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

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While Beorn prepared something to eat, I sat on a bench almost twice my size. "Go and wake up your companions," Beorn said. I jumped off the bench and walked down the stairs. When I reached the hay piles, I saw that Gandalf was awake. "Morning," I whispered and walked past him to Thorin. "Thorin, Thorin," I whispered. Thorin mumbled something, but I continued to wake him up, which, in the end, was successful. "Good Morning, my Love," I said with a smile. "Morning," he said, sleepy, rubbing his eyes. As I bent down to kiss him, he slung his arms around me and pulled me over him. "Thorin." he said laughing while he carefully placed me next to him on the hay. "Come on, I'm hungry," I grumbled and got up. With Gandalf Thorin, we woke up most of the dwarfs, while Bombur needed more motivation to get up. When I walked to Bilbo, I saw he was in a deep sleep, so I let him sleep to join the dwarfs at the table. "So you are the one they call Oakenshield. Tell me, why is Azog the Defiler hunting you?" Beorn said after a while. "You know of Azog? How?" Thorin asked while I drank from the huge mug. "My people were the first to live in the mountains before the Orcs came down from the north. The Defiler killed most of my family, but some he enslaved. Not for work, you understand, but for sport. Caging skin-changers and torturing them seemed to amuse him." Beorn told us that just then, I saw the chain on his wrist. "May I try?" I asked, pointing at the chain. "You can pick locks?" Fili asked. "Yeah, my Father taught me, just in case," I said with a wink. I got up and searched through my pockets until I found my hairpins. While I piked the lock, I heard Bilbo talking. He woke up a bit later to join us. "There are others like you?" Bilbo asked Beorn. "Once there were many," Beorn said. "I'm sorry about that." I quietly said as I heard the familiar clicking sound, and I immediately knew I got it. "There you go," I said with a smile, taking the chain off his wrist. "Thank you very much," Beorn said. "And now? Are they more of you?" Bilbo asked.  "Now there's only one. You need to reach the mountain before the last days of autumn." Beorn said. "Before Durin's Day falls, yes." Gandalf agreed. "You are running out of time," Beorn said. "We know that what can we do?" I asked. "We must go through Mirkwood." What? No, I can't go through there." I immediately said. "Why?" Thorin asked. "The Elves there are not very fond of me," I told Thorin, knowing that this could mean my death if I ever showed up there again. "Don't worry, my Love. I will protect you If I must," Thorin said, taking my hand. "Thank you, Thorin," I replied, squeezing his hand. "You have to be careful; these lands are crawling with Orcs, their numbers are growing, and you are on foot. You will never reach the forest alive. I don't like dwarves; they're greedy and blind, blind to the lives of those they deem lesser than their own." Beorn said while he took the Mouse, Dwalin pushed away. "But Orcs I hate more," he added, looking at Thorin and me. "What do you need?" he asked Thorin.  The next morning, Beorn woke us all up. He allowed us to stay another night before we continued our way. "I will give you ponys, food, and some water for your journey," Beorn said. "Thank you, Beorn, we all appreciate it," I said. "There are not enough ponys," Fili said. I looked over the ponys and saw the same problem as Fili. "Yeah, but I can share a pony," I said. "I found a horse a week ago. He is in the barn over there," Beorn said, pointing to a barn nearby. "I'll go and have a look," I said and walked to the barn. As I entered, I saw more cows, an ox, and a few goats. In the very back corner I saw something black standing in a stall. But when I came closer, I noticed that it was a black Friesian horse. Right away, I thought it could maybe be Brego. "Brego?" I said, almost whispering. The Horse turned around, and now I saw my faithful companion. He greeted me full of joy. "Hey Buddy, I know I left you behind, but I had a good reason for it." I told him while I patted his fur. "Nessy, come on, we have to go." Thorin called from outside. "Coming." I called back. After I had the saddle and bridle on, I led him out of the stall and hopped onto his back. It was good to have Brego back. "Nessa, we have to go." Thorin called again. I dug my heels on Brego, and right away, he cantered out of the Barn. As I reached the group, Brego was energetic and rose on his back legs, scaring my friends a little. "Easy Boy." I whispered, patting his beautiful, long neck. "So this is where he went." Thorin said with a smile. I knew he recognized Brego right away. "You must leave now. Those who haunt you are not far behind." Beorn told us the others rode off. "Thank you, Beorn, for everything." I called before Brego ran after the other ponys. I caught up riding next to Bilbo. "You alright?" I asked him. He nodded, so I smiled at him before I hurried Brego to catch up with Thorin, who led the group next to Gandalf.