Hope and Memory[Thorin Oakenshield Love Story]

[Chapter Fifty One]

Two days had only gone by. Freya's eyes slowly fluttered open. Looking to her side she saw her cousin sitting beside her. His eyes full of concern for her. "Bilbo? W-where am I?" Freya asked, somewhat confused as to how she ended up in this bed.

"Freya. You gave me quite a scare little cousin. How are you feeling?" Bilbo questioned out of concern.

" I feel fine. Just a little tired. Why am I here?" The woman asked, looking at her cousin.

" Freya... Kili and I found you on the floor..unconscious." The hobbit explained. Freya looked away from her cousin..This made no sense to her at all. The woman turned back and looked at Bilbo and noticed he looked as if he wasn't telling her everything.

" Bilbo? What is it?" Freya questioned.

" Freya it's Thorin. Yesterday Bard came and asked Thorin to keep his promise that he made to the people of Lake-town and;---"

"And did he?" The woman asked, interrupting Bilbo. Bilbo took his cousins hand and gave her a look and shook his head.

" The Elf King and his army are here as well. Their guarding the walls of Dale.

" What? Do they plan on having a war?" The woman pressed, looking into her cousin's eyes.

" I'm afraid so."

With that said. Freya removed the blanket off of her and began climbing off the bed. " Freya, where are you going?"

" I'm going to find Thorin and....;--"

" And what?" Bilbo shouted. " Freya, he isn't in his right mind, he could hurt you.....or worse."

" He's not going to hurt me" Freya retorted and she made hast down the hall. The young woman assumed they all had to be in the armory. If her cousin was right, and they were declaring war. She had to at-least try and reason with the king to not go through with this. As she rounded the corner, she could hear the sounds of the dwarves muttering to each other. Freya walked into the armory. She saw Thorin speaking with his nephews and she started to walk towards them when she was stopped.

" Lass, what are ya doing down here? You should be resting. How are you feeling?" Oin asked her.

" I feel fine Oin, really. " Freya insisted.

" Well, at least get yourself something to eat. You've been out for 2 days already. I'm sure you must be starving." The dwarf declared.

" Oin, really. I'm okay."

" Alright then. Let me take a good look at ya." Oin pressed as he lead the young woman over to the side and got her to sit down and started examining her. The dwarf began muttering things to himself that the hobbit couldn't quite catch.

" Freya." Thorin voice spoke, interrupting what Oin was doing. " Oin could you give us a minute." Thorin asked. The medic nodded and told him he was finished with the young woman and it was now just Thorin and Freya down at one end of the hall and the others were at the other end, trying on their armor and sharpening their weapons. The woman looked at Thorin; he was wearing full body armor. "Freya, what are you doing down here?"

" I came to find you. Thorin, you cannot go to war. You made a promise to the people of Lake-town." The young woman reminded.

"This is no longer your concern." Thorin declared, trying to remain calm with her.

"Their is no need for war. Just give the lake-men what you promised." Freya begged him.

" How can I trust the people of Lake-town when they now have an army of elves standing watch?" Thorin challenged. But the hobbit starred at the floor, not even sure how to answer that. The dwarf noticed her silence and continued on. " I'll tell you why, because their here to steal the gold from us." The king was sure of this and he began pacing as if he was thinking long and hard about this. Freya glanced over at the dwarves; they were all now in their armor, ready for battle.

"Then I'm coming as well." The woman insisted.

" No." Thorin shot back. " I will not risk your life out there. You're staying here where it's safe." Thorin ordered. Freya looked away feeling slightly annoyed, she wasn't going to hid when everyone she cared about was out their. Her thoughts were interrupted when she felt Thorin lift her chin so she was looking into his eyes. The king was holding something in his hand and he opened it to reveal a necklace. "This was my mothers, it was given to her by my father. It's been passed down through the family for generations. It's a sort of a tradition the men in my family do when we choose someone to spend their rest of our lives with and I don't want to lose you." The words shocked the hobbit and she didn't even know how to respond to that.

"Thorin, your not going to lose me. I promise." She assured him. " But I can't take that, it was your mothers. You've given me so much already." Freya stated.

" Please I insist." Thorin asked, holding up the necklace indicating he wanted to put it on her. She slowly turned around, she lifted her so he could connect the two ends of the necklace and the necklace rested at the base of her neck. The woman could feel the other dwarves watching them as Thorin turned the hobbit back around to face him and he pulled the woman into his arms tightly. Freya held him close. The dwarf glanced over the woman's shoulders when he heard someone else coming into the room and saw who it was. " Master Baggins, come here." Thorin ordered. He released his hold on Freya and walked passed her towards her cousin. Bilbo looked slightly nervous but started walking towards him. Freya watched the two of them only to hugged by both Fili and Kili, clearly they knew what their uncle had asked her and were more then happy to have her as part of the family.

Once the woman had finally managed to pull herself out of the two brothers grip, she caught sight of her cousin's guilty look. He was hiding something from Thorin and she had feeling she knew what it was. She didn't want to believe it, but now she was sure. And the dwarves began heading out of the armory as Thorin and Bilbo shared a look of silences.