Chapter Fifteen

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by AmandaCrabill

by AmandaCrabill

Nobody's POV:

Bilbo tried to run through the mounds gold, when suddenly he discovered a bright and shiny object. Bilbo knelt before it, and he picked it up. I found it! I found the Arkenstone! Bilbo thought with excitement. Bilbo had decided not to give it to Thorin just yet, as he ran back towards the Company. No soon as he was about to approach the Company, he saw Thorin standing before him. Bilbo took notice there was something different about the Dwarf, as he could tell by the look in his eyes. "Thorin, we need to get out of here! Now! The Dragon has woken!" panted Bilbo. "The Arkenstone! Where is it?" asked Thorin, icily. "I--don't have it!" Bilbo lied. Suddenly, to Bilbo's shock and horror, Thorin picked up a sword and pointed it at the Hobbit, just as the Hobbit was about to move. "Thorin, we really need to go!" protested Bilbo.

"You all shall BURN!" bellowed Smaug, in the background. "RUN!" shouted Thorin to the rest of the Company. "To the Gallery of Kings!" Thorin shouted. While everyone ran, Thorin noticed there was someone missing from the group. "STOP!" Thorin shouted. "What? What are you doing, lad?! We got a dragon moving about! We need to keep going!!" shouted Thrain. "Madison is missing! She's not with us! Has anyone seen her?" asked Thorin. And there was still and intense silence. "Somebody answer me now! Have any of you saw Madison?!" barked Thorin, angrily. "I--I--was the one that saw her last, Thorin!" spoke up Bilbo. "Well? Where is she?!" demanded Thorin, impatiently. "She's--well, I hate to be the one to say this--but she's fighting Smaug!" said Bilbo gravely. "WHAT! YOU LIE, YOU LITTLE FILTH!!" bellowed Thorin, his voice echoing throughout the Mountain. "Lad, I'm afraid Bilbo isn't lying! LOOK!" exclaimed Dwalin, and he pointed towards to where Smaug and another Dragon is fighting. "SHIT!" screamed Thorin, as he attempted to charge towards the fighting dragons. But it was Dwalin whom stopped him.

"Let them fight--Maybe Madison has a reason why she's doing what she's doing!" said Dwalin. "She has gone mad, Dwalin!! She's going to get herself KILLED!!" bellowed Thorin. "Thorin's right--she shouldn't be doing this--the last time she turned into a dragon, it weakened her tremendously!" said Balin. "What are we going to do now?!" asked Nori. "We're going to watch how this battle is going to end!" said Balin. "I have a feeling it's not going to end well!" grumbled Gloin. And so they sat and watched the Dragon duel. Suddenly Madison flew outside the exit, shortly followed by Smaug, as they were heading towards Lake Town. Suddenly Smaug took his paw, as he struck her, and after that, he laughed. "You just fell into my trap, little one! It's time to tear Lake Town into shreds!!" roared Smaug, as he flew away from her. "I am Fire! I am Death!!" shouted Smaug, as he bolted towards Lake Town.

"To hell you're not! Not unless I have a say in it, Snake!!" Madison shouted, as she followed the Red/Gold Dragon into Lake Town.

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Lake Town

Sadie's POV:

After the Company had left, a lot had happened after their departure. The town had been raided by orcs, lead by Bolg, Azog's son. Luckily Legolas and Tauriel came and fought off the orcs, with the help of Fili and Bofur. Myself, Oin and Alexandra had been busy tending to Kili, who's condition had worsened. With all of us tired from the work, we sat down,. "We're so tired. We need a more experienced Healer to do this, it's far out of our control now!" said Alexandra sadly. "Alex, our best healer is with Thorin and the others!" I said, gravely. Suddenly, Tauriel enters the guest home. "Maybe I can help!" spoke up the Elf Captain. I smiled. As I remembered, all elves are very skilled healers, and elven healing would be best for Kili's condition. "Please help him, Captain! Oin, my sister and myself we done everything, and nothing is working!" I said. "Bofur, do you have the kingsfoil that I've sent for you to get?" asked Oin. "Yes, I have it's right here!" said Bofur, and he handed over the plant to Tauriel.

Tauriel instructed us to get the things we needed so Tauriel could begin her healing ritual on Kili. Once everything she needed is in place, the Elf Captain began her ritual, by placing her hands on Kili's stomach. All of us watched in amazement, as Tauriel began to glow. I smiled. My sister was also a skilled healer, who's powers have matched Tauriel's, which delighted me when we saw Tauriel enter the guest home. An hour had passed, Kili regained his strength, as Kili began speaking beautiful words to the Elf Captain, as Alexandra, Fili and I tried to restrain ourselves from laughing at him, which was quite difficult too. Two hours later, we sat and talked and discussed plans of returning to the Mountain, when suddenly, Bain, Bard's son bolted into the guest home. "Dragons! There are two of them! They're coming this way!" cried out Bard. "Dragons? What do you mean there's two of them? I thought there were only one!" Alexandra exclaimed.

"There other dragon is solid black, and it was trying to fight Smaug!" said Bain. When Bain mentioned the said black dragon, my heart stopped. And I knew who the Black dragon is--Madison! "Oh no, Maddie! Why did you have gone and do that for?!" I cried out loudly. "We need to catch up with them now!" shouted Alexandra. "Come! I'll lead all of you to the boats!" said Tauriel. Fili assists Kili up, as we followed Tauriel outside the guest home. Suddenly we ran into Bain, Tilda and Sigrid. "Where is your father?" asked Tauriel. "The Master, he's imprisoned him!" wailed Tilda. "Well that's just Great! Who will Kill Smaug?!" shouted Alexandra. "Alexandra, have you forgotten that Madison is up there fighting him right now?!" I snapped at Alex. "She shouldn't be doing this! She'll get herself killed!" wailed Alexandra. As we climbed into the boat and floated down the lake, I could see Madison and Smaug still involved in their duel.

"We should call out of her, Sadie!" hissed Alexandra. "What?! Have you lost your mind, Alex?! If we do that, that means Smaug will see us and get us killed!" I argued. "You have a point there, sis!" said Alexandra quietly. Suddenly, we could see Bard, now already free from captivity, climbing up the watch tower. "There's Bard! We must tell him the other dragon is Madison!" snapped Alexandra. "Bofur! Dock the boat! I have to speak to Bard!" I demanded to the dwarf. Bofur nodded, as we docked the boat, and I climbed out, as I raced towards the watch tower, and began to climb, followed by Fili. By the time we reached to the top, I approached Bard. "Miss Van Buren! What are you doing up here? Aren't you suppose to be with the dwarves?" asked the Bowman, sharply. "Bard, there is something I have to tell you and show you! As you can see there are two dragons in the sky right now!" I began. "Yes, I can see that there are two--the red one is Smaug--but who is the Black One?" said Bard. "The Black One is my sister, Bard. We're witches, if you must know, and we have a variety of magic, including healing and skin changing!" I explained to Bard.

And there was a brief silence between us, as Bard stood in deep thought. "I have an idea, Miss Van Buren! Try and convince your sister to guide Smaug towards my direction!" Bard said. I nodded, and I climbed to the very top of the tower. "MADISON!! Over here!!" I cried out. Madison looked down at me, and she flew towards me. "Sadie, what are you doing? Get down from there!" snapped Madison. "I'm not climbing down until you do something for me first!" I said, sharply. "Well? What is it?!" Madison said, impatiently. "Try and guide Smaug towards Bard. And make sure his Hallow spot is where Bard can get to!" I said. Madison nodded, and she flew back towards Smaug, as I climbed down and told Bard that Madison is going to bring Smaug towards him.

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Nobody's POV:

Meanwhile, in the sky, Smaug had caught on to the Van Buren's plan, and it angered the Dragon even more. "You ALL SHALL DIE! Beginning with you, Little One!!" bellowed the red/gold dragon. Suddenly as Smaug flew towards Bard, he saw Madison nearby, and first he struck her with his paw, and then he bit her in the neck. Madison screamed, as she fell into the Lake. "MADISON!" Alexandra and Sadie screamed. The two sisters bolted towards the Lake. Sadie informed the dwarves that Madison had fell in the lake. "I'll swim after her!" said Fili, quickly. And the blonde dwarf dove into the Lake, where he found Madison, back in human form floating above the water, unconscious. Suddenly, they looked up into the sky, as they saw Bard's black arrow struck Smaug, as the dragon roared in pain, and he crashed into the Lake and is seen no more.

Fili reached the shore, with Madison in his arms. "She is very badly hurt! We must get to the Mountain at once! I will carry her!" said Fili, firmly. And so they climbed back into the boat, as they begin their journey to the Lonely Mountain.