Daughter of Destruction chapter 12

The next morning everyone was in better spirits, especially Fili who had his lady love riding in front of him once again on his pony. He could see the braid in her hair with his clasp on it and he felt elated to call her his. Several of the group had teased him quietly when Farrah was not around but he knew it was all in good fun.

"So when is the wedding?" Kili asked as he rode his pony up close to his brothers. Fili shook his head trying to alert his brother not to start anything. He did not mind the teasing when Farrah was out of range but he did not want her fears to begin again. Too late, he felt her tense up in his arms.

"We are taking it slow Kili," he said with a warning look to his younger brother.

"You know mother will want a huge wedding with everyone there," Kili continued despite the threatening look he was receiving from Fili. "Then we need to think of names."

"Names?" Farrah asked puzzled at what he meant.

"Yeah for all of my nieces and nephews," Kili laughed. "I'm sure Fili will …" He never got to finish his sentence because Fili leaned over and whacked him upside the head. "Oww!"

Farrah looked troubled. "Oh we aren't having babies," she said quickly. Fili made his pony trot faster to get away from his meddling brother and figured riding beside Ori would be safer. "Don't pay Kili any mind," he whispered in her ear. "You know how he likes to make trouble. He doesn't really mean anything by it."

She knew Fili was right but now it was on her mind yet again. Flashbacks of the dream came to her and put her in a foul mood. She was hoping they would stop for a rest soon but Thorin, like before kept them riding well into the evening.

"Fili, Kili, watch the ponies," Thorin called out. He yelled tasks for several others too before going off to talk to Gandalf. Farrah would have liked to stay by Fili but she did not want Kili asking anymore questions so she went off to help Bofur begin the meal.

"I would thank you to keep your mouth closed when it comes to Farrah and me, little brother," Fili scolded Kili. "She is stressed enough as it is and I barely got her to say yes to courting. I do not want you messing this up." He took the ponies and led them over to a clearing in the woods. He tied them up and made sure they had water before going back for some more.

"So if she doesn't want babies, how is that going to work out for you? No sex?" Kili asked as he passed his brother on his way to lead more of the ponies to pasture. Fili stopped and shook his head. "I'm sure she is just upset over everything going on right now. Of course she will want babies everyone wants babies right?"

Kili shrugged his shoulders and went to tie up the pony he had. Once all of them were settled and fed, Fili joined his brother. "You don't think she is serious right? You can't have sex without having babies sooner or later."

"Don't worry Fili, I'm sure you can talk your way into her bed and she will forget all about babies and not wanting them."

Fili sighed and wished things were not as complicated in his life…

"Careful lass, it is hot," Bofur said as he handed her two more bowls of stew to take over to Dori and Ori. She liked helping out, it kept her mind busy. She handed the bowls to the two dwarves who thanked her as they took them. She passed Bilbo on her way back to the kettle. He was helping hand out dinner as well. The hobbit always had a smile for her and he helped to lift her mood.

"Last two," Bofur said as he handed Farrah two more bowls. "Take them to Fili and Kili if ya will."

"Let me help you," Bilbo said as he took one of the bowls for her. They started off in the direction the brothers had taken the ponies. She hoped Kili would not start in on teasing her again. She saw Fili's pony and slipped it an apple she had brought for it and scratched the pony's nose before going on and catching up with Bilbo.

"What's the matter?" Bilbo asked as he saw Fili and Kili standing still and being quiet which was unusual for those two.

"Two ponies are missing," Fili said.

"Missing? How do two ponies just come up missing. Did you not tie them up?" Bilbo asked. Kili gave him a daft look. "Of course we did but they are still gone."

Farrah did not like the worried look on Fili's face. She set the bowl down and went over to him. "Should we go look for them?"

"I think we should tell Thorin," Bilbo said as he started to turn back around. Kili's hand shot out and grabbed hold of the hobbit. "No need to bother him with this."

Farrah walked over to where the ponies had been and saw several trees pulled up and knocked over onto the ground. She was about to ask Fili about them when the ground started shaking; literally. Fili grabbed her and pulled her back behind a tree as a large troll walk by. Farrah had never seen a troll before and she was unprepared for actually how big and ugly it really was. She grabbed hold of Fili's jacket and held tightly to him. "It's ok," he whispered to her to calm her fears.

Once the troll had passed they returned to Kili and Bilbo. "We saw it," Kili growled.

"We need to go get Thorin," Bilbo stated.

"No, let's not bother him just yet," Kili said. "I think you can do this Bilbo." Bilbo had a look of horror spread across his face as Kili grabbed his arm and led them all over to where they could see the trolls. There were three of them sitting around the campfire and sure enough, off to the side were the two missing ponies.

"Go back to camp and stay there," Fili told Farrah. "Tell Thorin what is happening." Farrah nodded and went to go but Kili reached out and grabbed her hand. "We can't tell Thorin we lost the ponies to trolls," he hissed to Fili.

"Well what do you suggest we do Kili? Go ask the trolls nicely to give them back? Besides I'm sending Farrah back for her own safety and Thorin will want to know what is wrong."

"Bilbo can go and get the ponies he is small they won't even see him," Kili reasoned.

Farrah watched as the two brothers argued about what to do and poor Bilbo was getting incredibly nervous. In fact they were so into their debate they did not notice the trolls had heard them. It wasn't until Farrah felt herself rising that she screamed out. One of the trolls had picked her up. Fili had his swords out and Kili aimed his bow. "Put her down!" Fili yelled out.

"This is why I wanted her back at the campsite," he growled to his brother.

"Well how did I know they would hear us and come over here," Kili said. "I can't believe you are blaming me."

Bilbo snuck around behind the troll that was holding Farrah. He quietly took out his blade and stabbed it into the foot of the troll. It screamed and dropped Farrah. Thanks to Fili's quick reflexes he managed to catch her but had to drop both of his swords before doing so.

Kili let loose one of his arrows and it hit the troll in the side of his head. The troll shrieked but it did not kill him. He pulled it out and tried to stomp on Kili.

Kili moved quickly and pulled out his sword. Fili pushed Farrah in the direction of the camp and told her to run!

Farrah ran as fast as she could and rushed out into the clearing where the others were. "Trolls!" she yelled, "Hurry!"

Thorin and Balin grabbed their weapons and were the first to run off followed by the others. "Stay here!" Dwalin ordered before following them. Farrah noticed that Gandalf was missing and she wondered where the wizard had gone to. She felt helpless just standing there and very worried that something would happen to the others. She had grown very fond of everyone in the company.

She fretted and started walking back towards the trolls several times. Each time she rationalized that she wouldn't be of much help and probably in the way. But, shouldn't they have been back by now? When she couldn't wait any longer, she knew she did not have any choice. She had to go and check on them. She ran back to where the troll had picked her up but there was no one there. She heard yelling and went over behind some trees. Peeking carefully she saw the three trolls had managed to catch all of the dwarves and the hobbit.

She saw several tied up in sacks and then to her horror she saw some of them being roasted over a fire; including her father! How had this happened? She knew she had to do something, but what?

She had her sword with her but she knew better than to run out and challenge three huge trolls. She crawled along the bushes carefully hoping to be able to get around to where the dwarves were bundled up. Perhaps she could manage to cut some of the free.

She got as far as the place where the ponies were tied up and she hoped they wouldn't get frightened and get the trolls attention. Luck was with her as she crawled around them and over to where Thorin and the others were trapped. She whispered in Thorin's ear, "It's me, don't speak just listen. I'm going to cut through the sack."

Thorin remained still, his eyes glued to the trolls and his friends that were currently being roasted. He felt the sack being cut and he tried to move his hands and body away from it to avoid being cut. He gritted his teeth as he felt the tip of the blade knick him. "Sorry," she whispered as she managed to tear the sack open. She saw his hands were bound as well. She was just starting to cut the ropes when she heard Bilbo talking to the trolls. At least their attention wouldn't be on her so she kept cutting. Thorin felt his hands go free and he reached down into his boot to retrieve his knife. He handed it to her, being careful to keep looking straight ahead as if nothing was going on.

Farrah started cutting the sack open that held her Uncle Balin but has to duck twice as the trolls looked over to the group. She saw one coming towards them and she slide behind Thorin again, her heart beating so fast in her chest. She heard yelling and peeked out to see a troll holding Bombur by his leg.

She felt like she had to do something but Thorin's hand shot out and held her back. He shook his head at her and she remained behind him. She heard a loud thump as Bombur was dropped back down onto the bunch.

Bilbo continued to talk to the trolls and she had to admit, the hobbit was a genius! She moved over to her uncle and cut his sack and freed his hands quicker now that she had Thorin's knife. A blur of movement caught her eye and she saw Gandalf moving on the other side of the trolls.

She heard Bilbo say they had parasites and she almost laughed out loud when Kili started yelling back. She ducked back behind Thorin as the trolls looked in their direction again. She heard Thorin kick Kili who started yelling that he had huge parasites. Farrah could hardly contain her laughter.

The trolls attention was back on Bilbo so she started working on freeing Kili. She had his hands cut loose when she heard Gandalf shouting. In an instant the trolls were turned to stone. A loud cheer went up from the group and quickly those that were free began stomping out the fire under the ones who were being roasted. Farrah continued to cut the others free and when she got to Fili she hesitated.

"Are you going to get me free?" he asked her puzzled because she stopped.

"I dunno," she laughed. "I am afraid you might have huge parasites like your brother…"

Fili laughed and she leaned down to kiss him. He turned his head so all she got was a furry cheek kiss. "Hey," she said.

"Well I wouldn't want you to catch my parasites," he said with a serious look on his face. She slapped him gently upside his head and quickly cut him free.

Fili grabbed her and pulled her onto his lap kissing her hard. A few of the others noticed and some comments were tossed about. Farrah was breathless when he let her go. "There, now if I do have parasites.. so do you."