Grrr, I'm not impressed! I finished this chapter and then my computer froze and I lost all if it :(

Sorry for the late update, the weather put the power down for a couple days.

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Daisy knew Thorin had not been that keen on travelling by night, but the amount of times he'd grabbed her to make sure she was still with him was growing a little infuriating.

'We must travel through the night if we are to reach the MountainPass by tomorrow evening.' Thorin had said which ad caused several dwarves to groan.

'Thorin, perhaps it would be wise to make camp and continue at first light. The MountainPass is difficult enough as it is-'

'Silence Balin. As much as I do not want to travel by night, we must get a lead on the Orc Pack that drove us into Rivendell. They will not be expecting us to travel by night.' Thorin told him and no one questioned it. 'Do not talk until the sun is up, we do not know who is listening.'

And so they had walked in silence throughout the night. The darkness had proved to be a major problem, and she had heard a variety of curses as even the most agile dwarves tripped. Daisy prayed that Bilbo was faring alright. On more than one occasion she had stumbled, but Thorin's strong arms had always caught her before she did any serious harm.

'Everyone stop.' Thorin suddenly said. 'Let's do a head count. I have Daisy here.' There was a wolf whistle a couple yards to her right which was followed by a growl from Thorin.

'That was Kili. I'm Fili, and we have Bilbo.' Daisy let out a sigh of relief.

'I'm Dori, and with me is Nori. Has anyone seen Ori?'

'I'm here, with Bofur and Bombur.'

'Oin here, with Gloin and Bifur,'

'Dwalin and Balin over here.

'Right, good. We haven't lost anyone.' Thorin noted.

'Uncle, perhaps we should rest. The dark is too hard to move in, we can continue at first light.' Fili suggested, and Daisy could faintly see his silver beads reflect in the little moonlight there was.

'No Fili, we stick to the plan. Everyone try to stick together.' Thorin replied. They walked on and Daisy prayed that daylight would come soon, for she was growing tired.

She needn't have worried, for the sun began to seep through the trees not an hour later, causing the company to sigh in relief.

'We make camp here, we'll continue within the hour.' Thorin ordered and Daisy sighed in relief. She sat down heavily on the ground and would have fallen asleep against a pile of leaves if Thorin had not picked her up in his arms.

'I'm sorry,' He murmered. 'I had quite forgotten that the race of men is not as resiliant to fatigue as dwarves.'

'S'okay.' Daisy said groggily. 'Let me sleep now.' Thorin nodded and not a minute later he felt Daisy's body slump in his arms and kenw she'd fallen asleep.

'Is the lass alright?' Bofur asked as he handed Thorin his breakfast.

'She's just asleep.' Thorin told him and he took the bowl.

'Thorin?' Balin asked wearily. 'I think we may be closer to the Mountains than we originally thought. This tree, I have passed it many times in my life and it is not half a day to the mountain pass from here.' There were a few happy sighs as the thought of not marching much further was put to them.

'Perhaps then we should rest until midday,' Bilbo piped up, handing his bowl back to Bombur. Thorin glared at the hobbit, annoyed that he was making suggestions.

'And why would that benefit us is any way?' Thorin said harshly, making Bilbo retreat a little.

'B-because we have the time now, and Daisy obviously needs the rest and we coud all do with a little too.' Bilbo whispered and Thorin inwardly growled. He was angry that he had not seen this obvious point.

'Very well. We rest here until midday.'

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Daisy woke to someone shaking her.

'Daisy,' The voice called. 'Daisy, wake up.' Daisy opened her eyes quickly expecting it to be one of her nightmares, but instead she was met with the face of Ori smiling down at her.

'W-what time is it?' She yawned.

'Midday, we'll be leaving soon.' He explained and Daisy looked at him confused.

'I thought we were meant to be leaving at first light?'

'We were, but then Balin discovered we were closer to the mountains than we originally thought, then as you were asleep Bilbo suggested we rest until midday so we did.' Daisy felt herself grow pink at the thought that she was the reason they were delayed.

'Ori! Come help me with this!' Nori called and Ori patted her shoulder before leaving to help his brother.

'Did you sleep well?' A voice she knew to be Thorin's whispered in her ear.

'I did thank you, considering the circumstances.' Thorin turned her to face him.

'We should be at the Mountains by evening, there we shall hopefully be reunited with our wizard on the path.' Thorin told her. 'If you are tired, you must let me know. I do not want you becoming ill.'

'I know you don't, so I promise i'll tell you.' Daisy said and smiled when he kissed her cheek.

'I have to help Balin, i'll see you soon.'

They set off on the road within ten minutes, and Daisy was thankful that the sun was not to bright. She was still waking up really, so wasn't prepared when Kili began it.

'Daisy, what's that in your hair?' He asked. Daisy put a hand to her hair, expecting there to be a leaf in it. When she found nothing, she looked at him, confused.

'What's what?'

'This.' Fili ran his hand over one of the braids Thorin had put in the previous night, and what it meant.

'Oho, well this is something.' Kili cried causing some of the others to look back at them.

'What is it lad?' Gloin asked gruffly.

'It seems that Daisy bears the beads and braids of love.' Fili explained, making Bilbo choke and Daisy blush.

'You're one of us now lass!' Bofur cried happily.

'So he finally did it then? It seems we have a pair of lovers in our group!' Kili laughed. 'Ori, I make you cheif wedding designer. Bombur, I make you chief of catering. Bofur, I make you cheif of music-'

'That's enough,' Thorin growled as he stalked back to where Kili was.

'Uncle, he was only teasing.' Fili said. 'He did not mean anything by it.' Daisy couldn't quite work out the emotion in his voice.

'The lads right. I'm sure Kili can't wait for the day when he has to call Daisy 'Aunt' ' Dwalin chuckled.

'Thorin, let him be.' Daisy whispered, tugging on his sleeve.

'Or for the day when he has a cousin-' Balin whacked Dwalin round the head before he could say anymore. Daisy blushed a bit but her worries were soon forgotten when Thorin's arm snaked around her waist.

'You're walking with me.' He said firmly. 'Before Kili's jokes turn intimate.'

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The sun was begining to set when they reached the bottom of a rocky path that lead high up into the mountians.

'It's so big,' Bilbo whined.

'Of course it is Bilbo! What did you expect?' Kili teased. Thorin had the urge to comment on how the hobbit's ability to cope with anything that was different from his Shire was terrbile,but was silenced by a look from Daisy.

'Dont,' She pleaded. 'He's right, it is quite big.' Thorin sighed and began to hlep Daisy up the steep path, his hand lingering near her incase she fell. He did not want to climb the mountain as darkness was falling, but he knew that the sooner they got up to the Pass, the better as the Orcs wouldn't follow them.

Unfortunatly, as they neared the top, it began to rain.

'Great, just great.' Dori grumbled as he pulled his hood over his head. Daisy felt something large land on her back and realised that Thorin had put her coat over her. She looked around and to her dismay she saw that Bilbo had no coat to protect him from the rain.

'Everyone keep close! Do not fall down the valley.' Thorin shouted over the rain. Daisy didn't dare looked down. As they progressed along the mountain the wind grew stonger and the rain heavier. She found herself sandwidged between dwarves at all times, trying to protect her.

A large crack suddenly caused them to look up. A boulder had become dislodged and was now tubmling down the otherside of the mountain.

'Keep in!' Thorin yelled.

'This is not thunder storm!' Balin cried. 'It's a thunder battle! Look!' Daisy followed his gaze and to her horror and amazement a large mound of rock was moving.

'Bless me! The legends are true!' Bofur shouted. 'Giants! Stone giants!'

'Stone giants?' Daisy found herself repeating as she watched boulder after boulder being chucked around.

'Keep close to me.' Thorin grabbed her hand as the rocks they were on began to shake violently. Daisy looked to Thorin in fear. 'Hold on to me,'

'Fili!'

'Kili!' Daisy looked around and saw that some way down the line of dwarves the rock had been split in two, leaving the two brothers on either side. Thorin stiffened as he saw Fili dissapear out of sight along with half of the company. The rock they were only collided with something, causing them to loose their balance.

'Quickly! Onto the other rock!' Balin yelled, and Daisy grabbed onto Thorin as he pulled her to safety. All they could do know was pray that the other half of their company were safe.

'Where are they?' Thorin was muttering frantically, and Kili was pacing back and forth. The serious look on his face was enough to alert everyone that something was off.

'I see them!' Oin cried, and Daisy saw figures hanging onto a rock from dear life as they were swung around. She saw Bilbo and prayed he'd be alright.

'They're going to crash into that rock over there.' Kili realised and hurried along the path, closely followed by the others. When they reached them, they all let out a breath they had not realised they'd been holding. The dwarves were in a heap, alive and kicking.

'Where's Bilbo?' Bofur asked frantically, and Daisy froze. Suddenly she saw fingertips on the dege of the rock.

'Bilbo!' She cried. Thorin turned in the direction of Daisy's cry and saw the cause of her distress.

'Bilbo! Grab my hand!' Bofur shouted, but Thorin leapt dwon the rock to help the burglar up. He cursed himself when he slipped, and thanked the gods that Dwalin was there to help him up.

'Thought we'd lost our burglar.'

'He's been lost, ever since he left home. He should never have come.' Thorin didn't know what posessed him to say it, but the looks from both Bilbo and Daisy were enough to make him instantly regret it. But being his usual stubborn self, he turned and went with Dwalin to look at a cave.

Daisy went to Bilbo and hugged him, annoyed that Thorin had snapped at him.

'I'm alright Daisy, really I am. Just shaken, that's all.' Bilbo assured her. Daisy nodded and went to find Thorin.

'Don't light a fire.' She heard Thorin say to Gloin. 'We move at first light.'

'No. We were to wait in the mountians for Gandalf. That was the plan.' Balin argued.

'Plans change.' Daisy catiously walked over to Thorin and placed a hand on his shoulder.

'Thorin?'

'Yes my dear?'

'What's wrong? You seemed..stressed.' She noted and Thorin pulled her into a hug.

'It's getting to me. I almost lost Fili today, and I could have lost you too. I'm sorry I snapped at the hobbit.'

'Apologise to him, not to me.'

'I will, once we are on the road again. Come, we should get some sleep.'

Daisy jumped a bit when he suggested they should get sleep together. Not that she hadn't thought about what would happen to their sleeping arrangements once on the road, she just hadn't expected that it would actually happen.

'Bofur, you take first watch.' Bofur looked a little disgruntled but didn't say anything.

Thorin laid out both of their bedrolls on the sandy surface and lay down, putting an arm round Daisy.

'Sleep,' He whispered into her hair. 'I do not know when we will get the chance to again.'

'I will.' She promised and intwined her hand in his. Thorin smiled at the contact and kissed her forehead.

Daisy woke to the sound of muffled talking.

'You're right, we don't belong anywhere.' Someone was saying. 'I wish you all the luck in the world. I really do.'

Someone mumbled something back.

'Hey, what's that?' Thorin shook her suddenly. She barely had time to turn to him when she felt herself falling. Thorin's grip on her loosened and was lost altogether as they hit something hard, and then continued to slide down until the landed in what seemed like a cage.

A screeching sound reached her ears and she saw little ugly creatures scuttle over to them, grabbing at their clothing.

'Daisy!' Thorin yelled over the noise. Daisy was getting shoved about the place in her attempt to find Thorin.

'Thorin!' She cried, though she couldn't see him over the army of creatures. She was slammed into something and she realised it was Bilbo. He tugged her clothing and pulled her down so they were crouching on the ground. She opened her mouth the speak but he put a finger to her lips and shook his head.

They crawled over to a little metal structure that hid them from the swarm of creatures that had captured the dwarves. Breathing heavily, Daisy looked at Bilbo.

'What now?' She mouthed and Bilbo waited until they were out of sight before he replied.

'They're goblins.' He told her. 'If we can escpae, maybe we can send word to Gandalf.' He stood up, drawing his sword which was growing a bright blue. 'Do you have that little dagger Gandalf gave you?' Daisy felt around and found that she hadn't lost it in the fall.

'Yes.'

'Stick with me.' Bilbo said before taking a trembling Daisy by the hand and walking carefully in the direction that the dwarves had been taken.

They'd only walked a little way when a goblin suddenly jumped in front of them. Daisy knew it had been a hopeless attempt. Bilbo had no skill with a sword and neither had she, so it was no surprise when the goblin had them cornered. Bilbo lunged for the goblin and quite by chance knocked him over the edge of the bridge they were on, only to loose his balance himself.

'Bilbo!' Daisy cried and quickly grabbed his hand but it was too late. Bilbo had gone too far forwards so when Daisy grabbed him, they both fell down into the darkness below.

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There you go! I chose to make Daisy go with Bilbo for a few reasons: 1) I haven't actually read a fanfic where the OC falls down with Bilbo (thought i'm sure there are some) 2) There will be a Bilbo/Daisy bonding session 3) It gives Thorin a chance to panic :D

And i've gotten a couple of reviews saying I should upgrade this to an M, what do you guys think?