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Chapter 2

After rushing in the direction the little boy had pointed to, the dwarves have yet to find any trace of his mother and these men that had captured her. Thorin had feared that maybe they were too late, maybe the men had dragged the woman off to Mahal knows where and had their way with her. His heart dropped at this thought, just thinking about the poor boy waiting at camp for his mother, the mother he might not see again if they don't find her.

He was start to lose hope in finding her when the dwarves suddenly stop as they hear a man roaring in pain, and then a woman's scream for help a few seconds later.

"This way!" Thorin calls out.

Leading the way, Thorin rushes on towards the scream, praying they're not too late. They soon come to a clearing where there are five men; two a pinning a woman to the ground, who is gagged, two others are standing and watching them while the biggest of them is straddled over the woman, a dagger raised and ready to kill her. Kili raises his bow and fires an arrow, which wooshes through the air and thuds into the head of the man and him falling off the woman.

After hearing a woosh and a thud, I open my eyes and let out a muffled cry as I see an arrow sticking out of the side of Ernie's head before he falls off me to the side. It was then that all hell broke loose as five short men charged out of some bushes with a roar, all manner of weapons drawn, except for guns, and went straight for the unsuspecting men, killing them all with ease.

I try backing away as much as I can, especially when one of the short men comes over. Looking at him with fear in my eyes, I still can't help but notice his appearance; long black hair which has two braids, blue/grey eyes and a black moustache and short beard. His outfit definitely represents something from a renaissance festival or a LARP game; bronze chestplate with a black tunic over it and held closed at the waist by a belt. He has a long blue coat on which is lined by fur, and I'm sure it's not faux fur either. He wears black trousers, boots and also wields a small wooden branch on his arm.

Sensing my fear, the man sheathes his sword and hold his hands up in a comforting way and speaks in a soft but deep voice.

"It is alright, I will not hurt you. My name is Thorin, I want to help you, your boy found us."

At the mention of Aiden, my eyes go wide and fill with tears. Knowing he is safe fills me with so much relief and emotion. I allow the man, Thorin, to kneel beside me, taking the gag from my mouth so I can speak.

"Aiden found you?"

He smiles gently. "Aiden? Is that his name? It is a strong name."

I smile before suddenly feeling my hands free from the bonds. Looking behind me, I see another man, younger than Thorin, kneeling there and putting a dagger away as he pulls the ropes off. The young man has long blond hair with quite a few braids, blue eyes and a beard and moustache which is braided on either side of his lips. He wears the same sort of clothing as his elder, but his is brown.

Rubbing my aching wrists, I smile at him. "Thank you."

He smiles. "You are welcome, My Lady."

The two men then help me to my feet, which causes me to cry out in pain as I put weight on my bad leg.

"You are hurt?" Thorin asks.

I nod. "Yes, one of the men shot me in the back of the leg with an arrow."

Looking at the wound, both men look at each other, Thorin growling something in a language I can't understand, before I am suddenly swept up in his arms, which makes me give a surprise yelp. I open my mouth to complain, but he interrupts me.

"You cannot walk on that. This way, we can quickly get you to our Healer and your son."

I nod after a slight hesitation. The quicker I am with Aiden, the better.

"Our bags-" I begin, pointing in the direction they were left in, which was the same direction the men had come from.

"We have them, do not worry." the blond man says as he nods to three others.

One of them, the youngest with shaggy brown hair and stubble just looking over the bags in confusion and curiosity.

Thorin then turns to the other men. "Take their weapons, food and any healing provisions they may have. Leave the rest, someone will find them."

They all nod and give an aye before getting on with their orders. Thorin and the brown haired man then move through the forests, Thorin still carrying me.

It is not long until I see the orange glow of a fire through the trees and we soon came upon a camp, which is by a cliff's edge where there were other men huddled around a fire with ponies and a horse nearby, all of them looking up in worry when we arrive. I notice all but one are small stature with beards apart from two, one of the two being the shortest and I notice he is bare-footed and has hair on his feet. One of the men is tall and has a long grey beard and hair and wearing grey robes and a pointed hat.

"Mummy!" I hear Aiden's voice.

Looking over, I give a large sigh of relief as he runs over. I lean my hands down and touch his face as he reaches up for me.

"Oh, Aiden. Thank goodness you are safe." I say as I run a hand through his hair.

"Thorin, what happened?" one of the small men asks with a soft, smooth voice.

I look in the direction of the voice to see one of the men had stepped forward his beard forked in two and as white as his hair.

"We took care of the bandits before they were able to do serious harm, though the woman is injured. Oin, can you take care of her?"

"Aye, bring her over here, lad."

I look to the voice and see a dwarf with grey hair and beard which is braided and curled around as well as a long, straight moustache.

Thorin walks me over to where the man, Oin, is and lays me down after explaining what happened. As he's looking me over, Aiden kneels beside me, looking as though he wants to cry, but trying to be brave.

"Mummy. . ."

I smile at him as I put a hand to his cheek. "I'm fine, sweetheart."

"Fili, Kili, come take the boy. This is something he shouldn't see." I hear Thorin say.

Looking up, the brunette and blond from before come over and the blond reaches out to take Aiden, but Aiden huddles close to me in fear.

"Shhh. It's okay sweetheart, they won't hurt you. Go with them, it'll be okay."

He looks to the two men in hesitation before going with them. I gasp slightly as a sharp pain erupts from Oin trying to get the fabric of my leggings away from the wound.

"Sorry lass, this is going to hurt." he apologises.

"Don't you have anything to numb the pain?" I ask worriedly. I know I have a high tolerance for pain, but I know this is something even I won't be able to handle much of.

He looks apologestically at me. "Afraid not, lass. The arrowhead is deep in your leg."

I groan as I lay my head back down. That's when someone sits next to me, looking up, I see the man from before who spoke to Thorin. He gives me a grandfatherly smile as he settles himself down.

"You will be fine, not to worry lass." he says, his voice matching his smile.

I give a weak smile of my own.

"What is your name?" he asks.

"Sophia."

"Sophia. That is a lovely name. My name is Balin."

I smile at him. "It's nice to meet you, Balin. I hope Aiden wasn't too much trouble for you."

"Oh no, no trouble at all lass. We managed to get him calm and distracted enough with something to eat, while we were waiting."

I nod as Balin looks behind me to Oin, his face becoming serious, so I know it's time. I take a shaky breath as I dig my hands into the dirt below me. That's when Balin takes my hand into his own.

"Hold onto me, lass. You will be fine."

I just hold onto his hand and grit my teeth together, trying not to scream out as I feel the first cut.

Thorin watches the woman, not being able to help but feel sympathy and anger for her situation. Women and children are supposed to be treated with the precious jewels they are. Instead, those bandits were just planning on using her and hurting her. He also felt proud of her for being brave and strong enough to send her son away. Even though she had no idea whether he would be safe, she knew he would be safer than if he stayed. Because of her act, Aiden was able to come find them and save his mother just in time.

Looking over to the boy, he sees him silently crying in between his nephews, clinging onto the strange packs he and his mother has. In fact, a lot about them was strange. The packs, the clothing, and even how the mother spoke. He can tell they are not from around here, but where could they come from?

"Intriguing are they not?" Gandalf asks as he stands beside him.

Thorin nods. "Indeed. They are not from here, that much is certain."

Gandalf lets out a thoughtful hum but says nothing more. Looking to the wizard, Thorin can tell there is something he knows, or may know, and is not saying. As he is about to ask, a strangled cry comes from the woman. Looking over, he sees her struggling, eyes closed and her free hand almost hitting Oin as she tries to stop him causing her more pain. He cannot blame her, he has been in this position before, having an arrowhead burried in him and someone having to cut it out. Even though he was able to take the pain, it was still extremely painful.

The pain was unbelievable. I may be able to take pain, but I have never had pain like this. Even being in labour wasn't this excruciating. I unwillingly let out a strangled cry, my left arm subconciously swinging out to Oin, but not reaching him. That's when I feel someone take my free hand, and knowing Balin is holding my right hand in both of his, I open my eyes and am surprised to see Thorin kneeling beside me, gently holding my hand in his, his eyes staring into my own.

"It is almost over, lass. Just keep looking at me and it will be done soon." he says, his deep voice speaking with such gentleness and reasurrance I wouldn't expect from someone as gruff looking as him.

It's not something I'm used to. Being spoken to in such a way by a man. The last man to speak to me like that was my father before he died. I continue to leep my gaze on Thorin as he said, both he and Balin giving me comforting words as I squeeze their hands. Finally, after what feel like hours, Oin says the words I've been wantng to hear.

"There. All done, lass. Just need to wrap it."

I let out a breath of relief as my head slumps back onto the ground.

Thorin smiles at me. "You did well, lass."

"Sophia." at his look of confusion, I say more clearly. "Sophia. That's my name."

He nods. "Well, Sophia. Once you are more comfortable, I would like for us to talk, if that would be alright."

I nod before he gets up and walks off. Balin stays with me until Oin is finished and both men help me to sit up and that's when Aiden runs over and sits in between my legs to cuddle up to me. I smile as I hold him close.

"I'm alright, sweetheart. I'm alright."

He starts to sob in my chest. "I was so scared! I thought I wouldn't see you again!"

I kiss his head. "No, sweetie. I'll never leave you. You know this, right?"

He nods in my chest as I calm him down while humming. He is soon asleep, having tired himself out from crying. A few minutes later, the brunette and blond from before walk over.

"How are you feeling?" The blond asks.

I smile at him. "Better now, thank you for asking. . .are you Fili or Kili?"

He smiles back. "Fili."

"Kili." The brunette says as he steps forward.

"At your service." They both say as they bow.

I blink surprised by the simultaneous greeting, but smile at them. "I am Sophia. It's a pleasure to meet you. Obviously you know my boy, Aiden."

Kili smiles at him. "We do. In fact, he's why we're here. Our uncle wants to speak with you, and we'll take care of him for you."

Nodding in the direction he indicated, I see Thorin and Balin standing by the cliff edge with the tall man with a pointed hat. I nod, allowing Kili to take Aiden, who luckily sleeps through the movement and Fili reaches down to help me up. I wince and hiss in pain a little as he does.

"Are you alright?" Fili asks in concern.

I nod. "I'll be fine."

He also nods as he puts an arm around my waist and allowing me to lean onto him as he walks me over to the three men. That's when Thorin and Balin take me from Fili and get me seated on a boulder.

"Thank you, Fili." Thorin says to him, causing Fili to smile at him before walking back to Kili.

"How are you feeling, Sophia?" The tall man asks.

Normally, I would be surprised at how he knows my name, given I haven't spoke to him yet. But I just assume either Thorin or Balin told him.

"Much better now I am away from those men." I turn to Thorin. "Which reminds me, I have yet to thank you properly for saving my son and I."

He shakes his head. "No thanks are necessary. I am just glad we got to you before they could do anything worse to you."

I smile before turning my attention to the man as he speaks.

"Forgive me for saying so, but your clothes. . ."

I look down at myself. Black leggings, now torn, tan walking boots, lilac t-shirt, black jacket.

"What about them?"

"They are. . . strange."

"Hey, don't judge. Primark was all I could afford!" I said defensively.

Everyone looked puzzled.

"Pri. . mark?" Thorin said slowly.

"Yeah. The clothes shop? Man, you guys really take this LARP thing serious."

Thorin's frown deepened.

"What is LARP?" Balin asks in confusion.

I raise an eyebrow. "Seriously? You're going to keep this charade up? LARP, you know, Live Action Role Playing? It's the only way all this can make sense. The names, the medieval weapons and even the costumes. I mean, what are you supposed to be? A wizard or something?"

He looks affronted by my tone of voice. "Why, yes. I am a wizard. My name is Gandalf. Gandalf the Grey."

I raise an eyebrow at this. "Okay then "Gandalf" I'll bite. Can you prove it?"

He holds out his hand which is empty and as I watch, a few seconds, a ball of fire suddenly erupts in his hand, which then turns into various colours. I just stare at his hand in disbelief before looking between Thorin and Balin and then to the group of men by the fire.

"My god. . .this is real. . .all this is actually real. . ."

"That it is, my dear. I know this must be a shock to you, but it is clear that you are not of this world."

"You don't say." I say sarcastically.

"Not of this world? You mean, she is from another world? Is that even possible?" Thorin asks.

"Is it completely possible, Thorin. Sophia and her son are proof of that. Do you remember how you came to be here, Sophia?"

I nod. "Yes, clearly. Aiden and I were being chased and after wishing for something to happen, something to get us away from him and to safety, a white light suddenly engulfed us. Next thing I knew, I woke up a few hours ago in this forest."

Gandalf nods. "It appears, my dear, the Valar saw fit to give you and your son mercy by bringing you here."

"The Valar?"

"They are the deities of this world."

I nod in understanding.

"The question is now, what do we do with Miss Sophia and Aiden? We cannot exactly go back."

Balin nods. "They will have to come with us. At least until we can get to somewhere safe for them."

Thorin sighs. "You are right. I may not like it, but it is the only way for them to be safe." he then turns to me. "Can you fight?"

"With weapons? No. But, I do know hand to hand combat, if that helps."

"It is a start. Once your leg is healed, if you are still with us, we will begin your training. Until then, I swear to you, we will do all we can to keep yourself and your son safe."

I smile at this. "Thank you, Thorin. I don't want to be a burden on you, or your men."

"Dwarves. We are not men."

I blink. That explains whey they're short. "Okay, dwarves. But, in my world, I was a doctor, a healer, so I could help with Oin."

He nods, looking impressed. "That would help. Come, I am sure you are hungry after your ordeal."

"Oh no, I don't think I could eat anything right now.

"Alright. Let us return, we can introduce you to everyone."

He then reaches out, helps me to stand and wraps his arm around my waist and helps me back to the others where he gently sets me down beside a boulder next to Fili, Kili and Aiden, who is still sleeping. Thorin then begins to explain to everyone that Aiden and I will be joining them all until we can get to somewhere safe and then introduces me to everyone.

First off are the dwarves; Obviously I know of Balin, Thorin and his nephews Fili and Kili and Oin. The there's Oin's brother Gloin, who has magnificent long red hair and a beared which holds many braids. Balin's brother Dwalin, which surprised me, who is a bald dwarf and one of those who had also rescued me, as well as Gloin. And then there the brother Bofur – the hatted dwarf, Bombur – the overweight dwarf, who has a marvellous beard which circles around his rotund belly and their cousin Bifur – who surprises me at first as I see the axe in his head, but I quickly ignore it as I smile at him, who gives a small smile back and a nod of the head. Then there are the brothers Dori – who has intricately braids in his grey hair and beard. Nori – red haired dwarf which is tied into three points above his head and his beard braided into three sections, I'm also sure I can see his eyebrows braided into his hair. And then Ori – the only dwarf with short hair, apart from Dwalin who has hair around his head. Ori's hair is the same colour as his brother Nori's. And finally, I meet the hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, who gives me a welcoming smile. Bilbo really surprises me. I had never met a Hobbit before, never knew they existed. He seems to also be the same height as Aiden.

"It is a pleasure to meet you all." I say with a smile.

"As it is to meet you, lass. Are you hungry? We still have some stew left." Bofur offers.

"No, thank you, Bofur. I think I'm going to get some sleep. It's been a long day."

He gives a sympathetic smile. "Of course. Sleep well."

I smile as the other dwarves say their goodnights and wince as I settle down to sleep while Fili lays Aiden down next to him. I thank him as I wrap my arm around Aiden and close my eyes, hoping that tomorrow will be a better day. Feeling a weight placed on me, I open my eyes to see Thorin placing a blanket over Aiden and I. Smiling, I thank him before closing my eyes again.

Well, there we have it, Chapter 2 done and up! Hope you all enjoyed! I hope I didn't make Thorin too ooc, but I figure this is something he would do for women folk of any race. Please leave me your reviews. I also accept constructive criticism.