Hello again! Back with Chapter 8 this time, hope you enjoy!
Disclaimer: I still (sadly) do not own any of Tolkien's amazing characters. I only own my OC's.
When Eliauna awoke, it was still dark outside her window. She rolled over, and was confused as to why her sister was in her bed and she was not. She sat up, and then realized that Elriauna was already awake.
"Why are you in my bed?" Eliauna asked, and Elriauna looked at her with a confused expression.
"You don't remember? And this is my room by the way." Eliauna took a moment to refresh her memory, and then her face lit up.
"Oh, so Kili wasn't a dream at all! I mean, none of it was a dream, not just Kili…" she trailed off, and wasn't able to see the smirk on her sister's face. Suddenly, Elriauna lit the lantern on her night stand, and Eliauna moved to do the same. Soon enough, all of the lanterns were lit, and the girls began to get dressed. "Auna, do you have some clothes I could borrow for today? I will pack my own clothes in my bag, but I don't want to go get them right now because, well, you know." Elriauna grinned, and tossed her sister a pair of pants and a sapphire blue elvish riding shirt. "Hey, isn't this mine?" Eliauna said accusingly, as she inspected the shirt closely.
"Maybe." Elriauna said sheepishly, before she quickly went into the bathroom and closed the door. She came out a few minutes later, and cautiously approached her sister. "You're not mad, are you?" Eliauna shook her head as she pulled the shirt on.
"No, I already had two. I actually think I gave you this one because of that." Elriauna breathed a sigh of relief, and she began to put on her clothes as well. "How did I get to your room last night? In fact, when did I fall asleep? The last think I remember was Thorin's amazing voice." Elriauna smiled as she pulled on her dark, royal blue elvish riding shirt.
"Well, you fell asleep on Kili's leg," Eliauna blushed lightly and looked at her sister.
"I did?!" Elriauna nodded and continued.
"Then he picked you up and carried you here. He put you in that bed, and then covered you with the blankets." Eliauna had a deep blush on her face now, and when there was a knock at the door, she jumped.
"Elli? Elriauna, are you guys up yet? Uncle Thorin says if you want some food before you leave, you should probably get it now." Kili sounded tired but excited, and Eliauna went and opened the door.
"Good morning Kili." Elriauna called from behind her sister as she picked up a packed bag.
"Good morning Elriauna," he said happily, and looked at Eliauna. "Good morning Eliauna." She smiled, and his cheeks flushed slightly.
"You can call me Auna, if I can call you Kee." Elriauna called. Kili thought for a moment before nodding.
"Sure, why not. What about Fee though?" Elriauna gave him a smirk as she came to the door with her stuff after having blown out the lanterns.
"I want to make him jealous." She stated, and walked past the two. Kili smirked as well, and called after her.
"I like how you think!" He turned back to Eliauna, who was looking at the floor. "Do you need some help with your things?" he asked, and she lifted her head with a smile on her face.
"Sure, if you wouldn't mind." He held out his arm, and she took it.
"Of course not." He answered with a smile. They went in the direction of her room, but were interrupted by Fili.
"Good morning, brother of mine. Where are you going?" Kili stopped in front of Eliauna's door, and she let go of his arm to open it.
"I am just here to help Elli carry her stuff." Fili nodded, and they stood in silence for a few minutes before Fili sighed.
"Well, I'm going to go back to Elriauna. She actually sent me here to tell you and Elli that she is making us cinnamon pancakes. They apparently just got a fresh barrel of maple syrup, so Elriauna decided to make the company some pancakes." Eliauna came out at that moment carrying a bag of clothes, a satchel, and all of her weapons.
"Wow. That is a lot a weapons." Kili said in awe. She nodded and smiled.
"You think I have a lot, you should see Auna." Fili nodded, and chuckled.
"Ya Kee, I just saw her. Take my word for it, she looks more weighed down than Dwalin does during training! And yet she moves as if she has nothing on!" They all laughed, and went in the direction of the kitchen. Eliauna dropped her bags off by the front door as they passed, but kept all of her weapons. When they entered the kitchen, they were greeted with the scent of cinnamon and maple.
"That smells amazing Auna!" Kili said as he sat down at the table. Fili furrowed his brow, and sat next to his brother.
"She said you could call her Auna?!" Kili tried to keep back a grin, but failed. Fili huffed, and glared at them both. "Whatever. See if I care." Elriauna smiled and laughed as she put the last few pancakes on a large plate.
"Breakfast is served. Butter freshly churned yesterday, and a barrel of fresh maple syrup. Help yourselves, but please, no more than three for each." The dwarves waited until she finished talking before they dove at the plate. By the time each one had gotten three, there were only four left. As Elrianna reached for two of the last ones, she looked at her sister.
"Perfect! It leaves two for you, and two for me!"
"Wait!" Eliauna said loudly. Everyone stopped eating and looked at her in silence. She looked around at them in embarrassment.
"Sorry, I may have said that a little too loudly. I was only talking to Auna." They nodded and went back to eating, while Eliauna looked back at her sister who was still waiting to take two of the pancakes. "What about Bilbo and Gandalf?" she asked.
"Um, well Bilbo knows how to make them, so he can make himself some, and honestly. Does Gandalf even eat? He didn't eat at all last night, and I haven't seen him this morning." Elriauna shrugged.
"He went to gather the ponies." Thorin said after finishing a mouthful. Elriauna nodded, and then grabbed the two pancakes she had been waiting to get. Eliauna sighed in defeat, and finally reached for the last two herself. They all ate in comfortable silence until Gandalf came in.
"The ponies are ready, and when you are done you can come out and pick one for yourselves." Eliauna didn't even bother to finish her last pancake before she jumped up and ran outside.
"I call the brown mare!" She yelled, not even realizing that they probably couldn't hear her. As she went to get her stuff, the other came out and started to choose their own. As Thorin walked up to the black pony, Elriauna called out to him.
"I want the black one!" Thorin turned to her with raised eyebrows.
"Oh really? Well, I get it. I was here first." Elriauna scoffed and crossed her arms as Thorin began to put his bags on the pony.
"So? Look it doesn't even like you." She did a slight flick of her wrist, and a small gust of wind came, and the pony bucked. Thorin's bags fell off, and the company tried hard not to laugh.
"What was that for?" Thorin yelled. Elriauna held up her hands and smirked.
"Don't blame it on me! What do you think, I can control the wind?" He gritted his teeth, and turned away to pick up his bags. When he turned back to replace them on the pony, Elriauna had already put hers on its back.
"What are doing?" he said gruffly, and she gave him a look that meant she thought he was crazy.
"What does it look like?" He huffed, and they began a glaring contest. Everyone waited to see who would break first.
"How about this? Either Thorin gets the pony, or we have a contest? You each stand an equal distance from the pony, and whoever it goes to gets it." Dwalin tried to reason. Thorin scoffed and shook his head.
"It's useless. It would just go to her." Dwalin shook his head.
"Your choice." Elriauna smiled, and got up on the pony.
"Your loss." She said loudly to Thorin. She leaned down next to his ear, and whispered, "You never know. I could have let it go to you." He huffed again, and put his bags on the brown pony next to hers.
"Of course. What, would you have just blown it to me?" She glared at him, and he just mounted and rode to the front of the group. "Ok, we will leave now. We will not be stopping for some time, so I suggest you all get as comfortable as possible." They all nodded and mounted their ponies.
Bilbo awoke to a quiet house.
'That's odd,' he thought to himself. He got up and went to search. As he crept around, he kept waiting for a dwarf to suddenly jump out at him. "Hello!" he called, and continued his search when no one answered. He saw that everything had been put back in place, and there was almost no signs that anyone had been there the night before. He started rejoicing, thinking it was all a dream, until he realized that his sisters were not already up as usual. He sighed, and began to regret his decision of not going, until he turned around and saw his contract on the table. Everything had been signed except for the part of burglar. He quickly grabbed it up and took it into his study, where he promptly signed it. He then proceeded to pack a bag before running out the door, contract in hand. He practically sprinted through the Shire, jumping over fences and even a cart carrying a large pumpkin. When he passed an older hobbit, the hobbit looked at him oddly.
"Hey, Mr. Bilbo? Where're you off to?" They called, and Bilbo shook his head and kept running.
"Can't stop, I'm already late!" he yelled.
"Late for what?!" the hobbit called back, and another couple watched as Bilbo ran over a bridge.
"I'm going on an adventure!" He yelled, and the couple just shook their heads.
"I bet you ten gold coins that Bilbo won't come." Nori said to Elriauna, and she scoffed.
"You're on." She said with a smirk. The others in the company began to bet too, but all went silent when they heard someone calling from behind.
"Wait!" At the sound of Bilbo's voice, Eliauna smiled. "Wait!" he called again, and the company stopped and turned around just as Bilbo ran up. "I signed it." He said proudly as he handed it to Balin. The older dwarf looked it over, and nodded.
"Everything appears to be in order. Welcome, Master Baggins, to the company of Thorin Oakenshield." Some of the dwarves cheered, while Thorin looked almost disgusted.
"Give him a pony." He said to the other dwarves.
"No, no, no, that won't be necessary, thank you very much. I'm sure I can keep up on foot- Ahh!" The twins and brothers laughed as Bilbo cried out after being lifted in the air to be sat on the back of a free pony. They continued to ride in comfortable silence, until Elriauna spoke up.
"Come on Nori, pay up!" She called to the dwarf with the strange points in his hair, and he reluctantly tossed her a bag. As others began tossing bags around as well, Bilbo looked with confusion at Gandalf.
"What's that all about?" He asked the wizard, as the white haired man pulled up next to him.
"Oh, they took wages on whether or not you would turn up. Most of them bet that you wouldn't." Bilbo nodded as he looked down, then looked back up at Gandalf.
"What did you think?" he asked hesitantly.
"Well," Gandalf paused, before catching his own bag with a laugh. "My dear fellow, I never once doubted you for a second." As Gandalf put his bag away in his satchel, Bilbo sneezed.
"Oh, it's all this horse hair, I'm having a reaction." He reached into his coat pocket, then froze. "Wait, wait, stop! Stop! We have to turn around." Several dwarves groaned, and Elriauna sighed.
"What on earth is the matter?" Gandalf asked with irritation clear in his voice.
"I forgot my handkerchief." He answered, also with irritation. Elriauna face-palmed, and Eliauna groaned.
"Here," Bofur called, as he ripped off a piece of his shirt and tossed it to Bilbo. "Use this." He said happily, and Bilbo just looked at it with disgust.
"Here Bilbo, I brought some along just in case." Eliauna rode up next to him as they continued on, and handed him a handkerchief that she pulled from her bag. He nodded a thank you before stuffing it in his pocket.
"There are many things you will have to learn to live without, Bilbo Baggins, before we reach our journey's end." Gandalf said to the hobbit. "You were born to the rolling hills, and little rivers of the Shire, but home, is now behind you. The world, is ahead."
Ok, we have finally left! Please R&R, and oh, right. I almost forgot, I will be starting my finals this coming Friday, so I may not have much time to type in between studying. I will try my best however, and the good news is that I get out of school on the 22nd, so I will be able to upload a lot more during the summer. Yay! See you next chapter, and I hope that you have a lovely day!