The day started crisp, but ice cold. Snow, which had been trampled the day before, had now hardened over night. There were small mounds of hardened snow on the paths outside.

A young hobbit slept in her warm, dark room. Her hair curly and golden, and her eyes were coloured hazel. She gave a small snore every so often as she slept.

But, she would soon be woken up by a familiar voice.

"Elanor?" said a voice.

Elanor gave a small groan, but did not wake.

"Come on, princess" Samwise said, shaking his daughter awake.

Elanor opened her eyes and saw the large figure of her father standing over her. Samwise smiled and walked out. Elanor took a deep breath as she rolled over. But she could not get back to sleep. For her father had left the door open.

Noises echoed down from the corridor. Elanor's younger brothers and sisters had already risen and were now playing. Elanor tried with all her might to get back to sleep. But something else stopped her from going back to sleep.

A delicious smell poured into her room. One that this little girl could not resist and one that her stomach agreed with. Samwise had already gone to Frodo's room just down the hall way. Unlike his older sister, Frodo woke up and did not try and fall back to sleep.

He smiled as he took his place at the table. Little Merry and little Rose were already seated. Rosie, their mother, started to dish out food onto their plates.

As she did so, Elanor walked in. She rubbed her eyes as she took her seat. Rosie smiled she waited for her daughter to take her seat. Food was then piled on her plate.

Soon, everyone was eating. Elanor's tiredness was slowly ebbed away as she ate. Rosie had finished dishing up all the food for her family before she able to sit down. Only the sound of knives and forks on porcelain could be heard.

Elanor smiled as she cut into a very crispy piece of bacon. She lifted the fork up to her mouth and started to eat. The bacon had a smoky taste to it. For Rosie had brought it when the weather had been warmer.

Outside stood a cold, dead furnace. Snow covered nearly ever inch of the rounded top. Inside stood the ashes from fires past. Rosie had slaved away, placing large chunks of meat on treys above the silver smoke. It took three hours to smoke just a few. Rosie made sure that the fire did not get out or out of control.

When the chunks were smoked, she took them out and placed them on a sheet of thin paper. She smiled and hummed as she wrapped it up. She could only take two chunks of wrapped meat in at a time. She entered the cellar and placed them on a empty shelf that she had cleared.

Rosie smiled as she finished her breakfast. Elanor had picked up her mug of water and drank. Her eyes crossed as she downed the rest of her water.

Unusually, she did not feel like having any more. But, to Frodo, he needed all of the food he could get. For he had not eaten much over the last few days.

His appetite seemed to have returned as he asked for a second helping.

"Would you like some more, Elanor?" Rosie asked, holding a plate of the few remaining sausages.

Elanor shook her golden head.

"No, thank you" she answered.

Rosie was surprised. She knew that she could not force food onto her plate.

"What about just a few more rashers or a few more sausages?" she asked.

But her daughter would not take it.

"I'm fine, mummy" she answered.

Elanor was excused from the table. Her feet slapping on the cold floor echoed down the corridor. The young girl entered her room with a large smile.

The girl walked straight over to her horsey and picked him up.

"What are we going to do today?" he asked as he was set on the bed.

It had been a while since he had the chance to run around.

"Well" started Elanor, thinking.

"I do need to get washed and dressed, then we can go and knock for Gloria" she answered.

That sounded like a good plan.

"Wait here" Elanor said and placed the horse on the bed.

The horse did as he was told. He galloped around, jumping on and off of the folded duvet. A few minutes past. In that time, Elanor had got washed and scurried back to her room.

She quickly got dressed.

"Come on" she said, picking up her horsey.

Frodo Gamgee was also getting ready to go out. But his mother saw different.

"I don't think that's a good idea" Rosie told him as she slaved over a large pile of dirty dishes and bowls.

Frodo was not happy at all.

"But, I feel better!" he said.

Rosie knew that her son would argue his case.

"I still don't think you are well enough to go outside, especially in this coldness" Rosie told him.

Frodo knew he could not win this argument. But that did not stop his trying. As the two of them argued, Elanor walked in.

"Mummy?" she asked, standing at the door.

Frodo gave his sister an evil stare.

"Yes, dear?" Rosie answered, looking around.

Her hands were still submerged in warm water.

"Could I go out to see Gloria?" Elanor asked.

Frodo was getting even more annoyed.

"Of course, dear" Rosie answered.

"Just be back in time for your lunch"

Elanor smiled and scurried up to her mother. Rosie gave her daughter a kiss and watched her daughter scurry out again.

Thorin, Dis and Frerin all rose to another day in the forest. They had a quick breakfast and started to walk again. The three of them continued to walk deeper and deeper into the forest. The path that they had chosen seemed to become more wild with every passing hour.

Thorin knew that they had to clear the road as quickly as they could. But that did not mean that it was an easy task.

"Here" Frerin said, holding out his axe.

Dis had been struggling with a large chunk of wood. She looked over and saw that Frerin had stopped chopping up the wood.

"I'll move the logs, you help Thorin" he told her.

Dis did not need a second invitation and took her brothers axe. Dis took a deep breath as she dabbed her forehead with the back of her hand.

Thorin smiled as he took a small break. He watched as Dis started to chop. Large splinters of wood flew in every direction. After ten minutes, the last bit of wood that was holding the tree in piece was severed.

Frerin smiled as he lifted up the larger log first. But he did not get it very far.

"Thorin, help me with this" he said.

Thorin gave a small nod and walked over to it. The two of them took the log and threw it to the side, away from the path. They walked back a to the other log. That one was also moved out of the way.

"Come on, lets get walking again" Thorin said.

Frerin followed them. He checked his axe, picking off the small splinters of wood. Soon, they had to stop again. A large tree had fallen to the ground.

"Should we cut it down?" asked Dis, bowing down and walking.

Thorin did not know what to do. There was enough space for everyone to fit through, even the fattest of dwarves. Cutting it down would just use up energy that they might need later on.

"I think we should leave it" Thorin said.

Frerin had a different view.

"Thrain wanted us to cut down all trees that blocked the path" Frerin reminded him.

Thorin did not see this as an option.

"They'll be able to past easily enough" he told his brother.

Frerin had to give in. There was no point in wasting time and energy in arguing. So, with Dis leading the way, they started to walk again.

Thrain and the others were a days walk behind. The group talked loudly, some were ready for the long walk, others were not. Thrain was very tired. He had been up all night without a wink of sleep.

This was due to his daughter and two sons walking in the wilds by themselves. His mind was full of dark goings on. He could see flashes of the most horrible things before his eyes.

"No, that wont happen" he told himself.

His worriment must have shown.

"They'll be fine" said a voice.

Thror, his father and grandfather to Dis, Frerin and Thorin, was standing a few feet away.

"They'll be fine, they are good fighters" Thror told him.

They looked at each other for a moment before Thrain gave a small nod.

"We need to get moving" he said.

So, fifteen minutes later, everyone was ready to move off. A few of the dwarves started to sing. But they were hushed.

"We do not know what evil dwells in this forest, we must be quiet"

For hour after hour the dwarves walked. Many miles ahead of them were the party of three dwarves sent out to clear the path.

They had, once again, come across a tree that laid across the path. But this one was much easier to get through. Thorin did not do any of the work. Instead, he let Dis do it.

After a while, the tree started to give way. But Dis' energy was quickly ebbing away. Thorin saw that Dis was struggling. The axe felt twice as heavy.

"Pass it here" Thorin said, extending his hand.

Dis took a deep breath. She was glad that she did not have to chop any more. The girl, who's beard was getting more scruffier by the day, watched as her brother strike the wood.

Soon, the thin truck was also broken in two and moved. Dis had taken out her flask of water. She took a few gulps and closed it up again.

"I think we should stop for food in an hour" said Frerin.

Thorin nodded. He was hungry, but could walk another hour before he felt like taking food out. A few minutes of rest, the three of them started to walk again.

Diamond smiled as she sat at the table. Dirty plates lay on the table. All but one had eaten their breakfast. A small puppy was still snoozing under a large duvet, its warmth seemed to fuel his sleep. But his hunger drove his sleep away. Origo did not want to wake up, but he couldn't bare being hungry.

Origo opened his little brown eyes. All he could see were his small paws and the white duvet that covered him.

"Diamond?" he asked, giving a small whimper.

Usually, his Diamond would come and cuddle him. But she was in a different room. Origo suddenly broke free of the duvet to see that his Diamond was not there.

A minute later and Origo had made it to the bottom of the bed. He gave a small yawn as he double checked to see if his Diamond was not hiding. When he saw that she was not there, he jumped over the small wooden beam onto a dressing box at the end of the bed.

Ori found it much easier to jump off of the dressing box then he did the bed because it was not as high. He landed on his fluffy paws.

The little puppy wagged his tail as he walked out. His little nose picked up an exciting smell. One that made his little tail wag faster.

As he bound towards the kitchen, he almost bumped into a large figure.

"Watch out!" said Pippin.

He smiled as he watched the puppy jump in surprise, then scamper away again. Pippin shook his head and continued to walk to the lounge.

All of the dishes had been cleaned and put away. But Diamond did not have to lift a finger after breakfast. She smiled as she watched Pippin stand up. For a moment, she thought that he was going to leave all of the washing up to her.

But, to her surprise, he did not leave the room. Instead, he started to pick up the dishes and walk over to the sink. Diamond continued to feed her son when she heard the water pouring into the sink.

"Oh, Pippin" she said, grabbing his attention.

"I'll do that" she told him.

Pippin knew that Diamond needed all of the help that she could get.

"It's fine, Diamond, you just feed little Faramir" he answered.

Diamond gave a small smile.

"Maybe he has changed" she thought.

Pippin washed up the plates and put them on the side. He took the wooden plug which held the water at bay. The dirty water started to drain away.

Diamond took a deep breath, wondering if she should go and wake her little puppy up. The sound of porcelain hitting porcelain echoed around the kitchen.

Soon, all of the plates were packed away.

"Thank you, Pip" Diamond said.

He smiled and headed out of the room.

"Watch out!" said Pippin as he walked out.

Diamond smiled as she looked down and saw her little puppy scurrying towards her.

"Good morning" she said.

Origo's little tail wagged.

"I'll get your turkey ready in a moment, puppy" she said.

Origo watched as his Diamond stood up. She walked out of the room to find Pippin. A few minutes later, she returned. Faramir had been left with his father while Diamond fed Origo.

"Right" she said, looking down at her puppy.

"Shall we get your turkey?" she asked.

Origo nodded and scurried over to the cellar door. Diamond smiled as she opened the door. Origo did not come in. Instead, he waited for his Diamond to come back out.

His little cold, wet nose picked up the smell that he had been waiting for. Diamond noticed a sudden change in Origo's behaviour. He seemed more excited. Any sign of tiredness had gone. Diamond smiled as her little puppy pawed her leg.

"Hold your horses, pup" she said as she took out a plate.

A small whimper, almost a bark, came from him. Soon, Ori would get what he wanted.

"There you go" Diamond said, placing the bowl down on the floor.

Origo instantly started to eat as Diamond drew back. She smiled as she looked around the kitchen. She was not used to having nothing to clean. She felt strange, like she had forgotten something. But there was nothing to do.

"Maybe the floor needs a clean"

But the floor looked surprisingly clean, having been done just the day before. Even though Origo had finished his first large bowl of the day, he was still hungry.

Diamond took a deep breath and looked down. Ori's eyes have a very clear hint that he wanted more.

"You can have more at lunch, puppy" she told him.

Origo gave a small whimper and hung his head. He never got more, his Diamond always said that he couldn't have any more.

Dis yawned as she stood there. The day was old, the sun had been beating down on the forest all day. Birds were singing and fluttering from tree to tree. All three of the dwarves had had the worst night since Smaug had taken over their mountain.

Thorin and Frerin, who usually kept look out, felt safer then the days before. But tonight was different. A few large creatures had been tracking their process through for a few days now.

Eight eyes peered down at the sleeping dwarves. But the spider was not alone, nor was he a small, fly catching spider.

He had eight large legs and eight intelligent eyes. More and more spiders accumulated above the sleeping dwarves. The large front leg started to tap on the large tree that the spider was on.

Silently, ten other spiders abseiled down to the floor. The dwarves remained asleep. The first signs that anything was wrong was when Dis gave a muffled scream.

Frerin took a deep breath and opened his eyes just a small bit. He saw Dis' hand moved upwards. He did not realised what had happened at first. Upon a second look, he suddenly jumped up.

"Dis!" he shouted.

His voice echoed around the forest. Thorin's eyes shot open. Above him, he could seen movement, as though the wind was blowing the leaves.

But tonight, there was no wind. Thorin quickly stood up. Frerin did not have to say a word to say what had happened. The two boys knew that they needed to get Dis back.

There was only a matter of time before Dis would suffocate. For sticky strands were being wrapped around her arms and legs. She knew that she was stuck. Through the miles of sticky strands, she could see the forest floor below. But there was no sign of her brothers.

The spiders seemed to argue over who would get to eat her. There was strange muffled noise coming from the other side of the web. Dis knew that she must have been high in the canopy of the forest.

Meanwhile, on the forest floor, Frerin was getting ready to climb the trees.

"Come on" he said.

Thorin knew that it would take a while to climb. But this did not put Frerin off as he slung his axe over his shoulder. He walked up to the tree and started to climb.

Origo was curled up on Diamond's lap. Her warm hands ran along the length of her Origo's warm body. With a stomach full of turkey, it did not take long for the puppy to fall asleep.

His little eyes remained closed for hours. Pictures flashed across the little puppy's eyes. He was not in Hobbiton, but in a strange place that he had visited long time. But he was not alone.

A girl with hair that flowed past her shoulders sat with her leg on a stall. Under her ankle lay a soft pillow. Large flakes were fluttering down to earth, being pushed by waves on invisible wind.

Origo did not like the coldness, so he sought shelter. Origo shivered as he reached the building. But, upon reaching the building, he found that he was not alone. He saw another little puppy scoffing his face with food, just like he did.

Origo did not like other puppies, he thought that they would steal his Diamond away from him. But, after slowly making his way to within a few feet of the other puppy, Origo started to realise that he could not be seen.

Origo backed off a bit and watched as the girl picked up the puppy.

Jealously took over Origo. He hung his head and gave a small whimper.

"I need a cuddle"

Just then, a green light flashed against the tilted floor.

"Hello, puppy" said a voice.

Origo tilted his head. It was Ivy. Ivy normally came and fluttered by him. But she was more interested in the other puppy. This did not make Origo feel happy as he slowly walked towards them.

He already knew that they could not see him. So, he made his way closer, trying to figure out what they were saying.

"We'll be leaving in two of three weeks" the green fairy said.

Origo watched as the fairy fluttered around before him. The three beings could not see him. Origo's little brown eyes then inspected the bowl. But there was nothing in it. Just then, the picture changed. Origo woke up to see that he was not on his Diamond's lap any more.

In fact, she was not even in the room. Time, although a few hours had past, seemed to have passed in a blink of an eye for Origo.

Lunch was now being prepared. The only sign was the echoing clangs and bangs from the kitchen. The little puppy gave a big yawn and stretched his two front paws as far as he could.

Origo stood up and looked down at the floor. It wasn't a high as the bed. Origo jumped down and scurried off out of the lounge.

Diamond was making a large lunch. Her little Faramir had been put back in his cot so that he could sleep.

"Oh, hello Origo" Diamond said as a little black speck caught her eye.

Origo's little tail always wagged as his Diamond poured the last bit of oil into an old looking trey. A small whimper came from her four legged friend as he stood there.

"Soon, puppy" Diamond answered.

A second puppy had already started to eat. A large bowl of warm food had been prepared for her. Crisp rashers of bacon were ripped apart and consumed by the small puppy.

Abira, unlike Origo, did not seem to complain and beg for more when all had been eaten.

"Good girl" Pimpernel said, picking up her puppy.

Abira gave a small whimper and snuggled up. For the past few days, Abira had been stuck inside. Her sprits had not been where they should be. For, just a few days before, her friend had told her that she was not wanted.

Abira still had hope that Origo still loved her. For she loved him.

Abira gave a small whimper and looked up at her Pimpernel. Though she did not say a word, Pimpernel knew what her puppy wanted to do.

"Of course we can go and see them" Pimpernel told her.

Abira gave a little whine and cuddled up on her Pimpernel. She knew that Origo would not be easily won over. She knew that Origo, as friendly as he was, would not forgive her easily.

"Puppy, I have to go and get washed, then we can go and visit Diamond and Origo"

Pimpernel was unaware of the rift that had developed between the two of them. But she would soon find out when they would enter Diamond home.

Dis remained constricted in a sticky cocoon. She had been placed on one of the many large braches that wound through the canopy.

Thorin wiped his forehead and looked up. The tree he was climbing was massive. Some of the branches were too big to get over.

"This way" said Frerin as he saw some branches which they could climb.

Frerin was not as tired as young Thorin. Thorin was not used to this strenuous. The trees were too big for Thorin to get a good hold on them.

As the two dwarves grew nearer to the army of spiders. As Frerin walked along a massive branch, something hit him from behind.

Thorin watched as Frerin fell and suddenly stopped. Wrapped around his ankles were thick strands. Frerin's heart beat rose dramatically as he saw the ground way below him.

Thorin watched, but could not do anything for he was being held back by two large spiders. Frerin was slowly fished out of the air. His hand was wrapped around his sword. His axe had been left on the forest floor.

Thorin slowly got his sword out. His eyes darted to the two monstrous spiders. Within a two seconds, both spiders lurched at them.

With one long swing of his sword, the two spiders fell to the forest floor. The floor gates had now been opened. And Thorin was attacked left, right and centre. Spiders were falling to the forest below, they hit branches on the way down.

The local animals, owls and foxes mostly, were many hundreds of meters away. Noises echoed deep into the forest.

After what seemed like hours, the spiders finally began to back off. Thorin was now on his own, for both Frerin and Dis were now trapped.

Thorin had to fight off the spiders long enough to find his brother and sister. But that was just the start of his problems. For, when he had found them, he needed to cut them loose.

Thorin slowly made his way from branch to branch. His sister and brother had been placed in a large, strong web. Dis could feel the wind shake the web. She could see, out of a small gap in the strands of web cross her face.

She could see the dark forest floor below. The sun was slowly sinking as she lay there. Her brother lay in a different web a few meters away.

Origo gave a small whimper as his Diamond opened the door. She took a deep breath as she stood there.

"I'll be back for dinner time, Pip" she said.

A small part of her wanted to kiss him on the cheek. But she stopped herself. Pip gave a small smiled and started to close the door. But he stopped when he saw a little puppy backing up.

"Go on, pup" he said.

But Origo shook his head and stayed in the warmth. Diamond knew that Origo did not like the coldness. But she also knew that she could not force him to come.

"Do you want to stay here?" she asked.

Origo nodded his head and gave a small whimper. Diamond took a deep breath.

"I'll see you soon, puppy" his Diamond said.

Faramir was wrapped in a tight bundle. Diamond turned around and was just about to walk away when something very important crossed her mind.

"Oh, Pip!" she said before he closed the door.

Pippin opened the door up a little.

"Origo's…" she took a small pause, knowing her puppy was very intelligent.

"T U R K E Y is in the cellar"

Pippin took a few seconds to figure out what she was saying. A small smile came over him.

"I will"

Diamond smiled as she looked down at her son. From her mouth came a silver cloud of breath. Her feet started to tingle as she walked down from her home.

Origo had already made himself comfortable on Diamond's bed. Pippin took a deep breath as he entered his room. He did not stay there long for he had an idea. He would help Diamond drain the large barrels of ale in the cellar.

Origo was quickly pushed out of Pippin's mind as he took out his faithful goblet. But he did not fill it up right away. For he had forgotten his handy pipe and pouch of tobacco.

A few minutes later, with the goblet filled with golden liquid, Pippin settled down. A large plate of cookies, made by Diamond, was placed out.

Pippin smiled as he sat there. A book had been brought in from the many book cases that lined the walls of the rooms. There was even a small book case in the kitchen. But that was reserved for Diamond's cookery books only. Everything from pouched eggs to hog roasts were written in detail within them.

Diamond used more then others. For she had favorite books were kept on the bottom part of small book case. Pippin thought that Diamond made the best cookies. They seemed to become better over the years that Pippin had know her.

Origo had snuggled up under Diamond's large duvet. The only evidence that he was there was a small lump in the duvet.

His eyes were closed and his little chest was rising and falling. Hours past in a blink of an eye. Abira had waited for her Origo to come. When the door came, she knew her chance had come.

"Hello" said voice from down the corridor.

Abira raced down towards the door, but stopped.

Would Origo really want to see her?

A cold wave tickled Abira's fur. She poked her little fluffy head around the shallow turn in the corridor. She could see two figures standing near the door. Their voices echoed down towards her.

Her brown eyes darted to the floor. But there was no sign of her Origo. A minute later, Diamond and Pearl walked towards her. Diamond, who was now holding Faramir again, saw little Abira standing there.

"Aww, Origo didn't want to come, I don't think he's feeling very well" Diamond told her.

Abira hung her head. She knew that she should not have pounced him. Pimpernel suddenly felt very upset, like she was missing a very precious friend.

But Nelly managed to force a small smile as Diamond walked in.

"Good afternoon" said Pimpernel.

Diamond smiled as she took her seat. Abira wondered in a minute later. Pimpernel's heart melted a bit as the little puppy walked up towards her. A large hand came and scooped Abira up. Diamond took a deep breath as she looked over at Pimpernel and Abira.

A small part of her wanted to go home and cuddle her puppy. For she worried about Origo, just as much as she did her friends and family.

Dis took a deep breath as a knife cut her lose. She could finally breath again.

"Thorin!" she said.

Dis could still not move as she watched her brother fight off even more spiders. Thorin lost his balance a few times. But his balance was lost once too many times. For gravity took a hold of him like a giant hand.

But a safety net had been strung over the height of the canopy. Thorin landed on a net of webs. The webs stuck to him instantly. The more he struggled, the more energy he used and the nearer the spider got.

But spiders were easily fooled. As one got close, Thorin broke himself free and swung his dagger. The blade sliced right into the spiders eight eyes.

Thorin watched as the spider squealed in more pain that it could handle. It stumbled ever closer to the edge. It's kin watched as another fell to the forest floor. Thorin slowly, and carefully, made his way back to his sister.

"Stay back" he said, pointing his sword at the spiders.

The spiders knew that they had me their match. Dis was soon cut free. Though some of the strands remained stuck to her.

"Stay back" Thorin repeated.

Dis shook as she slowly made her way over the large web to the safety of the branch. Thorin followed her, making sure that she did not fall through.

"Get to the bottom" Thorin said, handing her his small axe.

"If any attack you, use it"

Dis had only had a small amount of training. She did not think she was ready to fight yet. But she had to as a spider jumped from her right hand side.

Everything happened too quickly for Dis. She did not even have to swing her blade. The spider's momentum was enough for the blade to slice through spider.

Thorin had reached his brother. Frerin had not faired much better. He had struggled to get away. But, in the process, the spiders had made their cocoon tighter.

Air was now running out and he had no idea when Thorin would get to him. But the sounds from the world on the other side of the sticky strands started to move from his face.

Thorin stood there. He gave a smile.