It was a warm evening in Hobbiton, and as I was making supper for Bilbo and I, there was a loud knocking at the door. I opened it to find a dwarf staring at me, and I realised this was what Gandalf had been on about.
"Dwalin, at your service." He spoke as he stepped through the door .
"Eleanor Baggins, at yours. Would you like some supper? Bilbo and I were just about to start eating."
So with that notion, he sat down at the dinner table and started eating my supper, whilst Bilbo stared at him with utter confusion. Bilbo got up and whispered in my ear."Why is there a dwarf in the house?"
"Gandalf said he would be coming back... But I had no idea that we would be housing a dwarf-"
"I'm not the only one coming by the way. Didn't you expect us?" Dwalin spoke whilst finishing off the fish and potatoes.
There was another loud knocking at the door. "Bilbo, don't worry, I will take care of it. Just sit down and eat, ok?"
"...fine." He sat down and glared at me. I answered the door, and unsurprisingly there was another dwarf who looked similar to Dwalin.
"Balin, at your service." He bowed low, and stepped inside. "I see they've begun to arrive already."
"Eleanor Baggins at yours. May I ask how many dwarfs will be arriving tonight?"
"Did Gandalf not say? Well, including me and Dwalin, there should be 13 of us." He smiled and sat down next to Dwalin.
"Can I get you anything to eat or drink Mr.Balin?"
"I'll have a beer and a seed cake if you have any my dear. And please, just call me Balin."
I went out to retrieve these items and set them out in front of Balin who was talking to Dwalin as if they were old friends-I learned later in that they were brothers- when someone else knocked at the door.
"Thirteen... They're going to eat everything we have!"
I opened the door to find two young dwarves at the door-these two were also brothers.
"Fili-" said the blonde haired one,"and Kili," said the brown haired one. "At your service!" They said together as they bowed with a smiled.
"Eleanor Baggins at your and your families! Would you like a drink?" I said as they stepped inside and deposited all of their various weapons underneath the coat pegs.
"We'll both have a beer if you don't mind." Said kili as they both sat down and started talking of gold, goblins, dragons and the like. I poured them their drinks when someone else knocked on the door.
"How many more of you are coming?" Bilbo said with desperation in his voice.
Fili replied "five more, we saw them as we were walking up." And bilbo's face dropped. He slumped down at the table as I let five more dwarves into our house.
"This is Dori, Ori, Nori, Oin, and I am Gloin." Said the tallest of the five, "at your service."
As they stepped in and hung their things up I said "Eleanor Baggins, at yours and all of your families!"
They all walked into the parlour and Bilbo crept into a corner looking very afraid. I walked in getting orders and I dragged Bilbo out into the hallway.
"I don't think I can take this much longer Eleanor... At least that's the last of-" there was another knock at the door. "I've had enough! Why does Gandalf think he has the right to allow so many bloody dwarves into our house?!" He stormed over to the door and sound it open with a furious look on his face. As he opened the door, three dwarves fell flat on the doormat, and Gandalf started chuckling behind them.
