Chapter 6! I know that this isn't part of the movie but I felt like putting this chapter in to further explain things. I might be changing some things in the movie, though I haven't decided yet. I want this to be book/movie fanfiction. I hope you enjoy this chapter, and thank you again for all the favs, follows and reviews.

Disclaimer: I do not own Middle Earth, that belongs to Tolkien. I only own Eliza and anything else that pops up that isn't originally for Tolkien's works.

To Eliza's dismay, the company only stopped once that day to give the horses a drink at on of the rivers. Food had been tossed among the company members during the day.

Eliza had never been so bored in her life. She was usually a content person, but when all you had to do is look at the scenery around you it gets pretty boring. The company were still confused on the functions of a phone. "How can you talk to someone in a box of metal?" asked one dwarf while another exclaimed, "Those cars are hard to believe, but that's just impossible!"

Eliza just rolled her eyes at this. She really wished that she had kept her phone in her pocket instead of leaving it lying on Leia's couch. They might believe her then if she showed them some photos.

As the sun began to set, the company reached a small clearing in the forest. "We will camp her for the night," said Thorin dismounting his pony. The other dwarves dismounted as well. Eliza was pleased to see that it was not just her who was relieved that they had stopped for the night.

"Come on Eliza. You can get off now," said Kili once he had gotten off from behind her. Eliza had been watching the other dwarves dismount as she had absolutely no idea what to do. Okay you can do this. Just swing your leg over the horse's rump. Taking a deep breath she began to remove the stirrups slowly, but then she was confused on which leg she should swing over. She sat there looking like a complete idiot.

"You can't get off, can you?" said Kili looking amused at her situation. "You can just jump off you

"The right," answered Kili. He looked highly entertained with her struggles.

know, I'll catch you."

"I'm fine thanks, could you, um, tell me which leg to swing over?" she asked embarrassed. She wasn't usually in a position like this.

"Alright," she said before swinging her right leg over the pony's rump, though she forgot the part where she shouldn't hit the pony's rump. Her leg hit the horse back and the horse moved forward a few steps in surprise, successfully making Eliza fall off during the process.

Kili and Fili rolled over laughing, the rest of the dwarves boomed with laughter when they noticed as Eliza's current state, lying on her stomach on the ground. Thorin just cast her a disapproving glance. The worst thing was that even Bilbo had managed to dismount easily.

"Yeah very funny guys, ha ha," Eliza said standing up and brushing of the dirt on her pants.

"Fili and Kili, look after the ponies," ordered Thorin thankfully saving her from further embarrassment. Thorin continued to give the other dwarves orders, then at last turning to Eliza and Bilbo and said, "You two gather firewood."

"I thought the whole point people received names was so other people could use them," said Eliza to Bilbo as they started gather sticks suitable for firewood.

"I don't think Thorin exactly wants us here," replied Bilbo. He was picking up the smaller sticks while Eliza grabbed the larger ones.

"I think he made that much obvious," said Eliza, "By the way, what made you change your mind in coming with us?" Eliza had been curious to know why the hobbit had come, when he had made crystal clear that he wasn't going to join the quest.

"It wasn't until everyone had left. I realized then that there was much more to life than Bag End," replied Bilbo. The hobbit was looking at the ground in thought. "Though now that I am here, I'm not sure I made the right choice," he said quietly, "I don't feel like I'm welcome here."

Eliza felt anger bubble up inside her, this was what Thorin wanted. To make Eliza and Bilbo feel unwelcome so that they would leave. "Look, if this is about Thorin being a jerk then don't worry about it," she said then lowering her voice, she added, "I feel the same way though. Everyone here thinks that I'm a dwarf, it's starting to really annoy me."

Bilbo looked up at her confused. "But aren't you?" he asked. "You definitely look like one, and well, um, you sometimes act like one."

"I'm not sure if I should feel complimented or offended right now," Eliza said in a mockingly offended voice. "But I'm not. I'm a human and I stand at the average height of five foot five. So I don't think I'm that short to be considered a dwarf. But the dwarves did turn out to be taller than what I had in mind" They both had gathered enough sticks and they were making their way back to the camp.

Bilbo looked really confused at this. His nose even twitched, it made him look cute. "That's odd, I'm four feet and you only seem to be a few inches taller than me," said Bilbo.

Eliza stopped and looked at the hobbit in horror, very nearly dropping the sticks in the process. There was no way that she could just shrink, and there was no way she wanted to be a dwarf, being considered one was bad enough already. If the Valar really wanted to change her race then they should have at least asked her, but when have they ever asked her about anything?

"Don't worry Eliza, I'm sure it's not as bad as it seems," said Bilbo nervously. "I'm sure it's great to be a dwarf,"

"Yeah right," she snorted. She decided to go ask Kili about it. Dumping her sticks beside the now roaring fire, she made her was to the two young dwarfs laughing over some joke.

"Hey Kili?" she asked, "Why do you think I'm a dwarf?" As soon as she said it, she knew how stupid it sounded. She should have just kept her mouth shut.

"Uh, because you are one?" he said sharing a look with Fili.

"I mean what makes me look so much as a dwarf?" she asked starting to get a tad frustrated.

"Well your short like us and you have bigger bones like all dwarves and-"

"WHAT! I'm SO not fat, I have the perfect weight mister!" she said looking around for a mirror or at least a stream to look at her reflection. She had spent a lot of time at the gym to stay the weight she was, the last thing she wanted was to be fat.

"I didn't mean it like that!" Kili said quickly trying to correct himself, "I just meant that you have the build like dwarves. It's nothing to be ashamed of! Though your a bit hairless for a dwarf but some females are like that."

Nothing to be ashamed of? Yeah right. She's stocky. that's like a dream come true. She though sarcastically. Though she decided to let the matter slide, there was no point acting like a five year old when they were having a tantrum. What was done was done, nothing that she could do.

"Whatever," she said rolling her eyes. "I was actually wondering if you could teach me archery." she said. This was the other reason why she was there talking to Kili.

Kili sent a worried glance to his brother, which made Eliza confused. What's wrong with teaching her archery? She didn't bite.

"Sorry Eliza but females don't usually fight," said Kili apologetically.

"Why not?" Eliza asked confused.

"Female dwarves are very rare and are well protected," Fili replied. "They usually stay with there families and look after their husbands."

"Well I'm different, and I would like to learn how to fight," she said.

"Which you will not be doing," said Thorin in a commanding tone. He was leaning on a tree trunk smoking his pipe.

"Aye lass, there is no place in the thick of the fight for a female," agreed Dwalin.

"Oh, so what am I supposed to do? Be a damsel in distress?" She said in digust.

"Practically," piped up Kili from behind her.

"Don't worry though, we will all protect you lass." said Balin.

"But what if I'm by myself with an orc? I can't just say 'Hey buddy! I'm a female so you can't kill me. Why don't you come and have a cup of tea instead?.' Yeah, that's totally going to save my life." said Eliza angrily before storming towards Gandalf who was sitting on a log opposite to the dwarves who started to serve out the stew. Sitting down beside him she leaned in and whispered, "Fabulous idea Gandalf! Invite me on this quest to be absolutely useless!"

Gandalf just chuckled in response and accepted a bowl of stew from Bofur, annoying her even more. Eliza accepted a bowl as well from the dwarf, the stew tasted wonderful. She had never had rabbit stew, but it made her realise how hungry she was. She then started to devour the stew hungrily.

Once the stew was finished Eliza had gotten over her earlier anger and sat listening to Gloin talk about his wife and son, Gimli. "Why isn't Gimli on this quest if he wanted to go?" she asked.

"The lad was too young, would have been to dangerous for him," Gloin answered. "What about your family lass? Wouldn't they be worried about you?"

Eliza didn't reply to Gloin at first she simply stared at the fire embers. She hadn't spoken of her parents to anyone beside Leia and Lexi. "My parents have never cared about me," she said stiffly, " Never have and never will. Even if they could."

The dwarves looked shocked at her answer and started to mumur among themselves. "Night guys," she said not wanting the dwarves to ask any other questions about her childhood. She then lay down and tried to drift off to sleep, which was hard as she felt small stones and tree roots dig into her back, even with the bed roll Gandalf had given her.

The dwarves soon retired for the night as well. Eliza slowly drifted asleep listening to the sound of the dwarves snores.