Allie

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"GET OFF SHE ELF," Thorin yells and throws Grace off in a fit of rage.

"NEVER!" Grace screams back and throws her body at his. They topple out of the bathroom and into a dresser knocking it over with a bang.

"Stop!" Kili orders but his words are ignored. Thorin pulls out a knife and slices Graces arm in defense. In retaliation Grace kicks Thorin in the chest knocking him into the bed."Stop please!"

"Grace!" I exclaim as she jumps onto Thorin once again raising the spoon above her head.

"Elf scum," Thorin hisses.

"Dwarf filth," Grace counters and thrusts the spoon downwards.

"STOP," I demand feeling a rush if warmth and power, Divinity. Grace, Thorin, and Kili instantly freeze and stare at me. "Good now everyone needs to CALM THE FUCK DOWN! Grace get off Thorin. Thorin don't walk in on me and Kili just stop!"

"What did I do?"

"Shut up," I growl.

"Allie you are glowing calm down," Grace orders getting off Thorin. "How did you do that?"

"Sorry, nothing I didn't do anything I just yelled. Now excuse me so I can get dressed in peace," I stammer out and rush into the bathroom locking the door behind me.

~~~

Grace

~~~

"I'm not sorry dwarf and I wouldn't regret spooning your eyes out," I state and shove Thorin with Kili out the door. Allie is out if the bathroom fully dressed seconds later looking better than before. She's wearing a short red dress with black armor and a red cape that goes to the floor.

We all stopped and got new clothes in the tailor shop. Emily got a short purple dress with black armor. Sam got a short grey blue dress with brown shoulder pads. Alex got a knee length green dress with a dark green shawl and gold accents topped with full body armor. I got black legging with a black blouse and a brown flowy easy to move in dress over and a red cape. Allie insisted we get matching red capes.

"Braid my hair?" she asks and I nod. Allie sits in front of me and I braid what's left of the front if her hair. One part got cut off but no one speaks about it.

"Allie that wasn't nothing when you said stop I physically had to stop," I murmur.

"Don't ask please Grace," Allie begs.

"Fine, but I wouldn't do it again. The company might get suspicious," I advise and Allie nods. I know she's keeping things from me but I'm keeping things from her too, a lot of things. Suddenly someone knocks on our door.

"Guys Emily and Sam are gone!" Alex shouts and opens the door.

"What how? Sam is drunk off her ass and Emily is napping where could they have gone!" I ask incredulous. "You're drunk too!"

"They aren't in their room come on," Alex says. "And I drank a few dozen glasses of water I'm pretty sober now."

"Alright let's go look in their room for hints," Allie sighs deeply as if she's disappointed and we all file out of our room. Fili is waiting for us in the hallway looking worried and Allie affectionately pats him on the back.

"I'm sure they just went for a walk," Allie assures. Fili nods gratuitously and Alex opens the door to Sam and Emily's room. Sam and Emily are both sitting inside looking a little worse for wear but in one piece.

"Hi guys!" Sam greets excitedly waving her hand. She's still drunk.

"Hello," Emily mumbles and is instantly enveloped in a hug from Fili. "Oh! hi there."

"We were worried where did you go?" Fili inquires and looks her over to assess for injuries.

"It's a long story," Emily admits.

"Its not that long I got kidnapped and taken to Emily's evil father who followed us here. Emily made fire circles around me and her dad to protect me. Emily and her dad started talking and as it turns out her dad killed her little brother Lucas. I threw a rum bottle at her father so he tripped and fell into the fire so Emily incinerated him instead of him burning slowly," Sam explains quickly, some words slurred from her drunken state.

"Oh my Mahal Emily I'm so unbelievably sorry," Fili grovels and shoves Emily into his chest wrapping his arms around her. Fili is quite a bit taller than Emily so it looks adorable.

"He killed your little brother what kind if sick bastard does that?" Alex growls.

"A sick bastard that lost his wife that's who," Emily answers.

"Oh and I saw Lucas," Sam adds. "I see dead people."

"You saw Lucas?" Allie questions and raises an eyebrow.

"Yes he's at peace now but Sam did see him," Emily replies and nods smiling. Follow rubs her back and kisses her head. "I'm happy to know he's alright."

"Thats good he's at peace and I guess it's also good your father is gone," Allie muses.

"Yes, I feel better now."

"I do too now that the motherfucker is dead," Sam chimes in.

"Alright we all need to sleep so we can leave early tomorrow. Goodnight," I declare and hers Allie back to our room for the night.

~~~

"Oh Mahal what happened last night?" Thorin groans the next morning at breakfast. He's clearly still effected from last nights drink fest.

"Shhh," Kili grumbles. The drinkers last night are nursing bad hangovers now.

"The light is too bright," Alex complains and puts her head down on the table.

"My head," Fili moans and Allie laughs making all the drinkers whine in pain. I'm not feeling bad which is surprising

"Allie stop laughing and being happy in general," Sam begs and shoves Allie's face half heartedly.

"Last night you were all about happy Sam," Emily teases.

"Shut up," Sam whines.

"We need to move out," Thorin states in a quiet voice.

"You're all useless I'll pay for the hotel with this sack of money I just stole from Thorins pocket," Allie announces, waves Thorins money sack while Thorin uselessly tries to grab it, then flounces off.

"Crazy gorgeous hobbit lass took my wallet," Thorin whispers absentmindedly and I cuff him over the head. "HEY!"

"Don't go saying things like that about my little sister after you've seen her naked or I will gouge your eyes out and Allie won't he able to stop me no matter what. No how about you get some pain herbs from Oin, get your company together, and stop acting like you're still drunk," I order in a low threatening voice.

"Yes thank you elf," Thorin responds.

We are back on the road minutes later.

~~~

Sam

~~~

My head feels like a pile of rocks and my memories of last night are shotty but I'm happy because Lucas is at peace meaning Emily is at peace. Seeing Lucas is the one thing that is clearly etched into my memory. Seeing him scared me but knowing that I helped him move on made me feel an odd sense of peace. I guess seeing spirits won't be all bad.

As soon as we are out of the town Thorin sends Bilbo up a hill to see if the orcs are far off.

"Sam about last night.." Emily trails off.

"What about it?"

"I killed someone Sam!" Emily whisper yells.

"Technically I did because I threw the bottle making him trip backwards you only made his death quicker and less painless," I point out.

"Yes but it was my fire encircling him," Emily counters.

"But nothing Emily what was done put your little brother at peace so say nothing more about this," I snap and Emily hugs me.

"Thanks."

"How close is the pack?" Thorin asks as Bilbo runs back to us.

"Too close, couple of leagues, no more. But that's not the worst of it," Bilbo answers taking deep breaths. He's not used to so much physical activity.

"Have the Orcs picked up our scent?" Dwalin asks.

"Not yet, but they will do. We have another problem," Bilbo says.

"Did they see you? They saw you," Gandalf concludes.

"No, that's not it," Bilbo replies.

"Good, what did I tell you? Quite as a mouse. Excellent burglar material," Gandalf adds and the dwarves all start saying how much they agree and how much they love Bilbo. Rather stupid if you ask me, they didn't appreciate him at all till they thought he was gone.

"Let the hobbit finish!" I yell when I see Bilbo frantically trying to get their attention. The company goes silent and stare at Bilbo.

"Thank you Sam. I'm trying to tell you there is something else out there," Bilbo exclaims reverently.

"What form did it take? Like a bear?" Gandalf asks and Grace tenses ever so slightly.

"Ye...Yes, but bigger. Much bigger" Bilbo stutters and I put a comforting hand in his shoulder sending sparks up my arm.

"You knew about this beast?" Bofur questions a hint of accusation in his voice. Gandalf doesn't reply but stares at Grace an eyebrow raised. "I say we double back."

"We'll be run down by a pack of fucking orcs genius," Alex remarks knowingly.

"There is a house, it's not far from here, where we might take refuge," Gandalf suggests.

"Whose house? Are they friend or foe?" Fili inquires.

"Neither. He will help us or he will kill us," Gandalf states darkly.

"Thats a bit far from the truth," Grace mutters under her breath.

"Sounds like buckets of fun," Allie comments rolling her eyes.

"What choice do we have?" Thorin inquires just as a loud roar echoes throughout the land.

"None," Gandalf replies and then we are running again.