Disclaimer: I don't own anything to do with The Hobbit/Lord of the Rings that's all Peter Jackson and J.R.R. Tolkien. I do however own anything added and my two OCs Lucy and Tony.
KHB123: Yeah it was weird but I figured he needed to ask about it. And yeah, he's never been in love before so he doesn't fully understand it. The kids like 13-14.
Finished BOTFA… My heart hurts…
The next morning, Thorin strode toward the blocked off gate, calling the other dwarves to him.
"Come on!" The dwarves laid down their tools, picked up their weapons, and followed him up the stairs they'd created in the blockage, all the way to a platform they had built at the top of the gate from which they had a vantage point over the plain in front of the gate. They saw the walls of Dale filled with Elves ready for war. Bard rode up the path to the gate on a horse, and stopped in front of the gate.
"Hail Thorin, son of Thrain! We are glad to find you alive beyond hope." Bard called.
"Why do come to the gates of the king under the mountain armed for war?" Thorin called to him.
"Why does the king under the mountain fence himself in? Like a robber in his hole."
"Perhaps it is because I am expecting to be robbed."
"My lord - We have not come to rob you, but to seek fair settlement. Will you not speak with me?" Thorin nodded, and stepped away from the platform and down the stairs. Bard dismounted his horse and crossed the bridge in front of the gate. As he approached the blockade, a raven flew out of the opening above the gate, cawing loudly as it flew away. Bard saw a hole built into the blockade, and Thorin strode up to the other end of the hole.
"I'm listening." Thorin said.
"On behalf of the people of Laketown, I ask that you honor your pledge. A share of the treasure so that they might rebuild their lives."
"I will not treat with any man while an armed host lies before my door."
"That armed host will attack this mountain, if we do not come to terms."
"Your threats do not sway me."
"What of your conscience? Does it not tell you our cause is just?! My people offered you help. And in return you brought upon them only ruin and death!"
"When did the men of Laketown come to our aid, but for the promise of rich reward?!"
"A bargain was struck!"
"A bargain? What choice did we have but to barter our birthright for blankets and food? To ransom our future in exchange for our freedom? You call that a fair trade? Tell me, Bard the Dragonslayer…" Bard looked up, surprised. "...Why should I honor such terms?"
"Because you gave us your word. Does that mean nothing?" Thorin turned away from the hole, disappearing from Bard's view. He leaned back against the blockade and for a moment looked tired and weary. He then looked at the other dwarves and Bilbo, who were all standing there. He shouted back to Bard.
"Be gone, ere arrow fly!" Bard slapped the rock angrily and started to walk back to his horse.
"Bard wait!" Lucy shouted from the top. Thorin and company heard her shout and looked around for her. Thorin looked up before started back up the stairs to the top of the platform. Bard looked up and his eyes widened in shock as he saw Lucy climbing over the side to climb down.
"Miss Lucy, what are you doing?!" Bard shouted up to her in fear
"I need to talk to you!" She called down as she struggled to lower herself down.
"Can't you use the door?!"
"Do you see a door?!" She snapped.
"Please, go back and come speak to me through the wall. You're going to hurt yourself!" Bard said moving to stand beneath her to catch her should she fall. Lucy opened her mouth to call back down when Thorin grabbed her arms.
"What do you think you're doing?" He hissed as he started to pull her up.
"Thorin, I need to talk to him." Lucy said as she tried to pull her arms free. "Just give me a minute."
"Then do it from inside. You're going to get hurt this way."
"No I won't, just let go." She pulled one arm free and tried to pry Thorin's hand off her other arm.
"You're still injured you shouldn't be doing this."
"Thorin. Let. G-" Lucy gasped as she was able to pull her arm free and she started to fall back. Thorin's eyes widened in absolute horror as she fell out of his reach.
"Lucy!" With a scream she fell right into Bard's waiting arms. Her breathing was shaky as was her whole body as he set her down gently.
"Are you mad, woman?!" He shouted.
"Lucy?!"
"Are you alright lass?!"
"Lucy!" The dwarves on the other side shouted as they scrambled to get to the top of the platform to look over the side. Fili, Kili and Tony looked terrified while Thorin still looked to be in shock. Lucy opened her mouth but no words came out.
"She's fine!" Bard called up to them. He looked at her. "Are you alright?" She nodded. "What was so important you had to risk your life to tell me?"
"Thranduil's there right?" She asked. "In the ruins of Dale?"
"Aye. He's the one who brought those elves." He said looking back at Dale.
"Tell him I will honor my promise to him and I will talk to Thorin about helping the survivors of Laketown. Just give me time. There doesn't need to be a pointless war between us when we can help each other."
"Alright, I will tell him. Though I don't think you'll be able to get through to him so easily." He looked up the dwarves who were still watching over the edge. "Dwarves are very stubborn."
"I know." Lucy said with a sigh. "Just give me time."
"Why are you doing this?" Lucy started to stand. Bard stood as well and steadied her.
"I keep my promises." She told him. "And I promise to help you."
"Thank you, I wish you the best of luck." He glanced back up at the dwarves. "You'll need it." He went to turn back to his horse but Lucy reached out and stopped him.
"Actually, tell Thranduil he'll get his gems tonight, I have a plan." She took off her watch, which surprisingly wasn't broken but only a little scratched up, and handed it to him. "When this turns to one tonight, come back here and I'll give you the gems to give to him."
"You came up with this plan just now?" Bard asked as he looked at the watch in confusion. Lucy nodded. "Maybe you should think it through some before you go rushing into things." Lucy shook her head.
"Trust me. If not tonight then by early morning tomorrow."
"Alright." Bard nodded. "Be careful. No more stunts like that." He nodded to the wall. Lucy chuckled.
"No promises about that." Bard shook his head before jogging back to his horse.
"Lucy!" Fili called down. She looked up at everyone.
"I'm alright!" She frowned and looked at the wall. "I'm gunna have to climb back up aren't? I didn't really think this through that far…" She said putting her hands on her hips. She looked back up and noticed Thorin was no longer at the top. "Where did-"
"Lucy!" Lucy's head snapped down to the hole in the wall where Bard and Thorin had spoken through before. She walked over and saw Thorin.
"Oh, uh hi." She said sheepishly.
"Stay where you are, I'm coming around to get you."
"Okay." She said.
"Don't think we're not going to talk about what just happened." He said in a low voice before turning away. Lucy swallowed.
"Yeah he's gunna bite my head off for sure." She sighed as she turned and walked over the bridge to sit on solid ground.
Bard returned to the ruins of Dale and met Thranduil, who was on his elk, halfway across the bridge.
"The girl, Lucy, said she'll honor her promise to you." Bard said. Thranduil blinked and frowned. "She has a plan to return your gems to you tonight." Thranduil looked surprised.
"Does she now?" He mused. Bard nodded.
"I'm to return tonight to retrieve them. She said she'll talk to Thorin about Laketown's share as well." Thranduil scoffed. They looked back toward the mountain in time to see the dwarves dislodge the head of one of the massive stone statues, causing it to fall and break the raised bridge to the gate, thus disabling any attackers from approaching the gates.
"It is fruitless to reason with them; they understand only one thing." Thranduil pulled out his sword and gazed at it. "We attack at dawn! Are you with us?" As Thranduil rode back toward the city, Bard looked over his shoulder at Erebor then down at Lucy's watch in his hand.
"Just what were you thinking?!" Thorin shouted. Lucy kept her head down. "You could've gotten yourself killed!"
"I used to go rock climbing all the time." She said quietly. Though to be honest she did it in a gym with mats below her and a harness on. "Bard caught me anyway."
"And if he wasn't there to catch you?!"
"He was kinda the whole point of me climbing down in the first place."
"Don't get smart with me." Thorin said with a glare. "What was so important that you had to risk your life to tell him?"
"None of your business." Lucy said quietly without looking at him.
"I promised you I would look after you and Tony, you put yourself at risk, that makes it my business."
"Because you always keep your promises right?" Lucy asked with a bitter smile. Thorin frowned. "You promised those people they would get their share, considering how much gold is in that room it would be nothing for you to help them."
"Nothing? Nothing?" He whispered taking a step towards her. "That gold is my birthright. It belongs to-"
"Your people." Lucy said, cutting him off. Her expression was hard, her eyes stern. "Not you alone. You promised those people a share. They are cold, starving, they have wounded." She said, her voice growing louder. "And you're just going to turn your back on them? Sound familiar?!" She glared at him and his eyes widened. "You're no better than the elves." She hissed before turning and walking away. Thorin stared ahead before turning to watch her.
Later that night, Lucy slipped the vial of sleeping potion into her pocket before walking into the treasury and towards Thorin's overlook with a tray of food and drink. Bombur was one of the only ones not looking for the Arkenstone, mostly because of the fact that it was rather difficult for him, so he provided meals for everyone else with what they had left of the supplies. Lucy set the tray on a small table and looked out to see Thorin holding up a necklace. Lucy's eyes widened.
"The white gems of Lasgalen." Thorin said as he picked up a beautiful necklace made of tiny, shining, white gems. "I know an Elf-Lord who would pay a pretty price for these." Thorin tossed the necklace back into the pile of jewels, scattering many of the tiny gems.
"That's convenient." Lucy muttered. Thorin looked up and noticed her in the overlook. She frowned and looked down guiltily. He made his way up and walked over to her. "I brought you dinner…" Lucy said quietly motioning to the tray. "I noticed you haven't eaten all day…" He strode towards her wordlessly and she closed her eyes as she swallowed. He shocked her greatly when he wrapped his arms around her tightly. Lucy blinked and hugged him back.
"When you fell from my grasp this morning…" He let out a shaky breath. "I do not wish to lose you to this world let alone a simple fall. Not only would my nephews grieve for the loss of their One but I would grieve for the loss of a daughter." He pulled back to look at her shocked face. "I will admit I've come to care for you as family, Tony too." He raised a hand to stroke the side of her face. "I couldn't breathe as you fell… it felt as though my heart stopped." He closed his eyes for a moment. "If you had gotten hurt, it would've been my fault for not being able to pull you back up."
"I was trying to pull away so it was my fault I fell." Lucy said shaking her head.
"Why couldn't you just speak to him through the wall as I had?"
"I didn't want you or the others to overhear." Lucy said quietly. Thorin frowned slightly.
"What did you speak to him of?" He asked.
"It doesn't matter-"
"It does if you risked your life."
"I just told him that I would try and talk to you." She said in a quiet voice. Thorin frowned. "I just don't want a war because you're not in your right mind." Thorin let out a heavy sigh. "Can we just forget this, for a while? You should eat." Thorin was silent for a moment before he nodded and walked over to the tray of food. He took a drink before reaching for a piece of bread. Before he could raise the bread to his mouth he dropped it and had to steady himself by holding the table.
"What have you done?" He managed to ask before he passed out. As he fell back Lucy caught him and lowered him to the ground.
"I'm sorry. Please don't hate me when you wake up." She whispered before running down to where she'd seen the white gems. Lucy looked around and found a small chest. She grabbed it and dumped out the coins and jewels in it before putting the white gems and necklace into it. She closed it and hurried to the stone wall, grabbing some rope as she ran by before scrambling up the stairs. She started to wrap the rope around the chest tightly before tying it off.
"Lucy?" She jumped and whirled around to see Ori who was apparently on watch. "What are you doing?" He asked with a curious frown.
"Preventing a war." Lucy said.
"Do you need help?" He asked. Lucy smiled.
"How far can you throw?"
Bard rode a horse back to the gate, he frowned at the now missing bridge and wondered how Lucy would work around that. He looked down at the watch that glowed unnaturally in the lack of light. When he looked back up he noticed Lucy waving her arm. He waved back to show he saw her. She motioned for him to move back and to the right. Bard frowned but moved his horse off to the side. A moment later something came sailing over the side and landed with a loud thud on the ground. There was a rope attached to it in case it had missed its mark. Bard got off his horse and walked over to the chest. He took off the rope and tied it to Lucy's watch before giving a tug. Lucy reeled in the rope and smiled when she found her watch at the end of it. Bard opened the chest and stared in awe of the gems. He closed the chest and stood with it as he looked up. Lucy waved silently. He waved back before getting on his horse and heading back.
He rode into the ruins and found Thranduil, who tilted his head when Bard approached with the chest.
"Lucy has honored your promise." He said and opened the chest. Thranduil's eyes widened and he reached for the chest. Bard handed it to him and took a step back. Thranduil stared at the gems before closing the chest with a smile.
"So she has."
"You don't have to go to war now." Bard said.
"You haven't received your share."
"I'm sure she's working on it."
"She'd better hurry before your people become… upset."
Lucy thanked Ori before rushing back to where she left Thorin asleep. She found him still slumbering on the floor but Fili and Kili trying to wake him.
"What's wrong with him?" Kili asked.
"He probably passed out from exhaustion." Fili said.
"Not exactly." Lucy said. The two turned around.
"What do you mean?" Kili asked.
"I may have put some of the sleeping stuff in his drink." She said with a sheepish smile. Kili chuckled.
"It seems that's the only way he'd go to sleep." Fili said. "Come on, we'd better move him or he'll wake up angry." Kili nodded and the two started to lift him.
"I'll go get him a non-sleep inducing drink and bring the food." The two nodded and told her where they were taking him so she'd know where to go. On her way back from getting a new drink she asked Balin for paper and a writing utensil. She lost her way a few times but managed to find where the brothers had taken their uncle. It looked to be a simple room and Lucy saw a few of Fili and Kili's things by the other bed in the room. She put the tray down on the bedside table and quickly scratched out a note before putting it by the drink.
Thorin woke up confused. He blinked a few times as he sat up and looked around the unfamiliar room. When he noticed the tray of food he remembered what had happened. He frowned deeply and felt betrayed. Lucy had drugged his drink. He got up from the bed and noticed the note.
Thorin,
Please don't hate me for putting a sleeping potion in your drink. I did it because I care. You needed a good night's sleep and there was no way I was going to convince you to go to bed. I hope your heads a bit clearer now. I know you're probably still hungry, don't worry none of this is drugged. I do have something to talk to you about later though.
Love Lucy 3
Thorin couldn't help but smile.