Chapter One: Arrival of the dwarfs.
Keona POV:
"They are all dead, finally'', I heard Elrond say. I looked around and noticed that he was right, all the orcs we hunted were dead. "It took long enough", Navarion, my best friend, said with a smile on his face. "Is anyone hurt? " Elrond asked. "No, we are all still alive and not hurt", I yelled back. "Good let's ride home, it was a long ride and the horses are exhausted", my father said. Well, he was not really my father but he always treated me like I were his real daughter. Our horses galloped as fast as they could. After a time I saw it, our home, Rivendell. It was beautiful as always. I loved this place since I arrived there. Everything seems to be so peaceful here, as if a war could never come. I heard the sound of big waterfalls, even though we had not arrived yet. The sun still shined when we arrived the path which leads to the round platform in front of my home. The sound of a horn appeared when we were close to the platform. "Calm darling, calm", I whispered to Levana, my beloved mare. Elrond give her to me when I learned riding, she is a wonderful black horse with four white colored feet and a little white star on her forehead.
As we came closer to the platform I could see some people, most of them were very tiny. They must be dwarfs I thought. And I was right, there were 13 dwarfs, one halfling and… wait… that can't be true. But yes, it was Gandalf, Gandalf the grey. The last time I saw him I was a little child, he visited my father in Rivendell. I remember that he was very nice to me. We circled them with our horses. Elrond dismounted from his horse and welcomed Gandalf. Gandalf asked him where we have been. My father said that we hunted orcs which came close to our border. Then he turned around and welcomed a dwarf, he called him Thorin. From that moment on I knew who he was. I heard many stories about Thorin, the son of Thráin. But who were the others? And why were they here?
Elrond invited all of them to dinner. After that Gandalf looked at me and said: "Keona? Is it you? ". I felt that everybody was looking at me and I thought I blush. "Y-yes", I said quietly. "You grew up, the last time I saw you you were a little girl, how are you? ". "Yes, it has been a long time… I'm fine, thank you", I said. I didn't wanted to sound rude with my short answers but somehow I was excited because everybody was staring at me. "Keona, please dismount from your horse and lead our guests in the guest hall, dinner will be served in a few hours", Elrond said to me. „Okay", I said. Then I dismounted from my horse and gave it to Navarion. While doing this, he smiled at me. I smiled back. Then I stroked Levana, turned around and said: "Please, follow me". They followed me into the guest hall. "So, this is the guest hall, do you need something or do you want to relax first? " I asked. "No, we don't need something, thanks", Thorin answered quickly. "Okay, then I will see you in a few hours in the eating hall", I said. When I finished my sentence I noticed some brown eyes staring at me. The eyes were owned by a black haired dwarf. He does not looked at me like the others, at least I thought that… Then I turned around. While I left the hall I could not stop thinking about him... He was quite tall for a dwarf and had faithful eyes. I smiled.