AN: This is a short chapter, I'm sorry. I was busy with real life for a couple of days. I'm hoping to post a longer chapter this weekend. I hope you guys are still enjoying this story!
Once Harry caught up with the other eagles, he flew near the eagle that was carrying Thorin.
"Thorin!" Fili shouted in distress. Their uncle looked dead; he was bruised and bloody and he was limp in the eagles talons. "Harry, is he..."
"No, he isn't dead. However, he will need healing once we get to our destination." Harry replied, "How is Kili doing?" Harry had felt Kili go limp once they had flown for an hour or two, and Harry had yet to tend to his possibly broken or bruised rib.
Fili turned and glanced at his brother with a fond expression, who had fallen unconscious against him. "He's sleeping. I think running around with an injury and being captured by goblins has exhausted us all."
"Well, we're almost to the Carrock. I can tend to Kili, then and we can get a good night's sleep." Harry replied.
"So that's where we are going?" Fili asked.
"Yes. Ah, there it is. You might want to wake Kili up." Harry responded and then followed the other eagles down. He saw the eagle carrying Thorin place him down on the rock and then Gandalf jumped down afterward. Harry landed right near Thorin, knowing that the two brothers would want to make sure Thorin was okay. Casting another levitation spell to gently lower the two dwarves down, Harry then shifted back into his human form and picked up Thorin's shield from where he had dropped it and put it in his pack. He walked over to go say good bye to eagles, since the one that Gandalf was on was sticking around. "Farewell! wherever you fare, till your eyries receive you at the journey's end! May the wind under your wings bear you where the sun sails and the moon walks!" The eagle bowed his head and then took off.
Harry could hear Gandalf muttering a spell, one that took effect much like his reenervate spell. Thorin slowly woke up saying, "the halfling?"
"He's here, he's okay." Gandalf murmured, smiling.
Dwalin and Kili helped Thorin up, who started to stare at Bilbo.
"You! What were you doing? You nearly got yourself killed! Did I not say that you would be a burden, that you would not survive in the wild and that you have no place amongst us?" Thorin said aggravatingly.
"I've never been so wrong in all my life." Thorin finished, gladly and then proceeded to pull Bilbo into a hug. Harry joined in the cheering with the rest of the dwarves. Once Thorin pulled back, Harry saw the dwarven prince do a quick check on Bilbo for injuries. "Forgive me for doubting you." Thorin murmured to Bilbo.
"No, it's fine. I would have doubted me too." Bilbo replied.
As the dwarves started to climb down the stairs that were etched into the side of the Carrock, Harry walked right behind Kili and Fili and he saw that Bilbo was walking right behind Thorin. Thorin had said they would camp at the foot of the Carrock tonight, since he had taken note of how exhausted everyone looked. Gandalf had also mentioned that he knew of someone that would offer them safe lodging for a couple of days.
Harry was busy making sure no one else was injured when he overheard a yelp. His eyes flew to Bilbo, who had tripped on one of the stairs, but was caught by Thorin before he could fall. Harry walked past the dwarves, heading toward the hobbit and the dwarven king. However, as he was walking past Fili and Kili, he noticed that they were both swaying.
He crouched on his knees and steadied the two and turned them to face him. Harry glanced into their eyes, noticing that they were both pale and exhausted. "Hmm, I can fly you two down, then tend to your injuries there," Harry murmured, "Fili, are you injured?"
"I didn't think so..." Fili trailed off and then went white and promptly passed out right into Harry's arms. Harry wrapped an arm around the taller dwarf, extending his magic to look for an injury and found a laceration that was caused by a goblin sword along Fili's chest. He left some of his magic there to kind of create a quick suction/bandage on the wound to make sure it didn't bleed out until he cleaned and bandaged it. After that, Kili started to visibly panic, "Fee?"
"He's just unconscious, Kili," Harry said softly, "Here, would you hold your brother for a minute?" Harry waited until Kili had a good hold on Fili and then shifted into his giant eagle form. "Okay, I'm going to guide you two up onto my back. We're going to fly down to the ground, where I can more easily tend your injuries."
"Thorin, I'm going fly these two down to the ground. They're injured." Harry gently cast the levitation spell on the two of them, guiding them onto his back. Just before he was about to take off, he saw Thorin come walking up with Bilbo in his arms, who appeared to be asleep.
"Would you take the hobbit, too?" Thorin asked.
"Of course. Is he injured?" Harry responded.
"He received a burn to one of his feet and I believe he's too exhausted to move." Thorin replied, with a worried glance at Bilbo.
"I can fly you down too. You are injured." Harry said, questioningly.
"No, I shall stay with the rest of my company. We shall meet you on the ground." the dwarven king said.
"Okay, then listen to Oin if he suggests anything to you for your injuries then. I shall take good care of these three."
Harry gently guided Bilbo up onto his back and tucked him right in between Kili and Fili, who had both slumped against each other. Harry spelled a sticking charm on all three of them(so that they wouldn't fall off) and then slowly shook his feathers and took off.
