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Chapter 10

I tried to stay out of the way, when the fighting began. I could hear mighty shouts, chairs falling down and punches being thrown. At that moment, it felt like World War III.

It was a complete chaos! Suddenly my eyes found Bilbo, chrouching under one of the tables. I wasn't surprised. I tried to make my way over to him. Key word: Tried.

I felt arms pushing and grabbing me all the times, so I could barely move on my own. Aren't I just popular?

Just then I saw Dwalin coming my way. He was practically roaring, his fists meeting Rufus's face and making him fly through the room. Note to self: Never argue with Dwalin.

Soon Dwalin reached me and grabbed my left arm. Todd saw that someone was taking his job in grabbing other people's arms, and quickly grabbed my right arm. Then they both started to pull.

I went right and left, right and left, right and left, right and left and... you get the point.

"Guys! Stop! You're going to pull my arms off!" I screeched. But did they listen? No. The continued to pull like there was no tomorrow.

Just when I really thought that my arms would fall off, a brighting white light lit the whole inn and some strange power made us all fall down to the floor. Gandalf!

Dwalin and Todd had lost their grip on my arms, so I quickly stood up and headed to the wizard before they would continue the pulling. Gandalf was standing there with his staff, a strange expression on his face. He looked thoughtful.

I nearly hugged the wizard when I reached him, so happy that he saved me from them. Instead, I gave him a smile and then hid behind his back. Time to be the chicken again...

"What is going on here?" Gandalf asked with a strong voice. The inn was still very quiet.

"Gandalf! So you finally came. We found Lily dining with them, and now they won't give her back to us." Thorin said, glaring at Morton. Morton glared back.

"Is that so?" Gandalf said and looked behind at me with raised brows. I gave him a smile, my teeth showing.

"Are you Gandalf the Grey? The wizard?" Morton spoke and Gandalf turned to look at him.

"Yes. Yes, I am. And I travel with the dwarves, the hobbit and Lily." Morton was clearly surprised. He didn't expect that a wizard was traveling with the dwarves he so much disliked.

"Oh." was all he answered.

"Yes, and I kindly ask you, that you will not try to take Lily from us anymore. She belongs to our company."

Morton and the men all shared a look and finally, reluctantly nodded, not looking at the dwarves but only at Gandalf.

"Good. Now that that is settled, we should continue eating." Gandalf said. I nodded but then saw the tables and the chairs and the whole mess.

"Not so fast!" Rob stomped to us, "You will clean this mess and pay for the broken chairs and whatelse!" he barked. I winced.

After an half an hour...

The cleaning didn't take nearly as long as I first thought. When Rob was happy and got the money for the broken things, the company and I moved to the other side of the inn, while Morton and his men stayed at here.

Just when we were moving to the other side, I noticed Morton looking at me. I quickly made my way over to him,

"Morton, I just want to say, thank you." I smiled at him and he gave me a little smile as well,

"No worries girlie, take care of yourself and whatever you do, do not trust the dwarves." he ruffled my hair and winked, "Good bye, I hope we can some day meet again." I nodded and gave a smile and a wave to the others as well. Todd nodded at me and smiled.

Then I was already dragged to the other side of the inn by Dori and Nori. It seems like they don't want me to talk to them anymore.

Soon we connected two tables again and sat down. I was sitting between Gloin and Bilbo, Thorin opposite me.

"Now," He started, "Where were you? We looked for you for a couple of hours but without any results. And why were you with them?"

"Well, it's a long story, I don't have any power to tell you. In short, I got lost and stumbled in on them and they decided to take me with them and here we are!" I grinned. The dwarves switched looks and Thorin scowled.

"We came here for the night, after looking for you, and Gandalf was using his powers, trying to find you alone in the forest. Do you have any idea how much of a burden you already are?!" he said angrily.

"Well, excuse me, but I didn't chose to be here! I'm just waiting for Gandalf to send me back home!"

"Good. You have no place among us." Ouch...

After all that fighting and telling Morton and the others that I belong with the company, now he's telling me I don't. How bipolar is he?!

"Thorin! Be silent!" Gandalf barked. They were now staring at each other angrily and the rest of us stared at them.

"Hmph," Thorin finally huffed, "Let's just eat and forget about this for now. Soon we will go to sleep and wake up early to continue our journey. I will go and purchase for our rooms for tonight." he said and stood up.

When he was out of sight, the dwarves started talking widely again. Bilbo turned to me, "Are you alright?"

"Yeah. I'm going home soon so it doesn't matter."

"Don't worry, I am a burden too. I cannot fight or protect myself in danger. You at least got here safely even though you got lost in the forest."

"That's because I got lucky." I massaged my forehead tiredly. The day's events have tired me out completely and now I felt like a zombie. "And hey, believe me, I'm sure you will get to be the hero in the end."

Bilbo frowned, "I don't think so, but thanks for the support." he gave me a tired smile as well which I send back. In that moment Thorin came back with four keys in his hand.

"Alright, we got four rooms with four beds in every one of them. Now we will just have to decide who goes with who."

We all shared looks with each other. To me it wasn't much of a big deal. Only that I didn't want to go with that Royal-ass-dude. (Thorin).

"We could go pretty much with family members. Aye?" Bofur spoke.

"That's a pretty good thinking, yes." Gloin nodded.

Bifur then said something in a very strange language. I shared a look with Bilbo, shrugging.

"Bifur is right. What about Gandalf , Bilbo and Lily?" Ori joined in.

"Well, if we go like this," Balin started, "I will go with Dwalin, Gloin and Oin. Dori will go with Nori, Ori and Bilbo. Bofur will go with Bifur, Bombur and Gandalf. And finally, Thorin will go with Fili, Kili and Lily." hey! That rhymed!

There were nods, ayes and grunts of approval. It seems like I was the only one who didn't like the plan, but when I looked at Thorin and met his gaze for a second, I knew I wasn't the only one. But most of us agreed to this plan, so I didn't dare make any objections. Instead I asked,

"Where's the bathroom?"


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