Right quick Author's note, the speech in bold is in Dwarf and the speech in bold and Italic is in elf.
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Rivendell
To Rivendell, where Elves yet dwell
In glades beneath the misty fell,
Through moor and waste we ride in haste,
And whither then we cannot tell.
In the space of a day the dwarves had managed to be captured by Trolls and almost eaten. Naturally Thorin blamed Bilbo, which pissed Alina off royally. She had refused to talk to the stubborn dwarf king after he called Bilbo useless again. She followed the others into the troll cave, the dwarves drawn to the gold she looked at the weapons; Gandalf had already claimed the elven swords for himself and the stubborn ass. She noticed a bow of an old elven make. She picked it up as well as an elven dagger and looked around for the quiver which she found none; before she could look further she heard shouting. She climbed out of the cave to find Gandalf talking to Radagast by far her favourite wizard of Middle Earth. She pulled experimentally at the bowstring, both she and Kíli gasped as an arrow appeared pulling back with the bowstring.
"It cannot be." Alina wondered
She did not have time to think clearly before Wargs attacked, she shot of an arrow hitting one of the Wargs between the eyes as Thorin and Dwalin finished the other off after Kíli shot it. Radagast lead the Orc party away from the company using his rabbit sled. They all began running Alina encouraging Bilbo to keep running. They hid behind a large boulder, Alina knew they were getting closer to the hidden pass; she kept this knowledge from Thorin. Kíli shot a Warg its loud cry of pain alerted the others, Alina silence the beast using the dagger and went to kill the Orc before she could it spoke in Black tongue
"You traitor will die along with the dwarf scum you love." Thorin killed it before it could say anymore. She nodded at him and began using the bow to shoot arrows at the approaching Orcs.
"Run you idiots." She shouted pushing Bilbo forward.
"This way you fools." Gandalf shouted at the pass and proceeded to get the rest of the company down into the pass. Thorin shouted for Alina and Kíli to move from where they were firing.
"Kíli go I'll cover you, go." She shouted as she fired another shot and took down another Orc and Warg. Alina turned to run as she heard the horn of the warriors of Rivendell. She pushed Thorin down the hole and jumped down after him.
"There was no need to push me." Thorin complained. She grinned in response and began skipping down the pass longing to see the place that was once her home and those she called kin.
They walked through the pass, Gandalf announcing their location when they saw Rivendell.
"This was the plan all along, to seek refuge with our enemy." Thorin snarled
"You have no enemies here Thorin Oakenshield; the only ill will here is that which you bring yourself." Gandalf replied
"Do you think the elves will give our quest their blessing, they will try to stop us!" He retorted
"Of course they will but there questions that need to be answered, if this is going to work it need to be handled with tact, and respect and no small degree of charm which is why you will leave the talking to me." Gandalf lead the way
Alina was to focused on their surrounding as she took in her home, it had been over ten years since she had seen it last. She knew the dwarves where gazing in wonder, she snuck up to Kíli and Fíli and said quietly as they looked over the edge of the pathway
"It is truly beautiful down there at the first rays of dawn." The brothers just sent her questioning looks before walking forward.
"Mithrandir." Lindir called
"Welcome to Rivendell, Thorin Oakenshield and Company." Another elf greeted them as Lindir and Gandalf spoke "Alina?" He questioned
"Elladan, brother." She greeted
"Father will be so happy you have returned. May I ask why are you in the company of Dwarves sister?" He asked looking towards her company. She laughed at him and drew him into an embrace.
Thorin cleared his throat "Alina who is this?" he asked
"This is Elladan, son of Elrond Lord of Rivendell and who I call my brother." She smiled at the stubborn dwarf.
Then the horn of the warriors of Rivendell, Thorin grabbed Alina and shouted "Close ranks" pushing her into the middle as the elves on horses circled them.
Then Elrond greeted "Gandalf"
"My Lord Elrond." They began to greet one another and speak of the Orcs being near the hidden pass.
Alina pushed past Thorin and Dwalin and drew Elrond into an embrace "Father" She spoke.
"Welcome home daughter." He responded softly
"Welcome Thorin, Son of Thráin." He greeted Thorin
"I do not believe we have met." Thorin replied
"You have your grandfather's baring; I knew Thror when he ruled under the mountain and my daughter speaks often of you."
"Indeed he made no mention of you and I do not know your daughter." He replied
"And this is the one who has captured your heart, daughter." He spoke to Alina she blushed and looked down hiding a smile.
He asked the dwarves if they wanted food in the elf tongue
"What does he say, does he offer us insult?" Glóin asked outraged
"No Master Glóin he offers you food." Gandalf causing Alina to smile softy
The dwarves turned to each other.
"Well in that case lead on." Glóin answered
"Do you see yet why I find them adorable?" Alina asked her brother
"No and I probably never will." Elladan replied, she laughed at him and gently punched his arm causing him to smile.
"Come this way sister." Elladan pulled Alina into a room and handed her an elven dress and headdress. She quickly slipped the clothing on and put her hair in the style of the elves. Her feet were bare and quickly caught up with her company. Kíli's mouth dropped open at the sight of her; she smiled gently at him and caught up to Elrond, Gandalf and Thorin. She saw the latter frown at her elven clothing. She frowned but brushed it off taking hold of Elrond's arm. He looked at her and patted her hand gently when he saw the longing in her eyes when she looked at Thorin.
"Thorin may I present my daughter well one of them, she is not mine my blood but mine all the same." Elrond gestured to Alina
"Forgive me I did not know that he was your father." Thorin spoke to her
"There is nothing to forgive Thorin. I never told you." She replied softly
"Father where is Arwen and Elrohir?" She asked after her siblings
"They are visiting the Greenwood, my daughter, Thranduil and Legolas invited them." Alina stiffened at the mention of the elf king which didn't do unnoticed by Thorin.
"I had hoped to see them." She answered quickly
"I know my dear."
"Father is this bow the one I think it is?" She asked handing to her father the bow found in the troll cave.
He looked over it and pulled the bowstring "Sibeah I never thought I'd see this bow."
"What is special about that bow?" Thorin asked
"It is the bow of the Huntress, for who I'm named after she gifted the bow to her elven offspring when she left for the undying lands over 10 millennia ago. It is practically a legend that is told to every elfling" Alina replied
"The Huntress was called Alina?" Thorin questioned
Alina laughed, it had turned bell like in the company of elves "No my dear Thorin, Farrien means daughter of the Huntress, Alina means bright." She softly swayed to the music from the elves as they walked to dinner. She shrunk in height and took Thorin's arm just as she had taken Elrond's. He glanced down but said nothing.
"Thank you for inviting us, I'm afraid I'm not dressed for dinner." Gandalf smiled at Elrond
"You never are." Elrond responded as they sat down to eat. Alina took a sip of the clear white wine that was cold to the taste; she smiled at the memory of her first drink, a dare by the twins. Thorin showed Elrond his sword
"This is Orcrist, the goblin cleaver, a famous blade made by the first elves of the west my kin, may it serve you well." Elrond told him giving him back his sword
He then took Gandalf's sword "This is Glamdring the sword of the King of Gondalin, they were forged for the Goblin wars, where did you find them?" he asked
"We found them in troll hoard on the Great East road just before we were ambushed by Orcs." Gandalf told him
"And what were you doing on the Great East Road?" Elrond asked
"Excuse me." Thorin said before going to stand with his kin.
"Thirteen Dwarves and a Halfling, strange travelling companions Gandalf, Daughter." Elrond commented
"When do I have normal travelling companions?" Alina smiled before excusing herself to sit near Fíli.
At this point Bofur had decided he was going to sing.
"There's an inn," Alina grabbed Fíli and began dancing with him as the others sang and threw food.
"There's an inn, there's a merry old inn
Beneath an old grey hill,
And there they brew a beer so brown
That the Man in the Moon himself came down
One night to drink his fill."
Elrond looked at Gandalf while the said wizard look sheepish as they both watched Alina dance with the Dwarven Prince
"The ostler has a tipsy cat
That plays a five-stringed fiddle;
And up and down he saws his bow
Now squeaking high, now purring low,
now sawing in the middle.
So the cat on the fiddle played hey-diddle-diddle,
A jig that would wake the dead:
He squeaked and sawed and quickened the tune,
While the landlord shook the Man in the Moon:
'It's after three!'"
Kíli threw a desert at Lindir as Alina and Fíli collapsed together laughing.
Elrond turned to Gandalf and spoke quietly in Elven "If Thorin Oakenshield and his kin can make her happy like that then I will accept her decision."
Alina found herself round a fire after the dwarves had bathed, braiding Bilbo's hair. She smiled when he grinned at the finished work. Her confidence grew from being at home she moved to in front of Thorin and asked quietly
"Thorin can I braid your hair, please." She knew what she was asking, she knew of Dwarven courting methods and this was one of them.
"Yes, I do not see why not." Thorin shuffled forward as Alina sat behind him and began running her fingers through his dark hair that was now flecked with grey as she began braiding his hair.
"Why did you braid the hobbits hair?" he asked quietly
"They are elven braids they mean friendship, braids of courtship or between lovers are different, I have no thoughts to court the hobbit, and their methods are different." She replied
"How do you know that?" he asked
"Over the last 400 years I have learnt the traditions and courting methods of the different races, dwarves ask to braid hair, elves exchange heirlooms of their house as well as braiding, men walk out with their intended after asking their families eldest male for permission and hobbits court by using food and dancing, it is the most simple of all the races and the rejection is not so harsh." She replied softly finishing the second braid.
"Are you saying Dwarf courtship is harsh." He chuckled
"Yes because the dwarf has to ask in front of all their intendeds kin and if they say no then everyone knows." Alina gently tugged on the braids making Thorin smile.
She stood up suddenly Thorin frowned at the loss of her fingers in his hair
"Thorin, will you braid my hair?" she asked suddenly everyone stopped and turned to see Thorin's answer.
"No." He replied softly.
Alina's heart broke but she stood straight head held high "Thank you for your consideration Master Oakenshield." She turned and walked away, when she was no longer in the sight of the dwarves she ran, tears blurring her vision.
Fíli stood to follow her, Thorin shouted
"Where do you think you're going?"
"I'm going after her Uncle, since you have just broken her heart." He replied
"She is not heart broken, she was asking through friendship, not the Dwarven way as you lot think and you will not." Thorin replied trying to convince himself
"You are wrong Uncle." Kíli shouted
"She loves you and you love her you are just too blind or too stubborn too see what is right before your eyes." Fíli growled walking after Alina
"Brother, wait I'm coming." Kíli called
"No stay here and make sure he doesn't follow." Fíli told his brother before glaring at his Uncle, Kíli nodded before Fíli stormed after Alina.
Alina found herself on the bridge that connected Rivendell to the rest of Middle Earth, her tears streamed down her cheeks; she no longer cared who saw the proof of her heartbreak. A pair of strong but smaller than elf arms circled her, she turned and leaned into the embrace and the comfort offered by the blonde dwarf prince.
"He doesn't deserve you." He said softly
"He's your uncle you can't say that, and he doesn't deserve you." She hiccupped before meeting his blue eyes.
"You know?" He asked in shock
"Anyone who looks hard enough can see, I hope you find your happiness with him."
"My brother does not feel the same and it is disgusting, he is my brother I shouldn't love him the way I do."
"The heart wants what it wants Fee, it is rare but not uncommon, there was a book I read in Erebor of a King and his heart mate was his brother but his father demanded he marry a Dam, the brothers married in secret but he still married the dam and the three where happy, he had children with his wife but war came and his brother died, he could not bear the heart ache and ended his life, they were buried together and their love was celebrated for centuries."
"How come I have never heard this?"
"The king was Durin and his brother was Tarin, you descend from him and it's because a king about five centuries ago had the stories destroyed and punished anyone who celebrated it or repeated it, really that king should have been focusing on Mordor not tales of love."
Fíli laughed at that causing a small smile to grow on Alina's face.
"Why are you not disgusted?" he asked softly
"Because I celebrate love no matter what and that is the love shared between Elladan and Elrohir, and I accepted it a long time ago honestly I was jealous of their love." She smiled sadly
She felt a blade at her slender throat she looked at Fíli who had the same at his throat.
Their attacker said in black speech "The traitor and dwarf scum caught with their guard down."
She replied in the same tongue "Who said my guard wasn't up and you are defiantly not an Orc, Elf." She grabbed the wrist and twisted it to cause pain their assailant let out a very not orc sound.
She spun around pinning the elf to the ground, which had started laughing
"Elrohir, you twit." She cursed hitting him in the chest causing him to laugh harder. "I thought you were visiting the elf king with Arwen?"
"Arwen is visiting a certain ranger not the elf king." He laughed escaping from Alina's grasp before running off. She smiled after him, and then gasped in pain doubling over.
"Alina!" Fíli shouted grabbing hold of her.
"No he shouldn't be able to find me here." She struggled to say as she began coughing, she pulled her hand from her mouth after the coughing subsided her hand was stained with her own blood, the pain in her stomach and head grew more intense as she fought to remain conscious.
"Alina why are your eyes weird." Fíli asked concern filling his voice
She pulled herself to a stream to look at her reflection, her pupils had become vertical slits and her eyes blazed like flames.
"Fee, get Elrond, get my father now." She panted as she rolled onto her back as she was hit with another stab of pain.
Fíli began shouting for help but Alina heard nothing but the voice in her head.
A male voice came out of her mouth
"The line of Durin shall burn in dragon fire; their blood shall stain the mountain forever as the sickness claims them one by one causing them to fall on Orcish blades, and the traitor will lose herself to the madness of her grief and will be mine once more."
She heard the voice shriek in defiance, as she began to hear Elrond chanting in Elf bring her back to them.
In her normal voice which was cracked and strained
"He's found me, father, he's found me." She sobbed before she fell unconscious.
Her throat burned when she finally roused from her sleep, her eyes met the ceiling of her old room. She slowly sat up to meet the sleepy gaze of Kíli and the sharp gaze of her father. She coughed before taking a sip of water offered to her.
"Kee, will you get Fíli for me please." She asked the dwarf
Once he left she turned to Elrond "How did he get to me?"
"Are you sure it was him?" Elrond asked
"There could be no other Elrond." She lay back down.
"The dwarfs have been having hourly vigils, I have only just convinced Thorin to sleep, naturally blames himself."
"Stupid dwarf." She muttered
"Alina you need to rest go back to sleep."
"No, I do not have the strength to deal with the nightmares."
"I'm sorry Alina." He spoke softly as she felt herself slipping into oblivion she looked at the water then hissed
"Traitor."
"Mama, come on we need to find Papa." A dark haired dwarf child ran up to Alina, his bright violet eyes fill with pure joy.
"All right, son slow down please." Alina laughed the boy giggled as they reached the throne room of Erebor.
"Papa!" Shouted the dwarfling before her launched himself at Thorin "Look, I got my first braid, Kee did it coz I hit the target, he said it was a bulls eye and Mama said she's proud of me are you Papa?"
"Of course I'm proud of you, my little prince, I'm always proud of you." Thorin replied embracing his son "But I'm afraid Kíli did the wrong braid." Thorin frowned and began unravelling the braid and began redoing it in a much more complicated style Alina walked over and gave him a bead with the sigil of the line of Durin on it. The small dwarf gasped in awe and jumped up when Thorin had finished insisting that he needed to show everyone before running off.
Thorin grabbed Alina pulling her onto his knee causing her to squeal, he laughed before kissing her deeply.
"I think it's time for another don't you." Thorin smirked after breaking the kiss.
"About that" she started before a little voice shouted
"Mama, Papa can I have a brother or sister, Kee and Fee say that without a brother life is boring."
"Your cousins would and there is a brother or sister on the way." She smiled placing her hand on her stomach that was slightly swollen.
"Really?" Thorin asked gazing in wonder
"Yes father and Óin confirmed it this morning." She kissed him slowly
"Yuck." Was heard from their son causing them to laugh "Can I tell Kee and Fee?"
"Go get them and we will tell them together and get Auntie Dís as well but don't tell them anything okay!" Alina smiled as her son ran off.
"I still think two is not enough." Thorin growled reclaiming her lips
"It's a good job its twins then isn't it." She giggled
Alina stretched awake, and then she remembered her prophetic dream. She smiled sadly.
"Good you're awake." Fíli smiled "How are you?"
She shrugged "As good as can be expected, except I know I'm confined to bed rest for the day." She pouted causing him to laugh.
"So what did you want me for?"
"I wanted to apologies, for the incident." Before he could say anything she continued "So I have a proposition for you, I know you love your brother and I still owe the little shit for drugging me, how about I give him a certain elven potion so you can find the love you have for him returned."
"You can do that?"
"Yes and then there is a potion that can make him forget if you wish for that to happen, but I hope you decline."
"Why?"
"I have seen the way another looks at you, I notice when no other does, I know that Bofur is in love with Nori and his love is returned and Ori and Dwalin love each other as well but a certain older brother is stopping them from being together."
"Who?" He asked in wonder
"Our Burglar." She smiled softly as his mouth dropped open in shock
"Bilbo?" He asked
"Yes, Bilbo is in love with you, my Dúrdǽ."
"Wait what did you just call me?"
"You really don't remember me do you?" she asked smiling slightly
She began singing softly
"Hush, child
The darkness will rise from the deep
And carry you down into sleep
Child, the darkness will rise from the deep
And carry you down into sleep
Guileless son,
I'll shape your belief
And you'll always know that your father's a thief
And you won't understand the cause of your grief
But you'll always follow the voices beneath
Loyalty loyalty loyalty loyalty
Loyalty loyalty loyalty only to me
Guileless son,
Your spirit will hate her
The flower who married my brother the traitor
And you will expose his puppeteer behaviour
For you are the proof of how he betrayed her loyalty
Loyalty loyalty loyalty loyalty
Loyalty loyalty loyalty only to me
Hush, child
Darkness will rise from the deep
And carry you down into sleep
Child, the darkness will rise from the deep
And carry you down into sleep
Guileless son,
Each day you grow older
Each moment I'm watching my vengeance unfold
For the child of my body, the flesh of my soul
Will die in returning the birthright he stole
Loyalty loyalty loyalty loyalty
Loyalty loyalty loyalty only to me
Hush, child
The darkness will rise from the deep
And carry you down into sleep
Child, the darkness will rise from the deep
And carry you down into sleep"
"Dúrdaní." He gasped in realisation, moving forward to embrace her
"Yes, I'm yours and your brothers." She sighed softly running her hand through his hair gently as she returned the hug. "Your mother always said that song was too dark to be a lullaby." She laughed gently.
"But I loved it all the same." As Alina moved up and pulled him on to the bed, holding him closer.
Fíli began telling her of the years that she had missed and she told him of her adventures in her fifty year absence.
"You know Uncle wasn't happy, when you sent Kee for me and yes please to what you asked before." He said gently
She sang softly as sleep began to claim them both
"I sense there's something in the wind
That feels like tragedy's at hand
And though I'd like to stand by him
Can't shake this feeling that I have
The worst is just around the bend
And does he notice my feelings for him?
And will he see how much he means to me?
I think it's not to be
What will become of my dear friend?
Where will his actions lead us then?
Although I'd like to join the crowd
In their enthusiastic cloud
Try as I may, it doesn't last
And will we ever end up together?
No, I think not, it's never to become
For I am not the one"
"He'll love you one day." Fíli mumbled softly as sleep overcame them, Alina smiled sadly before falling asleep as well.
Right the songs are The Man in The Moon stayed up too Late which is from the Movie, then it's Mordred's Lullaby by Heather Dale and finally Sally's Song from The Nightmare before Christmas.
And Dúrdǽ is like an affectionate term for godson and Dúrdaní is godmother as naturally Alina was close friends with Thorin, Frerin and Dís so she would be Kíli and Fíli's godmother
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- The Archfiend