''It's Raining men!'' Willow sang with a wide cheeky smile on her face as the rain poured down over the company. She was freezing her butt off in the rain but she did not care, Her brown hair was matted and soaked the their roots only aiding in wetting her back even more than the rain could.
''No it isn't lass!'' Bofur called to her in confusion.
''It isn't?'' She mocked question but Bofur nodded in complete seriousness. ''Well, i'm just Singing in the rain. I'm singing in the rain. What a glorious feeling, i'm happy again!'' Bofur looked at her in confusion still but none of the dwarves could say they didn't like it. They quite enjoyed the sound of her singing voice and the strange songs she'd chosen to sing.
I'm laughing at clouds, so dark up above. The sun's in my heart and i'm ready for love.'' Kili and Fili smiled, knowing she had to be humming the tune to the strange song in her mind to get it to sound like there were instruments around.
''Let the stormy clouds chase! everyone, from the place! Come on with the rain! i've a smile on my face!'' It was loud but still a pleasant sound as she past bifur and gloin, coming up beside Thorin, king under the mountain who tried hard to not be amused.
''I walk down the lane, with a happy refrain. just singing, singing in the rain~!'' She grinned at Thorin who still tried to avoid her glinting emerald eyes. Thorin finally acknowledged her and gave her a half hearted glare, but Willow could still see the amusement in his eyes.
''Would you like a change of tune? Okay, how bout this'' She grinned, clearing her throat and opening her mouth again ''we're a thousand miles from comfort, we have travelled land and sea. But as long as you are with me, there's no place i'd rather be.''
Gandalf and the others dwarves were grinning and snickering as Bilbo silently listened to Willow singing and Thorin kept his eye away from a smirking Willow. There was no lie that he had somewhat gotten comfortable around Willow since The night at the cliff, she was different than other elves and for that he was glad.
''I would wait forever, exalted in the scene. As long as I am with you, my heart continues to beat.'' a Glance over at the elf and he saw that familiar mischievous glint he saw in Kili and Fili. He knew she was going to keep going.
''With every step we take, Kyoto to The Bay. Strolling so casually. We're different and the same, get you another name Switch up the batteries'' Gandalf wasn't unknw to this song, he was a wizard, he knew somewhat of the world Willow had come from; in fact, he kept an eye on her, making sure she would be okay until her return.
Willow nudged Thorin as she sang again ''if you gave me a chance I would take it, It's a shot in the dark but I'll make it know with all of your heart, you can't shake me. When I am with you, there's no place I'd rather be''
''N-n-n-no, no, no, no place I'd rather be
N-n-n-no, no, no, no place I'd rather be
N-n-n-no, no, no, no place I'd rather be'' The tune fell away from Willow's lips as she started to Laugh at the expression on Thorin's face. He getting progressively more annoyed with the repetition of those words and Willow thought it best to stop before the king under the mountain blew up like mount vesuvius in 79 AD. That would not be good, that would be pompeii all over again.
About Ten minutes later and Dori had had enough ''hey, Mr Gandalf! can't you do something about this deluge?'' Dori had asked, his cloak up but still soaked.
''It is raining master dwarf!'' Gandalf called back to Dori ''and it will continue to rain until the rain is done. If you wish to change the weather of the world, you should find yourself another wizard!'' Willow was then lost in her mind, thinking about how if she was a waterbender, she could bend the water away...or to one single dwarf to soak him even more *cough*Thorin *cough*
It was quite a while until the rain stopped, but when it did, the sun was shining through brightly as Willow belted out 'Walking on Sunshine' as the company came upon their next camping spot.
''We'll camp here for the night'' Thorin said as the company halted by a old burnt home. ''Fili, Kili, look after the ponies. Make sure you stay with them'' He told his nephews ''Oin, Gloin. Get a fire going''
''I think it would be wiser, to move on'' gandalf suggested and Willow couldn't agree more. There was a sort of...feeling looming over the place, like something bad could happen during the night. Willow often got these feelings and they were often right, her family had learnt to rely on her feelings after she knew how a delinquent would try to break into the house.
If willow had not nagged and cried for them to believe her, they would have been robbed. Willow's gut instinct was not to be ignored. ''I agree with Gandalf'' She inputted, the old grey wizard smiling at her.
Willow didn't hear much else but she did hear something about elves and by the look on Thorin's face, he didn't like them all that much. She watched silently as Gandalf seemed to get more and more agitated with Thorin, a moment later and gandalf was storming away.
''Everything alright?'' Bilbo asked ''Gandalf? where are you going?''
''To seek the company of the only one around here who's got any sense." Gandalf answered as he stalked past Bilbo and Balin.
"Who's that?"
"Myself, Mr. Baggins! I've had enough of dwarves for one day." Willow wanted to chase after Gandalf but she was afraid he might snap at her,she never really did like it when people snapped but she also wasn't afraid to put some people in their place.
Gandalf was not one of the people she wanted to anger. So she stayed put feeling a bit useless, she had no weapons to fight with them if anything happened and she started to wonder just why she came along in the first place.
Night stared to fall and Willow had just placed down an empty bowl that once held food, laying her head slightly on the rock behind her, willow thought she could rest her eyes for just a few minutes. She didn't intent on actually falling asleep. And when she woke, she found herself alone; the weapons were gone but the ponies were still scattered around, albeit a few were missing.
Scrunching her face up in confusion, Willow eyes noticed the pushed down dirt that indicated the dwarves had thundered off into the trees for some reason; with a bad feeling in her stomach, Willow marched on and followed the tracks.
''Lets just sit on them, and squash them into jelly.'' She heard a rather squeaky voice suggest not too far away. Willow took refuge on a high branch in a tree to get a better look at the small area, but staying hidden so they did not see her.
''They should be sautéed and grilled with a sprinkle of sage." A gruffer voice answered with his own suggestion. From what willow could see, there were three large grey creatures she assume were trolls. Only trolls could look like that, the kind with a face only a mother could love.
"Ooh, that does sound quite nice." the third troll spoke. Beside her, Willow picked up a hollowed branch; it sort of looked like a kind of horn but she was only going to use it to try and distract the trolls.
"Never mind the seasoning; we ain't got all night! Dawn ain't far away, so let's get a move on. I don't fancy being turned to stone.'' Willow's head tilted at the realisation. She could stall them, but how would she go about it? From the corner of her eye she could see Bilbo getting the realisation look to but she quickly acted before her little hobbit friend could. She wasn't going to let the attention be on him, he was far to adorable to be eaten out of frustration.
''Trolls!'' He voice boomed through the hollow branch, giving her the loud voice of some kind of god. All of them jumped at the sound, including the dwarves on the spit fire with the amount of room they had to move.
''What was that?!'' The squeaky troll was startled more than the others. Bilbo was the only one who seemed to realise that Willow was behind the boom voice.
''My name is..feng shui'' Willow grimaced, but she went along with it. ''I am the god of death''
''What do you want?'' The squeaky troll asked only to be hit upside the head by one of others.
''I require sacrifices! To fuel my godly power!'' Willow removed the hollow branch from her mouth to giggle slightly.
''All of 'em?'' The gruffer troll spoke, the creatures seemingly believing the act.
''YES!'' The trolls (and dwarves) flinched. Willow was feeling quite proud to be able to pass of as a made up god.
''But we're 'ungry'' The troll with scratchy voice said. Willow now had names, squeaky, grumpy and scratch.
''Sacrifice the dwarves and i shall speak with Ra!'' Willow was trying to by so much more time, the sun was inches away from rising over the large rock.
''Who's ra?''
The sun god! Feed me the dwarves and you shall live through the day!'' Willow could see the Trolls talking it over.
''We could get better food in the sun'' squeaky was excited, Willow could tell the thought of good food tipped the favour more in her side.
''Yes, unbag the dwarves and send them into the forest.'' Willow added ''I shall devour them.''
Grumpy's eyes narrowed up at the trees ''It's coming from over there'' scratchy took big thumping steps over the tree and reach an arm in, Willow was seconds away from escape but was not fast enough as the large hand wrapped around her ankle and pulled her from the tree. The Dwarves eyes widened at the sight of Willow hanging upside down.
''er, sup? I'm Feng shui. How do you do?'' She spoke meekly, ashamed at being caught.
''This little wench has taken us for fools''
''fools?'' squeaky questioned grumpy as scratchy held Willow.
''wench?!'' Willow repeated, appalled at the word he had used to describe her. ''Excuse you, i am feng shui!'' She still tried to stall, hoping to god she would not be the first one eaten.
''The dawn will take you all'' Gandalf appeared on the large boulder. Willow had never been happier to see the wizard making a grand entrance.
''Who's that?"
"No idea."
"Can we eat him too?"
Gandalf strikes the rock with his staff, splitting it in half and allowing the sunlight behind it to pour into the clearing. As the sunlight touches the Trolls skin, all three of them began turning to stone along with their howls of pain; A few moments later and the trolls are now simply stone statues. Cheers break out as Willow can only stare at the trolls she was still captured with and think one thing.
'Don't blink'
Not that long a chapter but the next one will be. promise XD
Also xEruaphadrielx, thank you for pointing out my capital mistakes. I do go through my chapters before i upload them but sometimes my eyes do miss a couple of things. If there are a few mistakes, it is because of my bad eyesight and fast fingers. XD my fingers do sometimes fly across the keyboard and not press the buttons hard enough. Though i will try better to capitalize. XD
Also, doctor who reference cause i could XD
