Bilbo POV
After the Trolls were turned to stone, I found myself being the one who cut Thorin free from his bindings. I could feel myself blushing as I looked at him in his small clothes, with no shirt and had to kneel to cut the bonds around his feet. I barely allowed myself to glance at him, noticing a large, black, dwarven tattoo on his back/shoulder.
I only then realized that I was still in my own small clothes and as soon as I was finished, I handed him the knife, looking away quickly before finding my clothes and putting them on at the speed of light.
I cursed myself for thinking the things I had been thinking. You are here to save them, nothing more, nothing less. Though I couldn't help that my heart had betrayed my mind.
I looked over to where Fili and Kili were standing as they dressed, both speaking very quietly before Kili walked away over to Thorin.
I watched as Fili's eyes never left his brother as he stood in his spot. I noticed that no one was moving and I remembered what came next. I walked over to Thorin and Kili.
"Shouldn't there be a troll horde nearby?" I asked and Thorin nodded after a moment.
"Indeed, there should be. Good thinking, Master Baggins." Thorin replied before gathering everyone and searching for the troll horde, which was only a little ways away.
Instead of before,where I couldn't stand the stench so I sat outside under the large rock overhang, waiting for them to come back out, I decided to hold my breath and venture in.
It smelled of rotting corpses and dead things and while the others were looking at gold and weapons, I found myself drawn to an intricate wooden box with what seemed like dwarvish engraving on the top. I opened it and saw two identical longer black daggers.
They had black blades and a deep blue handle with mithril running in veins through them. The only difference in them was that one had a platinum rune engraved and the other had a gold rune. I didn't know what they meant, but I quickly picked up the box with two dwarves in mind.
On my way out, I heard my foot clink on something metal and I moved the leaves to see the one thing I had missed dearly on this journey. Sting. I picked it up and quickly made my way out of the cave, walking over to where Fili and Kili were standing, just talking to each other.
"Bilbo! Looks like you've found yourself a Hobbit-sized sword." Fili said as I approached them.
"Ah yes, it does feel quite good to have my own weapon again." I told them honestly before setting the rather large box on the rock beside them.
"What's that?" Kili asked, peering over at the box. I chuckled.
"Something I found that instantly made me think of you both. I do hope you will accept them, even though I know you already have plenty of weapons." I told them hesitantly.
"One can never have too many weapons, Master Baggins." Fili replied, smiling happily. I took it as a sign to open the box.
As I did, I saw their eyes light up. I handed Fili the one with the gold runes and Kili the one with the platinum runes. They were both clearly in love with the daggers as they inspected the blades.
"I saw them and they reminded me of you both, though I couldn't read the runes that are engraved. I do believe they are in Khuzdul." I told them, hoping they would shed some light on them.
"You are right, Bilbo. Mine says night." Kili responded, still in awe over the dagger.
"And mine says day." Fili replied as he tossed it from hand to hand, checking it's weight.
"How very fitting, I would say." I told them. It was true, Fili and Kili were like day and night in every aspect.
"Very fitting indeed, Bilbo Baggins." I heard Gandalf say from behind me. "I see you have armed yourself as well?" I nodded and he looked back to Fili and Kili. "Good, good. Those daggers are said to once have belonged to Durin himself. He was to present them to his two sons but before he could, they were lost, stolen from Durin's personal chambers. They have not been seen until this day, and it is very fitting that they should reside in the hands of the youngest Durin's sons. Use them well." Gandalf said to the boys, who were wide-eyed at his story.
This had to have been more than just a mere coincidence. Before I knew it, they had both hugged me tightly and were off to show their uncle as I stood there, just staring. Soon enough, my blank thoughts were jumbled when out of nowhere a voice was heard.
"Thieves! Fire! Murder!" It was Radagast the Brown. I knew it was, but I was still drawn into the circle of dwarves who were on high alert.
"Ah Radagast the Brown!" Gandalf said as the brown wizard pulled up on a sled pulled by his Rhosgobel Rabbits.
Gandalf and Radagast began speaking privately and the rest of us stood around, waiting for them to finish. I noticed Thorin was inspecting his new sword, Orcrist, very intently. I decided I was going to walk over to him and try to get things on the right foot.
"Master Baggins." Thorin greeted as I approached.
"Master Oakenshield. I just wanted to say, I know that you think little of me. What else could I be but a simple hobbit from the Shire? But I assure you, I have seen a great many thing in my day and I do hope that one day you will have a little faith in me." I told him honestly. I was sick of him acting as if I wasn't there.
"It is difficult, Master Baggins, to see a hobbit as anything but gentlefolk, though I have already seen that you are, indeed, much different than your kin. You have even bonded with my nephews and the gift you have given them just this day was beyond compare." Before he could finish what he was saying, there was a howl from the top of the hillside.
"Warg scouts!" I yelled, unsheathing Sting and readying myself. Sure enough, a large brown warg scout came over the top of the hill, directly at us. Instead of backing out of the way like I once would have, I let it jump at me, slicing at it's front legs before quickly moving out of the way so that it did not fall ontop of me. Once it fell to it's knees, I plunged Sting through it's forehead, successfully killing the beast. It was still just as revolting as the first time I had ever done so.
As soon as I did so, another came from behind Thorin and Kili shot it with an arrow before Dwalin finished it off easily. I had a time of it getting Sting to come out of the Warg's skull, but I managed, finally resorting to using my foot.
"If there are Warg scouts, that means an Orc pack is not far behind." Thorin said as he held his sword out.
"Who did you tell of this quest beyond your kin?" Gandalf asked Thorin quickly.
"No one." Thorin replied.
"Who did you tell?!" Gandalf yelled.
"No one, I swear! What in Durin's name is going on?!" Thorin replied loudly to Gandalf who watched him with a solemn look.
"We are being hunted." Gandalf replied in a low, chilling tone.
"We need to move!" Thorin yelled.
"We can't! The ponies, they bolted!" Ori said, running down the hill.
"We cannot outrun them on foot." Dwalin said loudly.
"I'll draw them off!" Radagast yelled from beside Gandalf as he walked over to his sled.
"Those are Gundabad Wargs, they will outrun you!" Gandalf said, trying to persuade him otherwise.
"These are Rhosgobel Rabbits, I'd like to see them try!" Radagast said before taking off into the open yelling, "Come and get me!"
"Run!" Someone yelled as soon as we knew the Wargs were following Radagast. Oh, how I didn't miss running one bit. We ran out into the large field of rock formations. I knew exactly where Gandalf was taking us. The thought of going back to Rivendell made my heart thump faster and I found my feet running on their own accord.
We ran, taking refuge behind a large rock formation, Thorin holding Ori back before he could run out and get us spotted. Radagast was in the distance, running the Wargs and Orcs in circles.
I could hear the footsteps of a warg on the rock we were standing under and I looked to Thorin, pointing upward. He, in turn, looked over to Kili and nodded. Kili silently got an arrow out of his quiver and readied his bow, taking a deep breath before running out into the clearing and shooting the Warg. It toppled down along with the Orc rider and Kili shot the Orc's hand before it could reach its horn to alert the others. Bifur, Bofur, and Dwalin quickly finished off both of the two but not before it's screams had alerted the others to our presence.
We ran as quick as we could and I noticed that Gandalf was missing from our grouping. He had gone to inspect the hidden passage. I knew where it was.
"Where is Gandalf?!" Someone yelled as Kili shot at the Orcs approaching.
"The wizard abandoned us!" Dwalin grunted as he backed toward the pack. I rolled my eyes and dashed out into the right direction.
"Follow me!" I yelled. The others were hesitant at first, but quickly realizing they had no other better option, they followed. I ran directly to the hidden pass, seeing Gandalf already inside. I motioned for the others to jump in."This way!"
One by one, the dwarves jumped in as I stood guard, waiting for Thorin, Fili, and Kili. Fili was the first of the three to make it to the hole, but he refused to jump in without his brother who was still shooting the Orcs.
They were closing in on us much too quickly. I ran out to Kili, who was getting surrounded and noticed a Warg was about to jump at him. Without a second thought, I pushed him towards the hidden pass where Fili grabbed him and jumped down the hole.
I felt my shoulder being ripped into by claws as the Warg got me and I closed my eyes, wondering if this would be the end. It can't be the end, I have to save them! I yelled at myself before taking every bit of energy I had left and swung sting at the enemy with my uninjured arm, making the teeth release my shoulder. I fell to the hard earth and heard the sound of a sword swinging through the air before feeling a hand pull me up and drag me into the cave.
So, out pops warrior/selfless Bilbo to save the day! Had to get a little bit of shirless Durins in there, just because it makes me happy. I will attempt some more Fili/Kili humor and pranks soon, maybe even in Rivendell, and some characters from LOTR might show up to help out a little. *I'm not a comedian, so my humor might be a little dry* try not to judge! As always, let me know what you think! If I get at least 10 more reviews, I might be willing to add in some fun with our favorite Elf twins! Peace be with you, my darlings. -Bex-