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(Ted's Pov)

Good now that the girls aren't paying attention to me maybe I can get some of my questions answered. I go up to a guy sitting at a nearby table who is dressed just a little differently from me.

"Why are u dressed that way? Is that how you usually dress?" I see one of those really short people with hairy feet coming up to sit by the man I'm asking questions to. "Why are you so short? Is everyone in your family that short? Why aren't you wearing shoes? Why are your feet so hairy?"

Instead of answering me the man hits me and then they and a couple other guys start trying to beat on me. I throw a punch which gets side stepped. For every time I attempt to hit one of them I get hit at least three or four times. I hear someone (probably Rose) say my name. Next thing I know I am pulled out of the fight and my younger cousin has stepped into my place. I have been close to getting in a fist fight with her before but I have always chicken out since I know the damage she could do to me. I watch as she flawlessly dodges hit after hit while landing blows at the same time. Since I have seen her fight during certain family games before I can tell that she was taking it easy on our family and she is taking it just as easy on these guys. Maybe I should have listened to Uncle Arthur when he told me to ask her to teach me to fight...I feel myself being dragged by Rose back to where Ash, Sam, and a stranger are standing.

"Ash will you keep an eye on him please?"

"But he is almost half a year older then both you and I."

"I don't care about that. If he causes any more problems than let Sami know." Shit! I should have known she would pull that.

"Now that has been taken care of do you have any more questions." with that Rose turns back to the stranger

"Since we are both heading the same way, why don't we travel together?"

"Excuse me but who are you and what are you." I ask. I know I should probably keep quiet but I think I have the right to know who we might be traveling with.

As he turns towards me I can see that his garments are similar to Rose's but where Rose had two swords, an axe, and a bow & quiver full of arrows, the stranger had only one sword and one axe.

"Ted meet Thorin Oakenshield, Thorin this is my cousin Ted." Rose said to both me and Thorin.

(Thorin's Pov)

"Sami. Ash. Why don't you go buy four ponies and some supplies but not too many we should be able to get some more at the hobbits home tomorrow and take Ted with you. First let's see how much rooms are."

Even before I asked to see the map that they were looking at I could tell that this Rose was in charge and that the one they called Sami was 2nd in command. She called for butterbur asking how much rooms where. She gave him enough money for 2 rooms and asked for one that locks from the outside so that her cousin couldn't cause the Inn any more trouble. Then she gave some more money to Sam.

"I will go with them. I know where some good ponies and a couple good horses are."

"Thank you Thorin. When you get back I have some matters that I would like to discuss with you." With that she got up to go find their rooms.

(Ashley's Pov)

I understand why Rose wanted us to take Ted with us but I don't understand how she seems to be under the impression that I will be able to keep him under control. I am glad to have someone who knows where they are going helping us get supplies. I guess I feel at ease instead of cautious is because I have heard Rose and Sami's conversations about him...now just I wish I had paid attention to WHAT they had said.

(Sami's Pov)

Thanks to Thorin the trip to get supplies went quick and efficiently. On occasion he would ask where we were from, why we were going to Hobbiton, Which Hobbit we were going to see, how long we had been on the road, etc. Lucky for me I never got the time to answer. We had been in Bree for a couple hours now and it was getting late. We started heading back to the Inn. I sent Ash ahead to go find Rose and our rooms. Rose came back and looked at the two ponies and two horses, she knows more about equine then I do so I hope I got a good buy.

"How much did you pay?"

"30 gold for the ponies and another 50 for the horses."

"I would say that you have over paid for the ponies my friend."

"Oh well."

I give her the remaining money and Ash shows me the room the girl are staying in and then the room that Ted will be staying in. Ted walks into his room and I lock it with the key from the outside. Ashley told me how Rose's cousin had been going after her (Ash) again and I wasn't going to have and apparently neither was Rose.

(Rose's Pov)

I stabled the equine that Sam had bought and went inside. I needed to talk with Thorin. He had questions and while I wasn't the only one in my group that had the answers to said questions, I was the only one who might be able to get him to leave certain things alone...for now at least.

"I hear you have been asking Sami some questions but never got any answers."

"You heard right. I saw you fallowing us while I was helping your friends get what they needed. Though I doubt that they noticed."

"Well done King under the Mountain. Yes I know who you are, so does Sam. We could both tell when we saw you and when you introduced yourself Ashley guessed. Oh we now all about your quest to reclaim Erebor from the fire-drake. To answer your earlier questions, we have not been on the road every long and are going to Hobbiton to see Bilbo Baggins just like you are. It was chance that we both came looking here for a map at the same time. Will you allow us to join your company and quest to reclaim your home, Thorin Oakenshield, son of Thrain, son of Thror, King under the Mountain."

"We shall see. Also you still have not answered one of my questions. Where are you from?"

"Samantha, Ashley and I all come from the same place while my cousin hails from a place south of where we girls live."

"Don't tell me riddles. Speak the plain truth. I am no dragon to try to protect your home from."

"I know that but I also know that it might not be wise to tell you were we come from until after asking Gandalf, who I know for a fact will be at Mr. Baggins home tomorrow evening. Now I think I shall retire to my room. I shall see you in the morning. I believe we should be on our way by noon." With that I left the stables and headed inside and upstairs. Both to go to sleep and to make sure neither of the girls had claimed the bed I had used earlier.