Right here's the next instalment! I'm so glad of the positive reviews and a fellow author has made me cry (not by killing someone). Nimrodel626 (please read their stories) dedicated a one-shot called 'Sing Me To Sleep' to me as an early birthday prezzie! *cries with happiness and feels loved* I HAVE FWIENDS! XD Also I nearly cried at the way you all reacted to this story. I am happy that you like it more than 'So this is Middle-Earth?'. My friend and I feel it's more us and has an originality to it. Please keep doing what you're doing and review, favourite and follow my story...and (while you're at it) I'd love some more reviews and stuff for my other works (just see my profile for my other stories (if ya want)) Anyway thanks again! I dedicate this particular chapter to Nimrodel626 because you made me feel loved and may you pen be forever guided in a majestic fashion :)

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Chapter 2-Ered Luin

Dis squeezed the two girl's' hands as they entered the market. It was very busy that morning and men, and dwarves, were bustling about; flogging their wares. They'd just left the tailors and the girls were now armed with various sets of jeggings, tunics, dresses and boots to provide a small army with. Also, to provide less tats, Dis had quickly braided Daisy's long blonde hair, as well as tying all that she could of Anne's short bangs. The girls tried to get a glance of everything as they walked through Ered Luin.

The dwarrowdam smiled and waved to the dwarves she knew, chatted with the friends she bumped into and , all the while, explaining to Daisy and Anne all the different trades in Ered Luin. The dark-haired girl seemed fascinated by the blacksmiths and waved when she saw Dwalin hammering the life out of a bit of metal. The bulky dwarf smiled and waved a meaty hand. Dis chuckled when she saw the little girl's face light up by the gesture. Daisy, on the other hand, was looking towards where a couple of men were trying out some weapons. It was common for men to spar in the midst of the market, it provoked betting and conversation between the two races. Adjusting her glasses on the bridge of her nose, the blonde watched intently as one man clashed with another. Dis looked down at her.

"You like it?"

"Dunno...why are they fighting anyway?"

"They're trying out the weapons to see if the smithy's have done a good job."

"Oh...I like the two swords, they look easier than the one."

Dis chuckled.

"My eldest son Fili uses duel blades."

Anne now watched the sparring as well. Daisy tugged on Dis' dress and the black-haired woman crouched to their height.

"There's two people with water balloons over there..."

She pointed to her left and Dis followed her finger with studying crystal eyes. She smirked when she spotted her two sons, attempting to look as innocent as possible. Fili was pretending to talk to a wall whereas Kili had his back to his mother and the make-shift water ballon in plain sight behind his back. Dis chuckled and looked back to the two girl's, they were staring towards her mischievous boys.

"Very good spot Daisy. You have keen eyes. Don't worry. They're just my sons. See the blonde one?"

"Mhm.."

"Yes..."

"He's Fili, he's 26 and the other is Kili, he's 21."

"Wow they're old."

Dis let out a bark of laughter.

"Hardly, they're still children, just as you two are still babies!"

The two girls narrowed their eyes and folded their arms. Anne huffed.

"We're not babies! I'm 9 and I'll be 10 soon!"

Daisy too huffed.

"And I'll be 10 soon too!"

Dis mocked amazement and ruffled their hair.

"Wow you're both so grown up!...Don't even think of it Kili!"

Hearing the splat of the water balloon, Dis stood and turned to face her youngest son. His dark eyes gleamed with mischief and his wild hair was all over the place. He wore an identical cheesy grin to that of his elder sibling, who stood behind him. Fili had a couple of braids in his blonde locks, and he also had the scrapings of a beard emerging, unlike Kili whose poor face still remained hairless. The two brothers chuckled nervously under their mother's glare.

"Hi Mum!"

"Lovely weather isn't it today?"

"Yes, very sunny today ain't it Kee?"

"Sure is Fee, it sure is!"

Dis' glared hardened and Daisy and Anne giggled as the boys squirmed.

"Don't play dumb with me boys. You're mischief will never cease to find a way back to me."

Fili and Kili tried, once again, to play innocent.

"Mischief? Us? What mischief?"

"I don't know Fee, but apparently someone has told her that WE of all people are mischievious. Funny that isn't it?"

"It is in deed brother, very funny!"

Dis rolled her eyes and her sons chuckled. Their attention turned to the two girls, who were whispering and pointing at them.

"Hello who are these small 'uns?"

Dis patted each of the girls heads.

"This is Daisy and this is Anne."

Anne huffed and sent her best glare at the blonde brother.

"We're not small!"

Kili grinned.

"You're smaller than us."

"Cause you're older than us, old people are tall!"

The brunette girl folded her arms and gave the brothers a brief nod. Fili and Kili tried to contain their laughter. Daisy looked back and forth between the brothers, a look of confusion on her face. Kili bent down to her height.

"What's up kiddo?"

Daisy scratched her head and looked at Dis.

"Why doesn't Kili have a beard, but Fili has one?"

Kili frowned and immediately covered his bare chin with a hand, whilst his brother doubled over with laughter. Fili wiped his eyes and continued giggling. He held up his hand.

"Oh that one deserves a high-five lass!"

Daisy high-fived him and grinned. Kili tried his best to look angry, but in the end gave into the adorable smile. The two brothers frowned when Anne huffed again.

"What?"

"'m still not small, y'know?"

Fili chuckled and looked up at his mum. Dis just smiled and smoothed the girls hair. The blonde brother scooped Anne up, who giggled at the rush, and set her down on his shoulders.

"See there Anne? Now you're taller than me and Daisy and Kili and even taller than Dis!"

Anne giggled.

"Ha Daisy I'm taller than you now!"

Daisy glared and stuck out her tongue. Kili picked up the girl and settled her on his shoulders. He punched his brother's arm playfully and grinned.

"Look who's taller now eh?"

Dis chuckled at their antics and shook her head. The girls seemed quite settled with her lads already, but then again they seemed to settle with most of the dwarves they'd already met.

"Boys do you mind baby-sitting the girls while I give this stuff to Balin and Dori?"

The boys shook their heads and grinned to the girls who sat atop their shoulders.

"Nah!"

"No prob mum, we'll take good care of these little tykes!"

Daisy folded her arms and put them on Kili's head, pushing his already tatty hair further into his eyes.

"We don't need baby-sitters! We're too old for that."

Fili chuckled.

"Oh really?"

"Yeah really!"

Fili mocked sighed as did Kili.

"Well then I guess that it'll just be me and Kee going to get some cake from Bombur...shame that one."

Anne patted the top of the blonde brother's head.

"What about me? I want baby-sat!"

Kili smiled.

"Well then you can get cake!"

"Yes! HA Daisy I get cake!"

They all watched Daisy fight the internal battle of maturity or cake...in the end cake won and soon all four of them were off to pester the fat cook. He was more than happy to share some of his fresh made chocolate cake with the hungry quartet. They all sat at the table with large slabs of the sugary goodness in front of them. Fili had crumbs trapped in the hairs of his scruff, Kili had a few chocolatey smears on his cheeks as did Anne and Daisy. The girls giggled.

"You're messier than we are!"

The brothers smirked.

"Oh yeah?"

Daisy nodded and pointed to where chocolate stained Fili's face.

"You have cake here, here, here and here!"

"Well you have chocolate HERE!"

The blonde smashed some of the cake into the girl's hair. She cried out whilst Kili and Anne laughed. The black-haired dwarf slammed the table with his fist and laughed loudly. Daisy pouted before sticking her tongue out, rudely, at them and throwing some of her cake at Kili. It hit him square in the forehead and Fili declared that it deserved a round of applause. Anne laughed at them all.

"You are all so weird!"

To that she earned a faceful of cake and cocoa butter-icing. To say that Dori, Dis and Balin were unamused when four chocolate covered kids approached them, close after sunset, was an understatement. Dis cuffed her boys round the ears and they rubbed their heads and chuckled.

"So we'll see you tomorrow squirts?"

"Yes!"

Fili grinned and Kili ruffled Anne's chocolate covered hair.

"Good, we look forward to it!"

Dis chuckled and led her sons home. Daisy waved to Anne as she skipped off holding Balin's hand, before she slipped her own into Dori's and proceeded to tell him everything of the day's events.

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Later that night Daisy sat snuggled in her new nightdress on Nori's knee. The thief was happy to have his lap-buddy back, though he daren't admit it to his brothers. Ori sat quietly by the fire and sketched whilst Dori brewed himself a cup of chamomile. Daisy was studying a book intently and Nori chuckled as she tried to read the Khuzd Dhul text.

"Nori why's it got funny writing?"

"Cause it's a dwarven book."

"But it's silly because no one can read it."

"We can."

"But I wanna read it! Can't I learn the funny writing?"

Nori looked to Dori who looked to Ori. Khuzd Dhul was a very private matter amongst dwarves, but all the brother's grinned as the blonde glared at the page, willing herself to understand the text.

"I might try teaching you it."

Daisy hugged the thief who returned the affection with a squeeze of his arm. He slipped the book out of her hold.

"You want me to read it?"

Daisy nodded and Dori raised his eyebrows in surprise. The last time he'd seen Nori read a book was just after their mother had died and it was to comfort Ori. Ori, too looked just as shocked. But the middle brother merely ignored them and proceeded to read the dwarven fairytale about a man called Tom Bombadil.

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"Anne what in Mahals name are ye doing?"

Dwalin looked down with amusement as the small girl tried to push over his war hammer. So far she'd had no success and small beads of sweat were forming on her brow.

"Trying to pick this up!"

"Why though?"

Anne turned to look at the giant man. She fiddled with her nightdress.

"Cause I wanna learn it."

"Learn it?"

Anne smiled and nodded.

"Yeah! Me and Daisy have decided that we're gonna learn how to use swords and stuff!"

"Oh really?"

"Mhm!"

"Well you'll need to train very hard."

"Ok."

"And you'll need to ask someone to train you."

"Thought you would."

Dwalin blinked and Anne smiled sweetly at him. The dwarf's stern features melted.

"Right so I'll train ye both when you're big enough how's that?"

"Why does everyone think that we're small? I'm nearly 10!"

Right I all hoped you enjoyed this chapter just as much as I enjoyed writing it! Will update within 24 hours TTFN xx