Prologue
Emma wished that it never came to this, deceiving her friend, Thorin, and letting Bilbo take the Arkenstone to Bard and Thranduil as means to use as a bargaining chip and stop a war from breaking out between elves, dwarves and humans.
She watched at a safe distance on the ground, close to the side of the mountain, and away from the elven army...especially the Arkenstone. She knew that the Company is wondering where she is, but the stone filled her with fear whenever she was near it. Failing to understand her fear, she decided to stay as far away from it, even from her dwarven friends who may not be able to understand.
Whenever she was close to the stone, she felt herself being pulled towards it, as though it was calling her, seducing her with its magnificent shine. But the stories she heard of the stone driving the last King Under the Mountain into madness pushed her into maintaining her distance from the stone.
She watched as Bard and Thranduil rode up to the barricaded entryway to negotiate with Thorin who stood on the stone balcony with a look of stubbornness as he stared down at them and fired a warning shot with an arrow which the elven army responded by notching their arrows and aimed at the dwarves which Thranduil called off. When Bard presented Thorin with the Arkenstone, Thorin was in denial, saying that the stone is fake and that the real Arkenstone was in the mountain until Bilbo appeared and confessed that he brought the Arkenstone to Bard and Thranduil. Bilbo's confession angered Thorin to the point where he tried to kill the hobbit by pushing him over the rampart, Gandalf rushed through the army and demanded that Thorin leave Bilbo alone. Which he did as Bilbo climbed down the mountain quickly while Gandalf tried his best to persuade the three kings to work together and fight the oncoming orcs that march their way.
'Gotta give old man Gandalf some credit for trying.' Emma thought to herself before feeling the ground shake with the coming of the dwarven army being led by Ironfoot, Thorin's cousin. 'From bad to worse.' She thought as she stared at the dwarf army and Thorin's unreasonable cousin before directing her gaze to Thorin who has yet to find where she is. 'Damnit Thorin, snap out of it, you said you wouldn't fall to the gold sickness yet you are breaking your word.' Emma thought to her friend whom she shared a close bond to.
Emma felt tremors shaking beneath her feet before seeing giant worms burst out of the earth miles away, close to Dale from her viewpoint, "Really?" she said quietly in disbelief, 'Just great, giant birds, giant spiders and now giant worms...what's next.' Emma thought as wormzillas slinked back into the earth before armies of orcs marched out of the giant holes. Emma had a frown on her face as she nodded in confirmation, "Of course, bring it on." she said as she watched the dwarves charge toward the orc army and created a big shield before the elves leapt over the dwarves for a surprise attack on the orcs.
'Finally, someone with enough sense.' Emma thought as she watched the elves and dwarves fight alongside each other.
Suddenly, the orc horn sounded before the other half of the orc army started making their way toward the City of Dale, 'Oh god, the people...' Emma thought as dread filled her to the core for the defenceless people of Dale.
Concentrating on her magic, she focused on the highest point of Dale and teleported in cloud of white smoke.
Bilbo and Gandalf didn't see Emma, but they saw the white smoke that was her trademark magic, "Emma?" Bilbo asked, wondering where she is.
Emma appeared in a cloud of white smoke on the top of a ruined tower overlooking the city and landscape that serves as a battleground. Seeing giant trolls marching behind the orc army approaching Dale, she saw that the trolls are serving as catapults. "Oh, hell no." she said as she felt magic and adrenaline fill her being as the orcs launched giant boulders at the city. Just as the boulders were about to hit the city, Emma's magic burst out of her very being; like a ripple in a pond, her light magic expanded and enveloped the city in a barrier, blocking the impact of the boulders and crashing into the barrier instead.
Emma panted in exhaustion, but did not let her guard down lest the orcs break through. She kneeled down and settled on her knees, concentrating on her white energy visibly flowing into the barrier.
Bard and his men stopped in their tracks toward the ruined city when they saw the white semi-transparent barrier surround the city. He, his men, the elves and dwarves watched in amazement and wonder as the orc army and trolls tried again and again to break the barrier by aiming their weapons and pounding their fists on it.
The Arkenstone in Bard's breast pocket started to shake and vibrate, startling Bard and making him reach inside his pocket and take out the stone. As he held it in his hand, it continued to shake and glow brighter than it ever did before, making his eyes widen at this strange phenomenon. Before he could contemplate what's going on, his hand seared with burning pain, causing him to hiss as he dropped the Arkenstone.
The moment the Arkenstone hit the ground it shattered, it exploded, sending Bard and his men backwards and landing on the ground but otherwise, okay. The explosion released a stream of multi-colored light into the sky for all to see as it shot at incredible speed towards the city.
Emma turned her face toward the stream of light coming at the city. Her eyes widened as it got closer, almost reminding her of a meteor coming to destroy life. But she would not have it, with determination, she shot more of her magic into the barrier to make it stronger in order to stop the incoming light.
However, the moment the Arkenstone's light hit the wall of the barrier, it went through said barrier and towards Emma. In an attempt to protect herself from this foreign light, she shot her magic at it, but it didn't seem to have an effect on it at all.
The moment the light got to her, it began to surround her in a hurricane dome, blocking her from anyone that would have any intention of coming near her. Emma looked around in a state of panic as the wind whipped her hair around. Emma tried to summon her magic to this light away from her, but her magic was neutralized by whatever this light was. Emma looked down at her hands as this light's magic began to flow into her body. She fell to her knees, overwhelmed as the power began to merge with her's. Emma tried to breathe as this newfound surge of magic became too much for her heart and soul to handle.
Once the last of the Arkenstone's light completely merged with her's, she shot up into the sky, breaking the barrier on her way up. Making everyone, orc, elf, dwarf, human, hobbit and wizard look up at Emma's shining light as she floated several miles above the city. Emma stared down at the battle as she regarded everyone below her with indifference, the Arkenstone's power altering her personality slightly, but not taking her over completely.
Azog glared at the light magic practitioner with hatred for a long moment before shouting an orc command to fire their spears and arrows at Emma, to which they did as they fired a flurry of spears and arrows upon Emma.
However, when the projectiles were but a foot away from their target, they froze in their place, being held in mid-air by unknown forces.
Emma's indifferent expression didn't change, yet she and her magic began to glow brighter. In an explosion of white and multi-colored light, her magic burst out of her, forcing the people below to shield their eyes to avoid blindness. Like a violent wave in an ocean, her magic spread out at rapid speed, washing her magic over the battlefield and turning the orcs and cave trolls into dust as her light magic touched them.
When the light magic touched the humans, elves and dwarves, they felt a sense of calm and relief, but also sadness.
After the light dissipated, everyone uncovered their eyes to see that all the orcs have vanished into nothing. Looking up at the sky where Emma once was, the Hobbit saw that she was nowhere in sight.
A tear slid down Bilbo's cheek, knowing that one of his dearest friends are gone.
I didn't know how else to end this chapter. But just to let you know, this is NOT the end. This story will have flashbacks that will explain some certain aspects of the story. The flashbacks will appear at random.
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