The dwarves have all been so kind to me. They've accepted me as one of their own and I'm so thankful for that. I know I can never return the favour no matter how many times I try.
I was forced to leave my people as there were rumours of them planning to kill me. They wanted to break the curse of eye changers. And they meant to use me as a sacrifice as I was the descendant of the pure bloods.
The curse of eye changers was laid on my people eight hundred years ago when one of my people had pissed a nacromancer off. Now our eyes change colours according to our thoughts. Red for anger, blue for calm, gold for lust and purple for love, green for sadness or grief. Very few of us with practice had learned how to control it, me being one of them. This led my people to believe that I was in league with the enemy and my sacrifice would make the curse break. It was Gandalf who had saved me and had me hide where no one would find me or if they did I would be protected so that they can't take me. The dwarves had agreed to take me in and hence I'm known as an additional charge on Thorin's hand.
I know I have been shoved on his head and it's not his duty to protect me but he is one of the very few people I know who take such duties very seriously. The dwarves have taught me how to use a sword and a bow. Dwalin is even teaching me how to fight with an axe. I've grown very fond of my new family in a very short time. I know they would stand by me if I'm ever faced with my people and I know that I would walk out of it unscathed as Gandalf has made sure that everyone in Middle Earth knows that I'm under Thorin's protection and this alone in itself is enough to keep a lot of people away. Of course it's also a big threat to the dwarves as my very being there puts them in danger too. Who ever is going to come after me will have to face them and that's a very scary thought cause I don't want any single one them to be harmed.
After Thorin's outburst I came to my room as I was afraid that my eyes might give me away cause I was feeling everything very deeply. Though Gandalf had put a spell on me making sure that even if my eyes do change no one else would be able to see it except me.
There was a knock on my door.
"Hey Maur, time for dinner. Let's go before there are only bones left on the table." It was Fily.
"Coming" I opened the door, "You make your threats sound too real sometimes." I said smiling.
"Ya well I know my people very well and this wasn't far from the truth." He said winking at me.
We both came out to the wide outdoor. It's an expanse of land covered with grass and a forest a few miles away. There was a long table where all the dwarves sat. Big pints of beer and a huge tray with the roasted buck. There was cheese, bread and honey.
Thorin sat at the head of the table. Gandalf to his right and Balin to the left. The chair right next to Gandalf is where I'm supposed to sit. I could feel Thorin's eyes on me as I came and sat. I had changed into a black skirt with an electric blue blouse that was a little wide at the shoulders but not wide enough to be inappropriate. After all I'm an only female living with 13 males so I had to make sure that I dress modest enough. Though none of them had made me feel uncomfortable no matter what I wore and that's the best thing about them. I could walk around wearing a smallest dress and none of them would treat me any differently. I was one of them now. Sometimes I felt that may be my feminine side may be losing but then I remember I'm with the most protective and most respecting lot. They would never make me feel like an outsider.
"You ok little one?" Gandalf asked as I sat beside him.
"I'm fine. Really," I replied
"Good as I was beginning to worry that you might not leave your room tonight," Gandalf said teasingly.
"You wish " I said smiling as I took a sip of my beer. I could still feel the heat of Thorin's eyes on my face. I looked towards him, he caught my gaze for a few seconds before taking a sip of his own beer.
" I hope you plan on staying long Gandalf." I said. "I have so much to share and to ask"
I heard Thorin take in a deep breath.
"What's your problem grumpy?" I said looking at Thorin and in return he just stared at me without saying a single word. His stare had started unnerving me, I could feel something boiling inside him that would push it's way out really soon and I did not want to hear it. I had started feeling a change in him since he was cured of that orc wound. Had often caught him looking at me when he thought I wasn't looking. And the way he reacted today with the mere mention of me leaving was enough to let anyone know what's causing a storm inside him. The reason I had stopped tending for him when he got a little better was because I had caught myself thinking of him. I could feel him creeping his way inside my heart and I had to put a stop to it. I couldn't put a stop to it but I had managed to control myself from acting like a giddy teenager who was swooning over a grumpy dwarf king. I could not let anyone know how I felt not even Thorin cause I know I would get a reciprocating answer but then it would leave a weak spot for his enemies. They would try to get to me to get to him and we could not afford that now. None of us...