Series: Violet

Title: Bad Blood

No. in series: 3

Summary: Third in the Violet trilogy. Title taken from Taylor Swift's song Bad Blood. Violet Greenhill is fighting for the battle of her life. First of all, Thorin had gone insane and suffers his father's and grandfather's fates of going mad. And Bilbo is hiding a secret from her. Now with all these dreams that are haunting her at night, Violet fears that it will all come true in the eve of battle as it slowly approaches.

Chapter 1: The Destruction of Lake-town

"I warned you! Did I not warn you what would come of dealing with Dwarves?" Master of Laketown shouted to his men as they packed for their journey out of Laketown. More or less, the guards were packing the gold. "Now they've done it! They've woken the dragon; they've brought the apocalypse upon our heads! Come on, quickly, quickly! Faster now, I'm trying to evacuate myself here! Careful with that. Never mind the books! Get on, get the rest of it."

"But, Sire, should we not try to save the town?" one of the guards asked.

"The town is lost, save the gold!" answered the Master and opened the secret entrance to his door.

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Tauriel stood outside Bard's house, watching as the people of Laketown were in a hurry to leave. They were all in a panic as they got onto their boats fast and started rowing out of the town. She got back inside to where everyone was relaxing. She had to get Kíli, the children and the other dwarves out of their before they got roasted by the dragon.

"We have no time, we must leave," Tauriel announced to rest of the members of the household.

"Get him up." Óin said, referring to Kíli.

"Come on, brother," Fili said, helping his younger brother up.

"Come on, come on, let's go." Bofur said in a panic mode.

"I'm fine, I can walk," Kíli snapped, shrugging his older brother's hands off his arms.

"As fast as you can," Tauriel said as she helped Tilda get her coat on.

"We're not leaving," Bain told Tauriel. "Not without our father."

"If you stay here, your sisters will die," Tauriel said, then looking at Bain. "Is that what your father would want?"

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"Open this door! Do you hear me!" Bard yelled from his cell, not knowing the guards that were there had already left.

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Tauriel hurriedly ushered Fili, Kíli, Bofur, Óin, Tilda, Bain and Sigrid got on the boat just in time as Smaug set the houses on fire.

The town was starting to set on fire, ruining most of the houses and everyone cried as Smaug sent out his reign of terror.

"Come on! Come On! Faster! Faster!" The Master cried. "If only we could take more of these poor people with us, but they are hardly"

"Worth it," Alfrid finished for the Master, kicking a man off the boat. "I quite agree."

In his cell, Bard took the blanket that was in the corner of the room and started tearing it apart to make his escape, waiting for the next ship to tear the window off.

"Look out!" Bofur shouted. Tauriel did not see the Master's boat coming, colliding with their ship. They were not very careful with the smaller boats and they managed to continue on, but the Master's gold fell out of the boat.

"My gold! My gold!" The master shouted, supporting over the gold than his own life.

"We carry too much weight," said Alfred. "We need to dump something."

"Quite right, Alfrid." the master said and then he pushed his second in command into the water. At that time, Bard escaped with the rope blanket latched onto the boat. Without anyone looking, he burst into the guardroom and stole a couple of arrows and bows to find a way to kill the dragon. He made his way to the top of the bell tower and shot an arrow, but it had no effort, the arrow did not pierce the dragon's hide. Bard shot arrow after arrow, but it was never to be.

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Inside the ruins of Dale, stood the remaining of Thorin's company. all except Thorin stood there watching as Smaug burned the city.

"Poor souls," Balin muttered. Vi closed her eyes, muttering an Elvish prayer for the poor people of Lake town and her friends they left behind. Dwalin refused to look back. Glóin worried deeply for his older brother and Bifur and Bombur worried for Bofur while others worried for the rest of the company.

Violet looked hopelessly down at her shoulder with the thrush perched back on her shoulder. Then she remembered that the thrush understands people

"The thrush!" Violet cried. She looked at the thrush on her shoulder. Said bird landed on the palm of her hand. "You are one of the ancient birds of yore, aren't you little guy? You know where Smaug's weakness is. Go and find the one they call Bard, and tell him that there is a patch of scale under the left wing. And that Violet Greenhill daughter of Tom Greenhill and Marah Cauliflower sent you, 'kay?'"

The bird nodded and Violet lifted her hand up.

"Go," Violet cried and the bird flew out of her hand and she smiled.

"Are you sure about this lassie?" Balin asked Violet. She just looked at the bird as it flew.

"Definitely," Violet said with a smile. "And this time, I'm not doubting myself."

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Bain, on the boat with his family and their allies, looked up to see Bard firing arrow after arrow.

"Da!" Bain and his sisters shouted. Then, an arrow came out of nowhere, but even if it did hit the dragon, it still was useless against Smaug.

"He hit it! He hit the dragon!" Kíli shouted. "He did, he hit its mark, I saw!"

"These arrows cannot pierce its hide." Tauriel said. "I fear nothing will."

As the rowed, Bain looked over to the Master's statue and saw the boat where he hid an arrow that would help. He grabbed onto a hook, much to everyone's protests.

"What are you doing?" Bofur yelled.

"Come back! Bain! Come back!" Fili yelled for the older brother.

"Leave him!" Tauriel told her friends. "We cannot go back."

"Bain!" Tilda called for her brother, worried, but she was not heard.

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Bard fell on the ground and after the last arrow, he almost gave up.

"Dad!" Bain cried and found his father on the top of the bell tower. The man looked down at his son.

"Bain! What are you doing? Why didn't you leave?" Bard said, angry with his child at the moment. "You were supposed to leave!"

Bain answered "I came to help you."

"No," Bard said. "Nothing can stop it now."

He held up the black arrow, and said, "This might."

Bard felt pride in his son and grabbed on the top of the arrow.

"Bain, you go back. You get out of here now."

"Da!" He creed and Smaug purposely collided with the bell tower and made Bain and Bard fall. He called for his son and helped Bain up. He took the arrow from a shaken Bain and looked to see that Smaug looking at him.

"Who are you that would stand against me?" Smaug roared. Bard went for his bow and found it broken in half. "Now that is a pity. What will you do now, bowman? You are forsaken. No help will come. Is that your child? You cannot save him from the fire. He will burn!"

"Stay still, son. Stay still." Bard told Bain as soon as he put a bow like wrapping together with the old bow. And used its string.

"Tell me, wretch, how now shall you challenge me?" The dragon asked. Meanwhile, a bird came to perch on Bard's shoulder and spoke in his ear.

"A thrush" Bard asked the bird. It spoke in his ear.

You speak?" Bard said. "Violet Greenhill daughter of Tom the Third and Marah Cauliflower sent you to tell me of what she found." The thrush told him of the missing scale He looked to find the missing patch.

"You speak the truth! Bless your little heart, Violet Greenhill," Bard said

"You have nothing left but your death!" Smaug yelled

"Bain. Look at me. You look at me." Bard told his soon, and waited Fili the right moment. " A little to your left."

When Bain did that, Bard released the black arrow and it flew into Smaug's wound. The dragon cried in pain. Ad he did so, he caused the bell tower to collapse with Bain and his father still on it as it fell.

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"Wh…what was that? What happened?" Ori asked.

"It fell, I saw it, Bilbo said. He saw that Smaug breathed fire no more and looked at his friends. "It's dead! Smaug is dead!"

"Yes!" Violet said and the thrush landed on her shoulder. She looked at the thrush. "Good boy, or are you a girl?"

The thrush shook his head yes on boy, 'no' on girl.

"By my beard, I think he's right!" Glóin said, pointing at the raven flying to the lonely mountain "Look there! The Ravens of Erebor are returning to the Mountain."

"Aye, word will spread. Before long, every soul in Middle Earth will know the Dragon is dead!" Balin explained.

"It is finally free of him," Violet said.

She then hugged Bilbo as the others rejoiced. They looked at each other before they went forward and kissed each other for good. The dwarves there were smiling at them but they hid it rather well before they laughed at their hobbit friends, but not all of them were in a joyous mood. When Thorin heard Bilbo say that the dragon was dead, he sighed in relief. Then Thorin with determination left