The next morning, Felicity talked about how she throughly enjoyed herself with Fili, and how glad she felt of giving Fili a chance with her. Felicity even told a funny story of their ride on the carrousel, and Fili cheering and acting like a young child, and they both done so at the same tiime together. The story even made Thorin laugh. "I wished your mother was here to seen that!" grinned Thorin. "She would have a field day with that one." laughed Kili. "I would never hear the end of it with her jokes too!" said Fili, as everyone laughed. Felicity smiled and stood up. "I have decided to join all of you on the quest. Fili would be lost without me, and I cannot stay behind without my sisters, because I need my sisters. If two Bankstons are going, the other should go too." said Felicity. "Yes, all three of you have magic powers, and they work better if the three of you team together!" said gruff voice behind them. The women turned, and the saw Gandalf standing in their living room. "GANDALF! How did you get here?!" exclaimed Bilbo. "I was informed about your mysterious disappearance, and I had a feeling it had something to do with a legendary magic portal that opens in the Misty Mountains. I came during a storm myself, and that's how I got here." said Gandalf.
Gandalf turned to us.
Christine's POV
I cannot believe I'm actually meeting Gandalf himself. It is a honor of meeting a real wizard. For some reason, he knew our names. I had a feeling there was something more to his knowing our names than we imagined. "How do you know our names, Gandalf?" I asked the wizard. "Christine, Felicity, and Mary Anne, there is something about you, you may not know about." said Gandalf. "What are you talking about?" I asked Gandalf. "The parents that raised you, weren't your real parents. Elanor and Franklin Bankston, were your adopted parents." said Gandalf. Hearing these words shocked and stunned me. Where in the hell was this coming from? What was he talking about?! "What are you talking about, Gandalf? I don't understand this!" I snapped at the wizard. Thorin and the other dwarve and Bilbo, as well as Felicity and Mary Anne are also present when Gandalf spoken to me about this. "Your real parents are an Istari. Your real mother is named Ilanna." said Gandalf. "And who is our father?" I asked the wizard. "I am your father, Christine." said Gandalf. I stood there, shocked. As for Felicity, she fainted. Fili quickly ran to Felicity. "Get a cold wash cloth quick!" said Fii. Oin went to get a wet wash cloth, placing it gently on Felicity's forehead.
"Way to go, Gandalf. You just had to do that!" snapped Thorin. "Is this true, Gandalf? You're our rea father?" gasped Mary Anne. "Yes." said the wizard. "Where in the hell have you been then? Why wasn't we informed of this before?!" I yelled hotly. I was never informed of this. Felicity, Mary Anne and I always believed that Elanor and Franklin were our real parents. And now Gandalf dropped this on us. This wastoo much for me to handle. I wouldn't blame Felicity for her fainting spell. I thought I was going to faint myself. "Girls, I apologize for my long term absence,and you weren't informed of this before. If your foster parents never had died,they would'v e had a chance to tell you who your real parents are." explained the wizard. "So that means we're wizards then!" said Felicity after waking from her fainting spell. "Yes, that means you are wizards." said Gandalf. "Well that explains a whole lot while my magic is getting powerful by the minute!" I said. Thorin smiled. The thought of him courting the daughter of Gandalf pleased him. He also realized that Gandalf has no idea of their courtship just yet. "Are you wearing dwarf braids, Christine?" asked Gandalf, grinning. I smiled. "Courtship braids, Gandalf! Thorin and I are courting!" I replied. Gandalf laughed. "You two make a great couple! In fact, that's another thing I want to discuss to you and your sisters about. I need you three to help the dwarves on their quest." said Gandalf.
"I already know Gandalf. Thorin has asked me himself to join them, and we accepted his offer for help" I replied. "Good, good. Then its settled then. I have already made arrangements for all of us to return to Middle Earth." announced the wizard. "Really? That's good! That will save my own energy!" I chirped. The dwarves laughed when I said that. Gandalf chuckled. "Yes, you need to save your strength for the quest, Christine." said Gandalf. "So when are we leaving?" asked Bilbo. "Tommorrow morning. So I suggest you and your sisters pack what you need for the quest tonight." said Gandalf. I nodded. And we quickly began working on our packing.
