A Priestess For Middle Earth

Chapter 19 The Spiders And Elves Of Mirkwood

BOLD LETTER ARE THE SPIDERS TALKING

Kagome and the others followed Thorin into Mirkwood Forest. An uneasy feeling came over Kagome the minute she set one foot into the forest. She agreed with Bilbo the forest was sick and she couldn't wait to get the heck out. There was something else about the forest. It kept trying to enter her mind and confuse her or more accurately drug her. But it was unsuccessful, her spiritual powers would burn off any other spells that may be cast in the air. So of everyone in the Company Kagome felt just fine. She decided to keep closer to Thorin just in case.

Thorin was completely lost though he pretended not to be. With the fog that had envaded his brain he could hardly tell which way was up or down. The mist in the forest was affecting him greatly. Kagome walks up to stand next to him. She can feel his frustration and confusion. Cautiously she reaches out and intertwines her fingers with his. The minute she does the fog in his brain clears. He looks down at their entertwined fingers, then into those beautiful blue eyes.

"Thank you, my love." Kagome gives Thorin a loving smile but when she looks up lets out a shriek of terror. Quickly making their decent from the trees is a horde of the biggest spiders she has ever seen, probably bigger than Naraku, probably.

"S-spider!" Kagome screams pointing up while shaking like a leaf. Thorin has never seen her so terrified.

"I hate spiders!" She immedietely drew her bow and putting as much spirtual power as she could into it shot it into the horde of descending spiders. The force was so strong that it turned the spiders to ash, lighting their webs on fire but also clearing the air of its foul magic. All the dwarves shook the fog out of their head.

"Arm yourself we're being attacked!" Yelled Thorin. The dwarves formed a circle once again pushing Kagome and Bilbo in the middle. Once again Thorin stood directly in front of his love. Over his dead body was anyone touching her.

"From which direction Thorin are we being attacked?" Yelled Dwalin.

"From above, giant spiders." At the mention of spiders he heard Kagome whimper in fear. It gripped at his heart. His priestess had alway been the brave one even in the face of Azog. To see her now like this caused his heart to ache.

Thorin was brought out of his thoughts when Kagome gave a shriek as the spiders began to land all around them.

"Close ranks!" Thorin yelled that when the spiders attacked simultaneously. Slowly the spiders attacks had the dwarves breaking ranks trying to fight them off, exposing Bilbo and Kagome to the threat.

"Bilbo put that ring on and hide. Don't come out until its safe." Kagome whispered to him. Bilbo nodded and vanished.

'Come on girl get a grip! You've fought worse youkai than this for Kami's sake! If I don't do something soon we'll all die.' Kagome took a calming breath picked up her bow and adding her spirtual power to each shot began to turn the spiders to ash. The dwarves cheered but continued on fight as did Kagome. Suddenly she heard a scream, she instantly knew who it was.

"Kili!" She followed the voice and saw that a spider had pounced on him from above. She wasn't going to make in time before he got stung so instead she threw up a barrier between Kili and the spider causing the spider to flying backwards. The dwarves each grabbed by its legs and ripped it apart. Kagome could only grimace. Unbeknownst to her a spider had stealthily slid down behind her. She let out a gasp as the spider stung her in the back. Thorin turned when he heard this effectively seeing his One crumple to the ground only to be pick up by the spider and was being cacoon in webbing.

"Kagome, no!" Thorin ran toward the spider trying to kill it before it got away. The rest of the company joined in the pursuit. But soon other spiders landed behind each dwarf effectvely stinging them and wrapping them in silk cacoon. It took two to subdue Thorin, one to distract him and the other to sting him and encase him. The whole time he screamed for his One until the poision rendered him unconscious.