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Chapter Seven
Storms
The rain just kept coming in torrents. Pelting us and making the path even more dangerous than it would have been dry. Curses flew out of everyone's mouths as we slipped against the wet surface of the rock. Still the rain never let up even once. I was starting to think that the sun was never going to appear again. My foot caught a rock causing me to fall into Kili's back. He looked over his shoulder at me with a worried look.
"You alright?" he asked over the thunder of the storm.
"Yeah just tripped over a blasted rock!" Yelling back to him over the thunder. We continued on as the wind was now whipping as hard as it could. Occasionally looking back at Fili and Bilbo from time to time. Bilbo almost fell off the edge a few times and if it wasn't for Bofur and Dwalin we would have lost him.
"We must find shelter!" Throin yelled from the front of the line.
"Look out!" Dwalin yelled causing all of us to look out into the distances. A huge boulder was flying through the air right at us.
"Ali!" Kili yelled pushing me closer to the mountain side and protecting me with his body. The boulder crashed into the mountain raining debris upon us.
"This is no thunderstorm!" Balin yelled pointing out at something that was moving among the rocks. "It's a thunder battle!" Just then the rocks formed into a figure.
"Well bless me. The legends were true. Stone...stone giants!" Bofur yelled as the figure broke off another boulder and throwing. It collided with another figure sending it backwards.
"Take cover you fool!" Thorin yelled at Bofur as he was grabbed by Dwalin. As more and more rocks fell upon us. The ground beneath our feet started to tremble and rumble. As if it was moving.
"HOLD ON!" Dwalin yelled as we all tried to stay in one place. Just then the path between me and Kili started to break apart. Fili grabbed my arm pulling me into his arms as Kili yelled for us.
"Ali, Fili take my hand!" Kili held out his hand for us. But we moved away from him to fast and couldn't reach. Feeling sick to my stomach as we got further away from the others. They watched us with horrified expressions on their faces.
"Kili!" I yelled. Looking up realizing that we were on the knees of another stone giant. This wasn't going to be good. Glancing ahead of us as another one came towards the one we were on. It head butted the creature knocking it back. The knee of the creature collided into the mountain as the others quickly got off. While the rest of us were clinging for dear life. "What are we going to do!" I yelled at Fili. He shook his head and continued to hold on to me.
So many giants surrounded the mountains punching, and throwing boulders at the other. Finally, the one we were on was clobbered in the head by a boulder. It swayed and started to fall backwards as we lurched forward and headed straight for the mountain. Closing my eyes holding onto Fili for dear life. Colliding into the rock feeling Fili protect me from being flattened. The giant that we had been on reeled back and fell into the deep chasm below. I could hear Thorin shouting.
"NO... NO..." then he came rushing around the little bend calling for his nephew. "FILI!"
"We're alright! We're alive!" someone shouted. Fili helped me stand up and I hugged him feeling relief now that we were back on the solid mountain and not on those stone giants.
"Ali, Fili," Kili came over and hugged his brother. Then he looked at me and put his hands to my face. "You're not hurt are you?" Shaking my head seeing him let out a breath. "Good." He hugged me again. Then we broke apart when Bofur started yelling.
"Where's Bilbo? Where's the hobbit!" We could hear grunting and I saw someone's hands clinging to the slippery rocks.
"There!" Shouting and pointing at the ledge.
"Get him!" Dwalin bellowed throwing himself to the ground to grab him. Clinging to Kili with baited breath as everyone was trying to save Bilbo from falling. He slipped as I gasped but was able to hold on. Thorin jumped down and hoisted him back up. Then Thorin slipped and I felt Kili go ridged, Dwalin managed to grab him and pull him up.
"I thought we lost our burglar," Dwalin said relief in his voice.
"He's been lost ever since he left home. He should've never come. He has no place amongst us." Thorin angrily looked at the hobbit and started toward a cave. "Dwalin."
Laying my head against Kili's head as his arms rubbed my back comforting me. Fili was helping Bombur up as we followed the others headed into the cave. Once in Gloin went to start a fire but Thorin stopped that idea from happening. Kili lead me over to a spot, sitting down I took off my cloak and rung it out so it could dry. Looking back at him as he smirked with a slight blush on his cheeks. Fili sat next to me on the other side.
"I thought I lost you two," he said taking my hands. Smiling then we heard sighing. We looked over at Fili as he smirked.
"Just tell her brother, or I will." Fili stated making me look at him then at Kili who had a glare on his face.
"Aye lad you put a courting braid in her hair and she doesn't know our customs," Bofur said making me look at Kili as he blushed.
"Courting braid?" I asked putting my hand to the braid that he put in my hair.
"Aye when a dwarf falls in love they put courting braids in the woman he loves hair," Bofur said chuckling. I turned to Kili and felt my own face flaming.
"Is that true Kili?" asking with the utmost seriousness. He looked at me and nodded my heart felt like it skipped a beat. He smiled pulling my face to his then kissed me. I was shocked at first but then started kissing back. We heard clapping and realizing what we did in front of the others, made my face even redder then before. Hiding my face in the crook of his neck as he wrapped his arms around me.
"Ali. I also have feelings for you. Will you permit me to add my courting braid in your hair as well?" Fili asked. Looking shocked as I looked between the brothers.
"But how is that possible?" Asking them totally and utterly confused.
"It's not unheard of for two dwarf men to take one wife. Women are scarce in our culture. And sometimes brother's will share a wife." Bofur explained.
"It does an old dwarf proud to see pure love," I heard Balin say. Having a feeling that he knew that we liked each other but were too stubborn to tell the other.
"Fili, Kili, Ali may I have a word," this time it was Thorin. Gulping seeing Fili and Kili tense at the sound of their uncle's voice. A million thoughts ran through my mind as we stood up following him to the back of the cave.
"Yes uncle?" Kili asked once we made it to the back of the cave. Kili held my left hand while Fili held my right, both squeezing my hands. Looking at Thorin noticing a small wisp of a smile before it was gone.
"I will not permit you, any of you to become distracted by the other. If any of you slip up I will not allow the courting." Scolding us but then clapped his nephews on the shoulders then taking my hand in his patting it. Then he walked back to the front of the cave and shouted, "get some sleep we start at first light."
"We were to wait in the mountains until Gandalf joined us. That was the plan," Balin said making me look at him and Thorin.
"Plans change. Bofur take the first watch," Thorin said going over to a spot and laid down.
Kili, Fili and I laid down together with me in the middle. Falling to sleep was easy as the exhaustion of the last few days completely wore me out. I wasn't asleep for very long when whispered voices awoke me. Sitting up rubbing the sleep from my eyes. Seeing Bofur and Bilbo whispering amongst each other. Standing pulling on my cloak tight fighting the chill in the cave. Going over to them as they were arguing. "What are you guys talking about? Bilbo shouldn't you be asleep?" Asking them earning a glance from the two.
"He's leaving, going back to Rivendell," Bofur said making me look at the hobbit. He has become a very good friend. Frowning feeling hurt he wanting to leaving us.
"Why?" He frowned even more and looked around.
"I should have never run out my door," Bilbo turned around.
"You're home sick. I understand," Bofur tried to reason with the determined hobbit.
"No you don't, you don't understand. None of you do, you're dwarves. You're...you're used to this life. To...to living on the road. Never settling in one place. Never belonging anywhere." Bilbo argued. I saw the hurt flash through Bofur's eyes.
"Bilbo Baggins what a nasty thing to say," snapping. Realizing what he said I noticed that he regretted instantly saying that.
"Now I am sorry, I didn't..." he cut himself off as he tried to think of what to say.
"No you're right. We don't belong anywhere," Bofur said looking around at the others. Especially his cousin and brother. Glancing back at Bilbo giving him a small smile. "I wish you all the luck in the world." Bilbo looked at him surprised then he looked at me. "I really do." He patted Bilbo's shoulder.
Sighing shaking my head. "Just be careful on your way." Hugging him then headed back to my spot between the brothers. Silent tears fell down my cheeks. Kili's arm reached for me in his sleep pulling me into his chest. Fili's arm went around my waist as he moved pressing his chest into my back.
"What's that?" Bofur asked. Rumbling and creaking sounds came from beneath us. I am starting to get sick of this mountain. Never being sturdy under our feet.
"Wake up!" Thorin yelled. "Wake up!" Just then the floor moved opening up causing us to plummet deeper into the mountain.
Landing in a heap in what appeared to be a cage of some sort. Then ambushed by ugly, smelly goblins. Pulling, grabbing, pushing us down a path. Quickly pulling my hood of my cloak over my head trying to hide the fact that I am a woman. Herding us like cattle to where ever they wanted us to go. Trying to fight them off but it was no use. Tripping a bit glancing up back seeing that Bilbo was left behind. Nodding before being violently pushed forward.
Taking us deeper into the mountain. As they were touching me I felt the urge to throw up. There was so many of them, this wasn't looking good for us. Stopping in front of one fat, ugly monster as the other's stripped us of our weapons. The fat goblin got off of what looked to be a throne and looked at us.
"Who would be so bold to come into my kingdom?" Sneering over us. "Spies? Thieves? Assassins?" He sounded a bit paranoid asking that last part.
"Dwarves your malevolence," another spoke.
"Dwarves?"
"Found them on the front porch," it said.
"Well just don't stand there search them. Every crack, every crevice." Their hands started to pry through us. Even taking poor Oin's hearing horn and smashing it. "What are you doing in these parts?" Keeping my hood up feeling Kili and Fili's hand take mine as none of us said anything. Squeezing their hands as I was shaking. "Speak." It commanded. Again no one said anything. "Very well if they will not talk. We'll make them squawk. Bring out the mangler, bring up the bone breaker. Start with the youngest." It pointed a sausage finger at poor Ori.
"Wait!" Thorin yelled causing the goblins to move out of his way.
"Well, well, well. Look who it is Thorin son of Thrain, son of Thror. King under the mountain." It gave a mocking bow to him and then looked up. "Oh I am forgetting you don't have a mountain and you are not a king. Which makes you a nobody really." Thorin didn't say anything. "I know somebody that will 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. He was slain in battle long ago," Thorin disdain evident in his voice.
"So you think his defiling days are done do you? Send word to the pale orc that I have found his prize," it said to a small nasty thing attached to a rope as it left laughing. As it turned, it's nasty eyes locked on my figure. "What do we have here?" Kili and Fili pulled me behind them but were just pushed out of the way. A goblin grabbed my hood pulling it back. "A woman. What is a woman doing with a bunch of dwarves?"
"None of your business," Thorin hissed under his breath.
"Bring her to me." It said. Being pushed forward by the goblins as Kili and Fili tried to get back to me. As were the others trying to get me behind them but it was no use. When I was pushed landing on my hands and knees in front of the goblin king. Its face got close to mine, again making me want to throw up from the smell of rotting flesh and garbage.
"She seems to be the weakness of these dwarves. You shall be first to be tortured. Unless someone saves you by telling me what I want to know." Trying to get up but was pinned down. We could hear carts being pulled over the wood slats of the bridge. Then it started to sing "Bones will me shattered. Necks will be wrung...from racks you'll be hung." It was certainly happy to bring us pain. Kili, Fili and the others were being prodded as they were trying to fight them off.
One of the goblins that spoke earlier pulled Thorin's sword up and unsheathed it. Throwing it down hissing in pain, the goblin king coward before it. "I know that sword. It's the goblin cleaver. The blade that sliced a thousand necks." They started to whip us. Finally, I was let go, thrown back with the others. "Kill them all. Bring me his head!" It roared. I made it back to Kili just as there was a bright light and a force that threw everyone to the ground.
A figure came towards us realizing that it was Gandalf. "Take up arms. And Fight." he said. "FIGHT!"
A/N: Wow this chapter was didn't take me long to write at all. Hope you all enjoyed it. Just a few more chapters and we are at the end of the first movie. Not sure if I want to take off where the film left off with the book or just wait until the next movie. There will be other stories that I will write as well. Have some other ideas for a few of them. Please leave reviews if you would be so kind. Thank you ~Cerulean89
