Moon

Chapter 15: Smaug

*Edited*

Moon reappeared the next day as though nothing had ever happened. As everyone began to climb into the boats she said,"I'm flying." Before launching into the sky.

She spiraled and twisted high above them. Diving down and taking various things before flying higher and dropping them on the dwarves heads. To say in the least, everyone was highly amused as they rowed across the lake.

Before anyone realized it, they were at the edge of the lake, and at the base of Dale. Moon remembered these ruins so clearly she was walking it with her eyes closed.

As they walked, Moon suddenly pulled Thorin aside and out of earshot of the others.

"Thorin, I have to warn you. If my eyes go red, run. Run from Erebor. Run as far away from me as you can get. If he gets a firm hold on me-" she shook her head, getting choked up.

"You're going to make it out fine, I promise. We all are."

"Pinky promise?" she whispered.

"Pinky promise," said Thorin, wrapping his pinky with hers.

She nodded, and they were soon at the base of Erebor.

"This way, this way up the mountain," she said cheerily, regaining her courage from Thorin, because, for some reason, he just had that effect on her.

"Okay, you guys, if I wasn't so exhausted I would just fly up there," panted Moon, practically crawling up the stone steps.

Finally, as the sun began to set, they reached the top.

"Thank you!" Moon said exasperatedly, lying flat on her stomach, occasionally flinching.

"Find it!" ordered Thorin. Ori was hitting the solid stone, searching for a hollow place while Dwalin was trying to smash it with his hammer.

"I can't hear with all your banging!" snapped Ori.

"Get back," Moon hissed, transforming into a dragon. She pushed against the wall with all her might before transforming back into a girl, stumbling slightly.

"I'm sorry. I tried," she whispered, looking down in shame of not being able to give him what he wanted.

"You could do nothing more," he told her softly, before a look of horror crossed his face as the sun went behind the hill.

"No! The last light of Durin's Day will shine upon the keyhole. That's what it says. What did we miss, Balin?" Thorin said, sadness and disappointment lacing every word. He shook his head, and the company began to go back down the mountain.

"I-I Thorin, please. Please come back," Moon whispered, stretching out her hand before pulling it back and looking down.

"Where are you all going? We can't give up now!" cried Bilbo. Moon sniffled, and slid down the wall with her head in her hands.

"The last light of Durin's day will shine upon the keyhole. Last light..... last light," he said, looking to the moon.

Realization dawned on Moon's face, and she leapt off the side of the mountain.

"GO BACK! LAST LIGHT! IT MEANT THE MOON!" she screamed in the company's faces before zooming back up to the top of the mountain.

"The key," Moon and Bilbo said at the same time. Bilbo hit it with his foot, and Moon gasped, but it was stopped by a foot. Which was attached to a leg. Which was attached to the rest of Thorin.

"Valar, I love you, Thorin," she said, kissing him passionately. He broke away with a goofy grin, and put the key into the small hole in the mountain.