Chapter 26

Brave

We ran as fast as we could, at one point Kili was being shot at.

"KILI! NO!"

I took my bow and killed two of the goblins. He, Bofur, Fili, and Ori took a ladder and charged towards the goblins shouting. The pushed them back and we ended up using the ladder as a bridge. We jumped onto a platform and Thorin cut the ropes holding it. It swung to the other side.

"SONYA JUMP!"

I did as he asked but when I looked back, he and several others were still trapped. I aimed and shot another goblin. When they had jumped we followed Gandalf again.

"Thorin!" I cried.

Goblins were coming up at us. There was a crack and then a boulder started to roll forward. I smiled and gave it an extra push. We ran and then turned another corner. There was a small wooden bridge that would lead us to the exit. As we crossed the great Goblin jumped up.

"You thought you could escape me?"

He swung at Gandalf.

"What are you going to do now wizard?"

Gandalf poked his eyes with his staff and I shot his knee. Gandalf then sliced his belly and He fell to his knees.

"That will do it."

Gandalf slit his throat and the body fell forward. The supports holding the bridge broke and we started to fall. Thorin wrapped his arm around me and I held onto him.

"Thorin don't let go of me!"

"I would not dream of it."

I buried my face in his chest and we started to slow until we crashed. I crawled out with Gandalf.

"Well that could have been worse." Bofur said.

I looked up and smirked.

"3, 2, 1.…."

The body of the Great Goblin crashed down on them.

"You have got to be joking!" Dwalin said.

I laughed and then started to help them all out.

"GANDALF!" Kili shouted.

I looked up and my heart dropped to my stomach. All the goblins were charging towards us.

"There are too many! We cannot fight them!" Dwalin said as he helped Oin.

"Only one thing shall save us, daylight! Quick!" said the wizard.

I took Thorin's hand and we ran.

"Quick! Into the sun!" Gandalf said.

I ran out side and breathed in the fresh air. Suddenly someone smashed their lips to mine. Thorin. I wound my arms around him and kissed him passionately. He broke the kiss and looked at me angrily.

"What did you think you were doing!? You could have been killed or worse! You stupid woman!"

He kissed me and insulted me and then kissed me again. Finally he just held me in his arms.

"Never do something like that again Sonya."

I nodded.

"Where is our hobbit!?" Gandalf shouted.

It was then I realized that Bilbo was missing.

"I think I saw him slip away when they fist cornered us." Nori said.

"Well what happened exactly? Tell me!" Gandalf said .

"I shall tell you what happened! Master Baggins saw his chance and he took it! He has thought of nothing but his soft bed and his warm hearth since first he stepped out of his door! We will not be seeing our hobbit again! He is long gone."

I remembered when I woke up hearing someone falling. It was Bilbo.

"You're wrong Thorin."

"Sonya…."

"He fell."

They all looked at me.

"I remember when I came to I heard someone falling. It was Bilbo….He is dead!"

I started to cry.

"He's gone."

"No he is not!"

I looked up and relief washed over me. I ran and pulled Bilbo into a tight hug.

"Praise the Valar! I thought we'd lost you my friend!"

"No need to worry Miss Sonya. I am here safe and sound."

I smiled and pat him on the back.

"Bilbo Baggins, I have never been so happy to see anyone in my life." Gandalf said.

"Bilbo! We had given you up." Kili said.

"How on earth did you get past the goblins?" Fili inquired.

"How indeed?" Dwalin added.

Bilbo looked at us and then laughed. I saw him slip something gold into his pocket. Something in my heart warned me, but I ignored it.

"Well what does it matter? He is back." Gandalf said.

"It matters." Thorin said.

I looked at him with a frustrated look.

"I want to know…..why did you come back?"

I looked at Thorin and took his hand.

"Look I know you doubt me, and I know you always have. You are right I often think of Bag End. I miss my books, and my armchair, and my garden. See that is where I belong, that is home…..And that is why I came back, because you do not have one. A home. It was taken from you…..and for others…" he looked at me. "And some have never had one. I will help you take it back if I can."

I smiled at Bilbo and squeezed Thorin's hand. He looked at me and I smiled. Our happy moment was ruined by a howl.

"Out of the frying pan." said Thorin.

"And into the fire! Run! RUN!" Gandalf said.

Thorin pulled me away and we ran.

"Sonya get down!"

I hit the ground and Thorin killed a warg.

"Up into the trees! Quick! Quick!" Gandalf cried.

I jumped up and Thorin followed me with Balin. Bilbo was still on the ground! His sword was stuck in the head of the warg he had killed. I jumped down despite Thorin's cries.

He's gonna kill me later.

I ran to Bilbo and helped him get his sword. I pushed him up into a tree but then a warg pushed me to the ground. The orc on it grabbed my hair and started to pull me back.

"SONYA!"

My friends were calling my name. I was thrown forward and when I looked up I found a white warg. My eyes widened and I slowly looked up at its rider.

"Azog…"

He smiled an evil smile. He grabbed my arm and lifted me up.

"~Do you smell it? The scent of fear? I remember your father reeked of it! Thorin son of Thrain.~"

A monkey could figure out what he said. I looked at Thorin in fear.

"It cannot be!" he said.

"~That one is mine! Kill the others! And as for this pretty little thing….~"

He made me face him. I glared and spit in his face. He threw me to the ground and then jumped off his warg.

"~You insolent little….~"

I kicked him down and reached for my gun.

"Move and I blow your head off!"

He looked confused and I pulled the trigger. I was out!

"Shit!"

He laughed and then grabbed me.

"~Foolish sorceress!~"

Sorceress! That's it! I closed my eyes and tried to remember what I had felt when I made the goblins fly away. Azog flew back, but I went with him because he never let go of me. We crashed to the ground and he threw me back towards his warg. My friends and Thorin were now with Gandalf in his tree. It stood on the very edge of the cliff. They were tossing pinecones down, the pinecones were on fire. I smiled as the wargs backed off. Then Azog held me by my hair.

I swear if I live through this I am going to chop all my hair off!

I screamed as the tree began to fall. Dori and Ori were dangling from a tree branch.

"NO! THORIN! NO!" I cried.

Thorin looked up and Azog held a knife to my throat.

"~If you want her alive then come to me!~"

My eyes widened.

"NO! NO THORIN DON'T!"

Azog smacked me and I could taste blood. Thorin drew his sword and ran forward. I cried for him to go back, but he wouldn't. He stopped in front of me.

"Let her go! She has nothing to do with any of this!"

I heard Azog laugh and then he threw me to Thorin. He caught me in his arms and looked at me.

"I am so sorry." he whispered.

"Thorin…."

He kissed me hard on the lips before running at Azog.

"NO!"

Azog leaped forward on his warg and Thorin was knocked to the ground. He stood up but Azog circled around and hit him in the face. I tried to run forward but another Orc grabbed me.

"NO!" Balin shouted.

"THORIN!" cried Dwalin.

"Let him go! LET HIM GO!" I begged.

The white warg had Thorin in its jaws. Thorin hit the warg's snout with the hilt of his sword and it tossed him away. I kicked down the orc holding me and ran to Thorin.

"Oh Sonya…..forgive me." he breathed.

"Shhh-hhh! Everything is going to be okay! I promise! Thorin keep your eyes open!"

"~Bring me the head of the dwarf king and his queen.~"

I was not a queen. But I was not a damsel in distress. I took Orcrist and stood between Thorin and the orc.

"I will kill you if you touch him!" I snarled.

The orc ran forward but before I could fight, Bilbo leaped forward and killed it. I gasped and I heard Thorin gasp for breath. I turned back and looked at him. His eyes closed.

"No! Thorin no!"

I dropped Orcrist and knelt beside him. The only thing I knew to do was CPR. Bilbo was standing in front of us and swinging his little sword. I pushed on Thorin's chest and then Dwalin, Balin, Fili, Kili and Bifur came running out to fight. I breathed air into Thorin's body and then pushed on his chest again.

"Don't you dare leave me you jackass! Come on!"

A cry pierced the air and I looked up. A giant bird was flying towards us. It grabbed the wargs and tossed them over the cliff. One was coming for Thorin. I knew it was going to help him so I backed away. I took Orcrist and then ran and jumped off the edge of the cliff. One of the birds came and caught me. I smiled and then looked around for the one that had Thorin.