Middle Earth || OS

42. Thorin | Arthur, at your service! I

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Relationships: Thorin x You (Modern girl in Middle Earth)

Content: Fluff, angst, rated T

Summary: You come from our world and arrive just before the quest for Erebor. You will accompany the company pretending to be a boy, yell at Thorin and all of Durin's heirs will survive.

Chapter 1: The journey

- "What is that..."

When you hardly open your eyes, you see trees waving with the wind above you. It's daytime. The sun is light but pleasant. You are lying in the grass and wait a few moments before sitting up. Where are you? You don't recognize this place. You end up standing up. You have no idea how you ended up in the middle of this forest, but the most important thing is to know where you are. The village you see in the distance will certainly be able to help you.

After thirty minutes of walking, you arrive in a strange village. Everyone is dressed like in the Middle Ages. Are they making a movie? You don't dare approach and you observe from a distance. A long time passes and you don't notice a camera or anyone in the movie business. Weird. Looking more closely, you can see people are acting normally. Some of them discuss and others move from one place to another. You try to get closer to a group of people, without being seen, to hear their discussion. Their words sound implausible but at least you speak the same language, since you understand them. It's reassuring! You recognize names of people or places belonging to Tolkien's universe.

- "Don't tell me I'm in Middle-earth and I have to save the world? Either I drank too much or I'm dreaming ..."

Believe it or not, you are alone in a medieval village and the sun is starting to set. It's too late to ask someone to host you. You wait until it gets dark to steal two or three fruits from a garden. Lucky for you, the air is comfortable enough to sleep under the stars. As you settle down to sleep under a tree, you see your clothes from your world on you. It's not dressed like that you'll go unnoticed here.

You approach a garden and spot clothes drying. These are men's clothes but it will be perfect for traveling. Even if the thought of flying bothers you, you have no choice in your condition. Out of sight under your tree, you change and keep only your shoes of your world. Dressed as a man, you take a piece of fabric to wrap your chest. You also tie your hair with a hairband from one of your pockets. You are fortunate to have a fairly young face and with a little mud, you could pretend to be a young man. Alright, it's time to sleep.

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The next day, you start your journey with some fruit in your pockets. Suppose you are really in Middle-earth, you need to find out what time period you are. So the best would be to find the Shire and then Bag End.

After several days of walking in the forest or on small paths, you arrive in a region that seems more welcoming and prosperous. Do you really find the Shire by random walking? Well, yes. It's not the smials you see in front of you that will tell you the opposite, or even the hobbits walking around nibbling fruits. Fields, farms and fruit trees as far as the eye can see. At least, you won't go hungry. You have no money, but you are starting to develop good techniques for stealing vegetables. The truth is, you hate doing it, but you have no choice. Anyway, new objective: find Bag End. If it's pretty big, you shouldn't have a hard time finding it, right?

Except the Shire is bigger than you might think. One evening when your foot starts to hurt, you try to steal some tomato, but a hobbit farmer surprises you. You apologize flatly explaining yourself but he doesn't listen to you. He even threatens you with his pitchfork. You're not going to die because of an angry hobbit with a pitchfork, right? Right?!