'I believe there is strength in numbers and we are much safer if we stick together, the Shire might be peaceful but the outer edges are not, besides you'll be fed better hear till we must leave' bilbo said nonchalantly.
'How, did my company not demolish your pantry?' Thorin asked curiously, with a sly smirk bilbo lead Thorin to his larder, still half full, then to his second and third pantries both of which lay behind a false wall in his now empty first pantry, both of which had an abundance of foodstuffs, Thorin's eyes bugged out his jaw dropped then he did a very good impression of a fish.
Bilbo's smile radiated his mischief, his eyes sparkled with glee, he was happy to be able to surprise someone so much "these are the pantries that are usually used to store food for winter, when Gandalf informed me of pending visitors I took the liberty of filling them in anticipation of the need to feed hungry dwarves, which was good or there would be a ransacking of the produce market, and as I'm the landlord I would not like the bill for the remuneration of all twenty six stalls, thank you', bilbo once again stated as though talking about the weather, with an air of nonchalance.
Bilbo then turned and lead a gobsmacked Thorin to his basement where there was a collection of weapons and armour from all over Arda, gifts from friends and acquaintances the world over, of both his mother and himself, Thorin spent a good hour inspecting the weapons shocked when he found dwarven made items that were gifted to bilbo when they were heirlooms that were his and his sisters from when they were in Erebor, bilbo asked their significance and when told handed them over willingly, saying if Thorin didn't take them, then he would have them couriered to his sister at Erid Luin.
After agreeing he continued his inspection when he found a set of fifteen throwing blades he had crafted for a dwarf lord from the iron hills that had them commissioned for a young lad who had protected them during an Orc raid, the lord had said that the lad had used sharpened rocks when he ran out of arrows,.
"I made these with a mixture of silver and mythril so they would be perfectly balanced for throwing, I dreamed about that raid I'm surprised, I didn't even remember it, when he told me the story" Thorin said with awe in his eyes, he pulled his one close and kissed him, grabbing his throwing knives deciding to take them with him.
'This side of the room, is a collection of armour and weapons that the company are free to take and use if they so wish', bilbo said pointing to the left, Thorin was once again dazed by bilbo's generosity, but nodded his thanks, before he could move over to inspect the items there bilbo took him to a room off to the right of a display of dwarfish daggers, stopping at the door he said.
'The items in this room were items i rescued from bandits over the years I bring you here because I believe there is a lot of dwarfish heirlooms, literature, clothes and even a crown or two' bilbo said trying to soften the blow that his families belongings had ended up in the hands of bandits.
Thorin not liking what he heard, went in, with a strangled gasp he looked upon his grandfathers, fathers, and mothers crowns, robes his father had once worn, things that had all gone missing whilst wandering the wilds, even some ceremonial swords and armour, his mother's favourite jewels that had been bequeathed to his sister, his fathers favourite daggers that were to fili and kili's, it was a blow when those items were lost, or stolen, there were many books and many scrolls, things he didn't know had been saved from Erebor.
He walked further in and found the items vili had on him before he died, including a locket with pictures of dis and both the boys, clothing and twin swords and a war hammer, Thorin looked back at bilbo and said "you have items here that we have searched for, for many a long year, items that must return to Erebor or at least to Erid Luin" bilbo then suggested 'then we lock up my hobbit hole and when Erebor is retaken we return and bring it back to where it belongs' Thorin nodded then asked, "is there a forge nearby it would be best to lock up your hole with dwarfish locks".
Nodding bilbo said, "I have the only forge in all the shire it's made so a dwarf could work it comfortably, I have many metals available in crates within it, the forge is out behind my smoker oven if you want I could show you" nodding Thorin said 'you may but first we should bring the company down here' to which bilbo went and got everyone and lead them down.
"You are free to use and take anything from the left side of the room the other side is off limits, it is where all the gifts my mother and I received are, the left side is where all the weapons and armour I have won or picked up through the years are stored" stated bilbo to the astonishment of most of the company.
By this time Thorin had come out and closed the door, once they had all taken some things and returned upstairs, bilbo grabbed Gloin and lead him to a large chest of gold told him to fill the companies bags with coin for the quest and that he had liberated it from some bandits, so not to worry about it, when he thought that the hobbit was mad, then joined Thorin once Gloin had finished his task.
Thorin had grabbed, Balin, Dwalin, fili and kili, they were at the door and Thorin had just finished telling them what bilbo had told him, they looked at bilbo with respect then entered the room, with shocked and startled sounds they inspected everything in the room, when the boys found their dads things they cried 'thank you Bili, thank you, you gave us back part of our adad that we thought we'd never see again' they held each other close as Thorin held bilbo.
Dwalin was inspecting his royal guard armour that had somehow been in amongst the items in the room he remembered it was not long after the battle for Moria that his armour mysteriously disappeared whilst he was in the healing tent, balin however was tears eyed over the tomes and scrolls in abundance within the room, some had even been written by himself, that his apprentice had saved, but were stolen when they went to the elves for help, back at the beginning of there plight.