I follow him as he rushes to a barricade blocking up the hole Smaug made. I look up at it with distain. Seriously?

"Come on!" Thorin says and takes the make shift steps two at a time.

I get to the top and see Bard coming towards us on horseback, to collect the claim of the people of Lake-town no doubt, fair enough, I don't get why the Elves are here.

"Hail, Thorin, son of Thrain. We are glad to find you alive beyond hope" Bard says as he stops at the bottom of the barricade

"Why do you come to the gates of the King under the Mountain armed for war?" Thorin asks angrily

"Why does the King under the Mountain fence himself in, like a robber in his home?" Bard throws back. I wince at his words and look away briefly. Bad, bad choice of words.

"Maybe it's because I am expecting to be robbed!" Thorin snaps. I look at him strangely, who said anything about robbing?

"My Lord, we have not come to rob you but to seek fair settlement. Will you not speak with me" Bard says.

Thorin looks away stubbornly and I roll my eyes, he can be such a child. I place my hand on his shoulder "Thorin, talk to him, it's only fair. A good King does not severe ties with his neighbours like this."

He looks at me briefly before looking back at Bard and nodding. Bard and I share a look of apprehension. I turn to Andy and give him a brief smile that was meant to look reassuring but probably failed miserably. I jump and let out a colourful curse as a raven flies over my head. Where did that come from? Fili, Kili and Andy all crack a small smile. Something I haven't seen in a while.

I look over the edge of the barricade to see what is happening down there but step back as I accidentally loosen a large bit of stone. I hear nothing. I go to the other side and try to hear Thorin. Nothing again.

I head down after Fili and Kili and arrive just in time to here Bard say "Because you gave us your word. Does that mean nothing?"

Thorin steps away from the hole in the barricade and looks at me then the company before yelling "Be gone! Let our arrows fly!"

"Wait, what?" I snap and run up the steps again. I need to stop Bard.

I'm pulled back almost instantly "Do not go against me, Gwen" Thorin growls in my ear.

I pull myself away from him "defiance is my middle name" I say with a sarcastic smile. I make my face serious again "What makes you better than any of them? Yeah you're the King, I get it, but to promise something and then blatantly turn around and refuse to pay what you promise, that's a crime where I'm from and it's also some serious bad foreign affairs. If my country tried something like that it would start World War Three and my country is powerful and has its own Empire and one of the strongest military forces in the world! You have an army of 12 Dwarves, a Hobbit, a teenager and me against all of them. It's stupidity!"

The Dwarves watch me go with a look of fear and worry but Thorin just listens quietly and patiently with a blank expression. There is a silence before Thorin says "An excellent Queen indeed but I will not allow them to take what is ours"

I scoff "I feel like you want to say, take what is yours, because that's what you really mean, right Thorin?"

Silence again. I shake my head and walk off. That is some serious deadly sin shit that he's got going on inside of him. Greed, Lust, Envy, Wrath and Pride, especially Pride! The only ones he's missing are Sloth and Gluttony and that's only because he hasn't sat down long enough to experience Sloth and you actually have to eat to be a Glutton. Well you know what, I'm not the religious type at all! But I am a firm believer in balance. So whenever he shows a sin I'll hit him with a virtue until he gets himself back. When he shows excessive Pride, I'll counter it with Humility, when he shows Envy, I'll show Kindness, his Wrath will be met with my, attempted, Patience, this one may be difficult for me, when he is Greedy which is all the damn time, I'll counter it with Charity, well I'll try too anyway, then there is Lust… Chastity is a little in the wind by now but I will sure as hell take a vow of Chastity until he gets his damn act together! I look around, where the hell am I? With a growl of frustration I turn and pick my way back.

"Guinevere, come here!" Thorin calls.

I turn and see a procession of kitted out for battle Dwarves walk past him and Andy and Bilbo. I head over with a stony expression which I try to calm but I'm just so mad! Well, there goes Patience, I knew that wasn't going to last.

"What?" I snap as I reach him.

"I want you to hide yourself in the depths of the mountain" Thorin says and he's serious.

I laugh loudly "Oh Thorin, the fact that you thought I would listen to that is funny. I'm not going to hide away. Yeah, I'm pissed at you but I'm staying by your side. I keep the promises I make" I purposely add in that little spit on the end to try and appeal to his conscious.

He just looks mad. "Guinevere, you are testing my patience"

I give him a fake look of surprise "This is you patient? What are you going to do when that patience snaps? Send me away?"

He glares at me and I just look back at him sickly sweetly. He grabs the back of my neck and kisses me, hard… again. I swear I must be secret Masochists or something because I like it when he does that… not that I'll admit that to him.

"Or punish me with love, I guess that works too" I say breathlessly when he pulls away.

He lets out a genuine smile but it disappears as quickly as it appears "Grab a weapon if you are staying"

I walk in to the armoury muttering "Aye, aye, Captain"

I grab the lightest looking sword I can find and wrap the belt around my hips and tighten in. The Elves won't harm me… hopefully. I know Bard won't hurt me and the Dwarves obviously won't so I know I'm fine but I will become a human shield if I have too. Nobody hurts my boys! Thorin is still standing there when I come out and he holds is hand out to me. I take it.

He pulls me close "Do not stray from me, my love. Stay close, stay alert."

I place my hands on his metal plated chest "I will, just don't do anything stupid, please" His lack of response worries me.