Chapter 1

Bilbo watched as Gandalf rode away at full speed, leaving the company at the borders of Mirkwood. He felt utterly miserable now. Now he wished he could go with the wizard, so he didn't have to go in the forest.

"It looks rather… evil. I don't like the feeling it's giving me." Bilbo tought, looking at the forest suspicious.

"So now the wizard leaves us again. And that right before we are about to enter this wretched forest!" Dwalin grumbled.

He was looking really annoyed. And so was Thorin fort hat matter. The others were only watching the forest darkly. Except for Bilbo and Ori, who totally weren't feeling at easy.

"This forest feels… sick", Bilbo managed to say. "Are you sure there is no way around?"

"There is no way around." Thorin answered. "Come on."

He started leading the company in the forest of Mirkwood. Bilbo however faltered at the entrance.

"Keep up, burglar!" Thorin yelled back at him.

Reluctant he followed them into the forest and walked next to Bofur, who had waited for him to join them.

Thorin walked at the front of the group, closely followed by Dwalin. Both dwarves were keeping an eye on the path. When they came to a crossroad, they momentarily stopped. Thorin searched for wich way the path was leading. Shoving away some leaves with his feet, he found the stone path again.

"The path turnes this way." He said, turning left.

They all followed him, staying very close to each other. They didn't want to lose someone, for it would be a very difficult task to find someone again in here. They kept walking for what felt like hours. They had lost all track of time, for as they had ventured deeper in the forest it had steadily become darker. The trees were growing really close to each other now, not letting the rays of the sun come trough their leaves. Also the air had grown really thick.

"Air. I need air!" Bofur complained.

"My head… It's spinning", Oin said. "What's happening?"

"Keep moving!" Thorin ordered.

Thorin walked towards Nori, who had taken his place at the front to watch where the path was going, and now had stopped walking.

"Nori, why have we stopped?" Thorin asked him.

"The path. It has dissapeared." Nori answered.

"What's going on?!" Dwalin yelled from somewhere at the back of the group.

"We've lost the path!" Oin yelled back.

"Find it!" Thorin said. "All of you! Look for the path!"

They all went different ways in order to search for the path. They didn't went to far away from the others however. It didn't take long before everyone was back, and all of them with the same news. That the path was nowhere to be found.

"We will rest here for a while", Thorin anounced. "Balin, a word."

Thorin and Balin walked away from the rest of the company. Everyone else seated himself on the ground.

"What is going to happen now?" Ori asked. "Are we ever going to get out of here?"

Ori eyed his surroundings warily. It was easy to tell that he was scared.

"I don't know, lad." Dori said. "But I'm sure we will find a way out of this place."

He tried to smile reassuring to Ori, but failed miserable. The truth was that he didn't feel any better than his youngest brother.

After that being said, everyone remained silent. Even Bofur, who normally wouldn't stop talking, was silent now. They were all cautious and listening for strange noices. But they didn't hear anything out of the ordinary. The only thing they noticed was that, around them, many yellow eyes where looking at them from the dark.

"Does anyone have an idea what those are?" Kíli whispered, nodding at the yellow eyes that were lighting up in the dark behind his back.

Everyone just shook there head as a reply. At that moment Thorin and Balin came back.

"Get up! We're leaving." Thorin said. Everyone got to his feet. Only Bilbo remained seated.

"Wich way are we going?" He asked.

"That way." Balin said, pointing his finger at the oposite direction they just came from.

The dwarves all started walking towards the way Balin haid pointed out. Bilbo slowly stood up from the ground, using the rock he had been sitting against to push himself to his feet. But as he did so he felt something sticky underneath his hands. He pulled at it. When he released it, he could hear the sidder that went through it until it was high in the trees.

"I don't like the sound of that!" He tought to himself and ran after the others.

Well, this is the first chapter of my new story.
I'm sorry this is looking a bit like the movie. I just needed to start somewhere, so I decided to start with the company entering Mirkwood.
The next couple of chapters will be also containing things from the movie. But when the story continues, I won't be using much from book or movie.
So for the ones who haven't read the book yet, I think it's safe to read this. For I will only be using very little of what happens in it. Only some of the important happenings (with major adjustments). Ofcourse that's all up to you.

I hope you liked it. Please leave a review and let me know what you think. That would really be great.

Alicia