Ch. 8
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Italic means thoughts, flashback, and dreams.
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"I will not allow two female Dwarves into this Company!" I heard someone yelling causing me to wake up quickly and move to quickly and I felt back down.
"Ow." I muttered and I open one of my eye to see Ori looking at me.
"Are you alright Miss. Ariana?" He asked looking worrying.
"I'm fine Ori," I said pushing myself up. "I just got up too quickly. May I ask who is yelling?"
"oh uh," Ori said clearly nervous. "It's your Grandmother and Thorin, Miss. Ariana."
"Thank you Ori." I said back standing up.
"Gandalf called me to help and so I can!" I heard Grams yelled back.
"Perhaps I should handle this." I said
"I would not Miss. Ariana," Ori said. "They have been doing this for ten minutes I'm quite surprised they didn't wake you up sooner."
"Enough!" I heard Gandalf yelled.
I quickly headed towards now quiet, I could hear Ori behind me, and I came to a stop as quickly thankfully Ori saw me stop, in the dining room both Grams and Thorin look like they were going to kill each other, while Gandalf looked more annoyed than another else.
"I pray that Balin didn't give either of you a contract." Thorin said.
"If you must know Thorin Oakenshield both of us have already sign the contracts," Grams said. "If you don't believe me ask Balin himself."
"Then I will." Thorin said back. He walked towards us, Ori and myself quickly moved out-of-the-way we both could tell he was not happy.
"Grams, what the heck?" I asked coming into the dining room.
"I'm sorry but he just a…a brat." Grams said.
"Better?" I asked.
"Better." She said.
"Are you serious?" I heard Thorin asked.
"Yes Laddie both sign they own contracts." I heard Balin said.
I heard Thorin say something in Khazudul but I couldn't figure out.
"Come let's get you something to eat." Grams said.
Food was placed right in front of me.
"Grams what's was that all about?" I asked as I started to eat.
"Thorin Oakenshield is simply being sexist windbag." Grams said simply.
"Are you going to be kind Grams?" I asked.
"I will be," Grams said back. "I have a cloak for you as well as some clothes."
"Thanks Grams." I said.
"It's time to go Miss. Krala and Miss. Ariana." Dori said.
"Let's go," I said as Grams gave me a smile. "What?"
"Oh you will see," Grams said. "And I think you will like it," I gave her a look but she only gave me a smile. "Good ahead I will be right behind you."
I stood up from my seat and headed out into a still dark world the sky was just started to change color I could ponies as well as two horses one being a very familiar black horse and the other was a brown color, I noticed the other Dwarves were waiting. Gandalf was waiting and smiling at me. The black horse came right up at me and push at me.
"Shadow?" I asked he pushed at me again.
"I found him wandering and I realized it was him." Grams said coming out of Bilbo's house.
A smile came over my face, as I easily climbed up.
"Need a hand?" I asked Grams.
I could feel some of the Dwarves eyes on me, I just rolled my eyes and helped Grams up. Gandalf nodded and started to lead the company I was in back closer to Ori, Fili, Kili and Dori.
"I don't care what you lads said I have feeling that Mr. Baggins will come." I said.
"You carry a lot of trust on that Hobbit?" Dori asked.
"I trust my gut and it's telling me he's coming." I said back.
"I bet you ten pieces he doesn't come." Dori said
"I want in on this bet." Kili and Fili said.
"So do I!" Gloin yelled.
In the end about half of the company bet that he would come while the other half said he wouldn't come. We were passing through a forested area.
"I said it Didn't I say it?" Dori asked. "Coming here was a waste of time."
"That's true enough." Gloin said back.
"Ridiculous notion. Use a Hobbit?" Dori asked. "A Halfling? Whose idea was it anyway?"
I rolled my eyes only to get flicked in the ear.
"Don't roll your eyes." Grams said.
"Wait!" I heard Bilbo yelled.
"Whoa! Whoa!" Thorin called causing all of us to stop.
"Whoa, Whoa." Balin said to his own pony
"I signed it." Bilbo said holding the contract and handed it to Balin. "Here."
"Everything appears to be in order," Balin said. "Welcome, Master Baggins to the company of Thorin Oakenshield."
I casted a smile at him.
"Give him a pony." Thorin said still annoyed.
"No, no that won't necessary," Bilbo said. "Thank you I'm sure I can keep up on foot I've done my fair share of walking holidays, you know? Even got as far as Frogmorton once Aah!" Kili and Fili gave a shared smirk and both easily pulled Bilbo off the ground and put him the supplied pony, the look on Bilbo's face was priceless holding the pony's reins.
"Bilbo," I said getting his attention. "Relax you look positively terrified."
"Come on, Nori. Pay up!" Oin called.
Nori suddenly threw a pouch of gold to Oin.
"One more." Kili called.
"Thanks, Lad." Oin called.
"Ariana!" Nori called throwing another pouch which Grams thankfully got it.
"Here, you go little one." Grams said placing in my hand.
"Little one?" Fili and Kili asked.
"Shut it." I growled knowing a blush was streaking across my face.
"Uh she a little embarrassed brother." Fili said.
"Yes she is brother." Kili said back.
"Really stop it," I said. "It just a nickname so stop it."
I flipped the bird at them, only to get slap in the back of the head.
"Don't do that Ariana Heather." Grams said.
"Oh, they took wagers on whether or not you'd turn up." I heard Gandalf said.
"How is that you can ride a full-sized horse?" Kili asked bring out my thoughts.
"I have Shadow still I was young and I was raised riding him," I said. "I'm still surprise you found him Grams."
"He was just walking looking confused." Grams said back.
"Stop!" Bilbo yelled causing all of us to stop. "Stop! We have to turn around."
"What on earth is the matter?" Gandalf asked.
"I forget my handkerchief." Bilbo said
"Here." Bofur said coming over to him and ripped a piece of his cloak. "Use this." He threw it and Bilbo somehow caught it.
Making all of us to laugh at Bilbo complain.
"Move on." Thorin said and we started to move again.
"Are you sure your warm enough Ariana?" Grams asked.
"Grams my jacket is working now," I said back. "Thanks though."
The landscape was breath-taking truly beautiful.
Time lapse
We finally stop for the night, we came to stop on a rocky out crop. I was happy to be off Shadow even though I love him. Most of the Dwarves were sleeping, while Thorin was siting by us looking at the sky I'm guessing, Fili and Kili were sitting by a fire on watch. Grams was resting herself, Gandalf sitting against a rock smoking on his pipe I was sitting by the fire watching it.
"Ariana?" I heard Fili asked.
I looked up to see him looking at me.
"Yes?" I asked.
"What is it like in the world you grew up in?" He asked.
"It's different from here," I said. "One being Dwarves belong in the realm of myth and legend. The world is populated by the race of the men."
"What?" Kili asked.
"Yeah," I said back. "We don't use swords or arrows."
"Do you have a peaceful world?" Fili asked.
"Far from it," I said. "People ranged war on each for very dumb reason and they used weapons that you couldn't believe and are able to kill innocents at a mass rate."
"Are you certain?" Kili asked.
"Yes." I said back fingering at the locket.
I watched as Bilbo got up and headed towards one of the ponies and slipped it an apple causing me to smirk only to hear a loud screech coming from below us, which cause me to freeze a little Fili put a hand on my shoulder to get me to relax.
"What was that?" Bilbo asked showing the same look has me.
"Orcs." Kili said acting serious.
Fili gave me a small smirk meaning they were going to mess with Bilbo.
"Orcs?" Bilbo asked hopping towards us. which woke Thorin up I didn't realize he was sleeping.
"Throat-cutters," Fili siad taking a breath from his smoking pipe. "There'll be dozens of them out there. The lone-lands are crawling with them."
"They strike in the wee small hours when everyone's asleep." Kili said. "Quick and quiet, no screams. Just lots of blood."
Bilbo looked terrified, and of course Fili and Kili started to chucked.
"You think that's funny?" Thorin asked coming into view not happy mind you. "You think a night raid by Orcs is a joke?"
"We didn't mean anything by it." Kili said.
"No, you didn't," Thorin said walking off. "You know nothing of the world."
"Don't mind him, laddie." Balin said coming into view. "Thorin has more cause than most to hate Orcs. After the dragon took the lonely mountain King Thror tried to reclaim the ancient Dwarf kingdom of Moria, but our enemy had got there first. Moria had been taken by legions of Orcs led by the most vile of all their race Azog the Defiler."
Fear slipped through me, Grams used to tell if I didn't go to bed that Azog would get it.
"The giant gundabad orc had sworn to wipe out the line of Durin he began by beheading the king," Balin said. "Thrain, Thorin's father, was driven mad by grief. He went missing, taken prisoner or killed we did not know. We were leaderless, defeat and death were upon us. that is when I saw him a young Dwarf prince facing down the pale Orc. He stood alone against this terrible foe his armor rent,"
"Wielding nothing but an oaken branch as a shield Azog the defiler learned that day that the line of Durin would not be so easily. Broken our forces rallied and drove the Orcs back and our enemy had been defeated but there was no feast nor song that night for our dead were beyond the count of grief. We few had survived and I thought to myself then there is one who I could follow there is one I could call king." Balin said.
Thorin looked back at us, I held my breath realizing he had every right to carry the name king.
"And the pale Orc?" Bilbo asked. "What happened to him?"
"He slunk back into the hole whence he came." Thorin said coming back towards us. "That filth died of his wounds long ago."
I have a sinking feeling that Azog was still very much alive by the look Gandalf, Balin and Grams had on their face.
"Get back to sleep all of you." Thorin said. Everyone quickly ran back to sleep more.
"Maybe you should join them lads." Balin suggested.
"We are fine Master Balin." Fili said.
"No Fili he's right all of you get to sleep." Thorin said.
None of us were going to fight with Thorin, the three of us quickly when to lay down and sleep came over even with the story that Balin told us.
Okay that the end of Chapter 8 more is coming please tell me what you think but I would like Constructive criticism okay.
