A/n:I own only Ireth the rest is Tolkiens and Peter Jacksons. The lines signify either time skip or change of view. Countinue with the story. I used Albanian for hobbit language.
III.
Next day in the morning Ireth woke up early and readied everything for the journey. She started with food and ended with her weapons. She went outside to get ponies and horses leaving on the table breakfast. For her ada she got a nice brown horse and for dwarves she got thirteen ponies. She will be using her trusted companion on many journeys Tenebris, a black horse. Bilbo is a different story he will be using a pony she got him earlier at the beginning of winter. The pony is a real beauty, she's white with black mane, and her name is Calel meaning Light Female in Sindarin. When she got back home everyone already had breakfast so they set of to the journey.
The night fell and they camped just outside of the Shire. Bombur cooked a nice dinner and sent food to Gandalf and Thorin who were on guard duty for now. Fili and his brother Kili decided it was smart to annoy Ireth.
- Soo, Miss Cotton how are you this fine evening? - asked Fili while Kili smiled innocently.
- Very well, thank you and how are you?. - Ireth answered while narrowing her eyes at them.
-Good, good. – answered Kili with a smile that served even more to annoy Ireth.
- Is there a purpose for the two of you sitting near me instead of your uncle? –
- No, none at all he just wanted us to ask if you think it will be cold tonight.- answered both of them at the same time with perfectly straight faces.
Knowing now what they are trying to do she smirks and replies:
- Hmm… I don't know about that… - she paused there for a second seeing how they begun to have small smiles of satisfaction and then continues - …but I know for a fact that even if my father wouldn't turn you into toads if you annoyed him too much that I would and I will tell your dear uncle how you two want an aunt so he can start searching for one.-
When she finished she watched, very pleased with herself, how they distanced themselves white as snow away from her.
About an hour later her father approached her with a question of his own:
- What did you do that Fili and Kili are afraid to look at you? –
- Who, me? I did nothing. – She replied and walked to the tree to get some sleep.
In the morning they continued to travel further away from Shire. Around noon they stopped for lunch and Ireth made a comment that left every one of the dwarves choking on their food while Gandalf and Bilbo just smiled.
- Soo, Thorin, have you thought about marrying any time soon?-
- WHAT? - Yelled Thorin after releasing what she just said.
-Nothing. No need to yell your nephews voiced that they want an aunt. That's all seriously. –
-Have they now? – asked Thorin while glaring at his nephews.
At just that moment Gandalf decided to but in:
-Yes they did. -
And chaos came forward, dwarves started laughing, Thorin glared at his nephews and Ireth just whispered in their ears and they became even more white.
They continued for six straight hours and then Bilbo shouted for them to stop because they came in front of mist and the sun was setting.
-I will not stop just because you are afraid of little mist.- said Thorin and started forward but Ireth stopped him with her horse and a furious look on her face and said:
-Explain Bilbo. –
He pointed toward a sign where two words in Hobbit language stood and said:
- Rreziku i Shpirtrave or in common…- He paused there to remember the correct translation when Ireth continued:
-…or in common Risk of Souls. It is a name for a place so awful. The place is full of Nightmares that come in the night and seek those who came into their place of resting. No one survived encounter with them expect for Bilbo when his mother sacrificed her soul and body so he could survive and escape.-
No one spoke after that but Thorin listened to the advice and they stopped for the night. Ireth stayed near Bilbo whole night and helped the boy now man who she considered as her own to keep bad dreams away.
Next day they continued with their travel. They often rode in small groups and they were quiet. It continued that way for the next three days. On the fourth day in the time of dinner when every one of them was gathered around the fire Kili asked the question to break the silence:
- Lady Ireth do you; by any chance know how to sing?-
-I do Master Dwarf. - Ireth replied.
-Then lass, maybe you could sing to break the bad mood. – asked Balin politely.
-Maybe. Does anyone have anything against it? – Ireth said to Balins plea.
A chorus of voiced no's was heard. After that she started singing.
"Out of the mist of history
He'll come again
Sailing on ships across the sea
To a wounded Nation
Signs of a saviour
Like fire on the water
It's what we prayed for
One of our own
Just wait
Though wide he may roam
Always
A hero comes home
He goes where no one has gone
But always
A hero comes home
Deep in the heart of darkness sparks
A dream of light
Surrounded by hopelessness
He finds the will to fight
There's no surrender
Always remember
It doesn't end here
We're not alone
Just wait
Though wide he may roam
Always
A hero comes home
He goes where no one has gone
But always
A hero comes home
And he will come back on the crimson tide
Dead or alive
And even though we know the bridge has burned
He will return
He will return
Just wait
Though wide he may roam
Always
A hero comes home
He knows of places unknown
Always
A hero comes home
Someday they'll carve in stone
"The hero comes home"
He goes and comes back alone
But always
A hero comes home
Just wait
Though wide he may roam
Always
A hero comes home"
After she ended singing there was a minute of silence and then applause and shouting of more and she sang another one.
"You can be amazing
You can turn a phrase into a weapon or a drug
You can be the outcast
Or be the backlash of somebody's lack of love
Or you can start speaking up
Nothing's gonna hurt you the way that words do
When they settle 'neath your skin
Kept on the inside and no sunlight
Sometimes a shadow wins
But I wonder what would happen if you
Say what you wanna say
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be brave
With what you want to say
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be brave
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I wanna see you be brave
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I wanna see you be brave
Everybody's been there,
Everybody's been stared down by the enemy
Fallen for the fear
And done some disappearing,
Bow down to the mighty
Don't run, just stop holding your tongue
Maybe there's a way out of the cage where you live
Maybe one of these days you can let the light in
Show me how big your brave is
Say what you wanna say
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be brave
With what you want to say
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be brave
And since your history of silence
Won't do you any good,
Did you think it would?
Let your words be anything but empty
Why don't you tell them the truth?
Say what you wanna say
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be brave
With what you want to say
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be brave
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I wanna see you be brave
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
See you be brave
I just wanna see you (yeah)
I just wanna see you (oh ooh)
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you"
After that they went to sleep content and in the good mood.
A/N: I want to say that songs are not mine and that I just borrowed them. Their names are written below in order they were sang.
1. A hero comes home by Idina Menzel
2. Brave by Sara Bareilles