Eleona and Elrond spent the rest of the day practicing concentrating, the dwarves grumbled in their chambers, and Gandalf prepared for the meeting that the wizards were to hold. In the evening Saruman, Gandalf, Elrond, and the unexpected Galadriel gathered to discuss the dwarves quest to the Lonely Mountain. Saruman strongly thought that it was folly to support this endeavor. While the wizards argued on this point Galadriel listened with her mind and heard the dwarves along with Eleona and Bilbo begin to leave.
"The dwarves are leaving. You knew." She said to Gandalf within their minds so that none others could hear them.
Gandalf gazed at her steadily. "Yes."
As this was happening Eleona looked out over the valley. Deep inside her there was a final relief of leaving this place. She had enjoyed the beautiful city but her heart wished to move on and the longer she stayed the more she felt that the elves looked deeper into her past and her soul which unsettled her for there was things that are better left untouched then disturbed.
"Farewell for the moment fair Rivendell." Eleona said in a whisper to herself and the valley.
Now that she was back in the company of the dwarves they still scorned her, but Bilbo remained as always a listener to her when she choose to speak her mind. The weather within Rivendell had been bright and cheerful but coming out of that glowing land they came into the reality of the world. Outside of the valley it was windy and cold. Clouds gathered in the dark sky and rain looked imminent. The path leading from Rivendell ran through The Misty Mountains and there were cascades of rain coming down on the company. Unknown to Eleona Thorin and Gandalf had talked with Elrond about their journey. She had only picked up that Elrond had not approved of this quest from how he had spoken of her continuing on this folly mission. All the dwarves walked along in misery and Bilbo huddled near to Eleona since she had told him to walk in front of her to partially shield him from the rain. Her cloak was wrapped around the two of them so that her body heat was shared with the smaller hobbit and her form gave him protection from behind, and her cloak from in front. Gandalf had rejoined the group after slipping away from the council and going unnoticed from Rivendell except from the watchful eye of the lady Galadriel. The path soon took a curve that lead to a devastating drop on their right and a steep wall on their left. Suddenly as Eleona walked together with Bilbo the whole side of the mountain began to feel as if it was moving from under their feet. With cries of surprise the dwarves went tumbling towards the wall. Eleona looked up above them as soon as she had gotten a grip of Bilbo and had steadied herself against the mountain. What met her gaze was a face made out of stone. It was ragged and rocky from the pieces that had been taken out of it that seemed almost like scars on the weathered stone. The ground underneath them split into two halving the dwarves with Fili and Kili on the ends.
"Their stone giants!" Gandalf yelled above the storm of the weather.
Those were the only words that reached above the rumbling of the thunder for the next few minutes because other sounds soon plagued their ears. As the stone giant they stood on came to life another across from the drop off awakened. It picked up a boulder from a near by ledge and threw the object towards the giant that the company now clung to. Rumble from above came crumbling down as the boulder made contact. As soon as it had started it ended. A well placed shot brought the stone giant that had the dwarves on it crashing onto its knees. Hurriedly the dwarves began to jump across the a safe ledge that did not appear to be a giant and looked stable. One by one they went until Bilbo was left, all of them urged him on as he hesitated at the jump.
After all the shouts of imploring from the dwarves which did not help him at all Eleona finally yelled out of the gloom. "You can make it Bilbo."
With that faith that Eleona had for Bilbo he jumped straight across the gap and none to soon. The leg they had stood on came crashing down and rumble flew in all directions. All lost sight of the things even right in of front of them for a few moments. When they could see what was a round them again they started to pick each other up. Eleona picked herself up off the cold ground and looked around at the dwarves.
Her quick eyes noticed that Bilbo was not near her as he had been while they had been walking. "Where is Bilbo?!" She yelled over the storm.
Frantically all the dwarves began to look about and one of them noticed Bilbo hanging from a small ledge sticking out from the path. He was some four feet below them. Swiftly Thorin clambered to the edge and reached down towards the hobbit. He had just grabbed the Bilbo's hand when he began to slip from the path. Just as he fell off the cliff Eleona snatched his other arm. Holding on to him she looked him straight in the eyes for a moment. Something passed through him right then. It seemed he saw her for something that he had never seen her as, a friend. Emotions broiled within him and he did not know what to think. Here was an exile of their kin one who had been banished. Time flowed normally again when Eleona gave a yell and gathered her strength to pull Bilbo and Thorin over the edge onto the path.