*EMERGES FROM THE GRAVE* I liiiive, and I apologize for the wait, I know you all have waied anxiously for this next chapter right, *Cricket* *Cricket* ... WEEELLL then , I guess I have been the impatient one then, trying to rush the update because I kinda forgot to , I had it all typed out, I just forgot to upload it, and do all that cool jaz. So any how I apologize for any inconvenience I may have caused you.

The cage was small, the orange glow that illuminated the dark, disgustingly rank cave was very subtle. Thorin was still slightly angry, but his mind went past that as he thought about what she had said earlier,'I will not back away from that chance, even if it costs me my life.' he was stunned when she said this, not because of the way she said she would die to redeem herself, but for the fact of he used to see her as a coward. When he had heard of the journey back to the Black mountain, and the events that transpired there, he thought the leader a coward, and a fool for trying to face the dreaded blood dragon with only 6 men. And she sat behind and watched as another slew the dragon , and then he perished. she probably got in the way, as most women do, and someone had to save her. If only he knew the truth. His head turned in the direction she was,"why did you not tell me?" She only shook her head," All I can say is this, if your company chose to accompany you,after you asked them,and they all were killed. Would you feel as if it were your fault they were killed" Thorin just stared at her as he spoke,"You mean that you did not force them to go?" She nodded her head,"My Brother was among the men that were on our quest. I wanted to go alone, but he insisted." Hana looked down, " You were right Thorin, I was a coward, I let them be slaughtered." Thorin looked down at the ground,"I never said that-"
"I heard you Thorin, talking with Balin last night." His memory of last night flashed in his head.

He was sitting by the fire, he could not sleep, and it was almost time for his watch. His eyes found their way to the striange woman sleeping in the tree. He didn't realize he was staring until e felt an arm on his shoulder,"What's troublin' ye laddie?" Thorin shook his head," Nothing Balin." Balin laughed," I've known you for a while Thorin, What's on your mind." Thorin was thinking of the quest, he feared the worse," What are your thoughts on the quest, Balin?" Balin chuckled ,"You know my thoughts on the Quest Thorin, I support whatever your decision."
"No , I do not want to hear words that are repeated because I am king, I want your own thoughts." Balin glanced down," I fear for our quest, the remembrance of the black mountain come into my mind everyday." Thorin shook his head in agreement," I as well find myself thinking of that moment in time."Balin shook his head," I do not know the out come of this quest, but I do know that it shall be different from theirs."
"aye that is certain, for the leader of that quest was a fool and a coward." Balin glanced down and sadness was about him, and Thorin swore he heard him say,"If only you knew the truth."

He immediately regretted his words of earlier, for he now somewhat , knew the truth. " I do not think you a coward, Lady-"
"Do not speak my name so formally , and apologize out of pity, I have had enough to last a thousand lifetimes." Thorin glanced down," I do not wish for you to see it as pity, but more as respect." her face grew angry, and fierce," I do not deserve that, no matter what anyone says, I am no hero, and I am not brave." he was about to retort, when he heard the goblins returning, and the wretched song of the Goblin king, he did not bother to listen, but instead stared longingly, at their weapns that sat so close to them, and yet out of reach. That was when he felt the cages being rattled and opened. And then he felt himself leaving the cage, they had only been there for a few hours, he saw the others struggling, along with himself, and then he saw her, standing tall and proud, she gave him courage, for what reason, he did not know. But now he stood taller and showed no emotion. They were taken before the king once more, and that was when all Hell broke loose. Gandalf was in the cavern with a flash of white light, his face grimm with anger, he cut their bonds, and screamed,"Take up arms, fight!" Thorin acted first and then it was Dwalin, then Hana. The rest soon followed suit.

Hana's feet were pounding on the stone beneath her as everything slowly began to blur, and blend together. She was slaying the wretched creatures as she was running with a single blow. She knew where she was going, she had been here before , many years ago. She glance over her shoulder to see Gandalf and Thorin close behind. She turned back, and slowed her pace, so she was running alongside Gandalf,"Many Thanks for the rescue Gandalf, but do you actually know the way out?" He didn't speak as she beheaded a goblin that came up on her right, she spoke for him,"Thought so." She turned to the company behind her,"Follow me!" She yelled to them and started on the wooden rickety old bridge, as the goblins continued to growing in number. Thorin had found his way next to her, and he actually saw the fire in her eyes, the escape they were making was nothing compared to what he had faced, and he was sure it wasn't her first as well. Her swords had power, and her eyes held anger, a slight delight as she cut her foes down, she had no control, he was no longer sure he was looking at the same, calm level headed dwarf from before. She was a warrior, and a strong one at that. He hadn't noticed but there was an arrow whistling towards him, and she stopped it with her hand," Quit watching me and pay attention to your own surroundings!" He watched as she threw the arrow away, noticing a slight trickle of blood from her hand. Maybe she did have a little control. she was a complicated dwarf, but he shook his head and paid more attention to the path ahead. He then turns his head to see the maze of bridges and wooden rickety paths, and sees Gandalf and Hana run up them. He soon follows suit. They soon find themselves on a bridge , heading for what they thought was the way out. However, the dwarves and the wizard soon found themselves face to face with the dreaded creature, the goblin king. Gandalf stood at the front, and the goblin king spoke,"Did you really believe, that you would get past me?!"He laughed, and his skin jiggled as he did so,"Why you will have to kill me first!" Gandalf raised sword, but Hana made him lower it, she glowered at the king," I have waited a long time for this." Her eyes turned a deathly shade of ice, she raised her swords, no one even saw her move, or even thought she moved, until the blood spewed from his enlarged neck, and he grabbed at it, and garbled out these words as blood poured from his lips,"Aye that'll do it." he fell to his knees, and the rickety, and rotten bridge buckled under his dead weight(Pun is very much intended.) And the company soon fell to the depths of goblin town.

She felt a throbbing pain in her stomach, and she just assumed it was from her earlier injuries towards Rivendell. Hana opened her eyes finally, just to see a large bulk of wood on to of groaned, and as she did, she heard dwalin speak, "Well that could have been worse." and right at that moment the goblin king landed atop the mass pile of dwarves and one wizard, Hana growled," Dwalin if we live through this,I mayl kill you my self." Hana slowly tried to rise, but to her severe discomfort she couldn't move. All the dwarves atop her slowly began to get up, she then tried to lift the board crushing her , only to find a three inch splinter deep in her abdomen,"Mahal damn you!" she cursed silently to her self, and threw the board away. She tried to pule the stake out,but to no avail. I Will worry about this later. , and soon gathered herself up and joined the company, only in time to hear Gandalf speak," Our only hope is daylight." they soon begin running,again, and she no sooner found her thoughts on the one person not with them,Where is the hobbit?.

Bilbo was running for his life, although now invisible he couldn't be in any less trouble . He had stolen from Gollum , what gollum thought was rightfully his, well he didn't really steal it, he just found it. However that didn't seem to matter considering he was being chased so that he could be eaten by the dreadful creature. He had right fully won the game of riddles, and now he was running blindly through the cavern, he constantly found himself looking at his finger, the simple gold band was so much more. it held power, an evil kind of power, and Bilbo could sense it. He knew he shouldn't don it, for it would be his downfall. But he was drawn to it. the cavern was growing brighter, and he knew he was close to the outside.

Sunlight cut into the company's eyes as they fled the goblin cave. Thorin was out of breath, as were the rest of his went around to the other dwarves to check on their well being. all seemed well, until he came to Dwarrowdam, she was clutching her stomach, and blood was noticeably spilling from behind her hand. he , however, had no chanceto check her injury. the attention of the company was drawn to Thorin and Gandalf,"Where is Bilbo?" many dwarves passed the blame of loosing him, and Thorin spoke up," You want to know what happened?! Mister baggins saw his chance an he took it. He has thought of nothing but home since he left there. The hobbit is long gone." then in the slight distance behind Gandalf, Bilbo appeared out of nothing, and spoke,"No he isn't ." all the dwarves, aside from Thorin and hana stated bombarding him with questions, Fili asked,"How did you get passed the goblins?" Bilbo fidgeted slightly fumbling something into his pocket nervously , and Gandalf eyed his pocket suspiciously ," How indeed ," Gandalf shookhis head," Well it doesn't matter now, hes back." All though he let it go , he didn't sound convinced, and silence nearly befell the company if not for Thorin," It does matter,"He paused as he grew closer to Bilbo," Why did you come back?" Bilbo chuckled lightly, and stood on a boulder as he spoke to Thorin,and the rest of the company," I , I know you've doubted me, and you were right, I do miss my books, and bag-end, I miss my garden, and my arm chair. I miss my home. that's why I came back. You don't have one, a home, it was taken from you. And i will do whatever it takes to help you get it back." the dwarves then started patting Bilbo on the back, but then , through out the trees of the forest , they hear the howls. Thorin looks to Gandalf." Out of the frying pan."
"And into the fire." Gandalf looked to the horizon, and Hana looked at Gandalf," Gandalf, where are we to go," She pointed towards the cliff," We are surrounded, and nowhere to go." Gandalf looked down," Run!" hana nodded, and they all ran.

Tree after tree they passed , and thorin knew there was no way out. Thorin turned in time to see the wargs attacking his company, as well as the company fighting back with as much strength they could muster, and he joined them. He soon noticed his company taking to the trees as they grew closer to the cliff, and he soon joined them That was when he saw him. The scarred monster, azog, astride his white beast. With a claw like hand he motioned towards Thorin, and spoke in his vile language. No one knew what he said, but Thorin knew. He had heard that vile tongue before, and he then made a decision that would either kill him, or destroy the beast .

Hana watched as Thorin leaped from the tree he was in, and then she saw who had seen. Her heart stopped when she saw him, his voice shook her very being, and she heard him speak,"Ahhh, The last of the line of dragonsbein and the last of the line of Durin, all here together. Just for the taking." He laughed , a vile sound escaping from his lips," I see the fear in your eyes, I see the quiver in your stance." He sniffed the air,"You reek of fear, as did your fathers," He looked at them both and laughed," I wonder, will you be so easy to kill, haha because I love it when they scream and beg for mercy!"

I know, i stopped it in a bad place, but i have plans, BIG PLANS! Any how,i am seriously sorry for taking so long, please dont kill me. Any how, reviews are appreciated. Byeeee