Jeweled dolls of Durin

Home is where the heart is

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Dis was sitting in front of the fire, brushing through Grawlins thick auburn hair since Amari was busy feeding his baby brother, Tahlin...Kita was helping Tia and Bofur with their four children.Tia was feeding one of her daughters while Bofur burped the other on his shoulder..both had an eye on their two sons who at the present time were curled up to Kita and Tohlms sides...fingers soothingly carding through dark curls that still were to short to braid. As Dis combed Grawlins hair...parting sections off to plait...he worriedly revealed his misgivings of this journey to her.

"Az Dis (mistress Dis) what if I don't like it there? What if I can't find any friends?" she sighed as she sat behind the distraught boy. "All I've ever known is Ered Luin." his crestfallen voice floated to her..touching upon an old memory of her when she was a little girl.

"Ahhh...Beora menu (my bear cub)...you sound like me when I was your age...same fears, same worries." she saw his incredulous look over his shoulder at her and she nodded her head as the children close by drew closer. "Yes...I too had these worries. When i was 10, Smaug came and took everything from us...my mother, my home, my future. My family and I had to leave all behind us as we wandered town to town looking for work...never staying in one place for very long, just to for our people to survive. Each time I thought we had finally found a place to settle...making friends, we would have to move on once more, leaving everyone and thing behind. I remember one time as we were packing up once again, I cried into my brother, Thorins shoulder. I asked him the same questions you have asked, about how I hated that I had to make new friends all over again and how I was afraid of having to move to some unknown place I've never seen before, calling it home." she could see the children, adults and a few elves move closer as they listened with rapt attention to her words. "You know what he said? He told me that it didn't matter if others didn't like me because my family did. He also told me to not worry about where we moved to...that wasn't where my true home was. My home wasn't some place physical but a place inside of me and as long as I had my family and myself then i was always home." Dis could see wondering looks upon their faces and she softly chuckled. " Thorin then sang a song to me to help me feel better...I remember it was the same one my mother used to sing to us when we were children...since then, each time we had to move the three of us ..Thorin, Frerin our brother, and I would sing and it always made us feel better...it goes like this." Dis started to sing...her voice was smooth and rich sounding like a soothing balm to ones ears.

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  I'm a phoenix in the water
A fish that's learned to fly
And I've always been a daughter
But feathers are meant for the sky
And so I'm wishing, wishing further,
For the excitement to arrive
It's just I'd rather be causing the chaos
Than laying at the sharp end of this knife

Slowly Dis began to card her fingers through one of the children's hair that had scooted into her side...

  With every small disaster
I'll let the waters still
Take me away to some place real  

'Cause they say home is where your heart is set in stone
Is where you go when you're alone
Is where you go to rest your bones
It's not just where you lay your head
It's not just where you make your bed
As long as we're together, does it matter where we go?
Home, home, home, home

Her arms drew the children closer to her as she peered at each one in turn....

So when I'm ready to be bolder,
And my cuts have healed with time
Comfort will rest on my shoulder
And I'll bury my future behind
I'll always keep you with me
You'll be always on my mind
But there's a shining in the shadows
I'll never know unless I try

  With every small disaster
I'll let the waters still
Take me away to some place real  

As she sang she could hear some of the others starting to clap in time with the music her voice was creating...wistful smiles could be seen on some faces.....

'Cause they say home is where your heart is set in stone
Is where you go when you're alone
Is where you go to rest your bones
It's not just where you lay your head
It's not just where you make your bed
As long as we're together, does it matter where we go?
Home, home, home, home, home, home, home, home

Dis closed her eyes as other voices began to join in hers...until it swelled into a beautiful musical chant...peeking over she saw even a few elves were joining in as they clapped their hands in time with the beat.....

'Cause they say home is where your heart is set in stone
Is where you go when you're alone
Is where you go to rest your bones
It's not just where you lay your head
It's not just where you make your bed
As long as we're together, does it matter where we go?
Home, home, home, home, home, home, home, home

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Slowly the song began to fade and as she looked around she saw the fears and worries leaving many eyes..bringing a sweet smile to her lips.

"I believe it is time we get to bed...we all have a long journey before us in the morning." the children scrambled to their beds , all wishing her and their parents a good night and just before she retired herself she heard an elf whispering.

"She is not what I expected of a sister of Thorin's. She is far nicer than that grump...not what I was expecting at all." Dis hid her smile , pretending that she didn't hear his words even as a warmth spread through her. Maybe there was hope for true peace..maybe a brighter future for her people was around the corner.

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It was shortly after the midnight hour when something woke Bofur from his sleep...something that disturbed his peaceful rest next to his family. Opening his eyes to peer around...seeing nothing that should have woken him..his mind tried to go back to sleep. 

~Acckk..must be from teh long on the road. Seeing danger where there isn't none.~ as he was closing his eyes he heard the edges of whispering from over where the elves were camping at.

"Did you look at that child? He looks like my sister, Korelia." at the mention of child, Bofurs ears perked up...he tried to keep his breathing moderated so not to clue the speakers in that he was listening to their conversation. "Yes. She came back several months ago, saying something about leaving her problems behind her and needing to move on with her life. I assumed it was her job, but now that I see that boy, I'm thinking maybe there is more to her story than she let on." there was a maybe from the other elf, but after that he couldn't hear anymore of what they said. It was a few hours before Bofur could fall back to sleep...his mind rolling all that he heard over inside...alternating between anger, grief, and sadness for his son...knowing that was who they were talking about.

~Hmmm....Korelia is her name. I'll have teh tell Tia this in the mornin.~