After the floor had closed again, Faline shifted back into her human form and promptly threw up. It had been too long since she had shifted and her pupils turned to slits. Her natural form was feline in nature and her body wanted to change into it to protect her. Shaking her head, the woman stood up on shaky legs and walked out of the cave where the storm had now blown over. The only thing left to do would be to find the wizard and hope that he could help the Dwarves in time. Shifting quickly into an overlarge falcon, Faline began flying back towards Rivendell while keeping her eyes open for Gandalf.
Seeing him walking up the same path that they had taken earlier, Faline dropped from the sky quickly and changed into her human form. "Gandalf! The Dwarves have been taken by goblins!" Gaping at how easily the woman in front of him shifted, the wizard nodded before walking again. "Of course they have. Can't leave them alone for a moment without something going wrong. First the trolls and now goblins! Come Faline, we must save them before it's too late." The woman nodded and smirked as she heard Gandalf grumbling to himself about the idiocy of Dwarves.
Once they reached a small, almost invisible entrance Gandalf turned to Faline and looked directly into her eyes. "There is another exit twenty miles south of here. We will be leaving through there. I don't want you going into these tunnels in case we cannot escape. A shape changer is much more valuable than any Dwarf king and I will not let them get their hands on you. Fly to the other entrance and wait for us there." Faline nodded, blushing slightly at the fact that Gandalf thought she was that important. She changed into a small thrush and slowly made her way to the other entrance.
Surveying the land, Faline noticed that things seemed too quiet to be normal and she wondered if it was to do with the goblin activity or something else. Before she had a chance to explore however, she spotted Gandalf and the Company running out of the goblin tunnels. Dropping to the ground and changing into her natural form, Faline quickly caught up to the Company.
Once the Company realized that they had their hobbit back, they took a deep breath of relief. Suddenly, Ori let out a scream that sounded closer to a young human girl than a male Dwarf. They all turned to see a tiger striding towards them quickly. Unfortunately, this didn't seem to be any normal tiger. It was twice as large as it should be, its eyes seemed too intelligent for a wild animal, and its coloring was completely wrong. Instead of an orange with black stripes, this tiger was grey with emerald green stripes. Raising their weapons, the Dwarves waited for the animal to attack.
"There you are! I was wondering if you'd gotten lost or attacked!" The Dwarves watched on in awe as Gandalf approached the animal quickly and scolded it. Noticing the confused faces around him, the wizard chuckled before telling the tiger to reveal itself. Before their very eyes, the tiger quickly changed from the ferocious animal into their traveling companion Faline. Bright red hair, green eyes that seemed to glow, and a body that would drive any man crazy, the woman stood tall and proud before her companions. Defiance was alight in her eyes, daring any of them to say something against her form. What she wasn't expecting was for Thorin to stomp over to her and slam his fist into her cheekbone as hard as he could.
A.N. I know this is supposed to have Beorn in it but I'm working up to that part! I feel like I need to show how the company will treat her after this revelation. So please be patient and please review!