It was raining. Freaking great. We had taken what Thorin called 'The Mountain Pass'. We hugged close to the wall of the mountain. Kili had given me his jacket and placed it over my shoulders and head, putting up his own hood. Thorin yelled loudly against the wind and rain, telling us we need shelter. A crash of thunder sounded and a large rock hit our mountain having rocks fall down on us. A stone giant appeared, fighting another. Our mountain shook and split, having Kili on the other side of me. I reached for him and he reached for me, not being able to reach. He gave me a worried look. I felt an arm grab me and pull me back, keeping me close to the wall. I looked as saw Fili, yelling at everyone. Our stone giant had clashed with another and moved, having us all yell. I saw Kili and them jump onto the mountain that didn't move. We, however, went the other way. A giant hit ours, sending it backwards and it's knee reaching the mountain and crashing. I heard Kili yell 'No', along with Thorin. Fili pushed me off onto the mountain, the others following. Kili pushed past the others and came around the rock, seeing us all packed on the ground. He sighed with relief and helped me up. I hugged him tightly and looked at the others, going to help them. Thorin helped as well, finding a small sliver in the cave just big enough that we could all fit in. We scurried in quickly, shivering from the cold rain and strippign of our wet items, except for me. I stood at the mouth of the cave, facing away as the men changed and dried off best they could and wrung out their damp clothes. When it was clear, I turned back around and sat down next to Kili, leaning on his shoulder. He wrapped his arm around my shoulder and held me close, keeping me warm best he could. Bofur had the first watch, leaning against the mouth of the cave, closing his eyes and fighting sleep.
I kept close to Kili, feeling Thorin's eyes on my back the whole time. I heard a small rumble and sat up, looking around. I saw the sand slip through cracks and quickly grabbed my things. "Everybody! Up!" I yelled and everyone was on their feet, only to fall through cracks. I gripped tightly to my bag and sword, falling on top of the dwarves and groaning. A large group of goblins came to us, screaming and shouting and cackling, grabbing the dwarves and I and forcing us to walk. Kili struggled most of all to get to me, fighting best he can against the creatures. They grabbed his hair and threw him forward I slipped off to the side and tripped, falling over the edge, letting out a loud yell. It was cold, and dark. I had fallen into a pile of weeds, being hidden well. I saw that a goblin had fallen earlier, having damaged something important. A creature had shown up, saying how it was going to eat this other creature. When he started to drag it away, it had reacted, flailing about. The creature picked up a rock, and smashed it against it's head. The goblin fell silent and limp, the creature continued to drag it, singing a nasty song on the way. Once I didn't hear the singing anymore, I poked my head, scurrying to my feet and looking around, stepping on something cold, metal, and hard. I grimaced and lifted my foot, seeing a gold ring against the black rock. I picked it up and looked at it closely, hearing the soft sounds of scurrying and putting it in my bag, hugging the wall and following the small path to a lake. The creature was up at the top, the goblin underneath him. He sang the nasty song again, the creature squealing loudly. I lifted my sword to see it glowed a baby blue. I looked back up and saw that the creature had bashed another rock on it, causing my sword to stop glowing and go back to normal. I peeked around the corner, and it was no longer there. I panted quietly and drew my sword, holding it close to me.I heard soft talking then a 'boo!'. I jumped and quickly turned around, seeing a gray creature on it's hands and feet, walking towards me. "My my my preciouss... What do we haves here?" it said and smiled, showing 6 teeth. I shivered at it. "A-Aria.. Aria Baggins." It looked confused. "Bagginses? What is a 'Bagginses'?" it circled me, asking to itself it it could eat me.I pointed the sword. "Keep you're distance! I will use this!" I threatened, not knowing how to use a sword properly.
(Kili's POV)
I lost her. I can't believe I lost Aria. I grunted loudly as the goblins forced us to their leader, it being a raunchy loud, fat thing. I looked at my brother and my uncle, seeing their expressions as we arrived in front of the Goblin King. I looked around behind me to find Aria. Finding no luck, I feared the worse, swallowing what felt like my heart and holding back the anger that spread within. "Well well well! Just the man I wanted to see!" He got close to Thorin, causing Fili to try to move for him, the goblins hissing and moving him back. "Everybody search them! Every nook and cranny! Every crack and crevice!" the Goblin King shouted loudly, the goblins doing as they're told and ridding us of our weapons. I growled under my breath and glared hard at the King. One goblin got curious with uncle's sword and opened it, hissing and screaming throwing it down, having the Goblin King yell and cower in his throne. "That's the Goblin Cleaver!" he hit the bottom of his staff on the ground. "Kill them! Kill them all!" he ordered, the goblins grabbing whips and hitting us, forcing me down onto my knee and grimace in pain.
(Aria's POV)
After being stuck down here, this creature, (I learned his name was Gollum) had a game of riddles. It was down to the last riddle, and my turn. I felt my dress and bag, feeling the pocket that had the ring in it. "Asks us a questions.." Gollum said loudly, growling a bit. I nodded quickly, "Yes yes I know!" I held up a hand, feeling the pocket again. "What have I got in my pocket?" I said quietly. He looked at me with confusion. "What?" "What.. What have I got, it this pocket?" I tapped it. "No fair! Not a question!" he came running at me, growling loudly. I held the sword to his throat and shook a bit. "You said to ask you a question, and I did. What is in this pocket?" He groaned and went to the other side. "3 guesses, you must gives us 3!" "Fire away," he scurried about the ground, picking up fish bones, wondering what I would carry. "Handses!" At that moment I took it out, having him growl and go back to looking. "Knife!" "Wrong, guess again, one more," I warned him, having a growl emerge through his mouth. He panicked and whined. "String!" He said, quickly adding another. "Or nothing!" "Wrong, both times," I told him,seeing a sad look on his face as he plopped over and weeped. I fiddled a bit. "You um.. Need to show me the way out. It was a deal.." He glared at me. "Dids we? Dids we make a deal?" he grinned and reached in his pocket, his grin disappearing and worry slapped across. He looked around quickly, screaming loss and crying. I backed up a bit, taking the ring out of my pocket and holding it in my hand. He stood still growling. "What HAS it got in it's nasty pocketses?" He growled and came running after me. I took off down the path, holding the ring tightly and looking back every so often, seeing a dead end. I whined and looked around, seeing a small entrance, just big enough for me to fit through. I squeezed through, falling in the ground, the ring flinging into the air. I reached to catch it, it slidding on my finger. Gollum ripped through the cave in front of me, looking around to find me. I looked at him, waving my hand in front of his face. He didn't see me and ran off, yelling Baggins really loud. I stood up and followed cautiously.
(Kili's POV)
I struggled hard against the goblins, the king singing loudly about how bones would be shattered and others. One grabbed my hair, making me yell loudly. Thorin growled and fought a bit against them, only throwing off a few. A flash of white light blinded me and made everyone hit the we came too, Gandalf stood there with Glamdring in his hand. "Stand up and fight." He said loudly, having us all slowly sit up. "Fight!" We quickly got to our feet, grabbing our weapons and slashing down the goblins, running as fast as we could behind Gandalf. My older brother and Uncle ran in front of me, the rest behind us. Throughout our way, we slashed goblins, making our way to a board like walk where the Goblin King burst out. Gandalf tightened his grip on his weapon and slit his stomach and throat, cutting the ropes and sliding down a cliff side. We hit the grown and groaned loudly, being under boards under boards. The body of the king hit where we were, and crushed us, making us groan loudly. I was trapped under boards and grimaced, hearing Dwalin yell loudly. "Gandalf!" I said loudly, struggling, seeing all the goblins crawl down the cliff after us. Gandalf helped us all out and we were on our way, running and panting a bit.
(Aria's POV)
I slowly creeped up behind Gollum, watching him yell 'thief' and 'Baggins'. I had a look of confusion on my face as I followed. Gollum came to a passage where light shown, then quickly hid, seeing Gandalf and the dwarves passing. I saw Kili, an angered look on his face. I opened my mouth to yell at him but kept it shut. Gollum started tearing up and growling, getting angry again. I stepped back and ran, jumping over him and running out down the hill. I came up to the group, Kili being held by Thorin, hearing his soft sobs. I held my mouth and felt my eyes get teary. Thorin kept him calm as everyone kept silent. Kili pushed away from Thorin, walking away. Fili started after him, Gandalf pulling him back, "No.. Leave him.." Gandalf turned away, as did everyone. I followed quietly behind Kili, hearing his angry sobs. He leaned against a rock and slid down, curling close to himself and sobbing loudly, gripping his hair. I wiped my cheeks, only having more tears slide down. I quietly sobbed, watching as he stood up and hit the rock with a stick, breaking it in half. I turned to see the others heartbroken, but not like Kili. He really loved me. And I really loved him. I went behind a tree and took the ring off, slipping it in the bag and setting it down, coming out. "Kili..." I said softly and watched his head fly up, a happy smile bursting from his lips. He stood up and ran to me, taking me in his arms and hugging me tightly, letting out happy sobs. Thorin saw us and ran over quickly, Fili following. We ended up on our knees embracing each other, happy sobs escaping our lips. "I thought I lost you.." he managed to say between sobs. "Aria..." I heard another voice, I turned and saw Thorin and smiled a bit, getting down and wrapping his arms around us. Kili nuzzled into me, sniffling a bit. Gandalf had a smile on his face, trying not to slip a tear. The others, however, no matter how tough you think they are, were sobbing. I smiled and wiped my cheeks. Kili kissed me passionately kissing my cheeks and keeping me close. Thorin stood and cleared his throat, trying to look tough. I chuckled and stood up, Kili following and hugging me. "How did you get away?" Balin said, wiping his pink cheeks. "I uh.. Fell when you guys were being taken away and I found a way out of the mountain is all," I smiled and sighed, getting my bag and next to Kili. He held me and smiled, wrapping his arm tightly around my waist and holding me close. It was getting dark and when that happened, nothing good followed. We heard the howling or Wargs and ran, finding no way to run except off a shouted to us quickly, "The trees!" And we climbed quickly.
Kili helped me up and sat in a branch above, the wargs, circling the trees and biting up at us. I held close to the tree and yelped whenever the beasts jumped. A pale white warg approached and growled loudly, a white orc riding on it. I heard Thorin gasp loudly and growl. The orc said something in some language and looked at me, grinning. I whimpered and gripped the bark of the tree. He yelled something and the wargs attacked the trees, unrooting them and having us jump onto one tree. Gandalf had lit a pine cone on fire and passed the fire down the tree, throwing it at the wargs. Soon, the ground was a blaze, the wargs retreating, except the white orc. Our tree was slipping and falling over until it jerked and hit the ledge, causing me to let go of the branch and fall, grabbing onto another and dangling from the tree. "Kili!" I yelled loudly, gasping. "Aria!" He saw and jumped down quickly, taking my wrist and pulling me up best he could. I gripped his arm tightly until my knuckles were white, squeezing my eyes shut. He finally pulled me up and embraced me tightly. I looked at him and panted heavily. "W-Where's Thorin .?" I looked around the tree. "He's there.." Kili motioned to the ground, seeing Thorin run after the orc Thorin hit the ground immediately, the warg and rider circling him until he got up again and went to attack, having being taken down again. He hit the rock and gasped, not being able to reach his sword. I stood up and watched as an orc that stayed came up to kill him. I ran and drew my sword, tackling the creature and rolling on the ground, stabbing it a couple times before guarding white orc laughed loudly and asked me something, not being able to understand. I growled a bit and brought my sword down onto the rider's beast's nose. I looked at the tree and found it empty, seeing all the dwarves attack the wargs. Kili came next to me and fought by my side, taking down any enemy that ventured near Thorin. Gandalf stood in the tree, calling out to us that the Eagles have arrived. I looked and saw what he meant, seeing large birds swoop down and grab the remaining enemy and us. Kili and I were picked up and dropped onto another eagle and when all of us were gathered, we flew off. I layed against Kili and panted, seeing the worry in his eyes for his uncle. I held his hand tightly, leaning on him and sighing softly. He kissed the top of my forehead and watched his uncle for any movement. By the time dawn arrived and it was early morning, the Eagles swooped down low and rested us on a rock and flew off. Kili went immediately to Thorin, as did I and Gandalf.
Gandalf moved everyone aside and placed a hand over Thorin's face, mumbling some words and us all watching as Thorin's bruised eyes fluttered open. We all sighed with relief, Kili and Fili helping him up. "Where's Aria?" I heard Thorin mumble angrily. I looked at him and swallowed my heart. "You nearly got yourself killed Aria! What were you thinking?!" he growled a bit. I looked down and shrugged. "I just wanted to help.." I felt a pair of arms wrap around me, and to my surprise, it was Thorin. "I thank you Aria Baggins.." he mumbled quietly. I hugged back and everyone cheered a bit. He pulled away and wandered to Dwalin, talking to him. I turned around and looked past the mountains and into the distance. "Everyone.." I had gotten their attention. "Look," I pointed straight, my finger covering but the tip of The Lonely Mountain, their home. Everyone smiled and sighed, getting closer to view their old home. Kili came next to me and twined his fingers with mine. "Erebor.." I heard Oin or Gloin mumble quietly. "Durin's day is exactly 4 months away if we head for it now," Gandalf said loudly. "We will take rest at an old friend of mine, Beorn's," and he started down the spiraling stairs. We all followed, Kili and I sticking close together, holding each other's hands tightly. We got about 20 miles before we came to a field with large bees. Gandalf turned to us and explained that Beorn was not normal and that we need to be slowly introduced by twos. "I'll whistle for Thorin and Aria first. Then Fili and Kili. Oin, Gloin, Bifur, Bofur, Ori, Nori, Balin, Dwalin, Dori and finally, Bombur," he said and walked ahead down a trail. We lined up in our order and waited, hearing the whistle close to 10 minutes later.
Thorin and I slowly made our way down the pathway, seeing Gandalf in front of a large, muscly man. He had jet black hair and beard, wearing a green tunic with a brown like cloak over that, wearing leather shoes and brown tathered pants. We both bowed a bit at him, the large man gruffing a bit. "Well! Who are you? And what are you?" He nodded at me. I looked at him then down. "My name is Aria Baggins and I'm a hobbit," I bowed my head. "Well! A hobbit. I've never seen the likes of you before! And what about you?" "Thorin, son of Thrain son of Thror," Thorin said and bowed to him a bit. "Well! I must ask, why do you show up at my doorstep?" Gandalf explained our story about the way to Erebor and the mountain pass. "Fascinating! Please, come in, tell me more!" We followed Beorn into the large house and sat around an enormous fire, Thorin sitting next to Gandalf and listening closely to him speak. After story by story, each pair of dwarves appeared until we were all in. Beorn had gotten excited over the large amount of company in his home, gruffing slightly every once in a while when we spoke. "So, if I may ask, why is a female here?" everyone looked at him. I swallowed hard and looked down, feeling Kili's hand press mine softly. Thorin, to my surprise spoke up. "She's a remarkable woman. She saved all of our lives, mine twice. She's a good addition to the company and we're happy to call her a part of it," he smiled softly at me and bowed his head slightly. I smiled back, not expecting the kindness from him. Everyone else smiled at well, except for Dwalin, who was shocked by him being so nice. Beorn chuckled. "Well! We have food and drinks here and beds so feel free to spend the evening here!" he stood up, towering over us and walking with Gandalf outside and were not seen for the rest of the night.