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Chapter 3

Waking up Nelly stretched for a few seconds before realizing she hated waking up so early after sleeping on the ground. Her head was hurting a little bit that morning to and she was hoping that maybe by a miracle it would stop soon. Eating a little bit of what was breakfast she then went to the far back of the group so that she could watch and finally decide what the rest of the dwarves were like. And right off the bat she knew that both Fili and Kili were going to be the trouble makers of all of them. She also felt that they would be good allies in tight situations. Balin, she then decided that well he was the fatherly type that she figured if she absolutely had to she could go to. Dwalin, she wasn't quite sure of but she was sure that if she was on his good side he would protect her with his life if need be.

There was then Bofur, Bombur, and of course Bifur. She knew that from the way they talked with one another they were like some of her cousins that she got along with quite well. Then there was Ori Dori and Nori she knew that it was going to be awhile till she figured them out but Ori was a bit on the shy side. And then there was Oin and Gloin. With them she figured that they would be good friends if she allowed such a thing to happen. And last but not least there was Thorin. With him she didn't know how to even begin to understand what he was like. He had spoken to her only once or twice now and in the end she had gotten mad at him for hinting at the fact she might, might be a burden. So she figured that it was going to interesting until they found the same ground.

Wondering how much this was going to change her life she didn't realize that one of the dwarves had spoken to her.

"Lass, lass are you even listening. I had asked you what that song was that you were playing last night."

"oh that was just a song from when I was little," she looked down as she noticed everyone was looking at her, "it's a lullaby I don't remember the name of it though." she looked up just a little bit to see that there was no one looking at her though it didn't help since she really was finding it hard to even talk to them. And a million thoughts were racing through her head as she rode quietly behind. She didn't talk at all the rest of the day. And when they had all settled down for the night she didn't pull out her violin, much to the disappointment of all of the dwarves.

By the time all of them had fallen asleep (save for Thorin who was on watch duty) she realized that it was going to be a long night. She just couldn't sleep and she was starting to be really homesick. She sat up and looked around not only was it still strange being so far from home but, it was getting cold. And the blanket wasn't doing much to keep her warm. Curse the storm that was coming in especially since she was always cold as it was.

Thorin who had been watching her from his spot on the other side of camp notice that she had started shivering. She was strange that much he knew but in a way he felt that she would be a good friend if only she wasn't so shy, then maybe, no that was wishful thinking. Wasn't it? He had then gotten up to go and give his jacket to her. He didn't need the girl getting ill because she wasn't warm.

Oh how nelly wished that she would have listened to her parents when they had told her to stop going in the woods behind their house. Now here she was stuck in a world that was supposed to be imaginary. The only thing going for her was this was her favorite story. But she couldn't remember any of it, but she knew that at one point she knew.

It had seemed to have gotten colder. And she wasn't feeling well now either. Something was happening and whatever it was she didn't like it. Nelly had tried to lie down to try and sleep but couldn't. That's when she felt something being placed on her. And immediately felt a little bit better. But not by much her head was hurting again.

"Are you alright?" the question startled her but from who the question had come from startled her even more. It was Thorin someone she had not expected to even think, about helping her. But here he was.

"Yeah I'm fine," and at that moment was that she started to have a little coughing fit.

"Get up." Nelly looked up at him startled by the sudden command.

"What."

"Get up; I'm moving you a bit closer to the fire so you'll be a bit warmer. That and I'll be able to keep an eye on you in case you start to get worse." Nelly carefully got up and allowed him to move all her stuff closer. By the time she was wrapped up in the jacket and blanket she was finally exhausted. Almost the moment she laid down she fell asleep.

He watched her for a little longer till it was time to wake Balin for the next watch. And he fell asleep wondering why he was helping the girl. He needed to focus on his task at hand and not let anything else distract him right? At this point he wasn't too sure why he felt like this, something was wrong but he didn't know what, not yet anyways.

When they had all gotten up Nelly was feeling fine but she was still unsure of what had transpired last night. It was just too weird. So she opted to not think about it. They had their breakfast listened to some of the griping about how early it was got all of her stuff packed and soon they were off. Though it was going to be one of those days, and one of those days it was. Not only did it start raining but everyone was in a foul mood. Except Gandalf of course, he found joy in everything it seemed.

By the time they found a place to stay for the night everything they had with them was soaked. The only thing that had seemed to be saved was the violin. After dinner the rain had stopped and the clouds had dispersed no one got much of any sleep. And what little sleep they got didn't help.

By the next morning no one really ate anything and they were on the road earlier than normal. The day went by as if it were mud on a sunny day going uphill. More like up a steep cliff. By the time they all settled down for the night everyone was in a mood and snapping at each other. Shaking her head she went to find a good spot so she could just sit. Pulling out her violin she started playing the random songs she had learned from (twinkle, twinkle little star) to her favorite lullabies. She spent a good long while playing the songs before she grew too tired to even think strait. That night everyone was able to sleep quite well. Thank the high heavens because if they hadn't well everyone would be at each other's throats. And again Nelly didn't notice the person who was continuously watching her.

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