Chapter 1: Rescuing Dwarves
Normal POV
Talyn woke up, lying on the ground, her head hurting, a lot. Thinking about it, she realized that she couldn't remember anything. While that's not entirely true. She remembered tracking a pack of orcs toward the misty mountains. Then nothing. Had she lost them? Where was she?
Looking around she saw something extremely out of place, fire. More correctly she saw a fire with something suspended over it with people tied to it. Wait, not people, dwarves! And there were more lying in sacks on the ground. The next second, though she couldn't hear anything being said, she saw one of the trolls reaching toward the dwarves on the ground.
Surprising herself, Talyn ran to help the dwarves even though she had no knowledge of who they were. She drew an arrow out of her quiver and nocked it on the string of her bow. She drew the string back aiming at the troll closest to the dwarves, and released. Quickly she reloaded and shot the other two as well. The first arrow pierced the trolls hand and the others hit their respective trolls straight in the eye. They howled in pain, and then came lumbering towards Talyn's hiding spot.
When they reach the spot they search for the hidden archer but find no one. The trolls turn around extremely confused and that is when Gandalf makes his appearance. He breaks the bolder, letting the sun hit the trolls and they freeze into stone statues. Gandalf releases the dwarves one by one, and Thorin, who he had released first, walks over and examines the arrow in the one troll's eye. "This is a dwarfish arrow."
Gandalf, having just released the last dwarf, looks curiously at him and then at the arrow. "It appears we have an unexpected ally. Though I don't know why he is remaining hidden… There." He suddenly points into the trees and Thorin sees the flash of movement and then a sparkle of silver as someone runs into the trees. "Fili, Kili," Gandalf address's the brothers, "Why don't you go tell our friend that he is welcome to join us." They smile and then run off after the archer.
"Are you sure that is wise, Master Gandalf? After all we don't even know why they were in the area in the first place." Balin, the eldest dwarf, comments.
"I believe it to be quite wise, Master Dwarf, as will you in time," Gandalf speaks in riddles, again. He looks back at the trolls, "They couldn't have traveled in daylight."
Thorin smiles, "There must be a cave nearby." They all run off to find the cave.