AN: Okay, so here's another story! This one is going to be a multi-chapter fic. This idea actually came to me in a dream a while ago and I had to get up write away and write down the summary of it before I forgot. Thanks for reading!
AN: I wanted to take part in NaNoWriMo but I have so many other stories that I have in line to be written that I decided to still do it but with a twist to it. Instead of writing 50,000 words in a new novel, I am going to write 50,000 words total and knock out some of these stories on my list and finish my Supernatural fic.
DISCLAIMER: I own nothing of The Hobbit.
Fili and Kili dismount their ponies and lead them over to a group of trees with green grass around them. The others in the company follow their lead, bringing their ponies over to the same spot. Thorin looks around and sees Bombur beginning to look through their food stores, grimacing as he moves things around.
"Bombur…" Thorin says, getting the large Dwarf's attention. Bombur looks over at their king and shakes his head. Thorin turns to the rest of the company, quickly coming to a decision. "Bofur, Nori, watch the ponies. Fili, Kili, see if you can find us some food to replenish our stores."
Fili and Kili grin, happy they don't have to watch the ponies once again. Kili all but bounds towards the forest nearby, and Fili hurries to catch up with his eager brother. Thorin shakes his head and sighs before looking back to the company.
"Oin, Gloin, see if you can make a fire," Thorin orders as he is already starting towards the spot they will make camp.
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"Kili, slow down," Fili chides his exuberant brother, chuckling slightly as his brother painfully forces himself to slow to a walk. "We'll never catch anything if you continue to bound around like a troll."
Kili scowls and glances over at his brother who just smirks in amusement. Kili turns his attention back to the woods around them, silently chiding himself for being so foolish. Thorin will never send them to go hunting again if he ruins their chances at catching any food. There is a rustle in the leaves to their right and the brothers stop, Kili already drawing an arrow and aiming it in the direction. A bunny hops out and Kili lets the arrow soar, hitting the bunny and causing it to drop to the ground. Kili grins in satisfaction and Fili walks over, pulling the arrow out and handing it to his brother. Kili takes the proffered arrow and Fili places the bunny in their bag. They continue walking until Kili stops, grabbing his brother's arm and nods ahead of them. Fili looks and sees a deer eating the grass in the clearing up ahead. Fili nods his head in understanding and Kili silently creeps towards it to get a better shot. Once he has a clear line, Kili strings his arrow and pulls it back, letting go and hitting the target in one swift movement. The deer drops to the ground, dead, before it even knows it was in danger. Kili and Fili quickly walk over to it and Fili begins binding the animals' legs. Fili suddenly stops and his head jerks up causing Kili to furrow his eyebrows in question. Kili looks around them, trying to pick up on what Fili heard but doesn't see anything.
"Fili?" Kili asks his brother, looking back over at him. Fili narrows his eyes.
"I don't know. I guess it's nothing," Fili replies, shaking his head and turning his attention back to the task at hand. Kili nods his head but he still finds his body tense; it usually isn't nothing when it comes to his brothers' senses. Fili finishes binding the animals' legs and pulls the arrow out handing it to his brother, noticing how his brother is still tense. He doesn't say anything though because he is also on high-alert still as well. Kili takes the arrow and places it back in his quiver and Fili wraps the deer, picking it up and placing it over his shoulder. A twig cracks nearby and Fili has dropped the deer and pulled his twin swords facing the direction of the noise, hearing Kili ready his bow, pulling it taught, the arrow ready to strike. Fili narrows his eyes, waiting for whatever is out there to show itself, the two brothers standing at the ready. After what seems like days, they don't hear anything else and they slowly, reluctantly lower their weapons.
"Maybe we're just getting paranoid," Kili offers, forcing a smile on his face, even though deep down he knows something is wrong.
"Yeah…maybe," Fili answer distractedly as he continues to scan the woods before them, having the same feeling as his brother. The two heirs sigh and turn around to grab the deer once again when the next sound freezes them in their tracks, their eyes wide and filled with fear as they look to one another.
"Fili…" Kili whispers, fear lacing his tone completely, the howl echoing in his ears.
"Wargs," Fili whispers harshly, dropping the bag and grabbing Kili's arm in an iron hold and all but dragging his younger brother through the woods as he rushes back through the woods towards their camp.
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Thorin sits by the fire, watching Bombur cook up the last of their food supply. He hopes that his nephews are able to find enough food to last them a few days. He looks up when Dwalin comes over and sits down beside him, grunting a greeting. Thorin nods his head in return, the both of them tired from their long day's journey. They would get a good night's rest and then be up early again tomorrow in order to make good time. He looks around the camp and notices most of the company is lounging back, resting their sore bodies and doesn't doubt Bofur and Nori are doing the same over by the ponies as well.
"Dinner is almost done. Hopefully the boys will be…" Bombur begins after tasting the stew and nodding. He stops abruptly and everyone's heads whirl around, jerking over towards the wood nearby, all having heard the howl emanating from it.
"Wargs," Thorin hisses already on his feet and unsheathing his sword. "Wargs!"
The company hastily jumps to their feet, pulling out their weapons. Bilbo's eyes are wide, not wanting another encounter with the fowl beasts but readying his self anyways. Gandalf has his staff at the ready, looking around them for any sign of the animals. Thorin notices Bofur and Nori running towards them, their weapons already drawn. Thorin searches the forest ahead, not only for any signs of the Wargs but also for any signs of his nephews, hoping they are not caught in their enemies' crosshairs.
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Kili runs after his brother, silently grateful for Fili's grip on his arm when he stumbles and Fili keeps him upright, propelling him forward hurriedly. They can hear the great beasts trampling through the forest behind them, not knowing if they are chasing them or their scent. Kili notices the edge of the woods just up ahead, breathing a sigh of relief. It is short lived, however, when they burst through the trees and into the clearing only to have a Warg skid to a stop in front of them. Fili jerks to a stop, using the hand that has never left his brother arm to yank Kili back directly before Fili draws his swords and faces down the fiend in front of him. Kili draws an arrow and readies to lodge it into the creatures' skull. The Warg growls, bearing its' teeth, the stench from the Warg's mouth blowing in the brothers direction. Kili shifts slightly as the three of them are at a standstill, waiting for the other to make the first move. The Warg abruptly leaps at the heirs of Durin. Kili lets his arrow fly, hitting the Warg in the face just as Fili slices the Warg's neck with his twin swords, both wounds sending the Warg to the ground, lifeless.
"Fili! Kili!" Thorin's shout is heard from across the clearing. Kili glances over at his uncle, hearing the fear lacing his voice. Fili looks over at his uncle as well, but seeing where Thorin is looking, Fili turns to see a Warg charging at them. Fili's eyes grow large and in a spur of the moment decision, seeing Kili in the Warg's line of rampage, shoves his brother out of the way, sending him to the ground. Fili looks back in time to see the Warg descending upon him.
"Fili!" Kili shouts from where he is lying on the ground, fear flooding his eyes.
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Thorin watches in relief as Kili shoots the Warg in the face and Fili slicing the Warg's neck with both his twin sword effectively ending the monsters life. His relief is short lived though, when he sees another Warg stalking his nephews from the edges of the forest line.
"Fili! Kili!" Thorin shouts, his eyes wide in fear, his feet frozen in place as he watches in terror. He sees his nephews turn to look at him and then, Fili looking behind him to see the Warg charging at them. As Fili shoves Kili to the ground, Thorin forces his feet to move even as they feel like they are weighted down by a half ton of gold. Thorin watches as the Warg descends upon his eldest nephew, hearing Kili's pain-filled shout of his brothers' name. Thorin whispers, with wide eyes, "No. Fili."
AN: Please review and give me some feedback! I'm on this huge Hobbit kick and can't wait for BOFA to come out! Thanks for reading!