The Hobbit Preference Book

What if they see you perform for the first time?

Requested by anynomous; What if they saw you perform for the first time? Either how they support you or the response to it. With Pippin, Elrond, Fili and Tauriel.

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Pippin; "Don't worry, it will all be alright!" he said with a big, bright smile on his face. And how could you not smile along with him? The butterflies in your stomache were still there but there was a small light at the end of the tunnel. 

Maybe you would make it through the night. 

"I still can't believe you signed up for the talent show, though. No one even knew that you played the violin! And I've asked around you know" Pippin said, his eyes on the stage. "Look at all these people. It would be kind of embarassing to do something wrong tonight, wouldn't it?"

When you didn't answer, he turned around to look at you. You had paled. 

Pippin realized his mistake. "No, no, no no! I didn't mean it like that. It would be embarassing for others since they are likely to fail. You? No! You are going to do wonderful, of course."

Your lips parted, ready to say something, but the host of the talent show spoke up first. "And now, ladies and gentleman, clap those hands for our next performer... IT IS (Y/N)!"

Pippin clapped you on the shoulder. "Well, break a leg. Or don't. Maybe don't do that. You'll do wonderful, just remember that part!" And he shoved you on stage.

Elrond; He sat down on a front row seat. There was no chance that he would miss any part of your performance tonight. He knew how anxious you were so he wanted to be a friendly face amongst the strange crowd. 

The lights dimmed, the crowd held their breath as one and the curtains opened. You appeared on stage in white clothes and a brilliant light highlighted all your best features. 

Elrond' mouth dropped open. He had never looked at you this way before. 

You started singing and it was like an angel opened his heart. All the notes that you hit perfectly flew to his heart and settled there, quite contently. "The most brilliant creature that I've ever seen" he whispered in awe.

Somewhere halfway through your performance, wings opened behind your back. You were lifted high up into the air.

The many cables that were handled by men behind the stage allowed you to fly over the audience. From the ceiling dropped paper cut-out hearts. One landed on his lap. Elrond picked it up and put it in this pocket. A reminder to the night he fell in love with you.

Fili; Fili found his place in the crowd, staying close to the bar in case he needed it. 

All he knew was that you were going to perform that night. You hadn't even told him what it was you would do on stage. For all he knew you were going to start a revolution up there

What he also did know was that you had been quite nervous the entire day. It was quite endearing. He waiting for the show to begin with a beer in his hand. Fili was starting to feel a little nervous himself. The whole place was packed.

A guy climbed on stage, walking to the mic. "Ladies and gentleman, thank you for coming to Le Froot Fruit tonight!" A wave of applaus and cheers. "Tonight we will start with an up and coming local band. Let's hear it for 'Crashers'!"

He jumped off stage and the curtain was opened.

From far off Fili spotted you sitting behind the drums. He held his beer still mid-air, his eyes widening. You had never told him that you played the drums.

The band started playing with the steady beat of the drum keeping it all in line. You were rocking it out and Fili couldn't help but to admire you as you beat the living heck out of the instrument.

At the end you got a standing ovation, people requesting another song. Fili whistled loudly. He was so incredibly proud of you.

Tauriel; "Alright, so... do you remember the lyrics?"

"...yes, I do."

"And do you remember all the gestures for the song?"

"Yes but I really don't see how that is important since you are the one who has to perform." Tauriel crossed her arms over her chest. "The important thing here is that you remember all of that stuff."

You took a deep breath, closing your eyes. "Yeah, I think I have forgotten everything I'm supposed to do."

"You wrote the words yourself-"

"That doesn't mean that I can't forget them!"

"No, no that is true. You are quite right about that." Tauriel placed her hands on your shoulders. "But you are going to be amazing up there. And if not, there is a McDonalds across the street. We can load up on our calories if everything fails miserably."

You blinked a few times. "But I'm not going to fail miserably, right?"

Tauriel smiled at you reassuringly. "No, that isn't likely." Before you could ask more questions, Tauriel spun you around and pushed you towards the stage. "Good luck! I'll be here, cheering you on. Not that you need it though, you are going to be amazing!"