Hilary walked through the dark forest being guided by the moonlight. She was shivering; the cold wind blew over her bare legs. The forest was quiet, there were no sounds. When an owl flew from the trees she dropped to the ground and covered her head, she was shaken from the sudden noise. She walked for what seems like hours, the bright, multicolored socks she was wearing were now black and had holes in them allowing stones to dig themselves into her skin
She walked further into the forest and tripped over a root of a large oak tree. She fell down the hill yelling in pain as the thorns and stones dug deep into her. Something hard stopped her fall; she thanked the gods that the pain stopped. She looked up to see what stopped her fall. A pair of glowing red eyes was looking down at her. She screamed and scrambled to her feet as quickly as her injured body would let her. She noticed there was something riding on top of the beast. She got a better look and noticed the molding grey skin, the small black beady eyes and the sharp object in its hand. Her brain sent a message down to her wobbly legs telling her to run, run faster than the speed of light. She turned around and sprinted in the opposite direction. Soon enough she could hear the paws of the beast charging after her and it was gaining quickly. The once silent forest was now filled with her pleas for help, the paws of the beast and the rider shouting something in a weird language. She entered a small clearing in the woods and tripped over a stone pepping out of the soil. She fell to the ground and turned to see the beast was about to pounce on her. She covered her face with her hands to shield herself of the sight of the beast's teeth. The rider ran his sword right through her stomach causing her to scream in pain.
"NO!" she screamed as she heard the rider laugh with satisfaction. She pressed her hands onto the chest of the beast trying to keep it from tearing her head off. A bright light shawn in front of her and she heard a yelp from the beast. The fur she was pushing away was now gone. Before she could question she fell back and let the darkness consume her.
Hilary jolted up from the ground, breathing heavily. She looked around her and sighed in relief, she wasn't lying on the cold, dark forest floor bleeding to death. She was sitting in a warm campsite surrounded by dwarves who could protect her from the rider and beast.
"Lady Hilary? Are you well? You are snow white!" Ori said behind her nervously. Hilary first had to think of the irony of a dwarf calling her snow white
"Yeah Ori I'm fine, just a bad dream is all"
"Would you like to talk about it my lady?"
Hilary turned and smiled at him which made him turn as red as a tomato "Thanks Ori but I think I'm going to get some air, it's kinda claustrophobic here" she said pulling at her collar. She offered him one last smile before getting up and walking over to the cliffs edge and sat down. She thought back to her dream, what was that light that she saw? What made the horrifying beast who was about to tear her to pieces run away? Hilary put her head on her knees
"What is going on?" she pleaded for an answer
"Do not fear the water, the water is not what took your fathers life" a misty voice echoed. Hilary lifted her head and looked around the campsite only to see the dwarves sitting around the fire telling war stories. None of the dwarves would have spoken like that
"Who's there?" Hilary whispered looking around her for any sign of movement. There was no answer.
Gandalf looked up from the steaming bowl of stew to see Hilary over at the cliffs edge; she glanced over at the dwarves unaware of Gandalf watching her she mouthed "Who's there?" Gandalf straightened his back and silently cleared his throat. The corners of his lips were tugging into a smile. He knew that they would not be able to stay away from her for too long.
A/N- Hey guy's Merry Christmas! I was up so I decided to write a small chapter. I know you guys are eager to find out why Gandalf brought her here but trust me it is worth the wait I want to thank everyone who reviewed and who marked it as favorite. I will probably update on the 28th because my sister is home for a few days and this is the only time I get to see her. I hope you all have a wonderful and happy Christmas.