Wow, in the last chapter, I typed "mom" instead of "aunt" and only realised a few hours after it was posted! XD So I wanted to state, if you see anything weird, a grammar mistake, or a plothole, feel free to point it out.

"Talking"

'Thoughts'

"Get in"

"In where?"

Sam opened the doors to the car and motioned for him to get inside.

"I-I am not sure this is safe, can we just walk?"

Sam actually thought about it and decided it's a good idea to just walk home, since he's never been in a car and would probably destroy something.

'How am I supposed to do this? Nat can't drive and I won't let her go alone with a stranger even if he's supposedly Kili.'

Then an idea popped inside her head and she mentally facepalmed. How did she not think of such a primitive solution earlier?

"Let's do it like this. I'll drive home and return alone and on my feet. You'll just have to wait a few minutes."

Kili's face changed to grateful and relieved of sort and he nodded a yes.

And so Sam got into the car and drove home where she left Nat, then began to walk back to Kili.

Kili thought the woman is probably crazy. She talked to a rectangular black thing and pretended somebody is talking back to her. What did she think she was doing? And why was the other girl looking at her as if it was completely normal?

She seemed to have a whole conversation with somebody and then told him he has to wait here untill she returns.

Kili was relieved he'll get help, but the moment they left, he began to panic again.

What if she didn't return? What if they just left him here? He nervously rubbed his hands and began to check what travelled with him through the hole.

He still had all his weapons, good. And his mother's rune-stone too. He had his money, his hairclips and beads. That was actually good, he didn't lose anything too special. Only some clothes, but basically still had everything he had after the Goblin Town. But he didn't have anything to sleep on, which was a problem.

He had money but didn't know how long it will last him, what is the normal cost of things here. He didn't know how far and how expensive was the nearest inn.

Suddenly a memory flew through his head, it was one of Fili saying, with a playful smirk on his lips "oh, brother, you what would you do without me? Your amazing, calm, brave brother?" and Kili snorted. Those two sentences had now been taken a whole another level and actually weren't just a joke anymore.

He had help, maybe the women were crazy, but told him they would help. But they seemed to be of the race of Men, and those never give off anything for free. At least not to dwarves. Especially to dwarves. Why didn't he place more bets with the company to win more money? Now he had to be careful and not take too much for them.

He tried to come up with a plan to get back to the company for a few minutes, and was surprised when the woman returned so soon.

He went towards her and noticed two things: 1. The woman didn't take the fabric off her face, 2. She held another one in her hands, made out of strange material.

She shoved it into his hands.

"Well put the fucking mask on already"

His eyes widened at her choice of words, he'd never heard a human lady swear like this. No matter what his friends said, he was quite observative and could learn very fast. He understood she meant to put the fabric on his face, and took the strings ('why are they stretchy?') and put them behind his ears. It was really weird.

When he looked up at lady Sam, she pinched the fabric in a place that was covering her nose and expectantly looked back at him. He repeated the motion and noticed it was much more comfortable as the fabri- uhh, mask adapted to the shape of his face.

"Well, lets go" sighed lady Sam

Kili fell in step with her and really tried his best to behave as gentlemanly as he could.

"Sooo, my aunt allowed me to bring you to our house. Please, if you want our help, be polite and listen to what she says. Also, there are four of us in the house, and all of us are women. If there is as much as hint of violence towards us, you will be thrown out."

Kili nodded his agreement. He never hurt a girl, he'll have no problem with such rules. A small part of his mind wondered why there is no man in the household, for he'd never seen a house where only women lived, but there was an important question burning on his tongue. After only few steps, he gathered the courage to ask, "my lady, you mentioned the name of this place before but can you tell me, please, where exactly in Middle Earth are we?"

"You aren't in Middle Earth, or anywhere in that world. This is Earth."

"What do you mean?" Asked Kili in a small voice, 'this cannot be...'

"It is as I told you, I'm sorry, but I have no idea how this happened or how you can get back."

If Kili thought he was panicking earlier, he didn't know back then, what true panic was. 'Another world? How am I supposed to get back? What is happening? Why me? What if I can't get back? What happened to my brother? Will they ever find me? NonononononoNO! This cannot be true' Kili tried to reassure himself, tried to believe this was not true, tried to believe he will get back, he will see his family and friends again, but couldn't persuade his mind to believe it.

Sam noticed how devastated he looked, the terror in his eyes. She could see the panic rising in him. She looked at him with pity in her eyes- this must've been such shock for him. And in truth, she knew she wouldn't be able to process such thoughts or the reality that she may not see her sister again.

She cleared her throat to get his attention. "Hey, hey, it will be fine. I told you I can help you, so you don't have to worry about surviving here. And I know you're probably thinking about how to get back. Maybe I don't know yet, but a solution will surely present itself in due time. I am sure this didn't happen without some deeper meaning, such things cannot be accidental. For now, let's just get to our home and then start thinking about how to get you back."

She could almost see his thoughts slowing down, and hoped her words were true. She let him some space and didn't talk to him anymore while they walked, he needs to process it and calm down.

Kili listened to her and knew she was speaking truth. He must calm down. And yes, this cannot be accidental, so he will be fine and the company surely too. He calmed down, bit by bit. Everything in due time.

They walked past houses, very pretty ones at that, and lady Sam slowed down and stopped in front of a quite big house, opened the febce, stepped inside and motioned for him to do the same. 'So this is the house she was talking about... it's soo big, bigger than any house I've lived in before. They must be rich, but how? If there is no man to make the money... maybe they make the money themselves? If so, this world truly is very different compared to Middle Earth'

The female stepped up the stairs and opened the front door. Kili followed her. As he stepped inside, he thought that yes, those women truly were rich. The house was a beautiful piece of work and he admired the ones who built it.

"Aunt Sarah? We're here!" announced them lady Sam. Kili gulped, becoming nervous. If this didn't work out, they won't help him.

Lady Sam put her "mask" down, and so he did the same. He still didn't know why, but he didn't want to cross any line, so he just followed and did what seemed apropriate. Another lady showed up and it was obvious this was her aunt. He swallowed down the nervosity, and began.

"Kili, son of Dis, of the line of Durin, at your service" he said, with a bow.

The saw the woman's eyebrows shot up in obvious surprise and she looked him up and down as if what he said was very weird.

"Well, hi, my name is Sarah Clark." She looked him in the eyes and her gaze was intense, searching. Then she looked at her niece, and lady Sam nodded. Then, she sighed. "So you fell into this world? Sam told me you need help, so, what do you need, exactly?"

"I would appreciate any help I can get. You see, I don't even have a bedroll to sleep in or a blanket to cover myself. I don't have food, or place to stay at, and worst of all, I have no way to get back where I came from" Kili said with pleading eyes.

"That means you would like to stay in this house with a bed and meals until you find a way back, I assume."

Kili's eyes widened, he didn't expect her to be so generous.

"Yes, I would be very grateful for that, if you're willing to let me stay. I have some money to pay you, though it's not much, and I can help you in almost any way, do almost any work you'll tell me to, in exchange for food and place to sleep at." he offered.

Lady Sarah put a light smile on her lips, "A deal, then. You'll help around the house, and I'll let you stay. But I have rules: 1. You'll never as much as think of hurting me or one of the girls, 2. You'll do as I tell you, and not protest. I'll not tell you to do anything inapropriate, but this is my house, and therefore, you have to obey, 3. The weapons are going off of your body and you'll not touch them while you live here"

Those rules were okay, he'll be very uncomfortable without his weapons, but it could be worse. "Yes, my lady"

"And stop with the lady stuff, my name is Sarah"

"Of course, miss Sarah"

"Great, welcome to our home"