Ella had crawled a couple of feet higher then the rest. The feeling of the outburst hadn't disappeared a hundred percent. She paced up and down shaking her hands and mumbling to herself. Bilbo was telling the dwarves everything that happened and seemed a bit frustrated.
"Drat the bird!" He threw a rock against the mountain trying to hit the thrush sitting there but nearly hit Ella instead.
"Hey! Watch what you're doing!"
The bird jumped on Ella's shoulder and snuck its self in the crook of her neck.
"You won't leave me alone will you?" she asked the bird with an eye roll.
Ella sat down on the edge of the stone listening to Bilbo as he continued his story. Little did she know that the thrush was doing exactly the same.
"There is no way to defeat that dragon." Bilbo said. "His armor is to thick."
"No it's not." Ella said from above. "Didn't you see the hole?"
"What hole?" Thorin asked.
"There was a hole in his armor. I think it was on the left side of his chest." she answered. "Didn't you see it Bilbo?"
"Yes but it's unreachable if the dragon would attack an arrow would barely fit through. Didn't you see how small that hole was?"
"Yes but if you got a good eye sight you might be able to hit it." Ella defended. "If you know the hole is there then you can shoot an arrow through. You just have to know where to look!"
"You know as well as I that that is impossible."
The dwarves started to argue about that. Anything Ella said further was ignored. The dwarves were discussing dragon-slaying historical, dubious, and mythical, and the various sorts of stabs and jabs and undercuts, and the different art devices and stratagems by which they had accomplished.
Ella had decided that it was best to shut up and just listened with the bird still on her shoulder.
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When the stars started to turn up the thrush flew away. Ella felt a little sad about that, the bird had been lovely company in some kind of strange way. With a loud worried, sigh she watched the last part of the sun go down.
A small smile fell on her lips when she felt Fili kiss her cheek. "Bilbo said it's best if we go back into the tunnel." He said. "He thinks Smaug could come out any moment now."
Ella let herself be pulled up but her heart was heavy and the pain in her stomach over the last couple of days still hadn't faded. A terrible feeling of guilt ran through her veins and Ella couldn't help but to worry a little extra for the people of Lake Town.
"Smaug is going after Lake Town." Ella said as she pulled Fili to a halt in front of the tunnel. "We need to go back and help them. If anything happens then it's all our fault. I can't just turn my back on them after what they did for us. I want to go back, I need to go back and help them!" She tried her best to bite back her tears.
Fili placed his arms around Ella as he could see that she was about to have another break down.
"It's not your fault." He whispered in her ear. "The dragon tricked you. There was nothing you could do about it."
"But all those people are all going to be in danger, they are all going to die because of our stupidity!"
Fili just held her tight as Ella shed tears of guilt into his chest.
"It's alright." He said and kissed her head. "Let's get into the tunnel."
As they entered Ella sent Bilbo an angry look. This is all his fault! She thought. Every single drop of blood is going to be on our hands! The dragon is all his fault! The stupid quest is all Thorin's fault! Everything is his fault! No wait! It's all Gandalf's fault, no; it's all the fault of the elves! If they had help the stupid dwarves hundred years ago then we wouldn't have been here from the start!
Ella picked up her pace and Fili noticed that she wanted some time alone.
Curse this entire quest! Ella thought as she stomped away and past the other dwarves. She slammed her fist against the wall and dropped to the ground with a loud groan before slowly falling asleep.
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Ella's eyes shot open when the rocks started to boom and the walls started to crack. Rocks fell on top of everyone's head and Ella's heart started to race as she heard Smaug roar and smash against the mountain wall. She felt a couple of strong arms lifting her up and found Dwalin dragging her and George further down the tunnel with the rest of the company behind them.
"Barrel-rider!" Ella heard Smaug shout from outside. "Your feet came from the waterside and up the water you came without a doubt! I do not know your smell, but if you are not one of those men of the Lake, you have had their help! They shall see me and remember who is the real King under the Mountain!"
The dragon slammed his tale against the mountain and flew away.
The company had fallen asleep further down the tunnel. When Ella woke up she noticed that there wasn't any light not even through the crevices from the backdoor because there wasn't a door anymore. They had closed the door to tight and the keyhole had disappeared.
"Ella what's wrong?" Bilbo whispered as he could hear her cry quietly.
"What's wrong?" Ella asked. You could hear the tears in her voice. "What's wrong?! The damn dragon is on its way to Lake Town and you dare to ask me what's wrong!? Damn it, Bilbo! This is all your fault!"
Her shouting woke the others.
"Ella stop!." Thorin demanded. "The hobbit already guilty enough!"
"Good!" Ella shouted. "You know what?! I hope the dragon does come back! Otherwise I will be the one who will have his head!"
"Ella…" Bilbo said soft but she stomped away.
"Where do you think you are going?!" Thorin growled.
"What does it look like?!" Ella shouted as she walked away. "You wanted to enter the mountain so I am going to enter the stupid mountain!"
"But what if the dragon is back?" Bilbo asked. "You could-"
"I don't give a damn!" She shouted over her shoulder from a distance. "Are you guys coming or not?!"
The dwarves and hobbit quickly walked after her. They wouldn't admit it but they were more frightened of an angry earthling then a dragon that had a chance of not even being home.
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Ella stopped at the end of the tunnel and stuck her head out. There was no sign of the dragon. Bilbo hadn't noticed that Ella had stopped and ran into her back. Together they stumbled and rolled down into the hall. Ella rolled into a pile of gold making her disappear and Bilbo was glad that he had put on his ring when they left. They were both invisible.
"Stop playing with us, Smaug, you worm!" Bilbo squeaked after they didn't move for a while. "Now is not the time for hide and seek! Give me a light and then eat me if you can catch me!"
"I think he ain't here." Ella said as she crawled out from under the gold and spit out a golden coin. "But maybe we should have a look around, you know, just to be sure."
"If Oin and Gloin hadn't lost there tinderboxes then we could have made a fire, but you were right." Bilbo said and slipped of his ring. "I have run out of luck."
"Don't be foolish." Ella said apologetic. "I didn't mean it. I'm just a little scared, that's all. You know how I get when I'm scared. Forgive me?"
"Of course." Bilbo said with a small smile. "You remind me of my mother Belladonna Took. You are not the only one I know with mood swings. I can handle them."
Ella laughed a little.
"Guys do you have any light?!" Ella shouted up to the dwarves, still in the tunnel.
"Light!" Bilbo shouted when they didn't answer and stomped his feet.
Gloin had grabbed two torches but didn't move out of the tunnel. With and eye roll Bilbo walked back to grab them.
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"…and investigator." Bilbo mumbled when he came walking back. "Want to risk a light then it's your affair."
Ella had to hold back a giggle as he tried to do an impression of Thorin. "Guess they aren't coming then?" she asked.
"No." Bilbo said and handed her a torch. "They will be waiting for our report."
"Course they will. How I should have known." Ella rolled her eyes. "Should we go then?"
Ella walked into front of Bilbo and to his right. She hadn't noticed Bilbo picking something up.
"I'll go this way." Ella said and pointed to an opening in the room. "I'll scream if there is anything."
"Alright." Bilbo agreed. "Just be careful."
Ella reached the great doors and she could feel the air on her face but it almost blew out her light. Carefully she opened the doors a little and peeked through the opening. She caught a glimpse of the great halls. Ella was breathless and wanted to go in but decided against it. There wasn't any sight of Smaug and she turned around and back through the opening she had come through.
She screamed when a black something flew across her face and touched her nose and cheeks. Ella jumped back and fell down before dropping her torch causing the flame to go out.
"Fucking hell!" she squeaked and placed a hand on her heart. "Just a darn bat! Hopefully."
Ella took a deep breath and tried to steady her heartbeat. When she rose to her feet she had no idea which way to go.
"Guys!" She shouted. "GUYS! The light has gone out! Help!"
Bilbo had heard her and raced to her.
"Ella, are you alright?" He asked. "Was it the dragon?"
"No. Thank goodness no, I would have screamed a lot louder if it was." Ella said as she saw Bilbo's worried look. "It was probably just a bat or something."
Ella and Bilbo flinched when they heard something coming but they calmed down when they saw the dwarves coming their way.
"What is going on?" Thorin asked.
"Nothing." They said together and exhaled a breath that they had been holding.
"Just a bat." Ella added. "The scream was just a reflex. Sorry."
It was first now that the dwarves noticed that they were standing in the treasure and Ella had to hold back a giggle she saw the look in Fili and Kili's eyes.
"Go off then." Thorin said to them and before Ella knew it George and her were being dragged away to explore the treasures.
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"Fili look!" Kili shouted and pointed to some golden harps. Ella and George were rolling around in laughter as they started to play.
"What?!" The brothers asked together.
"Guys and harps!" Ella laughed. "A sight I will never get used to!"
"You guys look like fairies with beards." George laughed. "Well, not you Kili!"
The brothers dropped there instruments and chased after the siblings. Kili caught George and gave him a tickle attack. Fili on the other hand had more trouble catching Ella.
Giggling she ran as he chased her. Ella ran over a large pile of gold but couldn't see Fili anymore. Torches were lid across the walls and you could see every last thing of the treasure. It was huge! The gold was shining and the colors reflected on the walls and ceiling.
Ella was snapped out of her thoughts when she tumbled backwards down the pile. It wasn't much of a surprise when Fili landed on top of her.
"I love you." He mumbled between their kisses.
"Love you too." Ella said and broke their kiss. "We did it. We made it in the mountain. In one piece!"
"And you're still here." Fili said with a huge smile on his face. "Looks like you're staying ."
"It seems so." Ella smiled. "Can't believe that I have been so worry about everything."
Fili chuckled and leaned down to kiss her again.
"Will you marry me then?" he whispered in their kiss.
"What?" Ella asked with eyes wide as she pulled back again.
"Marry me." Fili repeated.
Ella's mouth stood open in shock. This was one thing she hadn't seen coming. Fili sat up and pulled a small white golden ring out of his pocket. Ella was still in shock but managed to push herself up.
"Ella," Fili said looking deep in her eyes. "Will you do me the honor of becoming my wife?"
"Y-you want t-to marry me?" Ella questioned still not believing the words he had actually said. "M-me?"
She didn't give him time to answer her and crashed into him swinging her arms around his neck as she kissed him fiercely, making them slam and disappear under the pile gold behind them.
"Should I take that as a yes or a no?"
"Shut up and kiss me!"
Let me know what you think… Didn't really like the beginning and wrote like three different ones but I like this one best. Not the best I could do but nothing popped up in my head!
If you have any suggestions on what should happen next then I would love to hear them :3
XxX KneelingAngel
