We escaped the caves and went further down the mountain, sunlight hit us through the trees. We soon slowed down to catch our breath while Gandalf counts how many of us were with him.
"Five, six, seven, eight...Bifur, Bofur...that's ten...Fili, Kili...that's twelve...and Bombur That's thirteen, Earenniel you make fourteen." Gandalf says.
Gandalf then looked around, that's when Bilbo was nowhere to be found.
"Where's Bilbo? Where is our Hobbit? Where is our Hobbit?!" Gandalf asks.
Bilbo was nowhere in sight. I was too preoccupied with the goblins that I forgot that Bilbo wasn't captured by them, he wasn't with us. Where is he now?
"Curse the Halfling! Now he's lost?!" Dwalin says.
"I thought he was with Dori!" Glóin says.
"Don't blame me!" Dori says.
"Well, where did you last see him?" Gandalf asks.
"I think I saw him slip away when they first collared us." Nori says.
"What happened exactly? Tell me!" Gandalf yells.
I sense a presence and my eyes darted to a tree. I slowly slip away from the group and walk towards it slowly.
"I'll tell you what happened. Master Baggins saw his chance and he took it! He's thought of nothing but his soft bed and his warm hearth since first he stepped out of his door! We will not be seeing our Hobbit again. He is long gone." Thorin says and I stop in my tracks. How can he say that? How can he have so little faith in Bilbo?
"No, he isn't." Bilbo says.
Bilbo steps out from behind the tree, I was just looking at. The rest looked up in shock and relief, seeing Bilbo appear before us.
"Bilbo Baggins! I've never been so glad to see anyone in my life!" Gandalf says.
Bilbo strides forward into the group and pats Balin affectionately on his shoulder.
"Bilbo, we'd given you up!" Kili says.
"How on earth did you get past the Goblins?!" Fili asks.
"How, indeed." Dwalin says.
There was an awkward silence as Bilbo tries to think what to say. Bilbo gives a nervous laugh and puts his hands on his hips while slipping a shiny object in his pocket.
"Well, what does it matter? He's back!" Gandalf says.
"It matters! I want to know...why did you come back?" Thorin says.
"Look, I know you doubt me, I know you always have. And you're right, I often think of Bag End. I miss my books. And my armchair. And my garden. See, that's where I belong. That's home. And that's why I came back...cause you don't have one...A home. It was taken from you. But I will help you take it back if I can." Bilbo says.
Gandalf smiles slightly, happy that Bilbo has changed for the better. I smiled as well he finally understood what I was saying in the cave before we got sucked through the trapped door.
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Third Person POV
Location: Elsewhere...
Azog and his Warg Riders get to the top of the mountain and pick up the company's trail.
"*Khul ri dum! Rak shi zithroma ru doi!*"(*Run them down! Tear them to pieces!*) Azog says.
Azog swings his mace forward, and several Wargs, without riders, leap forward and race down the mountain after the company, howling.
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The Daughter Of Two Kingdoms~ Hobbit/ Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Fanfiction(Hobbit And Percy Jackson Crossover) Upon returning to Middle Earth, Earenniel l, A Demigod daughter of Poseidon; finds an unwelcoming king and hostile kingdom. This Elf turns out to be her grandfather (Her mother's father). He accuses her for ca...
