Gandalf and Aza moved back into the elves.
"The elves, will they not fight?" Bilbo asked.
The two armies charge toward each other.
Gandalf and Aza looked around.
"Thranduil! This is madness!" Gandalf cried.
Aza made it to Thranduil's stag. "If the dwarves fall, there will be no one left to help you! If you stand together you will not fail!"
Thranduil looked into the bright blue eyes of the woman. She may have known nothing of war, but she was wise beyond her years.
He gave an order and soldiers ran forward. From over the heads of the dwarves came a legion of elvish warriors. They attacked the orcs before they could breach the makeshift wall set up by the dwarvish shields.
Aza smiled and adjusted the armguards. She looked for her staff, but realized it was gone. It was then that she saw Bilbo, something green shone in his pocket. Giving a grin she ran over to him. "You have a seed."
"What?"
"In your pocket, a tree seed!" She reached out her hand, "Let me use it!"
Digging about in his pocket he produced the seed. Aza took it and ran off, seeking a place where the tree could grow. Imminently she knelt and dug about with her hands. Giving the seed a kiss she placed it in the earth and covered it with dirt.
"Come on…come on…grow!"
She let out a scream as she forced herself into the growing of the seed. Almost instantly, roots and bark erupted from her hands. A tree that would take years to grow to its full size, grew into maturity in a matter of minutes.
Looking up Aza gasped. The tree was alive, but the leaves were black as though they had been singed by fire.
"Let me out!" the voice cried again.
"Be silent, you worm!" Aza snapped and broke off a blackened piece of wood. Again, using her magic, she forced the branch to take shape. It appeared to be her staff, but it was different. As it had changed, she had changed.
She quickly plucked a black nut from the tree and returned to Bilbo and Gandalf. She dropped the seed into his hand.
"Thank you."
Bilbo examined it. It was far different from the original.
They ran back to the city as they noticed Azog was trying to cut them off.
"Azriela, defend the women and children!" Gandalf ordered.
Aza nodded and ran off on her own.
A crumbling of the wall. Orcs flooded into the city.
Every so often she would bat a head with her staff and then keep running through the city.
"Aza!" Tilda shouted as ocs began to surround them.
Letting out a shriek of pain as she used her energy, she slammed the staff into the ground. From there emerged plants that twisted up to the sky, snagging orcs as it did so. "Come with me!" she shouted and led Tida and Sigrid through the city.
"Where's Bain?" Sigrid shouted as they found a place not infested with orcs.
Aza, breathing hard, let out a grunt of frustration.
Tilda cried, "Where's our brother?"
Looking down at the girl, she said, "I'll go back and find him." She turned to the elder girl. "Take your sister and find a place to hide."
With that she left them and ran through the city, fighting orcs as she went.
