A Dwarvish Company (Currently Editing)

Chapter Eighteen

Fili

As soon as I existed the cave I saw Des talking to Bilbo and Thorn and Galdalf talking. I searched for Kili and was going to start heading towards him when and man on a sled piled by rabbits came in screaming, causing me to jump. I heard Des giggle.

"Thieves! Fire! Murder!" The strange man screamed. When I got to Kili the both of us started to make fun him.

Gandalf spoke up, "Radagast! Radagast the Brown!" So this is the other wizard. "What on Earth are you doing here?"

Dessa

"I was looking for you Gandalf," Radagast said. I wasn't paying attention though. All of my though were focused on Fili and Kili.

Bilbo noticed this, poked my side, and said, "So which one do you fancy?"

It threw me off guard. Mostly because I do not have an answer. Not a proper one at least. It is true that I have gotten closer to Fili in the past few weeks, but I like Kili enough to want to be with him. And truly I don't know how I would feel about being "with someone" while on a voyage like this. "That is a difficult question Bilbo. I do not think I can choose."

Bilbo smiled slightly, "Well you better choose soon Iredessa because they both fancy you, that's for sure. And you wouldn't want to go hurting their feelings." I blushed slightly at this. I would have responded but Gandalf broke me from the conversation.

"Who did you tell?!" He shouted.

"No one I swear!" Thorin yelled back. "What in Durin's name is going on here?"

"You are being hunted," Gandalf said turning to look at all of the Company.

"We have to get out of here," Dwalin demanded

"We can't. We have no ponies. They all bolted."

"I'll draw them off," The Brown Wizard spoke once more.

Gandalf walked to the other wizard, "These are Gundabad Wargs. They will outrun you!"

"These are Rhosgabel Rabbits. I'd like to see them try."

As Radagast created a diversion with his sleigh of rabbits the company ran as fast as we could. I turn to look behind me quickly causing myself to almost trip. "Dess! Are you okay?" Kili asked offering his hand. I nodded, took it gladly, and ran with him to a rock which the rest of the dwarves were hiding under. An Orc mounted on a warg was perched on top of the rock. Thorin motioned with his head to Kili and Kili drew his bow and shot the warg down swiftly. However it caused the rest of the pack to locate us quickly.

The Wargs chased us to a clearing. I saw Galndalf duck behind some rocks. However before I could question it I saw a warg coming straight towards me. I unsheathed my new sword and plunged it into the beasts head.

"This way you fools!" Gandalf called to us . We all ran to the rocks and slid down into the cave. I heard Thorin call Kili and I thought he had died he took so long to enter the cave. As soon as he did however I ran to him and engulfed him in a hug.

Kili

Dess ran to me, wrapped her arms around me, and squeezed me rather tight. I slowly hugged her back. "I thought you dead!" She mumbled.

I stroked her hair. "It's okay. I'm alright," I cooed. I thought when Fili and Dess had almost kissed I had lost all of my chances with her, but this gives me hope. I will try to win her heart back.

Dess

Dwalin comes from the behind and announces (which made me jump and separate from the embrace, but Kili could tell I was still shaking and he wrapped his arm around my waist and pulled me close to him), "I can not see where the pathway leads! Do we follow it or no?"

Bofur responded, "Follow it of course!" It caused me to laugh slightly and then Kili and I followed the Company with his arm still wrapped around my waist.

When the path opens there is a small cliff. Being so short it was hard to see over the dwarves but the bit I did see was - "The Valley of Imraldis. In the Common Tongue, it's known by a another name," Gandalf interrupted my thoughts.

"Rivendell," I muttered though Kili heard me.