Chapter 10
Lexi turned around and saw the pale Orc astride a white Warg. Lexi couldn't move, she was frozen in fear.
"Out of the frying pan," Thorin yelled.
"And into the fire. Run, Run!" Gandalf said. Everyone started to run away.
"Come on Lexi!" Kili yelled taking her hand pulling her along. Lexi snapped out of it and started to run with him. She ran around some rocks and trees following the company. She tried very hard not to trip over the increasing amount of plants and rocks. Lexi turns around and sees Bilbo pulling his sword out of a warg. Lexi faces the direction she is running and sees the end of a cliff.
"No," She whispers.
"Up into the trees. All of you! Come on, climb! Bilbo, climb!" Gandalf yells. Lexi grabbed onto a branch and hoisted herself up into the tree. She did the same onto a higher branch. Lexi then stands leaning against the trunk. She closes her eyes and tries to control her unsteady breathing. She hears snarls and growling below her. She looks down and saw wargs surrounding the tree she was in. They were jumping trying to get to them. Lexi went up another as they were starting to get closer and closer. She looks and sees that the princes are on a different branch across from her.
"Azog!" Thorin yells as the pale orc came into view.
"It cannot be." he said. Lexi held her breath as he spoke in black speech to the other orcs and wargs.
As to Lexi's dismay, they started to bang against the tree casing it to lean to a side. Lexi crossed the tree and stood next to Kili who put his arm in hers. She looked to him and he shared the same expression she had. Fear. She then turned back to the ground. Then the tree started to fall. She felt some hands go around her and push her onto the next tree. She reached out her hands for Fili and Kili and pulled them over. The wargs then decided to do the same to the next tree and so on. When Lexi, Kili, Fili and the others were on a tree, the wargs pushed it over. Lexi grabbed onto a branch and looked down. This is not how I am going t die! She thought as she looked at the air below her. She hoisted herself up and ran her hand through her tangled hair. The dwarves were throwing pine cones that were on fire, at the wargs. She looked to Fili and Kili and saw they were doing it as well. She almost dropped the cone when she was thrown one. So glad I took knife throwing. It should be exactly the same. I hope She thought as she threw on at a nearby Warg. It landed right in front of it. The ground was on fire and she felt a new kind of fear. She thought they would be burnt alive.
"Master Gandalf!" Gloin said before screaming as he lost his grip and started to fall. Luckily, Gandalf caught him at the last moment. Then she noticed that Ori was hanging on at the end. She tried to crawl over but stopped. She saw Thorin stand up. He was going to battle Azog.
"Thorin NO!" She cried as he started to run towards him, sword out. He goes to strike him but is thrown aside. Lexi got up herself and pulled out her bow. She aimed at the warg that was now holding Thorin in its mouth. He was nocked out. Lexi felt anger and pulled the string back. Then out of the blue, she saw the hobbit run after him. What happened next was all in a blur to Lexi. She could only make out the hobbit going after Thorin and then the rest was blank. That was until the eagles came. Lexi saw Thorin get picked up and then she jumped off and landed on an eagle. She looked around and saw the others doing the same. She felt a body land behind her and saw the ever so cheeky Kili behind her with a smile.
"Can't lose me that easy," he said. Lexi smiled at him. He put his arms around her waist. Then she turned her ever so precious attention to Thorin.
"THORIN!" She yelled seeing the unconscious king of the mountain. She felt sad at his state. The eagles soon put them onto a cliff face. Lexi was standing up when they put Thorin down. Gandalf was quickly at his side. Lexi was beside Gandalf and Kili was beside her.
"Thorin! Thorin." Gandalf says. When he didn't respond, Gandalf used his magic to revive him.
"The Halfling?" Thorin asked.
"It's alright. Bilbo is here, he's quite safe." Gandalf said looking a bit worried as Thorin stood up and walked over to Bilbo looking angry.
"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 you had no place amongst us." He said moving closer.
"I have never been so wrong, in all my life," he said embracing him. Everyone cheered and Lexi smiled.
"But, I'm sorry I doubted you," Thorin added.
"No, I...I would have doubted me too. I'm not a hero, nor a warrior. Not even a burglar," Bilbo said. Gandalf laughs. Lexi turned to watch the eagles fly away.
"Is that what I think it is?" Bilbo asked. Lexi looked to where he was looking and gasped.
"Erebor! The Lonely Mountain. The last of the Great Dwarf Kingdoms of Middle-earth." Gandalf said.
"Our home," Thorin said. Lexi felt Kili squeeze her hand and smiled lightly.
They notice thrush flying towards it. That made Lexi smile more.
"A raven! The birds are returning to the mountain." Oin said.
"That, my dear Oin, is a thrush," Gandalf corrected.
"Well we'll take it as a sign, a good omen," Thorin said.
"You're right. I do believe the worst is behind us," Bilbo said. Lexi smiled yet again.