New story! Never really know how to start these things but hey! THanks for clicking on this and I hope you like what you read and will continue to read this story! Don't forget to leave a review if you enjoyed it!

Chapter 1 - Prologue/Backstory

Aella was alone. She had been since she was nine years old. Her family had been hunted down and killed but she managed to escape the fire and the arrows that engulfed their home. Since then she had wandered, avoiding civilisation if she could and chose to live with the forest. She hadn't been a human since before the attack as she found no need to. She could shift into any beast she chose to and had once even transformed into a dragon to escape a very tricky situation. But after that she had stayed as one form. A wolf that was only slightly smaller than a warg but twice as strong if she chose to be. That was why she was being hunted after all, her family were shifters and she was the only one left.

Of course, she remembered the attack with the scene playing out in her head most nights, haunting her. But so did her hunters and they knew she was still out there, still shifting and still living.

So she lived alone, staying majorly as the large wolf but as it is with most shifters, her physical traits stayed with her no matter what form she took. Her colouring was always flapjack gold which shone no matter what light she was in, and her eyes were a deep emerald green that were always bright and enticing. Aella had heard of other shifters that could not control there beast form, one of them being her brother who was killed before the attack on the rest of her family. But she could control it, she was still the same spirit underneath her many different skins

She had been in that forest for a couple of years now and all the other beasts knew she was different and so respected her. On countless occasions Aella had protected that area of the forest (and all its residents) from evil creatures that chose to kill and destroy without reason. But that only put her in more danger,the orcs knew who she was and also wanted her dead because they could not travel through that forest without encountering her, which meant in a quick death for them no matter how big their pack. She was a force to be reckoned with and was incredibly hard to kill, but her breed were slowly decreasing and she now knew of no other shifter in middle earth.

So there she stood, on a tall rock feature looking down at the forest that she had made her home. Her soft golden fur waving gently in the breeze as all her senses tingled. Not long ago had she taken out another pack of wargs and was still suffering from the wounds they had inflicted. Even though there were seven wargs against her, she was only nursing two cuts. One that had come very close to her left eye and the second was a much longer deeper cut that slid from her left shoulder to the underside of her belly, tearing the fur slightly.

She was just about to turn away from the edge of her lookout when she heard them. A group of fourteen she decided and luckily for her, not orc or human. But something else, something she did not recognize. Although they sounded jolly enough she was not prepared to risk the lives of the animals that looked up to her and so made her way down to where the group was traveling, making sure she kept in the shadows to hide her golden glow.

So here's my new story! I know this was a bit dull but I never know how to start them. So Aella is my character and basically here's her back story. I was thinking about making this a Thorin/OC story but I'm not too sure yet! This is going to basically tell the story of her traveling with the company and helping them along the journey. Feedback is always appreciated so please follow, favorite and leave a review on what you think I should improve on. Plus constructive criticism is amazing and I'd love for ideas on what you think should happen. Thank you so much for reading I hope you enjoyed it and will continue to read this story! xx

P.S The characters name is Aella and it means 'whirlwind' in Greek - it's pronounced like A-la