UPDATE:

Dark Side of the Moon is now up to date with this story! For anyone who's been waiting just for the new stuff, feel free to skip to Chapter Thirty Nine of Dark Side. I feel significantly happier with the way the sequel is working now, and for anyone who doesn't want to read through what they've read here again (fair enough) I'll list major changes below:

· Thorin, Dwalin, and Dwalin's family remained in Erebor, and have been among those trying to contact Bilbo to warn him about the riders

· The older hobbits of Erebor (Esme, Saradoc, Paladin and Ellie) stayed in the Shire along with Pearl to try and hide Orla, Ola and Bodin (Bombur's kids) in the safety of Hobbiton.

· Glóin set out from Erebor with Lani the wolf to try and find out why Erebor's messengers aren't coming back and where on earth Bilbo is – so far they have found evidence of orc activity in the Misty Mountains.

· As it stands, the fellowship is exactly the same (Frodo, Sam, Merry, Pippin, Nelly, Bróin, Gimli, Legolas, Boromir, Aragorn)

· Bilbo, Dís, Fíli, Kíli, Bragi, Ehren, Bofur and Nori are aiming to take the High Pass and get back to Erebor, so they're the other main group.

· After the battle of the mines, Bofin was taken by Bifur, Ori and the elves back to Rivendell, so it was very similar to how it went down here.

I think those are about the most important things, so yeah, please feel free to hop on over to Dark Side of the Moon. If you have any questions after reading Chapters 39 and 40, but don't have time and/or inclination to read the rest, please just drop me a review or a PM, and I'll let you know. Thanks for your patience guys, take care!