The Lionheart (The Hobbit)

Chapter 22: Come back to me

Tygr POV

I growled and tugged on a chain on my ankle. "Azog..." I said looking at the pale Orc who was sharpening a sword. He glanced up at me. I lifted my leg as a gesture to the chain. "Do you think you can take this off? It's starting to cut my ankle..." I said. He looked at it then sighed. Be stood and found some cloth laying nearby. He kneeled down and started to tuck it on the inside of the cuff. "There, it shouldn't cut you now." He said. I sighed, "that wasn't what I was looking for but it certainly is better. Thank you." I said. Azog nodded and went back to sharpening. He was the same as before, hardly ever mean to me and treated me differently than everyone else....this wasn't uncommon to me, I had been here before. The only real thing that hurt was being so far away from Thorin and being on bad terms with him while I am. I felt my eyes start to water and I tilted my head back to stop it, however one fell. I felt Azog quickly wipe it away. "Why are you crying?" He asked. "Well, you kidnapped me, chained me up and drugged me." I spat. He looked at me then looked away. "You wouldn't have come voluntarily." He said. "Uh...yeah your damn right about that." I said. Azog gave me a displeased look. "Why do you want me here anyways?" I asked. "To help me end the line of Durin." He said as he stood. "What?!? No!" I yelled. Suddenly his warg jumped out and growled at me. "Oh really?" I said with a smirk before forming into my full fighting form, towering over the warg and snarling. It flinched and ran away. I looked at Azog who had an astonished look. "You. You shall be my new ride." He said. I formed back into a girl. "NO WAY! I don't let anyone ride me except my master!" I yelled. "Oh? And who is your master?" He asked with a devilish gleam in his eye. "That...is none of your business." I said flattening my ears. "My point is is there is NOTHING you can do that will make me help you." I snapped. "We will see about that." He said. Suddenly an orc pulled me back by my hair causing me to tell in pain then pour something down my throat. It burned and stung. He let me to and I hacked and fell to my hands and knees. I coughed and coughed trying to throw it back up, it didn't work. All I did was throw up blood.

Azog POV

I watched Tygr struggle on the ground and grinned. She threw up tons of blood and her skin was turning pale. She then stopped, dead frozen. "Tygr?" I said. She looked up at me, her eyes where black. She was mine. I laughed and walked towards her. "Stand." I commanded, she did as told. "Form into you largest form." I said. She quickly formed, coming to just above my height. "Stay." I said. She sat and I unlocked the chain. "Now, go, and hunt down Oakenshield. Bring me back his he-" I was cut off by an earsplitting roar. Suddenly a massive white dragon landed harshly between Tygr and I. It hit me with its claws knocking me to the side. I held my head and glared at it before getting up. It looked at Tygr and picked her up with her claws. "KILL OAKENSHIELD!" I yelled. I watched them fly away. "Why didn't you stop it?!" An Orc asked me. I glared at him with a smile. "Because, I'm sure that dragon is taking her right to where we need her to be." I said.

Echo POV

I looked down at Tygr who was still in wolf form. Her eyes where as black as coal and her expressions was unreadable, as was her thoughts. "Tygr!" I yelled. "Tygr can you hear me!!??" I yelled again. I got no response. "Gandalf...Gandalf can fix her. I flew as fast as possible to where the company was going. I then saw them trailing atop a hill. I roared and swooped down, dropping Tygr knowing it wouldn't hurt her. I landed and looked at her. "Tygr!" Kili yelled happily. It was then that I noticed she was slowly getting up looking directly at Thorin. "Tygr... What's wrong?" He said. Suddenly she snarled and lunged at him, but not fast enough. I grabbed her with my claws and anchored her to the ground. She howled, barked, growled, snarled and bared her teeth while struggling to get free. "Why did she do that?!?!" Thorin yelled. Gandalf then shoved him aside to look at her. Suddenly Tygr bit the soft spot on my foot causing me to let go and roar in pain. She sprinted towards Thorin only to be harshly tackled by Dwalin, Bofur and Bombur before a single claw could touch him. I growled and grabbed her again Tighter than ever. She growled and snarled at the dwarvin king. Gandalf shook his head, "This is not good...she is under the control of very dark magic. A potion." Gandalf said. He waved his hand over Tygr and she fell asleep. "Can you fix her?" Kili asked. "Yes, it's a very easy fix...just not for me. We need Radagast because she is stuck in animal form until the curse is gone." Gandalf said. "Then take her to Radagast!" Thorin yelled, obviously still slightly shocked. "Echo, I know this will be very much to ask but can you take me to Radagast?" Gandalf asked. I didn't hesitate to kneel down, and allow him on my back. Thorin looked at me. He slowly came up to me while I covered Tygr with my wing. I went to his level and looked into his icy blue eyes and saw desperation. "Please find Radagast, bring Tygr back...I need her to come back to me." He said before pressing his forehead to mine. I was shocked...beyond shocked actually yet happy. I nodded then took off, leaving the dwarves with themselves.

I glided quickly through the air, my grip on Tygr never loosening. "Down there." Gandalf said patting my neck. I dove down and stopped before gently landing on the ground. We where in front of a small wooden house. "Radagast!" Gandalf yelled as he got off of me. Suddenly a short man burst out of the house. He was obviously a wizard...though much dirtier. "We need your help, Tygr has been poisoned with dark magic." Gandalf said. "I can feel it...bring her here." I let her out of my claws and rolled her forward to him. "This...this is very dark magic. Though it's nothing I can't get handle." He said. I felt happier though still worried. I layed down with my head on the ground. I watched the Radagast pull an oddly shaped light blue object out of his coat and sit, pulling Tygrs head into his lap. He placed one end in her mouth and began to speak. I had no idea what he was saying but I watched as a black liquid poured into the object out of her mouth. Suddenly she formed back into a girl and violently begin to cough. She flew to her hands and knees and instantly threw up a ball of black...gunk like stuff. She wiped her mouth, smearing blood on her cheek. I watched her eyes go back to their beautiful color and look at us all horrified. "A-Azog he...he told me to kill Thorin...and I couldn't remember what happened...or what I did....or here I am! Where am I!?!?!" She screamed violently shaking. Gandalf placed a hand on her shoulder. "Tygr, you must calm down. You are safe." He said. "Thorin....where's Thorin?" She asked looking at him, then to me. "You tried to attack him, twice." Gandalf said. She gasped and covered her mouth with one hand and a fistful of hair with her other. "Nonononono! I didn't mean to! He has to know that!" She panicked with tears running down her cheeks and a small trickle of blood out of the corner of her mouth. "Where is he? I have to get to him!" She said before running off and forming into a wolf in full sprint. "Tygr!" I yelled and grabbed Gandalf putting him on my back and ran after her before jumping off the ground to glide faster. As I flew over her and grabbed a soft spot on the back of her neck with my teeth before throwing her over to have her quickly form into a girl and land on my back. "Go Echo!!!" She said. I flew as hard as I could, faster than I ever have. We flew over a large river and valley before realizing where they went. Into the elven forest, through their gate. "Their in Mirkwood..." Tygr said. "We must go into the forest." Gandalf said.

Tygr POV

I looked over the forest and squinted to narrow my vision. I saw the Mirkwood kingdoms. "I don't trust this forest...fly over it and dive when you see the castle." I said. Echo did just that only I was the only one to go. We landed and I got off "Echo take Gandalf where he needs to be, I'll see you later on." I said. Echo nodded and I looked at her sadly before kissing her nose, "don't worry, I'll be okay and so will you." I said. Echo nodded and flew off. I turned and formed into a small black wolf. 'I need to find Thorin' I thought. I knew they where here because I could smell them. I followed my scent all the way down to the dungeon. I crot along the walls in the shadows. I then began to smell Kili, and Fili and Bofur and Dwalin. 'Did they separate them?' I thought. I crept along before peeking into one of the cells, Dwalin. Next, Fili. I crept along before I finally found Thorin with his back against the bars with something in his hands. It was a ripped piece of my shirt that I lost when I fought the trolls. I squeezed my small body through the bars and formed back into a girl with my body on the other side. Thorin didn't even notice me since I was so quiet and kept in the dark. "Thorin..." I whispered. He looked up at me in shock. "T-Tygr?" He asked. I nodded. "Thorin I swear on my life...I would never hurt you on purpose. Please...please believe me." I said looking at the ground. I then saw his feet a mere inches away from mine and his hands on my waist. I looked up at him, only to have his hand cup my cheek. "I know, I believe you." He said, I felt my heart pound as I went to lean up closer to him before someone banged on the bars. I swiftly ducked into the shadows before whoever it was could notice me. "The king wants to see you." The man said. I watched Thorin leave the cell and the door shut but not locked. "...I suppose it's time to find an escape rout." I said to myself forming back into a small wolf.