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Chapter 8:
Reagan's POV
It was a beautiful day at first, and then later on it began to rain. Lauren didn't like the thunder at all. But she kept her cool very well in front of the company and Thorin to show she is tough.
Lindsey still rode with Fili and this time Kili and Fili had conversation with her.
Megan rode with Lauren this time for change and I rode with Gandalf.
"Mr. Gandalf, can't you do something about this deluge?" a dwarf asks.
"It is raining Master Dwarf, and it will continue to rain until the rain is done. If you wish to change the weather of the world you should find yourself another wizard." The wizard tells him.
"Are there any? Other wizards?" Bilbo asks Gandalf. Gandalf tells him there are 5 wizards.
"Is he a great wizard; or is he more like you?" Bilbo asks. Lauren, Megan, and I laugh.
"He's a great wizard in his own way." Gandalf states.
"He sounds nice." Megan says as she is patting Lauren's back for comfort.
-FAST FORWARD-
It's finally sunny and we stop at a burned down house that is below a mountain.
"We camp here for the night. Fili Kili, look after the ponies, make sure you stay with them." Thorin commands.
"This is unsettling. Death has been here." Lauren says looking at the burned down house. Gandalf nods at Lauren. Lol, Lauren is starting to sound like Legolas.
"A farmer and his family used to live here." He states looking as if staying here is a bad idea.
"Oin Gloin, Get a fire going." Throin tells them walking towards Gandalf.
"I think it would be wiser if we move on. We can make for the hidden valley."
"I've told you already. I will not go near that place." Thorin says with a soft but gruff annoyed voice.
"Why not? The elves could help us. We can get food, rest, advice."
"We do not need their advice—"
"We have a map that we cannot read. Lord Elrond could help us." Lauren says. Thorin looks at her, "Help. Dragon attacks Erebor; what help came from the elves." He tells Lauren.
"Orcs plunder Moria, desecrate our sacred holes, and the elves looked on and did nothing. You ask me to seek help of the same people who betrayed my grandfather; betrayed my father." Thorin says with a whisper. Lauren walks away over to Megan who was talking to Bombur.
"You are neither of them. Lauren is neither of them. I did not give you that map and key so you can hold onto the past!" Gandalf tells him.
"I did not know they were yours to keep!"
"Everything alright? Gandalf! Where are you going?" Bilbo exclaims hastily.
"Seek the company of the only one who's got any sense!"
"Who's that?"
"MYSELF Mr. Baggins!" Gandalf walks on. "Had enough of dwarves for one day."
"Is he coming back?" Bilbo asks Balin who just shrugs.
"He will Bilbo. He wouldn't just leave us like that." I tell him, and he smiles a bit but he is still worried.
-THAT NIGHT-
No one's POV
Bofur is pouring the soup into bowls that Bombur made. It was warm and filling.
"Where's Lauren?" Lindsey asks everyone.
"She went for a walk, needs to hug some trees, been on a horse all day." Dwalin says.
Only 3 dwarves laugh at that.
"It's been a long time." Bilbo worries.
"He's a wizard. He does as he chooses! Do us a favor and bring these to the lads." Bofur exclaims handing two bowls to Bilbo. And Bilbo walks away.
"I hope Lauren's alright. It's not like her to wander off. What if something attacks her! Lions, tigers, bears!" Megan says worriedly.
"Then good." Dwalin says. The girl's growl at him.
"She's our best friend." Reagan tells him.
"Well—" Lindsey starts.
"Not now Lindsey." Reagan tells her.
"She's fine. She has her bow and arrows with her. " Bofur tells the three, more like two, worried girls.
After everyone ate, Fili and Kili came running towards the company.
"There are trolls. The trolls took some ponies, Bilbo went to release them." They both say at the same time.
"Let's go! Take cover in the nearest bushes and then we attack." Thorin commands grabbing his sword. Bombur puts out the fire and then everyone follows Fili and Kili.
Megan's POV
We are hiding behind bushes as the trolls pick up Bilbo and hold a knife to him and ask him, "Are there any more of you hiding where you shouldn't?"
"No." Bilbo answers.
"He is lying!" a troll says.
"No I'm not!"
"Put him on the fire, make him squeal!" the same troll says who then squeals himself as Kili slices his leg.
"Drop him!" Kili yells.
"You what?" the troll holding Bilbo asks.
"I said, Drop him." The troll throws Bilbo into Kili and then we all attack.
"Lauren!" I see her shooting some trolls. She improved her aim a lot. Lindsey is helping Fili with her axe and Reagan is slicing troll legs like crazy. Lauren slides under some trolls' legs and follows Bilbo towards the ponies as he tries cutting the rope.
The troll I'm fighting sees Bilbo cutting the rope and Lauren trying to hide him from sight. I slice the trolls' leg several times before he kicks me into a tree and goes towards them.
"Bilbo! Run!" Lauren yells at Bilbo who runs to where the other dwarves are. Lauren is about to follow him after she shoots the troll in the chest, but the troll picks her up.
Everyone sees this as the trolls hold Lauren up by each of her limbs. Oh my glob.
"Lauren!" Kili shouts.
"No!" Thorin holds him back.
"Put her down!" Reagan cries.
"Lie down your arms! Or we'll rip hers off!" A troll tells us.
Lauren looks at us all with a thousand looks in her eyes that say, 'just let them do it, save me, don't drop your weapons.' But mainly she looks terrified. I notice Thorin looking at her with defeat on his face and eyes. And I spy 'some' careness in his eyes. I felt like fainting.
Thorin drops his sword first and then the rest of the company follows. We immediately dropped ours after Thorin.
-A few minutes later— Still Megan's POV
Some dwarves are above the fire. The others, including us are in sack with just our heads sticking out. Even Lauren.
I hear her ask Thorin softly who was by her, "Why did you do it? Why didn't you let them?"
Thorin stops squirming and looks at her with hardly any hatred in his eyes, "You're part of my company. I would never let anyone die that fast. I don't want any dying at all."
"Even if one of your members is an elf?" she asks him. Thorin, after a long moment, just nods. "Also Gandalf and your friends would never forgive me if that happened." Lauren laughs and Thorin's upper lip tugs up into a small smile.
"Wait!" Bilbo jumps up in his sack getting closer to the trolls. "You are making a terrible mistake. I meant with the seasoning."
"What about the seasoning?" a troll asks curiously.
"Have you smelled them? You're going to need something stronger than sage before you plate this lot up!" The dwarves complain.
"The secret to cooking dwarf is…to umm…..skin them first!" Bilbo exclaims.
"WHAT!?" The dwarfs shout.
Me and the girls see Gandalf going behind the rock.
'Rubbish! We ate thousands with their skins on!" the troll exclaims. Another troll picks up Bombur and dangles him above his mouth.
"No! No! Not that one! He's infected. He's got worms in his tubes." Bilbo states. The troll holding Bombur throws him on top of ME…
"UGH!"
"They all have parasites! It's terrible business I wouldn't risk it. I really wouldn't." Bilbo tells them.
Thorin kicks Kili and the dwarves stop complaining.
"I've got parasites as big as my arm!" A dwarf says.
"Mine are the biggest parasites! I've got huge parasites!" Kili adds.
"What do you want us to do? Just let them all go?" A troll walks up to Bilbo.
"Yah that's kind of the idea." Lindsey says.
"DAWN WILL TAKE YOU ALL!" Gandalf gets up on the rock and raises his staff and stabs his staff onto the rock which breaks and morning sun shines. The sun turns the trolls into stone.
"YAH!" The whole company cheers. Even Thorin breaks out into a whole smile.
Lindsey's POV
We then started untying dwarves who were in sacks and planning on what to do next.
Thorin talks to Gandalf. Bilbo is fine; he went to help Reagan get out of her sack.
"That was some good fighting Lindsey." Fili walks up to me. I hope I'm not blushing.
"Well, I am skilled in hand to hand combat, or martial arts—thanks." I tell him stumbling on my words. He smiles and walks over to his brother.
"They must have come down from the Ettenmoors." Lauren walks up to Gandalf and Thorin. This girl knows her lines!
"Since when do mountain trolls venture this far south?" Thorin asks.
"Not for an age. Not since a darker power ruled these lands." Gandalf says drifting into thought.
"They could not have moved in daylight." I say. Thorin nods agreeing with me.
"That means there must be a cave nearby. I think I see one over there." Lauren says and points out.
Thorin smiles, actually smiles at her. He then walks into the direction which she points out.
We are now at the cave. And it reeks! Like elves….. OH!
Megan and I stay out and talk with Fili and Kili about 'how are we faring? Tired yet?'
We sat in comfortable silence just resting while we can until they come out.
Lauren came out first wearing a shiny sparkly necklace with some kind of silver/diamond heart symbol on a chain.
"That's a pretty necklace Lauren! It really suits you!" Megan shouts smiling.
"Really Lauren? You go into that stinky thing and come out with a necklace?" I say to her as I see Thorin and Gandalf come out with swords.
"I'm still a girly girl Lindsey. And this necklace was in that stinky place, I felt bad for it. Gandalf said I could take it." Fili, Kili, Megan, and I laugh at her comeback.
"Someone's coming!" Thorin shouts.
We all take out our weapons even though we know its Radaghast the Brown.
"THIEVES! FIRE! MURDER!" the wizard on a bunny sled shouts.
All the dwarves look at him like he's crazy and 'what' expressions on their faces.
"Radaghast! Radaghast the Brown! What on earth are you doing here?" I zone out and walk back by Lauren who is petting one of the bunnies.
"They are soo cute! Just look at their faces!" Lauren says making the bunny thump its foot like Thumper from Bambi.
"I'm calling you Thumper!" Lauren exclaims to the bunny. I roll my eyes. Bofur, Bombur, and a lot of other dwarves laugh at Lauren and me.
Then we all heard a howl.
"Was that a wolf? Are there wolves out there?" Bilbo asks nervously.
"Wolves? No, that is not a wolf." Bofur exclaims even more nervous than Bilbo.
Then a warg jumps out and Thorin stabs it with his sword. Then another one comes up behind Thorin; Kili and Lauren shoot at it at the same time and Dwalin finishes it off.
"Warg scouts! Which means an orc pack is not far behind." Thorin exclaims.
"Who did you tell about your quest? Beyond your kin?" Gandalf asks him.
"Nobody." Thorin whispers.
"Who did you tell!" Gandalf yells at him. They fight like a married couple I swear.
"No one I swear! What in Durin's name is going on?"
"You are being hunted." Gandalf says. I'm getting scared now and the ponies ditched us.
"I'll draw them off." Radaghast offers.
"These are Gundabarg Wargs! They'll outrun you!" Gandalf
tells him.
"And these are Rhosgobel rabbits! I'd like to see them try…"
"Yah, go for it wizard! You're the man!" Megan cheers. Radaghast smiles at her.
And with that we take off.
A/N: Long chapter I know! But I felt the need to fit it all in one. Sorry if there's any misspellings. I hope you enjoy this chapter! Next chapter will be up tomorrow! Please Review! :)
