Chapter 13
Facing Azog
We ran down the mountain, as fast as we could. I could hear the wargs following us. I bit my bottom lip as Nori was in front of me. The wargs catch up to us and I had my sword in my hand. I brought the sword down and into the head. I pulled out my sword as the dwarves fought the wargs. We reach a large outcropping of land with a few trees growing on it. I looked around and saw that we were trapped and nowhere to go.
"Up into the trees, all of you! Come on, climb! Bilbo, climb!" Gandalf called.
"Ella. Come on." Nori said, pulling me to the nearest tree. I jump and climb up the tree with Nori right behind me. Nori and I stood on a branch.
"They're coming!" Thorin yelled. The wargs surround us and started circling us. They stop growling and turn as a white warg steps on a rock. I felt my face pale at the sight of him.
"Azog?!" Thorin and I said.
"Do you smell it? The scent of fear? I remember your father reeked of it, Thorin son of Thrain." Azog said in the black speech.
"It cannot be." Thorin said. Azog's eyes land on me and I felt Nori's hand on my back.
"Still alive she-elf. I remember you well. How you screamed when I put my sword through you." Azog said in the black speech. He points at Thorin and then points at me. "Those two are mine. Kill the others!" The wargs leap forward and try to climb the trees. I cried out as one comes close to us. Nori pulled me tight against him as the tree shakes violently at the assault as the wargs snapped the branches. Nori and I were struggling to hold on along with the others. "Drink their blood!" I shot Azog a glare as the trees started uprooting and toppling over from the weight of the wargs.
"Jump!" I yell. Nori and I jumped into the tree that Gandalf was in. I grab the branch and pull myself up onto the branch We were in the tree nearest to the cliff with all the dwarves in the same tree. I heard Azog's laugh.
"Your pale as paper, lass. You alright?" Dwalin asked.
"Ella?" Nori asked, touching my face.
"I'm fine." I whisper. Something that was on fire lands on the ground. It hits the grown and they retreat. I look up and see Gandalf lighting another one.
"Fili!" Gandalf calls, tossing him the pinecones and Fili catches it and lights Bilbo's. I caught one that Gandalf throws at me and I toss it towards the wargs and hits one in the face. Azog roars in anger as the wargs start to retreat. We cheer and I scream in fear as the roots of our tree start to give way. I land on the trunk as the tree comes to a stop. Nori was hanging from a branch.
"Ella? You alright?" Nori asked.
"I'm fine." I said. I heard Ori's cry and I look to see Ori holding onto Dori's leg and Dori was struggling to hold onto the branch.
"Mister Gandalf!" Dori called.
"No!" I call out as Dori falls but Gandalf sticks out his staff and Dori grabs the staff. "Hold on Ori!" I heard footsteps on the trunk. I look up and see Thorin stand up and head down the trunk of the tree.
"Thorin. No." I said, trying to stop him, but I couldn't. Thorin was running down and I saw Azog smirking.
"Ella. Help me." Bilbo said as we watch as Azog jump off and knock him to the ground.
"What?" I ask.
"Help!" Ori calls.
"We need to save Throin." Bilbo said. I watch as Thorin gets back to his feet. Azog wheels around and charge at Throin and Azog swings the mace, hitting Thorin in the face. Thorin hits the ground.
"NO!" Balin yells. Azog roars in excitement. I quickly got to my feet as Bilbo gets up.
"Ella. No!" Nori yelled as I pull out my sword. I heard Thorin's yell as The White Warg clamps its jaw around Thorin.
"Thorin! No!" Dwalin yells trying to get up but falls, grabbing the branch. I ignore Nori's yells as Bilbo and I ran off the tree heading towards Thorin and Azog as Thorin hits the warg in the face and the warg throws him onto a rock.
"Bring me the Dwarf's head." Azog said in the black speech. I grit my teeth as I ran as a orc approaches Thorin. I swung my sword and brought down the orc before he has a chance to get near Thorin. Bilbo jumped on him and stabbed him. I jump in front of Thorin with my sword pointing at Azog as Bilbo comes and stands next to me.
"You will not have his head." I said in the black speech earning a surprised glance from Bilbo and gasps from the dwarves. No one knew I could speak in the black speech except Gandalf. Azog glares at me.
"Kill the hobbit and bring me the she-elf alive." Azog said in the black speech. Three warg riders approach us, snarling. I held my ground. A yell comes and Fili, Kili, and Dwalin come running and strike the wargs. I yell and run at the wargs. I strike down one and suddenly a warg grabs me around the waist and I cry out in pain. I elbow the warg in the mouth and I get thrown. I land on the ground. I look up to see Azog turn.
"You survived my last attack because of the beast. I will see you turned evil or killed. Like I did with your brother." Azog said in the black speech. My eyes widen at his words. Impossible.
"My brother is dead. You killed him in front of me." I said in the black speech.
"No, she-elf. We wanted to make you believe it. But he is turned evil and on our side." Azog said in the black speech with an evil smile on his face.
"You bastard. I rather die then serve you." I said in the black speech getting up and running. Thunk. I looked down and saw an elvish arrow that looked familiar sticking out of my chest close to my heart.
"ELLA!" Nori yelled, fear and panic in his voice. I turn my head and saw a figure in the shadows.
"Byron." I whisper seeing my twin brother as I collapse to the ground with Nori yelling my name. Last I remember was a screech and like claws picking me up from the ground as the world goes black.
AN: So there's a shocker. Yep. She's got a twin brother that is turned evil, but he's not an orc. I am still figuring out how he turns out evil. It's between magic or brainwash. There's the new chapter. I'll update soon.