Huge Eagles
We had stayed in the trees for God knows how long. The pale orc had came out and was in our view. I heard my father say. "Azog," and he shook his head as he couldn't believe what he had seen in front of him. Azog was in sight, but my father had said that he had slain him in the last battle and that he had died of his wounds.
Azog sniffed the air and spoke in a unfamiliar language. "Do you smell it? The scent of fear..." He looked dead in the eyes of Thorin, "I remember your father was reeked of it..."
Thorin shook his head. "No, it can not be," he whispered as I saw tears at the corners of his eyes from a distance. I felt sorry for him. I lost my great-grandfather and my grandfather. I sniffed and felt tears running down my face.
Azog pointed towards Thorin and said to his comrades. "That one is mine... Kill the others," he commanded and the wargs had ran towards the trees that we were on and started to jump and tried to tear our limbs off.
The trees had started to move and collapsed into a whole other trees as we jumped from one to the other until we were on the one that Gandalf was on. Gandalf had held a butterfly on his staff and whispered something to it for help as he watched the insect flew away with the word. Gandalf had an idea as he took a pinecone and set it on fire, he grabbed another one and lit a second and shouted on Fili. "Fili!" he tossed it and Fili caught the pinecone and lit up Bilbo's, so on and so forth as we all threw the objects at the wargs and watched the trees, the ground and the viscious creatures set ablaze. Azog widened his eyes as he had watched the scene in front of him. We all cheered as the wargs ran back to their comrades, but we stopped when we felt the tree started to fall about halfway from the edge of the cliff. We held on tightly on the trunks just to keep us from falling.
I watched as Ori slipped and held on to Dori who clutched even more tightly on the trunk. Dori had felt his hands slipping and shouted on the wizard. "Mr Gandalf!"
Gandalf had quickly turned and saw Dori and Ori clutching tightly. He held out his staff and Dori caught a hold of it, whilst Ori is still holding one of Dori's legs.
Thorin glanced back at Azog and he felt fury rise inside of him as he stood with an oaken branch as a shield and his goblin-cleaver sword. He stood up slowly with pride, whilst we all watched his every move. My eyes were wide as I knew what my father was up to. He was gonna face this filthy monster. "Father, don't!" I shouted, but Thorin didn't listen. Thorin had started to walk towards the pale orc and had ignored our pleas as his main focus was on his enemy. "No!" I yelled again, but I couldn't move to stop him.
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Bilbo watched Thorin run towards Azog with a roar and was stunned when the pale orc and its warg had hit him on the chest. Thorin fell and gasped for breath. He stood up again to swing his sword, but before he could move a muscle, Azog had hit him again with his metal staff and knocked the air out of Thorin. His warg had clamped it's jaws around Thorin's waist and stomach as Thorin cried out in pain. He swung his sword at the beast as he was flung aside and laid still. He felt a sword at his throat and he tried to reach his sword which was out of his reach by an inch. Bilbo had stood up quickly and grabbed his sword and ran as fast as he could and knocked over the orc that was standing above Thorin. Thorin gasped as he watched the halfling jumped on the enemy until he had passed out cold.
Bilbo had stabbed the orc multiple times as the beast was moving no more. He stood up and stood in front of Thorin to protect him, sword pointed at the enemy and waited for their move. Azog had commanded his comrades. "Kill him," and the beasts had came stalking towards Bilbo.
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I watched the scene in front of me as I was stunned by Bilbo's actions for saving my father's life. I let out a breath of relief which I didn't know I was holding as I closed my eyes and prayed. I looked at everyone else and gave an order. "We have to help them. Now."
They all nodded, stood up and ran with mighty roars of rage. I stayed with Gandalf, Dori and Ori, as I was too weak to fight in the battle because of my wounds on my back and front. I panicked and yelled as Dori and Ori had lost their grip. "DORI! ORI!" but they were soon got caught by a huge eagle. I sighed in relief again and looked up as I saw at least ten or more huge eagles flying above us, taking out the orcs and wargs and one by one grabbed us safely. I jumped and landed on an eagle as Gandalf did the same. I looked around and saw that everyone was safe, but my heart dropped as I looked upon my father who was in between the eagle's claws.
We flew through the sky and I heard Fili yelling on Thorin. "Thorin!"
The eagles flew with grace and had headed towards a huge rock, enough of us to land on. The eagle that was carrying Thorin had gently placed him on the stone ground. Gandalf had quickly jumped off of his eagle and ran to his side whilst shouting. "Thorin!" he knelt beside him and said quietly, "Thorin?"
Once he got no response from him, Gandalf had placed a hand over Thorin's face and murmured a spell to wake my father up. Thorin gasped and looked into Gandalf's penetrating stare. "The halfling?"
Gandalf smiled a little. "He's alright, Bilbo's here."
Thorin tried to sit up, but was helped up by Dwalin and Kili, as he stood and shoved them off. He glanced at Bilbo and said. "You! What the hell did you think you were doing? You could have gotten yourself killed," he shook his head.
I walked up and placed my hand on my father's arm. "Father, he saved your life. He risked his life for you as we all do. Have a little repect in the hobbit," I walked up to Bilbo and hugged him whilst gave him a peck on the cheek. "Thank you, Bilbo."
Bilbo smiled at me and nodded. "You're welcome."
I smiled back and walked towards Kili and Fili. I turned my gaze to my father again. "You had no place amonst us," Thorin continued, "and I have never been more wrong." He walked up to Bilbo and hugged him with gratitude. Bilbo smiled and hugged him back. I smiled and lent on Fili's side with his arm around me for support as I was still weak. Thorin had released Bilbo and said quietly. "I'm sorry if I have doubted you."
Bilbo shook his head in protest. "No, it's fine. I would have doubted me too."
Thorin smiled as he looked up and was stunned of what he was seeing. The Lonely Mountain. Our home. He walked forward and he heard Bilbo ask. "Is that what I think it is?"
Everyone had faced The Lonely Mountain with awe. I heard Gandalf answer the hobbit's question. "The Lonely Mountain."
"Our home," Thorin breathed.
Balin looked up and saw a bird flying towards Erebor. "Look, the bird's heading towards the mountain," he pointed and we all watched the bird flying towards its location.
"That there, Mr Balin, is a thrush," replied Gandalf.
Thorin raised his head in pride and smiled more. "I'll take that as a sign."
We all smiled and just admired the mountain one last time as we turned and headed down the stairs, walking towards our location to Erebor.
A/N: That's chapter 10 up. Hope it's alright with you guys. but please review and I will write chapter 11 tomorrow. Cheers :D
~Shelbi