Yeah I know its been a while, I've just been really busy, there will be one more chapter after this then, I'm going on a break due to Exams starting in May and won't finish till June , I'll try to update but in July I will definatly be starting The Slave to the Ring: Desolation of Thranduil, so yeah major Thandy bashing in that I'm sorry but I need a reason for Alina to hate him. Anyway enjoy.
Never going anywhere
O! Wanderers in the shadowed land
Despair not! For though dark they stand,
All woods there be must end at last,
And see the open sun go past:
The setting sun, the rising sun,
The day's end, or the day begun.
For east or west all woods must fail
Alina pulled her cloak closer around her to protect herself from the torrent of rain. Gandalf had yet to catch up to them which made her feel uneasy. Her eyes never left Thorin, she had felt him pulling away from her slightly and it truly terrified her that she may lose him to Dragon Sickness. She tried to brush off her feeling of unease but darkness had begun to descend on the group and she worried for their lives and their sanity.
"Look out." Dwalin shouted as a bolder came flying at them.
"No, it cannot be." She muttered to herself before shouting "Move, move now we need to find shelter before it's too late."
"Before it's too late for what." Fìli shouted over the rain.
"This isn't a thunderstorm it's a thunder battle. Look!" Balin shouted as a stone giant rose from the mountain
"Well bless me the legends are true giants, stone giants." Bofur shouted
"Thorin move now." Alina shouted, Thorin nodded and began to move
Before they had the chance, the ground began to shake and a chasm formed between Kìli and Fìli.
"Kìli grab my hand." Fìli cried leaning forward; Alina grabbed him before he could fall off the edge. Terror was present on both brothers as well as Thorin when he realised Alina and his nephew where on the other leg of the stone giant they were standing on.
"Alina!" Thorin shouted as the leg he was standing on crashed into the mountainside and ran on to it along with the others on that leg.
Alina struggled to keep both herself and Fìli on the leg. She grabbed the rock as a giant stone decapitated the giant they were standing on the body began moving towards the mountain side.
"When I shout jump!" She bellowed as the leg almost crashed into the mountain she shouted "Jump." Before all of them jumped to the mountain side.
Thorin shouted "No!" when he saw the giant crash into the mountain "No. No, Alina, Fìli" he shouted as he ran round the cliff face. A breath of relief hit him when he saw Fìli but he could not see Alina.
"Alina!" Thorin shouted
"Where's Bilbo? Where's the Hobbit?" Bofur shouted before the company saw Alina holding onto the cliff edge trying to pull Bilbo up as the both dangled precariously from the edge. Bofur lunged for them but Alina lost her grip dropping slightly as others tried to grab her. Thorin jumped down and went to grab her.
"No Bilbo." She said with fierce determination, Thorin grabbed the hobbit and threw him on to the ledge then went for Alina but he lost his grip Dwalin grabbed him as Alina lost her grip and fell.
"Alina!" Thorin shouted and tried to get her but she was out of his reach. He howled in grief.
As Alina felt herself falling she used her powers and wings sprouted from her back and using large powerful strokes she flew back up the mountain and collided into Thorin. Before she could stand he crushed her lips to his. When he pulled away they were breathing heavy and rested their foreheads together.
"I thought I lost you!" he said softly, she smiled
"You are never going to lose me I'm not going anywhere." She said placing a chaste kiss on his lips before moving away.
"I thought we lost our burglar." Dwalin joked
"He's been lost ever since he left home, he should never have come, he has no place amongst us." Thorin said cruelly.
Alina felt her anger grow and slapped Thorin and hissed "You speak of something you know nothing off, I was the one who was dangling from the Cliffside not Bilbo he tried to save me, you stupid dwarf." Before moving towards Bilbo and pulling him into a hug and whispering thank you into his ear before glaring at Thorin.
"Dwalin." Thorin shouted as he walked into a cave.
Glòin went to light a fire but Thorin stopped him. Alina sat protectively near the hobbit along with Kìli and Fìli while glaring at Thorin. She closed her eyes and tried to sleep, she heard someone whisper "I'm sorry Alina" before sleep claimed her.
Achlys groaned, her body was bruised and broken, her groans caused the Orcs to laugh as they began to heat up a metal pole, once it burned red they pressed it against Achlys' skin she bit her tongue to prevent herself crying out, blood filled her mouth and her vision started to fade as the pain started to make her fall unconscious. But then they put salt on the burn causing her to scream jolting her awake. There laughing caused a single tear to trail down her face. She laid back in defeat, closed her eyes and gave up fighting. The dying cries of Orcs caused her eyes to flutter open. The sight she saw was not what she expected the Orcs who had been torturing her where dead on the floor and a figure stood over then. She noticed his angled features and point ears and whispered one word.
"Elf." His head snapped up and his eyes bore into her, he slowly moved forward, she tried to back away eyes constantly flicking to the sword in his hand. He noticed her fear and placed the sword back into the hilt and slowly knelt before her.
"Are you Achlys?" he asked softly gently reach towards her face, she recoiled in fear but nodded.
"Tharbûrz sent me to find you." He said softly she bit back a sob even after all these years he was still protecting her when he could.
"He is dead." She said softly "The Witch King killed him because I bore a white Orc."
"You will be safe now." he said as he undid her bound she cried in pain as the iron peeled off part of her skin where they had stuck to due to rubbing and caused her wrists to bleed when Achlys tried to move. The elf quickly freed her hands trying not to cause her pain. Achlys noticed an Orc moving towards then she grabbed the elf's dagger and threw it hitting the orc between the eyes.
"Thank you little one, I am Lord Elrond of Rivendell." He said
"I don't want to be Achlys." She said softly
"You do not have to be anymore… Alina." He said a small smile broke on her face. As she closed her eyes and changed who she was her hair went from jet black and straight to blonde and curly, her teeth lost their point her skin became unblemished and paler than moonlight, then she opened her eyes which had turned from blood red to bright violet. Elrond looked on in awe then helped her to her feet and guided her out of Barad-dûr.
She awoke to here Bilbo and Bofur arguing
"No you can't do that now; you're part of the company. You're one of us." Bofur argued
"But I'm not though am I, Thorin said I should never have come, I nearly got Alina killed, I nearly was the reason for the death of the future Queen, he was right, I'm not a Took I'm a Baggins, I don't know what I was thinking, I should have never ran out of my door." Bilbo explained
"Your home sick, I understand." Bofur said
"No you don't, you don't understand, none of you do, you're Dwarves, you are used to this, to living on the road, not staying in one place, not belonging anywhere, even Alina doesn't." Bilbo shouted and Bofur's face dropped losing his cheerful demeanour. "I'm sorry." Bilbo apologised, not quiet knowing what to do with himself.
Alina sighed Oh Bilbo, you are proving him right
"No you're right, we don't fit in anywhere." Bofur said sadly looking at the company before turning back to Bilbo "I wish you all the luck in the world." He said and smiled "I really do." Clapping Bilbo on his shoulder before noticing a blue glow and said "What's that?" Bilbo pulled out his sword and looked in horror Alina sprang up and began waking the company around her. Thorin noticed cracks forming in the sand and shouted.
"Wake up, Wake up!" as the floor collapsed and everyone fell; they slide down a number of tunnels barely holding onto their weapons before landing in a makeshift cave. Alina felt the breath leave her as Bilbo landed on top of her she wriggled slightly causing Dwalin to groan as she had landed on him. They heard a sound of thunder as goblins rushed at them they tried to fight , Alina was unable to get her bow and was grabbed by three goblins as she still tried to fight her way out, as she had fell her hood had come up covering her face. As they were moved along a wooden bridge she noticed Bilbo duck and said nothing but continued to struggle. The amass of goblins made her skin crawl. She felt physically sick when she saw the Goblin King he said
"I feel a song coming on."
"Clap snap the black crack!
Grip grab pinch and nab!
Batter and beat!
Make them stammer and squeak!
Pound pound far under grounddddd…
Down down down in Goblin Town…
Down down down in Goblin Town…
With a swish and a smack and a whip and a crack!
Everybody talks when they're on my rack!
Pound pound far under ground…
Down down down to Goblin Town…
Down down down to Goblin Town…
Hammer and torch!
You won't last long on the end of my prong!
Clash crash crush and smash!
Bang break shiver and shake!
You can yell it and yelp but there aint no help!
Pound pound far underground…
Down down down in Goblin Townnnnnnnn!"
"Catchy isn't it, it's one of my own compositions." The Goblin king boasted
"That not a song that's an abomination." Balin shouted
Alina sighed "We are never going to get out of here if you insult him."
Another voice spoke "There is only one way we are getting out of here Alina."
"But I promised you sister."
"I know but to save the ones you love that promise can be broken you would do the same for me."
"Very well Achlys."
Alina focused back on what the others were saying
"Who would be so bold to come armed in my kingdom? Spies, Thieves, assassins." Alina smirked at this and slowly without anyone noticing she began to change.
"Dwarves you malevolence." A goblin replied
"Dwarves?" The Goblin king shouted
"Found them on the front porch." He replied
"Well don't just stand there, search them, every crack every crevice." He shouted the throat of the goblin who tried to touch the woman was slit.
"It is my belief that they are in league with elves." A goblin shouted showing Nori's horde
"Made in Rivendell, second age, couldn't give it away." The king stated
All eyes turned to Nori but no one noticed the burning blood red eyes focused on the Goblin King.
"Just a couple of keepsakes." Nori defended himself
"What are you doing in these parts?" The king questioned, Thorin went to walk forward but Òin stopped him.
"Don't worry lads, I'll handle this."
"No tricks I want the truth warts and all." The king stated
"You're going to have to speak up; your boys flattened my trumpet." Òin stated
"I'll flatten more than your trumpet." The King raged lunging forward
"If more information you're wanting, then I'm the one you should speak to. We were on the road, well not so much as a road a path, actually it's not even that come to think of it, it's more like a track, anyway the point is we were on this road like a path like a track, then we weren't which is a problem because we were supposed to be in Dunland last Tuesday." Bofur said
"Visiting some distant relations." Dori broke in
"Some inbreds on me mother's side." Bofur finished before the Goblin King shouted
"Shut up! If they will not talk we will make then squawk, bring up the mangler, bring up the bone breaker, start with the youngest." He pointed at Ori.
"Shouldn't it be the eldest." A voice said as Alina walked forward pulling down her hood and standing at nearly 6 foot in height but it wasn't Alina. The woman's hair was black as night, her skin tanned but scarred. Her blood red eyes focused on the Goblin King. "Considering you and I have history do we not."
"Achlys." He said in fear.
"Who would have thought the little goblin runt I spared would become the Goblin King and me having to kill you because I don't spare lives twice, I'd lose my reputation, to bad Sauron isn't here now as I side with his enemies and slaughter his allies." She smirked pulling at a scar that ran from her right eye down to her lip. The Goblin king recoiled in fear then Thorin walked forward placing his hand in Achlys' she looked at him and saw no love in her eyes and let go.
"What have we here …Thorin, son of Thrain, son of Thror, King under the mountain, but there is no king under the mountain so that makes you nothing really, I know of someone who would pay handsomely for your head, just the head no body, a white orc astride a white Warg." The king mused
"Azog the defiler died of his wounds long ago." Thorin shouted
"So you think his defiling days are done?" He turned to a small goblin "Send word to the White Orc and tell him we have his prize." He smirked
Then a goblin found Thorin's sword and threw it.
"I know that sword, the goblin cleaver, the biter, the blade that slide a thousand neck, slash them, beat them, kill them, kill them all cut of his head." The King shouted as the goblins attacked them, Achlys killed those she could and then saw the goblin leaning over Thorin and used Sibeah and fired an arrow at him as a flash of light shone and Achlys braised herself when she caught sight of Gandalf she smirked.
"Take up arms." He said "Fight, Fight!" he shouted. Achlys didn't need telling twice and began slitting the throats of the goblins around her moving with grace that even the elves could not have. She threw her dagger at a goblin behind Kìli then using her teeth ripped out the throat of the next goblin attacking her.
"Fìli a sword." she shouted spitting the blood out, she caught the sword and began cutting through the ranks of goblins.
Gandalf shouted "Run." And they did cutting down goblins as they went. "Quickly!"
A line of Goblins ran at the company and Dwalin shouted "Log." Before they could pick it up Achlys ran at the goblins firing her bow and using the ends to slit their necks or to stab them, she quickly cleared the path and turned back.
"Today would be nice." Before running again when the others had recovered their wits they followed.
When they had reached the rest of the company she killed an Orc that was dangerously close to Thorin and he shouted
"Cut the ropes."
Then she ran to defend Kìli from archers as he used a ladder to get them across. Killing goblins as they went. Kìli cut the ropes to a swing bridge and a number of them jumped onto the other side as it hit but not all made it and as it swung back goblins jumped on it. Achlys defended the two Durin brothers and killed most of the goblins and cut the ropes when they jumped to the other edge. They continued killing the hoards as they ran till Gandalf used his magic to break a bolder.
"Push it." he shouted as the bolder flattened the goblins. Achlys defended her sister's mate and beloved nephews whenever they needed it she was impressed by the warrior Alina had chosen as her mate. They only stopped when they came face to face with the Goblin King and Gandalf dealt with him by jabbing him in the eyes, cutting his stomach and slitting his throat. The weight of the Goblin King's corpse caused the bridge to fall taking the dwarves with them. Achlys stood fast and balanced herself and jumped when they crashed landing on her feet.
"Well that could have been worse." Bofur commented just before the body of the king landed on them.
"You have got to be joking." Dwalin complained. Achlys laughed but then offered the warrior her hand which he gladly took.
Kìli noticed the hordes of Goblins running towards them and shouted "Gandalf." Achlys saw where he was looking and ready her weapon.
"There is too many we can't fight them." Dwalin said
"Too many for you but not me." Achlys snorted
"Only one thing will save us daylight. Come, Achlys now is not the time or place to vent your anger." Achlys glared at Gandalf and muttered
"You know nothing of my anger, Wizard."
They grabbed the others and helped them to their feet and ran through the goblin tunnels.
Achlys felt a familiar call hit her as she passed a crevice and cried out in pain as it invaded her mind and Kìli and Fìli dragged her from the tunnel.
Gandalf began counting the company when Achlys grabbed Thorin
"My sister picked a good mate in you but do not make me regret accepting you." She said before softly kissing him and she returned to Alina.
"She was the only way." She said and kissed him hard.
"Where is Bilbo?" Gandalf asked "Where is our hobbit?"
"Where is our Hobbit?" Gandalf shouted
"Curse the Halfling now he's lost." Dwalin shouted as Alina cried out in pain and sunk to her knees in a bowing position.
"Alina?" Fìli questioned
"I thought he was with Dori." Gloin shouted
"Don't blame me." Protested Dori.
"Well where did you last see him?" Gandalf asked
"I think I saw him slip away when he first collared us." Nori answered
"He did." Alina said trying to fight the pain
"What happen exactly, tell me?" Gandalf shouted
"I'll tell you what happened, Master Baggins saw his chance and he took it, he has thought of nothing but his soft bed and warm hearth since he stepped out of his door. We will not be seeing our Halfling he is long gone." Thorin answered bitterly
"Thorin stop." Alina begged still fighting the invading force on her mind.
"No he isn't." Bilbo said Alina gasped with relief the presence was gone.
"Bilbo Baggins I have never been so glad to see you in all my life." Gandalf laughed
"Bilbo we'd given you up." Kìli said
"How on earth did you get past the goblins?" Fìli asked
"How indeed." Dwalin said
Alina saw Bilbo slip something in his pocket and felt dread fill her heart.
"What does it matter he is back." Gandalf smiled then met Alina with knowing eyes.
"It matters I want to know." Thorin said
"You wish to know how Bilbo escaped from Goblins but you ask me nothing of what I did well my sister?" Alina stared at him incredibly.
"Why did you come back?" Thorin asked
"I know you doubt me I know you always have, and your right I often think of Bag End, I miss my book, my armchair and my garden, see that's where I belong, that's my home and that's why I came back because you don't have one, a home it was taken and I will help you take it back if I can." Bilbo told them, Alina's eyes filled with tears and hugged him and gently kissed his forehead, then walked towards Thorin and took his hand.
"We will see Erebor yet." She smiled
Then they heard Warg howls.
"Out of the frying pan." Thorin said
"And into the fire." Gandalf finished "Run! Run!" he shouted causing the company to run downhill. Alina jumped over rock and roots but always kept a close eye on Bilbo, Thorin, Kìli and Fìli. She saw a Warg charge at Bilbo and shot the Warg the same time as Bilbo implanted his sword into its brain. She helped the others kill the remaining two Warg scouts, before taking off after Gandalf.
"Up into the trees all of you." Gandalf ordered "Come on hurry Bilbo." Alina climbed into the trees having her bow at the ready.
"Bilbo hurry." She shouted.
"They are coming." Thorin shouted
Alina saw Gandalf talking to a butterfly before she heard the growl of the matriarch Warg, Zerrin's mother she turned to look at Thorin.
"Azog." Thorin stared in horror
The white orc spoke in the black speech. "Do you smell it? The scent of fear? I remember your father reeked of it, Thorin son of Thrain."
Alina shrieked in anger and Dwalin grabbed her to stop her jumping from the tree.
"You shall reek of fear when I remove your head from your body, Azog for even a mother could not love you and that is who I am." She shouted in the black speech
"It cannot be." Thorin said
"Mother I have no mother who lies with Dwarf scum." Azog shouted back to Alina in the black speech
"I will watch you burn in fire." Alina bellowed
"That one and the female is mine, kill the others." Azog shouted in his native tongue, then the Wargs attacked breaking the trees, Alina killed what she could before Azog said
"Drink their blood."
Alina and the dwarves began leaping tree to tree as they were uprooted. Alina felt here anger boil as well as Achlys' at the laughter of the White Orc. Gandalf then began throwing pine cones that he had turned into fire bombs. Alina focused her energy in directing the flames so they formed a protective circle around the tree. The Wargs ran from the fire and Azog cried out in anger causing the dwarves to cheer in triumph. But their celebration was cut short as the tree began to move as the roots became displaced and the tree began to dangerously lean over the edge. Causing the dwarves to hang on for dear life Ori lost his grip and grabbed onto the legs of his eldest brother.
"Mister Gandalf!" Dori cried before losing his grip, Gandalf thrust out his staff and Dori clinged onto it.
"Thorin." Alina shouted when he began walking towards the white Orc, trying to pull herself up, just as the others where, but the Dwarven king paid no head to his mates shout and anger filled his heart as he faced the white orc.
He began his charge just as Alina got her grip only to lose it again when Thorin was knocked from his feet by the White Warg. Once Thorin gained his footing, Azog charged and knocked him from his feet. Bilbo had climbed to his feet grabbing Alina's hand and pulling her up as the White Warg took Thorin between its jaws and bit down causing Thorin to cry in pain and Alina to shriek in defiance. Thorin used Orcist to free himself and the Warg threw the King into a boulder.
Azog said "Bring me the Dwarfs head." To his second, who walked towards Thorin and was about to bring down his sword when he was tackled to the ground by Bilbo and Alina stood protectively over Thorin. Thorin lost consciousness as Bilbo killed the Orc and went to stand with Alina Who shouted in the Black speech.
"Mine!"
Azog's response was "Kill them."
The Wargs began to stalk forward when Kìli, Fìli and Dwalin attacked Alina ran forward killing the Orc before her but never straying too far from her Mate. Bilbo charged and attacked Azog's warg and was knocked from his feet meters from Thorin. As Azog moved towards the limp body of Thorin and the scrabbling Bilbo Giant Eagles began swooping down lifting up Wargs and throwing them, Alina seeing Azog's distraction Alina charged at him but he noticed her and swung his weapon which hit her side breaking a number of her ribs. She cried out in pain.
"I will have your head as well as the Dwarf scums." Azog sneered to Alina
"How will you remove my head, you do not have the ring or the blade or are you more stupid than you look." She spat back in her native tongue holding her injured side. Then an Eagle flew down and in its mighty talons grasped on to Thorin's body, his oaken Shield dropping from his arm. Alina ran and grabbed the shield before jumping from the cliff, landing on the bird that was carrying her mate. She heard the angry cry from the White orc but her attention was focused solely on Thorin.
Yeah I did that, what you needed to meet Achlys and she is a bad ass, Alina is about 3,000 years and Achlys is 80 years older and I'm giving Achlys a love interest in the next one so any suggestions I have an idea but contributions would be nice. Also if you search The Slave to The Ring in Youtube all the songs are in a play list.
-The Archfiend