Remember We'll Be History
Twelve: Rivendell, Meetings & Forging Bonds
"Why is the Line of Durin a worry for you?" Bella asked as they were all four of the sitting down.
"Don't worry Bella, no one is going to touch your Dwarves." Glorfindel said with a smile. Both Hunter and Strider looked at Belladonna and saw the protectiveness there.
"Now, why do I have to worry for them?" Bella asked trying to get back to the main point.
"Orcs." Strider answered.
"We got hunted." Bella said surprising the three man around her. Glorfindel of course knew since he had been in the party that had gone out to defend them.
"I've heard that someone got a contract on the Durin Line." Hunter informed her knowing that she would understand.
"They want them dead than." Bella said.
"Yes." Hunter told her. Nori was listening on the outside and he was shocked.
"Okay, now we work on protecting them." Bella said, that seemed to surprise Nori the most that someone who wasn't a Dwarf wanted to protect them.
"The question is are their worth protecting…"
"What does that supposed to mean?" Bella snapped.
"Everyone knows the curse of the Line of Durin." Hunter told her.
"The same could be said about yours, now Thorin and his heirs are trying to get their home back."
"You, intent on helping them." Hunter asked, he knew the answer, but he also wanted to be sure. If they were going to help the King Under the Mountain, he needed to be sure.
"Yes, of course." Bella replied and Hunter smiled, which Bella noticed.
"You are a cruel bastard."
"I just wanted to be sure of your motives Bella."
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Thorin had come out of the meeting with Elrond and he for one of the few times could not say that he was angry. He had help for his people and that was all he could ask for.
"Thorin." He looked up to see Nori standing there.
"What's the matter?"
"We need to talk." Nori told him. Thorin knew that he would have heard something that would be useful.
"Very well, lets go to my rooms, should I ask Balin to come?"
"No, this will be for your ears only." Nori said to him.
They walked toward his rooms and as he walked in, he saw that someone was already sitting there.
"Belladonna?" he asked.
"Hi, Thorin and Nori." Bella said.
"I need to speak with Nori in private is there something I can help you with at another time."
"Actually, we might actually be here for the same reason." Bella said with a smile. "I knew you were listening into my conversation Nori."
"What?" Thorin asked.
"Is that so, so you planned to tell Thorin, now or did the plans changed."
"No, they haven't changed. I planned to tell him of what was going on." Bella said.
"What is going on?'
"Your Spymaster should be able to tell you and once you're done, I can speak with you regarding to plans." Bella said walking out of the room. Nori and Thorin looked as she walked away.
"What did you hear?" Thorin asked.
"The Rangers that arrived are close friends to Bella and they informed her, of the Orcs that were attacking us." Nori said.
"They are after my head aren't, they?" Thorin asked surprising Nori. "I'm not surprise, people always have gone toward my head and my heirs."
"What do you think of Belladonna?" Thorin asked him.
"My honest opinion?"
"Speak freely, you are my Spymaster." Thorin said with a smirk.
"I don't know, she confuses me. I cannot tell her intentions because I think she has the rarest." Nori told him. "She has good intentions, pure ones, it seems that she has no other motives to helping you and your heir other than to help you get your home back."
"Is that true?"
"Yes, I have a feeling she will be the most wounded of us all." Nori said as an afterthought, the people with heart tended to hurt more easily. He had a feeling that Bella would be one of them.
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Fili and Kili were in the training grounds and they saw that Bella was walking toward them, but not really noticing them as well.
"Bella?" she looked up to smile at them.
"Boys, what are you doing here?" she asked them.
"Oh, we saw the Rangers and are seeing them train."
"Why don't you ask to train with them?" she asked.
"Well…" Fili began, it wasn't that they hadn't train with Humans before.
'I know for a fact that many of the Elves would like to train in the bow and arrow with you Kili." Bella said. "They find you interesting."
"Me?" Kili asked.
"Well you've told me before that Darrow's, don't use bows often." Bella said, she noticed that they seemed to be reluctant. "How about this; you train, and I'll tell you another one of my stories."
"Really?" they asked her.
"Yes." Bella said.
"Bella you came to train?" Hunter asked.
"Actually, it's the three of us." Bella said with a smile.
"Interesting, Strider would find it challenging." Hunter told them.
"What would I find challenging Father?" Strider asked as he came forward.
"Fili can train with you." Bella said and Hunter looked at her.
"So, you champion him." Hunter said.
"Fili would be a good opponent; I have faith in him." Bella said and she didn't notice the two Dwarf Princes looking at her in surprise. It was sort of stand-off, Fili and Kili knew that look it was one that Thorin gave when he was interested in them beating up their opponent to prove someone wrong. He normally did it with some soldiers that didn't believe they were well trained.
"Well it will be something to see." Hunter told Bella.
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Thorin was coming toward the training ground and he saw that his nephew was currently fighting one of the Rangers. They were both holding wooden swords in this bout.
"What is going on?" Thorin asked Kili who seemed surprise.
"The Ranger and the Hobbit have put the boys to train." Dwalin told him as he looked at his pupil. Thorin saw that the older Ranger and Bella were both looking at the boys as experts. Bella had changed to a different outfit one meant for training.
"Use your height as an advantage." Hunter told Strider.
"Fili, pay attention to your defense." Bella told him.
"Should I be worried?" Thorin asked.
"She is actually good, which merits the fact that she used to be a soldier herself." Dwalin told him. Thorin saw his nephew clash with the human and he seemed to be looking at the human differently. He knew that as Dwarves they tended to go into battle without much thought. Fili was looking at his opponent studying him.
Strider went to attack Fili, who seemed to be waiting for that movement before he went to the attack. Fili dogged and hit Strider in the arm loosening his hold on the sword and it hit his side, Fili smiled getting a bit cocky; but not before Strider hit the back of his leg. Fili went down to one knee. Strider turned and was going to go after Fili, causing the Dwarf prince to block the sword and getting up surprising the man, but Strider could tell an injured opponent and hit Fili once more almost causing him to trip, but he held his ground and punch Strider on the stomach before knocking him down. Strider used his leg to trip him up and both ended in the floor.
"Time." Hunter said to them, Bella walked over to Fili and stood by his side.
"That was a strong hit." Fili told her.
"Yeah, you got cocky." Bella told him, Fili grimace at that. "It could have ended with you killed."
"I know." Fili said hoping his Uncle had not seen.
"Though, you could have used this position for the next part of your attack." Bella said.
"What do you mean?' Fili asked.
"Hunter." She said and Hunter turned to her with a smile.
"I believe the last time I beat you?" he said.
"In your dreams perhaps." Bella said with a smile. "Now the three of you pay attention."
Strider smiled and he had to yell out to Glorfindel, who was on the other side with his bow. Thorin and Dwalin came forward to look at the match, which to them didn't seem fair.
"Glorfindel, Aunt Bella is fighting." He said and he knew the Elf was close and he could hear the someone running their way.
"Why did you call the Elf to come?" Kili asked.
"Oh, seeing Aunt Bella in the ring is a treat no one likes to miss specially Glorfindel." Strider told them.
"Why is Belladonna fighting the human?" Thorin asked.
'He did not just ask that?' Tony asked.
"Bella knows to take care of herself." Glorfindel said.
'Destroy people maybe.' Tony said.
In the ring Bella and Hunter looked at each other sizing each other up. They both had their weapon in their hands and got ready to battle. Glorfindel clapped his hand and both went at each other, the Dwarves were looking at the attack surprised. They saw Bella and Hunter going for the attack. Hunter was trying to use his height for advantage, but Bella was moving too fast and was using her medical knowledge to use.
"How is she moving so fast?" Thorin asked.
"Bella, was a trained soldier before and now has been able to hone her abilities." Glorfindel said. He kept his eyes on the Dwarf and could see that he was looking at Bella with new eyes and a look that he had given to Tony and Erestor when they had trained. He could see the other Dwarves coming over to see the training and the Princes were getting excited and cheering on.
Hunter had tripped Bella and the Dwarves had believe she had lost, they did not expect her to trip the human down to the ground pretty harsh and they could see that now the fight was with their bodies in the ground, before Bella used her feet as an advantage and kicked him in the ribs.
"For the Valar." Hunter hissed out. Bella moved up with her hands and got to her feet, she grabbed the sword on the ground and touched Hunter's neck.
"You give?" she asked.
"Yes." He said with a smile. He grabbed her hand and stood up.
"Like always you are a good opponent." She told him.
"You are as well; I don't know how my pride will survive." Hunter told her and they both laugh. "But bloody Mordor woman, you did a number on the ribs."
"I told you to learn anatomy, way to take down an opponent." Bella said with a smile. She turned to see the Dwarves cheering her and looking at her with surprise.
"Bella!" the boys said and wrapped their arms around her.
"That was incredible you moved so fast." Kili said.
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It was later that night the boys reminded her of her promised. Aragorn was there as well, and he wanted to hear as well.
"Alright, hmm… how about the time that I got confused for Sherlock?" Bella said.
"You got mistaken for him?" Ori asked surprised.
"Yes, now it all started with a bang…"
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Note: We will get out of Rivendell, Please review like always I like knowing your thoughts. Love you guys.
