Chapter 10
Goblins

Fili's POV. I stayed awake long after Bell was asleep on my chest with her hand clutching my hand. She looked so peaceful and it felt like we fit together well. I couldn't sleep. Something in my gut told me that something was gonna happen and I had to protect Bell. I ran my hand across her smooth check, gently without waking her, pushing strands of auburn hair out of her face. Voices suddenly pulled me from my thoughts.

"Where do you think you're going?" Bofur asked.

"Back to Rivendell." Bilbo said. I looked up and saw Bilbo standing with everything packed and looking ready to leave at the entrance of the cave. I saw Thorin was awake also.

"No, no, you can't turn back now, you're part of the Company. You're one f us. What about your daughter? You don't want to leave her behind." Bofur said.

"I'm not though, am I? Thorin said I should never have come, and he was right. I'm not a Took, I'm a Baggins, I don't know what I was thinking. I should never have out my door. Besides. Bell never felt at home at the Shire especially when Lobellia was making her life hell with her trying to get Bell to marry one of her sons. The few friends she has sides with her. You dwarves make her feel welcomed and have a friendship and she is happy with Fili. I can't break both their hearts. She's not yet of age which is thirty and she's only 28. I don't want her life miserable." Bilbo said.

My mind wondered at his words when he said how old Bell was. There was a age diffrance. I was 82 and knew Hobbits didn't live long like us dwarves which was over 250 years old. My heart sank. I would outlive her. I sigh sadly and pulled her tighter against me. I burried my face in her hair refusing to let her go.

"Your homesick, I understand." Bofur said.

"No, you don't, you don't understand! None of you do. You're dwarves. Your used to.. to this life, to living on the road, never settling in one place, not belong anywhere." Bilbo snapped. I felt sadness creep over me. I just hoped that when we reclaim Erebor that I could give Bell a home if she would have me in her life after this. "I am sorry. I didn't..."

"No you're right. We don't belong anywhere." Bofur said. He looked out across the cave at all of us. I felt Bell snuggle closer to me and I saw she was still sleeping. I kiss her check. "I wish you all the luck in the world. I really do. Bell will be safe. Fili will make sure of it and so will we." I close my eyes to fall asleep, but something stopped me. "What's that?" I look and saw a blue glow coming from Bilbo's sword. I quickly grab Bell's sword and pull it out. It was glowing blue also.

"Bell. Wake up." I said, pulling her close.

"What is it?" Bell said, waking up and talking like she was still waking up. I heard mechanical sounds below us. "Fili?" Bell clutched my tunic as sand started to go through cracks.

"Wake up! Wake up!" Thorin yelled. Dwarves started to awake. I looked into Bell's green eyes and kissed her nose quickly and held her close to me as the floor collapsed from under us.

Bell's POV. I heard grunts and yells from the dwarves as we fell down the rocky tunnel. Fili wouldn't let me fall out of his arms. We fell and landed in a cage like platform. I land on top of Thorin and let out a yelp as Fili landed on top of me.

"Sorry, love." Fili said, as he got off me. Screeches came and I saw ugly mutant creatures running in our direction.

"Fili. Protect the girl. Who knows what they will do with her." Thorin said. Fili pulled the hood of my cloak up quick and him and Kili quickly push me behind them as the Goblins get closer and start pulling us out. Dwalin stayed close to us also to make sure I was alright. The dwarves put up a fight and Fili and Kili punched any Goblin that got close to me. We walked down a platform heading for a cavern that looked like it was a throne room. On the throne sat a huge massive Goblin, who I think was the King. He held a mace that had a skull on top of it. He had warts all over his huge chin. We came to the Goblin. Our weapons that were taken from us were piled together near to the throne. The Great Goblin jumps off his throne, trampling Goblins as he gets off.

"Who would be so bold as to come armed into my kingdom? Spies? Thieves? Assasins?" The great Goblin asked.

"Dwarves. Your Malevolence." Goblin Captain said.

"Dwarves?" The Great Goblin asked.

"We found them on our front porch." Goblin Captain said.

"Well, don't just stand there, search them! Every crack, every crevice." Great Goblin said. The Goblins start searching us. A Goblin yanks my hood off and squeals.

"This one is not a dwarf and its a female." Goblin Captain said, dragging me to the front. Dwarves started fighting to get to me. Fili had to be held down. I punch a Goblin that held me and ran towards Fili, knowing I had to calm him down, because he looked ready to murder anyone that got in his way to get to me. I got grabbed and pulled against a chest that wasn't a dwarves and I felt a blade to my neck.

"No!" Fili cried out, breaking loose, only to get tackled to the ground by 20 goblins. Thorin went to step back, but I shot him a glare to stay where he was.

"We got a fiesty one here and a mate to one of the dwarves. She might be of use." Great Goblin said. The Goblins pull Fili to his feet and hold him in place. I saw him with tears in his eyes and his face paler then normal.

"I love you." I mouth. He smiles.

"I love you too." He mouths back.

"What are you doing in these parts? Speak!" Great Goblin yells. None of us says a word as we look at the Great Goblin. The Goblin holding me presses the blade against my neck and I fought the tears. "Well then, if they will not talk, we'll make them squawk! Bring out the Mangler! Bring out the Bone Breaker! Start with the girl!" The Great Goblin turns and points at me as cheers rang through the Goblins. Fili's eyes widen and he struggles more to get free from the Goblins.

"Wait! Fili Stop." Thorin said, walking out of the dwarvs.

"Well, well, well, look who it is. Thorin, son of Thrain, Son of Thror, King Under the Mountain." Great Goblin says. He gives a bow as Thorin stands proud and tall, like the King he is. "Oh, but I'm forgetting, you don't have a Mountain. And you're not a king. Which makes you nobody, really." Great Goblin said.

"He's a better King then you will ever be." I said. The Great Goblin moves his hand and I felt a stabbing pain in my shoulder. I Gasp in pain and the blade gets pulled out.

"BELL!" Fili, Kili, Bofur, and Ori yelled. Black spots were coming, but I still heard everything.

"I know someone who would pay a pretty price for your head. Just a head, nothing attached. Perhaps you know of whom I speak, an old enemy of yours. A pale Orc astride a White Warg." Great Goblin said. I saw Thorin look up in surprise and disbelief.

"Azog the Defiler was destroyed. He was slain in battle long ago."

"So you think his defiling days are done, do you?" Great Goblin says. He goes and talks to a Goblin and I felt my energy draining. "Send her back to the dwarves." I was thrown right to the dwarves and into Fili's arms.

"We're safe?" I ask, weakly.

"You are." Fili said.

"Good." I said. I collapse in Fili's arms and Fili calls my name as I let blackness consume me.

AN: There's the new chapter. Sorry for not updating. Was camping over the weekend. I'll be updating soon. Sorry to leave you all hanging at the end. Thank you Poke Girl301 for pointing out I didn't say Bell's age. She's young. I know, but I got a plan for the two when we get to the end of the story.