Ok, I'm trying this again. Sorry about that.
I don't know what happened so hopefully it will work this time.

Kili sat on a log and asked how old the siblings were. Tosur shrugged and said, "I'm ninety-seven and Era is ninety-five. We've been on our own for a while, though."

"Wait, she's younger than you?" Fili asked surprised. "She acted like you were her little brother. I have often acted the same way towards Kili."

Eraveth chuckled, "I have had to put up with his stupid schemes for over ninety years. One of us has to be the mature one."

Tosur looked offended and said, "I do not have stupid schemes. They just never work out like they are supposed to."

He chuckled as he pulled Eraveth under his arm and ruffled her hair with his knuckles. She struggled to free herself. She pushed away from him and punched him in the arm. She smiled widely when he frowned and rubbed the spot where she had hit him. Kili and Fili also chuckled and looked knowingly at each other. They could tell that this brother and sister were just as close to each other as they were. Fili glanced between the two siblings and grinned. They were total opposites. Eraveth looked nothing like a dwarf, but Tosur did. He was built like a dwarf. He wasn't fat, but he wasn't thin. His thicker build was purely muscle. He had shoulder length brown hair and a short, but thick beard and mustache that held hints of red.

The company was just about to set out when a loud noise was coming toward them. They drew arms, but they did not expect the sight that greeted their eyes. A figure clad in brown with a silly looking hat stood on the back of a sled being pulled by large rabbits. Gandalf let out a sigh of relief and introduce the newcomer as Radagast the Brown. Eraveth watched the brown wizard as he talked to Gandalf. She felt like she might be sick when he reached into his mouth and pulled out a stick insect. The side of his face was covered in something Eraveth did not want to think about. However, the peace of the moment was interrupted by a creature Eraveth had never seen before. It looked similar to a wolf but was much larger and more dangerous looking.

The dwarves soon killed the beast but found that their ponies had run away due to fright. They would never outrun these foul creatures. Gandalf seemed angry and demanded to know who Thorin had told about his quest.

"No one, I swear." Thorin growled. "What is happening?"

"You are being hunted."

Just then, Radagast offered to draw the creatures away. Gandalf, however, was uncertain.

"These are Gundabad wargs," Gandalf warned. "They will catch you."

"These are Rosgabel rabbits," came the reply. "I'd like to see them try!"

They waited until Radagast had drawn the wargs and their orc riders far enough away before they began to run across the vast grassy and rocky hills before them. The company ran with all their might, only stopping when Radagast led the wargs just a little too close to their position. One warg and rider broke off from the pack. The warg sniffed the air and came to stop on the rock above them. Thorin nodded to Kili who had notched an arrow. Kili stepped out and fired at the warg. The warg fell from the rock and the dwarves quickly dispatched of it and its rider. The rest of the wargs had unfortunately heard the cry of the warg and were speeding their way.

With a look over her shoulder, Eraveth ran harder across the plain. The wargs were drawing closer and fear began to seize her. At one point, they were following their wizard and in the next he had vanished. Cries of outrage were heard when they realized the wizard was no longer with them. They were being surrounded by wargs and orcs. Kili continued to fire his arrows at the orcs and the dwarves killed any creature that came to close. Gandalf appeared again just then. He was standing in a hole and yelling at the dwarves, "This way you fools!"

One by one, the dwarves dropped into the hole until only Eraveth and Kili remained outside. Kili was firing at a warg and was slowly backing toward the hole. When Thorin called his name, his head spun in that direction and the warg came rushing toward him. Within a matter of milliseconds, Kili was being pushed into the hole by Eraveth and she sent her throwing knives hurtling at the warg before falling into the hole behind Kili. She slid down the hole and landed on Kili. She was just about to get off him when the warg's body landed on top of them. They both groaned and the rest of the dwarves pulled the carcass off of them. Eraveth saw her knives embedded in the creature's forehead and smiled. She pulled them out with some effort and brushed off her clothes. She sighed when she notices the blood stains on her shoulder and sleeve. The blood would probably never come out of the white fabric. She helped Kili to his feet and turned to face an angry Thorin.

"Why did you do that?" he bellowed at her. Eraveth was truly confused. Shouldn't he be happy that his nephew was safe and unharmed?

"I don't understand," Eraveth said as her brow lowered in confusion. "Why wouldn't I do that? Why would I let him get hurt if I could do something to stop it?"

Thorin seemed to be extremely agitated that she had questioned him. "I will not be responsible for your death!" he shouted in her face.

Eraveth refused to let her temper control her. She shook her head and said softly, "I never asked you to. I simply saw someone who was about to come to harm and I tried to protect him. If there is fault in that, then please lay the blame on my head. I will be responsible for my own life and death."

Thorin eyed her for a moment before he turned and walked down the path. He did not like this girl. She was an unnecessary addition to this quest and would hinder them. He saw how Kili and Fili had become friends with her and her brother and if that could have happened in such a short time who knew what would come next. He did not like the compassionate look in her eyes when she spoke to him. He could tell she was intelligent, but her cool logic made him just slightly uneasy. Her brother shot him a dark look as he moved past to help his sister. Fili helped Kili up and whispered a soft thank you that caused Eraveth to smile.