When I woke up next morning it was already bright outside. The dwarves around me were still asleep and continued snoring. Only Kyras place was empty. Swiftly, I stood up and ran out the house.
„ Kyra", I called her.
„ Stop screaming" said Kyra and came around the corner. I went to her. Behind her stood the tall Beorn and reached her a bucket of water.
„ You're welcome", he said friendly. „ Show him what you understand under a revenge."
„ Kyra, what's the point with the water?", I asked alarmed.
„ This is my revenge on Dori. I decided to wake him with my own style." She laughed threatening and went silently into the house. I followed her with a smile on my face.
„ You know that you'll get in a lot of trouble with Thorin?"
„ Oh and how I'll know that I get in a lot of trouble with Thorin" she whispered. „ It's worth it to me."
I shoke my head and grinned. When Kyra got a plan in her head, she went ahead without thinking about it.
„ Better, you lay down and pretend to sleep. I don't want you to get in trouble with Thorin too" murmured Kyra and slided closer to the sleeping Dori.
I looked at her hesitately, but layed down on my sleeping place. I watched her during her process. She sneaked between the dwarves and to Dori, who was laying near his brothers Ori and Nori. She stopped next to him and gave me a last smile. I shut my mouth to prevent a laugher. Without any warning, she lifted the bucket of water and poured out the bucket over Dori. Dori screamed in surprise and shifted away from Kyra. The dwarves woke up and looked at Dori and Kyra in horror until they realized the situation.
Kyra and I started laughing. Dori looked down at himself and tried to keep calm. Ori next to him was shocked about Kyras behaviour, maybe because he didn't know that someone could do that to his brother. Nori on the other side tried to hide his grimace but was not really successfull. Most of the other dwarves started laughing too. Dwalin was the loudest of all, followed by Fili and Kili.
„ Good morning, Dori" said Kyra with a snooty undertone. „ I hope you slept well!"
Dori looked at her in anger and jumped on his feet. Kyra screamed surprised, turned around and seeked salvation in escape.
She gave Dwalin a high-five and left the house.
The others looked after them with confused gaze.
„ What was that?" asked Bofur baffled.
„ I would say", I said. „ that this was her revenge!"
„ He deserves it!"
„ Come on" said Thorin. „Let's eat."
When Beorn joined us, we started eating. Beorn told us about a wild screaming Kyra near the forest and Dori, who chased her. Still laughing, I opened a bottle of milk. I ate a bread role and talked with the Dwarves about the following days. After half an hour, Dori came through the door. He looked overwhelmed and sat down next to us to catch his breath.
„ Hey Dori. How are you?" asked Nori, still laughing.
„ You look crazy."
„ Where is Kyra?", I asked.
Everyone talked at the same time and I couldn't understand a single word.
„ The girl escaped. She climbed on a tree and is stuck there. Beorn is going to help her" reported Dori. I grinned: That was my best friend!
„ We have to go soon" said Thorin.
„ Hey guys" came a noise from the door. Kyra came in with a wide smile on her face. She looked really satisfied, but only in her face. Her clothes were destroyed and her hands muddy.
„ This is the best morning I ever had" said Kyra and sat down next to me.
„ We talked with Beorn" told Gandalf and ignored Kyra and Dori, who were still looking at each other. Dori was pissed and Kyra looked more teasingly. Maybe we should seperate them the rest of the day.
„ We can take Beorns ponies, but there is the typical problem!"
„ Let me guess" said Bilbo. „We haven't enough ponies?"
Gandalf nodded. „That's the point!"
Kyra and I looked at each other. She lifted one finger. „ I sit in front!"
„ I can't ride a horse. I believe it is the best idea if you take the lead", I replied and layed one arm around her shoulders.
„ The problem is solved" said Kyra and gave the word to Thorin.
„ Allright, we must arrive at mirkwood soon, before the orc pack join us" instructed our leader. „ I hope all of you are able to ride a horse perfectly. That is not an easy trip like at the beginning. We have to be fast!"
Everyone agreed with this plan and we walked out of the house to prepare the ponies.
Kyra sat down in front of me and made herself comfortable sitting on the back of our pony. She grabbed behind her back and offered me her hand. I looked confused, because I had no idea, why she gave me her hand, while reaching behind her back.
" Marcel, take my hand" she instructed. " This is a method of climbing on a horse, if you sit there together. If I would offer you my hand in front of me, I would made some complicate movements to get you on top. But if you take my hand behind my back, I only need to pull you up behind me. Do you understand or was that description too complicated? It is better to show up the effect of it by doing it, instead of a theoretical explanation!"
" I think, I get it", I said. " But I have no idea how to climb behind you only with the help of your body strenght…."
" You need to jump off the ground and push yourself with my help on the back of the pony", she said and sighed. " Maybe this is to difficult for the first time. Fili!"
The blonde dwarf turned to us. He wasn't sitting on his pony either and came to us, when Kyra called for him.
" Fili, are you so kind and help Marcel on the back of the pony?"
I looked at Fili and waited for him to explain what I have to do. Right in this moment, I felt really stupid and unable to do this simple action.
" Don't border you" whispered Fili and grabbed my left foot. " No one is able to do this for the first time. My brother needed many years to do this by himself!" Fili started laughing and Kili gave him a concerned gaze.
" That's not fair, Fili", he yelled. " Have I ever told an embarrassing story about you?"
" No, but you're allowed to do this" laughed Kyra, when I took her hand. She pulled me up while Fili lifted my foot, so it was easy for me to swing my leg over the pony's back. I slipped close to Kyra, so that we had more space on this small pony.
" Are you ready?" shouted Thorin on top of our group.
" Wait a second" screamed Fili, ran to his pony and jumped on it with one single but elegant move. My jaw dropped and my eyes widened, while I stared at him in surprise.
Kyra turned around to look at me and started laughing as she saw my face. " Fili! I believe you shocked Marcel!"
Fili started laughing too and gave his pony a push forward. Kyra took the reins between her fingers and led the pony into Thorins direction. Thorin was still on top of our group and urged his pony to hurry. Kyra gave her pony a soft kick in the hip until we galloped. She pulled the reins to the left, so we got some space between the group and us. She gave the pony another soft kick and after some seconds we were faster than the whole group. Our pony seemed to enjoy this kind of activity. It made some happy sounds and ran faster and faster. I wrapped my arms around Kyras waist to avoid falling down on the ground. When I looked back, I saw Gandalf with his giant horse, who left the group and joined us. He had a cheeky grin on his face. Kyra laughed evil and tried to make a race with the wizard.
" Kyra, may I ask a question?", I said.
" Sure!"
" If I wouldn't sit right behind you, you would also do gymnastics on the pony, would you?"
" For sure, my friend" laughed Kyra. " But not with you behind me. But can I ask you a question to?"
I didn't answer, just waited for her to continue.
" Would you be angry with me, if I do something, you don't like?"
" It depends on what you mean", I replied.
" It's to late to explain it. Just hold tight an my waist!"
I could tightened my grip around her waist n the last second. Suddenly the pony moved faster, even though this wasn't possible, and jumped over a bush. I couldn't hold a scream back and closed my eyes until we reached the ground again.
" You can open your eyes, Marcel" said Kyra. " You're safe on the other side!"
" What was that for?", I asked concerned and watched Gandalf, who did the same.
" I wanted to show my riding skills, but I believe that Gandalf is much better than I!"
" This doesn't matter for me. I only want to reach the Mirkwood safely", I said and Kyra slowed the pony down.
" Maybe we should wait for the others" called Gandalf behind us.
" You can do that if you want" replied Kyra. " I'm not interested in Thorins bad mood until we reach the Mirkwood. Call us if you can't see us anymore!"
Gandalf nodded and stopped his pony.
I layed my head against Kyras shoulder. " I would say that this was enough activity for this day!"
" I would say the same, but I don't believe in that" added Kyra. " When we reach Mirkwood, Thorin will go into it and then we'll have a lot of problems….If you can remember the movie!"
" Oh my god", I shouted and hide my face behind my hands. " The spiders!"
" The spiders will come later, but our first problem will be the air in this forest" said Kyra and caress the neck of our pony.