I only own Heather and I have Kate's permission to use her

Kate's POV

We had been travelling for hours and I was personally exhausted. I looked toward Heather to see she had fallen asleep… on her horse. SERIOUSLY! She can sleep ANYWHERE! I saw Kili riding close to her just in case she fell off. He had one hand gripping his reins and the other hand was holding onto her horse's reins. I smiled and turned to Fili. I motioned over to them and he smiled too. He and I rode forward toward Thorin and Gandalf. They were bickering, it seemed, as we rode up to a weathered shack that looked as if it hadn't been inhabited for several years. When we got there Thorin shouted to everyone to stop and make camp. I was relieved so I gladly slid off of the back of my horse and onto the ground. Gandalf was stomping away toward his horse so I followed him.

"Gandalf, where are you going!?" I asked. He turned around and glared toward Thorin.

"To go seek the council of the only person with any sense!" he yelled. I stopped and looked at him confused.

"Who?" I asked. This time he glared down at me and mounted his horse.

"MYSELF!" he yelled and rode off. I looked toward Bilbo to see that he was upset and he had slumped to the ground. I walked over and placed a hand on his shoulder.

"It's okay Bilbo, he'll be back. Wizards just come and go whenever they please. Don't get so upset." I offered smiling. He smiled at me meekly and got up walking toward the fire. Thorin walked over and was about to say something when a small smiled graced his face. I looked over to where he was to see that Kili had woken Heather up and he was reaching up toward her. She was groggy and as she slid down he lifted her and she cuddled into his chest. I smiled and looked toward Thorin. He had wiped the happy from his face and was now staring at me looking as stern as ever.

"I need you, Fili, Kili, and presumably Heather since she's attached to the boy's cloak, to go and watch the ponies. We will send Bilbo up with dinner." He said. I saluted and went and gathered the three other dwarves. We all grabbed the reins of the ponies, Heather was a bit grumpy after she was made to leave Kili's embrace, and walked up the hill toward the paddock. We arrived and stuck the horse in and then sat quietly against a tree stump. Heather fell back asleep on Kili's shoulder and shortly after he fell asleep too. Fili was carving something out of wood so I decided to walk around a bit. I heard rustling a short time later and I ran back to see that Bilbo had food with him. I smiled and went to grab a bowl when I heard Heather swear.

"Broski! Some of the horses are gone!" She yelled. We all rushed toward her and saw that, indeed, a few of the horses were missing. Kili grabbed her hand and pulled her to the side and the rest of us followed. We saw a roaring fire and then a giant, grey skinned, monster walked into sight. "Oh my God." Heather whispered. I saw she was shaking and I was shaking too. A few seconds later Bilbo was being pushed into the clearing to go and save the horses. After he turned around Heather and I were grabbed and we were running back toward the camp.

"What are you doing!? We can't leave little Bilbo!" I screamed. Heather had the same expression that I did.

"You both are cowards! I'm not leaving Bilbo to torture and death!" she screamed before breaking out of Kili's grasp and running back toward Bilbo. Kili went to go after her but Fili grabbed him and his grip on me tightened. We ran down the hill and that's when they started yelling.

"Trolls! Huge mountain trolls! They might have Bilbo!" Fili yelled. Kili ran ahead of him and straight to his uncle.

"They might have Heather too! We HAVE to help them!" he said. I saw he had a pleading look on his face, one that apparently his uncle couldn't resist. Thorin motioned for them to grab their weapons and so they did. A few minutes later and we were all rushing back up the hill to save Bilbo. I know everyone was worried about Heather also but my best friend could handle herself for sure. I know she wouldn't let the trolls eat her or Bilbo. Sure enough when we arrived Heather was distracting the trolls… oddly enough with one of her jokes.

"…so they guy says he wants H2O and then the guy beside him says he wants H2O too. The second guy dies! Get it? H2O2? It's poisonous to the human body! I guess you guys wouldn't get it because you're trolls… Hmm. I don't think I have any troll jokes. WAIT! Okay so what's the difference between a troll and an ogre?" She began. Thorin gave the signal and Kili jumped out from the bushes.

"Put them down!" he roared. He looked pissed and I saw Heather spin around in the troll's grasp and frown at him.

"Dammit Kili, that was my best joke!" she yelled. I rolled my eyes and then I saw Kili rush in sword flying. The other dwarves jumped in too and soon it was a full out battle. I could hear the sound of metal hitting troll flesh and it made me want to throw up. Heather had dropped to the ground and was now singing the 'Mission Impossible' theme song while rolling around trying to avoid being squished. She didn't see the troll behind her though so I ran up and pushed her out of the way. The troll grabbed me around the waist and picked me up. I saw that the other dwarves had been caught too. They were still running after Heather.

"Run, run, run as fast as you can! You can't catch me, I'm the GINGERBREAD MAN!" she was singing. I rolled my eyes and glared at her.

"HEATHER!" I yelled. She stopped and looked at me allowing the trolls to catch her too. I sighed deeply and we were all shoved into sacks.