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'Animal talk'


The Darkness.

I walk out of Radagast's home in my wolf form and stretch out my limbs. I awoke to found the house empty; Radagast had already left early that morning.

Walking around the forest, I can sense something isn't right. For the past few years, the forest had started to become darker, sicker, but that was more near to the evlen realm where King Thranduil rules, I've never smelt it here before.

I find Radagast as he's examining a dying plant.

"Not good; not good at all." he mutters to himself.

I follow after him as he runs off, running past dead animals as we go. He plucks up a mushroom and puts it in his bag after giving a noise of disgust

'Radagast, what is going on?' I ask my friend.

"I don't know, Violet." he replied before he rushes onto a tree a tree which looks to be infected.

He feels and tastes the sap, looking more and more worried. Looking up, he whistles as his bird appears, Radagast removes his hat and said bird and it's mate land in the nest, which is on his head.

Looking over I run over to a hedgehog which is writhing and moaning in pain on the ground. I nuzzle him as I recognise him as Sebastian.

I turn to the wizard. "Radagast!"

He looks to me and runs over. "Oh no! Sebastian!" He picks the animal up and cradles him. "Good gracious. . .come on Violet."

Together we run through the forest, passing by more dead animals, and reach his home which has been built around the base of a tree. Once inside, he places Sebastian on a table and uses various medicinal and magical techniques, to no avail. The hedgehog's family surround it.

"Move back! Give him some air, for goodness sake!" Radagast yells out to them.

Radagast continues his treatments, but they don't work. The hedgehog continues to writhe in pain. I stand back and watch the poor thing in sadness, knowing if Radagast couldn't do anything to help, there would be no chance of me being able to do anything.

Radagast sighs in frustration. "I don't understand why it's not working; it's not as if it's witchcraft. . ." he suddenly stops, a strange look coming over his face, and he speaks in a different, deeper voice than before, one I have heard of before when he healed me. "Witchcraft. Oh. but it is. A dark and powerful magic."

Hearing a noise, I look up and my ears go flat against my head, my fur bristling as I start growling. Several giant spiders crawl up the side of the house, using their long legs to try to break in.

Radagast hurriedly braces the door shut with a bench. I look back to Sebastian as I hear him suddenly croak. He gasps for air a few times before becoming still. I whine as I walk over and gently nudge him with my nose, but he doesn't move. Looking to the wizard, I see he's about to cry; however, the house starts creaking with the sound of the spiders crawling over the roof.

I continue barking and growling as Radagast runs over to his staff and pulls out the blue stone embedded at the top. As all the small rodents and other animals in his house flee, Radagast sits against against the tree, cradling Sebastian and whispers a spell, while holding the blue stone to the hedgehog's muzzle. I stand in front of him protectively, while I keep barking and growling as the spiders begin to break through the thatched roof.

I stop as the hedgehog suddenly gasps for air. Looking around, I see the hedgehog awake and his little legs wiggling, Radagast looking down happily at the creature. Light returns to the area as the spiders crawl off the house. Running outside, Radagast and I see spider webs all around the house, and the giant spiders crawling off into the forest.

"Where on this good earth did those foul creatures come from?"

A bird flies over to us. 'I saw them! I saw them coming from the fortress!'

"The old fortress?" the bird nods. "Show me."

The bird flies on ahead as Radgast rides through the forest on his sleigh pulled by several large rabbits, his Rhosgobel Rabbits, the fastest rabbits in Middle Earth. I run beside Radagast, thankful for the races I would have with the rabbits as they helped to increase my speed and stamina. As he proceeds, the forest becomes dark and gloomy, covered in cobwebs.

After some time, we stop a few yards away from the edge of the forest where Radagast leaves the rabbits and I follow him. Reaching the forests border, we see a large and old fortress, a stone bridge between us and it.

My tail drops between my legs and I hang my head, my ears drooping. 'I don't know about this, Radagast. There's something about that fortress that I don't like. What if there's something there?'

"It'll be alright, Violet. It's been abandoned for years, we'll be safe. You can stay with the rabbits if you want to."

I shake my head. 'No, I'm not leaving you alone in there.'

He nods. "Alright. Come along."

He walks on, me following as we cross the stone bridge and entering the dark and ruined fortress, Radagast has his staff at the ready while all my senses are heightened and alert.

We walk through the corridors and soon come to a small circle clearing. As we do so, I stop as I hear something creak slightly. Looking back, I see nothing but a statue. All of a sudden, I hear a noise from behind. Turning, I see the spirit of a man attacking Radagast with it's sword. Jumping back, I bark at it, turning it's attention to me. While it is distracted, Radagast swings his staff, sending the spirit flying, which vanishes with a screeching, the sword dropping to the ground with a clatter as it turns from spirt to real.

Hearing Radagast gasp, I turn to see the shadow of a man down another corridor. I growl as it starts whispering something in a speech I don't recognise. Whatever this is, I do not like it. I can feel the darkness pouring off of it.

"Violet, run!" Radagast suddenly calls.

I turn and run with him, after he's picked up the sword. We run back the way we came, through corridors, over the bridge and back into the forest, bats chasing after us.

"Quick! Quickly! Run!"

As we reach the rabbits, they have already started running, causing Radagast to run faster.

"Wait for me!"

He soon catches up and jumps onto the sled. We race through the forest with the bats behind us, dodging tree trunks, Radagast hitting on of the bats with his staff. I give out a yelp as one lands on my back and bites my shoulder, Radagast hits that one as well.

We soon make it to the house, the bats having long since given up their chase of us. Radagast stops the rabbits and we go back inside the house. Putting the sword on the table, he rushes to me.

"Are you alright?" he begins ruffling through my fur to get to the bite.

I pant heavily. 'I'm fine, it was just a small bite. I think it was more shock than anything.'

He spreads a salve onto the bite anyway to prevent infection. Who knows what's been in that bat's mouth. Once he's done, he stands at the table, looking at the sword. I walk over and jump up, placing my front paws on the table.

'Radagast, what on earth was that spirit? And that shadow?'

Radagast looks to the sword for a moment before he turns to me. "That spirit was one of the nine Wringwraiths, that shadow. . .it is the Necromancer."

I look to him. 'A Necromancer? I had thought none of such existed?'

"So did I. . .until the spirit."

'The Wringwraths. . .didn't they serve the Dark Lord Sauron before Isildur defeated him?'

Of course I knew all about Sauron. About twenty years ago, when father had allowed me to travel more than Greenwood, Gandalf had taken me to Rivendell when I asked, wanting to see the valley from his stories. While there, Lord Elrond had told me stories of the world, of the battle he fought in when Isildur had killed the Dark Lord. He had even taught me of the elven language, which I was excited to learn. Every few years, I would return and spend a few months in the valley.

Radagast nods at my question. "They did. Which is what I fear now, why would a Necromancer summon the spirits of the servants of Sauron."

He took the sword, wrapping it up in a cloth.

"I need to find Gandalf, I have to tell him of what we found. You should return home."

I jump down and follow him as he begins preparing to leave. "You're not going alone, Radagast. I'll come with you, I will be able to find him faster than you could. I'll ask a bird to send a message to father, he'll understand why I'd do this."

He looks to me for a few moments before nodding. "Alright. Get me your pack, I'll fill it up while you send your message."

I nod as I grab my pack from the room I stay in and passing it to him as I slip outside. Calling down a bird, I get her to relay a message to my father, informing him of what has happened and I'll be going with Radagast to find Gandalf. I watch her leave as Radagast comes out and attaches our packs to the sled before taking the handles.

"Are you ready, Violet?"

I nod. "Ready when you are, my friend."

He nods and gives the order for the rabbits to run, with me right behind.


Radagast and I have been travelling without rest for the past few days, looking all over Middle Earth for Gandalf to inform him on what we found.

As we are running, I suddenly stop and look around, my ears pricked up and fur bristling. My whole feeling on edge, as if something is following us. I can smell something foul on the air, but I don't know how far away it is.

"Violet, what is it child?" Radagast asks once he notices I'm not following.

'I don't know. . .something doesn't feel right.' I turn back to the wizard. 'Keep going, Gandalf is just ahead.'

"Are you sure?"

I nod. 'I am. I just want to make sure we are safe.'

He nods. "Alright. Be careful." he continues on, his rabbits pulling the sled along.

I turn back and look through the trees of the forest I'm stood in. I couldn't see anything so I decide to run back the way we came to investigate.


Kili is standing beside his older brother, Fili, with Bilbo and some of the dwarves while Thorin, Gandalf, Dwalin, Bofur, Gloin and Nori have gone to investigate the troll cave they found.

"Well, I never imagined we would come close to becoming troll food." Kili thinks aloud.

He hears his brother chuckle. "Yes. That was quite an adventure in itself." He then turns to the hobbit. "It was rather clever of you to distract the trolls, even if we were a bit slow and almost ruined your plan."

Kili grin slighty; remembering how he and the others had cursed the halfling when he hinted the trolls should skin the dwarves and insinuated that the dwarves had worms. It wasn't until his uncle gave him a swift kick in the backside and realised the plan.

Bilbo flushes slightly at fili's complient as he stutters, "Oh. . .erm. . .yes. . .y-you're welcome."

It's obvious to all that Bilbo is still uncomfortable around the dwarves, even after travelling with them for the past month or so. Sharing a look with his brother, they both silently agree that they will get their burglar to open up to them. After all, they still have quite a way to go before they reach Erebor, they might as well spend some time getting to know the hobbit and making him feel part of the company since their uncle was still trying to ostracise him from the group.

Speaking of their uncle, Kili spots him walking out of the cave with a sword, which looks to be of elven make.

Kili looks to Fili, "Since when would uncle willingly have an elven sword?"

Fili just shrugs as the others come out of the cave. Gandalf walks over ot Bilbo and both brothers see him give the hobbit a small dagger. Well, at least he now has something to defend himself with, even if he doesn't know how to use it yet, it is still better than nothing.

All of a sudden, Thorin yells out; "Something's coming!"

"Stay together! Hurry now. Arm yourself." Gandalf orders.

Fili and Kili pull out their weapons and follow the others into the woods. After a few tense moments, a rabbit-drawn sled barrels out of the trees. Controlling the sled is a man, a slightly crazed man by the looks of him.

"Thieves! Fire! Murder!" The man yells as he pulls the sled to a stop.

Taking a closer look at the man, he wears a brown cloak over his clothes and wears a fur hat and boots. He has brown scraggy hair and beard with streaks of grey running through both. As Kili looks closer, his face crinkles in disgust as he sees bird crap in his hair and sticking to his face.

"Radagast! Radagast the Brown!" Gandalf exclaims in surprise.

Kili raises his brow. This is supposed to be a wizard? Apart from the staff, he looks nothing like one.

"What on earth are you doing here? I thought Violet was staying with you?"

Kili glances at Fili at this. Who's this Violet Gandalf asks about.

"She's right behind me, she'll be here soon. We were looking for you, Gandalf. Somehting's wrong. Something's terribly wrong."

"Yes?"

Radagast opens his mouth, but then closes it again with a look of confusion on his face. He opens his mouth to try again, but then closes it like before. He seems to have forgotten what he was going to say.

"Oh, just give me a minute. Um, oh, I had a thought, and now I've lost it. It was, it was right there, on the tip of my tongue."

His tongue then curls up inside of his mouth, a look of surprise spreading across his face.

"Oh! It's not a thought at all; it's a silly old. . ."

Gandalf pulls a stick insect out of the shorter wizards mouth, to the disgust of the others.

"-stick insect."

Kili raises his brow again. This man has officially lost his marbles.

Kili's head suddenly looks back into the trees.

"Thorin, something else is coming!"

The dwarves were instantly on edge.

"Ah! That will be Violet." Radagast says after setting the insect free.

Turning back to the trees, Kili is alarmed to see a large grey wolf leap through the branches, landing before them. The dwarves raise their weapons, ready to attack before Gandalf speaks.

"Violet! There you are."

Kili looks to the wolf. This is Violet? A wolf?


There's chapter two! Everyone has met Radagast and are about to meet wolf Violet! Please leave your lovely reviews! Love to here from you all!