Chapter Four
As DJ was sketching in her journal, she laughed as she listened to Ariella and Bofur sing songs. They were singing Herman's Hermits 'Henry the Eighth I am'. Of all the frikken songs they just had to sing is that one, they're as bad as my mother, DJ thought. Suddenly she could hear Dwalin shouting at them. "Will you two stop singing that annoying song? That's enough to drive a mad man crazy!" barked the dwarf. Ariella and Bofur quickly fell silent. It wasn't too long after that, Fili and Kili ran into the camp, panting. "Fili? Are you okay?" asked Ariella. "The Trolls! They captured the ponies, and maybe Bilbo!" panted the young dwarf.
Thorin stood up. "We'll move at once. Ladies, you stay here and keep watch over the camp." said Thorin. "What? Are you frikken shitting me?! We're part of this company, Thorin! We should help too!" snapped DJ. "DJ, you and Ariella are staying here at the camp! That's an order!" said Thorin, sharply and he turned away from Ariella and DJ, guiding the dwarves into the forest. "Ariella, no! Don't you even!" snapped DJ, as she saw Ariella raising her finger. "JACK ASS!" shouted Ariella. Suddenly, she could hear a loud heehaw in the distance.
"THORIN?!" cried out Dwalin. "Ariella?! What in the hell did you do?!" shouted DJ. "I turned your boyfriend into a donkey." said Ariella. "Turn him back, Ariella!" snarled DJ. "DJ, Thorin refuses us to let us help him, and treating us like we're house wives from the 1950's. And we shouldn't be treated this way, so I turned him into a donkey!" said Ariella. "Turn him back, Ariella! NOW!" shouted DJ. "Alright, alright. I'll turn him back, sheesh!" said Ariella. "Thorin!" called out Ariella, pointing her finger in the direction where Thorin went.
Thorin is really going to be angry with us now, no thanks to Ariella, DJ thought. "DJ, come on. We're not going to sit here and let our friends become ka bobs for Trolls. Grab your bow. We're going to help them, no matter what Thorin says." said Ariella. DJ went for her bow and sword, and they entered the forest, following the same path Thorin and his companions went. They shortly arrived at the Troll's camp. "Shit, they're captured already!" snapped DJ. "Idiots." growled Ariella. "What shall we do?" asked DJ. "Just wait. Bilbo's about to talk. Shh!" hissed Ariella.
Ariella and DJ listened as Bilbo began talking to the Trolls about cooking dwarf. "Why in the hell are they yelling at him for? He's using this to buy time!" snarled DJ.
"They don't know that yet, DJ! Just stay calm and be quiet, or else we'll become troll food." hissed Ariella. Suddenly, the first troll, named Tom, picked up Bombur. "Oh, he's not going to kill my favorite cooking buddy!" snarled DJ. "DJ, stay put!" hissed Ariella. "Wait! Wait! Don't take that one! He's infected!" cried out Bilbo. Tom looked at the hobbit, with a puzzled look. "He's got something in his tubes-parasites!" stammered Bilbo. "Parasites?! We don't have parasites!" shouted Kili. Suddenly Thorin kicked his nephew, catching on to Bilbo's plan.
"I have parasites big as my arm!" cried out Oin. "I got parasites! Big huge parasites!" said Kili. DJ and Ariella chuckled. "Dwarf cooties. That's nice to know." laughed Ariella. Suddenly, Ariella pointed her finger at Tom, who was still holding Bombur. "Furry hair troll!" called out Ariella. "Ariella, what are you-?!" began DJ. Suddenly, they could hear Gandalf speak. "May Dawn take you all, be stone to you!" called out the wizard, and bright light shown throughout the forest, turning all three trolls into Stone. One troll had blue wild hair, from the spell Ariella used. "Ariella, he looks stupid!" laughed DJ. "He's a troll, so I turned him into a real troll." grinned Ariella.
Gandalf stepped forward releasing the dwarves.
Ariella and DJ stepped out, helping out Gandalf. "Oh my god! They're in their underwear! DJ! Turn around!" said Ariella. Both women turned away, seeing that all the dwarves and Bilbo had their clothes stripped from them. Bilbo's face turned bright red. "This is embarrassing." mumbled the hobbit as he got dressed. Once Bilbo and the dwarves are dressed, Gandalf told the girls it was okay to turn around. Suddenly, Thorin angrily approached them.
"I thought I told the both of you to stay at the camp?! You deliberately disobeyed me!" barked Thorin. "Hey! We're part of this company too, you know! We had every right to help!" roared DJ. "And that little stunt your friend pulled on me is uncalled for!" barked Thorin. "Well you had it coming to you, Thorin Oakenshield! Stop treating us like we're house wives! Just because we're women, doesn't necessarily mean you have to believe we do the less work!" barked Ariella. "I wish I never allowed the two of you to join us!" snarled Thorin, and turned away. The words stunned DJ, and hurt her. "You don't mean that!" shouted DJ.
"I meant every word of it." snarled Thorin and he walked away from the girls. DJ bolted away from Ariella and the company. "DJ!" cried out Ariella. Ariella was about to run after her.
"Just let her be, she needs her time to cool down." said Balin. "He had no right saying that about us! All we wanted to do is help!" said Ariella. "I know, and thank you. The blue hair really made the troll look nice!" chuckled Balin. Ariella smiled. "There goes a perfectly good relationship." said Ariella sadly. Balin looked at Ariella. "You look sad, Ariella." said the older dwarf. "Its just I never seen DJ this upset. For a while now, she was happy. Thorin asked her hand in courtship just two nights ago. Now he's angry with her, and not speaking to her, its like her world just fell apart. I hate seeing them like this, Balin." said Ariella.
"Me too. I'm going to have a word with Thorin about this, when he's finished with Gandalf." said Balin, glaring at Thorin, who was now talking to the wizard. Fili and Kili and Bofur approached Ariella. "Where's DJ?" asked Bofur. "Thorin pissed her off. I'm pissed off at Thorin for the harsh words he said about us." said Ariella. "Ariella, he was only protecting the two of you. We're very protective when it becomes to women. That's how we dwarves are." said Fili gently. "But it doesn't necessarily mean to treat us like the stereotypical house wife of the 1800's, Fili. Women are capable of doing things beside staying at home cooking and cleaning." said Ariella.
"The lassie has a point there." said Bofur. "What do dwarf women do? They don't stay home all the time do they?" asked Ariella. "No. They do other things, they even fight too. But dwarf women are very rare among our people." said Kili. "But why can't Thorin treat us differently besides us being women?" asked Ariella. Fili, Kili and Bofur remained silent. "Hey, they found a Troll Cave. Maybe you can find something for DJ to cheer her up." said Bofur. Ariella smiled. "Okay." said Ariella, following the dwarves.
Meanwhile, DJ sat alone in the camp weeping heavily. She felt hurt of the words Thorin barked at her and Ariella. She had considering of wishing of going back home. But she couldn't do it. If she did return home, she had no where to go, unless to a homeless shelter. DJ was to the point where she whether wanted to go off on her own to travel Middle Earth. But she didn't want to leave behind Ariella either. An hour or so went by, Gandalf, Ariella, Bilbo and the dwarves arrived back at the camp, after leaving the Troll's lair. "Somebody's coming!" called out Bofur, hearing some noise in the distance.
Ahead of them, they saw an older gentleman dressed in brown driving a sled drawn by rabbits. It was Radagast the Brown Wizard. "Charming wizard." said Ariella, smiling.
Gandalf laughed. "That's Radagast The Brown!" said the wizard, and he approached the Brown wizard, and the two wizards engaged in a conversation. Meanwhile, Ariella walked over to DJ. "Are you okay, DJ?" asked Ariella. "Ariella, I need to be alone for a while." said DJ quietly. "You've been alone long enough, DJ. I got something for you." said Ariella, and she handed DJ a beautiful sword. "Ariella, this is beautiful! Its written in elvish! Where did you find this?" asked DJ. "In the Troll's cave. It was suggested by Bofur, since he knew you needed cheering up. And if I were you, it's a battle weapon, not a ceremonial." said Ariella. "I knew that." said DJ, taking the sword.
Suddenly, Thorin approached them. "Ariella, you don't mind if I talk to DJ?" asked Thorin, his voice softer. "I'll leave you two be to chat. Don't be too harsh on her, Thorin. Or I'll turn you into something worse than a donkey." said Ariella. "Ariella!" said DJ sharply. "Sorry, I'll just go talk to Bofur." said Ariella quickly and she walked away. "What do you want?" asked DJ grumpily. "DJ, I thought over of what you said, and Gandalf and Balin both had spoken to me. I was harsh on you, and I take back the words I said to you and Ariella. Its just this, DJ. I don't want to lose you." said Thorin.
"Thorin, you're not going to lose me. Besides that, you still owe me something that you never had a chance to get around too. Didn't you promise you was going to train me with the sword?" asked DJ. "Yes, I'm sorry I haven't gotten around to it. But I will train you." said Thorin. "Apology accepted, Thorin." smiled DJ. "I'll do my best not to get angry with you again, DJ." said Thorin. "The next time you yell at me again, you're going to have an arrow up your ass." said DJ grinning. Thorin chuckled. "I'm going to be aware that. You are very good with the bow, I'll watch my P's and Q's" said Thorin.
Suddenly, they heard howling in a distance. "Is that a wolf pack?" asked Bilbo. "No, that is warg scouts. Orcs are nearby." said Bofur. Gandalf approached Thorin. "Who did you tell of the quest, Thorin?" asked Gandalf. Thorin didn't reply. "Who did you tell? SPEAK!" demanded the wizard. "I didn't tell anyone I swear!" snapped Thorin hotly. "We're being hunted by orcs." said Gandalf. "We need someone to distract them." said Gandalf. "I will distract them, Gandalf." spoke Radagast. Gandalf glared at the Brown Wizard with a concerned look. "But they will catch up with you." said Gandalf.
"These are Rhosgobel Rabbits. Let me see them try!" grinned Radagast.