Hi All,

Another chapter, yay! And this one is exciting, a little OMG and a little shock! Horror!...Just read on and find out what it is...

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Chapter Eleven

Ginny's POV

The Goblin King was a large creature, with blobs of fat hanging off his arms and legs, and one hanging from his gin, along with a huge pot belly. His skin was covered in boils, sores and spots that resembled chicken pox but really wasn't, though I wouldn't be surprised given the state of him and the Goblin cave. Almost all the goblins were had the same appearance as the King. Certainly a lot different than the Goblins at Gringotts Bank. Our version was smaller, smarter and had black beady eyes. Middle Earth's version? Completely different.

After being pushed, pulled and forced by the Goblin army, we had all found ourselves in front of a large massive Goblin, who I assumed was the leader, as he wore a wooden crown upon his head, and the other goblins called him 'Your Excellency' among other names. The goblins than proceeded to remove all weapons from the dwarves, and I tried to attempt to steal my wand back, but it was no use and I grunted as I got a slap from one of the goblins for attempting to do so. During this, the Goblin King kept his beady brown eyes on us all, watching with a smirk on his face. It seemed that in the midst of our arrival, almost the entire community of the goblins had gathered to watch what could potentially be our execution, for the King was not happy that we had brought weapons. To be fair, we didn't know that it was the Goblin Cave, not that the king was listening. Gandalf neglected to tell us that, nor did he tell Thorin or Balin.

The goblins gathered the weapons, presenting them on the ground in front of the king. I was near the front, in between Kili and Bifor, with Thorin behind me and Hermione was standing near Dwalin, just near my back.

"Who would be so bold as to come armed into my kingdom? Spies? Thieves? Assassins?" The raspy voice of the king echoed across the cave, making him sound louder than he was.

"Dwarves, Your Malevolence, and two maidens. Strange, sire, for maidens to travel with dwarves." Spoke a goblin who was standing in front of Kili and myself.

"Dwarves? Maidens?" The king cried.

"We found them on the front porch." The goblin servant replied.

"Well, don't just stand there. Keep searching them." The king demanded. "Every crack, every crevice.

I then gasped as the goblin that was in front of me began to pat me down, touching me.

"Hands off you bloody cretin!" I snapped, pushing the goblin away.

The king then saw me, and frowned. "Maidens, with dwarves. What are you doing in these parts?"

"It's none of your business. And besides it's not our fault. We didn't know that this was your territory, Your…whatever they call you. We weren't informed that this is your cave." I remarked.

"Despite that, you did not answer the question. Why were you in the mountains? What is your purpose to cross the mountains?" The king inquired.

Thorin, who had his head bowed, as if he was hiding, gently touched my arm and I turned my head, watching as he shook his head. The other dwarves followed suit, keeping silent about why we were in the caves.

"Well, speak! Tell me, young maiden who has suddenly gone quiet." The king ordered. He narrowed his eyes at us. "Very well. If your company will not talk, we'll make you squawk. Bring up the manger, bring up the bone breaker."

He addressed his fellow goblins that were standing about in the cave, before turning back to us and pointing to me. "And we'll start with you, my pretty. Such a pretty lady you are, and such a shame."

Two goblins grabbed me and I screamed, which caused the dwarves to shout out in protest. The goblins holding me laughed as the pulled me away from the group and I turned back to see that the dwarves were trying to reach for me, including Hermione, who was protesting against the goblins holding her back. I then tried to cast a wandless blasting spell, but as I hadn't done much practice, it didn't work and I grunted in frustration.

"Wait!" Thorin called out, pulling his arm from the goblin holding him and walking up. He stood near me, looking to me before facing the king.

"Well, well…look who it is. Thorin, son of Thrain, son of Thror…King Under the Mountain." The Goblin King exclaimed, bowing to Thorin before suddenly stopping himself and looking at him. "Oh, but I'm forgetting. You don't have a mountain. And you're not a king, which makes you nobody, really. I know someone who would pay a pretty price for your head. And for the body of a magical creature who conjured a fire dragon that took out an entire group of Orcs. A witch, apparently, and ally to the Dwarf king."

I gasped, and turned to Thorin who looked shocked, but shook his head before staring at the king angrily. A million questions filled my brain as I tried to work out how the Goblin King seemed to know about Athena and how he knew that she was of magic. I then began to worry if the King also knew about Hermione and myself.

"I see I have made the maiden shocked. Are you the one they're after? Are you the witch they desperately seek?" The Goblin King spoke, smiling at me. The two goblins holding me, let go, as one of them handed the King my wand. The king smiled, holding my wand in one of his hands, the other holding his staff. "Is this the weapon you used? Or does this belong to the other maiden?"

His eyes stared behind me and I feared for Hermione.

"No! It's mine, it's my wand. That weapon you hold belongs to me. The other maiden is just a maiden." I told him, hoping that he would leave her alone. He smirked, before giving a nod, and I turned around, watching as two more goblins pulled a struggling Hermione with them, setting her next to me. The dwarves protested the move, but the King growled, making them all shut up. Thorin then stepped in front of us, and I grabbed onto Hermione's arm, pulling her close. I didn't know who would be after us, as so far we only dealt with the Orcs, but it seemed Thorin did, as he muttered Azog's name under his breath. I frowned, as I remembered Thorin telling us once that Azog was destroyed, killed by Thorin. Though, if I knew anything at all, dead doesn't always mean dead. Voldemort proved that, and now that I thought about it, it did make sense that Azog would be after Thorin, but Azog could not know about us. Then again, Athena did make quite the impression on Azog's men.

"By your movements, it seems you know of whom I speak. An old enemy of yours." The Goblin King informed Thorin. He then shoved my wand down his side, the belt around his waist holding it against his skin, and stood back near his throne. "A pale Orc, astride a white warg. Perhaps I shall hand them all over. The witches, and just your head, Thorin."

"That cannot be. Azog the Defiler was destroyed, slain in battle long ago." Thorin protested.

"So you think his defiling days are done, do you? If that's the case, then how is it that he knows about the magical creature that destroyed part of his army with fire dragon? How do you think I know the story? It wasn't just a little birdy that told me…" The king laughed, before turning to a smaller goblin resting upon a swing. "Send word to the pale Orc. Tell him I have found his prize, along with not one, but two of the magical creatures he desperately seeks."

The goblin nodded, before taking off in his swing down the dark and musty cave. Hermione then wrapped her arm around me, holding me close. She began to shake and I couldn't help but feel worried. It was times like this I wished I had practiced more wandless spells, and incorporated them into my training. Although I had no need for wandless spells, it would have been handy to learn them. I knew wordless spells, but wandless required more training, and more time in the busy life I had led back home. I could only hope that Athena was on her way.

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Hermione's POV

Never in my life, did I imagine that I would be held captured by Goblins, of all creatures. The king had demanded that both Ginny and I to be kept in cages, and so the goblins put us in a small wooden cage. He then ordered the Goblins to bring up the machinery, ordering them to kill the dwarves. I knew then we had to get out, and try to escape before the Goblins could. The King then started a song, dancing around the place as the other goblins held the dwarves back from getting to us.

I tried to shake the cage, trying to find some way out of it. Ginny's wand was still strapped to the King's belt and we both had wanted so desperately to reach for it, as I was closer but we couldn't. Ginny was shaking the cage too, trying to loosen it but it was bound together tight, and wasn't budging.

"Oh why didn't I practice more with wandless spells?" I hissed in frustration.

"I thought you knew some." Ginny whispered.

"Only the burning spell and levitating spell. I tried to do the burning spell earlier but it didn't work. And my wand is back in that cage we landed on earlier, so hopefully Athena will be able to find it and bring it. If not, I'm going back." I muttered.

"Or I could just summon it to save you the trouble, if I can get mine back. Speaking off getting out, do you think we'll be able to get out of here?" She asked.

"One could only hope." I uttered, not entirely hopeful. "What I can't figure out is how Azog is alive and why he wants Athena. I mean, sure, she made an impression but how did he find out? I thought she got all of the Orcs in the area."

"Maybe she missed one and that one somehow got back to Azog and told him about her. He's not looking for us; he's looking for her. The idiot king thinks we are the ones he's looking for." She said.

"I don't know whether to be relieved or worried about that. But it does present a problem. Azog is alive and is after us all. As if we don't enough problems as it is, considering Voldemort might still be alive in this world." I murmured, not realising that I hadn't told Ginny about Athena's encounter yet. I sighed, looking down as she tried to acknowledge my words.

She gasped, and I turned to her.

"What? What do you mean? Hermione…What…" She stammered.

I looked at her with sadness, trying to come up with the words to explain that Voldemort could very much be alive in this new world.

"At the fortress, she encountered another presence much like the necromancer they fought and one that used the Cruciatus curse on her. It fixated the pain on her scar and you know she hasn't felt pain in that area since—"

"Since Voldemort was alive. I remember, as she used to get headaches and she felt pain there. Then it turned out that it was a part of his soul, a horcrux inside of her. Hermione, it must be a mistake." She protested.

"Don't you think I've been wondering that myself? But somehow, it knew to cast the spell and fixate that pain on her. It may not be him, but it obviously someone we know. Just who that person is, I don't know." I stated.

"So, he might be alive…Hermione, what if that's why we were sent here? It was not an ordinary duel we did with the deatheaters and if I remember correctly, they were determined to use that spell on you and Athena. Me, I just got caught up, but I think they were expecting me to be Ron." She exclaimed, frowning and I knew that she trying to remember the duel with the deatheaters back at the pub that night, as I was too.

"The Golden Trio, in a new world we know almost nothing about and have heard about in books." I frowned. "They wanted to send us here, but why? How did they know about Middle Earth? It only exists in books; so how would they know?"

She sighed, before something caught her eye. "I don't know, but it seems we have a bigger problem to worry about."

I turned in her direction, leaning forward and placed my hands on the wooden planks keeping us in. "Oh crap…"

Walking towards the Goblin King, were two groups of goblins carrying what looked like death machines on their backs. They were rather large, as one had spikes on it and the other just had metal bars on it. It was hard to describe them, as I had no clue as to what they were, but I knew that they were dangerous, and were being brought in to kill the dwarves. I then looked at the dwarves, and Balin caught my eye, and he sighed, not quite sure what to do as he, like most of the dwarves, were being held in place by the goblins and thrashing about. He gave me a sad look and I gulped, my breathing getting faster and I shook the wooden cage. Ginny too, tried to shake it again but it held.

"Bones will be shattered; necks will be wrung. You'll be beaten and battered. From racks you'll be hung. You will die down here and never be found. Down in the deep of Goblin-town!" The king sang, using his arms like he was conducting an orchestra.

"Catchy song don't you think?" a voice muttered, making Ginny and I jump. I instantly recognised the voice and sighed with relief.

"Oh thank fuck you're here." I breathed.

"Hermione Granger, well I never." Athena whispered, opening her cloak just a smidge so that we could see her but not the goblins, as her back was invisible. She pointed her wand at the lock on the cage, and it came apart, loosening the door. "Now, just wait here. Gandalf and I have a plan. But before I leave, I believe this belongs to you. Wait for my signal, then you can blast them. Maybe you could summon Ginny's wand."

She pulled out a wand and immediately I recognised it as my wand. Discreetly, she handed it to me, which I accepted gratefully and she pulled her cloak close, becoming invisible once again. I then smiled, hiding my wand by my side, holding it up just little and whispering, "Accio Ginny's wand."

I turned my head back to the King, who was still dancing and singing away and I watched as Ginny's wand slipped from his belt, and zoomed its way into my other hand. I handed it to Ginny, who smiled, hiding her by her side, hiding it from sight. During this, the Goblins then freaked, causing a stir as one of the goblins came by Thorin's sword, and it seemed that the sword was a big deal, as it caused almost all the goblins to flee. The king stumbled his way back onto his throne, frightened at the sight of it.

"I know that sword! It is the Goblin-cleaver! The Biter!" The King shouted, pointing to it. "The blade that sliced a thousand necks. Slash them! Beat them! Kill them! Kill them all!"

This seemed to cause a stir among the mix of Goblins and Dwarves, as the goblins began to attack the dwarves, trying to pull their limbs apart. But the dwarves fought back, trying to free themselves. Then, they captured Thorin, pulling him down the ground, and holding them down as another stood before him, holding a blade in its hand, pointing it at Thorin's throat.

"Cut off his head!" The King cried.

"Deprimo!" I heard Athena cast, revealing herself. I turned to Ginny, and together, we jumped out of the cage, throwing ourselves to the ground as the cave suddenly burst into bright light, mixed with Athena's wind spell. This cause the goblins to go flying in different directions and the dwarves to fall to the ground as the wind and light blew the goblins away and made the King fall.

The spell died down, and emerging from the blackness, was Gandalf, along with Athena, who quickly shoved her cloak into her bag and held up her wand. They walked towards us, Gandalf holding up his sword and staff and Athena holding up her wand.

"Take up arms. Fight…" Gandalf ordered. "Fight!"

I stood up quickly, pointing my wand at three goblins who were quickly standing up and shouting, "Incendio!"

The spell caused them to light on fire, and the three of them screamed, running away from us, falling off the edge into the depths below. Ginny casted a blasting spell, which caused more goblins to fall off, and helped some of the dwarves onto their feet. The goblin that held a knife in its hand earlier, was slowing making its way back to Thorin, and I pointed my wand at it.

"I don't think so. Expelliarmus!" I shouted, causing the knife in its hand to go flying and it looked at me before I waved my wand at it again, casting a wordless knocking spell.

Most of the dwarves were on their feet, grabbing their weapons as Ginny, Athena and myself casting spells in different directions, as more and more goblins were coming down from the rocky walls of the cave and making their way to us. The more we blasted off the wooden platform were on, the more came and tried to take us down. Gandalf had also joined in, killing the ones coming towards Athena with his sword. The King, who was still on the floor, watching our every move, seemed to be yelling at his goblins, telling them to take us down, but still frightened.

"The wizard wields the Foehammer, the Beater! Bright as daylight!" The king stammered.

"Oh for the love of Merlin!" Athena grunted, looking up before waving her wand in the air. I looked up, and saw that packs of goblins crawling down the walls of the cave and I turned back to Athena, who kept waving her wand. She then conjured a fiendfyre, in the shape of a dragon, much like the one she had used on the Orcs and made it grow larger.

"The fire dragon! The Witch!" The King cried out, realising who Athena was. Athena frowned, but shook her head as she moved the dragon towards the oncoming army of goblins, and the cave was then filled with the cries of goblins in pain, as the fire dragon consumed them. The goblins screeched as they fell, some on fire, some falling and some crying out in fear. The dragon flew upwards, taking out the ones that were higher up, before diminishing itself. However, that only got rid of some of the goblins, as more were running along the pathways, heading towards us and were crying out in a fury. It made the King snap out of its fear however, and it stood up, taking a swing at Thorin, who had his sword.

"Well, that's one way to get rid of them." I muttered, before racing over towards Bofur, knocking out the goblin approaching him from behind.

The Goblin King then cried out, after it was slashed by Thorin's sword and Athena, who had joined him, casted a fire at the King. The king jumped, trying to put out the flames on him, but it just made him hop backwards, and off the edge and he yelled as he tried to grab onto the goblins around him, but it was no use, as he still fell.

By now, all dwarves were up on their feet, and fighting, though most of them were trying to get either myself, Ginny or Athena. Athena's fire dragon had made them angry and they wanted her dead. Thorin helped her, killing them with his sword. Bofur had his back to me, fighting the goblins that were coming up from behind us and I was casting wordless blasting spells at the ones coming from a different path. Ginny seemed to blasting the ones that were coming up from below.

"All of you, follow me. Quick!" Gandalf demanded, and he ran, heading down another path that seemed to be going down the cave. We all then followed him, fighting off any oncoming goblins.

It was never-ending, as just as we defeated some, more came. Athena, who wielded the Elder Wand, kept blasting spells behind her and she caught up with me.

"Perhaps another fiendfyre?" I shouted. "You seemed to fond of those."

"Well, do you have any brighter ideas? Maybe a giant slippery slide to make us reach the bottom faster?" She snapped, casting another wordless blasting spell behind her, causing a group of the goblins that were chasing us to fall. As we ran, shouts from the dwarves and Gandalf filled the air, ordering us to run faster.

"It's not like I can just apparate us all to the bottom!" Athena shouted.

I cursed under my breath, before remembering Athena's comment and I smiled. I then pointed my wand down at the wooden pathway, shouting, "Glisseo!"

The wooden planks and stairs below our feet then turned smooth, and in one move, turned itself into a large slippery slide, which made all of us fall to our feet, and down the slide.

"I WAS JOKING HERMIONE!" I heard Athena yell as I cackled. Normally I would be freaking out, but in this moment, I was laughing, because really, thirteen dwarves, three witches, a wizard and a bunch of goblins sliding down a wooden slippery slide was an image that screamed hilarity.

I wasn't the only one enjoying the ride, as Kili and Fili were laughing the way down, though most of the other dwarves were screaming their heads off. I could see Thorin in front of me try to gain some control and so was Gandalf. Soon, there was an incoming of goblins heading on a different path towards us, and I knew that they would reach us. I then waved my wand again, turning the pathway back to normal and almost all of us, but Bombur got back onto our feet again. Bofur helped his brother up and we were back to running again, heading towards the group of goblins. As Dwalin was in front, he lifted up a large log, with the help of Nori and Bifor, and attempted to push the incoming group of goblins off the path. Soon, goblins were jumping off other paths, and onto ours, trying to attack us.

We then reached a bridge, and Gandalf took the lead, taking down any goblins in our path. Following closely behind him, was Dwalin, and Thorin, who both moved with skill and grace as they took down goblins that jumped from paths above. I then thought about creating the slide once again, but given the reactions from the first time, it didn't seem like such a good idea. I could tell that Athena wanted to create the fiendfyre again as there were more and more goblins jumping onto our path.

"We need to do something to get us out of here." I said, running along the fragile bridge.

"I know…" She agreed. "How goblins are in this bloody cave?"

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Athena's POV

Well, we did have a plan once we reached the Misty Mountains, but I think our plans went out the window the moment we revealed ourselves. The plan was for me to use the invisibility cloak, get Hermione and Ginny and cast our way out, though I did not take in account of the many goblins in the cave. There were thousands and more coming in our direction. Gandalf did say that it was the Goblin Cave, the town of Goblins and their home, so it's no surprise that goblins were coming in all different directions.

We had arrived at the Misty Mountains, and I found out exactly what Gandalf meant when he said stone giants, as there was only the one giant, throwing rocks at us as we tried to make our way to the entrance of the cave. We eventually made it, only to fall into the cave. I had found Hermione's wand and we eventually found the dwarves, who were being held by the ugly Goblin King and now, we were being chased by the Goblin Army. All in a day's work…or so I thought.

After being confronted by the King and Gandalf yelling at everyone to fight, we ran. And, we kept running, with Hermione, Ginny and myself casting spells and the dwarves fighting with their weapons, trying to stop the goblins from attacking us. We all then found ourselves on a small platform that was part of a bridge, but it had a large gap. Thorin cut the ropes holding up the platform, allowing it to swing to the other side, and the dwarves began jumping off the swinging platform onto the other side. Ginny, Hermione and myself followed after, jumping off and I gasped as I nearly slipped off, only to be held up by Thorin, and I stared at him, swiftly giving a nod as my thanks. He sighed in relief, before taking off again and fighting.

It was a never ending cycle; jump to another path, fight oncoming goblins then onto another path that would hopefully lead us out of the cave. Gandalf broke a larger boulder once we reached the rocky paths and using the boulder to knock out oncoming goblins on the path. We ran as the boulder flew, before going off the edge and leaving the path clear for us. We reached a large wooden bridge that headed to what looked like a way out, only to be stopped by the Goblin King, whose face was angry and burns covering his skin. He then smirked as we all came to a stop.

"You all thought you could escape me?" The king scoffed, waving his staff at both Gandalf and myself, as we were both near him. "What are you going to do now Witch? What magic trick will you impress me with?"

It was then Hermione decided she had enough, as she stepped next to me, giving me a look before smiling at the Goblin king. She raised her wand to the air, pointing it at the goblins hanging from the walls, and the ones heading our way. It clicked in my head at what she was going to do and so, I ducked, gesturing the dwarves to follow my move and they did.

"All of you, get down! IMPEDIMENTA MAXIMA!" She yelled, bright turquoise light surrounding the cave, causing almost all the goblins to freeze, become immobile, which then made them fall. I stood up as what looked like hundreds of goblins began to fall like rain, unable to move. Seconds passed as everyone stood up, shock on their faces. The Goblin King was the most shocked, as he watched his army fall.

"Impressive enough for you, your Majesty?" Gandalf smirked, taking the opportunity to stab the king in the eye with his staff, and then cutting the king's stomach with his sword.

The king collapse to the floor, holding his stomach. "That'll do it…very impressive…"

Gandalf then swung his sword against the king's neck, slicing it, and the King gasped before falling forwards, dead at Gandalf's feet. He turned around, and the dwarves then cheered, but the cheer was short lived, as the bridge began to shake, before breaking apart and we all, including the bridge, fell. I held onto a wooden pole, as most of us did, though Bombur had fallen to a lower level of the small three layer broken bridge and was holding onto the floor. The bridge then slid down the rocky wall, crashing into other wooden bridges and I held on as the crashes made me jump and jerk. Hermione, who was holding onto the pole near the front, pointed her wand down, trying to slow the bridge down, and it worked, for a little bit before suddenly, we reached a narrow depth between two walls. The wooden edges of the broken bridge were used as a brake of sorts, scrapping against the rocky walls of the cave, but that didn't stop the dwarves from yelling as we went down, before crashing onto the rocky bottom. I groaned, trying to stand up, with the help of Hermione, only for the both of us fall off and land on top Dwalin and Kili, the both of them groaning. Hermione landed on top of me, and I grunted at the pain of it.

"Sorry Athena…Dwalin…Kili…" She groaned, rolling off me before standing up.

"Yeah, yeah…Sorry Dwalin…Oh Kili…" I grunted, rolling off Dwalin, whose face was near my arm and my legs were on Kili's chest. I then got up, lifting the broken wooden planks off him and helped him up. He then touched my face, checking me over before giving me a smile. Dwalin, who watched the exchange, groaned.

"Enough romancing! Help me out!" He ordered, causing Kili to roll his eyes and helping Dwalin up.

I turned around, watching as Hermione helped Gandalf from under the debris and he nodded to her. Ginny was emerging between Bofur and Dori, dust on her face and looking tired.

"Well, that could have been worse." Bofur remarked. But he spoke to soon as the dead body of the Goblin King then landed on them, crashing onto the wooden bridge. I gasped, my hand going to my mouth as the dwarves groaned and grunted in pain, and I could see Ginny shaking her head as she groaned.

"You just had to say that, didn't you?" She snapped.

Suddenly, Hermione gasped and I turned in her direction, only to see even more goblins heading our way.

"Gandalf! Athena!" Kili yelled.

"I see Kili! Bloody hell! These things just don't die!" I growled, watching as they all came for us. I saw that Hermione and Gandalf began to help the dwarves out from under the dead king, and I walked over, helping Ginny out. Kili and Dwalin began to help as well, and I kept an eye on the incoming parade of goblins.

"There's too many of them. We won't be able to fight them!" Dwalin shouted, holding up a disorientated Nori.

"Only one thing will save us…Daylight!" Gandalf informed us, before holding out his hand, helping up Oin. "Come On! Here! On your feet!"

I frowned, taking in Gandalf's comment about daylight and I looked up, raising my wand to the goblins. "Go, I'll buy you some time to escape! LUMOS SOLEM MAXIMA!"

A bright white light, as bright as the sun filled the cave, and I made sure that it was only the goblins that were affected, and with my wand raised, I turned my head, sighing with relief as the dwarves got up, running, shielding their eyes from the bright light. The bright light caused the goblins to be blinded, as they were running in circles down the rocky walls of the cave. I heard my name being called, and turned around before suddenly, something sharp stabbed me in my lower abdomen and I saw that it was a goblin.

In the midst of the light spell, I did not see a goblin that was on the ground, walking up to me slowly and when I had turned my head around, it had stabbed me in my right lower abdomen, just near my stomach, causing me to look at its face as the goblin smiled evilly, pressing the blade of his knife further into my abdomen, piercing through my flesh. I heard the shouts of Hermione, Gandalf, Ginny and the dwarves. The goblin was then blasted back, and I felt hands catch me as I fell backwards. Into the arms of Ginny.

"Athena, stay with me!" Hermione screamed, getting down onto her knees. I then saw another goblin approach from behind her, but Thorin jumped in, cutting its head off. He then turned around, his blue eyes staring into me. The sounds of Hermione's and Ginny's voices dulled out as I kept my focus on Thorin before suddenly my vision blurred, and I welcomed the blackness that came over me.

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Third POV

The Man stared at the woman laying before his feet, waiting patiently for her to awaken. It had been awhile since he had seen the woman, considering last time, she was about to die, and be killed by a man that had caused so much terror. She wasn't dead, but the Man knew that this was the only way to talk to her, to warn her about the upcoming challenges that she had yet to face.

It had set it up perfectly, using a familiar place to help ease her when she awoke. It was after all, a place that was also familiar to him, and one he hadn't seen in years. But it was vital, and it was needed. He sat down on the chair near her, leaning back into it. He crossed his legs, putting on leg over the top of his other, and clasped his hands together. He looked about the woman with fondness, and his heart panged that he had to come to her in this way.

He had watched over her all these years, becoming a sort of guardian angel for her, and then when she was sent into Middle Earth, he followed. It was devastating for her to watch him fall through the veil, but it allowed him to see her in a parallel way, only just watching but not being there. It had taken a bit of magic for him to set this in place, but he needed to, as she was in danger. But he was confident that she would succeed, as those she was surrounded by had now come to love and accept her into their clan. It worked out really, in the end.

The woman stirred, before opening her eyes, and sitting up quickly, gasping at sight around her. She then stood up, looking up before her eyes came upon him. He smiled, as she looked upon him with sadness, shock and love.

"Hello Athena. We have much to discuss, and so little time." He spoke, standing up.

She shucked a breath, trying to stop the tears threatening to fall, before gathering herself to whisper a word.

"Sirius?"


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