Jemstone6259: yeah, I realized those two scenes should be longer and I just couldn't think of anything but I went back and added some to each of them if anyone is interested (added about 500 words but mostly Lucy and Fili's) (I realized I should've waited until I thought of something but I wanted to get a chapter up, plus the chapter was already 4,000 words)

As of 5/23/2018 I've fixed dialog grammatical errors and revised the chapter…again.

Lucy woke the next morning and when she went to move she was immediately in pain. She sat up stiffly and slowly moved her neck from side to side. Lucy blinked when a blue cloak fell down behind her as she straightened up. She looked across the table to see Tony sleeping with a similar cloak covering him.

"It wasn't a dream..." she muttered quietly.

"The two of you fell asleep." Lucy looked over to see Gandalf ducking into the room. "They didn't want to disturb you." She noticed the dwarves were cleaning up the mess they'd made the night before. Lucy looked towards the window to see the sun was just about coming up. "We'll be leaving soon." Lucy looked back at Tony who remained asleep. "If you wish to come with us..."

"Do you think we'll find a way home?" Lucy asked as she stood and folded the cloak. "I mean on the way?"

"Maybe, maybe not... or perhaps you'll find something more," Gandalf said. Lucy looked back at Tony as she held the cloak to her chest.

"He'll never let me here the end of this," she muttered.

...

Tony was brimming with excitement as he pulled on his coat and backpack. Lucy sighed as she walked to get her bag. She found a hair tie and pulled her hair up into a pony tail before closing her bag. She still held the cloak in her arms and looked around to see which dwarf didn't have one to put on. Someone tapped her on the shoulder and she turned around to see Fili smiling at her.

"You looked cold last night," he said. She smiled and handed him the cloak.

"Thank you," she said as he put it on.

"So, you'll be joining us?"

"Yes, as much as I'd rather keep Tony safe..."

"I can't promise his safety but we'll be there look out for him, for you as well," he said. Lucy nodded.

"Thank you," she said. Fili smiled.

"So, we have 16 ponies for the journey one is for supplies and one is for Mister Baggins should he decide to join us." Lucy tilted her head, wondering where he was going with this. "I was wondering if you would like to ride with me? You're small enough to fit." Lucy smiled.

"A dwarf just told me I was small enough." The two chuckled. "Sure." She nodded. "I don't really know how to ride was anyways, I'd probably fall off if I was on by myself," she added with a chuckle.

"I won't let you fall," Fili assured her as he smiled at her and Lucy swallowed as her face flushed.

"I'll uh... meet you outside," she said quickly before she grabbed her bag and hurried out of the room. Kili came over with a chuckle.

"She's running from you already, brother?" he teased. Fili rolled his eyes and smacked his brother's shoulder playfully. "I'm going to ask if she wants to ride with-"

"Too late," Fili interrupted with a smirk. "She's already agreed to ride with me. You'll have to ride with Tony." He patted Kili on the back twice and Kili frowned as Fili walked away.

The dwarves were riding their ponies, Gandalf on his horse, down a path through a wooded area. A few words of conversation could be heard, including 'waste of time' and 'use a hobbit'. Lucy could hear Bofur snickering at her red face as she sat in front of Fili; he had one of his arms around her and the other was holding the reins while she hugged her backpack to her. Tony and Kili, on the other hand, were both frowning as Tony sat behind Kili; Tony held onto the back of Kili's cloak with one hand just as a precaution. Suddenly the group heard Bilbo as he ran up from behind the group.

"Wait! Wait!" he shouted. Some dwarves called 'Woah!' and stopped their ponies. Bilbo caught up to them and handed Balin the contract. "I signed it!" Balin took the contract and inspected it with a pocket-glass then smiled at Bilbo.

"Everything appears to be in order. Welcome, Master Baggins, to the company of Thorin Oakenshield," Balin said. The dwarves cheered quietly but Thorin didn't look impressed.

"Give him a pony," he said.

"No, no, no, no, that-that won't be necessary, thank you, but I-I'm sure I can keep up on foot. I- I-I've done my fair share of walking holidays, you know. I even got as far as Frogmorton once-WAGH!" Bilbo was cut off as Fili and Kili rode alongside him and picked him up from either side to put him on the free pony behind them. Tony laughed while Lucy looked sorry for Bilbo.

...

Bilbo rode a pony and looked quite uncomfortable. The pony neighed and tossed its head, making him grimace. Gandalf had moved back to ride alongside him.

"Come on, Nori, pay up. Go on," Oin said. Nori tossed a sack of coins to Oin; sacks of money began passing between the dwarves. 'Hey, hey, hey!' Some of the dwarves laughed.

"What's that about?" Bilbo asked.

"Oh, they took wagers on whether or not you'd turn up. Most of them bet that you wouldn't," Gandalf said.

"What did you think?" Bilbo said.

"Hmmm." Gandalf caught a sack of money tossed to him and chuckled as he tossed it up in his hand once before he put it in his bag. "My dear fellow, I never doubted you for a second." Bilbo sneezed loudly.

"Ohh. All this horse hair, I'm having a reaction," Bilbo said. He searched his pockets for his handkerchief. He was unable to find it, and he looked up in shock. "No, no, wait, wait, stop! Stop! We have to turn around," he insisted. The entire company came to a halt, and the dwarves objected and asked what the problem was.

"What on earth is the matter?" Gandalf asked.

"I forgot my handkerchief." Bofur tore a strip of cloth from his clothing and tossed it to Bilbo

"Here! Use this," he said. Bilbo caught the rag and looked at it in disgust.

"Move on," Thorin said and everyone started moving again.

"You'll have to manage without pocket-handkerchiefs and a good many other things, Bilbo Baggins, before we reach our journey's end," Gandalf told him. "You were born to the rolling hills and little rivers of the Shire, but home is now behind you; the world is ahead."

"Bilbo," Lucy called. He looked back at her as she tossed him a small packet. He frowned at it slightly, in confusion, before looking back at her.

"What's this?" he asked.

"Tissues," Lucy said. "I don't have a handkerchief but you can use those."

"Oh-" Bilbo looked surprised and blinked. "oh, thank you Miss Montgomery, very much," he said as he took one from the little plastic packet and wiped his nose.

"Just Lucy please," she insisted. He nodded with a smile.

"What else've you got in there?" Fili asked as he leaned his face over her shoulder, putting his face by hers and his lips to her ear in the process. She stiffened slightly as her face became a deeper shade of red. He glanced at her and noticed which made him chuckle, also in her ear. She moved away slightly to turn her head to look at him. He smirked at her. Tony looked over and made a 'bleh' noised while sticking his tongue out and Kili rolled his eyes.

The first night they camped out the siblings helped the dwarves unpack their ponies, Lucy helped Bombur pass out dinner bowls. After a very loud dinner, filled with laughing and stories that neither Lucy or Tony understood the context for, it was time for bed.

"Wish we had our sleeping bags," Tony said with a frown when he noticed the dwarves laying out their bed rolls.

"Miss Lucy, if you would like, I'll gladly let you use my bed roll," Fili offered her with a smile. "I'd hate to see you sleeping on the dirt."

"Oh, no no, that's okay," Lucy said as she shook her head and put her hands up slightly. She noticed Thorin, who sat against a tree, looking over with a stern expression and swallowed.

"I insist," Fili said.

"Really, I couldn't," Lucy said giving him a smile. "I would feel bad if you had to sleep on the dirt."

"Doesn't bother me," Fili said as he shook his head. Tony turned to Kili who was unrolling his bed roll.

"You gunna offer yours to me?" Tony asked before he scoffed he walked to the far end of the camp, the furthest away from Lucy.

"Fili, really, you keep it. Thank you for the offer though," Lucy said before following Tony's example and going to the opposite end of the camp from Tony. Fili and Kili exchanged looked.

...

The next morning Kili woke Lucy by gently shaking her shoulder.

"Five more minutes, mom," she muttered into her bag, that she was using as a pillow.

"I would love to give you five more minutes but it's time to get up," Kili said. Lucy's eyes popped open and she looked up at him. He gave her a smile as she sat up and chuckled as she tried to fix her hair. "Your hair looks fine," he told her and grinned when her face flushed. On the other side of the camp the dwarves started laughing and the two looked over to see Tony had taken off his shirt to change it from his black one to his lighter grey one.

"There's barely any meat on his bones!" Dwalin exclaimed as he laughed with the others.

"I'm still growing!" Tony shouted with a pout. "I have to get taller before I start getting bigger," he said as he pulled on his other shirt before stuffing his black one in his bag.

"At least he has the right idea in changing," Lucy noted as she opened her bag. Kili watched her, trying to get a peek inside the bag, as she pulled out a thick strapped blue tank top.

"What's that?"

"A shirt," Lucy said with a frown. Kili blinked.

"That's..." he swallowed. "Rather small to be a shirt, don't you think?"

"It's a tank top."

"A what?" Kili frowned. "Where are the sleeves?"

"It's a sleeveless top," Lucy explained as she looked in her bag for something else. Kili's eyebrows were raised as he blinked. He swallowed again when she pulled out a pair of shorts.

"And those are?" he asked.

"Shorts," Lucy said with a frown. "I guess clothing is really different here."

"And these shorts are... for?"

"To wear in place of these," Lucy said with a laugh as she pointed to her jeans. Kili's face flushed.

"Bu-But they're so small, so... short," he said.

"That's the point. It got kinda hot out yesterday so I figured I'd wear these," Lucy said. "Tony changed into his," she added as she noticed Tony had in fact changed into his basketball shorts. Kili glanced over at Tony then quickly back to Lucy.

"His go down to his knees," he said with wide eyes. "Those..." he pointed at the shorts in her hands. "don't look like they will."

"Come on," Thorin said loudly to everyone. The ponies were already all packed up and ready to go.

"I'm just gunna go change real quick," Lucy said as she stood. Kili stood with her and swallowed. Thorin noticed Lucy heading into the woods and frowned.

"Where are you going?" he called after her. She glanced back and saw he was talking to her.

"I'm just changing my clothes," she called back. "I'll be like two seconds."

"One two!" Tony called.

"Tony, shut up," Lucy called as she went behind a tree. A few minutes later she headed back and noticed it was a lot quieter. She looked around and noticed all the dwarves staring at her. When she looked at them they looked away. Kili and Fili, on the other hand, couldn't stop staring.

"Oh dear," Bilbo squeaked as his eyebrows shot up and he looked away. Fili looked away then nudged Kili roughly when he didn't.

"What?" Lucy asked as she put her clothes in her bag.

"What are you wearing?" Thorin asked with a deep frown.

"Clothes?"

"Wait, is this like a world where women only where dresses and stuff?" Tony asked with a laugh. Lucy crossed her arms and sent him a glare.

"We're going to be outside in the sun, wearing pants and a black shirt makes it too hot," Lucy explained. "I'll change back when it's cooler."

"You're still riding with me, right?" Fili asked. Thorin sent his nephew a hard look and Fili cleared his throat as he looked away from Lucy.

"Uh, yeah, if that's okay?" Lucy looked between Thorin and Fili, not missing the stern warning look the older was giving the younger. Thorin said something in dwarvish and everyone mounted their ponies. Fili got on behind Lucy and swallowed as he put his arm around her like the day before. "You okay back there?" Lucy asked him as she glanced back at him.

"Oh yes, fine, fine," he said flashing her a smile.

"You're sure? You look a little flushed. Are my clothes really that inappropriate?" Lucy asked. "They're normal where I'm from."

"I'd like to go there one day," Kili said as he rode beside his brother.

"I guess I'll just wear my other pants from now on," Lucy said.

"I don't mind your clothes," Kili told her with a smile.

"Thanks."

"Pervert," Tony muttered with a deep frown. Kili looked offended.

"I was just complimenting her," he said defensively.

Later that week, the Company camped out by a cliff. As Gloin slept, tiny flying insects were sucked into his mouth every time he inhaled, and they were expelled when he exhaled. Bilbo watched in disgust, then finally got up and stretched before he walked around. Most of the dwarves were asleep; a few were awake, including Fili, and Kili who sat by the fire. Gandalf was smoking his pipe against a nearby tree. Bilbo walked over to his pony and gave her an apple, after checking to see that no one was looking.

"Hello, girl. That's a good girl. It's our little secret, Myrtle; you must tell no one. sh, sh," Bilbo said to her. Bilbo heard a scream in the night air and became worried. Lucy, who sat with her chin on her knees behind Kili and next to Fili, lifted her head. Bilbo looked over at the two brothers.

"What was that?" Bilbo asked.

"Orcs," Kili said. Another scream sounded.

"Orcs?" Bilbo asked as he hurried over to them. Thorin, who was dozing, jerked awake upon hearing the word 'Orcs.'

"I don't like the sound of that," Lucy muttered.

"Throat-cutters. There'll be dozens of them out there. The lowlands are crawling with them," Fili said.

"They strike in the wee small hours, when everyone's asleep. Quick and quiet; no screams, just lots of blood," Kili said. Lucy swallowed and hugged her knees tighter to her chest. Bilbo looked away in fright; Fili and Kili looked at each other and began chuckling. Lucy lightly kicked Kili's back and he turned to grin at her. His grin faded slightly when he saw her expression.

"You think that's funny?" Thorin asked. Kili looked forward and frowned. "You think a night raid by orcs is a joke?" he asked.

"We didn't mean anything by it," Kili said before lowering his eyes.

"No, you didn't. You know nothing of the world," Thorin growled as he walked away to the edge of the cliff to look out over the valley. Fili nudged Lucy's foot with his and gave her an apologetic look. She lowered her head onto her knees again. Balin walked up to Fili and Kili.

"Don't mind him, laddie," Balin said to Bilbo. "Thorin has more cause than most to hate orcs. After the dragon took the Lonely Mountain, King Thror tried to reclaim the ancient dwarf kingdom of Moria. But our enemy had got there first." Balin proceeded to tell Bilbo about the battle of Moria and Azog, the Defiler and how Azog had beheaded Thorin's grandfather, the king. "Thrain, Thorin's father, was driven mad by grief. He went missing, taken prisoner or killed, we did not know. We were leaderless. Defeat and death were upon us." Balin then started to smile. "That is when I saw him: a young dwarf prince facing down the Pale Orc. He stood alone against this terrible foe, his armor rent...wielding nothing but an oaken branch as a shield-"

"Is that where he got his name from?" Tony asked quietly. Balin looked at Tony, who was leaning up on his elbow, and nodded.

"Azog, the Defiler, learned that day that the line of Durin would not be so easily broken. Our forces rallied and drove the orcs back. Our enemy had been defeated. But there was no feast, nor song, that night, for our dead were beyond the count of grief. We few had survived. And I thought to myself then, there is one who I could follow. There is one I could call King." Balin looked to Thorin as Thorin turned away from the view beyond the cliff; the entire Company was awake and standing, staring at him. Thorin walked between them toward the fire.

"But the pale orc? What happened to him?" Bilbo asked.

"He slunk back into the hole whence he came. That filth died of his wounds long ago," Thorin said as he walked back to his previous resting place. Balin and Gandalf shared a look. Fili sat back down next to Lucy and nudged her foot again and she lifted her head.

"Didn't mean to frighten you before," he said quietly. Kili also sat down and turned to face Lucy.

"You don't have orcs in your world, do you?" he asked. Lucy shook her head.

"We only have humans... man," she said. The two brothers frowned curiously.

"Only Men?" Kili asked.

"Must have been quiet the shock to see us then," Fili said. Lucy nodded and hugged her knees tighter. "Cold?" Lucy shook her head. Kili scooted back so he was on her other side.

"We'll keep you warm," he said with a friendly smirk before both brothers scooted a bit closer to her.

"Thanks guys," she said quietly and they both smiled.

"Feel free to use my shoulder as your pillow," Kili whispered. Lucy shifted and leaned her head on Kili's shoulder. Kili smirked at Fili who rolled his eyes.

"What else is there?" Lucy whispered.

"How do you mean?" Fili asked.

"Besides dwarves, man, hobbits and... orcs... what else is there."

"Well..." Fili said.

"There 're elves," Kili said.

"Elves?" Tony asked. He moved closer to the three and sat on the other side of the fire. "You mean the lil short pointy eared things?" The two brothers shared a look.

"That's hobbits," Fili said before pointing to Bilbo who looked up with a frown. Tony frowned.

"No. I mean like half your size, they wear bells on their shoes and pointy hats," Tony said.

"Tony, you're thinking of Santa's elves," Lucy said with a chuckle. Tony rolled his eyes.

"Same thing," he said.

"Who's Santa?" Kili asked. "A friend of yours?" Tony stared at Kili in shock making Kili raise his eyebrows and look down at Lucy. "What? Who is he?" Lucy giggled quietly. Kili looked at Fili who shrugged.

"He's just a story parents tell their children so they'll be good to get presents on Christmas," Lucy explained.

"Christmas?" Fili asked. Tony's mouth fell open and he looked like he was going to have a heart attack as he dramatically put a hand to his chest.

"Tony, this world is different than ours, they're not gunna have the same holidays and such," Lucy said.

"I know but... come on, you guys don't know what Christmas is?" Tony asked. The brothers shook their heads. "What about Hanukah?" They shook their heads again.

"Pretty sure if they don't know what Christmas is they won't know what Hanukah is either," Lucy said. Tony shrugged.

"Never know," he muttered.

"Hang on," Kili said. "Back to this Santa fellow."

"Santa Claus, also known as Saint Nicholas, Father Christmas, Kris Kringle, whatever you wanna call him is said to bring gifts to the homes of the good children on December 24th, the night before Christmas Day." The two brothers nodded. Lucy noticed that a few of the other dwarves had started to listen to her.

"Tell us more about your world, Miss Lucy," Ori said.

"Like what?" Lucy asked. She lifted her head from Kili's shoulder making him frown.

"How about music, what kind of music is there?" Bofur asked.

"There's lots," Lucy said.

"Yeah, it's pretty sweet, there's a bunch of different types: Pop, Rock, Hip hop, Rap, Dubstep,"

"Sounds like a type of dance if you ask me," Nori said.

"Could you play us any?" Bofur asked. Tony shook his head with a frown.

"We don't have anything to play. Our parents didn't want us to bring anything fun related for our trip," he said. "That included music."

"Could ya sing us something then?" Bofur asked. Tony Suddenly Tony smirked and turned to Lucy who's eyes widened. She gave him a look that read don't-you-dare.

"Lucy can sing," Tony said. Lucy glared at her brother who continued to smirk.

"Come on then lass," Bofur said with a smile.

"Yeah, sing for us," Kili said with a smile. Lucy started shaking her head.

"Aw come on."

"Please, just one song?"

"Come on," Fili said with a smile as he nudged her gently with his elbow. "What's the harm?"

"I don't know what to sing," she said. Tony looked up as he thought.

"Sing something Ed Sheeran, that's always nice."

"Only if you sing something too."

"No way," Tony said crossing his arms.

"Then I'm not singing," Lucy said. The dwarves all sounded disappointed and started urging Tony to agree, even Dwalin.

"Fine. Fine, I'll do it... geez." Tony said as he rolled his eyes.

"You have to do Northern Downpour."

"Fine," Tony groaned. "You have to do Photograph." Lucy nodded.

"What's a photograph?" Ori asked.

"It's a picture," Tony said.

"Like a drawing?"

"Uh yeah but not a drawing," Tony said.

"Alright, quick lesson before I sing then." Lucy said pulling her bag to her and pulling out the flip phone. "Two things. One, this is a phone. We use them in our world for long distance communication. Two," she opened the phone and turned it on; she was surprised it still had some battery left. She clicked through it and pulled up a picture she'd taken of Tony holding up a soccer trophies. "This is a photograph. Well a digital one, there's also physical ones you can hold." She said as she held out the phone for the dwarves to see. They stared in wonder.

"There's a mini Tony in that thing," Kili said.

"And 'Jeans' the type of pants we're wearing," Tony added pointing to his own jeans. "Alright, now that everyone knows what a photograph is, you can sing." Tony said as Lucy put the phone away. Lucy nodded and before closed her eyes and took a breath.

"Loving can hurt
Loving can hurt sometimes
But it's the only thing that I know
When it gets hard
You know it can get hard sometimes
It is the only thing that makes us feel alive..." The dwarves slowly sat up from their bed rolls and turned to watch her as they listened. Thorin opened his eyes as he listened, looking up at the stars. Tony had closed his eyes and a small smile came to his face. Fili and Kili listened, their mouths falling open slightly.

"When I'm away
I will remember how you kissed me
Under the lamppost
Back on 6th street
Hearing you whisper through the phone,
'Wait for me to come home.'..." Lucy opened her eyes to see the dwarves all staring at her.

"That bad, huh?" she asked sheepishly.

"No, lass, you've a very nice voice," Bofur said with a smile.

"Very pretty," Dori said with a smile.

"Beautiful," Kili said. She turned to see him and his brother staring at her in awe.

"Okay, Tony's turn," Lucy said as her face flushed.

"Damn," Tony said hoping she'd forgotten.

"After this," Everyone looked to Thorin as he spoke. "All of you get to sleep." Everyone nodded. Lucy saw Thorin look at her and looked at the fire quickly. Tony cleared his throat.

"If all our life is but a dream
Fantastic posing greed
Then we should feed our jewelry to the sea
For diamonds do appear to be
Just like broken glass to me..." Lucy smiled as Tony tapped the beat on his crossed legs as he sang.

"Hey moon, please forget to fall down
Hey moon, don't you go down
You are at the top of my lungs
Drawn to the ones who never yawn..."

The dwarves began clapping. Tony jumped up and bowed dramatically.

"See Tony, you got a round of applause," Lucy said with a smile. Tony grinned back.

"Would you sing us another, Miss Lucy?" Ori asked.

"I told you all to go to sleep," Thorin said.

"Then how about a lullaby?" Ori asked quietly.

"To fall asleep to Lucy's lovely voice would be a dream," Kili said leaning over to her ear making her blush. Thorin sighed.

"If she knows one and you all lie down," he said after a moment of silence. Everyone returned to their bed rolls. "Fili, Kili, you're still on watch."

"Right, we won't fall asleep," Fili said.

"I'll have to fall asleep to your voice another night, princess," Kili whispered making Lucy rolled her eyes but smile. Tony laid down and closed his eyes. He smiled as he heard Lucy start to sing the familiar lullaby she used to sing to him when he was younger.

Little child, be not afraid
The rain pounds harsh against the glass
Like an unwanted stranger
There is no danger
I am here tonight

... ... ... ... ... ...

Everything's fine in the morning
The rain will be gone in the morning
But I'll still be here in the morning

At some point Kili's head fell on Lucy's shoulder and by the end of the song Lucy's head fell on Fili's shoulder. He smiled down at the two before looking out at the rest of the sleeping dwarves.

If you remember the old story you'll notice I changed the two songs (last one is the same)

If you're interested in hearing the songs I found covers that sound like how I imagine Lucy and Tony would sound. Just add these link parts to the end of a youtube link (obviously just pretend there's no guitars.)

Lucy (Photograph) - /watch?v=qdGcvR-PSa4

Tony (Northern Downpour) - /watch?v=gGby3PHdvK8

If you remember the old story you'll notice I changed the two songs (last one is the same)

Old Word Count: 3,533 New Word Count: 4,444