Thorin's P.O.V.
I was shocked beyond belief when Bilbo managed to push himself up to his feet and bowed to the woman that had hit him.
"As you wish, Mother." Bilbo whispered, then he led us away.
"Bilbo, you're hurt! She should never have done that to you!" Kili exclaimed.
"N-no, it's alright...I'm used to it..." Bilbo explained. Balin shook his head sadly.
"Laddie, no one should be used to that treatment. And you're bleeding heavily."
"Oh, am I? I hadn't noticed." there was a note of sarcasm in his voice. "I never really knew that could happen."
"What brought you to live with that woman?" I asked, wanting a real, honest answer.
Bilbo looked shocked that I had asked. He lowered his golden eyes from my gaze. "It's not a pretty story..."
"I am sure we can handle it." Dwalin explained to the small Hobbit. Bilbo sighed.
"Come with me."
Bilbo led us up the many flights of stairs and into a large room to which he had a key to. It looked like a small throne room all in it's own, high ceilings and walls decorated with tapestries, a large bed that could hold all of the company with room, a desk, and comfortable chairs sitting around a nicely lit fire.
"What is this room?" Ori asked, his eyes wide in wonder.
"It's mine." Bilbo explained, sitting down in one of the chairs and sighed. "I have forgotten how much I loved this room...so many memories..."
"Tell us what happened, Master Baggins." I asked him, sitting down myself. These chairs were as comfortable as they looked.
Bilbo took a shuddering breath. "Thorin...it is not a memory I like to think about. The night my parents..." Bilbo made a choking, sobbing noise in his throat.
"Please, Bilbo, so we can understand what is going on." Kili begged, sitting on the floor at Thorin's feet; just like he did when he was a small Dwarf-ling. Bilbo took a shuddering breath, looking at everyone as they began to sit around him.
"It began...long ago..." Bilbo began.
"I was the only child of my parents, when everyone said my parents could never conceive a child. They loved me so much, and I loved them.
"We were on our way to Mordor, a kingdom far to the east. It was my first time to travel with my parents. We had just passed The Lonely Mountain...yes I have been there before, though none of you have met me back then...there was a storm coming. I huddled closer to my mother, asking her if we would get there alright. She had told me yes, we would make it.
We heard a noise that was like a hurricane. And then we were attacked." Bilbo took a quick drink from a cup next to him and continued.
"We were surrounded. My mother told me to run as she and my father fended them off. I couldn't fight, so I ran. I ran away!" Tears were dripping down his face, but still he pressed on.
"I heard someone pursuing me, and I ran faster, until I jumped off a cliff. I thought I was going to die...but I never hit the ground. I looked up to see a young Man holding me against his chest, his red eyes glinting in the moonlight."
"Kiligreth." Fili said. Bilbo nodded.
"He took me to his mother, a beautiful woman with blond hair and pale skin, like freshly fallen snow. She looked me up and down.
'You seem like a strong boy. What is your name?' she had asked me.
'Alaric.' I had said. She told me to come closer to her and I did. That was when she stabbed me. The pain was unbearable. It felt like I was going colder by the moment, as my life bled out of me.
'That is what must happen. Now, you have two choices.' she told me. 'Serve me for eternity, or die here and now, just like your parents will be.'
"I didn't want to die. So, I took the first choice. She took me by the hair and I saw my parents bound and gagged in front of me. Then she bit me. The pain was even worse than when she stabbed me, and I screamed and screamed in pain and agony. Slowly, I began to lose sight of everything due to the blood loss. Everything went black and cold. When I awoke next, my throat was burning with a fierce thirst. Not caring about my surroundings, I rushed to the nearest source to quench it. When I gained back my senses, my parents were dead at my feet and I was covered in blood.
She seemed pleased, and gave me a new name: Bilbo. She told me that Alaric died and I was born. And it was true: Alaric was killed that night, to be replaced by me. , a vampire of the First Age. I have been wondering the earth ever since then."
I couldn't help but have tears in my eyes as he told us how he had been killed and how his parents were killed in front of him when he was a child.
"Bilbo...I am so sorry..." Balin whispered, dabbing his eyes on his cloak.
"It's okay. It was a long time ago, I'm used to it." Bilbo said, but there seemed to be a weight lifted off his shoulders. "Anyway, you all should get some sleep. Dawn is soon here. I will guard the door." Everyone was too tired to argue, so soon everyone but Bilbo and I were fast asleep on the overly large bed.
"Master Baggins...Bilbo..." I began, but that didn't really fit him somehow.
"Yes, Thorin, what is it?" Bilbo asked, his eyes golden and wondering in the firelight.
"May I...hrm...that is...uhm...may I use you real name? Alaric?" I asked.
Bilbo looked startled. No, not Bilbo. Alaric. I could just see past the brave face to the young child still there.
"I haven't been called that for so long, I'm not even sure it belongs to me anymore..."
"It does. It always will. It is the name that you parents named their only child, a child that they loved more than anything in the world." I explained, kinda wishing I could keep my mouth shut.
He laughed. "Yes, you may use it. It may be a while for me to grow accustomed to it, though. In return, may I keep calling you Thorin?"
"You may." I promised, happy to be this close to him, to be able to call him something that had real meaning.
Alaric smiled. "Sleep well, Thorin. I will be here when you rise."
"You promise?" I asked with a small smile.
Alaric laughed quietly. "I promise. Now, go to sleep." And with that, I was out like a light, content that Alaric was there and my Company was safe.
But for how long?
-Hey guys, sorry that i haven't been on! I have been grounded, and still am. Hope you like this one! Let me know what you think, and if you have any ideas, let me know!