The Daughter Of Two Kingdoms~ Hobbit/ Percy Jackson and the Olympians

Chapter 9: Part II

Earenniel's P.O.V

Location: Mirkwood Forest

The air was heavy and stale, musty and foul with the scent of decay. The smell of death surrounded this forest, and there was no end.

Like I said before there was no color and there was still none. Perhaps the only color came from the spider's webs. And the's were some large think webs, making me think these spiders are bigger then I have feared.

I have never been fond of spiders after Athena had told me why she feared them so...to the point was even her children inherited the same fear.

I hoped we will not encounter any spiders, but I couldn't shake this feeling that something was out there.

She could feel the forest trying to worm its way into her thoughts and it was exhausting trying to keep it out. The dwarves seem to have a harder time they were unsteady on their feet.

"Air. I need air," Bofur cried from beside her.

"My head, it's spinning." Oin said.

Thorin signaled for Nori to continue on. Nori was the Dwarf leading the front end of the line. everyone in front of me stops and suddenly run into each other as Nori stops abruptly.

"What's happening?" Oin asked.

"Keep moving." Thorin ordered.

"Nori, why have we stopped?" I asked. He was the one in the beginning of the line, leading us through the path.

"The path! I can't find it, It's disappeared!" Nori exclaims and my heart drops.

Oh no, Gandalf gave me one task and I broke it. How could I have just let them be? I should have pestered them to keep an eye on the path or maybe I should have led this group instead of letting Nori do it. I was least affected by the forest. I still had hoped we would find it again.

"No, we just wandered too far from it." I said noticing that we were standing at the edge of a cliff. "I don't think the path through Mirkwood wood leave off a cliff....Let's double back." I say.

"Find it. All of you look. Look for the path!"Thorin said angrily with slight panicked.

The dwarves are all muttering and rambling as they wander about Trying to find the path.

"It's got to be here." Dori said.

"What hour is it?" Thorin said in a slurred voice.

"I don't know. I don't even know what day it is." Dwalin answered, his voice just the same as Thorin.

"Is there no end to this accursed forest?" Thorin asked.

This forest is beginning to affect us mentally, though I'm not sure how. There must be a reasonable explanation, Why the dwarves have only acted this way upon entering the forest of Mirkwood.

I glance over to see Bilbo absentmindedly pluck a spider web. It vibrates when he lets go of it. The vibrations continue through the variously linked spider webs and I'm guessing far off to the forest where the webs end. He shouldn't have done that.

Bilbo goes to pluck the web again, and I stop him. Doing it again will only signal the spiders.

We continue walking I feel as if we were going in circles. I watch as Ori bends down, I guess he sees something on the ground and I follow his gaze to see a tobacco pouch.

"Look." Ori said calling Dori over.

"A tobacco pouch. There are dwarves in these woods," Dori said, picking up the tobacco pouch.