Sam

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Differentiating morning and night has very difficult in this accursed forest. The darkness and uncertain sounds leave me on edge. Luckily the chance of us getting to the castle in this forest are sort of low. I decide not to ponder on the chance we do end up at the castle. I'll cross that bridge when it comes.

The supposed third day of hiking through this forest drudges on and spirits are falling. I'm not sure how but Kili and Alex stopped flirting and started arguing awhile ago.

"You need to work on your communicating skills you stupid bitch," Kili snaps angrily.

"Don't you fucking talk to me like that dick!" Alex counters angrily.

"Woah clever, do you even think about what you say before you say it!" Kili asks incredulously.

"Yes I fucking do!"

"No you didn't think about that did you. See I think about what I say before I say it. I think quite a bit about it."

"So you want me to have a good long think about what I'm gonna say do ya?" Alex asks.

"Yes."

"Alright I'll have a good long think," Alex decides. Then she stares at Kili for a minute before clapping her hands. "You should suck a bag of dicks."

"Oh really?!?" Kili yells.

"Yes really asstown!" Alex shouts back. I sigh deeply and rub my forehead.

"Sam are you alright?" Bilbo inquires tapping on my arm. I turn and look down to him before smiling fondly.

"Yes I'm fine," I respond. Gosh Bilbo is so nice and handsome. I'd really like to kiss him. Wait, I should! We're on a life or death quest, I should kiss him while I have the chance! "Hey Bilbo."

"Yes Sam?"

"Wanna known what the best tasting thing in the world is?" I ask cheekily.

"Sure what?"

"My lips," then I pick him up by his shoulders and smash our mouths together in a sloppy passionate kiss. Bilbo gasps in surprise before responding instantaneously. I swear sparks fly. It's amazing but we soon break apart for air.

"You are flawless," Bilbo gushes a loopy smile on his face.

"What language is your soulmate mark in?" I query, suddenly curious and set him down.

"Elvish I could never read it," Bilbo explains and pulls his sleeve up. On his arm in my messy scrawl is my name in elvish.

"That's my name!" I rejoice, loudly.

"Really! Do you have mine? It would be in hobbitish," Bilbo whispers.

"Hobbitish?"

"Yes it's a top secret language of hobbits. We use it for writing only," Bilbo explains.

"Oh well here look," I say and pull my shirt up to reveal the gibberish on my ribs.

"It's my name," Bilbo cheers.

"Oh my gosh yes! I love my tiny boyfriend!" I cheer loudly and pick up Bilbo by his armpits to kiss him again.

"And I love my elf girlfriend!" Bilbo adds and happiness wells up in my chest.

Suddenly I hear loud hoofbeats and freeze up. I set Bilbo down slowly and pull out my battle axe.

"Something's coming," I warn the company. Emily promptly drops Fili's hand and brandishes her trident while he his twin swords. Allie attempts at pulling her katana as Grace pulls six knives, three in each hand, from seemingly nowhere. Alex has her hands flamed out and flame whips appear in them. The hoofbeats get louder and louder just as a big brown horse crashes through the underbrush. The horse rears when it sees us and bucks the screaming rider off before sprinting away.

"MACE COME BACK!" the strikingly familiar rider screeches. "Oh no oh no oh no," the rider moans and flops onto her back. I squint and walk over to the rider. Suddenly it clicks into place.

"Lacy?" I ask.

"Sam! Wait what the hell are you doing here?" Lacy exclaims sitting up and looking at me.

"Uh traveling with my tiny boyfriend and all his tiny friends," I reply and offer her a hand. Lacy takes it and I pull her up. She dusts herself off and fixes the her long brown ponytail that made all the elves in Rivendall jealous.

"So you finally figured out you're soulmates! And you two did too! Oh haha!" Lacy squeals and hugs Emily and Fili. "The rest of you need to get on that. Really it's annoying."

"So there are more pairs?" Allie asks looking around at the company.

"Did I say that? Oops," Lacy says sheepishly and shrugs.

"Anyway what are you doing here Lacy?" I inquire, crossing my arms.

"Oh I'm traveling through to the Greenwood kingdom, delivering a message to king Thranduil from Elrond," Lacy explains, proudly holding up a scroll. "But now my horse is gone so I guess I'm stuck with you guys."

"We are glad to have you," Allie says.

"Great it's better to travel in numbers anyways."

~~~

Lacy joining us raised everyone's spirits.

Because of the lack of light we had to stopped when we got tired. We just had to assume night had fallen.

~~~

"Before we doze off let's have a tale," Balin suggests. We all smile and nod in agreement.

"But what tale?" I ask raising my head.

"How about the Angel of Middle Earth. I could tell it to you guys. I know it," Lacy offers. "It is my favorite legend."

"Sure," Emily and Fili chime together. They are sitting side by side in front of a small fire we started. "Do tell."

"Sounds good to me," Alex grumbles.

"Yeah," Kili nods. Alex and Kili seem to have made up and are now snuggling against a tree.

"I prefer silence," Grace interjects.

"Well I'd like to hear," Allie states and elbows Grace. Everyone else just nods and shrugs.

"Once upon a time there was a small little girl with a head of sun. She lived alone happily among her family. Her family often forgotten about her so it wasn't strange when they left her to go out boating. They never came back from the trip. She was condemned and isolated from her community. They suspected her for witchcraft. No longer able to put up with the loss of her family and the mistreatment from her community she stabbed herself through the back of her neck. She died but instead of going to the halls of the Valor she was sent back down with a pair of angel wings. She was sent to protect and guide Middle Earth. She was called the Angel Of Middle Earth. Some say if your problem was dire enough she would come to help."

"I heard she could use a special power called divinity to enhance her strength and make her glow," Ori adds.

"I heard she can take pain!" Bilbo pipes up.

"Well yes every legend has different variations. Like the legend of the Demon Child in some versions the daughter is a boy or genderless even. Also the legend of the Wolf Girl otherwise known as the Girl Who Runs With Wolves. One major thing that's told differently is the part about her killing her parents. Some even say she didn't," Lacy explains. Alex snorts loudly and Grace giggles. "I don't get it why are you laughing?"

"Because, Lacy, in our presence we have the Demon Child and The Wolf Girl," I answer and gesture to Grace and Alex. Lacy goes pale and gapes.

"No way!" Lacy yells excitedly.

"Yes way," Alex grins and let's a flame travel up her arm.

"I would do a trick but my clothes don't magically return," Grace mutters and shrugs.

"Then the other legends must be true then as well. The legend of the Dragon Daughter and The Angel of Middle Earth!" Lacy concludes excitedly. .

"The Dragon Daughter well that would be me," Emily says sheepishly raising her hand with fire dancing across her fingertips.

"Oh my gosh! Ahhh! This is so exciting so which ones the Angel?"

"Uh none of us actually," Allie responds hesitantly.

"But still you guys!" Lacy exclaims, jumps up and down ecstaticly, and claps her hands.

"Yeah we're the most famous people but no one actually knows who we are," Emily laughs.

"That is an interesting contradiction," Lacy comments and stops her clapping. "This is by far the most exciting thing I have ever been apart of."

"Welcome to the company Lacy. We're contradictions, drama queens, and legends are all around," Allie declares and pats Lacy on the back.

"This is gonna be so much fun!"