Everyone was taken by surprise and quickly backed away when a sled being pulled by rabbits came jumping over the hill. Riding the sled was a crazed looking old man who looked disoriented.

"Thieves!" he yelled. "Fire! Murder!"

Everyone was almost speechless as they looked at the old man. He was wearing tattered clothes and his hair was coated with bird droppings. It looked like this wizard hadn't seen a bath within years. They didn't know what to make of him. Gandalf, on the other hand, gave a relieved sigh.

"Radagast!" he said. "Radagast the Brown. What on earth are you doing here?"

Everyone backed away as the brown wizard approached the grey wizard.

"I was looking for you, Gandalf", Radagast said. "Something's wrong. Something's terribly wrong."

"Yes?" Gandalf asked.

Radagast opened his mouth to speak, but nothing came out. He looked lost in thought as he tried to say something.

"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."

The Dwarves looked at each other as they waited for Radagast to speak. What was it he was trying to say? He was wasting precious moments they could've been using to venture forward to Erebor.

"Oh, it's not a thought at all", Radagast said as a bug came out of his mouth. "It's a silly old stick insect!"

The Dwarves rolled their eyes as they set their weapons aside. Gandalf walked with the brown wizard to talk in private.

"We have no time for this", Thorin grumbled.

"It must be important if Gandalf is concerned about it", Clill said.

"What that wizard does is none of our business", he said. "We have to get to Erebor as quickly as possible."

"If I may ask", Bilbo said. "Why all the urgency?"

"We need to reach the mountain before winter", Clill said. "We can't be out here when the cold starts to settle in."

Before he could ask why, a howl could be heard, drawing everyone's attention to the area surrounding them. It wasn't too far away.

"Was that a wolf?" Bilbo asked. "Are there wolves out there?"

"Wolves?" Bofur said. "No, that is not a wolf."

The Dwarves continued to look around for any signs of trouble that could've been heading toward them. Clill slowly turned as she heard growling from behind them.

"Watch out!" she yelled.

A Warg jumped out from behind the rocks, racing down the hill. It pounced onto Dori, ready to attack, until Thorin ran forward with Orcrist in his hands. He swung the sword, slicing into the Warg to see another one behind him.

"Kili! Get your bow!"

Taking aim, Kili shot at the Warg with an arrow, sending it falling to the ground. It quickly rose to its feet before Dwalin bashed it in the head with his war hammer.

"Warg-Scouts!" Thorin said pulling his sword out of the dead beast. "Which means an Orc pack is not far behind."

"Orc pack?" Bilbo asked frightened.

"This is what we warned you about", Clill said.

Everyone looked up at Gandalf and Radagast who took a look at the two dead Wargs in their presence.

"Who did you tell about your quest, beyond your kin?" Gandalf asked, turning to Thorin.

"No one."

"Who did you tell?" he asked more forcibly.

"No one, I swear", Thorin said insisting. "What in Durin's name is going on?"

"You are being hunted."

The Dwarves looked in all directions as they heard more noises coming from all directions. Ori and Bifur ran up the hill to try and get the ponies so they could leave.

"Darling…" Clill said putting her hand on Thorin's shoulder. "Who else could know about this?"

"Did you mention this quest to anyone?" he asked looking at her.

"No, no one outside of the Blue Mountains", she shook her head.

"No matter", Dwalin said. "We have to get out of here."

The bushes rustled as Ori and Bifur returned empty handed.

"We can't! We have no ponies! They bolted."

Everyone rolled their eyes, wondering what they were going to do now. Radagast looked at the group and looked at Gandalf.

"I'll draw them off", he said.

"These are Gundabad Wargs", Gandalf said shaking his head. "They will outrun you."

"These are Rhosgobel Rabbits", he said determined. "I'd like to see them try."