The Pale Orc and Eagles
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"You've got to be kidding me," Daisuke said as she and the others ran away from the Wargs as fast as they could, she and Veemon stuck beside Bilbo as the Dwarves ran past them. They stopped as a Warg jumped over them and snarled slowly advancing towards them before it lunged just as Bilbo drew Sting and it went right into the Warg's skill killing it instantly.
"All of you into the trees, climb!" Gandalf shouted as Thorin killed another Warg while Veemon slammed his hammer into another Warg's skull knocking it out cold. Bilbo struggled to pull Sting out of the dead Warg before Daisuke helped him and they ran to the trees. Daisuke helped Bilbo climb into a tree followed by Veemon but when she tried to climb pain shot through her injured shoulder and she fell to the ground, she turned to see the pack of Wargs charging towards her before two sets of strong arms grabbed her and hauled her into the tree with them.
"Got ya," she looked to see it was Fili and Kili who had saved her and she sighed in relief.
"Thanks." Gandalf looked at the company before he saw a moth on a nearby branch, he reached for it with his staff and the moth flew onto it and he whispered softly before the moth flew off. The Wargs below the company snarled and snapped their jaws trying to grab them they came to a terrifying halt as Azog approached on his white Warg causing the Dwarves who knew the pale Orc to look at him in disbelief and fear.
"Azog?" Thorin whispered not believing that he was seeing the very Orc who slew his grandfather and father so long ago still alive despite the wounds he suffered when Thorin fought him.
"This is not good," Daisuke muttered and the twins nodded.
"Do you smell it? The scent of fear." Azog spoke in the Orc tongue leaning forward and sniffing the air mockingly. "I remember your father reeked of it, Thorin son of Thrain."
"It cannot be," Thorin whispered in denial as Balin and Dwalin looked at him worried. Azog chuckled before a pinecone struck him in the face and everyone looked to see it was Daisuke who had thrown it.
"Will you shut up! From what I can recall Thorin was the victor the last time you two fought each other, you're not so tough as you want everyone to believe." She shouted to Azog who snarled and pointed at Daisuke with the mace he held in his hand.
"That girl, she is mine. As is Oakenshield, kill the others drink their blood!" he roared and the Wargs resumed their attack and began trying to climb up the trees but mercifully he branches kept breaking under their weight.
"Did you really need to antagonise him!?" Veemon asked his partner holding onto the branch he sat on for dear life.
"I'm not going to fear one Orc no matter how big or fearsome he may look. He can be killed just like any other." Daisuke replied before the tree began to uproot as did the other trees the Dwarves were in.
"Jump quickly!" Dwalin shouted and everyone began jumping from tree to tree until they all were on the tallest tree that Gandalf was at the top of.
"Well this could be a lot worse." Veemon said trying to be optimistic.
"How can it be worse?" Bilbo asked before they saw a flaming pinecone thrown down at the Wargs setting the dry grass below on fire making the Wargs back away, they looked at Gandalf who was lighting more pinecones with his magic. "I withdraw the question."
"Shut up and start throwing!" Daisuke shouted catching a burning pinecone Kili tossed to her and she threw it down at a Warg hitting it in the snout making it whimper and run off, the others began throwing burning pinecones down at the pack of Wargs as well and soon they were all fleeing some with burning fur. The Dwarves laughed in their victory before the tree began to fall under the weight of the company until it was leaning over the cliff. Ori slipped from his branch and grabbed Dori on the way down and he began losing his grip.
"Mr Gandalf!" he cried, Veemon looked at Daisuke who nodded and pulled out her D-3 and Veemon as the two Dwarves fell and Veemon jumped down and began glowing as did Daisuke's D-3 catching everyone's attention.
"Veemon digivolve too…Ex-Veemon!" he shouted turning into his champion form and he caught both Dwarves as they fell. "I got ya." He reassured them, though the sight of a dragon holding them in its arms didn't comfort the two of them.
"What is that?" Kili asked looking at Daisuke as did most of the company.
"Um…long story, I'll explain when we're not about to fall to our deaths." She answered before she saw Thorin stand up and he drew Orcrist and held his oaken branch shield in his other arm and he began running towards Azog. "Thorin no!" she shouted watching as the leader of the company charged the pale Orc.
Azog roared and his white Warg jumped into the air knocking Thorin down as he tried to strike, Thorin shook his head briefly before getting to his feet only for Azog to hit him in the head with his mace knocking him down again. "No!" Balin cried in despair and Daisuke felt her heart go out to Balin as Azog's Warg bit down on Thorin's torso making him cry out in pain.
"Thorin, no!" Dwalin shouted trying to rush to his aid but the branch he was climbing onto snapped and he held onto the remainder dangling in the air, Thorin managed to hit the Warg's snout with Orcrist making it throw him away and he landed on the ground and he grunted.
"Bring me the Dwarf's head." Azog commanded another Orc who smirked before he dismounted his Warg and walked towards Thorin pulling out a sharp knife, Daisuke managed to climb onto the tree the same time Bilbo did and both nodded to each other and drew their swords and rushed towards Thorin. Just as the Orc was about to behead him, Bilbo tackled him to the ground and began stabbing him in the chest until it was dead.
"Thorin!" Daisuke said checking on him as he fell into unconsciousness, she then saw Azog and three more Orcs approaching them and she grabbed Thorin's shield and stood beside Bilbo. "The King of the Mountain does not stand alone!" she shouted making Azog smirk.
"Kill the Halfling, spare the girl but maim her severely." He commanded the other Orcs who advanced towards Daisuke and Bilbo who swung his sword to try and ward off the Wargs before an arrow struck a Warg in the eye killing it and both saw Kili with his bow standing on the tree as Fili and Dwalin rushed to their aid. Dwalin slammed his hammer into a Warg knocking it back and Bilbo yelled as he charged the Orc who fell off the Warg Kili had shot and began fighting him.
Azog growled before he roared and charged Daisuke who stepped to the side and swung her sword and she cut into the white Warg's throat and blood sprayed all over her but she didn't stop for a second before charging Azog and she began fighting him blocking his attacks with Thorin's shield and swinging her sword at the pale Orc who dodged her attacks. With a might roar, Azog swung his mace hitting Daisuke in the chest sending her through the air and she landed on top of Thorin as her sword skid across the ground.
"I was going to spare you, but now I'll have your head as a trophy too." Azog said coldly in the common tongue so Daisuke could understand him and she looked around and saw Orcrist in Thorin's hand and she grabbed it and blocked Azog's next attack before stabbing him in the leg making him roar in pain and back away.
"Don't get your hopes up." Daisuke replied charging Azog and she blocked another swing of his mace and with one final swing of Orcrist she hit the pale Orc in the face taking out one of his eyes and he roared in pain.
Before their battle could continue however, the sounds of Eagles squawking could be heard as several giant Eagles appeared and they began grabbing the Wargs and Orcs in their talons and beaks and began throwing them off the cliff, one Eagle grabbed a tree and pushed it down on two Wargs while another flapped its wings causing the flames to grow and engulf another Warg and its Orc rider.
Another Eagle gently picked Thorin up in its talons and flew off, Bilbo then screamed as another Eagle grabbed him and dropped him onto the back of another Eagle and the other Eagles began doing the same dropping the Dwarves onto the backs of other Eagles, Daisuke grabbed her sword and sheathed it just before an Eagle grabbed her and dropped her onto the back of another and Gandalf was the last to get on one jumping from the tree and landing on the last Eagle's back which flew off after the others with Ex-Veemon following all while Azog roared in anger seeing the company escape.
"Please fly close to Thorin," Daisuke whispered to the Eagle she was riding on and it seemed to understand and flew closer to the Eagle carrying Thorin and Daisuke heard Kili and Fili calling out to their unconscious uncle and she could hear the fear and worry in their voices.
"He is alright," the Eagle Daisuke was riding on said and she blinked.
"Did you just talk?" she asked it.
"Of course. All the Great Eagles can talk," the Eagle answered softly.
"Well…thank you for your help Master Eagle," Daisuke replied.
"No need for titles hatchling," the Eagle said.
"Oh, then what is your name?" she asked him.
"Beleram," the Eagle answered and Daisuke nodded. The Eagles flew over the Misty Mountains carrying the company the entire way and soon as the sun began rising again they saw a tall spire of rock in the distance and the Eagle carrying Thorin gently placed him on the top of the spire. "This is the Carrock, it is where we must leave you." Beleram informed before he landed on the spire allowing Daisuke to climb off and Gandalf's Eagle landed next and he ran to Thorin.
"Thorin!" the wizard shouted kneeling beside him. "Thorin." He whispered but he was still unconscious and Gandalf held his hand over the Dwarf's head and whispered something and slowly Thorin opened his eyes.
"The Halfling…the girl?" he asked weakly as the other Dwarves, Bilbo and Ex-Veemon landed around him.
"They are here, and quite safe." Gandalf reassured him, Dwalin and Kili helped Thorin to his feet before he pushed them off and he stared at Bilbo.
"You…what were you doing? You nearly got yourself killed the both of you!" he said looking at Daisuke as well. "Did I not say you would be a burden? That you would not survive in the Wild? That you had no place amongst us?" he asked walking towards Bilbo before pulling him into a tight embrace. "I have never been so wrong in my entire life." Everyone smiled and cheered at the sight. "But I am sorry I doubted you." Thorin said once he pulled away.
"No, I would have doubted me too. I'm not a hero or a warrior. Not even a burglar," Bilbo said looking at Gandalf who chuckled and the others also smiled as the Eagles began to fly away leaving the company on top of the Carrock.
"Thorin," Daisuke said making him look at her as she held up Orcrist and Thorin's oaken branch shield. "These belong to you." Thorin took them from her before he pulled her into an embrace as well and her cheeks turned red in embarrassment.
"At first, I was against you coming, but now I see how wrong I was about you also," Thorin told her and she smiled.
"Thanks. but don't think this means everything's ok between us, if you act like an idiot again I will call you out on it," she told him and he chuckled before Daisuke spotted something in the distance. "Um…is that what I think it is?" she asked making everyone look far to the East at the far-off sight that was their destination.
"Erebor…the Lonely Mountain…the last of the great Dwarf kingdoms of Middle-Earth." Gandalf confirmed as he stood at the back of the company as did Ex-Veemon who glowed and turned back into Veemon.
"Our home," Thorin said with a smile, a bird flew over them chirping happily.
"A raven. The birds are returning to the mountain." Oin suddenly said pointing to the bird.
"That, my dear Oin, is a thrush." Gandalf corrected.
"But we'll take it as a sign. A good omen." Thorin said.
"You're right. I do believe the worst is behind us," Bilbo said making Daisuke roll her eyes before she began feeling lightheaded.
"Oh…man," she groaned hitting the ground as she passed out from exhaustion.
"Dai!" Veemon shouted running over to his partner as the others gathered around her.
The end of the chapter
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