Dinner had only just started, and already, everyone had stomach pains from laughing so hard. It was a very merry gathering. When a small food fight had broken out, Bilbo quickly put it to an end. If he could help it, there would be no food fights in Bag-End tonight.
Now Frodo sat, eating a roll, when he felt two hands wrap around his middle and pull him back. He was pulled from the table and into the kitchen. Frodo was put down to find the Kili was the one who had taken him from the table.
"Frodo, wanna do something really funny?" Kili asked. Before Frodo could respond, Fili was behind him as to block the view of the kitchen from the dinning room.
It took Frodo no time at all to decide he was in. "What are we doing?" He asked with a big smile.
Fili and Kili smiled back. Then Kili said, "Mister Bofur loves his hat very much, and would never let anyone touch it."
"We're going to take it off his head and hide it." Fili continued.
Frodo thought about this for a moment. "Hmm… how much ale do you think Mister Bofur has had?" Frodo said with a grin. The boys grinned back, knowing what his plan was immediately. Watching a drunk Bofur search for his hat would be funny, but watching a drunk Bofur run after his hat would be hilarious!
"Well, not enough." Fili said, walking…hobbling over to the ale barrel and filling a cup. Then he went out and made noise and set the cup down in front of Bofur, who gladly excepted it. Fili came back in many times to refill.
On the fifth refill, their jokes were almost cut short when they heard Bilbo say, "Hey. Where is Frodo?" The two brothers looked at each other and instantly had a plan. Fili went out again, drawing as much attention as he could. Meanwhile, Kili scooped up Frodo again and put him back how he had found him. "There you are." Bilbo said, "Where did you run off to?" Frodo only smiled though.
About three more refills later, Frodo felt arms wrap around his middle again, and he was back in the kitchen.
"You ready, Young Mister Boggins?" Kili asked. Frodo didn't really know how it was going to go down, but he assumed if he just followed along, he would get the hang of it. Frodo nodded in reply to Kili. "Good Hobbit. Follow me, and be ready to run."
They went through the living room then round the corner to the other entry way to the dinning room. Bofur was sitting near the head of the table again.
"I dunno lads," Kili yelled, putting his hands on Bofurs shoulders, "I think Bofurs had far to much to drink!"
"Wellll iff your darn brufffer would stuup brangin it out…" he paused for a moment, "I would stup draaanken it…" Bofur shook his head trying to clear it, "Dun't worry…I'llll be fine in a minute."
"I don't doubt that, Bofur." Fili said coming up beside him. Kili was slowly backing towards the door way, where Frodo was, and Fili was taking his place. Then they were in position. Fili quickly took off the hat and threw it towards Kili, who then caught it and stood in the door way.
"Hey!" Bofur said, clumsily walking towards Kili. "Give me myy hat back!" Bofur..well… attempted to run for the hat in Kili's hands, but at the last second, Kili slipped the hat on Frodo's head and Frodo turned and ran down the hall. "Hey! Wait just a second!" Bofur said, trying to run after the quick, and sober, Hobbit.
Everyone was laughing so hard watching Frodo go in circles as Bofur followed. Although, now Bofur was beginning to come to his senses again and was gaining on Frodo. Frodo was running quite fast now, and the hat was far to big. So when he rounded the corner from the dining room to the main hallway, it slipped over his eyes. Frodo tried to push it back up, but the mix of laughter and running made it practically impossible. So he kept running. But his running was cut short by Frodo running into something…rather, someone.
Frodo stopped when he heard a deep voice rumble, "Are you alright?"
Frodo didn't need to lift the hat to see who it was that his Uncle had just welcomed in. He looked up and saw a Dwarf with long, brownish black, plated hair. His beard long and well kept. He was wearing nice, clean, soft robes. His weapons were all hilted with gold and silver. But most importantly, on his head was a small, golden circlet. Enough to let you know that the Dwarf you are in the presence of, is royalty. This little Hobbit boy was standing in front of the only King in Middle Earth, he would put himself under. Frodo was standing in front of Thorin Oakensheild, King Under the Lonley Mountain. The King of Erebor.
At first Frodo didn't say anything, he just stood there, wide-eyed. But then Bilbo saw what was wrong. "Oh! Um… Frodo, this is Thorin. Thorin, this is my nephew, Frodo." Just then Bofur ran up next to Frodo and removed his hat off of Frodo's head. "Frodo…what were you doing?" Bilbo asked.
"Um…nothing..." Frodo said, regaining his composer. "But whatever I might or might have not done, it was Fili and Kili's idea!"
Thorin laughed, "That I have no doubt of." Just then Kili rounded the corner. Upon seeing his Uncle, he cringed and went to go back into the dinning room when Thorin called him over. Kili came over and Thorin asked, "Are you two getting the lad here, into trouble?"
"Umm…well… nothing to bad. Just some warm up stuff." Kili said, putting a hand on Frodo's shoulder.
"'Warm up stuff'? What dose that mean?" Bilbo asked.
"It means, that by the time we leave," Kili said, picking up Frodo again, "he will know all sorts of mischief to drive you crazy with, Mister Boggins."
"Oh no! I don't need any more mischief than I already have, thank you very much!" Bilbo said, pointing a finger. "Don't you be learning their tricks, Frodo!"
Frodo smiled ever so innocently. Then he reached around Kili's shoulders and grabbed Bofur's hat again. Kili quickly put him down, and he was off again, with Bofur quickly in tow.
Thorin laughed hard at Frodo's cheekiness. He also laughed at Bilbo's face of disbelief. "Oh Master Burglar, you should have learned that it doesn't take long for a Hobbit to start to act like a Dwarf."
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Yay! Frodo finally got to meet Thorin. I really love writing the for you guys, so instead of being a jerk and ending it here, you'll get to hear more about the party and all the fun stuff that is going to happen. I do hope you enjoyed it as much as I did. Let me know what you thought down in the reviews! Thanks guys. BYIE!