Not Your Ordinary Life

Chapter Twenty Two

As Thorin entered the Throne room, he could see thousands and thousands of people there, and he smiled. All of his friends and family are there, including the people of  Dale, and their King, Bard, alongside with the elves of Mirkwood, Thranduil, Legolas and Tauriel, and of course, Bilbo whom had followed Thorin into the Throne Room.  Standing nearby the Throne is Gandalf, alongside with Dain Ironfoot, and a Dwarven priest.  on Gandalf's left side. On the right hand side, stood Fili and Kili dressed in their finest attire, and Kili kept looking at Tauriel and chuckled.  Thorin couldn't help but laugh at Kili getting distracted by Tauriel's presence.   Dain greeted his cousin, as they bumped heads. "Are your ready?" asked Gandalf. "Yes I am ready!" said Thorin, with a sigh, as he turned to faced the doors of the Throne Room, waiting for his bride to arrive.    Suddenly,  an orchestra, coordinated and led by Bofur, began playing the music as the large double doors of the Throne Room opened.  Everyone stood up as the bride made her presence into the Throne Room, followed by her bridal party, Lady Dis, and her nieces Caroline and Madison, whom are carrying the train.

  Thorin gasped as he gazed at the beautiful bride approaching him, and he could feel his heart thumping as she approached the Throne.  "She looks so beautiful!" sobbed Bilbo, as he couldn't hold back tears of joy.    As Angelina stopped in front of the Throne, Gandalf  stood in front of her. "Who gives away this bride?" asked the wizard, as the ceremony began.  Bilbo stood up and approached. "I do." said the hobbit.  Bilbo turned to Angelina. "I understand your father isn't here, so I will give you away!" whispered Bilbo, as Angelina leaned to him. The hobbit kissed her cheek. "Thank you Bilbo! That means a whole lot!" said Angelina.  Bilbo nodded, as he stood back, as Thorin took his place by Angelina's side. It was a grand ceremony as the Dwarf Priest started the dwarven marriage ritual, and to Angelina's surprise, she could hear drumming in the back ground, and the Dwarf Priest began to chant, shortly joined in by many of the dwarves.   When that ended, there was a brief silence, as Thorin turned to Angelina, as he began to sing his vows to the woman. 

 Angelina couldn't help feeling shivers down her spine, as she listened to his beautiful baritone voice. When Thorin finished his vows, it was Angelina who took her turn, and she spoken her vows that she had written herself to Thorin.  When she ended her vows, Dain approached the two, as he placed a golden tiara on Angelina's head. "Hear, all my kinfolk and dearest allies! Allow me introduce you to Angelina Burbank,  Wife and Queen of Erebor! Hail King Thorin and Queen Angelina!" announced Dain, and everyone chanted after Dain, with a loud cheer in unison.  "You may kiss now!" said Gandalf with a smirk, and Thorin grabbed Angelina, quickly pulling her into his arms, crashing his lips on hers, with a deep passionate kiss.  Loud cheers and whistles coming from the crowd as the two kissed. "Now lets eat and party!" chirped Dain.

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 The feast in the Great Hall was quite a rowdy one, with many of the dwarves drank and laughed merrily, while congratulating the newlyweds.  Angelina felt quite overwhelmed of all this attention directly at her, but she was used to it.    Suddenly,  Dwalin banged on a glass, calling the attention to the guests. "Its time for some speeches! And I will speak first, if you don't mind, lad and lassie!" said Dwalin. "Go for it!" grinned Angelina.   And so Dwalin began his speech.  Dwalin spoke of his long friendship with Thorin, and the day he met Angelina and her nieces, which at their first meeting, he didn't like them much.  "Once I got to know these three women, especially Angelina, she is like me own daughter to me. And it was because of her, she saved my best friend's life! So here's to my best friend, brother in arms, and the lovely lady Angelina!" said Dwalin, as he raised his mug. "Hear, hear!" everyone cheered. 

 Each member of the Company made their own little speeches, alongside with Caroline and Madison.  When Caroline and Madison spoke, they spoken of their fondest childhood memories with Angelina.  "It was Aunt Angelina who taught us this funny little song, and I still sing it to this day. Shall we, Maddie?" said Caroline. Madison nodded, as the two girls began to sing:

On top of Spaghetti

All covered with cheese

We lost our poor meatball

When somebody sneezed!

 Everyone laughed hearing this, and Angelina wiped a tear from her eyes, as she laughed.  She definitely remembered singing that to Caroline and Madison when they were younger. "Cute song." Thorin grinned.  "Thank you." whispered Angelina, as she kissed Thorin's cheek.  It was then, Bilbo's turn to make a speech, and he had a difficult time speaking without choking up in tears. "Stop your cryin' laddie, an man up!" joked Nori. Bilbo laughed.  "Anyways, congratulations to my two best friends on their wedding day! And thank you! Thank you for having me part of your lives and family!" Bilbo concluded. "No, Master Burglar, we should thank you! Thank you for your bravery and courage. I would have never done it without you!" said Thorin, as both dwarf and hobbit hugged.  "You take good care of her, Thorin! One angry move from you, you will deal with me personally!" said Bilbo, pointing at him. Thorin laughed. "I'm not scare of you." Thorin joked back. "I'm not scare of you either!" grinned Bilbo.  Everyone laughed. 

   Suddenly, the music and dancing began as the bride and groom begin the first dance of the evening.   Shortly, the other guests joined in on the dancing.  Angelina could see FIli and Caroline dancing together, as well as Tauriel and Kili.  Angelina couldn't help but chuckle when she overheard Tauriel's remark to Kili: "Hands above the waist, Kili! There are people present!" and she could see Kili's cheeks blushing, as the dwarf prince grinned.   Fili and Caroline, alongside with Tauriel and Kili sat back down, as they watched Thorin and Angelina continued to dance.  "I like that little song you two sang earlier.  But it needs some adjustments however." said Kili. "Oh? Is that so?" said Caroline. "You should make a version like this one!" said Fili, and he started to sing:

 On top of a mountain

all covered with goo

Watch your step

Or you'll step in goat poo!

 Caroline burst into laughter. "You can do much better than that, Fili!" said Kili. "Oh? Do you have one better than that?" teased Fili. Later on as the evening progressed,  Thorin had called attention to the guests, as Dwalin brought forth the Dwarf King's golden harp.  Thorin announced that he is going to play a song he had composed and written himself about Angelina.  The crowd fell silent, as Thorin took his seat at the harp, as he began to play, and started to sing.  His deep voice rose above the music, echoing throughout the Hall. Angelina sat nearby as she watched and admired her King, as he sang and played.   The words of the song moved through her, and she already felt like she wanted to melt to the floor at the beauty of the dwarf's singing and music.  And her longing and desire for Thorin, increased.    When the song ended, there was a long cheering and applause.  Angelina sprinted towards him, as she threw her arms around the dwarf.  "Do you think its time we should retire to our chambers?" Angelina whispered."Yes!" Thorin whispered back. 

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The celebration continued while Thorin and Angelina retired for the night to their chambers, so they could have some alone time. It didn't take long for the both of them to change out of their formal clothing.  Angelina now only wearing a see through night gown(she designed herself), and Thorin, now only wearing his trousers and no shirt, as the two climbed into the large bed.  Thorin pulled Angelina in his arms, as Angelina laid her head upon Thorin's broad chest.  Thorin gently brushed his fingers through Angelina's hair. "You have made me the happiest dwarf in MIddle Earth! I'm so glad that I met you, Angelina of Springfield!" whispered Thorin.  "And I'm glad I've met you, My King!" Angelina whispered, as Thorin climbed on top of her. "Now its time to have a little fun of our own!" grinned the dwarf.  "Kiss me you fool of a dwarf!" said Angelina. 

END.