Bella was standing beside Bilbo watching as the dragon flew towards the forsaken town on the lake. The sound of bells could be faintly heard on the lake warning all the people that danger was coming and to run for their lives. The young woman could feel her heart racing she was sure the Hobbit could hear it as well but was too distracted by what they had just unleashed to notice she had suddenly taken off.

The young woman couldn't just stand there and watch the beast unleash its fury onto the town. People she loved and cared about were there! Fearing for their lives because of them. She had to do something, distract the beast or something before he set fire to the lake. The rest of the Dwarves came running out of the mountain over to Bilbo when they saw the Half-breed taking off.

The remaining company were starting to mutter to each other, wondering what she was doing and where she was going. Thorin looked in the direction he saw his men pointing and saw Bella running towards some stairs. The Dwarf King took off after the young woman, shouting her name but she kept on going the others weren't far behind their leader.

By the time the half-breed got to the stairs she was panting, but she couldn't stop. She could hear Thorin and the others calling her name but she chose to ignore them and began the climb up the stairs that led up to a platform of one of the towers that had a clear view of the lake. Bella began shouting at the top of her lungs, calling the beast everything she could think of to try and get it's attention on them and not the town.

The leader reached the stairs and made haste up them, running towards the shouting woman. " Bella stop!" Thorin ordered as he grabbed a hold of her from behind trying to stop her from signaling the beast to return.

"Let me go Thorin!" Bella yelled at him as she struggled in the Kings hold, trying to tear his arm from around her.

"Bella there's nothing we can do its too late!" Thorin tried to tell her. Bella managed to get loose from the Dwarfs hold. Watching as the dragon flew all over the town just taunting the frightened people. The Half-breed turned around and saw Thorin was close behind her and she unexpected shoved him by his chest away from her.

"How can you say that! My brother and his children are there! Your nephews! Oin and Bofur!" Bella screamed in anger at him as she pointed behind her at the lake. "We did this Thorin! The dragon should have never left mountain! "

"Do you think I don't know that Bella! I am scared for my kin as well! But there is nothing more we can do, the beast is out of our reach!" The Dwarf shouted back at her.

"Those people don't deserve to die! We have to stop it!" Tear were coming down her face as she feared the worse for those facing that awful monster they had unleashed upon. Thorin just looked at her with an empty expression. She hadn't been this angry with him since he almost left the Hobbit behind in Goblin-town. But their was something different in this anger she had towards him, she was yelling at him like she was blaming him for this.

When the Half-breed saw them all just standing their doing nothing she went straight for the staircase where Thorin was standing. " Out of my way Thorin." Bella demanded.

"No. Your not going anywhere." Thorin replied firmly.

"I have to something Thorin! I can't just stand here and watch them all die!" The woman tried to shove passed Thorin but he was at least three times stronger then her and held her against his chest and eventually he could feel her fighting less and less against him as she cried into his chest, muttering through her tears that Thorin could barely hear. The king ignored the numerous looks he was receiving from his kin, his only priority now was keeping the young woman calm before she tried to make another suicidal attempt to go after the dragon.

Just then the sounds of gasps came from the company as they watch the beast unleash it's flames in a straight line through the town. Bella was absolutely horrified as she turned to see the town in flames. Thorin could feel the young woman trembling as she forced herself to watch and quickly turned her away so her back was towards the lake and he had no choice to watch as he held the Half-breed close to him.

The town was nearly engulfed in matter of minutes. Most of the Dwarves had to turn away from the sight, they couldn't take the screams that echoed off the lake. Bella was shaking so bad that Thorin had to get her to sit down before she collapsed or something. He didn't know what to do anymore. She just sat their in silence, her eyes shifting back and forth on the ground like she was trying to figure out if they could have done things differently and maybe this wouldn't be happening right now.

"Poor souls." Balin uttered lowly as he looked upon the burning lake with guilt and sadness. Bilbo looked at Bella who was still sitting on the ground in silence but Thorin was nowhere to be found. He looked around to see if he was with the others who still had the stomach to watch the beast wipe out the town, and then he saw it. Thorin was standing at the top of the stairs, staring back at the halls of Erebor, as if everything that was happening around them right now was not even there.

Smaug continued to terrorize the remaining survivors of Laketown. The remaining Dwarves that were watching eventually turned away and wondered once the beast was done taking it's wrath out on the town if it would come back for them and hunt them down one by one. At this point Bella didn't even care what came for her. In her mind she killed her family and friends. Not the dragon. Smaug would have never gotten out if they hadn't pissed him off to begin with.

Everyone was so lost in their own thoughts that most of them nearly jumped up when they heard the crash on the lake.

"What was that? What happened?" Ori asked frightfully, not wanting to stand up just encase it wasn't safe to do so.

"It fell. I saw it." Bilbo exclaimed.

"What are you talking about laddie?" Gloin muttered, not paying attention at all.

"It's dead. Smaug is dead!" The Hobbit repeated as he finally felt like he could let out the breath he had been holding in since the dragon begun attacking the town. Thorin had been listening the entire time but refused to take his eyes off the mountain. He hadn't even thought to see how the young woman was doing.

The Dwarves all stood up slowly and started peering over the ledge as the early morning light began to appear.

"By my beard! I think he's right! Look there! The ravens of Erebor are returning to the mountain!" Gloin proclaimed as he pointed to several birds seen cawing and approaching the Lonely Mountain. The company cheered in glee at this news. They didn't have to worry about the beast coming back for them now.

"Aye - Word will spread." Balin said, interrupting his companions cheer. "Before long every soul in Middle-Earth will know - The dragon is dead!"

The old Dwarf's words reached the leaders ears, and his expression turned to a more wary look. He didn't see this a news to be thankful for, he saw this as a threat. The dragon was dead and everyone who heard this news would be coming to mountain to steal the unclaimed gold. Thorin had to find the Arkenstone now before unwanted visitors show up trying to claim his treasure and the Kings jewel for themselves. Thorin then without a word starts to make haste down the stairs back to the gates of Erebor.

It didn't take long before the others realized their King had left them, and even more surprisingly without saying anything. They decided not to make a big deal out of their leaders haste to make for the mountain. They would have plenty of time to celebrate when their missing companions who hopefully managed to escape alive, rejoin them.

The Dwarves started making their way down the stairs, passing the woman who had been so still since everything happened.

"Bella?" Bilbo spoke as he came and crouched down beside her. Bella continued to look at the ground like she hadn't even heard her friend call her name. The Hobbit got even more worried and placed a hand on the side of her cheek to make her look at him and she stared at him with blank look. Balin stopped along with his brother when he nearly fell over the poor fellow and Bilbo looked up at the two brothers. " I think she's in shock."

Dwalin stepped around them and came in front of Bella and placed both of his hands on her shoulder and shook her. " Bella come on. Snap out of it!" The warrior shouted at her, but she just continued to stare right through him.

"Brother, not so hard! You could make her state worse then it already is." Balin informed.

"What do you expect us to do then? She's not going to move!" Dwalin grumbled back.

"She's in no state to walk anyways, we need to get her inside." Balin stated. Dwalin stood up and pulled Bella up to her feet. She didn't even fight him like she had earlier with Thorin who was a little surprised had left without her. He put her one around his neck and picked her up in his arms and the four of them made their way down the stairs back to the mountain.