"What?!" All of the dwarves stared over at Gandalf, who was calmly puffing on his pipe. He had just informed them that he was going to have to leave them again, in another two days or so.

Oswin had been about to take a bite of her stew, but nearly dropped her dinner instead. Thorin was the first to speak up, "You wish to leave us again? After what happened last time?"

Oswin felt the need to point out, "Last time was me nearly getting all of us killed with my big mouth! And then us getting chased by goblins, then orc and wargs and that god awful albino orc! Then Thorin nearly DIED!"

Gandalf shook his head and sighed, "You really are very dramatic and negative at the moment, Miss Oswin."

Frowning, she pouted and grumbled, "Just saying is all, sheesh." Nori snickered from the ground a couple feet away, and Oswin kicked him in the arm, rather than punch him as Dori would do. The tri-spiked hair-do dwarf rubbed his arm and shot a good-natured glare over at the girl.

Kíli joined in, "We'd have died if you hadn't managed to summon those eagles." Fíli added onto his brother's statement, "Yeah, none of us can summon giant birds!"

Gandalf sighed, "I'm sure you will all be quite fine without me. I always said I would see you over the mountains, and I have. This is not my adventure, Thorin Oakenshield, I have other pressing matters to attend to. I won't leave for a few days still."

The company fell into a somber mood before Bombur pointed out, "We, ah, are running a bit low on food. We should spend a day hunting or find a village of some sort."

Kíli himself perked up at hunting, but Gandalf offered, "I have a friend in these parts. I think he would be quite alright putting you all up for a couple of days."

Thorin looked suspicious and asked, "Food and board at no fee?"

"Oh," Oswin perked up, "I still have my stones. People seem to like those. We could use them?" They all stared at her strangely for offering up such precious gems. Oswin smiled nervously, wondering if she had said something wrong, again.

Gandalf chuckled though, removing attention from Oswin and told them, "Food and board, at no fee."

The old wizard proceeded to tell them about his friend, but Oswin was starting to drift off, leaning on Kíli's shoulder once again. The only things Oswin caught before falling asleep were skin changer and to be polite.

Her dreams were strange, Oswin would admit that. She couldn't decide what they meant. They were memories, mixed together, some from the village and others from another world. She couldn't tell what was real. She felt that she should be able to be more clear on her memories from the strange world, but the village… it seemed so real, how could those memories not be the real thing. But the memories from the strange world were also very real.

Her night was spend in internal turmoil, trying to grasp onto any memory, decide which world was hers. She had spent so little time on the past, only when random memories were triggered, that she couldn't remember anymore.

Her memories where what ended waking her up, first with the exception of Gloin and Bifur, who were on watch. The gruff red headed dwarf spoke up, "We still have a couple hours till we should be up, lass, go back to sleep."

Oswin yawned and unraveled herself from Kíli once again, standing and walking over to the two and sitting down once again, in front of them. Wiping the sleep from her eyes, she shook her head and sighed, "Nah, can't go back to sleep once I'm up. Anything exciting happen while we were all sleeping?"

Gloin shook his head and Bifur mumbled something and made a strange signal with his hands. Oswin squinted before realizing he was pointing towards something. The girl turned to see and nearly busted out laughing, pressing her hands to her mouth. Somehow, during the night, Thorin had managed to fall asleep with his head on Bilbo's stomach.

The three awake dwarves were all trying their very hardest not to awake anyone from loud laughter they were trying there hardest to contain. It was very, very hard, though. Swallowing laughter, Oswin stood up and told the two watchmen, "I'm going to take what will probably be my last bath for a very long time."

"You should wake Kíli up, have him go with you just in case," Gloin advised. Bifur nodded, pointing sharply at Kíli to communicate that it wasn't a suggestion.

Oswin sighed, but complied, stepping over a couple of dwarves to shake Kíli's shoulder. The darker haired dwarf grumbled something, so she nudged him with her toe until he rolled over and saw her. She grinned and pointed over at Thorin and Bilbo. Kíli frowned but looked over and burst out laughing. That woke most everyone up. Including Thorin and Bilbo.

That was severely entertaining, both the dwarf and hobbit scrambling away from each other. Oswin, Fíli and Kíli were howling with laughter. Honestly, it really was the funniest thing, the three of them would never forget that. Thorin glared over at his nephews and the soul-bound of one, before ordering, "We're leaving for Master Beorn's soon."

The others continued to snicker, but dutifully began packing up, Oswin completely disregarding a bath in the river. Thorin and Bilbo's reactions had been totally worth it.

The humming seemed to be getting louder, and Oswin finally asked, "Seriously, what is that noise?"

Gandalf glanced back and told her, "They are Beorn's bees. We are passing by his bee pastures actually." That got her curious and she looked around, gulping as she saw them. The bees weren't just bees, oh no, they were bloody giant bees. Slow and easy going it seemed, but still, they were giant flying insects.

Oswin's first instinct was to move closer to Kíli. The prince chuckled and wrapped an arm around her protectively. Nori laughed at her fear and she glared at him, smacking him in the back. The more mischievous dwarf turned back and glared as well. That was truly the basis of her friendship with Nori, she realized. He laughed at her, she hit him, they glared before laughing at each other.

And the did laugh at each other like always, but Oswin pointed out, "You have a leaf in you hair." Nori picked it out before turning around only to stop.

Kíli, Fíli, and Oswin stopped as well and Gandalf told them, "Now, I don't want to frighten him-"

"How about not dying first?!" Oswin pointed to the bear towering behind Gandalf. She wasn't a fan of big animals, especially one ready to attack her friend. But Gandalf turned around and spoke to it cheerfully, "Beorn! There was no need to come and welcome us."

The dwarves had all backed up and created a sort of wall in front of Oswin, and Thorin because Bilbo had skittered in front of him and Dwalin and Balin had shouldered in front of their king.

Oswin glared at the back of their heads before stepping back and standing on a rock to peer over their heads. As she did, she watched the bear go from at least thirteen feet tall, down to about seven at the least, the fur changing to skin, the face becoming human, the entire bear becoming-

"Bear!" Oswin burst forwards, past her dwarf wall and Gandalf, and was caught by the skin changer, who had knelt to catch the small girl.

They all looked confused to say the least as their female friend hugged the complete stranger, before pulling away and chattering, "I've missed you! I didn't know you could turn into a bear, why'd you never tell me! And how come everyone always called you Bear if your name is Beorn?! But I'm on a journey, though, with friends! And we're going to fight a dragon and save a mountain and everything! I got to meet elves, and we fought goblins-"

The shaggy haired man chuckled as the small girl continued to talk away only finally ceasing to take a long breath. When she stopped, he just said teasingly, "Well, it's nice to see you to, Otter."

Thorin finally asked, "What's happening?"

Oswin turned around and said brightly, "Everyone, this is my Uncle Bear."

Authors Note: Yep. Oswin knows Beorn. Okay, so it's short, I know, but it's half filler, half twister.

Oh, and yes, Oswin is slowly forgetting about London, and you find out why VERY soon, like next chapter or so soon.

So, reviews feed my soul, they will get the next chapter up faster. I don't want to sound greedy or nothing, but lets say... five reviews? Okay, so as soon as I get five more reviews, I'll post the next chapter. FROM FIVE DIFFERENT PEOPLE. Yes, it is already written :3