It was the next morning and Serine was getting ready to get some breakfast. After a long to complaining to the elves about that she wanted her own clothes back, she finally managed to get a pair of trousers and a tunic instead of a dress and the promise that they would return her clothes as soon as they were fixed, it wasn't exactly what she wanted but it was better than nothing. Serine quickly got herself dressed and did her hair in front of a mirror, when she finished she pulled up her tunic and took a look at the scars on her belly that where left by the warg not too long ago.
They were almost completely closed and the elves had told her to keep the bandage off and let it heal on its own, but it still would leave ugly scars. When she looked at it, she still couldn't believe that she managed to survive that attack, she was sure she would had died there, that it would all end, but it didn't. When thinking back about the accident she remembered the dream she had the night after it too, such a weird dream it was. She was still bothered by the dream and she wanted answers, about a lot of other things too, but the only one who could answer this questions would be Gandalf, who disappeared all the time and never answered anything important she asked. Her thoughts were suddenly interrupted when the door of her room slammed open.
"SERINE!" She heard a voice shout angry but not a few second after it opened the door was already been closed.
"That was Dwalin right?" Serine frowned to herself, she couldn't get a good look at who it was but to guess from his body structure it must had been him. She pulled down her tunic and walked to the door and opened it. As she had guessed Dwalin was standing behind the door.
"Sorry about barging in like that." He said in a low voice but yet a little bothered.
"Don't mind it, but what is it?" Serine asked a little curious and Dwalin's expression became annoyed again.
"I woke up this morning with this little thing of yours biting and slobbering in my ear!" Dwalin growled as he raised his hand in which he was holding Kiba by his neck hide. Serine had to try hard not to laugh at the idea as she grabbed Kiba from his hands.
"Sorry about that, I will make sure it won't happen again." Serine said as composed as she could.
"You better do." Dwalin said as he quickly petted Kiba's head before he walked off and Serine couldn't help but giggle.
"You really have guts to do that to Dwalin, you little rascal." Serine said as she lifted Kiba in the air as he led out a happy yelp while wagging his tail. She had been wanted to ask Dwalin something for a while now but she never dared to, or had the right opportunity to ask, she wished she had the guts like Kiba, but she hadn't. She then froze when she thought that and face palmed herself, I had just had the perfect chance to ask him! I'm so stupid! Without thinking any further she rushed to the hall after Dwalin.
"Dwalin wait! I have to something to ask you!"
XXxx
Serine was smiling as she ate her breakfast together with Bofur, Ori, Fili and Kiba. After some time it started to creep the three men out so one of them decided to ask her why.
"What are you so happy about, lass?" Bofur asked as he took a bite of his food.
"Is it so easy to see that I'm happy?" Serine asked with a smirk on her face.
"It's written all over your face." Ori said with a small smile.
"Heh, I didn't even notice, guess I will tell you then, I asked Dwalin to learn me how to use my sword and he accepted!" Serine said happy as she was.
"You are really lucky you now, Dwalin doesn't just teach anyone who ask him." Bofur said quiet surprised, what made Serine's grin even bigger.
"But I warn you that it isn't going to be easy, his way of training is really wrecking, a lot of the warrior's he trained quitted only after a few days and he isn't the type to go easy on you." Fili warned Serine.
"I know already, he warned me before, but that is one of the reasons I asked him to train me, I don't want any other treatment. I want to learn how to fight and defend myself with hard work, the world can be hard and merciless, they won't go easy on you, so it's best to learn it that way." Serine said with a determent face, she didn't want to get in anyone's way so she had to become stronger, not only for herself but for the rest to. Kiba jumped off Serine's shoulder and walked over the table before sitting down in front of her plate, he stared at her like he was waiting for something to happen.
"What do you want?" Serine asked Kiba when she suddenly felt ice cold water flow over her head as it leaked down all over her body. She jumped from her chair from the cold and swiftly turned around. Behind her was Kili laughing with an empty bucked in his hands as Serine's face turned red.
"I'm going to kill you!" Serine shouted as she rushed after Kili who had already started to run for his live. They kept changing each other around the table until Fili decided it was enough and gave the chair across him a small push with his foot. Kili didn't notice it and crashed over the chair and fell to the ground, Serine who was close behind him, couldn't stop in time anymore and fell over the chair and landed on top of Kili. Fili, Bofur and Ori where rolling in laughter as the two tried hard to get up but kept tripping over each other. After some time struggling they finally managed to get up, Serine wiped away her wet hair from her face as she grabbed Kili by his collar with her other hand and glared at him with a deadly expression on her face. Just when she was about to start yelling at him she was interrupted.
"Serine, get your weapon." Dwalin ordered as he came walking into the room, Serine took a deep breath to calm her anger for a little bit before speaking again.
"I'm not done with you yet." She growled and let go of Kili's collar before she wringed out her hair, walking up to Dwalin.
"That is if you are able to survive Dwalin's lessons." Kili teased as Kida jumped off the table and ran to Serine and climbed up her shoulder.
"I hope for you that I will, otherwise I'll hunt you for the rest of your life." Serine snorted as she walked off together with Dwalin to start her first training lesson.
XXxx
"Move your left hand a bit higher and put your right foot a little further forward, that way you will have more balance and strength when you strike." Dwalin ordered as Serine was slashing at a practice dummy. Serine did as he ordered and slashed the dummy again.
"That's better, keep going." Dwalin said, Serine took a deep breath and continued, she had been following Dwalin orders without any further questions, it had already been a few hours since they began practicing and Serine's arms began to feel numb from swinging the heavy sword around. Serine raised her sword ready to slash the dummy again but something in the corner of her eye got her attention, she had to try hard not to laugh.
"Few minutes break." Dwalin signed as he saw what had gotten her attention. Serine smiled and laid her sword down on the ground before running up to the two brothers who came walking her way.
"How is training going?" Fili asked as Serine stopped before them.
"It's hard, Dwalin really lets you work." Serine said exhausted but let out a big grin as she looked at Kili who was covered in filthy goo.
"Seems like you found my little trap." Serine grinned as she covered her nose to block the smell.
"What did you put in this stuff?!" Kili growled as he brushed a twig from his hair.
"All kind of stuff, I don't even know myself anymore, I dumped in every filthy things I could find. But maybe I shouldn't have put the stuff out of the compost pile in it, you really stink!" Serine said with an evil smile as she took a step backwards away from Kili.
"You put in what?!" Kili shouted as Serine took a few more steps backwards.
"Don't shout at me and don't come any closer! Go take a bath, smelly!" Serine whined as he came closer and closer.
"We were just about to go take a swim in the lake, want to join?" Fili interrupted as the two brunets' who where wrestling as Serine tried to keep Kili away from her.
"Nah, I will pass, I just dried up from the last water joke so I'm fine. And beside I have only a few minutes before I have to go back to training and I want to use it to take a little nap in the sun." Serine said as she tackled Kili and ran off and let herself fall on the taller grass a little further ahead.
"This is heaven." Serine signed while making herself comfortable in the grass.
"That's too bad that you don't have time for that." Serine heard Kili say and she sat up.
"What do you mean I don't have….PUT ME DOWN!" Serine yelled as Kili threw her on his shoulder.
"Come, Fee, we are going for a swim." Kili smiled as he walked up to the lake with Serine struggling on his shoulder trying to get down.
"I hate you, I hate you, I hate you!" Serine yelled as Kili walked into the water with Serine and threw her in. She swam up and looked at a Kili who was victoriously standing on the shallow part of the river.
"If I'm going to hate water then it is all your fault!" Serine said as she swam to the shore.
"Don't just stand there, get in!" Fili said as he kicked Kili from behind and fell into the water.
"Haha, even your brother is on my side." Serine laughed.
"I'm on nobody's side, I just didn't want to have that smell around me anymore." Fili said as he walked up to Kili who just surfaced from out of the water. "So start getting all the goo out of your hair and clothes." Fili continued as he pushed Kili's head underwater, after a few seconds he came up again.
"Quit it!" Kili growled as he tried to do the same to Fili, but failed and the two ended up wrestling in the water.
"You two look like two little kid's!" Serine giggled as she saw the two together, the two of them gave each other a grin before they turned to Serine and began to splash water over her.
"Two against one, that's so unfair!" Serine laughed as she began to splash water back at them. The three of them began splashing water and dipping each other under water. Serine couldn't remember the last time she had so much fun and forgot everything for a moment.
"SERINE! Break is over." Dwalin shouted from a distance and Serine looked up.
"Sorry guys, I have to go." Serine said as she dragged herself out of the water as the two brothers looked at her with disappointed faces.
"Good luck with the training." Fili said as Serine walked off.
"Thanks!" Serine shouted as she ran up to Dwalin to continue the training.
XXxx
It was dusk when Serine walked through the halls on her way to have dinner with all off the dwarves. Her whole body was aching from the hard training, she didn't mind it but what she did mind was how hungry she was. She had been looking forward to dinner since she had lunch. Kiba crawled out of Serine's tunic and yawned.
"Don't come out!" Serine said as she pushed Kiba back into her tunic. "While we are eating you have to promise me you stay in there, okay, or we going to have a lot of trouble." Serine lectured Kiba who let out a yelp and smuggled himself in her tunic again. Even when almost everyone knew about Kiba there where some who didn't, and one of them was of course Thorin, and Serine wanted that to stay that way for at least a while longer. Serine took a deep breath before she entered the room where the dwarves where sitting around a large table already eating from the large amount of food that was placed on it. Serine walked up to the table and took a seat between Bofur and Balin, as soon as she sat down she filled her plate with food and began to stuff it up her mouth. The dwarves where looking quite surprised at her as she ate a big amount of food in only a short time.
"Hungry, lass?" Bofur asked as Serine almost choked in the big amount of food she had stuffed in her mouth, Serine quickly swallowed the food before she answered.
"I'm starving." Serine smiled as she stuffed her mouth again and secretly slipped some food in her tunic for Kiba to eat. She was so hungry that she didn't even minded the lack of meat, as long that it filled her stomach everything was fine.
"You have trained hard today, its only natural to be hungry." Fili said as he broke a piece of bread and took a bite.
"But not hard enough! I need to work harder." Serine said determent as she took a sip from her water. " Now that we are talking about training anyway, do you mind if I lend you sword?"
"I don't mind but why do you need it, you have a sword right?" Fili asked.
"Yes but it is still too heavy, Dwalin said I need to begin with a lighter on and when I'm used to that weight I can use mine." Serine answered.
"If that's the case couldn't you better lend Kili's sword? It is lighter than mine are." Fili said as he continued eating.
"No, yours are fine, besides I don't touch anything that he touched until our contest is over." Serine said as she swung the spoon she was holding in her hand what caused the food that laid on it to fly over the table. Not seconds later Kiba jumped out of Serine's tunic and rushed after the food across the table, Serine didn't think twice as she jumped out of her chair and on the table trying to get him. The dwarves, who sat around the table, where either laughing or staring speechless as she made a nosedive at Kida who was still running happily across the table. Luckily, Serine massaged to get a hold of him as she sledded across the table and slowly came to a stop. Serine let out a relived sight as she looked up. Her relive was immediately gone as she was right in front of Thorin who had a deadly glare on his face as he rose from his chair.
"Sugar Honey Ice Tea." Serine cursed as she let her head fall on the table.
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