The Gathering Storm. The Hobbit fanfic. A Thorin Oakenshield love story.

Chapter 2: Breakfast.

The photo is of Taryn's hair style and outfit for the day.

The next day Erebor some months before Smaug attacked.

Taryn's POV:

The sun rose up over the lake meaning a new day was beginning. Taryn sat on a bench located on her room's balcony. Since she was an Elf and did not need sleep, she would always watch the sun rise. Although she was born at night, so she got her power from the moon; she loved the sun just as much.

Really since she was an Elf she loved all forms of natural. But she also found herself drawn to other cultures and how different races did things differently. Of course she kept this a secret from her father. He would dislike her loving anything or studying anything that wasn't about Elves.

She found her father very prejudice against other races and she was the complete opposite from him. She thought Erebor was beautiful and she could not wait to explore the mountain.

Taryn turned her head as she heard a light knock on her door. "Just a minute," she called out to whoever was knocking.

Taryn stood up from sitting on the bench and walked back into her bedroom. She picked up the robe, that lay on a chair and quickly wrapped in around her slender body. Slowly she made her way to the door and opened it.

"Aur vaer Princess," her guard Laeron said to her and bowed his head in respect.

"Aur vaer Laeron," Taryn said back to him with a slight smile on her lips.

"Your father wishes for you to join him for breakfast with King Thrór, his son Prince Thráin, and Thráin's three children. He said you need to be ready in about three hours," the guard Laeron said to her.

"Le hannon, I will make sure I am at breakfast Laeron." Taryn said and then shut her door again as Laeron turned to leave.

After shutting her door Taryn turned and walked to the rooms bathroom. She walked over to the tub and filled it with warm water. Taryn stripped off her robe and night gown. She placed them both on a chair as she walked back to the tub.

Slowly she got into the tub, laying down for the water completely cover her whole body. She grabbed a bath sponge and began to wash herself off. Making sure any dirt was now gone. She then washed her pale white blonde hair with the good smelling lavender shampoo and conditioner.

Once she was completely clean she stood up and reached for a towel. She wrapped the towel around her slender body, as she stepped out of the tub.

She dried herself off and walked over to the room's dresser. She grabbed out her undergarments to wear for the day. She slipped them on and then Taryn walked to the closet opening slowly. She had brought enough dresses and different kind of options to last her at least a two months.

She tilted her head to the side, as she tried to decide which dress to wear for the day. Finally she picked one and pulled it out of the closet. She walked over to the big bed and laid it down. Taryn then walked back to the dresser and pulled out a pair of grey pants out of the drawer.

Walking back to the bed, she sat down besides the dress and slipped the pants onto her short but slender legs. Taryn reached over and picked up the dressed as she stood up. She pulled the dress on over her head and then straightened it out.

The dress was a dark rich purple color and had a split that went up to her thighs. Which is why she wore they grey pants underneath the dress. From the waist down the dress was fitted and showed off the curves of her hips. The bodice was loose and came up to her shoulders. Only a small amount of her collar born was showing. The dress had full sleeves, that went down to her wrist and was also loose like the bodice.