*pops head out of secret hiding place* Right no one wants to kill me...good good...I'm not sorry just saying...even though I know you're all upset with what I just did...the poor poor kids :( Anyway I'm glad to see that people are still liking the story and stuff...please pwetty please can you carry on reviewing, favouriting and follow...it's all that that makes me continue with my works... XD Also the next few chapter will flick back and forth between what is happening in Erebor to what is happening wherever the kids are :3...who knows where that will be...mwahahahahahahahahaha! Enjoy!

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Chapter 41 – In Enemy Hands

"What are we gonna do now?! It'll seem suspicious if we vanish at the same time these mongrels do!"

Urzd slapped his brother's head and glared down to where they dumped the children. The girl was holding her brother, who was shaking, and the identical brothers were glaring at the two dwarves. Irzd held the youngest child's arm in his crushing grip and the little one wriggled trying to free himself. Urzd growled and looked to his brother.

"We deliver them to our benefactor and then get back to the mountain, it'll only take us a few hours and we should be back by dawn."

"Grampa Thorin will find you!"

The dwarves turned to look at the girl. Irzd sneered.

"Your Granduncle will never find you...you halfbreeds!"

"OI DON'T SPEAK TO HER LIKE THAT!"

The grey-haired dwarf swung his hand round and it connected with Nyli's face. Idona cried out and Darin began to cry. Irzd raised his hand again to slap the younger sibling, but the other twin moved in front of his brother and received the blow.

"STOP IT! PLEASE DON'T!"

Idona held up her tied wrists, pleadingly. Irzd took a step forward, dragging the sobbing, terrified three year old with him, and stalked to the girl. She pulled Frerin closer to her, but the advancing dwarf was stopped by his brother.

"Enough!"

Irzd growled lowly and released the toddler's arm. The distraught boy ran to his elder brothers and flew himself into their chests. The two older dwarves turned away and began talking quietly in Khuzd Dhul. Idona and Frerin shuffled closer to their cousins. The girl frowned when she saw that a large bruise was already forming on Nyli's face and that Tyli had a dazed, concuss look about him.

"Are you ok?"

The pair grinned toothly, even though she could see the fear behind their eyes.

"Sure.."

"We got thick skulls..."

Darin sobbed and Ty smoothed his hair, rocking his baby brother on his lap.

"I..i..i..i.w.w.w...want...Ma...M..Mama..."

"Shhhh Dari...shhh...Mama will be here soon..."

A pair of dark, sad, blue eyes looked up at him tired and afraid. The boys bottom lip quivered and his little fists clenched as he shook his head rapidly.

"I ..wa...want her n..n...now!"

Tyli pulled the hysterical dwarfling closer to him and Nyli met his twin's eyes. Tears sprang into both sets of identical eyes and Nyli looked down. The last they saw their mother, she'd been lying face down, blood on her head, unmoving...lifeless...how could they tell Darin that their mother might be...might be... Idona put a hand on her cousin's arm and Ny looked up at her sadly. The blonde girl shuffled next to him and pulled him into a hug with Frerin.

"Get up, we keep moving!"

They all looked up at Urzd. None of the children moved. Tyli's golden, brown eyes hardened as he glared up at the balding, grey-haired dwarf. His twin growled and his face looked murderous, even with the bruise forming on his skin. Irzd marched forward and grabbed Idona by the hair, pulling her harshly to her feet. She screamed and tried to wriggle away, only to increase the tightening painful hold Irzd had on her. Darin began to cry again and Tyli shushed him quietly. Nyli, with his bound hands, lunged for the adult dwarf, but was held back by Urzd. Frerin panicked as his older sister screamed. The dwarfling ran at the older dwarf and charged him to the ground.

"GET OFF MY SISTER!"

He punched Irzd repeatedly, a blind rage and panic filled inside of him. Idona managed to get away and shouted to her little brother as Urzd let go of Ny to wrangle the dark-haired dwarfling. Frerin ran and hid behind his cousins as Irzd charged forward to grab him.

"I'LL KILL 'IM!"

Urzd moved in front of his brother and glared.

"IRZD! THAT'S ENOUGH!"

A glaring match proceeded between the two brothers and then suddenly they were interrupted by a shrieking sound of a horse neighing. The sound of armoured footsteps marched towards them and the wind picked up as the cloaked rider came into view.

"You have the children asssss requesssted?"

Urzd grinned.

"Aye we do. And you have the money like we agreed?"

A hand raised a large bag which jangled richly. The greedy dwarves grinned. Ny and Ty glanced to each other and moved in front of their younger sibling as well as their cousins. Frerin was clutching to Idona and was hiding behind her back.

"Well I do believe that there's nothing to do, but to exchange on our agreement?"

"Sssssoo it would sssseem."

The rider threw the bag at the dwarves and Irzd caught it. He opened it as his brother shoved to get a view. They eyeballed the money hungrily. The black rider began to chuckle maliciously.

"Foolsss!"

The twins hid Darin's eyes and Idona screamed as several more black clad riders appeared, swords drawn and slew the two dwarves. Tyli covered Darin's eyes, and Nyli his ears so that he couldn't he the shrieks coming from the dismembered villains. Frerin pulled his older sibling into a tight hug and she hid her face in his shoulder and begun to quiver.

"You will come with usss!"

The riders shrieked and nine large black horses surrounded the dwarflings. The black beings climbed onto their mounts and the first looked down unseeingly.

"Move!"

Nyli scooped up Darin and Idona took Frerin's hand. They walked in a huddle between the horses, never saying a word for fear of the cold beings glares.

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"SEND WORD OUT TO EVERYONE...ANYONE...NO ONE IS TO REST UNTIL THEY HAVE BEEN FOUND!"

Thorin tried not to look panicky in front of the guards, but as soon as he'd turned his back the glare crumbled and tears rolled down his face. The royal family was utterly broken...Dis and the company wept, Kili's joyous spark had vanished, Daisy and Fili looked grey and Anne had gone silent. The mountain was now a saddened place to be. Messengers were sent out to tell of the kidnapping and of a reward to whoever could return the children. Days passed...and minutes seemed like an age.

The ranger stopped short when he saw the mass of flies buzzing around the massacred bodies. He stooped to look at the ligaments and limbs, blood no longer flowing from them, but stained into the ground like ink. Cold, glassy, lifeless eyes were staring wildly from the dismembered heads...frozen with panic like ice. He moved round the disaster and studied the tracks silently...calculating...solving.

"Nine...nine pairs of boots stood round here...around a small group...children..."

He followed the tracks path which led up towards a cruel looking mountain. A shriek came on the wind and the ranger pursued the path.

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