꧁ A safe home ꧂
By the time Arya and Fili reached the rest of the company it was almost dawn. Kili ran to meet his brother and smiled to find him with all his hair messed up, undone braids and swollen lips.
"Any news?"
The older asked.
"We believe Azog's pack is close by, we sent Bilbo to check the situation."
Kili answered seriously.
"But something tells me that you too have some news to tell me!"
He then continued, slapping his brother on the shoulder and giving him a rogue smile.
"This is neither the time nor the place to talk about that, Kili!"
The blond argued, but without hiding a half smile.
"Okay okay, we'll talk about it another time, but don't think you can avoid this conversation!"
The dark-haired smiled back. Fili shook his head looking down.
"You are impossible."
He eventually murmured in resignation. The two brothers approached the rest of their companions, Fili looked for Arya and saw her besides Gandalf: they were arguing about something in elvish, which was impossible for him to understand.
The company didn't have to wait long for Bilbo to return with some bad news.
"How close is the pack?"
Thorin asked immediately.
"Too close, couple of leagues, no more. But that's not the worst of it."
The halfling replied almost breathless, putting his hands on his knees to recover.
"Have the Orcs picked up our scent?"
Dwalin asked in his usual grumpy tone.
"Not yet, but they will do. We have another problem."
"Did they see you? They saw you."
Gandalf asked, revealing a hint of concern in his voice.
"No, that's not it."
"Good, what did I tell you? Quite as a mouse."
The sorcerer continued relieved.
"Excellent burglar material."
"Will you listen!"
Bilbo spoke again, without being taken into consideration.
"Will you listen!"
He repeated in a higher and more authoritarian tone, as authoritarian as a hobbit tone might be.
"I'm trying to tell you there is something else out there."
"What form did it take? Like a bear?"
Gandalf then asked, drawing the attention of the whole company to himself.
"Ye...Yes, but bigger. Much bigger."
The halfling answered.
"You knew about this beast?"
Bofur spoke up in shock.
"I say we double back."
The dwarf continued.
"We'll be run down by a pack of Orcs, Bofur."
Thorin retorted bitterly.
"There is a house, it's not far from here, where we might take refuge"
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Fanfiction"Arya, they need you, even if they don't know it yet." A child, taken away from her father and brother too soon. A warrior willing to give her life for those she loves. A girl with a big secret to keep. This is the story of Arya, and of the most imp...
