The Journey to The Green Dragon

I awoke early that morning to find Bilbo on his bed asleep with a long list on his bedside table. It had a bunch of breakfast orders with a dwarf's name next to the food. I guessed that the dwarves told Bilbo their orders for breakfast the next morning. I went back to my room and packed my bag. Then, I went to the kitchen and made all the breakfast orders and my breakfast as well. Once I had finished cooking, the dwarves and Gandalf were barely waking up. I ate my breakfast alone and went to get my archery set. When I returned to the kitchen, everyone was eating their breakfast very quickly. 

"Write a note to Bilbo telling him where to meet us," Thorin said when he got the chance. He was constantly eating and so was everyone else.

"And what do I write exactly?" I asked politely.

"The Green Dragon Inn in Bywater at 11 o'clock sharp," Thorin replied. 

"And try to make it sound professional," Balin added. After I wrote the note, I stuck it under the clock on the mantelpiece. They had just finished their breakfasts and put their dishes in the sink. Then they looked for their bags.

"Find the ponies. When you've rounded them up, pack these bags and supplies on them. We'll leave as soon as you're done," Thorin commanded. 

I had to walk all the way down the road where they were eating the grass from someone's lawn. I quickly grabbed all of the ponies' bridles and speed-walked back to Bilbo's house before anyone saw me. I was tethering their bridles on Bilbo's fence post when I heard opening and closing of the front door. Then I saw piles of stuff on the porch waiting to be packed and loaded. So I started to drag a pile toward the ponies so I wouldn't have to walk back and forth. Then Fili and Kili walked out of the house and asked me,

"Do you need help?"

"Of course I need help! There are far too many bags for one person to finish alone," I replied. They helped for a while before Thorin called them inside.

I finished and went inside again and Thorin was telling everyone to get out the door.

"Time to go everyone! We must be at The Green Dragon before the stroke of eleven!" he shouted. 

"What took you so long?" he asked. 

"Sorry. You gave me a lot of tasks to do and it's not even ten in the morning yet," I answered as nicely as I could. 

"I suppose," Thorin muttered.

"You're welcome..." I said to his back as he walked away. But he didn't turn to say "Thank you", like I had hoped. He just ignored me and kept walking. Gandalf was the last one out the door.

"Shouldn't I wash the breakfast dishes first?" I asked.

"No time for that! Don't worry about it; Bilbo can do them since you did last night's," he replied. When we were on our way to Bywater, everyone rode on their pony but I walked with the pony's bridle in my hand. I figured I wouldn't want to walk when it would rain.

"I am going to check on our burglar. Keep on the path and I will meet you there," Gandalf said as he rode back to Bilbo's house. We traveled for about an hour more. When we got to Bywater, they looked around the town while Balin and I stayed at The Green Dragon and waited for Bilbo to arrive.