A Brief Reprieve
I don't own Digimon or the Hobbit
Daisuke opened her eyes tiredly as her senses returned. She looked around and frowned at all the trees surrounding her, she remembered passing out on top of the Carrock so how did she get down from there. She sat up and hissed as pain shot through her shoulder making her finally notice the bandages Bilbo had wrapped around her shoulder had been changed and the pain was less but still noticeable. "So, you're finally awake lass?" she turned to see Oin nearby as he walked over with a bowl of stew and a small cup. "Drink up, it'll up lessen the pain." He instructed handing her the cup and she drank the liquid and gagged at the taste.
"Yuck!" Oin chuckled at her expression as he handed her the bowl of stew.
"I can't do nothing about the taste, but the stew should get it out of your mouth. You gave us a right scare when you fainted on the Carrock, lass." He told her as she ate the stew and sighed as she felt her hunger lessen with each spoonful of the delicious stew.
"What happened?" she asked the half death Dwarf louder than normal so he would hear her.
"Well, from what Bilbo told us of what happened in the mountain when you were with that blasted creature, he bit your shoulder as you ran away from him. And then both of you began fighting the goblins as you headed towards that, add that to the lack of sleep, the exhaustion from everything else that happened to us and your brief scuffle with Azog, you fainted." Oin answered with a smile and Daisuke groaned.
"Veemon must have been really worried about me." She said.
"Aye he was, as were the rest of us." Oin told her and she smiled.
"How did I get down here exactly, also where are we?" she asked before she hears splashing nearby.
"Dwalin carried you down from the top of the Carrock, and we are near a river. We all thought it best to wait for you to wake up before we began planning our next move." Oin answered, Daisuke nodded and once she finished the stew she stood before walking towards the sound of the splashing and she giggled at the scene.
"Cannonball!" Veemon shouted jumping into the air and splashing into the river soaking the other Dwarves in the water, the only ones not enjoying themselves were Thorin, Balin and Dwalin who were looking at the map planning their next move while Gandalf smoked his pipe and sat next to Bilbo who had his feet dangling in the water.
"Look who finally woke up lads!" Oin called making the company look over and Veemon smiled and got out of the water and ran to Daisuke.
"Dai!" he cheered jumping into his partner's arms who caught him.
"Hey easy buddy, my shoulder's still sore," she reminded him with a smile and he nodded before dropping to the ground.
"Glad to see you on your feet lass, you gave us quite a scare," Bofur said and she smiled.
"Sorry to worry you guys," she said before she was hit on the back of the head by Thorin making her yelp. "What was that for!?"
"For being carless, what were you thinking facing Azog alone?" he asked.
"Excuse me? I seem to recall you charging him down without any backup or an exit strategy if you got your butt kicked which you did, you almost became his Warg's chew toy and lost your head. Then what would we have done Thorin? You're the leader of the company you can't be doing stupid crap like that all the time. I know what Azog did to you in the past but you can't let that control your actions. Fight him on your terms when you have the upper hand, stab him in the back when he's not looking, shoot him with a bow from a distance for heaven's sake!" she shouted as the others listened to her and were surprised to see Thorin listening to her.
"You are right," he mumbled and she blinked.
"Wait…what?" she asked shocked at what she heard.
"I was foolish to fight Azog on my own, but seeing him alive after all this time I believe he was dead set something off inside me. I wasn't thinking clearly and I endangered you all because of it, for that I am sorry." He apologised.
"I didn't mean to make you feel bad," Daisuke said.
"You said what I needed to hear. Perhaps bringing you along with us was a good thing for all of us." Thorin replied. "Now let's give Miss Motomiya some privacy so she can clean herself, Dwalin, Fili, Kili see if you can find any game for dinner we need to build up our supplies again since most of our packs were left in the mountains." He said and the company nodded before they walked off to give Daisuke some privacy.
"It's good to see you're okay Daisuke, for a second I thought you'd not wake up," Bilbo said as he walked past and she smiled.
"Thanks Bilbo." The Hobbit nodded and walked off with Veemon as Daisuke stripped and as she put her clothes on a rock the ring she found in the cave fell out and she picked it up and looked at it slightly in a trance.
"My precious…" Gollum's voice echoed in her mind before she tucked the ring away under her shirt and she jumped into the river and began to wash herself. Once finished and dressed and the ring was safely in her pocket she walked back to the others and found them cooking some rabbits over the fire.
"Those look good," she commented.
"Thanks, caught them myself," Kili informed her with a proud smile.
"At least you caught something," Fili grumbled with a pout.
"Well if you weren't being so clumsy the deer wouldn't have run off," Dwalin told him and the others chuckled.
"Don't worry Fili, I'm sure you'll do it next time." Daisuke said with a smile as she sat beside Veemon and Bilbo while Fili gave her a smile at her kind words.
"Hold still," Oin told Thorin as he checked the King in exile's own injuries before Thorin swore in Khuzdul earning a slap on the back of the head by the medic. "Enough of that, you're worse than your nephews." Fili and Kili snickered but stopped by their uncle's glare causing the rest of the company to chuckle.
Daisuke smiled as she looked at the fire. "Why don't you sing a song Dai?" Veemon asked and she blushed as all eyes turned on her.
"You can sing?" Kili asked and Daisuke punched his arm hard making him yelp in pain.
"I sang in Bag-End." She reminded him.
"Well can you sing again?" Bofur asked and Daisuke sighed slightly before she cleared her throat and began softly singing.
"When the cold wind is a'calling
And the sky is clear and bright
Misty mountains sing and beckon
Lead me out into the light
I will ride, I will fly
Chase the wind and touch the sky I will fly
Chase the wind and touch the sky.
Na na na na
Na na na na
La na na na
Na na na
La na na na
La na na na
La na na na
Na na na."
"Where dark roots hide secrets
And mountains are fierce and bold
Deep waters hold reflections
Of times lost long ago
I will read every story
Take hold of my own dream
Be as strong as the seas are stormy
And proud as an eagle's scream
I will ride, I will fly
Chase the wind and touch the sky I will fly
Chase the wind and touch the sky
Na na na na
Na na na na
La na na na
Na na na
And touch the sky
Chase the wind
Chase the wind
Touch the sky." Once she finished singing everyone was quiet and she blushed. "So how was that?" she asked as Bifur grunted and did signalled to Bofur who nodded.
"It was great lass. You should sing more often." He told her.
"Don't expect me to sing every night, maybe once this is all over." She replied, soon everyone began eating the cooked meat and once it all was gone everyone began turning in for the night until Thorin spoke up.
"I believe it would be best if you explain what happened back on the mountain," he said to Daisuke looking at Veemon and both gulped before Daisuke nodded.
"Alright, you guys deserve to know at least." She said before she began to explain everything about Digimon and how Veemon could turn into Ex-Veemon and how he could turn into other forms as well.
"This is a lot to take in lass," Balin said once she was finished. "You're saying you're both from another land?"
"More like another world. I don't know how we got here, and I don't even know if we could get back. It's kind of why I wanted to keep it hidden from you guys, just in case anything happened so you wouldn't feel hurt if I suddenly left." She explained.
"Your honesty is appreciated and your concerns are understandable." Gandalf told her. "However, from what you've told us about how you came here, I do believe there are other forces at work here."
"We figured that much," Veemon told the wizard. "But what we don't know is why."
"Well for whatever reason you were brought here I think it's safe to say that it was a good thing. Who knows what might have happened to us if you weren't part of the company," Fili said and the others nodded making Daisuke and Veemon smile.
"We should all get some sleep while we can. No telling when the Orc pack will catch up to us." Thorin said. "But we will have some time since Azog will need to find another Warg thanks to Motomiya." Thorin said and everyone nodded and laid down to sleep for as long as they could.
The end of the chapter
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