Dungeons Deep

Dwarves and a Hobbit

Hey, Wattpad! I've decided to update as much as I can on this story at the moment since it's so busy at school. By the way, if you didn't know APOV just means 'Amariel's Point Of View'. This has been a really hard chapter to write as so much happens! I've had to rewrite it a couple of times, so I really hope you guys like it. Remember to rate and review, thanks! Well, here it is the second chapter of Dungeons Deep!

Disclaimer: I do not own The Hobbit or any of the characters, only Amariel and insignificant others.

Chapter Two: Dwarves and a Hobbit

APOV

The morning was as assured as the tides and just as unstoppable. Amariel needed a few more hours of blackness. Not to sleep, no, but to prepare, to pour her thoughts out and try to organise them again. The dawn light played on her face, making it hard to concentrate. Soon Amariel would be on her way to Erebor with a company of Dwarves, not something she intended to do, but something that happened nonetheless. The She-elf turned her head stiffly toward the window and saw that the twilight had melted away, and a majestic sunrise replaced it. A red-orange glow seeped over the horizon as if the light itself was being poured from a molten sun. Powerful rays flooded over the landscape lighting every blade of grass, and attempted to dry up the beads of water on every leaf. The few clouds that swam through the pink and tangerine-coloured sky were almost transparent and seemed to stretch on for miles. Yawning, Amariel sat up in her bed and rubbed her eyes, trying to fully wake herself up. Slowly, she got up and made her way toward the table, picking up the contract as she did. When she had reached her destination she made herself as comfortable as she could and reread the parchment over and over again, letting it sink in that she truly was on a quest to reclaim Erebor for Thorin Oakenshield. An hour or so later, Amariel had two apples freshly picked from the tree for breakfast, and then started to pack for her journey. In truth, there wasn't that much to pack at all because she didn't have chests of priceless properties or antiques; so she was used to travelling light. Amariel wrapped a few apples and lembas bread inside a brown paper bag, folded up a spare dress and stuffed it at the bottom of her satchel, and rolled up her frayed blanket and put it at the top. Once she had buckled her satchel and rechecked that she had everything, she slipped the contract into her breast-pocket, and walked out of her front door for, perhaps, the last time.

She closed the door and the gazed in the direction of the sun shining its warm golden light over the forest. It seemed to Amariel that the entire landscape was glowing under the warmth of the morning, and the dew was still plainly visible on all the grass blades nearby. She stared at her homely cottage and took in every detail she possibly could so to always remember it, even if she might never return. Taking in a big breath of courage, Amariel drew her eyes away from her home and stepped into the dense forest that was beckoning to her. However, not even a minute after she walked into it, that she realised she had no-idea where she was going. Mithrandir had never told her the exact place of where they would next meet; did he forget? Amariel shook her head at the question, her friend wasn't someone to forget to share important information, no, he must said something! Irritated, the elf sat down on a tree stump and racked her brains for some sort of clue of her destination. But nothing popped into her mind. She stood up, kicked a pine cone in frustration, and watched as it rebounded off a twisted, hickory-coloured tree. Again, she spotted another pine cone and was about to throw it at something when a mark on the previous twisted tree caught her eye; it was what looked like an ancient Dwarvish rune, glowing a powerful blue. Hope hammered in her chest at the sight of the rune, Mithrandir must of left it there and that meant... she spotted the same blue rune on another tree a dozen meters from herself; the wizard had made a trail and she was meant to follow it!