I layed down on my stomach and closed my eyes. Bard had given us some some blankets. His daughters had their own room, but Bards bed stood in the middle of the kitchen or living room or all together...It was a very tiny house, but obviously enough for this four-headed family. Bofur reserved the place on the table with the little Ori. Thorin was so glad to his nephew and gave Kili the place on the bench under the window. This bench was more comfortable than the floor. Fili took his place next to his brother on the floor and I joined them, because they were the most enjoyable members of the group. And they weren't snoring that loud like for example Gloin or Bombur. Both of them searched for a place on the other side of the house to avoid disturbing us while sleeping.

" I can see them!" whispered Bilbo, who looked out of the window.

" Are you crazy?", I asked. " Let them their privacy, Bilbo!"

" Don't freak out, Marcel" said Bilbo. " They just stand together and talk….I can't believe it. They don't even scream at each other. They're talking...silently."

" I'm so excited" replied Bofur and started snoring.

I shook my head and layed my head back down. Fili next to my was still seating, maybe waiting for his brother to sleep before him. Kili was a tough dwarf. He made no sound, although he was obviously in pain. His face showed an uncomfortable smile, while sleeping. His skin colour turned red and I could imagine that his body temperature was over the usual limit. But I was too tired to think about it, as well as to observe what Kyra and Thorin were doing. When I closed my eyes, I doze off.

The sunrays woke me up in the morning. I rubbed my eyes and stretched my arms to awake faster. I couldn't hear any sound, so all others had to be still asleep. I rolled over on my back and looked out of the window. The sun rose slowly behind the roofs of Esgaroth. And I was right with my guess that everyone was still asleep. Kili layed on his bench and looked so peaceful in sleep. Fili was still sitting next to his brother. His hand rested on Kilis arm to hold contact with his little brother and for the reason that his brother knew that he was there. The other dwarves were also still asleep, instead of some empty places. Dwalin was disappeared as well as Thorin and Kyra. I didn't heard anything during the night, so I didn't realized that they were missing. I woke up the others, but they also couldn't say anything about their abode. I walked over the Bards bed to ask him, but he was also disappeared. What was going on here?

" Did anyone notice that Thorin and Kyra came back last night?" asked Balin exhausted.

" I was sleeping, Balin" said Bofur. " How should I notice this?"

" You're not the only dwarf in this company!"

" I only know that Dwalin was asleep when I decided to rest too" replied Gloin.

" Maybe Bard never came back" added Nori. " He was outside when we were sleeping."

Balin went out of the house and observed the surroundings.

" They're coming" screamed the old dwarf and turned around to opened the door. No second later, Thorin pushed the door open and busted into the room. He looked really angry, when he passed us and hit the wall with his fist.

Behind Thorin followed Kyra and Dwalin, but no Bard.

" Did I ever say that I hate this damn town" hissed Kyra with strained voice. She was the female version of Thorin in that moment, but she was able to control her anger. Dwalin was silent, which was not typical for him.

Something bad must have happened last night. What did they do?

" Thorin, please" said Balin worried. " What happened?"

" What happened?" asked Thorin. " We walked into the town center into the armory to steal weapons for our journey..."

" We planned to leave the town this morning" added Dwalin.

" But Bard, this damn bastard, went strictly to the guard, when he heard from our plan and talked to the mayor!" yelled Thorin.

" I say we leave this town now" said Balin.

" Are you stupid?" asked Kyra. Thorin gave her a warning gaze, but didn't say any word.

" We steal a boat" continued Thorin. " and drive to the Lonely Mountain!"

" Good plan, you genius" replied Kyra. " Have you ever thought about, where we get a boat from?"

" There are enough boats. We take one and leave!"

" I see this plan is well planned", I murmured sarcastic and sat down on the bench.

Now it was completely silent and all dwarves looked at our leader.

" What will we do now?" asked Dwalin.

" We steal a boat" answered Kyra and looked at Thorin. He gave her a small smile.

" Is there a marina here?", I asked

" We're not on the Baltic Sea!"

We discussed the plan for some minutes and clarified any problem, which could prevent us. We wouldn't steal the boat with all dwarves together, but we decided to send a small group: Thorin, Dwalin, Bilbo, Kyra and myself.

I took my jacket and followed them into the town center to the little port. Thorin and Dwalin went ahead and we followed them silently. Nobody was out of the house instead of the guard at that time in the morning. When we reached the port, we crouched behind a wall and looked around the corner. No guard stood on the port. This was our chance.

" I would say we changed the story rapidly" whispered Kyra in my ear.

" What do you mean?"

" Didn't you realized it? In the movie the mayor gave the company a boat and the weapons. Now we have to steal it!"

" That is something I wanted to ask you" said Bilbo behind us. " You both always seemed to know what would happen next..."

"We knew it" replied Kyra. " Now I'm no more sure about it..."

In that moment, Thorin turned around. " Guards are down there!"

" For some minutes they weren't!"

" But now they are!" said Dwalin. " We failed! We can't steal a boat!"

" You have to be more creative" said Kyra. " We distract them!"

" We?"

" Bilbo will help me!"

" What?" asked the tiny hobbit.

" You're more helpful than one of the others" reassured Kyra Bilbo. " You're clever and tiny!"

Bilbo seemed to be convinced now, but he wasn't really sure how he should do this.

" And what shall I do?", I asked.

" Thorin needs you" instructed Kyra. " You need to prepare the boat and get the others, so you are ready, when we arrive!"

" This sounds like a plan" agreed Thorin. " We'll get the others at first!"

Thorin grabbed my wrist and dragged me with him. Dwalin followed us back to Bards house. Bard wasn't still away and the dwarves were waiting for us. Thorin quickly ran upstairs and opened the door.

" We haven't much time, so listen carefully", he instructed. " You need to follow us to the port. There we will search for a good boat and enter it."

" Where are Bilbo and Kyra?"

" Shall we leave without them?"

" This plan sounds stupid!"

" Shout up", I shouted. " This plan is well structured and you have the do exactly was Thorin says to you, do you understand?"

The dwarves didn't say any word, but no answer was also an answer. I looked at Thorin and gave him a sign to continue.

" Allright, follow me!"

One after the other left the house. I took the key and locked the door, hidden the key and tried to catch up the dwarves. No more people walked through the streets of Laketown, so we had to be more carefully. With thirteen dwarves it was risky to walk through a town and steal a boat, but we had to take this risk. Kyra and Bilbo maybe were in action with there distract plan and we had no opportunity to stop them. Thorin led the company into a corner, where nobody could find us. He instructed them to be silent and observed the port.

" No we have to wait for Kyra and Bilbo!"

" Maybe we need to decide, which boat we wanted to enter?" asked Balin and pointed into the distance. " That one looks good!"

" Good idea, Balin!"

" I also have some good news" said Bofur and we turned to him. " Bombur grabbed some food from Bard."

Some of the dwarves laughed silently and Bombur smiled satisfied. He was happy with himself.

Food was important for our trip to the Lonely Mountain, but it was really obvious that Bombur stole it from Bards home.

" Marcel, you'll help me to remove the ropes. Dwalin, you'll help everyone into the boat until we're finished with our task!"

" The action starts when Kyra and Bilbo give us a sign!"

Suddenly, we heard a horn.

" Thieves!" We heard a voice close to us.

I looked around the corner with the dwarves right behind me, pressing against my back. In the distance I saw Kyra and when I saw her I hold my breath. She was running around the houses, the guards directly behind her and she got something in her hands.

" What are the things in her hands?" asked Bofur confused.

" Weapons!" whispered Fili. " She got weapons!"

Now I could see Bilbo too. He was on the opposite side of the house with other guards behind him. He also carried weapons in his arms.

" We need help" shouted one off the guards and the two guards on the port left their place.

" It's our turn" said Thorin and ran out of the corner. I followed him and started removing the ropes from the port. Dwalin jumped carefully on the boat and reached his hand out to help the others on it. He gave them instructions where they should sit and I threw the ropes into the boat. Dwalin grabbed my hand and lifted me into the boat. Thorin held the rope in his hands. "Kyra!"

But we couldn't see her and I turned nervous. I hoped that she heard Thorins scream and came to us, but I couldn't hear a sound.

"Kyra!", I shouted too. Then, I saw hear. She ran around a house with Bilbo in front of her. He ran into our direction, Kyra some meters behind him. Bilbo threw the weapons and jumped onto the boat. I jumped into the boat too and hoped that Kyra would made it, because the guards were right behind her. Now she had to jump on the boat. Some meters before the water, she threw the weapons into our directions and Dwalin catched them. Without hesitation, she ran to the edge and jumped. The distance between boat and port were at least three meters. It semmed that she wouldn't made it, but in the last seconds, Thorin reached over the edge of the boat and grabbed her around the waist. Dwalin wrapped his arms around Thorin and dragged them back onto the boat. Thorin tilted and felt down on the ground with Kyra in his arms.

" What was that?" asked Bilbo.

" That was close", I answered and helped Kyra on her feet. She patted Thorins arm and sat down on the floor. Thorin looked as shocked as Kyra and turned silent.

" We won't do that ever again" said Bilbo and took a seat next to Balin.

" I can't promise that, but I'll try" laughed Kyra and winked.