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Chapter 17

Not needing to be told twice, the Company heed Gandalf's order and run down the hill as the wargs run towards them, the sky turning dark as they do. Trusting Ruby with Fili and Kili, Rose stays at the back of the group with Balin, making sure everyone is safe and together.

Seeing a warg rush by me, Rose begins to panic as she sees it stop and turn towards Bilbo. Heading towards him, sword drawn, she soon breathe a sigh of relief as she see it run head first into Bilbo's sword before it falls to the ground, dead.

Swinging her sword at the legs of one running past me, it drops down and Rose leaves it to Thorin and Dwalin to kill it, looking over at Ori's cry to see him taking one out by swinging a hammer behind him at it's head.

"Up into the trees, all of you! Come on, climb! Bilbo, climb!"

Hearing Gandalf, Rose looks up to see the path ends at the edge of a cliff, a drop of hundreds of feet down. Watching to make sure Ruby is safe in a tree, Rose heads for another as Bifur throws an axe, killing a warg which was getting too close for comfort. Bofur jumps off a rock and grabs a tree branch, using Dwalin's head as a stepping stone to the tree. Other dwarves begin climbing into the trees as well. Bilbo tries to pull his sword out of the dead Warg's head, but it is stuck firmly. He continues to pull.

"They're coming!" Thorin shouts out.

Gandalf climbs to the top of the furthest tree; Dwalin boosts Balin up. Thorin, Bombur, and the rest climb up trees too. The main body of Wargs and Warg Riders approach. Bilbo finally manages to pull his sword out of the Warg; he looks up to see several more Wargs running at him. He quickly clambers up a tree, with Rose's help, as the Wargs rush below them.

Dozens of Wargs circle the trees in which the Company members are perched. Gandalf reaches out with his staff and picks up a moth sitting in the same tree as him. Bringing the moth close to his face, he whispers to it; he then blows it gently, causing it to flutter away.

The Wargs cease their growling and turn as the White Warg, with Azog on its back, approaches slowly. Thorin looks at Azog in shock.

"Azog?!"

At Thorin's cry of disbelief, Rose looks up and sees the orc and warg that has haunted her sleep ever since she was sixteen years old. The ones that killed her mother and father, remembering her mother's scream as she was eaten alive.

As his White Warg growls, Azog strokes it and talks ominously.

"Nuzdigid? Nuzdi gast? Ganzilig-i unarug obod nauzdanish, Torin undag Train-ob."

I am grateful for asking Gandalf to teach me the orc language, having been able to understand all that Azog says. Looking to Thorin, I see his pale face stricken with pain and grief at the realization that his father had been captured by Azog at some point.

"It cannot be." Thorin breathes out.

Azog speaks to his Wargs and Riders.

"Kod, Toragid biriz. Worori-da!"

At his command, the Wargs leap forward and try to climb the trees. They jump as high as they can, scrabbling at the tree trunks and breaking apart branches in their jaws in their efforts. The trees shake violently at the assault, and the dwarves struggle to hold on, Kili keeps a tight hold of Ruby as she loses her balance a few times.

"Sho gad adol!"

With the weight of the Wargs climbing it, the furthest tree from the edge of the cliff, which Bilbo, Rose and several other dwarves are in, gets uprooted from the ground and begins leaning wildly. As more Wargs grab onto it, the tree tips over and lands on the next tree; the Rose, Bilbo and the others jump from the falling tree to the next. However, this tree as well tips over; like dominoes, all the trees begin falling over. All the company manage to safely stay in the last tree, on the very edge of the cliff. By some miracle, this tree doesn't fall over from the weight.

The air seems to echo with Azog's laughter. Looking around in desperation, Gandalf spies a pinecone. He grabs it and uses his staff to set the pinecone on fire; he then throws it down amid the Wargs, who retreat in fear of the fire. Azog is startled and angry at the unexpected resistance. pinecones.

"Rose! Fili!"

Looking up, Rose sees Gandalf hold two more flaming pinecones and holds her hand out as one comes towards her. Ruby uses her pinecone to light another, as Bilbo does with Fili and the four of them throw the pinecones at the wargs, along with the other dwarves as they receive more pinecones from Gandalf. All the area around the tree gets set on fire, forcing the Wargs to retreat a distance. At least one Warg gallops away with its fur alight. Azog roars in anger and frustration as the dwarves cheer.

Suddenly, their cheers turn into cries of fear as the roots of the tree they are in start to give way; the tree tips precariously over the edge of the cliff, but comes to a rest sticking straight out away from the edge of the cliff. Gandalf looks down and sees the ground far, far, below. Fili and Kili stop the girls from falling off, Kili keeping a tight hold of his beloved. The dwarves try to hold on as they get flung around. Ori loses his grip on the tree and falls, but manages to grab on to Dori's leg.

"Aahhh! Oh! Oh no!"

"Mister Gandalf!"

Because of the extra weight, Dori loses his grip on the tree as well and falls, but, having looked over at his call, Gandalf quickly swings his staff down and Dori manages to grabs on to the end of it.

"Hold on, Ori!"

Azog growls; Thorin, clinging to the tree, looks at him in hate and anger. Thorin pulls himself up, his sword drawn, and walks down the leaning trunk as Bilbo and the others, hanging from the tree, look on. Rose's face pales, images flashing through her mind at remembering her father hanging back to take care of the orcs in the village while she and her family flee.

Thorin runs through the burning ground at Azog and his White Warg. Azog spreads his arms wide with a smug grin on his face. Thorin growls as he runs with his sword up and his oaken branch shield held in front of him. Azog crouches, then roars as his Warg leaps at Thorin. Thorin tries to swing his sword, but the Warg hits him in the chest with its forepaw, smashing Thorin to the ground. The other dwarves in the tree look on in shock. Dori struggles to hold on to Gandalf's staff.

"Help!" Ori shouts, but there's nothing anyone can do.

As Thorin gets back on his feet, panting, Azog and his White Warg wheel around; they charge at Thorin again. Azog swings his mace and smashes Thorin in the face before Thorin can react. Rose's heart shoots to her throat as Thorin is brutally flung to the ground by the impact.

"THORIN!" Fili and Kili exclaim in terror.

"Nooo!" Balin cries.

Azog roars in excitement. Bilbo manages to stand up on the tree. Looking up at him, Rose also manages to stand, knowing what he's thinking, she won't allow him to go in there alone. The White Warg clamps its jaws around Thorin and Thorin yells in pain. Rose freezes, instead of seeing Thorin in the mouth of the warg, she sees her mother. Shaking her head, she draws her sword, sharing a look and a nod with Bilbo. Dwalin tries to get off and tree to assist Thorin, but the tree branches he is holding on to break, swinging him precariously over the edge and preventing him from reaching Thorin.

"Thorin! Nooo!"

As the White Warg holds Thorin in its mouth, Thorin manages to hit its head with the pommel of his sword. Roaring, the White Warg throws Thorin several feet away onto a flat rock nearby. Thorin lands heavily, his sword falling out of his hand. He is almost unconscious.

"Biriz torag khobdudol."

One of Azog's Warg Riders jumps off his Warg and approaches Thorin. Bilbo, seeing this, takes off running with Rose, ignoring Ruby's calls. The orc approaches Thorin and places its sword against his neck; raising the sword, the rider prepares to decapitate Thorin.

As he swings his sword down, Bilbo throws himself at the orc and knocks him over. As they fight, Bilbo manages to stab and kill the orc. Rose stands in front of Thorin as Azog growls in anger, Thorin goes unconscious. Pulling his sword out of the dead orc's body, Bilbo stands besides me as we protect Thorin's body. Bilbo waves his sword wildly at Azog and the other Wargs. Rose just glaring at Azog as he smiles in hatred and speaks in the Black Speech to his Orcs; ordering them to kill the two of them.

Rose holds her free arm out to in front of Bilbo to protect him as a couple of Wargs and Riders approach the pair, snarling. Suddenly, Fili, Kili, and Dwalin, who have managed to get off the tree, plow into the Wargs from the side and start fighting them.

In the confusion, Bilbo yells and leaps forward, wounding a Warg, allowing Rose to finish it off. The White Warg hits Bilbo with it's head and sends him flying, however. As the fighting around them continues, Azog and his White Warg approach Bibo to kill him, Rose throwing herself in front of him. Fili, Kili, and Dwalin have been surrounded by Wargs, the two of them being left at Azog's mercy. Rose, however, won't go down fighting as she stands confidently,

Suddenly, the moth returns to Gandalf. Dori slips from the end of Gandalf's staff, and Dori and Ori fall toward the ground far below. An eagle swoops out of nowhere and catches them on its back; they yell in fear as they are carried swiftly away. Several more Eagles appear and join the fray. Some grab Wargs and Orcs and toss them over the cliff. Others knock down trees, which crush the Wargs below them. Another Eagle fans the flames with its wings, causing an inferno which burns the Wargs. Azog snarls in frustration. One Eagle gently grabs Thorin and his sword in its talons and flies away. As Thorin is lifted off the ground, his oaken branch shield slips off his arm and lands on the ground.

Azog roars and jumps back as an Eagle flies by him; the Eagle heads straight for an alarmed Bibo and Rose and snatches them off the ground. It then throws the both of them, causing them to scream before they land on the back of another Eagle. The rest of the Eagles proceed to snatch the dwarves out of the tree and fly away. When only Gandalf is left in the tree, the roots give way and the tree falls off the edge of the cliff. Gandalf leaps clear of it and is caught by an Eagle. As the Eagles fly away with all the Company, Azog and the few Warg Riders left growl in anger and frustration.

Rose looks around and breathes a sigh of relief as she sees her sister on an Eagle with Balin. Breathing a sigh of relief, She turns back ahead, keeping her arms around Bilbo to keep him steady.

The Eagles fly all through the night, soaring through the sky over a great distance and over many landscapes. Thorin lies unconscious in one Eagle's talons; the others worry about him.

"Thorin!" Fili calls out for his uncle, but there's no reply.

Bilbo and Rose look to Thorin, both of them worrying over him.

"Will he be alright?" Bilbo asks.

Not being able to answer, Rose says nothing. She only hopes that he will be alright, for Fili and Kili's sake.

The Eagles approach a massive rock structure shaped like a bear. The Eagle carrying Thorin gently deposits him and his sword on a flat area on top of the Carrock. Another Eagle lands on the Carrock and Gandalf slides off its neck, running toward the unconscious Thorin.

"Thorin! Thorin."

Thorin is not responding. Rose and Bilbo run up after their Eagle land. The other dwarves gather around worriedly, Ruby holding onto Kili to give him some comfort. Gandalf places his hand on Thorin's face and whispers a spell. Thorin's eyes flutter open and he gasps for air. He speaks weakly.

"Rose? The halfling?"

"It's all right. Rose and Bilbo are here. They're quite safe."

Bilbo and Rose sag a little in relief as Thorin tries to stand, who is then helped up by Dwalin and Kili. However, once he's up, he shrugs them off and approaches Rose and Bilbo, looking to Bilbo as he speaks.

"You! What were you doing? You nearly got yourself killed! Did I not say that you would be a burden? That you would not survive in the wild and that you had no place amongst us?"

Rose's temper flares up again. After Bilbo saved his life, how could he speak like that to him! She tenses as she places a hand on Bilbo's shoulder, ready to speak up and defend him. That all vanishes when she sees the anger and irritation leave his face, to be replaced with a sorrow and mournful look.

"I've never been so wrong in all my life!"

Thorin grabs Bilbo and embraces him deeply. The other dwarves cheer loudly and slap each other on the back. Rose stands back smiling, Ruby and Kili embracing one another, Gandalf also smiles as he watches Thorin and Bilbo. Bilbo, looking quite surprised, hugs Thorin back.

Thorin soon pulls away from him. "I am sorry I doubted you."

"No, I would have doubted me too. I'm not a hero or a warrior...not even a burglar."

Everyone chuckles at this. Thorin turns his attention to Rose.

"I am also sorry for doubting you. You tried to warn me weeks ago, told me that Azog was still alive, was the reason for the death of your parents, and I just dismissed it. I was wrong to try to banish you from the company. Just as I accepted advice and council from Vidar, I would be honoured to accept it from his daughter."

Rose smile and bow to him. "The honour is all mine, My Lord Thorin."

Thorin smiles back as he places a hand on Rose's shoulder. At the sound of screeching, everyone looks up and watch as the Eagles fly away. Thorin, however, looks beyond Rose and Bilbo, Bilbo noticing, looks behind him, following the dwarves gaze.

"Is that what I think it is?

Everyone turns and as they walk to the edge, they see in the distance, on the horizon, the outline of a single, solitary mountain.

"Erebor - The Lonely Mountain. The last of the great dwarf kingdoms of Middle-earth." Gandalf explains.

Thorin smiles, seeing the mountain for the first time in a hundred and seventy one years. "Our home."

Rose and Ruby smile wide at each other, taking each other's hands. They had grown up on tales of the mountain, Rose and their father having vowed to return to the mountain once again to claim it. And now they're here, standing here with the King of Erebor and a bunch of dwarves, Bilbo and Gandalf, reclaiming the home of their family.

A bird cheeps and flies by.

"A raven! The birds are returning to the mountain." Oin calls out.

More birdsong is heard as it flies on.

"That, my dear Oin, is a thrush." Gandalf points out.

"But we'll take it as a sign - a good omen." Thorin says as he turns to Bilbo, who nods.

"You're right. I do believe the worst is behind us."

There we have it, the first movie is finally finished! I hope you all enjoyed this chapter and stay tuned as we jump into the Desolation of Smaug next!

Translations;

Nuzdigid? Nuzdi gast? Ganzilig-i unarug obod nauzdanish, Torin undag Train-ob. - Do you smell it? The scent of fear? I remember your father reeked of it, Thorin son of Thrain.

Kod, Toragid biriz. Worori-da!- That one is mine. Kill the others!

Sho gad adol!- Drink their blood!

Biriz torag khobdudol. -Bring me the Dwarf's head.

Nuzdigid? Nuzdi gast?Ganzilig-i unarug obod nauzdanish, Torin undag Train-ob." - Do you smell it? The scent of fear? I remember your father reeked of it, Thorin son of Thrain.

Kod, Toragid biriz. Worori-da!" - That one is mine. Kill the others!

Sho gad adol!- Drink their blood!

Biriz torag khobdudol. - Bring me the Dwarf's head.