Branches and leaves crunched underneath their feet as they tip-toed over to another broken tree trunk. They crouched behind it and eyed the three trolls who were now discussing the difference between mutton and horse. Hilary turned to face Bilbo who was shaking like a leaf and his eyes were glued to the trolls.

"Bilbo" she whispered as she put her hand onto his shoulder. He jumped from the sudden contact and slapped his hand over his mouth to prevent the trolls from hearing his startled scream. Luckily the trolls didn't notice.

"What are we going to do?"

Bilbo ran a hand through his messy brown hair and shrugged "I don't know, we could em we could" he stammered. Hilary sighed looking over to the paddock of neighing horses trying to jump over the high ropes.

"Oh I know" Bilbo said snapping his fingers as he thought of an idea "we could make them chase us and then we could hide up a tree, they would think that we would have kept running"

Hilary stared blankly at him "Okay let me rephrase what I just said, what are we going to do that won't get us killed!"

Bilbo looked at her offended and scoffed "Well I don't see you coming up with any ideas"

She sighed not wanting to waste time arguing "Yeah you're right, sorry"

"Our only option is to sneak over there unnoticed and try and release the horses" Bilbo offered. Hilary bit her cheek and weighed the chances before breathing out heavily. "Alright but we have to be quick and quiet".

"You stay here or else they will see you. I am smaller and they probably won't notice me" Bilbo said turning to his friend, she was about to argue back; he held a finger to his lips telling her to be quiet "I will have none of that, I am the companies burglar and this is what I signed up for, stay here and alert the others if anything bad happens". She opened her mouth to object but quickly closed it when he gave her a sharp look. She gulped back her words but gave him a small smile and patted him on the shoulder before nudging him forward.

Hilary watched from her hiding spot as Bilbo crept silently towards the paddock of neighing horses. He stroked Daisy's dirty main soothingly before working on the ropes that held the poor horse's prisoner. She watched his eyebrows furrow in concentration as he struggled to loosen the knots. He quickly pulled back one hand and started to blow on it, it must have got cut on the ropes. She glanced down at her pocket and pulled out the knife Kili gave her before she went to rescue the horses. She smiled to herself as she mentally thanked Kili. When she looked back up she noticed that Bilbo disappeared from his spot and was now sneaking behind the troll with the sinus problem. She frowned and swore to herself as she rose from her spot and took a different route from Bilbo's to avoid being seen. She crawled along the earthy ground that was surrounded by tall grass and bushes which hid her from view of the trolls.

One of the trolls stood up to scratch his bottom which gave her a view of Bilbo turning his head in disgust. She snickered silently to herself, crawling a little bit faster so she could give Bilbo the knife.

She emerged out from the grass and whistled to get Bilbo's attention.

Bilbo jumped from the sound and turned in the direction that the sound came from. He spotted Hilary kneeling beside a shrub waving a small pocket knife in the air. He smiled in relief and began to make his way over to her.

Though he didn't make it very far. He gasped as a large hand grabbed him around his middle and lifted right into a trolls face. The troll blew his nose right onto Bilbo, mistaking him for a handkerchief. Hilary's eyes widened in terror "Shit, this is not good" she thought to herself and jumped up from her hiding spot getting ready to run to Bilbo's aid. The troll pulled back and screeched at the sight of Bilbo, snot covered in his hands.

"Oh blimey, look at what came out of me hooter!"

"What is it?" another troll asked stomping over to his friend to examine Bilbo. The troll shook his hand and Bilbo fell to the ground with a dull thump.

"Bilbo!" Hilary screamed as she ran to his side and helped him to his feet. The trolls eyed them curiously

"Look there's another! Where'd they come from?" asked another

"I don't know" another said leaning in closer. Bilbo grabbed a hold of Hilary's sleeve and started to tug "What is yous?"

"I'm a bur-Hobbit!" Bilbo said quickly after Hilary nudged him in the ribs

"A bur-Hobbit? I ain't ever heard of a bur-Hobbit. Can we cook them?"

"We can try" one troll said stomping towards them with his arm extended trying to catch them.

Hilary grabbed Bilbo's arm "Move!" running towards a gap between one of their legs. One hand flew down and separated them from each other. Hilary quickly rolled over just as a foot descended upon her. She grabbed a low branch and hauled herself off the ground and began to zig-zag across the campsite dodging the trolls hands and feet.

"Blimey, it's too quick!" one roared as it narrowly missed Hilary by a centimeter She heard a familiar squeak from behind her and she turned and to see Bilbo caught in one of the troll's hand. Once distracted a hand grabbed her by the legs and lifted her up in the air upside down. She squealed as the troll shook her in front of his face.

"This one would make a nice pie" he laughed

"Are there anymore of you things running about?" another asked poking Hilary in the stomach. Hilary clamped her mouth shut refusing to speak.

"Dangle them over the fire that will get them talking"

Hilary felt herself be lowered over the burning flames. The heat scorched the top of her head. She screamed out in pain, slapping the trolls hand as hard as she could.

"Let them go!" a fierce voice called from the shadows. Hilary looked down to see Kili pointing his sword threateningly at the trolls.

"You what?"

Kili swung his sword, a glint of excitement entered his eyes "I said, drop them" he spat

The troll growled and flung Hilary sending her flying towards Kili. She let out a scream as she collided with him. Kili dropped his sword careful not to stab here when he caught her. He grunted when his back pounded with the earth. Hilary groaned and lifted herself off of Kili chest.

They heard a thud and saw Bilbo beside them groaning in pain. He helped her to her feet. Bilbo scooted over to them as they started to back up slowly towards the bushes.

War cries were heard from the bushes as the company of dwarves ran out towards the trolls. The trolls were taken by surprise as the dwarves attacked at all angles, driving their swords into their legs and feet. The trolls cried out in pain and began swinging their arms in defense While the trolls were distracted Kili pulled Hilary back and sat her down

"Stay here it will be fine"

She nodded in response. From where she sat she saw the whole view of the battle. Ori picked up a rock that was lying by his feet and flung it at a troll's eye sending the beast flying back while he covered his sore eye. After being stabbed with a sword by Fili and Dwalin one troll dropped his sword and Bilbo snuck over and grabbed it before the troll could get up.

Thorin cut the heels of the troll in front of him while Nori and Bofur continued to stab it in the chest and arms. One troll managed to kick off the dwarves that were attacking him and moved his way over to help his friend that Thorin was attacking. The troll stood behind Thorin and raised a foot. Hilary gasped and stood up quickly

"Thorin look out!" she screamed at the top of her voice. Luckily Thorin turned in the nick of time and stabbed the hovering foot above him causing the beast to fall back clutching his bleeding foot. She sighed in relief and turned her gaze to Bilbo who was trying to cut the ropes to free the horses but was finding it hard to lift the sword because it was too heavy for his small arms to lift. She waited a moment until the trolls moved to one side of the camp and ran over to help Bilbo lift the sword.

"Oh thank you" Bilbo was drenched in sweat from fear and effort. Together they lifted the sword and chopped the rope in half. The horses didn't waste anytime getting out; they galloped off into the woods leaving the battle behind.

Hilary felt her ribs being compressed tightly together and all the air left her lungs. A large hand had grabbed her around her waist crushing her in his grip. She cried out in pain and dug her nails deep into the troll's skin. Another troll gripped her arm and legs getting ready to tear her in half.

"Oi!" one troll shouted over the fight. The dwarves looked up in horror at the sight of Hilary in the tight grip of the monsters.

"No!" Kili shouted in terror. He was about to charge forward and help her but Thorin grabbed the hood of his cloak and pulled him back behind him.

"Lay down your arms or we'll rip their's off" one threatened fiercely.

Thorin glared at them, if looks could kill. He threw his sword down to the ground in defeat. Seeing their leader drop his weapon caused the other dwarves to follow suit by flinging their weapons to the earth.

The trolls grinned in triumph. They threw them both to the feet of the dwarves. She let out a cry of pain and clutched her chest. She inhaled shakily trying to hold back the flood of tears that were threatening to break through. Thorin knelt down beside her and wrapped an arm around her waist to bring her to a standing position. She was leaning against him for support, if he dared move she would surly topple over.

"Bert, William stays with em, I'll go and get some sacks to hold em" One troll said as he walked out of sight. Two trolls closed the weapon less dwarves into a tight circle making sure that there were no quick exit routes.

Silent tears fell down Hilary's cheek. She wanted to go home; she didn't care if that meant not finding out why she is here. She couldn't believe that this was how it was going to end, being eaten by trolls. She would never see her Mother again or her friends again

She placed her head on Thorin's shoulders taking sharp, shaky breaths. Surprisingly he put his other hand on her shoulder in a comforting manner. During the journey Thorin treated her as if she didn't exist only acknowledging her presence when she was in a life risking situation. She gladly relaxed in his embrace being comforted by the thought that she wasn't alone in this situation.

A/N Hey guys please don't kill me! I haven't updated in a while I know but school got in the way as it does for most of us. I want to thank everyone who has been patient and understanding. I hope that the next update won't be as long but it all depends on if the teachers are in good moods and don't give that much homework :D