Chapter 10: Trouble with Trolls
Miss_Movie_Girl: HEY! Long time no see! It's been so long, I know. Hopefully, there will be more chances to write for you all. I've missed you all and so has True She-wolf Werewolf too. Only a few months til Desolation of Smaug is here! Oh how we hope this story gets done before then! But then we would have the next part of our journey! Woohoo! Anywho, how about we continue with our story then, hm? Yeah, let's do that!
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Italics= sign language
Bold + italics= sign and spoken
"Daisy and Bungo are missing," Kili said as he, Fili and Bilbo were walking around the dark forest, looking for the lost ponies.
"Well that isn't good. Shouldn't we tell Thorin?" Bilbo asked.
"Uhh, no. Let's not worry him. As our official burglar, we thought you might like to look into it." Fili proposed. Bilbo noticed some trees in the distance. They looked recently uprooted and were laying on the ground.
"Well, it looks like something…big did this," Bilbo said as he inspected the trees.
"That was our thinking," Kili agreed. Then suddenly, the three ducked down and hid as they heard noises.
"What was that?" Bilbo said, wondering what just happened.
"Trolls," Kili said simply. The three noticed a burning fire in the distance. Behind them, another troll came stomping past holding a pony under each arm, but these were different ponies.
"He's got Myrtle and Minty! They're going to eat them! We have to do something!" Bilbo exclaimed.
"Yes, you should. Mountain trolls are slow and stupid, and you're so small," Kili said. "They'll never see you."
Bilbo shook his head, not sure if this was a good idea. Kili continued, "It's perfectly safe! We'll be right behind you."
"If you run into trouble, hoot twice like a barn owl, once like a brown owl," Fili said afterwards, and the brothers pushed Bilbo forward. Bilbo tries reciting Fili's instructions to himself but then gets mixed up.
"Are you sure this is a good idea?" Bilbo asked, but as he turned around, Fili and Kili were nowhere in sight. He cautiously approached the trolls, but made sure he wasn't seen. The trolls seemed to be cooking something in the cauldron. The three trolls, named Bert, Tom, and William, were constantly bickering and hitting each other over the food. Bilbo eventually is able to sneak behind them and reach the pen that was holding the ponies.
Bilbo then tries to untie the ropes but he couldn't just do it with his hands. He needed something sharp. And he found exactly what he was looking for. One of the trolls was wearing a long knife in his belt. He tried very hard to reach for the knife. Then suddenly, William, the knife holder, sneezes loudly and instead of grabbing his handkerchief, he grabs Bilbo, wiping his snot all over him.
"Agh! Blimey! Bert! Look what's come out of me 'ooter! It's got arms and legs and everything." William said, a bit shocked at what he was looking at. The other trolls gather around to look.
"What is it?" asked Tom.
"I don't know, but I don't like the way it wriggles around!" William answered.
"What are you then?" Tom demanded of the strange being they came face to face with.
"I'm a burgl—uhh, Hobbit." Bilbo answered, a bit shaky but hoping they wouldn't ponder too much more.
"A Burgla-Hobbit?" William asked.
"Can we cook 'im?" Tom also asked. Bilbo tried his best to dodge the trolls. He certainly did not want to become their next meal that evening. After a moment, Tom grabs him by the legs, holding him upside down. Suddenly, Kili runs out from the bushes and slashes William in the leg, causing him to howl and fall down.
"Drop him!" Kili shouted to the trolls.
"You what?" Tom said, perplexed.
"I said, drop him," Kili repeated, holding his stance as his sword was in his hands. Then suddenly, Tom flings Bilbo towards Kili and the two both fall to the ground. In that instant, the rest of the dwarves charge out of the bushes yelling and brandishing their weapons. They begin to fight the trolls by hacking and slashing at their legs.
During this, Bilbo is finally able to grab the knife from William's belt and sets the ponies free. Sadly, Tom sees this and grabs Bilbo yet again. The dwarves stop as they see Bilbo being held by the limbs.
"Lay down your arms, or we'll rip his off!" Tom threatened. Thorin look frustrated, but then planted his sword into the ground. The other dwarves did the same. The only thing now is what would happen next.
True She-wolf Werewolf: Hope y'all liked the update. I think Miss_Movie_Girl is getting the hang of writing. I am sorry I didn't help with this chapter, but Debate was taking too much writing time.
