Chapter 14: Meet and Greet
Nova peeked through the back window seeing the Dwarfs lining up. "What are they doing?" she asked Luna peeked through the other window. "Did you to tell father that our guest are Dwarves?" Nova asked.
"Father is going to kill them!" Luna yelled in fear.
Nova quickly shut her mouth. "Luna we can't panic. Come on." She said leading them around the side of the house."Now we have to make it seem like we had no knowledge of them being Dwarves." Nova said. Luna shook her head knowing it would never work. Nova patted her back,"Okay, good. Now you go out first." She said pushing Luna out.
Catching herself she took a deep breathe. "Papa! Enjoying this beautiful morning-" Luna was asking as she and Nova joined them. Beorn was focused on the Dwarves to answer. "I see that you've meet Gandalf and are getting to know the Dwarv-" Luna was saying until Nova elbowed her."Ow!" She said rubbing her arm.
"Our other guest." Nova said. Luna nodded agreeing while Crescent skinned the rabbits.
"Dwalin and Balin." The two introduced themselves to the master of the house.
"I must confess that several of our group are, in fact Dwarves." Gandalf said.
"Do you call two..."several"? Beorn asked.
"Well, now you put it that way...No. Yes, there could be more then two." Gandalf said looking at Bilbo. Bilbo just kept his attention on Beorn. Just then two more Dwarfs walked out. Beorn watched in fear as they joined. Crescent skinned with a smirk as her sister shook their heads."Here are some more of our happy troops." Gandalf said as Gloin and Oin bowed to him.
"Do you call six a "troop"? Beorn asked. "What are you a traveling circus?" He asked.
"Circuses are fun and full of interesting people." Luna commented. Beorn snarled as another two walked out very slowly.
"Dori and Ori at your service." Dori said bowing. Ori went after his brother bow.
"I don't want your service!" Beorn yelled.
"Absolutely understandable." Gandalf said pointing to Beorn. Oin pulled Ori back, as Dori joined Gloin. Fili and Kili made there way out next. "Oh, Fili and Kili. I'd quite forgotten." Gandalf said. The last remaining Dwarves pilled out of the house. "Yes we have Nori, Bofur, Bifur, and Bombur." Gandalf said in a stressed voice.
"Is that it? Are there anymore?" Beorn asked. Just then the leader of the group walked out.
"Thorin Oakensheild." Gandalf announced.
"Nice to finally meet you all. How about we get you some food." Luna said gesturing to the house. The Dwarves nodded in agreement, Bombur licked his lips as her rubbed his big tummy.
"Yes, we can have a full meal. Three Dwarves each for our appetizers, a very plump one as the main dish, and a Half-ling for a late night snack." Crescent growled dropping the last skinned rabbit. Standing up she moved in closer. "That sounds good to me." she said, the dwarves turned pal as she approached.
"No!" Luna said pulling at her sister. Her and Crescent got into a little tussle.
"Enough!" Beorn yelled. Making everyone jump a bit. Crescent and Luna stopped their tussle. "Luna. Nova bring our guest inside." Beorn said, the girls nodded. They showed them back in the house to the dinning room. Crescent growled following behind, Beorn stopped her from entering. "Crescent. You are acting harshly around your sisters." he said.
"I'll go for a afternoon run." she said. Beorn watched as she shifted into a wolf.