Differently *Fem!Bilbo/Thorin Oakenshield*

Chapter 7: Riddles

We left at daybreak as I expected. I was lagging behind everyone else and trying to keep up.

"Miss Baggins, I suggest you keep up." Thorin almost growled at me. "We're entering the wild." He said and we kept walking. After what happened the night before I was so confused by his words but knew we had to move quickly. The mountains got steep and soon it began to storm. The wind and rain was pounding on us as the thunder roared in the background. "Everyone be careful!" Thorin shouted.

"This is no thunder storm!" Balin observed. "This is a thunder battle!" Then I saw them two stone giants throwing rocks at one another. Kili almost fell and then as he was up I fell trying desperately to grab my footing. 

"Where's Bella?"I heard Bofur say and then they all looked down to see me dangling. 

"Bella!" I heard Balin shout and then Thorin climbed down and grabbed me. He threw me back up towards the cave we found for shelter.  "There, I thought we lost our burglar." Balin said and I smiled, that was until Thorin spoke up.

"She's been lost ever since she left home! She has no right being here!" Thorin said and while tears threatened to fall I decided that I would not cry in front of him. We all laid down to sleep as Bofur took first watch. When I was sure he had accidentally fallen asleep I grabbed my things and began for the entrance of the cave.

"And where do you think you're going?" Bofur asked, waking up.

"I'm leaving, I'm going to go back to Rivendell." I replied.

"Don't leave, we need you." 

"Thorin was right Bofur, I don't belong here, I'm a stupid little girl, with stupid dreams who never learns." Tears began to run down my face. 

"He's wrong, he feels something for you. I know it, and I understand that you miss your home."

"No you don't understand, none of you understand you don't have a home." As soon as I said it I regretted it. "Bofur I'm so sorry I didn't mean it. And as for Thorin, I was a fool for thinking that he felt something for me. Goodbye Bofur." 

"Goodbye Bella, I wish you all the luck in the world." He said and then looked down at my sword. It was glowing blue which meant goblins. The floor suddenly was coming loose. 

"Everyone UP!" Thorin exclaimed but it was too late, we fell through the hole and into a city of goblins. I was able to slip away but fell again and into a deeper hole. The goblin that fell with me was dragged away. And then I heard an eery voice. 

“Yes. Yes. Yes! Yes! Gollum. Gollum.” The creature said it was odd, small, and skinny, wearing nothing but a greasy loincloth. “Nasty goblinses. Better than old bones, Precious; better than nothing.”

“Too many boneses, Precious! Nothing of flesh!” The creature said in a different voice.

“Shut up! Get its skin off. Start with its head.”

“The cold hard lands, they bites our hands, they gnaws our feet. The rocks and stones, they’re like old bones, all bare of meat. Cold as death, they have no breath, it’s good to eat!”

“Bless us  and splash us, Precious! That’s a meaty mouthful. Aaahh. Gollum. Gollum. Ack” I approached the small slimy creature keeping my sword out in front of me.

"Back!" I cried." Stay back! I'm warning you don't come any closer."

“It’s got an elvish blade, but it’s not an Elfs. Not an Elfs, no. What is it, Precious? What is it?”He asked.

"My name is Belladonna Baggins." 

“Bagginses? What is a Bagginses, Precious?”

“I’m a Hobbit from the Shire.”