This took a little while to do. But school finally got to me again...Hope y'all enjoy...

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Nariel nodded and was thinking that Fili was actually smart. Why would they want to tell his uncle that they'd lost two ponies? Nariel mentally shrugged to herself. Thorin would probably find a way to blame the loss of the ponies on her.

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"As our official burglar, we thought you might look into it," Fili finished saying. At this Nariel turned her head and glared at him. What was he thinking?! She watched as Bilbo looked around to get a sense of their surroundings. At the same time, he probably did, Nariel spotted recently uprooted trees laying on the ground.

"Something big uprooted these trees," Nariel said before Bilbo could. She noticed the Hobbit gave her a small smile in thanks and relief to which she just nodded as acknowledgement.

"That was our thinking," Kili said nodding. Nariel couldn't help but roll her eyes at that response.

"If that was what you were thinking, then why did you ask, no tell, Bilbo he should look into it?" Nariel questioned the two dwarf princes. They both stared at her for a moment unsure of how to answer.

"Hey, there's a light. Over here. Stay down," Fili said. The four of them quietly run through the forest and hide behind a log. Once there, Fili put a hand on Nariel's back as he warned them to stay down. Nariel rolled her eyes but otherwise did not make any comment about his hand being on her back. As Nariel's eyes adjusted to the new light of being deeper in the trees, she slowly realized that the light before them was not just any light, it was a fire.

"Guys, that's a fire," Nariel found herself saying out loud no sooner than the thought had entered her mind. Harsh laughter then sounded from the direction the fire was in.

"What is it?" Bilbo asked quietly. Nariel shared a look with Kili and nodded slightly.

"Trolls," Kili told the Hobbit. Nariel shakes off Fili's hand then starts running towards the fire. Fili and Kili stare after her for a moment before getting up and following. Bilbo starts to follow them, but then turns back to grab the three bowls of soup he had set on the log. No sooner than Bilbo'd caught up to them the three ducked behind trees as a massive mountain troll passes them with one pony under each arm.

"He's got Myrtle and Minty! I think they're going to eat them. We've got to do something," Bilbo said looking at the three before him. Kili took the bowls of soup from him and began nodding as he handed one to his brother then Nariel.

"Yes, you should. Mountain trolls are slow and stupid. And you're so small….." Kili's voice trailed off a little. Bilbo shook his head vigorously and objected. "They'd never see you."

"No, no, no," Bilbo continued saying.

"It's perfectly safe. We'll be right behind you," Kili said mainly just to encourage Bilbo.

"If you run into trouble hoot twice like a barn owl and once like a brown owl," Fili ordered and with that the brothers pushed Bilbo towards the fire. As the Hobbit was muttering the instructions to himself, and getting them mixed up, Fili and Kili pulled Nariel back the way they'd come. When they got back to the first log they'd hidden behind, the two brothers sat down and began eating their soup. Nariel stood watching them for a minute and slowly began to shake her head.

"What are you two doing?" Nariel asked them as she set her bowl on the log. The two brothers stopped conversing about how good the soup was and stared at her.

"We're eating our supper," Kili said and took another bite. His brother nodded in confirmation.

"It is very good too," Fili said before noticing that Nariel's bowl wasn't in her hands, "You're not going to eat yours?"

"No, I'm not," Nariel replied. Kili's head shot up and he looked at Nariel with concern filled eyes.

"Why not?" Kili asked her before his brother could.

"Because I'm going to help Bilbo," Nariel responded and started to walk away from them.

"Why? He'll be fine," Fili said standing. Nariel whirled around and sent one of her more famous deadly glares at him.

"Why because he's so small? Think about it for a second, Fili. He's just one little Hobbit. There's three of those mountain trolls. Not exactly the greatest odds," Nariel spat and smiled grimly when she saw Fili cringe a little bit. Nariel turned her back to them again and started walking. This time the two dwarves followed her.

"Nariel, there's no need to rush into this, " Kili asked her. Within seconds, Nariel had both the brothers pinned to the nearest trees.

"I may be a girl, but that does not mean I am fragile and don't know what I am doing," Nariel hissed into their faces,"How are you two worthy of being part of the line of Durin? I don't see it. You're cowards."

Again I hope you all enjoyed this...