The woman sat in silence as she watched the sun rise. The wind gently tousled her hair as she sensed another presence near the railing, " If you wish to speak, then do so, but do not stand behind me as you do." she turned her head, half expecting it to be Ganadalf, but to her surprise, it was Thorin. He slowly made his way to the railing, and rested his hands on it, " And why would that be a problem?" She turned her head, and glanced over the tree tops, " I find the truth to be in someone's eyes, not their voice. " Thorin now spoke," And why do you not look me in the eyes?" she turned her head and glanced into his deep chocolate brown eyes and almost melted, but she shook the feeling and spoke in a whisper," I do not trust the way you see the truth." She turned her head again to avoid his glare, not because she cowered in it, but because she didn't want to feel like she was melting again,"I do not mean to insult you Thorin, but I do speak my mind, rarely," Thorin's glare lessened," Then why is it you spoke your mind so often to me?" She chuckled, " Because no one has done so, and that is why your pride will either get you or someone else killed." He shook his head," You are correct," Hana turned her gaze towards him, and he noticed no emotion on her face," I meant no offence to you last night, I only was stating what I thought was right." she turned her head towards the sunrise again, and sighed," I know." her voice was so full of sadness, and pain, but he refused to ask. Not knowing who she was, aside her name, she couldn't trust him, not until he trusted her. She turned her head towards him again," If you wish to know more about me, you need only ask, but I cannot guarantee a direct answer." He turned his head, How could she have known what- , and before his thought was finished her voice cut through," I cannot read minds, but I read the eyes," She gestured to his eyes, "Curiosity, everyone has it, only few people actually act upon it." He was looking into her eyes, and his blood froze, her eyes were like ice, pale blue that could cut through steel, Her eyes were older then what the rest was, as was her mind, he had only one question, and then he would make his leave," What is your age?" She glanced at him blankly and he continued," Your eyes and the way you speak, they deceive me of your age, for you look no younger than myself." She shook her head, " Your nephew, he asked the same question."
"and did he receive an answer?" She nodded her head, " Aye, I am only One hundred eighty nine years," Thorin nodded his head, and then spoke," But why do you speak in such a way that makes others think differently." she was faceing Thorin now and her eyes turned grey, her stare grew colder then before, and her voice was even colder," My manner of speaking is no different then your own.,Only your pride speaks for you, not your heart, and that will be your downfall." she slid off the railing," I believe that is enough for today, now if you will excuse me, my tranquil morning has been disturbed and I require silence." she walked towards the garden, and Thorin turned to the door with a scowl on his face, I try to be civil and she still insults me. He was now walking into the hobbit hole, only to almost run into Gandalf," Good morning Thorin, I see you tried to have a conversation with her." Thorin scoffed, " I don't believe I have ever met anyone who infuriates me more then she does." Gandalf chuckled, " You will find when she speaks, her words are more of wisdom, then those of insult, but only if you will heed them as so." Thorin was glaring at Gandalf, " When she proves that she will not be a burden, that is when I will listen." Thorin soon walked away, and Gandalf sighed, " Kili, wake the others, it is time we shove off."

After the dreadful news of Mister Baggins not joining the company,they took their leave after they cleaned and replaced everything in the baggins household, mounted their ponies, and set off to begin the journey. Thorin was in the front, while Hana and Gandalf took up the rear. No doubt that Thorin had requested she be close to the back so that he could avoid her hazardous tongue. But the rest of the company just assumed that she stayed towards the rear because of the recluse she was to them. Gandalf however knew Thorin's reasoning for this and decided to act upon it, " Why do you insult Thorin so?" Hana turned her head towards the wizard and spoke in a neutral tone that still contained a bite, " I do not believe what I say is insulting, but rather it describes his entire personality." Gandalf coughed and continued, " But why must you say it aloud, I personally have known you quite a while, and I have never heard you say an ill word to anyone, at least not to them." hana sighed, " Gandalf, you know as well I, that he has inherited the same pride and foolishness of his grandfather, although he hasn't seen it yet, I have, and I know too well what pride will bring in the end." Gandalf bowed his head noticing the sadness and regret filling her eyes, and spoke, " You must not keep blaming yourself." She now lowered her head and spoke in a hiss," I believe this conversation has been long enough," she pulled the reins of her pony back," If you will excuse me," And just before she started forward she stopped, sensing someone approaching, fast. Gandalf noticed her change of expression," Who is coming?" he questioned," Friend or foe?" She shook her head and let a smirk cross her face, " Bilbo." her smile faded when the company turned their heads to see Bilbo running up with his contract flapping in his wake, " Wait! I signed it." he screamed, and Thorin spoke," Give him a pony!" Bilbo panicked, he had never ridden a pony before," No i do not think that is necessary-" he felt arms lift him onto a pony and he stiffened, and tightened his hold on the reins. Hana's voice came to a shock to him when he felt his pony fidget uncomfortably underneath him," You mustn't hold the reins too tightly." He turned his head towards her, expecting to see a scowl, instead he saw that her eyes were softer then the ice they so portrayed, she spoke again, " She can tell you are uncomfortable, that's why she is nervous." He nodded his head and gulped, he lessened his grip and took a deep breath, he felt the pony become calm as well. As he gained control he whispered a silent thanks to the woman and rode in stride with Gandalf. Hana took his place behind Fili and Kili. She rode in silence as a bags of gold flew past her head to the various dwarfs who betted, Men and their gold. She turned her head back, expecting Gandalf to be scoffing, until she saw him catching his gold, and saying," I never doubted you for a second." She shook her head, well he is a gambling man. She turned her gaze to the front of the company, and saw him glancing over his shoulder, and quickly turning his head back, and continuing down the road.

The company had traveled far and night had crept upon them, a fire was made and the meal was also completed. The dwarves were laughing merrily until a shrill shriek arose from far off. Hana gripped her sword under her cloak and tried to measure the distance it was from the company when poor innocent Bilbo spoke," What was that?" Kili answered his question," Orcs." Bilbo gulped,"Orcs?" Fili answered as well," Aye, throat cutters, they come in the middle of the night, while everyone is asleep." Fili and Kili chuckled at the sight of Bilbo shaking, and Thorin soon spoke," You think a night raid by orcs to be funny?" he hissed. "We didn't mean anything by it." spoke Fili. And Hana soon followed," No you didn' know nothing of the world." The two brothers looked down as hana and Thorin walked away in separate directions. Thorin spoke," For once we agree on something."

"Don't mind him ladies, he has more cause then most to hate orcs." Balin spoke watching Thorin walk away into the shadows,"After the dragon smaug took erebor , the dwarf king thror, tried to take back the ancient kingdom of Moria, but our enemy had gotten there first. Moria had been taken by legions of orcs, and the battle of Azanulbizar took place. The orcs were lead by the most vile of their race, Azog:The defiler. The giandt gundabad orc had sworn to wipe out Durin's line, and he so began, by beheading our king, thrain, torn apart by grief, ran away, taken prisoner, killed. We do not know. We were leaderless, with death and defeat upon us. And that is when i saw him a young dwarf prince facing down the pale orc. He stood alone, his armor went, and his only shield was an oahen branch. The defiler learned that day that the line of Durin is not so easily broken. Our forces rallied, and we forced the enemies back, we defeated them, but there was no feast, no song of merriment. For we few who survived, we saw him standing overlooking the dead with his oaken shield, and i thought to myself,'There is one i could follow, there is one i could call king.'" everyone stared at Thorin, and Bilbo spoke," What happened to Azog?" Thorin growled out," That filth slinked back into his hole from wence it came, and died of its wounds long ago." everyone was silent, but Kili soon spoke," But what of Hana?" Gandalf looked up," What do you mean?"
"She reacted the same way as Thorin, what is her story?" Gandalf shifted uneasily, but he soon decided to speak as he soon noticed hana had walked away from hearing distance," Her reason is quite like Thorins, however, hers had a much different ending." But before he could continue, Hana's voice erupted from her silence," I would much like for you to keep my personal life out of this, Gandalf." Her eyes were cutting through the darkness, and they could feel the glare on Gandalf, Then her voice cut through the echoing silence again, this time with less of a bite, more with caution," The orcs are not close enough for us to worry now, but they will soon fall upon us if we keep at this pace." All the dwarves tensed," Nori, and I will keep watch the rest of you sleep." Thorin stated after the long silence, and all the dwarves arose and went to their place around the fire, except one. She took her place in a tree, and started stroking her necklace as she stared into the crescent moon,Father, I will redeem myself, I will avenge your death, the same way I avenged my brother's. Her sadness never crossed her face, but it was full in her eyes, and the elder dwarf could see," Would ye come down here lass, I would like to speak with ye." Why hadn't he seen it before, she had her eyes, and his solemn nature, She was on the ground now, and was staring at him blankly," What is it?" He shook his head," Nothin serious my dear, calm yourself, I just wanted to speak to ye." she nodded her head, and looked at him with an apologetic glance," I apologize about the beard incident, I was out of line." Balin shook his head and laughed," Quite alright, we should not assume that someone cannot take care of themselves based on appearances, I should have personally known better, dwarven women tend to be some of our fiercest wariors." She chuckled, and it wasn't her cold usual laugh, it was genuine," I believe you are correct master dwarf, my mother was a fierce warrior indeed, I was surprised my father managed to woo her." Balin chuckled, " Ah yes, Your mother was fierce but your father was very persuasive as well." She turned her gaze to balin once more," Yes, I know who you are, and who your lineage is, but, Your highness why do you keep it a secret?" he questioned silently, her eyes grew dark," My reason, is something that is unknown to me." She glanced at the moon and held a tight grasp of her crescent moon necklace," But, I do not want you to mistake my actions to helping you as selfishness."
"What do you mean Lass?"
" My kingdom was taken from me, I do not wish to avenge it, for the price has already been paid for it, but your kingdom, I wish to save it from the same fate." he nodded his head and looked up at the moon as well," I expected nothing less from the daughter of King Stian." She nodded her head, and looked the elder in his eyes," Thank you, Balin."
"For what?"
"For not saying anything of my past, I do not wish to live it again for others to see." Balin shook his head," There is one thing I need to ask, if it is not too much trouble." She nodded her head, and Balin continued," What happened to the dragon?" her eyes grew dark, and she blinked," You know what happened, Balin. " he nodded his head," Rumors spread, and the truth is distorted." She clenched her eyes shut as the image of her brother's face, marred with cuts and burns,"Run!" he screamed," Run!" She was crying as she saw the blood flowing from his wounded stomach, the dragon had thrown him out of his mouth, and had torn a gaping hole in his abdomen, despite his armor," No,Not without you!" he strained out again," You must, or else the same fate will come to you," The dragon roared in the distance," It is drawn to our blood, it will come back for me, same as it came for our father when he died, go, its too late for me." She shook her head," No brother, i will not run, not anymore, I will protect you, and if I die, I will die with the honor of protecting you and my people." he chuckled and blood sprang from his mouth, " Spoken like a true leader," He was reaching for his sword," No i can't-"
"He would want you to have it."
"But he gave it to you."
"And now i am giving it to you." She shook her head as tears were rolling down her face, her brothers light faded in his eyes, and she heard the dragon approach. The dragons voice was thick, and deceiving," You should have run, you will never stand a chance, you will die the same fate as he you kling so dearly to." she never turned her head, something broke inside of her, something she could not explain. She laid his head down and closed his still eyes, and her voice was distorted and cold, " You are correct, someone will die today," She turned her head her steely gaze met with the crimson red eyes of the black dragon, and flames were visibly flickering off of her as she spoke," But i assure you, that it will not be me." The demon laughed," What can you, a dwarf do, you are nothing but a spoiled dwarf princess." Her eyes flared red," I am more then you could possibly imagine." The dragon visibly hesitated to move forward, " Prove this to me, little dwarf show me your power." She spat out," I will." The dragon lunged and all she did was speak," Be still." the dragon stopped, his voice still able to break through," What have you done to me?!" She chuckled as she walked forward, the fire never leaving her eyes," You asked me to display my power, and I did, now i will rip your very heart out, as you did with mine." She raised her sword and plunged it in the chest of the beast, and it let out an agonizing screech of pain. Her eyes were cold," Now you feel the pain that i must suffer with my whole life." and with those words she plunged her hand into the gapping hole in the dragon, and ripped his heart out.

hana hadn't realized she was stuck in her memory until Balin placed his hand on her shoulder," If you don't wish to tell me i -"
"Its alright," She paused and she started o speak," I was only Kili's age when the dragon came, It had destroyed everything, and everyone, aside from my brother and I." She paused again," The dragon only came because of my father's death." She closed her eyes as she remembered Azog ripping the head of her in front of her eyes, the agonizing cries that erupted from her mother and herself," The blood dragon senses our blood, but only when it is spilt. I was there when it attacked, I was there when it killed the rest of my family, and I was there when I ripped the heart out of the very dragon that tore mine apart!" She clenched her fists, and balin spoke, " I didn't mean to upset you or bring any ill things to memory-" she interrupted him," It is not your fault, after so many years i am still weak, if you will excuse me, i will be on my way, good night, master dwarf." she walked away, and her wake she left behind was cold and eerie, She killed the dragon? Maybe that is why Gandalf asked her to accompany us. balin shook his head, i should tell Thorin of this, but i will respect her wishes. at this thought he found his sleeping place, and fell into a deep sleep,