The air was clear and humid. The 13 dwarves, my father and I sat ontop of a rock ledge. It was now late and nearly all the dwarves were asleep, besides Fili, Kili, and Balin of course. Father sat next to me, drumming his fingers on his leg. He looked exausted but every time he laid down, he told me that the hard ground kept him awake.
I looked over at Fili who was polishing his sword. My eyes widened when I realized something. I had no weapon.
"Isadora?" my fathers voice interrupted my thoughts. I quickly looked up.
"Yeah?" I questioned.
"Can I speak to you?" I furrowed my eyebrows but followed him nonetheless. He led me over to the horses.
"Before your mother died, she gave me this" he conjured up a brilliant silver sword from a sheath at his side.
"It was given to her by her aunt, she wanted you to have it" he continued. My face remained blank.
"She said that since you were half-elf that you would want to go on quests but I fought with her against it, silliest arguement we ever had." he said, sighing sadly.
"What was she like?" I questioned. Pain flashed to my fathers eyes.
"She was smart...oh so smart. Smartest creature I had ever met. Her hair was a deep blonde typical to elves but her eyes were what mystified me. The deep brown that was typical of hobbit and not elves but she said it was just a birth defect or something."
"And her personality?" I questioned, stroking the cold metal of the elvish made blade.
"She was one of those excitable elves, very bouncy and was always running, even when she was with you. But she was so sweet, so friendly..." he trailed off, seemingly lost in a memory. A loud howl broke him out. I was instantly on guard, my mothers sword glowing gold.
"Orcs" my father whispered.
"Excuse me?" I questioned.
"Your mother once told me that the sword will glow gold when orcs or goblins are nearby, and seeing as goblins dont come into the sunlight, it must be orcs" he said. I started breathing irratically and Kili looked over.
"You alright, lass?" he questioned.
"What are Orcs?" I asked.
"Throat cutters, they sneak up on you and in the wee hours of the night kill you in your sleep" Fili said. Kili laughed.
Thorin stood up, striding over to his two nephews.
"You think its funny? You think a night raid by orcs is a joke?" Thorin said.
Fili and Kili instantly looked shamed.
"We didnt mean nothing of it" they said.
"No, of course you didnt" he hissed, "You know nothing of the world"
Balin looked over at them.
"Dont mind him laddie, Thorin has more cause to hate orcs than the rest" I glanced over at Thorin, to my father and then to my mothers blade which still glowed gold.
I wondered what happened to her.