I Will Love you till the End (The Hobbit FF)

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"Looking behind. Nasty business. Still, they all are in one piece." Gandalf told Thorin. I tried to help and listen to their conversation simultaneously, which wasn't easy. "No thanks to your burglar." I heard Thorin say, but before I could get angry, Gandalf spoke again. "He had the nous to play for time. None of the rest of you thought of that. They must have come down from the Ettenmoors." Gandalf said, looking at the Trolls more closely. While I was with Brego, who was such a faithful companion. "Let's go, we have to move," Thorin yelled, so suddenly I shrunk. Thorin passed me but kept walking, so I followed Dwalin and Gandalf through the forest when I noticed a stronger and stronger stench. "Oh, what's that stench?!" Bofur asked, taking the Question I was about to ask. "It's a troll hoard. Be careful what you touch," Gandalf answered as we approached a cave. "Bofur, Gloin, Dwalin, Nessa, and Nori, come with me. The others stay here and watch in case somebody's coming," Thorin ordered. Slowly, I walked behind Gandalf into the cave, holding my sleeve against my mouth and nose. "This stench is horrible," I mumbled. "If you can't hold it anymore, go outside to get some fresh air," Thorin told me. He appeared next to me, making me jump a little. "I'm good, Thorin," I told him and walked a few meters away towards a chest full of Gold coins and jewels piled up. I almost tripped when I reached the pile. Thankfully, I kept myself steady. "What the hell," I mumbled and looked at the ground, seeing a shaft on the ground underneath the chest. I carefully reached for it, and when I had it in my hand, I noticed it was a sword shaft. "Wow," I mumbled when I pulled the sword out, noticing the elven blade. "Let's get out of this foul place. Come on, let's go. Bofur, Gloin, Nori." Thorin called behind me. With a swift move, I turned around, heading in his direction with the sword shaft in my hand. "What did you find?" Bilbo asked when I came out of the cave. I showed the sword to him, which made Bilbo frown. "Wow," he said, and I nodded, "Yeah, I had the same reaction when I found it," I replied. Gandalf came out. He had a sword on his belt and a little sword in his hand about Bilbo's size. "Bilbo," he said as he joined us. Quietly, I snuck away from the edge of the group, looking into the distance. "You alright?" Thorin's voice asked behind me. He stepped next to me with a worried face. "I'm OK, Thorin. The fresh air helps from the stench," I told him with a little smile. "Good," he said with a little smile, touching my shoulder. I did the same with my hand, laying it on his. While we were standing like this, I noticed braids on both sides of his face. I knew since I had two braids as well due to my parents, who taught me a lot of things. "You got a few braids," I said, and Thorin nodded. "My two nephews, my sister, and my parents," he said, showing me each braid. "I only have two braids from my parents since I haven't found my one," I told him, knowing about the dwarfish custom braiding hair. "So you know the dwarfish custom?" Thorin asked, to which I replied with a nod. "My parents told me about it," I said, telling him the story from my childhood. "Your parents taught you right. It's good that you came with us," Thorin said, which made me smile even more. "How's that?" I asked back, but Thorin didn't answer because of a distraction in the distance.  "Yeah, I can hear it too," I said, hearing the rustling noises of leaves and twigs nearby. "Something's coming!" Thorin yelled and ran down the little hill we were on. "Prepare for any incoming," I yelled, taking my sword out. A Sledge came through a bush pulled by rabbits. "Thieves! Fire! Murder!" The Man on the sled yelled, which was very weird. "Radagast. It's Radagast the Brown!" Gandalf said I remembered a few days ago. I heard Gandalf talk about other Wizards, including him. He seemed to be a good friend of Gandalf. "What on earth are you doing here?" he asked after a short greeting. The two wizards stepped aside from the group, talking while we waited for them, giving them space. I was sitting on a huge rock when Fili approached me. "So, what is going on with you and Thorin?" Fili asked after sitting next to me. "Nothing, why?" I asked back with a raised eyebrow. "I saw you two talking just a few minutes before the wizard came," Fili said. "Fili, we were just talking," I said to him, but I knew that it was more than just talking. "Come on, tell me, I won't tell anybody," Fili said, but I shook my head. "It was just talking," I told the young dwarf. "Alright, if you say so," Fili said, heading towards his brother. A Wolf howling got me up with my hand on the sword hilt.