Hello Memnon45, here coming at you with another chapter of Middle Earth Shadow of Ferelden, now sit back relax and enjoy the story.

Ch.3 Troll Attack

Shiro was currently waiting outside Hobbiton with the thirteen dwarves and Gandalf. They were waiting for there new burglar, Gandalf and Shiro were sure Bilbo will appear the dwarves were not as convinced, so to pass the time Gandalf and Shiro made a wager, the dwarves agreed and wagered 20 coins each that Bilbo wouldn't show up, Gandalf and Shiro bet 260 coins that Bilbo would show up. After a while Bilbo did show up, running to catch up to the company with the contract in hand.

"Wait, wait." Bilbo shouted causing the company to halt in their tracts waiting for the hobbit to catch up. Bilbo finally caught up to them and stopped at the side of Balin.

"I signed it." Bilbo said and handed the contract to the old dwarf who took out a pair of spectacles to read it, Shiro chuckled at Balin, seeing that age hasn't made his sight any better.

"Everything appears to be in order, welcome Master Baggins to the company of Thorin Oakenshield." Balin welcomed the young hobbit as he put the contract away in a bag. The other dwarves start to chuckle except for Thorin.

"Give him a pony." Thorin said, Bilbo then turned to Thorin with a scared expression explaining there is no need for a pony and how far he walked. But it was for naught as dwarves picked him up and deposited him on a pony.

Bilbo who has obviously never ridden a pony before kept the rains up, Shiro trotted next to him and showed him the proper way to hold the reins. It didn't take long for Bilbo to get the hang of things but there is always room for improvement.

After a while the dwarves started tossing a coin purse down the line, which Bilbo was quick to notice, he turned to ask Gandalf what was going on.

"Whats that about?" Bilbo asked the wizard who kept his eyes straight as he answered the hobbit.

"Making wagers on whether you would turn up, they simply bet that you wouldn't." Gandalf answered the hobbit who looked at him. Shiro then caught a purse and deposited on a belt he then turned to the hobbit.

"I bet that you would, despite your lack of self-confidence the Took in you burns strong in your veins Master Baggins, I have met a few Took's that have done great things on the road even old Bull surprised me a few times." Shiro said to the hobbit. Bilbo then turned to Gandalf and asked his question.

"What did you think." Bilbo asked the old wizard, Gandalf didn't answer right away causing Shiro to chuckle at the wizard leading the poor hobbit on the belief that he didn't feel confident Bilbo would show up. Bilbo's answer came in the form of a purse tossed Gandalf's way who caught it with fluid precision despite his old age.

"My dear fellow, I never doubted you for a second." Gandalf said with a chuckle as he put the coin purse in a pouch hanging around his shoulders. Bilbo then sneezed using his hand to cover his mouth and nose.

"Oh, this horse hair, having a reaction." Bilbo said as he went through his pockets searching for something.

"Stop, stop we have to turn around." Bilbo said causing the company to turn to him and see what the problem was.

"What on earth is the matter?" Gandalf asked him, while Bilbo continued to search his pockets.

"I forgot my handkerchief." Bilbo said to the wizard. Causing Shiro to smack his own forehead not a good idea when you're wearing metal gauntlets. Shiro almost fell off his horse from the impact. Luckily no one was looking.

"Here, use this." Bofur said to the hobbit as he ripped a piece of his jacket off and tossed it to the hobbit, who caught it and held it like it was disease ridden which it probably was. The company started to laugh at the hobbits look.

"Move on." Thorin ordered as the company continued on their way. They passed out of the shire and more into wild land, not many people lived out this way and the only things seen out there were animals and traders traveling to one of the major cities.

"You'll have to manage without pocket handkerchiefs and a good many other things Bilbo Baggins, if you are to reach your journeys end. Gandalf said to Bilbo. "You are accustomed to the rolling hills and little rivers of the shire, home is behind you the world is ahead.

They traveled further through wild country and occasionally stopped for breaks, but these were to far in between for the hobbit, who started to miss his home. But Bilbo can say that the land is indeed beautiful. Finally, night came, and everyone was making camp, Thorin ordered one the dwarves to get a fire started, when the fire was started a few of the dwarves started preparing a small stew. Once everyone was fed a few of the dwarves settled down in there bed rolls, with Bombur making the most noise from his snoring. Shiro was a little way away keeping watch, his elven sight picking out anything that came to close so far it was only small animals. Gandalf leaned against a rock smoking his pipe.

His keen ears picked up a screeching noise, he loosened his sword in his scabbard knowing the sound of orcs anywhere. He hears Bilbo ask what the noise was.

"What was that?" Bilbo asked, Kili then turned to the hobbit.

"Orcs" Kili said with Bilbo repeating the name, snapping Thorin awake thinking that the creatures were near.

"Throat cutters, there will be dozens of them out there. The lowlands are crawling with them." Fili said to the now spooked hobbit and Kili picked up where his brother left off.

"They creep up in the wee hours when everyone is asleep. Quick and quiet no screams just lots of blood." Kili said further scaring the hobbit. The brothers then started to laugh but it was cut short by Thorin. "you Think that's funny?" Thorin asked a small glare on his face. "You think a night raid by orcs is a joke?" Thorin asked as he looked at his nephews.

"We didn't mean nothing by it." Kili said looking down ashamed, Shiro knowing Thorin is in one of his brooding moods when the memories came back went to his friend.

"No, you didn't." Thorin said to them. "You know nothing of the world." Thorin then went to the far cliff looking far but not seeing the land but the time when his grandfather and father led him and an army of dwarves to Moria.

"Don't mind him laddie, Thorin has more cause then most to hate orcs." Balin said to the young dwarves, Balin then told them about how the dwarves of the Lonely Mountain tried to retake Moria but the orcs got there first.

While Balin was telling his tale to the dwarves and Bilbo, Shiro went over to Thorin and stood by his side. Not saying anything but letting Thorin know his presence was there, the two have been through a lot since Moria, Shiro fought alongside the dwarves and fought by Thorin when he went up against Azog the Defiler.

"We shore have seen our share of orcs haven't we Thorin?" Shiro asked the dwarf, Thorin turned to the half elf and through his beard you can see a smile.

"Yes, we have my friend, you have shown yourself as a true friend of my people. Unlike the other members of your kin." Thorin said to Shiro, Shiro's smile dropped at that. When Thorin's kin lost the Lonely Mountain to Smaug and the elves of Mirkwood turned the dwarves away Thorin developed a hatred of the fair folk.

"Thorin you are going to have to let go of this hatred you have for elves, when you do reclaim the Lonely Mountain the elves of Mirkwood are going to be your neighbors." Shiro said to Thorin, Thorin had a scowl on his face at that, remembering how the elves didn't help in retaking the Lonely Mountain.

"Unlike you Shiro, the rest of your kin don't know the meaning of the word loyalty. It was you who chose to come and help my folk the rest of them hide in their forest." Thorin said with a sneer on his face. Thorin turned to return to the camp, but Shiro put his hand on his shoulder and turned Thorin to face him.

"I'm not saying forgive their inaction, I'm saying give them a chance like you did with me and don't immediately cast them aside my friend." Shiro said to Thorin who just looked at him and nodded.

When Shiro and Thorin returned to the camp, Balin's tale was finished and as Shiro and Thorin approached Bilbo asked a question.

"The Pale Orc, what happened to him?" Bilbo asked Balin but before the old dwarf Thorin answered.

"He slinked back into the hole from whence he came, that filth died of his wounds long ago." Thorin said angry at the mention of the orc that killed his grandfather. Shiro picked up where Thorin left off.

"I even took care of his only living son, Bolg. He was known for attacking my kin on the road with a band of orcs and when he found out about his father he attacked the home of Fili and Kili's mother. I was in the area and was able to drive them back and kill the orc." Shiro said, remembering how Fili and Kili came close to losing their mother. "But enough of this grim talk, let's all settle down and gets some sleep we have a long journey ahead of us." Shiro said and everyone settled down for the night.

The next day

This day turned out to be bad, it's raining, everyone's irritable and they were low on provisions. They continued there journey either way, Shiro knew that the rain wouldn't last long.

"Ere, Mr. Gandalf might you do something about this deluge?" Dori said irritated by the downpour, Gandalf who was in a similar mood replied to the dwarf.

"It is raining master dwarf, and it will continue to rain until the rain stops." Gandalf replied to Dori in an equally irritated tone. "If you wish to change the weather of the world, you should find yourself another wizard."

Shiro started to chuckle at the grey wizard, Gandalf always became irritated when he didn't have enough to eat and with the weather like it is he became even more irritated.

"Are there any?" Bilbo asked the grey wizard.

"What?" Gandalf asked to Bilbo's question.

"Other wizards?" Bilbo asked him.

"There are five of us, the leader of our order is Saruman the White, then there are the Blue wizards, I have quite forgotten their names." Gandalf said to the hobbit.

"And who's the fifth?" Bilbo asked noticing he left out one remaining wizard out.

"That would be Radaghast the Brown." Gandalf said to the hobbit.

"Is he a great wizard, or is he more like you?" Bilbo asked the wizard, Shiro then let out a snort of laughter at the hobbits question. Gandalf looked at the half elf and swung his staff at him but Shiro angled his horse out of the way and started to laugh at the wizard. Gandalf let out a huff and turned to the hobbit.

"I think he's a great wizard in his own way, a gentle soul who prefers the company of animals." Gandalf said to the hobbit. "He watches over the vast forest lands to the east and it's a good thing to, for evil will always try to find a foot hold in this land."

The companions continued on there journey, eventually the rain did stop and the sun shined down warming there spirits and there clothes from the downpour. Thorin pulled his horse up on hill and surrounding forest, with a ruined house.

"We shall camp here for the night, Fili and Kili look after the pony's make sure they don't stray to far." Thorin told his nephews, Shiro and Gandalf went to investigate the ruined farmhouse.

"A farmer and his family use to live here." Gandalf said to Shiro, Shiro investigated further into the house while he turned to Thorin. "I think it will be best if we move on, make for the hidden valley."

"I told you already, I will not go near that place." Thorin said to the dwarf, Shiro knew about the hidden valley and where it leads.

"And why not, the elves could help us." Gandalf tried to convince the stubborn dwarf. "We will get food, shelter, rest and we have a map that we can't read Lord Elrond can help us."

"Help, when the dragon attacked Erebor what help came from the elves." Thorin said to the wizard. "Orcs plunder Moria desecrating sacred halls the elves looked on and did nothing, you asked me to seek out the ones who betrayed my grandfather and my father."

"You are neither of them, I did not give you that map, key and ring so you can hold onto the past." Gandalf said to the dwarf.

"I didn't know they were yours to keep." Thorin said sharply to the wizard, Gandalf looked at Thorin before turning around and heading for his horse. Shiro who heard everything walked passed Thorin to his own horse.

"Shiro where are you going?" Thorin asked the half elf, Shiro turned to Thorin with a disappointed look upon his face.

"I am going to get him back and get away from a stubborn dwarf who is to spiteful to realize when he needs help." Shiro said to the dwarf and took off after the wizard leaving the dwarves and hobbit behind.

Shiro caught up to the wizard after a while, the sun was already setting at that point. Shiro angled his horse so he could get in front of the wizard's horse.

"Gandalf please forgive Thorin, I know he is stubborn and has a head full of rocks, but he didn't mean anything by it." Shiro said to the wizard, Gandalf looked at the half elf a smile forming on his face.

"He is truly lucky to have a friend like you Shiro, with your patience you would have made a great wizard." Gandalf said to him.

"Thank you, Gandalf, but where are you going?" Shiro asked the wizard.

"Looking ahead." Gandalf said to him, Shiro just looked at the wizard like he had taken leave of his sense but didn't question the ways of the wizard.

Shiro and Gandalf traveled further and came across a caravan that informed them of trolls that came down from the mountain. Shiro turned in his saddle and noticed the light of a fire, to big to be the dwarves camp fire, Shiro turned his horse around and kicked its flanks racing back to the camp to warn the dwarves.

Shiro arrived at the camp site to see it empty he looked around for any sign of the dwarves. His search led him to a path that judging by the tracks the dwarves took. He followed the camp that led to a huge fire. On a spit being turned by a troll was some of the dwarves, the others were in sacks off to one side along with Bilbo. Shiro saw Gandalf making his way through the rocks on the other side, so he decided to distract the trolls with a little pain. He strung his bow, drew three arrows and let fly.

The trolls let out yells of pain as arrows went into their knees, Shiro drew his sword and charged into the camp.

"I have to say Thorin I'm getting tired of bailing you out of trouble." Shiro said as he kept his back to the trolls.

"Don't go there Shiro, you know I bailed you out of tight spots as well. You remember that time I had to help you escape from that human woman's husband." Thorin said, Shiro was dancing around the troll's clumsy grabs.

"I thought we agreed not to talk about that, also your one to talk you I had to help you escape from that dwarf maidens father and her." Shiro said as he sliced the fingers of one of the trolls. Shiro dodged under the hands of another troll and sliced the back of his knee's. Gandalf who was in position saw that the sun was high in the sky. Shiro was blocking a knife which was big enough to be a cleaver being wielded by one of the trolls. Shiro was deflecting heavy strikes from the trolls, after deflecting one strike Shiro's sword was broken at the hilt and he was backhanded by the troll knocking him on his back.

"SHIRO!" Thorin shouted trying to get loose from the sack, Fili and Kili also trying to get loose to help there friend. The troll raised the big knife to bring down on the defenseless half elf. Gandalf then decided to make his presence known.

"The dawn will take you all." Gandalf shouted drawing the attention of the three trolls. The trolls then started to wonder who the wizard was with one asking if they can eat him. Gandalf then struck his staff on the rock splitting it so the sunlight can shine through. The trolls then turned to stone where they remained for the rest of there days.

The dwarves were released from the sacks and cut from the spit. Thorin as soon as he was loose ran to Shiro and helped him up.

"You came back." Thorin said to Shiro, Shiro smiled and clapped the dwarf on the shoulder.

"Don't be so surprised I knew you wouldn't last a second without me my friend." Shiro said sharing a laugh with his friend. The dwarves then gathered around Gandalf to ask where he went, the wizard responded with the same words he said to Shiro.

"But what brought you back" Thorin asked the wizard.

"Looking Behind." Gandalf said to the dwarf who gave a smirk. Thorin and Gandalf started to wonder why Mountain Trolls traveled that far south and Gandalf informed him they haven't done that for an age.

"Not since a dark power ruled these lands." Gandalf said, Shiro looked at Gandalf knowing who he was referring to. Thorin and Gandalf then realized that the trolls couldn't have moved around during the day and that they must have a cave nearby. The company spent a good portion of the day searching for the cave and didn't find it until the sun was high in the sky.

They eventually found the cave and entered it, Gandalf and Thorin found barrels filled with swords of different makes and shapes. Shiro went off by hisself further into the cave, feeling something pull at him. Shiro eventually found a small alcove on an altar was a sword, dagger and bow. The sword was of elven make with runes going across the cross guard and down the blade in a sheath showing the blade. The knife was curved into a sharp point with runes also on the cross guard and down the blade in a brown leather sheath. The bow was a dark blue with runes of dwarvish writing on it and the bow itself was of dwarvish make.

Shiro walked to the alter and discarded his empty sword sheath, dagger and bow. He strapped the new sword and dagger to his back and the bow was slung over his shoulder. When Shiro was done strapping the weapons to hisself, he noticed a small locked chest, he examined the lock and noticed it had a simple mechanism. Shiro took out a lock pick and started to pick a lock after a while the lock came off and Shiro opened the chest.

Inside the chest was a beautiful Mithril Hammer, with ancient elvish script along the head and handle. Shiro reached inside to pick up the hammer, but as he held it in his hands a light enveloped his hand and arm, Shiro screamed in pain. The pain was so intense Shiro didn't know he was falling and he didn't hear his companions calling his name, he was only aware of the darkness rising to envelop him in its sweet embrace.

Ok guys that's chapter three of this story. I hope you guys enjoy and I am glad to be back doing this for you guys. Oh, and Stigma13 the one who gave me the challenge to make this story has a Percy Jackson/Darksiders story challenge and if there is anyone that wants to take it PM him for details. Ok Peace Guys.