Dark Rider *EDITING*

Chapter 4

Thorin walked beside me and I looked around. Kili grabbed my wrist and pulled me between Fili and him.

   "We have a deduction of why Thorin is acting this way." Kili smiled.

   "He is acting completely normal. He is acting like....wait, your not thinking? Ha. He doesn't even see the real me. I am just an elf under a hood. Nobody knows my secret." I sighed.

   "Maybe you could take off the hood." Fili reached for the hood and I stopped.

   "You touch this hood even once, you will be paying a price." I growled. 

    "Why? What is so secret?" Bofur wondered.

    "My identity. Now leave it alone." I sighed and we came to this cave. I sat on a rock as they filed in.

   "Rider, you okay?" Bilbo asked. I looked up at him after grabbing a twig and snapping it. 

   "No. Why?" I snapped.

   "You seem tense." He replied. 

   "Do I?" I snapped another branch. He sighed and I cut my finger on accident. I cursed and grabbed cloth from my bag. I wrapped it around my finger.

   "Can't you heal it?" Bilbo asked.

   "Not until the bleeding stops. And don't touch my blood. It is poisonious to others." I told him.

   "Like in the stories." He smiled. I nodded and smirked. 

   "I was told my stories when I wasn't dressed up and protecting this Middle Earth. I remember going outside once my nanny type person left and just going away. I ran away a lot. I wish I should have stayed." I sighed. 

   "Bilbo!" Gandalf said. I sighed and Thorin came by me.

   "Who's blood?" He was about to touch it but I grabbed his wrist.

    "It's mine and poisonous to others. You will die if you touch it." I told him. I let go and looked at him.

   "Okay. I won't. But why is it so dark?" He asked. 

   "It has blood of Dark Rider's. What do you expect?" I told him. He looked away and I glanced at Kili. He smirked and smiled. I heard something and got up. 

   "What is it?" Gandalf asked. The dwarfs got armed and I was almost ran over by rabbits pulling a sled. I fell backwards and Thorin helped me up.

   "Thanks." I sighed and brushed myself off. I looked Gandalf and he sighed.

   "Before you start Radagast, you owe Rider an apology." He nodded toward me. Radagast turned to me and smiled.

   "I am sorry. My dear. I was in a rush." He said.

   "Forgiven." I looked at Thorin. We all went up the hill a bit to leave the wizards to talk. I healed my finger and put the cloth back in the bag. Kili sat by me.

   "You two had a moment there." He smiled.

   "Okay but that doesn't me he likes me. Anyway, he doesn't see my face so he can't like me." I told him.

   "Well, your an elf. Usually elves are pretty." He pointed out. I sighed and got up. I walked to the edge of the woods and watched for any evil thing.  I saw a warg and my heart lept.

   I went back and there were two wargs dead. 

   "Rider, did you tell anyone about coming?" Gandalf asked. I thought and shook my head.