Okay… This chapter is about George because I think Ella could have a break for a chapter. Besides George is part of the story too. :3 Okay well, maybe Ella will pop in once or twice but you guys know what she's like ;) So here's a little Thorin and George bonding moment. Hope you enjoy!""Alright little one." Dwalin said walking up to George who was sitting in the grass. "Time for you to learn how to really fight." "Really?" Dwalin nodded. "Here take my ax." Dwalin handed George his ax but as soon as he let go George fell under the weight of it. Dwalin chuckled, lifted the ax off of George and helped him up. "Maybe we should start with something a little lighter?" George asked as he tried to brush the sand from his legs. Dwalin hit him in the back and George almost tripped over.
"Oy, Dwalin!" Kili came walking up with the usual smirk on his face. "Careful with him. We don't want Ella beheading any of us." "Don't worry Kili." George said pushing his glasses up and smiled. "I'm okay. Dwalin was going to teaching me how to use his ax." "Ha! In your dreams little brother." Kili ruffled his hand in George's hair. "You should learn how to fight with a real weapon like a bow and arrow. You can't call an ax a weapon, it's a tool for lumberjacks." "What?!" Dwalin growled. "Only elves and beardless dwarves use bows!" "Who are you calling an elf?!" "He should learn how to shoot!" "No! He should learn how to swing!"
Kili and Dwalin were face to face and George was stuck between them. "Kili! Dwalin!" Fili came running up. "What's going on?" Fili reached for George's arm and pulled him away. "Are you alright?" George nodded. "What are you fighting about?" Fili asked Kili and Dwalin. "He called me an elf!" Kili shouted. "And you called me a lumberjack!" Dwalin shouted back. "I did not!" Kili snapped. Fili looked down at George hoping to get some answers from him.
"Dwalin wanted to teach me how to use his ax and Kili wanted to teach me how to use a bow. Kili said that an ax wasn't a real weapon and Dwalin said that a bow is for elves." Fili shook his head. "Well they are both right." Fili said smiling at George. "Everybody knows that you can only call a sword a real weapon." "What?!" Dwalin and Kili growled at the same time. Fili soon joined the discussion about weapons and it didn't take long before the others started to join too, raising their weapons in protest.
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George squeezed his way through the angry dwarves and headed for Thorin who was sitting on the grass. George sighed and dropped himself next to the king. "Stupid dwarves." George mumbled cleaning his glasses. Thorin couldn't help but smile at the small boy. "What do you think I should choose?" George asked. "What ever you want." Thorin replied. "You would do well with a bow because you have a sharp eye." Thorin said. "But you have your own sword and it is a great weapon as well. Though I would leave the ax. It might be a little to heavy for you. You can learn to wield it when you're stronger."
"Would you teach me how to use my sword?" George asked. Thorin raised his eyebrows. He had never really spent time with the small boy but who could resist those big blue eyes? "I mean, who could be a better teacher then the master himself?" "Very well." Thorin chuckled and got up and pulled George to his feet. "Let's first stop the argument first before they kill each other."
Thorin walked up to the group but the door to Beorn's house flew open. "WILL YOU GUYS SHUT THE HELL UP!" Ella shouted standing in the doorframe. It was like she had read Thorin's mind. "We're try to have a conversation in here but I keep getting distracted by you idiots! So QUIET DOWN!" Everybody looked up at Ella before she slammed the door again.
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"Come on!" George said pulling Thorin's arm while he jumped up and down. "You have to teach me! Now!" "Alright, alright." Thorin chuckled. "Draw your sword." George did as he was told. "Now do exactly as I." George nodded and got himself ready to mirror Thorin's every move.
"First of all, you have to hold your sword like this." Thorin said bending on one of his knees next to George so that he could see. "Very good." Thorin gave George a smile. "When you block with your sword, you hold it like this. You will then be able to shield yourself from the blow without dropping your weapon or breaking your wrist." Thorin could see that George was eager to learn by look in his eyes. "Now let me see some swings." George jumped up in the air and started swinging his sword at the air around him. Thorin had to duck a couple of time to avoid them. George ran up to Kili and Fili and started running around swinging his sword at them. Fili and Kili chased him and they had their own mini adventure. Thorin laid back in the grass lost in thoughts. What could go wrong? Fili and Kili were with him and Thorin closed his eyes for a second.
It had been a long while since he taught someone, so small, to fight. Thorin could still see young Fili and Kili's faces when they asked him if he could teach them how to fight. Fili was about George's age when Thorin taught him how to fight. Fili had exactly the same spark in his eyes. Thorin knew that George would be a great warrior some day, if Ella only would let him go just a little. It felt like everything was happening all over again only this time a little different.
Thorin had been awakened from his thoughts by a cry. George came running up to him his hand was wrapped around his finger. Thorin sat up and George crashed into his chest crying. "What is the matter, little one?" Thorin asked while he put an arm around the crying child. George lifted his hand and showed Thorin the cut that was on his small hand. Thorin frowned looking closer. George had a small cut in his finger and was only bleeding a little. You could hardly see it. "I cut my finger." George sniffed. "It really hurts." He sobbed into Thorin's chest.
Thorin shook his head. The same thing happened to Kili when he was little. Thorin couldn't help but to put a smile on his face. "Don't worry you will be fine. It's only a scratch." "No, it really hurts." George cried. "You have to kiss it." Thorin raised his eyebrows. "What?" He questioned. "You have to kiss it and make the pain go away. My daddy back home always did that if I hurt myself. He always said that a kiss could heal every wound no matter how small or how big." For a second Thorin didn't know what to do but George just kept looking at him with pleading eyes.
"Alright but don't you go running around with this sword of yours. It's not a toy." George nodded with tears in his eyes. "Okay." He sniffed. Thorin quickly kissed the small cut and George jumped up from his lap. He quickly gave Thorin a tight hug and ran off waving his sword again. "Come on, boys! The princess will be mine!" "George what did I just tell you?!" Thorin shouted after George but he didn't listen and kept running, sword in the air.
What is happening to me? Thorin thought when he couldn't see George anymore. I'm growing soft. He sighed, fell back into the grass and rubbed his face.
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Balin saw the confused and frustrated king landing in the grass and he placed himself next to him. "Are you alright lad?" "What is happening to me Balin?" Thorin asked. Balin just smiled at the king and sighed. "I believe you have started to care for them." Balin said scratching his chin looking at George playing around. "I have not." Thorin said but Balin was wise and didn't believe him for a second. "Don't worry lad." Balin said with a smile calmly patting Thorin's shoulder. "It happens to the best of us." "But I don't understand Balin." Thorin said sitting up. "Why me?"
"Because that is what they decided. From the point that Ella said that they would join us, I knew. I could see the trust she had put in you, you might not have gotten along at first but after the trolls I could see something changed in her." "But I didn't want this." Thorin said. "I believe neither of you wanted it but Ella gave up fighting that feeling in Rivendell and the bear attack was the last drop for her. Though it took a little longer for you." Balin said raising an eyebrow at Thorin. "Though, I still think that you still have a long way to go."
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"She called me father." Thorin said soft after a moment of silence. "Twice." Balin noticed a small smile on Thorin's face when he looked at the ground. "Why?" "I can not answer that but maybe it is because you remind her of her father and you act like a father from time to time." "I do n-" Thorin was cut off by Balin who pointed at George. "But then how did you get George to stop crying?" He asked him a bit teasingly. "Whether you like it or not, Thorin. They might be closer to your heart then you might think." Balin patted Thorin on the shoulder one last time and stood up only to duck at George's swings.
"Master George!" Balin said, pushing himself up. "Be careful with that, you might chop of somebody's head." "Oh, I'm sorry Balin." George said lowering his weapon. "I was only trying to slay the dragon." "What dragon?" Balin asked playing along. George said nothing but pointed to Thorin with an evil little smile on his face. He held his finger up to his lips, sighing Balin to keep quiet while he moved closer to Thorin.
With a raw George jumped on Thorin's back. "Fili! Kili! I have the dragon!" George shouted laughing as Thorin pulled him over his head and George was hanging upside down in front of him. "Ella help! The dragon has caught me!" Thorin dropped George but he grabbed him again before putting him down on the ground. Thorin threw his legs over George so that the small boy couldn't get away. George laughed while he twisted and turned trying to get away from the heavy weight of Thorin's legs.
"Kili help!" Kili came running up and pulled an imaginary arrow in his bow. As he let go Thorin fell to the ground hand over his heart and Fili pulled George from under Thorin's legs. "Hurray! We did it!" George shouted in victory.
"What did you do?" Ella asked with a smile on her face as she stepped closer. "We killed the dragon and saved the princess!" "Did you now?" Ella asked and saw that George was covered in dirt a little. "Let me guess Thorin was the dragon," George quickly nodded and smiled. "And Kili was the princess?" "Noo..." George giggled. "Fili?" "No." "I know who!" Ella said. "Bifor!" "Vass?!" Bifor said turning his head. "No Ella, it was you." George giggled. "But I'm not a princess." Ella said with a eyebrow raised. "Yet! But you will be when you marry Fili." George said playfully looking up at her. "We'll see." She said with a smile turning a bit red as she caught Fili's eyes. "But let's have dinner first before we start making any plans!" She said. George stretched out his hand to Thorin and 'helped' him up with his small arms.
"So what did you guys do today?" Ella asked George as they walked back to the house. "Thorin taught me how to hold a sword! And I cut my finger, SEE?!" He said excited as he held his finger in front of Ella's face. "It hurt but then Thorin kissed it and it didn't hurt anymore!" "And then you killed him." Ella said laughing. "YES!" George laughed. "Then we killed him!"
It was a lot harder to write then I thought so here's a late update :3 Review, comment, favorite and follow! I would love you hear what you think ;3