Author's Note: Finally! I am back people! Sorry it took so long for the next update, had to get my finals out of the way. :) So here is Chapter 6-I hope you like it. I found this one to be particularly hilarious, then again I'm a little bias I suppose. ;) Enjoy! Oh! AND thank you to everyone who has favorite/followed/read/reviewed my story so far! It really is a confidence booster when people read what you write.

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Emma

She still could not believe what she was seeing. This was really happening and now they had to deal with fifteen men in their apartment. Very curious men. They kept on picking up everything in sight and inspecting them. I hope they don't break anything.

"Oh! Ori please put that down. That's an antique!" Emma squeaked at the shy dwarf.

"Yes, I know it's very interesting, but it could easily be broken."

Emma and Kyra were finding it hard to keep the dwarves attention so they didn't break their things. Kyra was just glaring at any who dared to pick up her things or come near her stuff. Kyra is going to get so pissed if they break any of her things. She loves her stereo and TV more than anything. Well expect perhaps her car, but still they are very important to her.

Emma was racing around putting back things that Nori, in particular had tried to steal. She knew she would have to keep an eye on him. As she turned to go get another item Nori had lifted, she bumped into someone's sturdy chest. She squeaked when she started to fall backwards, but big strong arms encased her small waist and pulled her back towards them. Her hands were up on their chest and she looked up from under her eyelashes to see chocolate brown eyes shining back at her. Oh my, oh my, oh my...he is absolutely gorgeous! Kili just stared back at her with a wide grin.

"Careful there Lady Emma," he said with a laugh, "I wouldn't want you to get hurt."

"Y-yes, well...um..." she stuttered, red-faced, "t-thank you for...uh...catching me."

Kili just held on to her and smiled. Oh my, why did it have to be him of all of the dwarves!? He is still holding on to me. What do I do?

She could feel her cheeks heat up from embarrassment, "Y-you can let me go now. I-I won't be falling any time soon," she stated.

"I'll be there to catch you if you do," came Kili's cheeky reply as he winked at her. Emma giggled and stepped back. When all of a sudden a very loud war cry came form the television and Dwalin had lifted his axe to the screen. Emma looked to see it was her recording of "Game of Thrones" and then came a loud shout of anger from Kyra, who had bolted in front of Dwalin to protect her TV. Oh no!

"Dwalin!" Kyra yelled, "If you make one scratch on my TV I'll kick your ass!"

The Dwarf looked affronted. "I was being attacked!" he said with fury, pointing his axe at the screen. Kyra knocked it away with her hand and glared at him.

"It's not real you dumbass!"

Emma could feel the fury radiating off of Kyra when she screamed that.

"It's just a recording of a battle, it's not actually happening right now!" Kyra looked ready to knock his teeth out.

Emma went over to poor Ori, whom had just sat on the remote and was looking at it with curious interest, and timidly took the remote from his large hands.

"It's all right Ori," she said kindly, "this is called a remote." Emma started to blush because she realized that she had all of the attention. Oh no! It's Freshman year speech class all over again! "It's...uh...i-it's used f-for..."

Kyra rolled her eyes and stepped in front of Emma, blocking her from everyone's view, well not everyone's. Emma could see that Kili was still looking at her with a smile on his face and she blushed even more red.

"A remote is used to operate this large television," Kyra took over explaining what things were for Emma. She's so much better at public speaking than I am. Aw, Ori's writing it all down. He is so adorable!

"A television is used to show recordings of stories, battles, comical things, etc. for people at home." All of the dwarves nodded their head at this. "Like how Ori records what goes on during your journey, we have people who go and record events with a device that allows you to see, rather than read. That is then available to be watched on the television for people to enjoy. Got it?"

The dwarves all nodded, some with frowns on their faces, but they got the gist. Kyra then rounded on Dwalin with a look so intimidating, he balked back slightly with raised eyebrows.

"Not. A. Scratch." Kyra growled and poked his chest with each word. "If I so much as see any kind of weapon pointed at my TV, Dwalin son of Fundin, you will wish you had never been born."

Dwalin glared back at the girl, I hope he isn't angry at her. Or try to kill her! Then after a glare showdown from both parties, Dwalin grinned and started to laugh. Wait, what? Why is he laughing?

"Lass," he said through his chuckles, "I have never met anyone, especially a woman, who has stood up to me like that. Except maybe Dis, Thorin's sister." He clapped Kyra on the back, nearly knocking her down in the process, and then went to go find his brother.

"Wow," Emma said in awe as she stood by Kyra, "You just impressed Dwalin and possibly made a friend of him." Kyra and Emma were standing stock still, unable to believe what they just witnessed.

"Yeah," Kyra breathed, "I guess I did."

Both were still standing there in shock, they didn't even notice Bilbo come up to them.

"Excuse me."

Emma shrieked and Kyra yelled out, "Jesus!" Bilbo looked at both girls with a slight pink tint to his cheeks and apologized profusely.

"It's ok Bilbo," Kyra confided in him, "just wasn't expect that. No wonder they had you be the burglar, God." Kyra and Emma laughed a little and Bilbo merely chuckled.

"I'm sorry," he started, "I just wondered, well all of us wondered, if you have anything to eat?"

Kyra looked at Emma. Emma looked right back at her. "No, I don't think we do," they said in unison. Bilbo looked a little crestfallen but perked up when Sara entered the room and said, "Don't worry boys! We will get you some food."

The whole company cheered and Sara made her way towards them. Emma saw that Thorin followed after immediately from the hall and made his way to Dwalin and Balin; however, his eyes were glued to Sara. Hmmm…I wonder.

"Girls," Sara called for their attention, "I need you two to go out and do some grocery shopping. On the way back pick up some fast food stuff for today and then we can cook tomorrow." Emma and Kyra nodded their heads and made to go to freshen up, when Sara's voice called them back.

"OH! I just remembered," Sara continued, "Kyra, can you stop by the library and pick up all that you can about Elvish, Dwarvish, Tolkien, etc. Gandalf needs it to figure out how to get back. Probably should grab some books on ancient folklore too."

Kyra nodded. "What are you going to do?"

"I'm going to stay here and try to keep them from ruining anything and maybe explain stuff to them so they know how it all works."

"I think that would be a good idea," Emma agreed, "Who knows how long they will be stuck here."

After they pow-wowed, Kyra and Emma left to go freshen up in their rooms. Why does it feel like someone is watching me.She happened a glance over her shoulder to see that, in fact, Kili was still looking at her. Emma's eyes grew wide. Oh my, he's still looking at me! EEK! He winked again! What do I do? She could feel the blush on her face and hurried into her room, swiftly shutting the door behind her; she leaned against it as she tried to get her heart to stop racing.

Why does someone pay attention to me now? No one has ever looked at me like that. I'll need to talk to Kyra and Sara, they'll know what to do. Confident in her decision, Emma freshened up her face and hair. Hm…what should I wear? Not wanting to wear anything that would make the dwarves uncomfortable, not like she really had immodest clothing, but she didn't like to show too much. She finally decided to go with her light denim skinny jeans, powder blue blouse, and sandals. Looking at her reflection in the mirror, That will impress him. Wait, why do I want to impress Kili? I hardly know him! Oh but he is so dreamy! No Emma! You need to focus on the task at hand. Maybe I'll talk to Kyra about all of this while we shop.

Emma grabbed her purse and stepped back out into the hall. Just as she shut her door, Kyra's door opened. Kyra was wearing a red tank top, grey skinny jeans, and black DC sneakers.

"Ready to go?" Kyra asked. She flung her hoodie over her shoulder as she tied up her shoes. Emma nodded. This should be interesting…I wonder how the dwarves will feel with her exposing her shoulders like that.

As soon as the girls stepped into the room, all of dwarves eyes got wide and their faces went bright red.

"Lass!" Balin exclaimed, "You're indecent! Perhaps you should go cover up." He, along with most of the dwarves turned their heads, save a few.

With a huff, Kyra hurried to put on her hoodie before sighing, "Ok, you can look now."

The dwarves who had turned their heads, nodded their heads appreciatively. Kyra rolled her eyes.

"Kyra," Emma whispered, "It's a cultural difference. You need to respect it."

"Fine. But they are going to need to get used to it if they are stuck here." Kyra had gotten a mischievous look on her face. Uh oh. I know that look and that's never a good thing.

"Gentlemen," Kyra called out, "I apologize for being so inconsiderate. Perhaps sometime today you could tell me all about your culture." The dwarves nodded their heads. "As for now, why don't you watch about our culture."

Kyra walked over to the coffee table, picked up the remote and put on MTV. Oh Kyra! That will destroy their look on humanity!

"Kyra," Sara said with a hint of warning.

"It will be good for them. Just let them watch for a bit and then you can change it. They need to see that things are different here."

"Fine."

"Good, now where is my wallet?" Kyra was looking through her bag. "Em, have you seen my wallet?"

"No," Emma in truth had not seen it. Something in her peripheral vision caught her eye though. She turned her head to see Kili and Fili quietly laughing at something. She noticed that they were holding a small card like…Oh no! Kyra's driver's license picture! She hates that picture!

"Kyra," Emma tried to get her friend's attention, but Kyra was frantically cursing and didn't seem to hear her. She tried again a little louder, "Kyra."

"Not now, Emma I can't find my wallet. I could have sworn I had it in here."

Emma could hear Fili and Kili's laughter get louder. She tried again to get Kyra's attention, but the boys beat her to it.

"Lady Kyra," Fili laughed, "I had no idea you could scowl like that in a portrait."

"Yes, in fact you could pass for Dwalin's twin," Kili laughed.

Kyra's brow furrowed in confusion and then in anger, and she snapped her head in the direction of the young dwarves. Crap! She's livid! She never lets anyone see that picture, unless it's for a cop writing her a ticket.

"Give. It. Back," Kyra said darkly.

"No, I don't think we will," Fili stated, "In fact, I think in order for us to not show anyone else this you will need to take us with you, right brother?"

"Oh yes Brother, I agree. We could just show everyone now what you look like in this," he squinted his eyes to read the text, "driver's license—did I say that right?"

He looked directly at Emma, she blushed and nodded her head. A look of triumph on his face.

"Absolutely not!" Kyra yelled. "I refuse to take you two with me. Now give me back my wallet!" Kyra had marched over to the boys and made a grab for it, but Fili tossed it to Kili. Monkey in the middle, saw that one coming. Poor Kyra.

After five minutes of Kyra trying and failing to get what she needed, Emma could see she was getting frustrated. When Fili made to toss the wallet again, Kyra grabbed a hold of his wrist, applying as much pressure as possible, and he immediately dropped the wallet into her waiting hand; she didn't stop there. She kept a hold of his wrist, grabbed the front of his tunic, turned her back to him, and flung him over her back and on to the floor with a loud THUD.

The chattering that was going on during all of this stopped. All of the company, Sara and Emma looked over at Kyra in shock. None so much as Fili, who was still lying on his back, eyes wide, mouth agape, looking up at the small woman.

"Never," Kyra panted out, "ever, touch my things again. Got it?" Fili just glared up at her.

Sensing the tension Emma timidly said, "Uh, Kyra?" Kyra looked over at her, "Are you ready to go now?"

Kyra nodded her head, then just as Fili was about to get up, she pressed her foot to his chest knocking him back down. She leaned down to him and said, "You and your brother can come with us, only because I don't want you here near my things."

And with that she stood up and walked over to Sara. Emma was still standing by the door with wide eyes next to Kili. He whispered, "I have never seen anyone take out my brother like that," he said it with awe and amazement in his voice.

Emma smiled and said, "Just hope that he doesn't piss her off more otherwise he will be even more embarrassed by her." The dwarves started laughing and teasing Fili for being beaten by a woman. Some of them were even exchanging bags of money. Emma shook her head, Dwarves. She could see that Fili was embarrassed. His cheeks were slightly pink and he kept glaring, openly at Kyra's back. But she also noticed how his eyes travelled down her form and then back up. I knew it!

A breathy voice near her ear made her shudder, "You look lovely, by the way." Emma gasped and looked up at Kili, who looked at her with a bright smile. She blushed and looked away, "Th-thank you."

"All right, let's get out of here," Kyra ordered. As soon as Fili had joined them outside of the apartment door, she rounded on them. "If either of you gets a scratch or makes a mess in my baby, I will kill you."

Their eyes got wide, but Fili asked, "You have a baby?" Emma had to bite her lip to keep from laughing at the question. Oh my goodness! The poor guy. She was shaking from the force it took to keep from bursting out laughing.

Kyra rolled her eyes and said matter-of-factly, "No, I do not have a baby—at least not in the way you think it is."

They followed her down the stairs and out onto the street. Kyra held up her keys and pressed the unlock button to her car. Then she pressed the start button on it and her yellow Chevy Camaro came to life with a roar.

"What is that!?" Kili squeaked. He and Fili had both covered their ears from the sound of the engine. Kyra laughed and opened the door for them to get in.

"This, is my baby. I call him Bumblebee and you two are in for a real ride."

The brothers looked at one another, then grinned. They scrambled to get into the car and sat in the back seats with childlike smiles on their faces. Emma laughed Aw, how adorable!

"Now what do we do?" they brothers asked in unison.

"Buckle up," Kyra said as she and Emma got into the car.

They simply stared at her. Emma took pity on them, "Here let me show you."

She got out and pulled her seat forward to help Kili first. She leaned towards him and reached for the seat belt. Not noticing how red his face had gotten from her being mere inches from his face.

"This is called a 'seat belt,'" she looked at the brothers as they nodded in understanding. "You take this long part here and pull it across your chest and lap. then you push this metal piece into here," she demonstrated what she was doing on Kili so they could both see, "then after you hear the 'click' sound, it's secure and you are ready to go." She then unbuckled Kili so he could try.

She watched with amusement as they tried a couple of times to get it right, and when they finally had she nodded in approval and set her seat back properly before getting back in the car.

"Ready?" Kyra said. "Here we go boys; library, food, alcohol, home."

Emma turned to see them look at each other eagerly when Kyra said alcohol. Then she noticed Fili get a smirk on his face as he scooted closer behind Kyra's seat. This can't be good.

He said, "Are you sure you can operate such a large 'car,' Lady Kyra. Perhaps you should let a me t—" he didn't get to finish his sentence, as Kyra had started pulling out and then slammed on the brakes. His head hit into the back of Kyra's seat and he looked at her in shock.

"Oops," Kyra innocently said with puppy eyes, "brake check, sorry." Emma could see Kyra's smirk Oh boy, this is going to be an adventure, in and of itself. Let's hope Fili makes it out alive.

Kyra pulled out on the street, "Here we go!" She revved the engine and the boys held on for dear life as she sped down the street towards the central part of the city.

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Ok so what did you all think? Too rushed? Just right? Give me feedback! If I need to make changes I will, I want to make my readers happy. :) Lots of Fili/Kyra tension in this one, but also some cutsie Kili/Emma fluff. Next chapter will deal with Sara back at the apartment. I can just imagine trying to keep curious men from breaking things, cultural shocks! and you get to find out just who listened in on Gandalf's ramblings about the door inscription. Now that school is over, I will have more time to make faster updates for this story! I hope you enjoyed! Please leave a comment/review—constructive criticism is appreciated or even just saying you like/hate my story is fine too. TTFN!