The first thing the girls noticed about the trolls' cave was the stench. The pungent odours of dirt, sweat, blood, and rotting meat combined together to create a smell so putrid it made their eyes water. Gagging and choking, the girls stumbled to the edge of the trees lining the clearing. Stopping just out of smelling range, they gasped for breath, despairing over the fact that they could still taste the stench in the back of their throats.
"That... was... foul!" Charlie gasped out.
"I didn't even know anything could smell that bad." Rayne moaned.

From their positions near the cave, the dwarves frowned at the girls' loud complaints.
"If they don't desist their shrieking soon, they will bring attention to our whereabouts." Thorin growled at the wizard. "Make. Them. Stop."

Gandalf made his way over to the two girls, raising a brow at their dramatics before clearing his throat. The girls ignored him. Frowning as he watched them continue their conversation, the wizard tried again.
"Ahem."
"-and I thought that smelt bad! Seriously-"
"Ahem"
"-what were they even doing to create that stench?! I mean-"
"Ahem!"
"Are you okay? You've been coughing a lot. You don't think you're coming down with something do you?"
"I - What?" Gandalf gaped down at the smaller girl.
"Well, you were coughing a lot and it could be contagious. So do you think you could just move? Y'know, out of coughing range?"
"No, I was just trying to stop your conversation."
"Rude."
"What? Oh never mind. I need you to be quiet otherwise you might attract some dangerous creatures."
"What kind of dangerous creatures?" Charlie interjected sharply.
"Just what you'd expect, larger animals, things with claws and sharp teeth," a rustling sound came from the trees near their clearing and Gandalf paused. "Orcs and warg scouts." He continued with a frown. The wizard turned to look back at the dwarves. "If you'll excuse me, I need to talk to the hobbit."

Watching the wizard's retreating figure, Rayne turned to her friend. "Hey Charlie," she murmured. "Remember those 'Lord of the Rings' films we watched a few months ago?"
"The ones with Orlando Bloom and that guy from 'Sherlock' in them?"
"Yeah, those ones. You don't think they seem scarily similar to what we're going through now do you?"
"What? Like we were transported into their world or something? Don't be ridiculous Rayne, that's impossible."
"Well think about it, we found a group of dwarves with similar names, travelling with a hobbit and a wizard, and the wizard is called Gandalf."
"He said he wasn't that Gandalf."
"He said he wasn't 'you shall not pass' Gandalf. And he doesn't do that until way later."
"But the main character was a male hobbit."
"And his name was Bilbo. They have a female hobbit called Bilba. Seems a bit fishy doesn't it?"
"But... But Thorin is supposed to be good looking! This guy is hairy and dirty. He looks nothing like the actor from the movies."
"And Bilba is a girl. Apparently the movies got a few things wrong. I could be wrong though. Can you remember what happens next in the movie? If it happens here then I was right."
Charlie paled. "Rayne. The next thing to happen in the movie was an attack."

Gandalf was speaking to Radagast when the two girls ran up to them, panting and wide eyed.
"We need to leave now!" The taller girl demanded. "Seriously, like right now."
"What did you do?" Thorin demanded, narrowing his eyes at the duo.
"We didn't do anything," gasped Rayne. "But we have to leave. There's going to be an attack."
"What do you mean-" Thorin's sentence was interrupted by the shrill call of a warg scout.
The company tensed and shifted towards the sound. Rayne and Charlie slowly moved away from the group when a large beast burst from the bushes behind them.

The creature was hideous with dark fur, matted and tangled with blood. It had large yellowed fangs that extended from its upper lip, which was curled up in a snarl. Foul breath was released with every pant and it's narrowed eyes never left the frightened girls in front of it. The girls in question stared up at the beast with wide eyes. Frozen in place, the company looked on as the warg moved in on its two victims before two of them burst into action.

Stumbling back into a firm chest, Charlie turned to face her savior. A grim face looked back at her from beneath a large hat, the dwarf's arms tightening around her slightly before he released her in favor of grabbing his weapon. Charlie watched him join the dwarves attacking the large animal before quickly turning away, stomach churning. As she turned, Charlie caught sight of Rayne, leaning against the tallest dwarf and staring wide eyed at the fight in front of her. "I almost died," she murmured, "again."
Charlie felt her stomach drop. Rayne was right, they had almost died again, not even twenty-four hours after the trolls.

Backing away from the warg corpse, Thorin turned to see the angry face of the company's wizard.
"Who did you tell of your quest?!" Gandalf demanded.
"No one."
"Who did you tell?"
"No one I swear. What in Durin's name is going on?" Thorin paused and glared to the two girls, "you."
"Did you tell anyone?" Gandalf questioned the girls,
"Tell anyone what?" Charlie asked.
"About us! Our location, our quest, anything." Thorin snarled
"Oh yeah," Rayne jutted in. "I forgot to tell you that while the trolls had us, some orcs rocked up and we all stopped for afternoon tea and we told them all about this merry band of midget men we met and their mysterious quest we didn't actually know about, what do you think?"
"You dare mock me?"
Charlie desperately slapped a hand over Rayne's mouth, "No sir, not at all sir."

At that Radaghast interrupted the conversation. "You don't have time for this. Run, I'll give the wargs chase."
Gandalf turned to face his friend, "These are Bundaberg Wargs, they will outrun you."
"These are Rhosgobel Rabbits, I'd like to see them try."
Gandalf's face was grim, "be safe my friend."
At Gandalf's signal, the company left the strange wizard to take on the wargs on his own.

A/N: Hey guys, wow, only took us four months ^.^ Improvement?