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They all ran, Gandalf in the lead. Verya could see a light forming far in front of them. It gave her a little bit of hope, even though she could hear the screams of her company and the goblins behind her. She felt something in her hand and was about to pull away when she realized that it was just Kili. He smiled and gave her hand a reassuring squeeze. She smiled then screamed as they all ran at top speed out of the mountain. Gandalf continued to push them as they ran away from the mountain. After being far enough away, Verya laid on the ground and panted, trying to get some air back into her lungs. She could hear Gandalf still counting the dwarves to make sure they were all there.

"Kili, Fili and Verya.. That makes 14" He spoke to himself in satisfaction. But then a terrible thought crossed Verya's mind.

"Bilbo!" She yelled, desperately looking around for said hobbit. When she didn't see him she turned, ready to head right back in to get him. Bilbo had been a great friend for her and she wasn't about to lose him to some bloody goblins. She was two steps towards the mountain when she was held back.

"I'm not letting you go back in there. There's no way I'm losing you again." Kili said firmly, pulling her towards him. She resisted at first, but then allowed him to pull her into his arms, if it were reversed she knew she wouldn't let him go back in there.

"Where is the hobbit?" Gandalf said, already becoming irritated for losing him again.

"I thought he was with Dori" Ori said, pointing at Dori.

"Hey! Don't blame me!" Dori said, glaring at Ori.

"Where did you see him, Master Dwarf?" Gandalf asked and then to their surprise, Nori spoke up.

"I thought I saw him slip away when we were being led in…" He said, looking uncomfortable. Verya felt bad for him and went to stand beside him, wrapping an arm around him.

"It's okay Nori, thank you for letting us know" She smiled and kissed his cheek, making them turn a crimson colour. She turned back to the group and saw Kili had a frown on his face and his arms crossed. She saw jealousy swimming in his dark eyes. She thought it was very adorable and decided to play it up some more. She walked over to Fili and jumped onto his back, her being small also made her quite light. Kili glared at his brother and turned away. Fili and Verya laughed at him quietly.

"This is no time for any funny business! We have lost our hobbit!" Gandalf yelled. Thorin looked up with a glare and walked to the center of their group.

"Curse that half-ling! Getting himself lost" Dwalin spoke grumpily.

"I'll tell you were the hobbit is. He saw his chance and he took it! He thought of nothing but his soft bed and his warm hearth. We will not be seeing our hobbit again. He is long gone" Thorin spoke with a glare in his voice. Verya gasped and shook her head.

"He wouldn't desert us like that!" She yelled at Thorin with a glare. She was becoming fed up with this grumpy self-absorbed dwarf. He glared right back.

"No he wouldn't" Everyone turned to the quiet voice and saw to their shock, Mr Baggins standing right there with a look of determination on his face.

"Bilbo! We'd given up on you!" Kili laughed, smiling at the hobbit.

"How on earth did you get passed the goblins?" Fili continued, with a confused look on his face. Verya smiled at Kili, but he looked away from her, obviously still upset from her teasing. She felt a bit of guilt fill her chest. She walked over to stand beside him as the others continued to talk.

"Kili.." She asked, taking his hand, but he pulled away. Her eyes filled with hurt and anger. She swiftly turned and stood next to Dwalin, who wrapped an arm around her small frame. She smiled slightly and looked at her shoes still only half listening.

"…you don't have one. A home. It was taken from you, but I will help take it back, if I can." Bilbo finished with determination, making Thorin look down feeling a bit shameful for blaming the hobbit. The group was starting to feel slightly better when they heard another howl.

"Out of the frying pan.." Thorin said.

"And into the fire. Run! Run!" Gandalf finished, making them all dash in the opposite direction, towards an unknown destination.

The Wargs started pouring down after them, making them run faster. Verya knew she had to do something, she could sense the cliff in front of them. She couldn't let her new family die because of her. She quickly loaded her bow and separated from the group, running left away from them, leading most of the Wargs and their orcs with her. She could hear Kili screaming for her, but she hopped that Fili would keep him under control. She continued to arrow down the attackers and lead them away. When she had reached another cliff she put her back to it and continued to keep the orcs back, only just barley.

She was happy to keep the dwarves safe, even if it meant her own doom. She could feel herself become to get out numbered, and quickly looked for an escape. There was an opening between tow of the disgusting beasts, and she took her chance, running through them and jumping up into a tree. She wasn't as lucky as she had hopped though, because as soon as she had run, an archer had shot at her, the arrow piercing her leg, making her scream out. She continued to work her way, very carefully through the few trees, heading back to the company who were also in the trees at the edge of the cliff.

She called out to them, making them all look in her direction. She was still in an intense amount of pain from being shot in the arrow, but she could sense something else was wrong. She used all her effort and jumped into the closest tree to the company. Bilbo, grabbed her and heaved her up a bit higher in the tree. She smiled gratefully at him and looked up to see Kili and Fili up there. She tried to climb, but cried out in pain instead, making Kili yell and hop down to her, pulling her close.

"What's wrong!" He yelled pulling away to look her over. He noticed her blood soaked leg and looked up at her in fear.

"An archer shot me, I'm fine" She tried but he wasn't listening. He pulled her up higher away from the wargs and ripped off a part of his short, wrapping her leg up. He pulled her up and hugged her tight.

"I'm sorry for being so childish, just seeing you flirt with them made me feel like I wasn't good enough for you.." He trailed off and Verya gasped. She grabbed his head in her hands, pulling him down for a kiss. It was an intense kiss, full of passion and meaning.

"Its you I want. No one else. You are perfect" She whispered when they pulled away. He smiled then remembering where they were, frowned. The wargs had managed to pull the roots for the tree they were on out, sending it tumbling towards the other one beside it. Kili quickly pulled her up.

"You're going to have to jump, do you think you can do that?" Kili asked quickly, pushing her forward a bit. She nodded, jumping into the tree, then to the next, then to the next. All the trees but one went tumbling towards the ground. She whirled around and her breath hitched in her throat. Standing there, on his own pure whit warg, was none other than the dreaded Pale orc, smiling evilly at them, baring his teeth.

"Azog the Defiler.." Verya whispered and regretted it as soon as the words left her mouth.