The Truth of Creation
All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.
"So Alina, do you think Bilbo will come?" Kili asked causing his pony to catch up with her horse, Waeloren the current lord of the horses.
"Yes Kili I think he will." Alina laughed, kicking Waeloren to ride next to Thorin.
"I seriously doubt he will turn up Lina." Thorin told her
"Do you want to put your money when your mouth is Thorn?" Alina winked
His mouth twitched "Very well." He winked back.
Alina grinned as they fell into a comfortable silence there was a shout behind them
"Wait."
The company stopped and turned to see Bilbo Baggins running towards them.
"Wait, I want to come." He said breathlessly.
Alina turned to look at Thorin her violet eyes filled with glee; he rolled his icy blue eyes at her satisfaction of winning the bet.
"Get him a pony." Thorin ordered. She heard Bilbo protest before Kili and Fili grabbed him and put him on a pony. The dwarves began throwing coins around to each other, Alina coughed and held her hand out to Thorin, he grumbled as he put the bag of coins into her hands.
"Why thank you Thorn." She teased and turned Waeloren to ride with Kili and Fili, she found the brothers company amusing they teased each other mercilessly.
As dark began to fall Alina began to grow nervous, she constantly scanned their surroundings. She found herself moving closer to Thorin.
"Are you alright?" he asked gently
"Darkness is rising Thorn, I feel it, the Orcs are growing bolder and they are much more dangerous than before." She answered
"Since when is Alina Farrien scared of Orcs." Thorin teased
"I have more to fear from Orcs and creatures of Mordor than you could ever have, Thorin Oakensheild, I'm a traitor remember there's a higher bounty for my head than yours." Alina's eyes darkened they found Thorin's he saw a past far more painful than his own and he realised he knew nothing about the past of the woman who had been in his life since just after his fifth name day so many years ago.
"Thorin don't you think it's time we stopped for the night." Gandalf asked
"Yes." Thorin replied tearing his eyes away from Alina's captivating gaze.
Kili and Fili were tormenting Bilbo about night raids from Orcs.
"Do you think an Orc night raid is a joke?" Thorin snapped
"Uncle we didn't mean anything by it." Kili protested
"Of course you didn't you know nothing of the world." Thorin scowled
"Thorn, would you prefer them to be, would you prefer them to be like us, cruel and filled with darkness." Alina asked. He didn't answer and walked off; Alina sighed and plopped down between the brothers as Balin began telling Bilbo, Thorin's tale.
"What are you?" asked Kili gently
"Female." She teased leaning her head back and closing her eyes a small smirk graced her lips.
"No race, I'd say elf but elves hate dwarves and dwarves hate elves and uncle doesn't hate you."
"I am neither Dwarf, Elf, Man, Orc nor Hobbit. I have no race, I wasn't born I was made, made to be the perfect weapon to destroy and oppress Middle Earth."
"Why didn't you?"
"I'm faulty, I have a conscience and I did everything in my power to hinder the darkness, the creature that created me in the fires of Orodruin, using the metal of the ring of power, the blood of the Witch King, the scale of a dragon and the flesh of line of Gondor's king, I live as long as the ring does or the line of Gondor is re-established and they kill me."
"Do you want to die?" Fili asked
"Yes, the first eighty years of my life was hell and I have no reasons to live, I do not have a mate or children, I have descendents that I wish were never stepped out of the darkness from the filth they crawled from." She replied with venom
"Why would you want your descendents dead?" Thorin asked
"After I was made clear that I was completely useless for what I was created for I spent the next sixty years being an Orc baby maker before Elrond found me and took pity on me and took me to Rivendell and repaired the damage of sixty years of rape, torture and pushing the creatures I despise out of me. Do you want to know something Thorn, Azog descends from me that foul creature who took everything from you and those sitting around me and destroyed the only people I called family his line comes from me after yet another Orc tied me down and forced himself on me." There was a silence as Alina told them the darkest part of her past.
Dun dun! What do you think?
- The Archfiend