The Hobbit: An Unlikely Pair

Chapter 4 of my Hobbit story, enjoy.

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Marina Ka-Fai: Thanks, glad you enjoyed it, yeah, she is :)
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AnastaziaDanielle: Thanks, glad you enjoyed it, to be honest the focus is mostly on Bain and Reina, but Sigrid and Tilda have their moments too.

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Disclaimer: I don't own the Hobbit or any of the characters except for Reina.

Chapter 4

Bain returned upstairs to find Tilda standing; staring wide-eyed at the Dwarves. He was afraid for her safety but couldn't help but admire her bravery. She stood in front of the door; trying to stop them leaving. Most of the Dwarves simply observed her with polite amusement; except for the one called Thorin, who was glaring angrily at her and looked ready to lash out at any minute. Luckily the dwarf with the long white beard; Bain finally remember he was called Balin, seemed to be more of a voice of reason and was holding Thorin back, all the while trying to convince Tilda to stand aside.

"Come now, there's no need for this young lady." Balin said softly. "Please, step aside."

Tilda shook her head. "You can't leave, Da said…"

Thorin cut in at that point. "Your father isn't here; how are we to trust him, for all we know he's gone to sell us out."

Bain shook his head, it was time to step in; immediately.

"Enough, Da wouldn't do that." He said suddenly, prompting the dwarves to turn their attention to him.

"Oh really, there where would he have gone?" Thorin asked; his gaze piercing.

Bain swallowed; what could he say, his father didn't tell him where he was going, only that he needed to check something. He should try and make something up but he a problem in that regard; he knew he was a poor liar.

It was then Sigrid spoke up, trying to help her brother; sadly, she was just as bad a liar as Bain was.

"You were complaining about the weapons, Da's probably gone to get 'proper' one's for you."

Thorin snorted and it was clear from their expressions the other dwarves didn't believe her either.

Clearly trying to compromise Balin spoke again. "I'm sorry but, we really have to leave, besides, we've intruded upon you all long enough; didn't your father say, the sooner we leave the better."

"If anyone gets us weapons, it'll be ourselves." Thorin added with just a hint of a threat.

With that he turned and glared again towards Tilda; who still stood her ground. She shook her head and pointed at the younger black haired dwarf, the only one without a full beard.

"He should stay at least, he's hurt."

Bain recalled the obvious wound he had seen on that particular dwarf's leg; the blonde dwarf next to the injured one turned to look at him worriedly. However the injured dwarf shook his head.

"It's just a scratch, I'll be fine." He insisted.

Finally however, Thorin sighed. "I grow weary of this, you will not delay us further…Dwalin."

With that the tallest of the dwarves stepped forwards; lifted Tilda up as if she weighed nothing at all and set her aside before opening the door; the dwarves all immediately filed out, with Dwalin leaving last. The hobbit, Bilbo; stood silently; looking at them, and then out at the door.

"I um…well…I should go with…" He began awkwardly; pointing at the door before wetting his lips and then sighing. "Bye."

With that he also left, closing the door behind him.

Bain sighed and sat down heavily at the table; Sigrid hurried over to Tilda while Reina placed her hand on Bain's shoulder.

"You did what you could…" She told him, before looking over at the girls. "All of you."

Bain shook his head. "Da told us to keep them here; we failed, now they're gone…Probably going to do something stupid."

Reina noticed the anger in Bain's voice when he said that. As they walked past the table towards the end where the dwarves had left the cups they had been drinking out of; Sigrid shook her head.

"This'll fine some way of getting back to us, then who knows how much trouble we'll be in."

Tilda looked up from where she was putting the cups in the sink; her eyes wide and fearful. "If they get caught we'll be put in jail, won't we?"

Sigrid froze at that but Bain answered quickly. "No; at least, you and Sigrid won't; they'll just assume you were unwilling helpers…Da and I will get the real blame."

At that moment the door opened, causing Bain to jump up and all of them to spin around. It was Bard; he looked as if he had just seen a ghost; his eyes cast about the house wildly as Bain exclaimed.

"Da the dwarves, I tried to stop them, we…"

Bard darted forwards; his words coming out in a rush. "How long have they been gone?"

Sigrid answered quickly. "Not more than a few minutes; Da, what's wrong?"

Before Bard could answer Reina stepped forwards. "If my grandfather finds out about this, it could end badly, I should go try and distract him."

Bard nodded.

"Good, please do that…this is much deeper than any of us thought."

Those words left them all confused; but Reina quickly left the house; relieved to note the watchers still hadn't returned.

Reina moved as quickly as she could; keeping her eyes open for any sign of the dwarves and listening for any trouble. However as she reached home nothing happened; she quickly headed inside and; just as she reached her grandfather's door she stopped. She listened tensely as she heard Alfrid's voice inside.

"I've heard sire, that dwarves have been seen in town."

Then the explosion of noise that was her grandfather when angry. "Dwarves?! I gave no permission for Dwarves to enter my town!"

Alfrid's voice spoke again as Reina listened. "One of the townswomen swears she saw them, said she caught a glimpse of one of our own with them."

"Bard without a doubt." Her grandfather growled. "He's the type of man who would collude with those sorts."

Reina shook her head; she'd heard enough; she knocked and, without waiting, entered. Both occupants of the room turned to face her; her grandfather narrowed his eyes.

"Reina, what are you doing here?"

Alfrid then interjected. "A better question would be, where has she been all evening, it certainly wasn't here."

Her grandfather nodded. "That is true, for one who claims 'loyalty is more important than money' you certain spend little time with those you should be loyal too; your family."

"By which you mean you, you and no one else." Reina snapped back; before forcing herself to calm and try to defuse the situation. "What's this I heard about Dwarves?"

They explained it and when they finished Alfrid smirked smugly at her, as if daring her to contradict him.

However that was just what she did.

"Oh please, you take Hilda's word that there are dwarves here." She said with a derisive snort. "If you ask me she's been smoking something other than pipe weed."

Unfortunately before she could say any more there was a loud commotion and she realized her fears had come true. Before long she found herself standing out in the square with everyone else; watching as the dwarves and hobbit were brought forth, having tried to steal weapons from the armoury. It was then Bard arrived; Thorin however stepped forwards; preparing to make a speech and finally; Reina realized why his name was so familiar; it was as if history itself had unveiled itself before her.

End of chapter, hope you enjoyed it, read and review please.

Just a note, there will be a bit of skip ahead for next chapter, showing the party that follows Throin's speech as that stays as it is in the movie, as does Bard's reaction.