Ok so this is my very first fanfiction so all you critics go easy on me! Hope it gets some good reviews! I will try to get the next chapter up as soon as possible!

DISCLAIMER-I only own Lark! None of the other characters belong to me!

Chapter 1-Owl Eyes

She perched in the tree, watching the dwarf camp. Her eyes ajusted to the night and her wings were folded against her. The dwarves hadn't noticed her presence even though
she'd followed them since they left from Bree. They fascinated
her...so busy with their quest yet, there was always a sense of ease about the group. A chilled wind rushed through the camp and she shivered. The wizard; Gandalf, had left and she had been feeling watched for the rest if the day. "Fili! Kili! You take the first watch!" Her head turned to look at the leader; Thorin Oakenshield. He stood, not far from her tree, and sheathed his sword. She shuffled, ever so slightly, to look at the two, young dwarves who were rising to take watch. The eldest,
Fili, was very handsome. He stood just at her height and had braided blonde hair, a short beard and his small moustache had also been braided. She wasn't watching Fili though, her gaze was on the younger
brother. He stood a head taller than his sibling. His hair wild and dark and his eyes alert. He was beautiful. Her heart fluttered in her chest as he turned to look at her tree. "Look Fili! A brown owl!" Lark shifted uncomfortably...he had seen her! She felt her breath get caught in her throat. Kili cupped his hands and hooted at the owl. Such a beautiful sound was his reply. The owl sung to him and he smiled. If she had been human, Lark would've been smiling like crazy. She looked back down at the brothers. Fili lay, on the grass, snores erupted from him immediately and Kili...well he sat beneath her tree and dozed off. Lark heard a grunt and heavy footsteps approaching...TROLLS! They lumbered past the two sleeping dwarves and grasped Myrtle and Minty...Lark froze in panic. The grotesque creatures turned back to the firelight and trudged away. She let out a heavy breath. Letting her body change shape, she jumped down from the tree. Kili opened an eye, lazily. He jumped back when he saw two blue eyes peering at him. The fox sniffed his face with her wet nose, before running off. A little startled, he got up and surveyed the area. Two ponies were missing! Had the fox known? 'Don't be stupid Kili!' He quickly awoke Fili and soon they were looking for the stray beasts. Lark watched with mixed emotions at what happened next. The two brothers sent the 'burglar' into the troll camp. That plan had, obviously, went wrong. Now all the dwarves lay either in bags or tied to the wooden spit. She had to do something...Gandalf!

Adjusting her position she felt her paws shift into velvety wings. She took off in search of the wizard. It seemed like forever but she eventually found him, sitting on a rock smoking. Fluttering close to his ear she whispered, "Dwarves in danger. Need help. Trolls. Hurry!" Gandalf scooped the moth into his hand, he said to her, "Tell the burglar to buy them time and by dawn I shall be there!" Lark took to the sky and raced back to the dwarves. She spotted Bilbo on the edge of the group and flew close to him. "Bilbo listen to me!" The hobbit stared at the insect in shock. "Gandalf is on his way. Buy them time and soon he will be here!" He nodded quickly before whispering, "How?!" Lark paused, she hadn't thought of that, "Say that the seasoning is all wrong and that they're infected...parasites!" He followed her plan, much to the dwarves protests. She rolled her eyes as they denied Bilbo's accusations. A flash of grey, Gandalf had come. "And the dawn will take you all!" The wizard appeared on top of the giant stone, concealing the troll camp, before cracking it in two and turning the trolls to stone. Lark took Gandalf's arrival as her queue to go. Following the dwarves to the troll cave she went up to Gandalf. Kili spotted the moth fluttering towards the wizard. It mesmerised him for a minute, to see Gandalf whispering something to it. "My dear, you have strayed a long way from home!" Lark smiled up to the old man before fluttering off, she shifted back into a fox and watched the dwarves once more.