The Thing with Dragons

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Bilbo smiled as he surveyed the regal looking dwarf in his doorway. The dwarf gave him a dry look before nodding to Dwalin. Gandalf gave a cough.

"Bilbo Baggins, I would like to present to you, the leader of this company, Thorin Oakenshield."

Bilbo waved at him and frowned when he was ignored.

"I thought you said this place was easy to find, Gandalf. I got lost twice and wouldn't have been able to find it without that rune drawn into the door," Thorin grunted.

Bilbo glared at Gandalf, "You craved a rune into my door?" Gandalf just shrugged and muttered about dwarves and their sense of direction. Bilbo just sighed and ignored the old wizard, "It's a pleasure to meet you, Master Oakenshield. Dinner is-"

"Where? I'm starving." Thorin gave a sniff as he threw his cloak at Bilbo. Bilbo caught it and gave Thorin a dark look. Thorin smirked at Dwalin, "Looks more like a grocer than a burglar."

Thorin was the only one that chuckled. He stopped after a, moment of silence from the others and saw them looking uncomfortable. He turned to the hobbit and felt a thrill of fear go down his back. Bilbo gave him and icy look before he threw the cloak that was thrown at him back to the owner and pointed at Thorin's chest.

"I will not tolerate that rudeness in my home, boy. If you continue it then I will kindly show you the door. I will not take that kind of behavior tonight, with all this chaos. Watch your language or get the hell out!"

Thorin looked surprised as the small hobbit managed to push him over quite forcefully. He saw the other dwarves give him looks, none of sympathy. Bifur muttered something in Khuzdul that he caught. Master Baggins had not known they were coming. Thorin shot Gandalf a scalding look before standing straight and looking Bilbo in the eye.

"I have overstepped myself in my stay as your guest. I apologize for that. I had not known you knew nothing of our coming here. I take it you were also not told of what exactly we are doing here?"

Bilbo glared at Gandalf, "I know it's about that bloody adventure that he tried to get me to agree to earlier this week. I told him to come back for dinner. I did not tell him to invite whoever he pleased."

Thorin nodded at this and set his cloak on the coat rack, "Would you like me to tell you what this is about over dinner?"

Bilbo nodded and led everyone to the dining room. As everyone took their seats, he set down a bowl of food next to Thorin. He took a seat next to the dwarf and smiled at Dwalin, who was sitting next to him. He gave a curious look to the map that Thorin produced. He read the top out loud.

"The Lonely Mountain. Isn't that Erebor?"

Thorin nodded and Gandalf dove into an explanation. Bilbo nodded at it.

"So your home was over run. You were driven out of your home by what? Goblins? Orcs?"

Bofur laughed at that, "Nay, laddie! That'll be the biggest calamity to ever walk amongst us. Natural born fire breather. Goes by Smaug the Terrible."

Bilbo started at the name. He gave Gandalf a sharp look who returned it with a nod. He looked back at Bofur as he went on explaining what Smaug was.

"Yes, I know what a dragon is, thank you!"

Balin said something that had all the other dwarves making a fuss. Bilbo watched and listened with a growing worry as Ori told them that he'd love to kill the dragon. Kili asked Gandalf how many dragons he's killed and Gandalf just coughed into his pipe, trying not to answer while giving Bilbo a desperate look. Thorin stopped the arguments that ensued with a shout and told them all that it was time to grab hold of their opportunity and reclaim their home.

"Are you with us, Master Bilbo?" Thorin asked.

Bilbo looked confused, "I am just a hobbit. How can I help?"

Gandalf explained that they would need a burglar to help with this task and that hobbits were very good for that kind of thing. Bilbo wrinkled his nose as Gandalf finished his explanation. Thorin nodded to Balin, who gave Bilbo a contract. Bilbo read over it and rubbed his face.

"I do believe that Gandalf and I need to have a talk before I agree to anything."