'Oh god, is that a growth?' Willow thought, her face scrunched up as she stared at the goblin king. The company's weapons were taken and thrown to the floor in front of the Goblin king with a growth on his face.
''Who would be so bold as to come armed into my kingdom? Spies? Thieves? Assassins?" The disgusted look on Willow's face was never wavering as she blinked occasionally. Kili was trying hard to hold in his laugh at his elven friends expression, her top lip was bearing her teeth and her eyebrows were furrowed as her eyes followed the wobbling of the weird goblin kings growth chin.
"Dwarves and an elf, Your Malevolence." A goblin answered.
"Dwarves? Elf?" The goblin lump repeated as if he couldn't believe it.
"We found them on the front porch." The same goblin replied.
"Well, don't just stand there; search them! Every crack, every crevice." The goblin got to work, their hands pawing at every inch of Willows body as if trying to find something not right.
''Ah, ew! Get off me!'' Willow swung an arm out at a goblin who pulled to hard on the metal bar in her naval.
"What are you doing in these parts?'' The goblin king asked as his little ones finished searching. ''Speak!" he demanded when none of the company would open their mouths.
"Well then, if they will not talk, we'll make them squawk! Bring out the Mangler! Bring out the Bone Breaker! Start with the youngest." The goblin pointed at Ori in gesture. Willow's arm pulled the young dwarf back as Thorin walked through them.
"Wait."
The goblin king's face lit with surprise. "Well, well, well, look who it is. Thorin son of Thrain, son of Thror; King under the Mountain." The Great lump then over exaggerated a bow to Thorin.
"Oh, but I'm forgetting, you don't have a mountain. And you're not a king. Which makes you nobody, really. I know someone who would pay a pretty price for your head. Just the head, nothing attached. Perhaps you know of whom I speak, an old enemy of yours. A Pale Orc astride a White Warg."
'That sounds very not good' Willow thought as Thorin's head snapped up in disbelief.
"Azog the Defiler was destroyed. He was slain in battle long ago." The dwarven king to be spoke in his voice of natural authority. Willow had to admit, it was a rather attractive voice; something she shouldn't be thinking in this situation.
"So you think his defiling days are done, do you?" The goblin laughs and then turns to a tiny goblin sitting in a basket and holding a slate.
'Like a little scribe...an ugly one' Willow thought
"Send word to the Pale Orc; tell him I have found his prize." The tiny goblin writes down the message on his slate, he then pulls a lever that caused his basket to start sliding down a system of ropes and pulleys into the darkness.
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"Bones will be shattered, necks will be rung! You'll be beaten and battered, from racks you'll be hung. You will lie down here and never be found, down in the deep of Goblin Town." The entire company was being pushed around by the goblins as the large one sang terribly. A moment later and they all sort of stumbled away at the sight of a sword, even the goblin king retreated further back towards his throne, stepping on little goblins on the way.
"I know that sword! It is the Goblin-Cleaver, the Biter, the blade that sliced a thousand necks." as he spoke, the rest of goblins began whipping the company with ropes and leaping on them, slashing at the skin and biting.
"Slash them! Beat them! Kill them! Kill them all! Cut off his head!" As Willow looked up, She rushed forward and grabbed the wrist of a goblin that held a blade to Thorin's neck, trying to behead the dwarf. Giving a small animalistic growl in the Goblins ear, she snapped the wrist as a blinding white light exploded around. A shockwave sent all goblins flying backwards, Willow's hands gripped the sides of Thorin's coat as goblins flew over head.
Thorin could hear nothing but the gentle chuckle beside his ear ''Gandalf'' Willow whispered, raising her head to look at the grey wizard walking up
"Take up arms. Fight. Fight!" Willow pulled Thorin up to his feet as she herself got up, diving for her bow and and arrow nearby before rolling onto her back to shoot at a goblin who chased after her. The rest of the company made for their weapons, swords and ax's.
"He wields the Foe-Hammer, the Beater, bright as daylight!" The goblin king spoke, staring right at Gandalf.
''Willow!'' She turned at the call of her name, Seeing Fili in mid swing with her daggers in hand. Emerald eyes stared at her daggers as they flew through the air, legs trotting backwards and hands at the ready. Once caught, Willow spun and buried the both of them into the neck of a goblin that had its back turned to her. Out the corner of her eye, Willow saw the large goblin lump fall over the edge and hopefully, not to be seen again.
''Follow me. Quick!'' The company dropped the goblins around them and follow after gandalf over the wooden bridge ''Run!" If there was ever a moment to run at your fastest, it was now. With all the goblins of the makeshift town after them, they could not afford to stop ''Quickly!"
Willow stayed her path behind Gandalf, disposing of any goblin that dared to challenge her.
"Cut the ropes!" She had heard Thorin yell, turning her head to see a platform falling and some swinging goblin going around it like a child's swing as it was pushed over the top railing. Smiling to herself, she followed gandalf down a level, falling in step with Thorin as she stabbed a nearby Goblin.
"Quickly!" The company continues to run through the maze-like paths, getting on a section of the path suspended by ropes from above. The company slice at a few of the ropes, and the pathway swings away from the rest of the path, approaching a different one.
"Jump!" Thorin yelled. A few of the dwarves managed to make the jump before the path swung back, allowing Goblins to jump on. That fight was short lived as the path once again swung back, Willow jumped at the last minute and had only just managed to grab the edge of the path. On her ankle though, was a goblin trying to climb her like a ladder and managing to get his small blade into her calf.
''Get off me, you disgusting rat!'' Though her shout was angry, it was still pained as she kicked at the goblin. Suddenly, her wrist was grabbed and it made her head shoot up, emerald eyes meeting with those of Ori and Dwalin; They pulled her up on the path as the goblin finally fell from her leg and into the chasm below. Bleeding and in pain, Willow ran and fought as though she was not hurt.
The company continued running through the tunnels, killing all the goblins in their way but it was Evident to some that Willow was slowing and paling. Gandalf strikes a rock above them with his staff, causing the rock to fall down and begin rolling in front of the Company, making good use of it to kill goblin in their way. But as the company comes to a bridge between two walls of the cavern, The large goblin breaks through from underneath their feet.
"You thought you could escape me?'' The Great Goblin swings his mace twice at Gandalf, causing the grey wizard to stumble back and almost fall had it not been for his friends behind him.
"What are you going to do now, wizard?" Willow watches Gandalf leap forward and strike the Great Goblin in the eye with his staff. The Great lump drops his mace and clutches his face in pain as he whined "Ow, ow, ow!"
Gandalf steps forward and swipes his sword against the Great Goblin's belly; the hideous thing falls to his knees, clutching his belly."That'll do it."
Gandalf swung again, this time at the neck and kills the goblin. Though his weight proved problematic as the bridge started to shake breaking ultimately breaking and once again, everyone's ears were filled with the feminine shriek of Willow as the bridge slid down the carvens wall at terrific speed. When they hit the bottom, the company was in what Willow would call a layered dwarven sandwich of wood.
"Well, that could have been worse."
''Bo-ah!'' Willow was cut off as the heavy corpse of the large goblin crushed them further ''This ..is why you never say that!'' She glared towards Bofur as she weakly pushed herself out of the layered wooden sandwich.
"Gandalf!" Kili had called. Everyone looked up to the cavern in which they had just fallen, must have been more than million goblins running towards them.
"There's too many! We can't fight them." Dwalin spoke, Helping Nori to his feet.
"Only one thing will save us: daylight! Come on! Here, on your feet!" Gandalf help a few dwarves on their feet as did Willow before they all fled the area; following behind Gandalf.
Finally free of the cave and in broad daylight, Willow suddenly noticed the absence of her hobbit friend. The company continued to run down as the sun set in the west and once far enough they stopped to make sure everyone was okay.
"Five, six, seven, eight...Bifur, Bofur...that's ten...Fili, Kili...that's twelve... Bombur and Willow - that makes fourteen. Where's Bilbo? Where is our Hobbit? WHERE IS OUR HOBBIT?" no one spoke a word for they did not know where Bilbo was.
"Curse the the halfling! Now he's lost?!" Dwalin exclaimed angrily.
"I thought he was with Dori!" Gloin inputted.
"Don't blame me!" Dori retorted as Willow came to rest between Kili and Fili, The two brothers helping her to stand as blood continued to leave her leg.
"But where did you last see him?" Gandalf asked Dori, Turning to the grey haired dwarf.
But it was not Dori who spoke in reply. "I think I saw him slip away, when they first collared us."
"What happened exactly? Tell me!
"I'll tell you what happened...'' Thorin was next to speak. ''Master Baggins saw his chance and he took it! He's thought of nothing but his soft bed and his warm hearth since first he stepped out of his door! We will not be seeing our Hobbit again. He is long gone."
''No!'' Willow countered suddenly, unaware of invisible ears that listened in while the dwarves eye fell upon a pale elf. ''You may not think it, but he is stronger than that. He would not just leave us.''
"No, he wouldn't." Willow closed her eyes and smiled at the voice that spoke just after hers. Opening them again and she locked gazes with one Bilbo Baggins.
Hey hey. I don't know if you noticed...but i put up a twilight story XD...and for those of you that read my Ahkmenrah one, i have a chapter in progress but i've been so busy with comic that's coming up on saturday that it may not be posted yet.
AS for the reviews.
Rosegold1996 - I, too, can not contain my excitement when i get to write the mirkwood scene. I'm going to try and make it a good chapter. I'm glad you're enjoying the Story =)
Tari Oronra - I thank you for pointing out my typo's. I do go over my chapters before posting them but sometimes my eyes slip over things and i miss them. There are also times when i miss some words out and as i try to focus on not missing any, i may make a few wrongs in the area of capitalization.
JJs2 ...i think. I'm sorry i can't remember your name as i just moderated the reviews...it might have been why they were showing up for you...i'm sorry. I forget to moderate guest reviews sometimes. But i really am glad you are enjoying the story =)
My next chapter may not be up until around wednesday next week. As i have no time to write this week because of comic con and housework, i will be starting the next chapter on monday before i have to go out. XD
I'm just so busy lately XD but it won't stay that way for long. thank the gods XD
so enjoy this chapter until next time XD xx
