Okay, this chapter is pretty much all my imagination. Very little movie scene in it at all. SO please review and tell me how I did! Thanks ^-^
Disclaimer: Yeah, the hobbit isn't mine.
I sat comfortably warm in front of the dancing fireplace in front of me. I was curled up on the chair with my still bare and now rather dirty feet underneath me. The crackling fire lulled me almost to sleep, but then Kili, Fili, and Tille came in and sat down on some seats on the far side of the room behind me. I could hear every word they said though. And since I had nothing else to do, I listened.
"It really has been too long since I last saw you guys." Tille smiled.
"It's only been two months." Kili chuckled.
"Really?" Tille asked in surprise. "It feels like it's been ages."
"Well, when your stuck with Adriana all the time, I can imagine it would feel like ages." Fili laughed.
"What's that supposed to mean?" A deeper feminine voice asked, entering the room.
"It means you're a bug bully who punches people unjustly!" Kili complained, turning to she-dwarf who had just entered.
"Are you still going on about that?" Adriana sighed, plopping down in a seat next to her sister and cousins.
"It hurt!" Kili said indignantly.
"Eh, you had it coming anyway." The she-dwarf shrugged. Fili laughed heartily at that. What a peaceful sound.
"Stop laughing Fili!" Kili complained, "Don't support this violent monster!"
"Who are you calling a monster?" Adriana growled a little.
"You! I'm calling you a monster you grumpy, sour faced, beardless-" Then he got a chair cushion to the face and said nothing more. Fili and Tille roared with laughter as Kili slowly grabbed the cushion off his face and looked at Adriana who sat in her seat, looking away nonchalantly.
"Oh, it's been forever since all four of us sat together like this and just talked." Tille sighed wistfully. The other three murmured in agreement. "Hey! Do you guys remember that time when we went on that journey?" Tille asked excitedly.
"You mean our expedition to the peak of the blue mountains?" Kili asked, clarifying.
"Wasn't much of a journey." Adriana snorted.
"But it was so much fun!" Tille sighed. "We packed ourselves trail rations and everything!"
"I'm pretty sure the four sweet buns we filched from the kitchens didn't really count as trail rations." Fili chuckled, remembering their childhood escapades.
"But it was so much fun!" Tille exclaimed again.
"All I remember about it was you crying like a baby." Adriana groaned slightly.
"That's because we got lost." Tille said defensively.
"We weren't lost. I just took a wrong turn." Fili shrugged.
"Yeah, thanks a lot." Tille rolled her eyes. "But I guess you're forgiven, cause you did give me your sweet bun to get me to stop crying."
"Well, I was the oldest." Fili reasoned. "It made sense."
"All I remember is Adriana complaining about how heavy I was!" Kili announced, glaring at the older dwarf.
"Of course I was going to complain!" Adriana defended herself. "You went ahead and climbed that tree, even though we told you not to. Then you got all clever and slipped off."
"And twisted your knee." Fili added.
"And then I had to carry you back down the mountain, in the dark." Adriana finished, giving Kili a meaningful glare.
"Papa and Aunt Dis were so angry when we got home." Tille laughed at the memory.
"I probably would be too." Fili smiled. "They must have been worried sick about us."
"We were walking around for over half the night." Kili nodded in agreement.
"No we weren't." Adriana shook her head. "I found out when we got back that it had only been three hours since we left. What ever possessed us to hike up there right before sunset is beyond me."
"It would have been a beautiful sight if we had gotten there on time." Fili shrugged. "Watching the sun dip below the edge of the world while we sat upon a mountain top. It just didn't work out cause of that wrong turn."
"We never did make it to the top did we?" Tille asked, trying to remember.
"I don't think we did." Kili shook his head.
"That settles it." Tille declared. "Once we reclaim Erebor, the four of us will climb to the top and watch the sun set over the misty mountains."
"Agreed." Kili nodded. Fili smiled at the two young dwarves before looking into the fire. The flames danced and crackled in the stone hearth. An orange light reflected slightly off of Glenn's light blonde hair as she sat, curled up and snoring in the large armchair next to the fireplace. He slowly rose, grabbing the folded quilt from beside him and laid it over the sleeping girl. His hand lingered by her face for a moment before he briefly tucked a loose strand of her hair behind her ear. Then he quickly pulled his hand away and returned to his seat. Adriana gave him a questioning look. Fili just shrugged.
"It wouldn't be good if she caught a cold." He explained, whispering now.
"Yeah, because she's definitely going to freeze to death sleeping right next to a fire in the middle of a hobbit hole with all the windows shut." Tille rolled her eyes. Fili was about to make a counter argument, but soon, more dwarves started filling into the room. Thorin stood thoughtfully by the fire humming in a low, rumbling voice. Some of the other dwarves began humming also. And, soon, Thorin Oakenshield began singing in a deep melancholy voice. The dwarves joining in one by one.
Far over the Misty Mountains cold,
To dungeons deep, and caverns old,
We must away ere break of day,
To find our long forgotten gold.
The pines were roaring on the heights,
The winds were moaning in the night,
The fire was read it flaming spread,
The trees like torches blazed with light.
The dwarves once again dispersed throughout the house. This time, to gain some rest for the journey ahead. I slowly drifted awake at the sound of the door closing. Fili, Kili were sleeping comfortably on some chairs in the other wise empty room. Tille, I noticed was sleeping, curled up like a cat in the deep windowsill in front of the little round window. How does she find that comfortable? I thought to myself. The rest of the dwarves must have dispersed throughout the rest of the house. The fire smoldered next to me and I suddenly felt very hot. Stupid heat flashes. I pushed off the quilt that covered me. How did that even get there? Not that it really mattered. Feeling uncomfortably hot, I moved quietly over to the little round door. And, watching the sleeping dwarves carefully opened the green circle. Thankfully, it didn't squeak and wake everyone up. I slipped out the door, closing it behind me. The fresh air was amazing. I took a deep breath of the chill night breeze and let it out slowly. Then the hair on the back of my neck prickled and I whirled around to see Adriana sitting on the grassy hill above the door. She gazed down at me blankly, saying nothing. I could see in the white moonlight, streams of drying tears on her cheeks. Why was she out here crying? Well, one thing is for certain, she isn't crying now. Her usual frown is again on her face, and her cool gaze looks directly into mine.
"Sorry." I apologized at last. "I didn't know there was someone out here already."
"Go ahead, I was just about to head in." Adriana shrugged. She then proceeded to get up and drop down onto the front porch next to me. The female dwarf, who, I am embarrassed to say was a good 2 inches taller than me, gave me a slight nod before heading back through the green door and into the little hobbit hole.
I stared at the door she had just left through before turning back to look out over Hobbiton. I hadn't noticed it before, but it really was a beautiful little town. The rolling hills and cute little wooden fences. It was late summer, so a few fireflies still flew about, lighting up the little hills and streams. There's nothing like this back home. I mused to myself as I stared out over the scenery.
"Glenn?" A voice called out from behind me. "Are you alright?" I looked behind me to see Fili, closing the door behind him, a worried expression on his face.
"I thought you were asleep!" I looked at him in surprise.
"No, that would be my dear cousin." He laughed, coming to stand next to me on the top step. "She's a skilled fighter, but stealth is not her strong point." I chuckled at that, and then stopped self-consciously as I saw Fili staring at me with a smile on his face. I quickly turned to look over Hobbiton again.
"So," I started, trying to think of something to start a conversation. Why was I always so bad at talking with people? "You're going on a quest tomorrow?" I smacked myself in the head. "Oh duh, of course you are! I was there for that meeting. Sorry, that was a pointless question." I apologized clumsily and Fili laughed at me good-naturedly.
"You don't have to apologize!" He told me, chuckling.
"Oh, Sorry." I smiled sheepishly. My eyes widened as I realized I had just done it again. "Sorry! I didn't-" I just smacked my self in the head again as Fili burst out laughing. "I'm just going to stop talking now." Fili continued to laugh as he patted me on the back reassuringly. My face felt hot again. Why am I getting so many heat flashes? I complained to myself.
"To answer your question," Fili started after finally regaining his breath, though a grin was still on his face. "We will be heading out early tomorrow towards the Lonely Mountain."
"And is Bilbo going too?" I asked, thankful that he was better at conversation starting than I was.
"It doesn't seem like it." Fili shook his head. "But Gandalf suggested we leave the contract here for him just in case he changes his mind."
"And what if he does change his mind, but you've already left?" I pondered, picturing the little fellow hurtling through Hobbiton in a desperate attempt to catch up with the dwarves. The thought made me chuckle.
"I don't know." Fili shrugged. "I'm sure he'd figure something out. Besides, it's unlikely he would change his mind. He is a hobbit after all."
"What difference does that make?" I shrugged.
"From all I've heard, hobbits hate adventure." Fili informed me, looking down at the hobbit holes that surrounded us. "Going on adventures is not considered respectable for a hobbit."
"Weird." I commented.
"I'm going to guess from this conversation, however, that you aren't a hobbit." Fili looked at me.
"No, I'm not." I shook my head, confirming his guess.
"And you said you weren't a dwarf either." Fili continued, remembering when we first met.
"That's right." I nodded. "See? No beard." I pointed to my hairless chin as evidence. He peered at my face in the moonlight before laughing.
"You have a point." He chuckled. "But if you aren't a hobbit, and you aren't a dwarf, what are you?"
"I'm a human of course!" It was my turn to laugh now.
"Don't be ridiculous." Fili scoffed. "You're much too short to be a human."
"Oi!" I exclaimed angrily. "I'm not that short!"
"You are too." Fili laughed. "Even I'm taller than you!" I immediately straightened my back as much as possible.
"Not by that much." I pouted. He just shrugged and looked over the view again, a smile on his face. I let my shoulders slump a little again, resting a hand absentmindedly over my bloated belly.
"So where are you headed?" Fili asked after awhile, turning to look at me again. I shrugged.
"Home." Was the answer I gave him. "But I think it'll take a little longer than I expected."
"Why's that?" Fili questioned further.
"I'm far, far away from where I should be." I laughed slightly to myself. "And I have no idea which way to go." I snapped back to the present. "Gandalf says he knows someone who might be able to help me, but I have no way of getting there."
"Do you know where this person is?" Fili asked, trying to be helpful.
"No." I shook my head, sighing. "But, Gandalf said he would try to convince Thorin Oakenshield to let me travel with your company for a little while. Apparently you'd be stopping at my destination on the way to yours."
"Odd." Fili hummed. "I wasn't aware that we would be making any stops on the way to the mountain."
"Maybe it's just on the way?" I guessed, shrugging.
"Maybe." Fili agreed. "Anyway, we should probably head back inside. There's a long journey ahead for me, and you need rest no matter what." I rolled my eyes but followed him back into the house. My little chair by the fire was looking very inviting at the moment.
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