I've been wanting to make this series for a while. Each chapter is either a missing moment from An Unexpected Interference or an extra scene that helps understanding the plot. Several POV's. Beware of spoilers.

I also take prompts. Suggest away.

"A story must be told or there'll be no story, yet it is the untold stories that are most moving."
― in The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien

Language Barrier: Thráin

Missing moment from Chapter 9.

The first he hears is a rumble coming from above and then a deafening crack like lightening that shakes the very earth beneath his feet.

From there it's a blur.

Later, he remembers the clouds gathering, as the sky bursts open in a black and purple void, and a voice booms near him – it comes from everywhere, angry and frightening just as the one he hears in his dreams, though it's not to him that it whispers this time. Nonetheless, he runs, hiding under broken stone in a shadowed corner while the heavens are in chaos.

But it's useless to cower and crawl away; one last crack issues and he sees something fall in the distance, – though not too far away – right into the sick woods surrounding his prison, a small thing that comes from the void and quickly descends like stone into a bottomless pit. For reasons unbeknownst he stares at it transfixed, trembling from sudden bouts of clarity.

The void closes. He remembers a scream ringing in his ears, burning itself in his mind as another voice mingles - and he falls to his knees, quivering and heaving, his only eye wide open and focusing on the sky turned soft blue.

The rest is unclear, but soon there is a commotion coming from the woods: red, blue, green and white lights fly above the treetops while birds are scared away by an explosion – something is wrong, and it isn't just him that believes so, as ors and wargs come out from their hiding places, distracted by the ordeal. Something has been cracked or broken, and it allows him to near the edge of the fortress under the torn scrutiny of foul shadows until he's compelled to run away.

And then he watches for the longest time, until his memories are foggy again and there is nothing but bits and pieces that follow the strange figure clad in green and black from the gate to the heart of the fortress. It calls for him, desperate and ignorant of what lies beyond the crumbling passageways and damaged towers, running deeper into the ruins before he tries his best to overpower it, – her, he learns this soon enough. Though for all the stranger's power, it's surprisingly weak and feeble and easily bested -

Something falls from the green and black blur of fabric and travels down, lingering on the dirt for a moment before he lunges at it, unthinking, mildly crazed within his lunacy that it speaks to him about things he had forgotten long ago. With a swift movement of his hand he takes it before anyone else does and then screams, landing on his back.

Whatever it – she - carries stings and aches like wildfire burning in his veins. Snatching it from the cold stone floor is a grave mistake – or, perhaps, a blessing? - as he is left writhing and crying out, a surge of memories and other bitter things latching onto his mind while something else entirely leaves - slipping away in a rage before his body relaxes and he whimpers, staring at the ceiling with a clarity he hadn't known for a time.

Then, Thráin remembers his name.

Next in line:

Language Barrier – Thráin (Chapters 10, 11 and 12)

Language Barrier – Balin (Chapter 13)

Language Barrier – Beorn (as suggested, from chapters 11 and 12)

A short one this time. This is a blurry moment from Thráin's memory that depicts Maria's fall from the sky, and some of you probably remember reading about this in chapters 10 and 12.

As usual, I'm open to suggestions. Tell me what you think? =)