I belong somewhere else (Thranduil/Legolas fanfic)

Chapter 15: Beneath the stars

(Joriam's POV)

I just returned from a small hunt. Beorn didn't approve of me hunting and killing his friends but I wanted to eat meat. I had caught two rabbits and they seemed to be in good shape. I dismounted my horse and untied the rabbits. I turned around when I saw Esmee and Femke riding towards me on horses. They stopped in front of me. "Where the fuck were you?" I asked a little mad. "Oh, you know, places." Femke replied.

They dismounted their horses. "We wanted to know if we were still allowed to stay here?" Esmee asked and I looked at the girls. "Sure, but please tell where you're going before you leave." I said. We walked inside but before I even set one foot inside, Beorn stopped me. "Get out! You're not entering my house with those rabbits!" He said sternly and I carefully stepped backwards. Femke and Esmee laughed at me. "So, you are here to stay again?" Beorn asked the girls and they nodded. "Sure, if you want to eat animals you eat outside though." He said coolly and I sighed.

"I don't need meat. I'm fine with vegetables." Esmee said and sat down on a chair. "Yeah... well... I'm eating outside then I guess." Femke said and slowly walked out with me. "What will you eat?" I asked Femke looked at me confused. "Rabbit, duhh!" She said and I shook my head heavily. "Hell nah! I caught these rabbits!" I argued. "Don't be such a baby! I eat one rabbit and you the other." Femke said and I sighed. We made a small fire and I prepared the dinner. Femke went to stroll around Beorn's garden. "We'll just share! Don't be such a baby! Pfff, I catch the food and I prepare it but of course I have to share! I'm not a fucking butler. She can make her own damn food!" I softly muttered to myself. "What did you say?" Femke asked as she sat down next to me. "Nothing." I snapped. "Easy! Easy! It was just a question!" Femke said holding her hands up in surrender. I finished the food and gave Femke one of the rabbits.

We started eating silently when Femke broke the peaceful silence. "This rabbit is very nice!" She said and I nodded. "It's still my rabbit though." I softly said and Femke sighed. "Oh come on! I had to eat something too!" Femke argued and I looked at the ground. "You could at least say thank you." "Thanks." Femke said with a filled mouth. "Princess." I scoffed and Femke shot me a glare. "I said thanks! What more do you want?!" Femke asked. "Nothing!" I shouted back at her. "Then stop complaining!" "Okay, okay! I'll stop!"

We continued eating and Femke looked up at the stars. "They're beautiful." She said in awe. "I've seen a thousand times." I replied and she looked at me. "Do you eat outside often?" She asked and I shrugged. "Whenever I eat meat I have to but otherwise I eat inside." Femke nodded understanding.

"Where do you come from anyway?" She asked. "Oh, you know." I just said. Femke stared at me. "No, I don't know. Please tell me, I'm interested." I deeply sighed and briefly looked up into the night sky. "I'm a dwarf." "No shit." Femke said interrupting me. "Please don't interrupt." I am a dwarf from Erebor. I was still quite young when the dragon Smaug attacked the mountain. We fled to the Blue Mountains where we build a new place for ourselves to live. When I was older I did something terrible and my father banned me from the Blue Mountains."

"Your father? How can he ban you?" Femke asked. "Uhm, did I say father? I meant King, the King banned me." I quickly said and Femke nodded. "Please continue." Femke said and I sighed once again. "I wandered around in the West killing animals for food. I had to survive all on my own and taught myself how to be an assassin. One day, while I was being hunted by a few orcs, I saw a house and hid for the orcs. A few hours later the owner of the house came back. It was Beorn and he wanted to attack me because he thought I was a burglar but I told him what happened. Beorn was kind enough to offer me a room in his house for as long as I needed and wanted. Beorn and I are pretty good friends now and he said I could live here forever." I said and Femke nodded. "How did you end up in Thranduil's dungeon?" She asked. "I was hunting in Mirkwood forest and the elves captivated me and threw me in a cell to rot away, then I escaped with you and Esmee and now I'm back home." I explained and Femke smiled at me.