me." Fili said, and took the plate out of Ori's hand. He surprised everyone by flinging the plate across the room and Gwen laughed at Kili caught it with no trouble and threw it to someone else.
All at once, utensils and plates were being thrown in all directions.
"Oh." Gandalf said as he ducked to avoid being hit. Gwen settled on sitting on the ground to avoid the flying knives and laughed as Fili was bounding a bowl on his elbows.
"Excuse me, that's my mothers West Farthing crockery, its over a hundred years old!" Bilbo cried, trying t catch things that were flying between dwarves.
Gwen heard pounding from the kitchen and heard the clink of metal hitting against other metal and could make out a rhythm beginning. She stood and started to watch towards where a few dwarves were sitting and making a beat with their pounding, and utensils.
"And can-can you not do that?" Bilbo cried at them, "You'll blunt them." Bofur looked up to where Gwen was approaching the table, smiling with a light heart.
"Ooh, d'hear that, lass?" He said and pounded on the table with his hands, sending a wink in her direction. "He says we'll blunt the knives."
Gwen had always loved this part. It was so light and full of fun, and she never knew how much she loved it until she was standing right in the middle of it. Witnessing it for herself.
"Blunt the knives bend the forks." Kili began, and Fili took over.
"Smash the bottles and burn the corks," He sang, and all the dwarves seemed to catch on.
"Chip the glasses and crack the plates that's what Bilbo Baggins hates!"
Gwen was clapping along to the tunes laughing with a joy she hadn't felt in years, when a rough hand took hers and she gasped as Fili pulled her to him. She felt herself twisting around and threw her head back in a laugh as Fili spun her around in circles. She left his arms let go only to be caught by Kili who continued dancing with her holding one of his hands and her other hand on his shoulder.
"Cut the cloth and tread on the fat. Leave the bones on the bedroom mat. Pour the milk on the pantry floor. Splash the wine of every door. Dump the crocks in a boiling pole. When you've finished, if any are whole, send them down the hall to roll…" The dwarves took their time with this last note, and Gwen found herself getting dizzy from being thrown from dwarf to dwarf. She finally ended up with Bofur who dipped her low.
Even upside down she could see the face looking at her through the window from the outside. She wasn't down long enough to make out the features of the face, but could tell the dark hair with silver streaks before she was lifted back up to Bofur.
"That's what Bilbo Baggins hates!" The dwarves finished with a yell, and Bilbo gave a loud huff as everyone laughed. Gwen found herself facing back to the window but did not see the face that had just been there, thinking maybe it had been her imagination.
She clapped in pleasure as she shared a glance with Gandalf who tilted his head with a chuckle to her and let out a ring of smoke from his pipe.
The joy lasted for a few more seconds as everyone looked at the dishware stacked nicely on the table.
The laughter ended abruptly when the knocks rung through the home.
Three loud and firm knocks on the front door.
Everyone looked around at each other, now completely serious, and Gwen found herself yearning for the lost laughter, a bit irritated with the knocks for ruining the joy.
"He is here." Gandalf said, and Gwen felt her eyes widen.
He was there, and he wouldn't be pleased with her.
I think its pretty obvious who that is. ;)
Happy New years! 2015 is here and a new year has come!
Anyone have any new years resolutions?
Mine is probably to continue writing this on a normal schedule, even when school starts back up, but don't worry! I'm sure I will keep up just fine!
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-Natalia
