The Gathering Storm. Chapter 2: Breakfast.
The next day Erebor some months before Smaug attacked.
The sun rose up over the lake meaning a new day was beginning. Taryn sat on a bench located on her room's balcony. Since she was an Elf and did not need sleep, she would always watch the sun rise. Though she was born at night, so she got her power from the moon; she loved the sun just as much.
Really since she was an Elf she loved all forms of natural. But she also found herself drawn to other cultures and how different races did things differently. Of course she kept this a secret from her father. He would dislike her loving anything or studying anything that wasn't about Elves.
She found her father very prejudice against other races and she was the complete opposite from him. She thought Erebor was beautiful and she could not wait to explore the mountain.
Taryn turned her head as she heard a light knock on her door. "Just a minute," she called out to whoever was knocking.
Taryn stood up from sitting on the bench and walked back into her bedroom. She picked up the robe, that lay on s chair and quickly wrapped in around her slender body.
Slowly she made her way to the door and opened it.
"Aur vaer Princess," her guard Laeron said to her and bowed his head in respect.
"Aur vaer Laeron," Taryn said back to him with a slight smile on her lips.
"Your father wishes for you to join him for breakfast with King Thrór, his son Prince Thráin, and Thráin's three children. He said you need to be ready in about three hours," the guard Laeron said to her.
"Le hannon, I will make sure I am at breakfast Laeron." Taryn said and then shut her door again as Laeron turned to leave.
After shutting her door Taryn turned and walked to the rooms bathroom. She walked over to the tub and filled it with warm water. Taryn stripped off her robe and night gown. She placed them both on a chair as she walked back to the tub.
Slowly she got into the tub, laying down for the water completely cover her whole body. She grabbed a bath sponge and began to wash herself off. Making sure any dirt was now gone. She then washed her pale white blonde hair with the good smelling lavender shampoo and conditioner.
Once she was completely clean she stood up and reached for a towel. She wrapped the towel around her slender body, as she stepped out of the tub.
She dried herself off and walked over to the room's dresser. She grabbed out her undergarments to wear for the day. She slipped them on and then Taryn walked to the closet opening slowly. She had brought enough dresses and different kinds to last her at least a month.
She tilted her head to the side, as she tried to decide which dress to wear for the day.
Finally she picked one and pulled it out of the closet. She walked over to the big bed and laid it down. Taryn then walked back to the dresser and pulled out a pair of grey trousers out of the drawer.
Walking back to the bed, she sat down besides the dress and slipped the trousers onto her short but slender legs. Taryn reached over and picked up the dressed as she stood up. She pulled the dress on over her head and then straightened it out.
The dress was a dark rich purple color and had a split that went up to her thighs. Which is why she wore they grey trousers underneath the dress. From the waist down the dress was fitted and showed off the curves of her hips. The bodice was loose and came up to her shoulders. Only a small amount of her collar bone was showing. The dress had full sleeves, that went down to her wrist and was also loose like the bodice.
Once she was dressed, Taryn walked over to the vanity in the bedroom. She put on a gold belt around her waist and then out on her jewelry. She put on her crescent moon necklace and a ring on her ring had. But had been gifts from her parents.
She then sat down at the vanity and began to brush her long pale white blonde hair. Her hair was straight and went all the way to the bottom of her back. Today she left half of her hair down. She then pulled sections of make a half braid crowns. So from the back it looked like she had a crown made out of hair.
She then put on her actual Princess crown on top of her head.
Once she was all dressed, Taryn slipped on her favorite tall riding boots. She then made her way out of the guest bedroom and down the halls of Erebor to the dinning room. She arrived just as she saw her father King Thranduil enter the room.
"Aur vaer ada," Taryn said to her father as she entered the dinning room behind him.
Thranduil turned and looked down at her with a smile on his face. "Aur vaer iellig," Thranduil said back to his daughter and then sat down at the table.
Taryn made a hand gesture to her chest, which was the Elven version of a hug and then sat at the table.
Thranduil slightly smiled and did the same gesture back to her.
Taryn could see that the Dwarves were all ready sitting at the table. King Thrór was sitting at the head of the table talking to his son Prince Thráin who was sitting to his left. Taryn could hear them talking with her elf ears, but could not understand them since they were speaking in their language Khuzdûl.
Taryn smiled as her glaze shifted from the King to his grandson Prince Thorin. Thorin was sitting to his grandfather's right and was watching her.
Taryn's father sat at the other end of the table across from the King. Taryn sat on her father's right side and across from her sat another Dwarf male. He must of been Thorin's brother because he looked a lot like Thorin.
Sitting next to him and between Thorin was a much younger Dwarf female. She had to be Thorin's younger sister. Soon Taryn found herself staring at Thorin again.
She didn't want to be rude so she quickly looked away, but could feel her face blush as she did.
King Thrór then quickly cleared his throat and everyone looked at him.
"Good morning my guests. Thank you for joining my family for breakfast. We know Elves are vegetarians, so we have special meals for you while you stay here." The King said as the kitchen staff carried in everyone's breakfast and drinks.
Taryn thought that was really nice of them and something her father would probably never do for non-vegetarians.
Once the King began to eat, so did everyone else. Taryn quickly stared at her food and began the eat the juicy strawberries on her plate. They were delicious and some of the best strawberries that she had ever tasted.
While eating her father and the King had some small talk. But Taryn renamed silent just like the King's grandchildren.
Soon everyone was done eating and parting the dinning room. Taryn stood up slowly after wiping her mouth with her napkin.
She walked over to the King and smiled. "Thank you for breakfast, it was very delicious." She said with a slight smile on her lips and curtsied for him.
"You are quite welcome, my dear." He said with a smile on his lips and walked with his son out of the room.
Taryn walked into the hall way and was about to head back to her room when Thorin stopped her.
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Thorin's POV:
Thorin had been watching Taryn through out most of the breakfast. He could hear her speaking to her father in Sindarin and wondered what she had said to him. He also was curious to what the hand gesture she did to him meant.
So he decided to just ask her after breakfast. It was a good conversation starter anyways, since they still had not talked to each other yet.
After they were all finished eating Thorin slowly stood and followed Taryn out into the hall. Followed behind him were his sister Dís and brother Frerin.
Taryn slowly turned around as she felt Thorin stop her with his hand.
"Oh hi," Taryn said to Thorin quite nervously. Why was she so nervous she wondered.
"Hello Princess Táriel, I wanted to introduce you to my brother and sister." Thorin said gesturing his hand towards the two Dwarves beside him.
"This is my younger brother Frerin and this is my little sister Dís," Thorin said to her.
"Hello Prince Frerin and Princess Dís," Taryn said as she curtsied to them.
"It is very nice to meet you both. I absolutely love your home," she said with a smile on her lips.
"Sister, brother this is Princess Táriel Calithiliel of Mirkwood. She came with the other elves to visit our kingdom," Thorin said to his siblings.
"Please just call me Taryn. I don't like to go by my formal name or titles," Taryn said to Thorin with smile after he introduced her.
Thorin nodded his head at her request. He liked the name Taryn.
"You're a Elf?" Thorin's little sister Dís asked her and giggled.
"Yes I am," Taryn said as she bent down and pulled back her hair for Dís could see her small pointed ears. Which made Dís giggle more.
"I am just a rare short Elf. As far as I know I am the only short one, along with my twin sister," Taryn said as she straightened out her back again.
"How tall are you anyways?" Frerin Thorin's brother asked her.
Thorin just rolled his eyes at his younger brother. He knew it was rude to ask such questions.
"Well I am about five foot and three inches," she said not really minding the questions. She has gotten them ever since she stopped growing thousands of years go. So she was use to them. The only thing she disliked was if someone called her a half-breed.
Dís just smiled at her and giggled some more. Taryn thought she was a cute young dwarf.
"You are not much taller then my brother then," Dís said with a smile.
"Do you have any siblings?" Dís asked her.
'So many questions,' Taryn thought to herself before answering.
"Yes I have a identical twin sister named Vanya and a older brother named Legolas. But they both had to stay home this time," she said with a smile.
"You see Mirkwood has a giant spider problem and they had to stay to keep them away from our boarders with the rest of the guard," she said to Dís who made a face when she mentioned spiders.
"Okay you two stop bothering the Princess. Don't you have tutoring to get to anyways?" Thorin asked his siblings. He wanted to get some time alone with the Princess.
Dís just sighed and Frerin rolled his eyes at his brother. "But I like Taryn," Dís said to Thorin and pouted.
"She will be here for few months you have more then enough time to spend with her. Now get off to your lessons," he said to his siblings and pointed down the hall.
Dís pouted more, but nodded her head in agreement. "Bye Taryn," she said and waved as she and Frerin made their way down the hall.
"Bye," Taryn said and waved back to her.
"So sorry about them. They are really nosy," Thorin said and smirked at her.
"Oh they are fine and Dís is really cute," Taryn said back to him.
"I've been meaning to ask you what did you say to your father in your language and what was that hand gesture you did?" Thorin asked her curiously.
Taryn just smiled at him, "oh I just said good morning daddy in my language Sindarin. And the hand gesture was pretty much our version of a hug. Elves aren't really the touchy-feely type, so we have our own set of hand gestures." She said to him as she lifted her hand and brought it up to her heart.
Thorin smiled and nodded at her, "that is interesting. Anyways I hope you are enjoying your stay here so far."
"Yes, I am so very much. But I haven't got to see much since I've only been here for a day." She said to him and smiled as he began to talk.
"Well I could showing around like my grandfather asked?" He asked her.
"You don't mind playing tour guide for me, do you?" She asked him curiously and smirked at him.
Thorin laughed as she asked her question and watched her make some kind of cute face at him.
"No I don't mind, I mean usually I would hate it. But with you it seems semi-fun," he said to her and laughed.
Taryn just gave him a look like she was saying 'only semi-fun?' She didn't need to actually say it because from the look on her face he could tell what she meant.
Thorin watched her as she tucked a strand of her pale white blonde hair behind her pointed elf ear.
Taryn was about to say something back to him, when she heard her father call for her.
"Yes, Ada I am coming." She said to him quickly and then turned back around to face Thorin.
"How about a rain cheek on that tour," she said with a sweet smile on her lips.
Thorin simply smiled back and nodded his head. "Of course that is fine. I will see you tonight at the banquet. Goodbye Princess Taryn," he said to her and took her hand into his.
He lightly kissed the back of her hand as he bowed to her.
"Goodbye Prince Thorin," she said back to him.
She felt her face go red and a shiver ran down her spine as she felt Thorin kiss her hand.
She went to say something else, but her father cut her off by calling for her again.
Taryn sighed heavily and turned to leave. She looked back at Thorin one more time and whispered something to him in Sindarin. "You take my breath away. Na lû e-govaned vîn, galu."
She then quickly headed down the hall to where her father was standing. He did not look pleased, for her father had heard what she had said.
Thorin just sighed for he did not know what she had said.
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Sindarin translated: any English in Italics is my characters speaking in their native language.
Aur vaer -- Good morning.
Le hannon -- Thank you.
Ada -- daddy.
Lellig -- my daughter.
Na lû e-govaned vîn -- Until next we meet. (Literal: To the time of our meeting)
Galu -- Goodbye (Literal: Good luck).
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Here are more parts to my fanfic The Gathering Storm. :)
The Gathering Storm. The Hobbit Fanfic: Preface.
The Gathering Storm. The Hobbit Fanfic: Character info.
The Gathering Storm. The Hobbit Fanfic: Prologue.
The Gathering Storm. The Hobbit Fanfic: Chapter 1: Their First Meeting.
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