“Thorin’s Dream of Love”, Ch. 4 (R): Healing For Some, October 6, 2013 Gratiana Lovelace
(This is an original fan fiction story by Gratiana Lovelace; All rights reserved; The characters from “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” are owned by Warner Brothers, no copyright infringement is intended)
[From time to time, I will illustrate my story with my dream cast of: Richard Armitage as Prince Thorin Oakenshield, Lucy Griffiths as Lady Kiralin, Jeffrey Thomas as King Thror, Mike Mizrahi as Prince Thrain, Lee Pace as King Thranduil, Graham McTavish as Lord Dwalin, Orlando Bloom as Prince Legolas, and Evangeline Lilly as Captain Tauriel, etc.]
Author’s Mature Content Note: “Thorin’s Dream of Love” is a story of romance and intrigue set amidst the backdrop of Middle Earth. As such there will be some passages in this story involving heartfelt love scenes (R rated) and some passages involving highly dramatic moments. I will label the maturity rating of those chapters accordingly. Otherwise, the general rating for this story is PG or PG-13 due to some mature situations and topics. If you are unable or unwilling to attend a movie with the ratings that I provide, then please do not read the chapters with those labels. This is my disclaimer.
Author’s Recap from the previous installment: Thorin still dreams of the time before the dragon’s attack. Prince Thorin assisted Prince Legolas in hunting this afternoon. And after Prince Thorin and Prince Legolas each killed an attacking warg--with the ableassistance of their guards Lord Dwalin and Captain Tauriel--they bring the injured Captain Tauriel to be tended to at Erebor.
“Thorin’s Dream of Love”, Ch. 4 (R): Healing For Some
Returning to the fortress that is the mountain of Erebor, Prince Thorin and Lord Dwalin lead Prince Legolas and his injured Captain Tauriel to Lady Helga for healing in a room situated in a lower level midway between the kitchen and the armory. They can smell the delicious foods being prepared for them for the banquet tonight--each nose, Dwarf or Elven, choosing to seek out the aromas of the delicacies pertaining to their culture, and ignoring the rest. Lady Kiralin is not with her mother Lady Helga and Prince Thorin is both disappointed and relieved. Yet, Prince Thorin wonders where Lady Kiralin might be.
Lady Helga: Looking up from rolling bandages, she spies the injured Elven woman. “What is this?”
Lord Dwalin: “We had a wee bit of an encounter with some wargs.” He shrugs his shoulders sheepishly at his sister-in-law.
Lady Helga looks around the room for where to rest the large Elven woman, the chairs are all Dwarf size.
Lady Helga: “You will have to bring her to sit on this low bench if I am to reach her to tend to her properly.” She gestures to the bench in the middle of the room.
Prince Legolas: Gently depositing Captain Tauriel in a sitting position on the low bench, Prince Legolas hesitantly glances warmly at her [(2) right]. Then he suspiciously looks at the older Dwarf woman and he asks with no tact. “Woman, are you skilled in healing Elves? I would not want my Captain made worse for your care.”
Both Prince Thorin and Lord Dwalin each take a measured step back--preferring to stay out of the fray that is to come as they look back and forth between Lady Helga and their Elven guests.
Lady Helga: Placing her hands on her hips--not unlike the stance that her daughter Lady Kiralin took earlier in the day--Lady Helga pridefully stands up to her full height of four foot two inches tall. “Who do you think you are, boy? King of the Elves?”
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"Thorin's Dream of Love", a short story by Gratiana Lovelace, Sept. 14, 2013
FanficI was inspired to write this short story after seeing a graphic shared by becLadyOakenshield on Facebook, from an Armitage Army Portrait of Richard Armitage as Thorin Oakenshield sleeping (used in the story cover graphic).
