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Chapter 9 -Distractions For the Parasites
They had set off early the next morning. Daisy had borrowed a hooded sleeveless jacket from Kili, to protect her from the rain that threatened and Anne was wearing one of Dwalin's furred coats. Ori had offered to share ponies with Daisy and she'd smiled at him and agreed. Anne was pony-sharing with Balin and they'd been on the road for a couple of hours when the skies had opened. The rain came down in thick sheets and Daisy chuckled when she saw poor Bilbo absolutely soaked. The hobbit shivered. Kili hadn't put his hood up so his dark locks were plastered against his face and all the others were pretty drenched as well.
"Mister Gandalf. Can't you do something about this deluge?"
Daisy and Anne snorted and Dori looked at them.
"Deluge?"
"Seriously?"
"Can't you just say rain?"
They looked at each other and chuckled. Gandalf proceeded to tell Dori that he couldn't control the weather and if he wanted rid of the rain then they should go and find another wizard.
"Are there any?"
"Yes Bilbo there's five wizards in Middle-Earth!"
Gandalf looked at the girls who grinned.
"Indeed, there's the head of our order. Sauroman the White then there are the two Blues...you know I cannot remember their names..."
"Must be old age!"
Dwalin barked out a laugh and even Thorin grinned as the wizard flustered at being called old. Bilbo chuckled then decided to draw the attention off Gandalf.
"And the last one?"
"Oh uh yes that would be Radagast the Brown. A special wizard in his own way. He prefers the company of animals rather to people."
"He has really cute bunnies!"
"Yeah they're so big and fluffy!"
Gandalf shot the pair a questioning look, but they merely smiled. Fili and Kili kicked their ponies so that they rode either side of Daisy and Ori.
"How do you know all that?"
Anne turned her head.
"Because in our world there's books bout this place.
"And we've read and reread them tons and tons of times!"
Daisy noticed Thorin watching them and decided to change the subject. She started humming 'Wake Me Up' by Avicci. Anne heard the humming and grinned.
"Feeling ma way through the darkness..."
"Guided by a beating heart..."
She turned and grinned at the blonde.
"I can't tell where the journey will end. But I know where to start!"
"They tell me I'm to young to understand. They say I'm caught up in a dream!"
"But life will pass me by if I don't open up my eyes."
"So that's fine by me!"
The dwarves chuckled as the pair sung. Daisy danced as best she could on the pony and Anne clapped her hands to provide a beat for the chorus. The rain started to die away and the dwarves cheered. Bofur grinned.
"Yer terrible singing must've scared it away!"
"Oi! You're no songbird either!"
"I'm kidding I'm kidding!"
The dwarves chuckled and Daisy and Anne mock glared at the hatted-dwarf. Anne looked back to Fili and Kili.
"What did ya think then?"
"Yeah Fee, Kee what did you think of our modern music?"
"Terrible."
"Absolute awful"
"Thanks for that."
"Much appreciated."
The girls grinned and turned round. Actually Fili had thought that they'd sounded wonderful and Kili thought that Daisy's singing had improved from when she was a little girl. They rode on for another hour or so before Thorin called for them to stop.
"We'll rest here for the night."
Daisy jumped off the pony after Ori and rubbed her saddle-sore legs.
"Been ages since I've ridden."
Anne hobbled over.
"At least you've ridden before...I can't feel my legs."
Gandalf looked at the ruined house they stood by.
"A farmer and his family used to live here."
"Fili! Kili! Watch the ponies! Make sure you stay with them."
The princes nodded and lead the ponies off to a clearing.
"Oin, Gloin get a fire going!"
"Right."
Thorin walked over to the wizard.
"I think it'd be wiser to move on. We could make for the hidden valley."
Thorin growled. Anne and Daisy sat down by the ruined house and stretched their legs. They watched amused as the dwarf and the wizard argued.
"Sass off!"
"Mhm."
Gandalf stormed past and made for his horse. Bilbo looked panicked.
"Gandalf where are you going?"
"To seek out the company of the only person with any sense around here!"
"Well that rules you out Daisy!"
"Oi!"
Bilbo glanced back to Gandalf.
"And who's that?"
"MYSELF. Master Baggins! I've had enough of dwarves for one day."
With that the wizard rode off and disappeared. Bilbo looked around.
"Is coming back?"
"Don't worry Bilbo. He'll be back later."
"Come on Bombur we're hungry."
At that Anne's stomach growled and Daisy and Bofur started laughing. The fat dwarf started flustering and searching for his spice bag. Daisy smirked and twirled the small leather pouch round her finger.
"Want this?"
Bombur turned and his face split with relief.
"Thanks Daisy."
She caught Nori's eye and he winked at her. The blonde shrugged and fiddled with one of her braids. Soon they had a fine smelling stew. Daisy and Anne sat between their friends and munched on it hungrily.
"Mmmmm...nom."
"Delicious."
Anne belched loudly and was applauded by everyone.
"That outmatched Ori. And he's the best belcher we know."
Ori chuckled and patted Anne's back. Bofur dished up two bowls and sent Bilbo off to give them to Fili and Kili. Anne lay with her head on Daisy's legs. Daisy hummed quietly.
"Fili and Kili have sure changed a fair bit haven't they?"
She looked down at the brunette.
"Yup. Kili has a beard...well a scruff."
Anne nodded.
"Do you think that they've noticed how much we've changed?"
"Well I don't think I'm ready to explain laser eye surgery to them..."
Anne chuckled.
"I didn't mean that."
Daisy sighed.
"I know...we're different to the Daisy and Anne they knew..."
"Well physically yeah...I mean they didn't exactly see us like this...any of them for that matter..."
Anne gestured to her maturer body and Daisy giggled. It was true, the look of surprise on everyone's faces on the fact that they had...well they were woman not girls...was priceless. The blonde was just about to comment when Kili ran into the camp. Daisy smiled and tilted her head.
"Trolls...Bilbo...ponies..."
Then Kili ran back into the woods. Thorin muttered lowly and grabbed his sword. The company followed suit and Daisy and Anne grabbed their weapons, but they were stopped by Oin.
"Stay here lasses. This isn't a place for women."
Anne huffed and Daisy folded her arms. Then Oin ran off.
"Sexist so-and-so's!"
Minutes ticked by and eventually Anne stomped.
"I still cannot believe we're still standing here c'mon!"
The pair ran off into the woods and spotted the distant light of the troll camp. Daisy nearly burst out laughing when she saw the dwarves clothes piled high and the dwarves themselves either attactched to a spinning spit or stuffed in a sack. She leaned over to the brunette.
"How is it that even when he's in his undies and in a sack that Thorin still looks freaking majestic?"
Anne shrugged and looked at the dwarves.
"So what's the plan then Daisy?"
Daisy looked at her.
"What? Why do I have to come up with the plan?"
"Because you're cleverer!"
Daisy muttered and looked at the situation. Apparently Bilbo was now conversing with the beasts...something about seasoning. Daisy turned to Anne.
"Circle round the back and wait for my signal."
Anne nodded and ran off. She had reached the other side of the troll camp when she realized she had no idea what the signal was. The girls gasped when Bombur was scooped up by one of the trolls.
"Nice and crunchy!"
"No not that one!"
The troll looked at Bilbo. The hobbit edged forward.
"He's got worms..in his uh tubes..."
Daisy pulled out a small knife and threw it at the trolls hand. It felt as if the troll had been bitten and he dropped the dwarf shrieking.
"Bert sout bit me 'and!"
"Quiet Tom...whaddya mean worms?"
"Yes they're all infected with parasites it's a nasty business I wouldn't risk it..."
"Did he say parasites?"
"Yeah...we don't have parasites...you have parasites!"
The dwarves all started shouting at the hobbit and Daisy rolled her eyes. She crept round the back of the group and knocked Thorin on the back of the head with the butt of her blade. He growled and turned his eyes to look at her.
"He's trying to help you shut them up!"
Anne spotted Thorin kick Kili and she giggled quietly. She pouted when she saw Fili wriggling face down on the dirt.
"Aww he'll ruin his hair...why do I care if he ruins it?"
"This lil ferret is taking us for fools!"
"FERRET?!"
Daisy started sawing at the ropes of Thorin's bag, but the snapping rope attracted the attention of one of the trolls. The troll trudged over, nearly crushing some of the others and grabbed Daisy.
"EEK! PUMME DOWN FATSO!"
"Look at this Bert...a lil girlie."
The troll laughed and squeezed the hold he had on Daisy's legs. She felt the blood rush to her head. Anne took that as the signal and ran out and sliced the troll's foot. The troll screamed and clenched his fist. Daisy felt the grinding of her ankle and a loud crunch. She kept in the scream by biting her lip, blood drew from the skin.
"Put her down!"
The three trolls glared at the small girl.
"Or what?"
Anne spotted Gandalf emerge from upon the large boulder behind the trolls. She grinned and tightened her hold on her sword. The dwarves started wriggling again and Daisy felt ill.
"Or I'll take you on!"
"Silly girlie. You can't take on us."
"AND THE DAWN'LL TAKE YOU ALL!"
The trolls turned just as Gandalf cracked the stone in half. As they held their hands up to block to sun, Daisy slipped from the hold and landed on the ground. She winced and groaned, but contained the second scream. The trolls froze in their stone carcasses and the dwarves started cheering. Anne ran over and started helping them out of their sacks. She pulled Fili to his feet. Being this close to him she didn't realise that he was nearly a full head taller than her. The blonde prince smirked.
"Thanks."
Anne pulled a smile and undid his sack. She smirked at the dirt and leaves that had stuck to his face.
"No prblem."
She rubbed some of the dirt off, but then stopped resting her hand on his cheek. It was the bustle of Kili and Bofur, helping Bifur off the spit that caused her to jerk her hand away. She edged away from Fili, who looked as nervous as she did, and gazed around. All the dwarves were pulling on their clothes, Gandalf was talking to Thorin and Bilbo was crouched by Daisy. She was talking very rapidly to the hobbit. The brunette was just about to go to her friend when Thorin spoke.
"We need to find the troll cave...c'mon!"
Anne glanced back to Daisy, but then she turned back and started walking with Dwalin. Daisy waited with Bilbo before allowing herself to lean heavily on him. She dragged her ankle behind her.
"You need to tell someone!"
She gritted her teeth.
"No...I'll tell them later...when we've settled..."
The hobbit watched her carefully, but nodded.
"Bilbo..."
"Yes?"
"Thanks."
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