12 months later
It is night in the present time, shortly after the first movie's ending. Bilbo peeks over some rocks on a high ledge and watches Azog and his Warg Scouts running along a ridgeline not far away, occasionally stopping to smell the air in their pursuit of the Company. Not finding anything, they continue on their way. Suddenly, Bilbo hears a snarl from the side and ducks behind the rocks. He peeks out and sees a large bear watching Azog from another pile of stones, snarling softly. Bilbo sneaks away. The camera zooms in toward the bear, and the bear roars.
Bilbo has made his way down the rocks to where the dwarves and Gandalf are waiting to hear Bilbo's spy report. Silveria is the first to greet him. "How close is the pack?" Dwalin says. "Too close. A couple of leagues, no more, but that is not the worst of it." Bilbo said and panted as he tried regaining his breath. Silveria had a comforting hand on his shoulder. "Have the Wargs picked up our scent?" Dwalin asked again.
"Not yet, but they will; we have another problem," Bilbo says but Gandalf intruso him. "Did they see you? They saw you!" Bilbo shakes his head. "No, that's not it." Gandalf smiles and turns to the dwarves. "What did I tell you? Quiet as a mouse. Excellent burglar material." The dwarves chuckle loudly in appreciation of Bilbo. Bilbo looks exasperated that no one is hearing him out. Silveria lets a loud growl, and the dwarves are silent. "I'm trying to tell you there is something else out there," Bilbo says.
The dwarves look worried. "What form did it take? Like a bear?" Gandalf says. "Ye..." Bilbo pauses and looks curiously at Gandalf. "Y- yes. But bigger, much bigger." Silveria walks over to Gandalf and whispers in his ear. "Is it him?" Gandalf nods, and Silveria sighs. "You knew about this beast?" Bofur asks them. Gandalf turns and walks a few steps away. "I say we double back." Bofur offers. "And be run down by a pack of Orcs," Thorin says.
"There is a house, it's not far from here, where we might take refuge," Gandalf says. "Whose house? Are they friend or foe?" Thorin says. Silveria shakes her head. "Neither. He will help us, or he will kill us." She says. The dwarves look at each other in dismay. "What choice do we have?" Throin says. A roar splits the night behind them; it is the bear.
"None." Gandalf states.
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The company is running through plains and across streams. "Come on!" Gandalf call. Silveria is a wolf and runs beside them. As the Company runs through a forest, Azog and his Orcs are racing through the woods too. Azog urges his party on. Both groups stop suddenly when an ear-splitting roar sounds nearby. "This way, quickly!" Gandalf says. As the dwarves panic and run, Bombur looks shocked until he is pulled along.
"Bombur, come on!" Bofur call. As they exit the forest, they spy a house surrounded by a hedge in the middle of a plain. "To the house! Run!"
The Company runs across the plain; Bombur, the fattest dwarf, outruns all the rest of them in his fear. They run through a gate in the hedge. Silveria halts as the others cross the gate. "Silveria!" The dwarves call. "Come on, get inside!" Gandalf says. They run to the front door of the house; it is closed. Bombur, who reaches the door first, throws himself against it but falls flat on his back when the door doesn't budge. The rest of the dwarves catch up and begin throwing themselves against the door, trying to open it. Gandalf looks back as a massive bear breaks out from the edge of the forest and runs toward them.
"Open the door!" Gandalf call, looking back at Silveria, who stands still as the bear rush toward them. Thorin, pushing through the dwarves pressed against the door, manages to raise the exterior bolt, opening the doors. The company locks the door as they are afraid that the bear will get them. But to their surprise, the bear doesn't even reach the exit. "What's going on?" Thorin says as he and the rest of the company hear voices. It's Silveria. They open the door gently and see Silveria is standing still.
