Bring On The Wonder[Thorin Oakenshield]

Chapter Seven: A Wizard, With A Crazy Idea

The dwarves on the split had been safely rescued. Bella wandered over by the fire pit, where the trolls had piled their weapons and found hers. Thorin had already gathered his sword and couple daggers and went to have a little chat with the wizard. "Where did you go to, if I may ask?" Thorin asked as he approached the wizard.

"To look ahead." The wizard declared, not giving any specifics.

"What brought you back?" The dwarf questioned, wondering if the wizard would at least give him a straight answer this time.

"Looking behind." Thorin huffed under his breath, he should have known better by now that he would never get a straight answer from this riddle speaking wizard. "Nasty business. Still, they're all in one piece."

"No thanks to your burglar." Thorin stated, recalling the trouble this hobbit had caused since he joined this company. He still didn't see if this halfling was all this wizard was making him out to be. The young woman, had earned his trust, that she could at least hold her own, but he still remained suspicious of who she really was.

"He had the nous to play for time." The wizard pressed.

"And let us not forget: that none of the rest of you thought of that." Bella interrupted, causing Thorin and Gandalf to look to their side to see the young woman sheathing her sword that she had picked up from the pile the trolls had made them make when they were first captured.

"He nearly got us killed." Thorin challenged, as he stepped over to Bella, who didn't find his demeanor at all intimidating what so ever.

"You're alive, aren't you!?" She barked back and then walked away. Leaving the Dwarf King muttering under his breath as he looked back at the wizard, somewhat annoyed that he had brought this woman amongst his company. Gandalf, rolled his eyes,wondering when these two would get over their issues they had with each other, as he looked over at the statues. These trolls had to have come from somewhere.

"They must have come down from the Ettenmoors." The wizard said calmly.

"Since when do mountain trolls venture this far South?" The leader wondered. Finding it quite odd as well.

"Not for an age. Not since a darker power ruled these lands." The wizards voice trailed off as his mind went somewhere else, remembering a time when darkness had nearly covered all of Middle-Earth but they had managed to defeat it.

"They could not have moved in daylight." Bella called out. "We should search the nearby area's for any sign of their hideout."

The dwarf raised an eyebrow at the wizard, this woman clearly liked to take charge and it was making his insides boil, but neither the less she did have a point, they should look around for where these nasty creatures could have been staying during the day. It wasn't long before they realized they were getting close, when a foul smell reached their noses, making it hard for most of them to breathe, without choking on the fumes that dwell in the unpleasant place that laid just before them.

Gandalf led a small group of dwarves - Thorin included, into the cave. Bella waited outside with the hobbit and the rest that did not wish to enter such a foul place. The woman glanced at the entrance when she heard the commotion that was coming out of it. From what she could make of it, they had found lots of gold coins; something dwarves couldn't resist, she assumed they were burying some away for later and she rolled her eyes at the thought. She could hear the wizard talking about weapons - two swords that were forged by the High Elves of the first age. That disturbing news would have disgusted the dwarf immediately. He hated anything that had to do with elves. The next thing Bella heard was Gandalf's overpowering voice shout at him, basically calling him a fool if he were to leave it behind.