The Lionheart (The Hobbit)

Chapter 21: Stolen

Tygr POV

I jumped off of Echo when we approved the company, "there you are!" Thorin smiled. I nodded, "hehe...here I am!" I said. He then gave me an odd look. "Are you alright?" He asked. I nodded slowly. "I...have a question." I said. "Yes?" He asked as we slowly walked back to the house. "Smaug....is our goal to kill him or just simply get him out of the mountain?" I asked. Thorin looked at me. "Kill him." Thorin said. "Okay..." I said quietly. "Are you having second thoughts Tygr?" He asked stopping me and turning me to look up at me. "I-I don't know..." I said quietly. I nervously grabbed my tail and twisted it in my hand. "How could you have second thoughts about helping us reclaim our home!?!" Thorin asked, I could tell he was angry. "N-no! I have no doubt in my mind that I want to help you reclaim your home I just...don't know if I'll have the heart to kill a dragon!!!" I said. Within seconds I heard Echo roar. I flinched and turned around. "Your going to kill a dragon?!?!!! How could you!!!!!" She screamed before flying away as fast as possible. "ECHO!!!!" I screamed. I felt my heart clench and my eyes water. "You don't have to kill him, if you don't want to." Thorin said. "I don't want to...I'm sorry but I just don't know if I'll be able to do it!" I said. "He stole our home and killed countless of our people!!!!" Thorin yelled. "I know! And I'm sorry but how can you blame him for doing something that is in his blood!" I yelled back. "Why are you defending him?!?" Thorin yelled. "I-I don't know..." I said. "Tygr, you made a promise to me that you would help me do this. You pledged your servitude to me!" Thorin said holding up his hand to show the scar. I looked down at my hand. "I know...but Thorin I think you forgot that I'm an animal before I am human." I said. "So what? You instinctively protect the dragon?!" Thorin yelled. "No! Yes! ....I DONT KNOW!" I screamed frustrated and confused. "We'll you better make up your mind quickly, because you ether stay here or you come with us....just know that if you choose to stay here, I never want to see your face again." Thorin said before turning and going inside. I dropped to my knees and covered my mouth with my hands. "P-please come back..." I cried. Suddenly I felt a hand on my shoulder. "T-Thorin?!" I asked and turned only to have my blood freeze. "Hello Tygr." My eyes widened looking at...the pale Orc. "A-azog..." I whispered backing away on the ground. "It looks as though you and the dwarf scum are at a cross roads." Azog said. "Get away from me!" I growled. "Oh don't be like that, just relax." He said. I was about to scream before I felt something poke into my neck. I pulled it out to see a dart. "You'll sleep the whole ride back." Azog said. My limbs felt weak and I couldn't move or think. He lifted me up and tossed me over his shoulder. "B-back where?" I slurred. "You'll see when we get there." He said. I weakly pounded on his back "let me go!" I mumbled. I heard him chuckle as his white warg took off running. I watched through blurry eyes as my brothers house became smaller and smaller. "T-Thorin!" I whimpered before falling completely asleep.

I felt myself being jerked around. I opened my eyes and saw the top of a white warg head, I looked down and saw myself on it's back and an arm wrapped around my waist. My vision was blurry and I had no idea what was going on. "What's going on...?" I slurred. "Sh, we're almost there." I heard a deep voice above me. I looked up and saw Azog, he glanced down at me for a second before looking back forward. "Oh, okay" I said leaning back against him. My head felt clouded and my stomach felt light. I then realized where we where, we where in Weathertop. Basically a place where Orcs...for lack of a better term...lived. Also where they kept their wargs. We rode in and Azog stopped his warg and gently lifted me up. I was to weak to resist, the arrow they shot at me was drugged...they drugged me. I noticed orcs all around looking at me, I wanted to throw up but I wasn't in the mindset to do that. "What did you do to me?" I asked. "We made it so you couldn't fight back." Azog said, not looking at me once. "What? You afraid of a little wolf girl?" I slurred. Azog then glanced at me, "no, your just easier to control like this." He said. He gently sat me ontop of a rock and I felt a warg stiff near my tail. I squeaked and smacked the warg. "Back up! That's not for you!" I snapped. The warg flattened its ears and went away. "Why do you need to control me?" I asked. I looked at the Orc, he was massive no doubt about that, nearly the size of my brother. "Because you are our most precious weapon." He said coming closer. "I'm not your weapon! If anything I'm Thorin's weapon!" I snapped, only to feel the back of his rough strong hand across my face. "You will never speak that filths name again." Azog growled. I didn't say a word just held my cheek and looked at him in shock. "Do you understand?!" He yelled. I nodded quickly. "You are our weapon, not only that but your are precious to me." Azog said, before gently placing his hand over my which was covering my cheek. "I don't think anyone would hit something precious to them." I said quietly, trying to hold in tears, not wanting to she weakness. "We'll, I'm not anyone now am I?" He asked. "W-why am I back here?" I looking up at Azog. "Because I've brought you home, and your going to help us."

Thorin PoV

"TYGR!!!!!!!" I screamed at the top of my lungs. "Tygr!!! Where are you?!!" The rest of the company yelled. I watched Beorn in the distance running in bear form searching for his little sister. I grabbed a fistful of my hand and growled in frustration. "I was to hard on her! I shouldn't have said that! Why did I say that to someone I love so much?!?!" I said to myself. "You love her...?" I heard Balin ask behind me. I stood and looked over my shoulder. I was frustrated and my heart was pounding painfully. "...yes! Yes I do!" I said looking him in the eyes. "We'll that explains a lot. I'm happy for ya, she's a nice girl." Balin said with a grin. "Yes, she is but SHES GONE." I yelled. "Wait...where's Echo?! She could know where she is!" Kili said. I silently thanked my nephew for his smart idea. "ECHO! PLEASE COME BACK!" I yelled, the rest of the company followed. suddenly the ground shook as Echo landed violently on the ground. "I know you can't talk to us but can you answer us some yes or no questions? Please! Tygr might be in danger!" I said. Echo's eyes turned from that of pure hatred to that of worry. "Do you know where she is?" Echo shook her head. "did you see her before she disappeared?" She shook her head once again. "Is there any way you could track her?!" Echo nodded. "Oh, probably by scent!" Fili said. "Here," I said as I pulled a small piece of her shirt that tore off and I was going to give back later. I held it up to Echo and she inhaled its scent. It was a matter of moments before she took off into the air. I tucked the cloth back into my pocket and sighed. "I hope she finds her..." I said worried. "Don't worry," Bofur said patting my shoulder. "I'm sure she's perfectly safe! You know she always wanders off." He said. I nodded, trying to keep the best of what could have happened in my head instead of the worst.