Chp 6

Down in the dark

Authors Note IMPORTANT! I wanted to let you all know that if you haven't already guessed that I am following the movie with this story because I like what Peter Jackson did with the book, so after it covers the first movie it will be finished till the next one comes out hence (part 1 of 3 in the description I changed it). Now this isn't to say I will keep everyone waiting till then without Thorin. I have been working on a separate Thorin story that will go through to the end of the hobbit, the first movie and stuff from my fantastical brain. Also if you read this important note YOU ARE AWSOME.

Love,

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Ruby awoke with a start and placed a hand on her chest as she felt her heart beating so fast she thought it would burst from her chest. She took a few deep breaths to calm her frenzied heart, but it did little to sway her. Ruby then stood up and looked around and saw that mostly everyone was sleeping soundly; a smiled passed her lips as she walked away from the tree line and looked across the landscape. The sun had just started to peak through the horizon.

"You're up early" a voice said and she turned her head and saw Bofur up and walking over to her.

"Yes it would seem that I am" Ruby said with a light smile to Bofur.

"You woke up in a fright" Bofur said.

"Just a bad dream is all" Ruby said and stretched and felt pain in her chest "ow…guess I should look at my cuts"

"Best take care of them before they get bad" Bofur said as Ruby nodded and walked back over to where her sleeping roll was.

Thorin was to her left along with everyone else so she turned to give him her back and everyone else so they wouldn't see. In truth Ruby dreamt of when the warg jumped on her, seeing teeth and claws coming at her gave her a fright like something she didn't know. She never was so scared at that moment, and it still bothered her a little. Ruby doubted whether she was brave enough, strong enough and if she was helping or hindering everyone.

"Bofur said you were frighten when you woke up" Thorin said as he notice the top part of Ruby's shirt open revealing some bandages and the upper part of her chest.

"You have the perfect timing of seeing me taking off my clothes or unbuttoning them" Ruby said "a girl would think you waited, or have exceptional luck"

"Ruby" Thorin said as he noticed she dodged his question as he sat in front of her "What has you so frightened?"

"It's silly" Ruby said as she turned her head away "Very silly"

"Nothing is silly if it frightens you so" Thorin replied as he reached out and gently touched Ruby's cheek and brought her face towards him again "I will listen"

"It's when the warg came at me" Ruby said "Seeing teeth and claws, I thought I was going to be the last thing that I saw"

"It is not silly" Thorin said "You were brave and strong"

"Being sandwiched between a warg I doubt it" Ruby said "At least these will leave behind a story. And speaking of story, dare I ask how you have these few grey hairs" she reached up and gently played with Thorin's hair and ran her hand down his beard "Stress, or you are just getting old"

"A little of both if would seem" Thorin said "We will be leaving shortly." He then removed Ruby's hand from his face "Be ready"

"Will do" Ruby said as she watch Thorin walk away from her and wake up everyone else.

Ruby finished patching herself up and let out a groan as she missed to bandage a spot and looked at it. It had started to heal and was very stiff so the scab on top began to crack and bleed. Ruby cursed and put half the jar of salve that she had on it and it stung as she held in her pain and put some different herbs on it before wrapping it once again and she was up and packing all the things that she needed.

Soon they were off again, traveling along the landscape. Fourteen dwarfs and a hobbit, Bofur had told her since she is half dwarf she is full dwarf to them she just won't have a beard which Ruby didn't minded at all. Days passed but they felt like short memories of similar things. Ruby brought up the rear of the company, her injuries had slowed her down slightly but they were healing nicely so Ruby took her time. She thought since there wasn't a life threatening situation she could walk slowly and thus she was at the rear. She noticed a few times Thorin stopped and searched the company for her and saw her at the last spot or second to last spot switching with Gloin. They had pasted a rather lovely small waterfall that Ruby smiled as she wished they had time to jump into the water; heavens knew they needed a bath.

However Ruby didn't expect the bath that they were going to get. They were going to take the mountain pass. Ruby had made her way between Fili and Kili, they said this way they could keep an eye on Ruby since she being last could mean she would be eaten if something happened.

"You boys just like me in the middle" Ruby said as they started on the mountain pass earning a chuckle from them.

"You caught us" Fili said as Ruby laughed.

"He just likes to look at your behind as we walk" Kili said and Ruby smacked him as Fili laughed and Ruby smacked him.

"I hate you both" Ruby said and stopped and let Fili pas "there now you can't"

"Ruining our fun" Kili said as they walked on.

Soon along the mountain pass it started to rain heavily. Their vision had become almost impossible to see and Ruby was having a hard time seeing.

"I wanted a bath not just this way" Ruby mumbled to herself as she stared at Fili's back to make sure she wasn't going to fall off. She heard a noise behind her and saw Bilbo slip "Bilbo!" Ruby yelled just as Dwalin and Bofur grabbed Bilbo and Ruby let out a sigh of relief.

"Don't worry lass I wouldn't let your cousin fall" Bofur said with a smile.

"I could kiss you right now Bofur" Ruby said

"Well then why don't you" Bofur said and Ruby let out a laughed and kissed his cheek "oh ho see that, she kissed me"

"Oh shut up" Ruby said with a laugh as they kept walking on and they then stopped.

"We must find shelter" Thorin yelled loudly and Ruby barely heard him.

"Look out!" Dwalin yelled and suddenly everyone attention was on a giant boulder heading their way.

Ruby looked at it and the color drained from her face.

"Oh we're screwed" Ruby said as it hit the mountain and she ducked and put her arms over her head like almost everyone else. She felt rocks and larger rocks fall on her arms and she let out a gasp in pain.

Ruby then felt Bofur grab her and pull her to him and covered her with half his body to keep her out of harm's way.

"This is no thunder storm" Balin said "it's a thunder battle look"

Ruby looked up and saw stone giants, and she mouth fell open as she stood up and watched the stone giant pick up a large boulder.

"Well bless me the legends are true" Bofur said looking at it. "Giants, stone giants"

"I really wish they weren't" Ruby said starring at it as it threw another boulder at them "that is trying to kill us"

They all turned to see it went right past and hit a giant behind them. Ruby had rethink what scared her, this was defiantly more than, I am going to die compared to the warg.

"Take cover!" Thorin yelled as Ruby was looking over the edge and Bofur grabbed her and pushed her into the mountain side as more rocks were falling on them.

"We are going to die" Ruby said to herself as she looked at Fili and saw he was just as scared about the stones now falling.

Ruby felt something moving under her feet and really didn't want to look down. As she did she saw Fili starring at her feet as the mountain began to split in two. Ruby looked up at Fili with worried eyes as the gap got bigger and she quickly tried to get towards Bofur as the gap had become too wide to jump.

"Ruby!" Fili yelled causing everyone to look over and she let out a yell as the ground beneath her let go and she fell.

"Help me!" Ruby yelled as she grabbed on to the edge and the rock slicing her hands up "Bofur!"

"Ruby!" Bofur said and tried to get to Ruby and was able to pull her up "you alright"

"Yea" she said as she turned and saw Fili and Kili looking at her with worried eyes "We will never make that" she then looked up and saw that they were on a stone giants' leg "Oh hell" and it started to move before it got hit in the head smacking it backwards.

Ruby looked and saw that Thorin and most were able to get across safely to a non-stone giant body part. The giant moved again and they to hand on. They were being thrown around on the small ledge and trying their hardest to not fall to their deaths. At one point they had passed right by the others and Ruby could see the worry in Thorin's face as everyone tried to reach out and grab them but they passed by too quickly. The stone giant they were on was heading down; Ruby looked to the side and then noticed everyone was looking ahead. The mountain was coming to greet them, she Ruby knew it wasn't going to be pleasant. All Ruby remember was rock coming right at her face and then nothing.

Ruby woke up to some yelling and slowly sat up and put her hand to her head and felt a sharp pain. She looked around and saw Thorin hanging off the side of the mountain with Dwalin hanging on to him and she was quickly to her feet which wasn't a good idea because she swayed and held on to the mountain side for support.

"I thought we lost our burglar" Dwalin said as he let go of Thorin as Thorin stood up.

"He's been lost ever since he went home" Thorin said as he sideways glanced at Bilbo who was breathing deeply. "He should have never of come, he has no place amongst us" he then walked to a cave entrance where Ruby was leaning against and walked inside followed by Dwalin "Search to the back cave in the mountain are rarely unoccupied" he then looked back and saw Ruby stumble in the cave and she headed towards the back of the cave to sit down.

"There nothing here" Dwalin said

"Right then let's get a fire started" Gloin said as he rubbed his hands after dropping some wood that Ruby had no idea where he got it from.

"No, no fires" Thorin said "not in this place. Get some sleep we start at first light"

"We were to wait in the mountains till Gandalf joined us" Balin said "that was the plan"

"Plan's change" Thorin said and turned to Bofur "Bofur take the first watch" Thorin then looked around the cave and saw Ruby towards the back soaked to the bone.

Thorin made his way over to Ruby and sat down next to her and saw her shaking. He touched her arm and frowned.

"Your freezing" Thorin said as he pulled Ruby to him and noticed small cuts all over her hands. He moved back against the wall and pulled Ruby into her chest as she still shook from the cold of being wet and just being cold.

After what seemed like hours Ruby was laying down next to Thorin. He helped her re-bandaged her stomach wounds and her hands and out some healing salve on her face. Ruby was a few feet away and still shook from the cold; she pulled her coat tighter around her and heard a sigh behind her.

"Come here" Thorin said as he watched Ruby turn towards him "Come here" he then opened his arm and motion for Ruby to scoot over towards him.

Ruby paused for a moment before scooting over to Thorin and she wrapped her arms around him, and they disappeared underneath his warm jacket. Thorin's arms wrapped around Ruby puling her close and he was able to get most of Ruby underneath his coat.

"Go to sleep" Thorin said as he felt Ruby's head against his chest he looked down and ran a hand through her half wet hair.

Ruby closed her eyes and let the warmth help lull her to sleep. Her arms were wrapped in Thorin's coat, and she wondered how he was able to wear this all the time it was very warm. She took a deep breath and smile as she fell asleep. Thorin felt Ruby's breathing beginning to slow down and he felt that she was sleeping soundly. Thorin didn't know what to think with having Ruby next to him as she slept, it was a feeling that he wasn't use to and he closed his eyes to get in some sleep before they headed off in the morning.

"Get up!" Thorin yelled as Ruby's eyes shot open just in time to see everyone fall right through the floor.

Ruby let out a ghastly scream as they fell and she tumbled against the rocks and was separated from Thorin. They all tumbled down and down along with everything that they had. Soon their journey was stopped as they all fell into what looked like a cage meant to catch them. Ruby landed on top and groaned out in pain. However before any of them could breathe goblins came running towards them and over took them all. Ruby was the first to be grabbed and thrown to another goblin.

"Let me go!" Ruby yelled as the goblins manhandled them all.

"Get off!" Fili said as they stood in front of Thorin as everyone else was being to be thrown.

Ruby was able to hit one in the head and it momentarily let her go where she tried to run but another caught her leg and she went face first into the ground.

"Let her go" Thorin yelled as he saw a goblin start to drag Ruby along the ground.

"Don't touch there" Ruby yelled harshly as one goblin roughly pulled her up and touched her chest.

Everyone was fighting back and being dragged alone and saying the most colorful things that came to mind. As they were being pulled through a hallway carved in the mountain soon it opened up and Ruby gulped. Thousands and thousands of goblins were on different levels of the cave made from the wooden bridges. Soon they stopped and were stripped of their weapons, Ruby looked up to see the most disgusting looking thing she has seen in a long time. The Goblin King. Ruby looked at him and held in a small gag, his face with his scrotum chin was a face only his mother could love if she drank too much ale. She was towards the front when the Goblin king stepped down using some other goblins as a step stool.

"How would be so bold to come armed into my kingdom" the Goblin King said as he leaned down and looked at them all. "Spies? Thieves? Assassins?"

"Dwarves your malevolence" one goblin said

"Dwarves" the Goblin King said as he leaned back and sat in his chair.

"Dwarves my lord we found them on the front door" the goblin said.

"Don't just stand there search them" The Goblin King said as they goblins around then began to search "Every crack every creveas"

Ruby let out a squeal as one goblin started to look under her shirt and she decked him and made him take a step back and noticed the Goblin King look at her.

"What are you doing in these parts" he asked them "Speak" and when no one answered "Fine if they will not talk we will make them squawk" he then turned to the thousands of goblins behind him "Bring up the mangler, bring up the bone breaker" he then turned to Ruby "Start with the pretty dwarf women"

Ruby starred up at the Goblin King as some goblin closed in on Ruby.

"Wait" Thorin yelled as he walked towards the front and stood in front of Ruby who grabbed on to the back of his coat.

"Well well well" The Goblin king said looking at Thorin. Look who it is Thorin, son of Thrain, son of Thror. King under the mountain" and he did a fake bow "Ooh but I keep forgetting you don't have a mountain. Which makes you nobody really" Thorin gave him a hard look "I know someone who would pay a pretty price for your head, just a head nothing attached. Perhaps you know of whom I speak, an old enemy of yours. A pale orc astride a white warg."

"Azog the defiler was destroyed" Thorin said "he was slain in battle long ago"

"So you think his defiling days are done do you" The Goblin King said as he turned to his messenger "Send word to the pale orc, tell him I have found his prize, and something extra" he then gave Ruby a look and she didn't like it one bit.

The goblins then proceeded to push them around as different types of machines were brought up and some goblins held Ruby a little further away from everyone else.

"Bones will be shattered, necks will be rung" the Goblin king sang "Bruised and batter from racks you will be hung. You'll die down her and never be found, down in the deep in goblin town" suddenly he jumped back into his chair as one goblin dropped Thorin sword "I know that sword, it is the goblin cleaver, that blade has sliced a thousand necks" suddenly all the goblins turned more violent "Slash them, eat them kill them all, cut off his head" he then pointed to Thorin who was being held down by goblins.

Ruby then saw Thorin and she quickly struggled against the goblins holding her and ran over and knocked the goblin about to cut off Thorin head but then head him trying to take off her head. Suddenly a bright light came over them blinding them all.