An Escape to a New Reality (A Hobbit Fanfiction)

The Storm

Chapter 14

First I almost die because of the storm giants and now this. I don't mind roller coasters or water parks. Most of the times they're really fun because they don't hurt so much. Falling and sliding against somewhat smoothed rock was not fun and hurt like hell. As much as I wanted to keep my eyes closed, I couldn't. I tried to find something to grab ahold of, to stop myself, but there was nothing. We were going to fast and logistically, if I did grab onto part of the wall, I would end up hurting myself even more. The slide soon disappeared and I cried out as we fell closing my eyes. Letting out a grunt, I looked up to find myself on top of Kili. I opened my mouth to apologize but words escaped me. I wanted to kiss him so badly.

"Look out!" Snapping out of my trance, I turned to see a hoard of Goblins racing towards us. In a matter of seconds, we were all pulled up and forced into a line, shoving us down the path. Fighting back did no good as there were too many rushing towards us. It was chaos, pure chaos as they prodded at us and hurried us along. It felt like being in a crowd waiting for a store to open for Black Friday. The smell around us mixed with the sound of squealing and cries from the goblins was disgusting. Several times, the Goblins beside me would poke at my side, or shove me forward, making me trip up. The feeling of their hands on me was revolting.

"Keep up!" The goblin behind me shoved me into Kili. That's it! Spinning around I attempt to take a swing at the Goblin, when Fili pushed aside the Goblin and grabbed my hand. "Don't provoke them. Just keep moving." Fili turned me around holding me up so I wouldn't fall as we got shoved against Kili and Thorin.

The further down we went into the cave, the more narrow the path had become. The wooden planks we walked over were surprisingly sturdy for how decayed they appeared. Still being somewhat shielded by Fili, I kept moving forward, fighting the urge to shove the goblins off the side. The cheering and cries of the goblins echoed and rang loud as we reached what looked like the main cave. My mouth dropped at the sight before me. Goblins and torches everywhere. Along the walls of the cave, on bridges that hung above us. A gasp escaped from my throat as I saw skulls hanging on posts just in front of random entry ways. None were human, mostly animal skulls, but the sight was very disturbing none the less.

Fili pressed up against me as everyone was hurrying along. Leaning down I felt his hot breath on my ear. "Stay close and out of sight." I gave a quick nod, as I strained to see ahead of us. A large fat goblin sit in the center of the wooden maze. I thought he was gross to look at in the movie. The movie wasn't so bad in comparison to real life. The closer we got to him, though, my mind shifted from disgust to fear. The Great Goblin was a fitting name for the giant that awaited us. Sumo wrestlers wouldn't even stand a chance against him.

We were clustered together when we finally approached the giant goblin. Fili wrapped his arm around me, pulling me swiftly behind him as we watched the goblins surround us, taking away our weapons and throwing them in front of the king. With a thrust of his body, the goblin king all but fell off his chair, swuishing the four goblins that lay at his feet. I believe their job was to be a step stool for him. I knew that these were horrible creatures, but seeing them get squished like that I couldn't help but feel bad for them.

"Who would be so bold as to come armed in my kingdom?" I ducked behind Fili as the king scanned our group. "Spies? Thieves? Assassins?!" Really? Assassins? I'm pretty sure a group of assassins would be a little smarter than to make camp up in the cave we were at. "Dwarves, your malevolence." The goblin that lead the troops inched forward. "Dwarves?!"

"Found them on the front porch." The Great Goblin perked up at hearing this. "Well don't just stand there! Search them!" Boney hands patted us down, taking away anything they could find an destroying it. My heart was beating so fast as I tried to keep well hid behind Fili. At one point, I was pulled away from behind him but a quick grab of Fili's hand and thrust forward, I managed to glue myself back onto him. I turned my head against Fili's back to find Kili fighting off a goblin as it stripped away his sword and bow and arrows. Accepting that he couldn't stop the creature from its task, Kili let go and glared. Cautiously I reached out and touched his shoulder but the action only made him jump, ready to fight. Retracting my hand, our eyes meet. His eyes seemed to soften before they turned cold as he looked at his brother. Looking up at the back of Fili's head, my eyes widened. I hastily took a small step back, still aware that I needed to keep hidden. Kili only seemed to be more angry with me as I shook my head. "Kili it's not what you think. The goblin's were pulling me away and I -"