The Hobbit: Book One

Chapter Four

(In case you forgot lol italics is elvish and underline is dwarvish)
We woke up very early and at this moment I'm by Mithren, getting her ready for this journey. "Hope you had good rest Mithren"  I sigh. "Ah there you are lady Aoibheann" I turn around seeing Gandalf, I smile "hello Gandalf" "Thorin wishes to leave soon" I smirk "thank you Gandalf" he nods his head and leaves back inside. I finish saddling Mithren, right on time too because the company cones walking out ready to go. "Come we can't waste any daylight" I hear Thorin. I roll my eyes and hop onto Mithren, we then start our journey.

Moving more along two of the dwarves introduced themselves as Fili and Kili, they seemed like the only ones to really warm up to me, the others were skeptical. They also told me the names of the others, Ori, Nori, Dori, Bifur, Bofur, Gloin, Oin, Dwalin and Bombur. Otherwise I knew the rest, which was Balin and Thorin. "Why warm up to me so fast?" I ask looking at them, I could see them shrug "you're young, that must be why" I could see Kili nod in understanding. Then I heard a tiny voice in the distance "Wait, Wait!" I smile. Bilbo. We all stop and Bilbo runs up to Balin as Kili and Fili ride up ahead more. "I signed it!" He exclaims a little happy. Balin takes out a pair of glasses and puts them on looking at the contract "Everything appears to be in order. Welcome, Master Baggins, to the company of Thorin Oakenshield" the dwarves cheer and Thorin looked a little....unimpressed. I sigh you can't make anyone happy nowadays "Give him a pony" Bilbo looks up alarmed as everyone rides forward slowly. Bilbo starts complaining until Fili and Kili pick him up and put him on a pony, I smile.

I look at Bilbo as he rides along side with Gandalf, then I hear the dwarves "Come on, Nori, pay up. Go on" a coin sack gets tossed to Oin. I smile, I ride up along side with Bilbo "What's that about?" Gandalf speaks up "oh, they took wagers on whether or not you'd turn up. Most of them bet you wouldn't" Bilbo looks at me and Gandalf. "What did you two think?" Gandalf looks at me then to Bilbo, "Lady Aoibheann" I look up just in time to see a sack being thrown towards me, I catch it and put it in my satchel "Hmmm" I hear Gandalf. I look at him and a sack of gold gets thrown to him. "My dear fellow, I never doubted you for a second" Gandalf says. I smile, I could tell he never did. Bilbo sneezes causing me to look at him "ohh. All this horse hair, I'm having a reaction" Bilbo reaches in his pocket searching for something, by the look on his face I could tell it wasn't there "No, no, wait, wait, stop! Stop! We have to turn around!" Bilbo hollers. The company stops and complain "what on earth is the matter" Gandalf exclaims looking at him "I forgot my handkerchief" I giggle slightly. I see Bofur strip off a piece of his clothing and tosses it to Bilbo "here! Use this" he looks at it in disgust "Move on!" The company start moving again, I ride up next to Bilbo and throw the cloth into a satchel on my horse and hand Bilbo a hankerchief "oh, thank you m'lady" I smile and nod at him.

Gandalf explains how Bilbo will have to deal without handkerchiefs and the world is ahead. I look ahead and I noticed we were stopping by a mountain, I stop Mithren and unmount her tying her to a tree nearby, the company doing the same. I was awake along with Bilbo, Kili and Fili, the rest were asleep. I see Bilbo walk over to his pony a apple in hand, he looks around to make sure no one is looking, I hear him speak "Hello, girl. That's a good girl. It's our little secret, Myrtle; you must tell no one. Sh, sh." I smile and look down at the fire. I heard a scream I'm guessing Bilbo did too because he runs over to Kili, Fili and I "what was that?" He asks. "Orcs" Kili says. Another scream happens and Thorin shoots up at the word orcs "orcs?" Asks Bilbo. "Throat-cutters. There'll be dozens of them out there. The lowlands are crawling with them" Fili says "they strike in wee small hours, when everyone's asleep. Quick and quiet; no screams, just lots of blood" Kili pipes after his brother. Bilbo looks away frightened, I glare at the brothers, they start chuckling "you think that's funny? You think a night raid by orcs is a joke?" Thorin scolds them "we didn't mean anything by it" Kili says. I look towards Thorin "No, you didn't, you know nothing of the world" Thorin says, walking towards the edge of the cliff and looking out. Balin then starts a story about how Thorin faces the pale orc, me having a very short attention span, I blocked out most of it.

When I finally started paying attention all the dwarves were looking at Thorin. Thorin turns around "but the pale orc? What happened to him?" Bilbo asks. "He slunk back into the whence he came. That filth died of his wounds long ago" Thorin says walking forward. We soon all settled down and I was next to Gandalf "Gandalf, where do you plan to lead them" I ask looking at him. He only smiles and simply says "a place you know all too well" I smile now curious. I know a lot of places Mirkwood, Rivendell and my old home. The only places I knew were those. Mirkwood was never a fancy of mine, only because of the king. He possibly still holds a grudge on me since I stole from him once. I sigh and lean against the rock and soon fall asleep.

I wake up and notice the company gone, I groan and Hurty and jump on Mithren "hurry pick up their trail" I say to her. She starts with a trot which picks up into a gallop. I see the company after it start raining, I urge Mithren to go faster and she does. I eventually catch up and I stop to a trot next to Gandalf "how come no one woke me?" I ask him "The dwarves insisted we left, I tried waking you my dear, you wouldn't budge" I smile at him, at least he tried. "Here, Mr. Gandalf, can't you do something about this deluge?" Dori asks. I look back at him and chuckle, of course I was soaking too but watching them was funny. "It is raining-" I stopped listening and I put Mithren into a gallop.

I got so far ahead it stopped raining and I approached at a old house. I unmount Mithren and I tell her "go, don't come back till I say" She then gallops away. I walk away from the house not to far, but far enough away. I jump up a tree and sit on a branch, and wait until the dwarves, a wizard, and a hobbit show up.

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We are progressing forward!! Thank you for joining me on this journey!

~A.C.~