Jeweled dolls of Durin

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The morning sun shone down upon Ered Luin, waking the sleeping birds within their warm nests...with a shaking and fluffing of feathers their sweet song floated on the breeze...filling the wintery air with lovely music. Outside of a home, way up in a tall oak tree, a small dove cooed at the window as the occupant of that room began to awaken. The little dove watched as a dark haired woman sat up in her bed, spreading her arms out in a refreshing stretch upon a invigorating sigh.

Tia heard the soft coo of the dove outside her window and she peered at the lovely bird...remembering an old saying that Beryl once had told her. ~If you see a white dove in your window, then you will have good luck all day long.~ Tia laughed at the notion of a simple bird being a harbinger of good luck. Shaking her head she slowly shuffled herself out of the bed..grunting and groaning as she maneuvered her engorged stomach in front of her...pausing for a moment as her back twinged with an ache in the lower part of it, but her bladder was far more insistent , so she shimmied off the large comfy bed. She was almost to the bathroom, waddling as carefully as she could across the wooden floorboards , when there was a jerking movement inside her womb then a large rush of warm fluid flooding onto the floor beneath her feet. Tia stood there in shock , staring at the large puddle on the floor..until finally her brain caught up to what had just happened.

"Momma!" she screamed loudly...not moving because she was afraid to slip on the slippery mess under her. Suddenly her door burst open as a barely awake Beryl came running in her eyes moved from Tias panicked face..to the puddle on the floor...then back to Tia. She saw Tia holding out her hand towards her and she swiftly went to the young womans side as she hollered out to her husband who was sleeping in the next room.

"Rawfur! Come quick..an bring towels!"  with care Beryl began to help Tia move safely out of the wetness beneath her...briefly noticing Rawfur, with his bed tousled dark hair and sleep rumpled clothes, as he entered the room with a handful of rags in hand. "Love...can yeh please clean this up fer me while I help Tia here?" she saw him nod and kneeling down as he cleaned while she helped Tia into the bathing room. "Easy sweetie. Lets get yeh cleaned up and we will get yeh settled ." with an assured manner they got everything prepared for the soon to be new arrivals...excitement was in the air.

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It was after the dinner hour when two riders entered Thorins Halls Homestead...one upon a dark grey wolf and the other upon a shaggy brown pony that carried two on it. They paused to gaze down at the many  homes with small lights illuminating the window of these snow clad dwellings. The one on the pony smiled and gestured to his companions at the sight  before them.

"May i welcome yeh teh Ered Luin...me home." the smile upon Bofurs face was heartwarming as his hazel eyes gazed upon the place that held his heart safely within its comforting grasp...his wife, Tia. It had been nearly 10 months since he had left her behind in Ered Luin to go on this insane quest to take back Erebor..there had been many times he believed he would never set eyes upon this place again. Now here he sat  gazing down at the tranquil town with snow covering the ground...smoke spiraling up from the chimneys  to catch upon the gentle blowing wind to be whisked away in the clear starry night sky. Suddenly Bofur felt a deep pull within him to be down there..an urgency to move on..to get home.

"Lets hurry. Me home is not far and I do wanna get home and get warm once more." he looked at his companion upon the wolf, inclining his head as he clicked for his mount to move on. As their mounts wearily walked down the road towards the heart of town, he pondered in excitement about finally getting to see his beloved again...his voice when he spoke reflected his eagerness to see her. "Wait till we get there. Ah, Laicee, me wife...me most sweetest and beautiful wife, will greet yeh like yall have been long lost friends. Her heart is so kind and gentle like that...full of life, love, and joy. I cant wait fer yeh teh meet her. " he heard his blond companion chuckling next to him.