The Rebel (Thorin x OC)

Valauthiel

Author's Note: Hello Hobbit Fans! I'm going to keep updating until my story on here is all caught up! I hope you enjoy this chapter and forgive me for the grammar errors, hopefully this chapter will be easy to read. Enjoy this chapter guys! Also hopefully the media works, it's Richard Armitage, dressed as Thorin, laughing when he gets the key stuck in the keyhole from the Desolation of Smaug behind the scenes lmfao

Disclaimer: I do not own The Hobbit! All rights belong to J.R.R. Tolkien and Peter Jackson! Anything you notice from the books or the movies belong to those two fantastic people who bought Middle Earth to life!

I may have gotten some fighting styles wrong and the fight scenes a bit confusing...forgive me I'm a writer not a fighter lol. I tried my very best. =)

"Try it again Bilbo." I ordered, standing right behind the small hobbit.

"I've tried it a hundred times, Belle!" Bilbo huffed out. "I'm a hobbit, not a fighter...why would I need to learn how to aim with small daggers?"

"We have only been at this for a couple of hours. If we were to come across an unexpected enemy, I would feel a lot better if I knew you were able to defend yourself." I answered, handing him another dagger. "You may have been hired as just a burglar...but even burglars know how to defend themselves."

"I just got over my cold..." Bilbo mumbled, attempting to throw my dagger that I handed to him at my makeshift target, a tree trunk with a painted target in the middle...missing once more.

"This is the easiest training I can offer...it was either this or you train with Dwalin." I knelt to his level, motioning with my head toward the muscled dwarf sparring with the Durin princes, letting out a ferocious growl.

"Well...why daggers then?" Bilbo questioned in a huff, taking another from the row of daggers I had laid beside us. "Why can't I just throw rocks, I was quite good at them back at the Shire. Birds and squirrels would flee the moment I bent down to pick one up."

"Stun your enemy, giving you time to escape if needed. Or to distract your enemy if they are about to attack an ally." I answered, moving his head to focus on the target. "Using stones would only get you so far, it may not even faze an enemy of bigger size."

"I could just use my sword..." Bilbo mumbled, staring intently at the target in front of him.

"And what if your enemy is far away?" I questioned. "Let's say one of the company was occupied with an enemy, and another was coming up from behind. They do not notice but you do...and they may not give you a second glance if you were to throw a stone at them. What would you do with just your sword?"

"Throw it..." Bilbo grumbled.

"Then you will have lost your only weapon." I stated, crossing my arms across my chest. "An enemy would come up from behind and kill you."

"..." Bilbo hung his head and let out a big sigh.

I patted Bilbo on the head and went to retrieve the fallen daggers that missed their mark, returning to Bilbo's side and placing one in his hand.

"Try it again Bilbo...here I will show you again and just imitate my action." I stated, getting to my feet and dusting my pant legs.

"You are going to side stance to your target...left leg forward and your right leg is back" I said, standing exactly as I illustrated. "It is a follow through movement, while you take a step forward with your left, your arm is going to follow through...throwing your weapon of choice at your target."

I showed him the movement a couple times without actually throwing something, before I nodded, satisfied at his copy.

"Your stance is not your problem though Bilbo...it is your focus. You are not judging the distance correctly or putting any effort or strength in your throw." I sighed. "If an enemy is coming at you...you will not have time to think too long. Take too much time and you will have missed your chance and the enemy will have the upper hand. Instincts will take over to a point where you will not need to think and just do...it is hard to explain. The more you practice the easier it becomes to be able to nail your target every single time."