The Girl Who Believed (A Hobbit Fanfiction)

The Red Jewel

*Molly's POV*

My body floats under the icy water aimlessly. Ever muscle and fiber in my body ceased to even exist in this moment. Truthfully it feels as if I may already be dead. I can feel the cold water surrounding me. My lungs are almost crushed from Smaug's grasp and my body refuses to move, and I refuse to breathe in. As my eyes remain closed I can hear Azog's voice "He's not your little hero..." I can see Thorin wielding his sword and seeing him saving me each time he did on this journey. The time the warg and Orc was on the rock. Thorin holding me to his chest and his protective arm around me. The feeling of his warm embrace. I see him hugging me on the rock. I feel his gentle hands rub my cheek and see his smile. Then I remember the company and how they all came to my aid after the trolls had captured me. 

"None of them are..." I hear the voice again. My mind runs through our adventure so far and those moments where we bonded and became friends. Now I have friends who care for me just as I did them. Right now they can't help me. Even if they wanted to they can't. I have to help myself for once. And right now, I need to wake up. 

I can feel myself fighting. Trying to open my eyes. Trying to start swimming, but another voice calls out. 

"Molly...?" 

Slowly my eyes open and I'm standing in a beautiful garden. Around me are dozens of misty mountain flowers and roses as white as snow. My eyes look up and I see Thorin standing there. He wears his low cut v-neck shirt, black pants, and boots. His hair is brushed back neatly and his braids seem redone. 

"Thorin....?" I whisper as we walk closer "What are we-how did I get here?" 

He smiles "I don't know, but it doesn't matter. What matters is that you and I are both here, and were together." 

He reaches up and caresses my cheek lightly and I blush forming a small smile on my face. I look up at him and he smiles as he stares back at me. I feel a little dizzy and blink a few times. My heart beats wildly in my chest like it's fighting to keep going. My mind tells me to leave this place. As I begin to back away Thorin grabs me "No, wait, please don't go. I don't want you to go. I love you!" he says holding my hand. I look at his sorrowful eyes and then realize something. I shake my head "Your not real...your not in love with me. No, your not here. You are far away in Erebor. I will get to you, but you have to let me go first." I yank away from Thorin running and then everything fades as I'm popping through the surface of the water. 

I gasp coughing and choking on water. The pain of my broken ribs is intense but I fight through it to make it to shore. I look around to see people in the water pulling out bodies onto the beach. Sucking in deep gasps of air I begin swimming towards the land. As I get closer I swim past burned and dead bodies floating face down. 

Once I reach the shore I kneel in only a few inches of water. My arms shake and I see my own drops of blood dripping into the water. Smaug's claws scratched almost completely around my torso. My eyes stare widely to my reflection in the water while my mind reels through the nights events. This is all too real but seems like on giant nightmare. 

"Molly?!" I hear someone call. 

I look up seeing Fili and Bofur running towards me. 

"Guys..." I croak out relieved. Bofur kneels in front of me and I straighten up wrapping my arms around his neck. He hugs me around the middle and I cry out pulling back holding the left side of my ribs. 

"Your injured." he states worriedly.  Ignoring the sound of his voice everything seems to go in slow motion. Dazed I am completely unaware of Bofur or Fili's voices as they try to shake me awake. I look around at everyone. I see the bodies dragged out of the water. The crying and screaming for the ones lost.  My eyes then settle on a little girl shaking her mother's dead body with tears streaming down her cheeks as she calls her name.  My lip trembles as things speed up to normal and Fili shakes me "Molly? Molly!" he calls.