Hey Hobbit Lovers, chapter 6 is relatively short. Hope you enjoy. Everything 'The Hobbit' and 'The Lord of the Rings' related belongs to J.R.R Tolkien and Tauriel belongs to Peter Jackson.
Solaris watched wide eyed as the dwarves each bought out armfuls of gold, jewels and coins.
"What are you going to do with all that?" she asked Kili as he walked past her with a chest.
"Keep it off course" he said and she turned her head in disgust.
"You all stink" she said.
"Laris" Gandalf said coming out the cave with Thorin "Take a look at these" he handed her a sword and Thorin held the other for her to inspect.
"These were made in Gondolin" she said "By the High Elves of the first age. These are goblin slayers but I cannot remember their names" she said handing Gandalf back his sword. "There are no better blades than these" she said.
"And they had to be made by elves" Thorin muttered as he walked away and Solaris frowned after him. She looked to Gandalf but he was already gone.
"Something's coming!" Thorin shouted.
"Stay together" Gandalf said. "Hurry now, arm yourselves"
Solaris brought out her bow and notched an arrow. She then jumped onto Gandri and pulled Bilbo into the saddle in-front of her. "You're safer up here Master Hobbit" she said.
They all moved so that they had their backs to the trees. Gandri reared a little but Solaris had him under control.
"Thieves, fire, murder!" a strange little man said coming into the clearing. He was standing on a sledge that was being towed by none other than rabbits.
"Radagast" Gandalf said "Its Radagast the Brown. Well, what on earth are you doing here?"
"I was looking for you Gandalf" the small wizard said "Something wrong, something's terribly wrong"
"Yes" Gandalf said and Radagast opened his mouth to say something but no words came out.
"Just give me a minute. Oh I had a thought and now I've lost it. It was right there on the tip of my tounge. Oh it's not a thought at all, it's a silly old stick insect" he said as Gandalf pulled the bug out his mouth.
"Ew" Solaris said.
"OK, take a rest" Gandalf said.
While Radagast and Gandalf were talking the others rested and chatted quietly. Solaris was giving Gandri a rub down when there was a deep throaty howl that sounded.
"Was that a wolf, are there wolves out there?" Bilbo asked.
"Wolves, no that is not a wolf" Bofur said.
Hearing the paw-steps of the Warg long before she saw it Solaris had notched an arrow and by the time it was leaping through the air at one of the dwarves there was an arrow planted neatly in-between its eyes and it landed dead on the floor.
"Draw your swords" Thorin said.
Another Warg jumped out the trees and Kili got it with his bow.
"Warg scouts, which means an orc pack is not far behind" Thorin said.
"Orc pack?" Bilbo repeated.
"Who did you tell about your quest beyond your kin?" Gandalf asked.
"No one" Thorin said.
"Who did you tell?" Gandalf shouted.
"No one I swear" Thorin said. "What in Durin's name is going on?"
"You are being hunted" Gandalf said looking around.
"We have to get out of here" Dwalin said.
"We can't, we have no ponies they bolted" Ori said and then another Warg howled in the distance.
"I'll draw them off" Radagast said.
"These are Gundabad Wargs, they will outrun you" Gandalf said.
"These are Rhosgobel Rabbits. I'd like to see them try" Radagast said leaping onto the back of the sledge.
"I'll come with you" Solaris said pulling Gandri's reins from the branch they were tied to.
"NO!" more than one dwarf shouted.
"Solaris no" Gandalf said.
"Gandri is faster than just your mere horse" Solaris said and Gandalf sighed.
"Do what you will" he said.
"Solaris" another voice said just as she jumped on Gandri's back. Thorin walked forward and put a hand on her shoulder.
"Don't as King under the Mountain I am ordering you not to go"
"Sorry Thorin, you might be a fine King but you are not my king. Just a dwarf with a few extra letters to his name" she said. With that she jumped onto the horse's back and followed the path left by Radegast's sledge.
"Woooo yeah!" Solaris yelled with excitement as Gandri leapt out the trees and onto open land.
"Bet my rabbits are faster!" Radagast shouted.
"Ha, not likely!" Solaris shouted back "Come and get us you mange ridden dogs!" she yelled behind her.
Now chasing them was a pack of around 13 Wargs with three of them being ridden by orcs. Between them Radagast and Solaris twisted this way and that and went so fast that they were just a blur. The whole time she kept an eye on the company and made sure the Wargs and orcs when no where near them. Tying the reins in a knot she brought her bow and arrow forwards and started to pick of some of the wags one by one. During all the commotion a single Warg and Orc had left the trail and stopped. This one had caught the scent of the dwarves moving among the rocks. While Radagast had taken the attention of all the others Solaris raced towards the stay orc. The dwarves, Bilbo and Gandalf were cowering under an overhang on which the Warg with the orc on his back was standing. "Noro lim, Gandri, noro lim!" (Ride fast Gandri, ride fast) Solaris shouted in Elvish. The Orc didn't realise what had happened till Solaris had leapt from the saddle and tackled the orc to the floor at the bottom on the rocks. Solaris was sure she heard her name being called as she tumbled with the orc. Gandri took care of the Warg as he lead him on a wild goose chase. When they'd stopped rolling Solaris leapt away from the orc and they stood opposite each other, it was only now Solaris realised that this orc was bigger than normal.
"Prepare to die She-Elf" it growled at her.
Solaris pulled her blade from her belt. "Not today" she said.
It was a very tiring sword fight and Solaris was soon lagging. She had the stamina for archery but not for long drawn out sword fights. She was just lucky when the orc charged at her and she managed to plunge her blade into its chest. It grunted and all its weight went onto the young she elf. Solaris's knees gave way and she fell back onto the floor bashing her head and the world went spinning, but then she felt something sharp stinging her side. She looked down and saw that the orc had stuck her with a dagger she had not seen. She gasped and gave her blade a twist and the orc went limp. Solaris gave a yell and then Gandri charged over to her. He leapt and jumped over kicking the orc off of her. She gripped her side as she clambered to her feet.
"SOLARIS!" she heard Gandalf shout.
"Gandri" she said breathlessly and the horse dropped to the floor so that she could easily sling her leg over. Gandri took her to where Gandalf was standing and she slipped from his back.
"Send Gandri home, where we are going is no place for a horse" Gandalf said and reluctantly Solaris whispered the words. 'Home Gandri, Home'. The horse whickered, brushed the side of her face with his nose and then turned. "Go" Solaris said giving his rump a smack, the horse reared and then raced of over the hills.
"Now down you go" Gandalf said.
Holding her breath to try and ease the pain Solaris leapt down the hole and was caught by Fili at the bottom.
"Are you alright?" he asked holding onto her.
"I'm fine" she said pulling herself to her feet.
Everyone was now in the hole listening to the commotion above. A horn then echoed that made Solaris's heart pound.
"Elves" she exclaimed. "That's an elvish horn!" she leapt for the hole but Thorin grabbed the back of her belt.
"No" he said.
"But they can help us" she said.
"I said no!" he shouted retching her back so that she landed in the dirt. She let out a cry of pain as her side throbbed.
"Solaris" Kili said kneeling by her side. He put a hand on the side of her face. She brought her hand away from her side and they both looked down at it covered in dark red blood. "She's been hurt" Kili exclaimed to the others.
"There is nothing we can do here" Gandalf said "Put pressure on it to stop the bleeding"
"I cannot see where the pathway leads. Do we follow it or no?" Dwalin shouted.
"Follow it of course" Bofur said.
"Can you stand?" Thorin asked looking down at Solaris.
"Yes" she grumbled and with Kili's help she was back on her feet and following the others. Dwalin led the way and they soon came out into the air where there was a trickle of water coming down the mountain.
"Wow" the dwarves said in ore.
Solaris came forward and would have fainted with happiness had Kili and Fili not caught her between them.
"Rivendell" she whispered.
"You know where we are?" Kili asked looking down at her.
"Yes" she nodded "This is my home"
"Gandalf, she's bleeding everywhere" she heard someone shout.
"Get her to Rivendell" Gandalf shouted only it sounded more a whisper to Solaris.