Just starting back at school and with nothing to do at the moment, I've been marathoning the Hobbit and its extras and noticed a couple things. Starting with Trollshaws, in the beginning of the fight, Fili is actually picked up by one of the trolls and is quiet throughout the rest of the night.
In reality, the original actor that played Fili leaves during this time of filming and it is some of Dean O'Gorman's first days on set, but I wanted to make my own spin on what Fili didn't tell the others in the company.
Disclaimer: I own nothing, this just for entertainment.
The first thing he saw through the trees as he ran after the others, was Bilbo flying over the large fire with a shout; colliding with his dark-haired younger brother, knocking them both to the ground.
Throin charged past the downed hobbit/dwarf pile, leading the mismatched group of tinkers and toymakers to battle with a practiced war cry.
Fili was the last of the Company to enter the glade. The blond dwarf may be one of the youngest of the dwarves, but expenditure of sprinting to warn his uncle and the others of the trolls and running back had put him out of breath. The dwarves were swarming around the trolls legs like bees to honey. Hacking and slashing at the beasts with all of their might even if most of their strikes did not reach past the trolls' waists.
"Nori, look out!" Someone shouts just as the thief was kicked over the boiling cauldron. Fili did not have time to register the flying dwarf as thick, leathery fingers wrapped around his waist.
The fattest troll had scooped up the closest enemy, squeezing the struggling little nat tight, preparing to slam the shiny haired dwarf into the ground. While kicking out at the others that swarmed around his feet.
Fili felt the hand tighten about him, his chainmail failing in prevent the compression of his ribs. Fili only had one arm free, the left one being pinned to his side in the troll's grip. The trapped dwarf swung the sword of his free hand down on the wrist that held him. Unfortunately, the angle by which he was swinging made the blow weak and only made the vice-like hold tighter.
Fili's breath hitched as he felt more than one rib creak under the pressure. Suddenly he was falling only to land on a stump one of the troll's had been using as a seat. Black spots clouded his vision at the collion.
The fall had left him breathless, but despite the pain, Fili lurched on to his feet, unwilling to abandon his companions. Scanning the battlefield, Fili's eyes locked with Kili's and together charged a troll. Kili deciding to slide under it and swing up, while his brother slashed to the side. With another yell, Fili fought with his kin and friends. Distantly he heard, ponies whinnying and hoped the Burglar had succeeded in his original mission. Minty was his pony and she was a good girl, definitely didn't deserve to be eaten by trolls. (1)
Ori was directly to his right; Fili had bumped into the small dwarf and kept him close. He like the scribe and had much faith in the petite scholar's writing and drawing ability, but not so much when it came to the effectiveness of his wooden slingshot. Fili was right to be concerned as the next moment a troll hand wrapped over Ori's head.
Spinning around Fili struck the offending hand with a deft, two-handed blow to the troll's wrist. Causing it to throw Ori away with a cry of pain. The blond only got in a couple more swings with his sword before he heard his brother shout, "BILBO."
Looking up, Fili paused with horror as two of the trolls had the hobbit dangling between them. The largest troll spoke, "lay down your arms, or we'll whip his off."
Silence hung in the air for a few seconds as the lead troll and Thorin stared each other down. Fili's breath was coming in short gasps as he watched his uncle intensely, looking to follow his lead.
Saying nothing, Thorin straightened and threw his blade to the ground with a growl. The others, Fili included, following suit.
Within the hour, the trolls had disarmed them and had half of the dwarves on a spit and the rest of them in bags on the ground. From his place at the edge of the pile, Fili couldn't see much. Gloin's lower body was draped over his legs, he couldn't move much either. Craning his neck to look over his shoulder Fili tried to spy his brother. Fili could hear him curse and struggled, but was only able to see the top of his head.
He did however noticed his Uncle Thorin, with little dignity, try and chew at the ropes that tied the King-without-a-mountain's bag shut. (2) The (frankly hilarious, despite the situation) scene fell away as his vision went black.
Fili gasped in pain and shock, twisting back to lie flat on his stomach. As the adrenaline is his system wore off, the pain in his ribs became much more apparent. On his belly was the least painful position he could get into at the moment.
As the others cursed and struggled, the young warrior took the time to evaluate his injuries. He had easily been in worse scraps, especially after growing up with an energetic little brother like Kili, but at the moment he admitted to himself he was in a fair bit of pain, most all of it coming from his chest.
"It could be worse," He muttered to himself, instantly wishing he hadn't as the dwarf struggled to get his breath back. Fili could only hope it was the way he was laying that was causing most of the problem.
The blond was pulled from his contemplation as their not-very-good burglar heaved himself up. Fili watched as the hobbit attempted to tell their captors the "secret" to cooking dwarf.
Bilbo looked as if the hobbit was trying to remember an old memory before spitting out, "To skin them first." All of the dwarves' struggles had renewed, even Fili wiggled as much as the bag allowed. No matter the pain it caused, he couldn't sit still after hearing that!
Though his energy didn't last as darkness climbed into his vision again and the noise became muffled and distant.
(1): of the two ponies taken the second time, I can't tell if the second name is "Minty" or "Minsy". I just noted that it is the same shade as the pony Fili was riding, so I made it his.
(2) Thorin does do this in the film, and it makes me laugh every time