Allie

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The burning runes alarm me but I can't worry. We have to escape, in full ball attire and entirely weaponless.

"Ori!" Dwalin calls loudly and grabs Ori's hand as we walk down the stairs in pairs.

"Everyone stay quiet, there are guards nearby!" Natalie scolds as we clamber down the stares. Grace, Tauriel, Lacy, Alex, and Sam are all in heels while Emily, Natalie, and I get to get away with being barefoot. Tauriel and Legolas couldn't change without looking suspicious so they are suffering as well. "This way." Natalie guides us into a wine cellar. The dwarves hesitate while Bilbo, Sam, Lacy, and I walk in right away. I need to leave.

"Lacy be careful in that gown my little star," Tauriel chides.

"Come on!" Natalie snaps at the dwarves.

"I don't believe it, we're in the cellars!" Kili exclaims.

"Thank you captain obvious," Alex snorts.

"You're supposed to be leading us out not further in!" Bofur argues.

"I know what I'm doing!" Natalie claims and pushes the dwarves further into the cellar.

"Listen to her," Grace orders and the dwarves obey out of fear

"Okay, this way. This way," Natalie says and points to a bunch of stacked barrels.

"I can hear loud yelling and clanging they've discovered you're gone," Tauriel alerts.

"Everyone, climb into the barrels, quickly!" Legolas rushes. Lacy rips her gown down and ducks into one, Emily, Bilbo, and Sam follow in suit. The dwarves stand stubbornly crossing their arms.

"Are you mad? They'll find us!" Dwalin whisper yells.

"No, no. They won't! I promise you. Please, please, you must trust me!" Natalie begs and I give Thorin a death glare. My wings are tucked uncomfortably against me because for some reason I can't make then go back in. They won't go back.

"Do as she says!" Thorin orders and the dwarves reluctantly climb into the barrels.

"Tauriel Legolas Grace aren't you coming?" I inquire a hint of worry in my voice.

"No Allie we must stay," Grace says shaking her head. My hope crumples. Grace has been by my side this whole journey she cannot go now.

"What!? Grace why?" I ask.

"Allie this journey is going to bring more to light than just a dragon. I have recently been reminded that I am a princess and I need to watch after my kingdom," Grace explains in a serous time. I hear what she says, but to me it sounds like I'm being annoying and she needs to let go of being my sidekick in life.

"Grace you cannot leave me now, after everything-"

"Allie we will speak of this later," she hisses, cutting me off.

"What do we do now?" Bofur questions sticking his head out.

"Hold your breath," Natalie tells Bofur.

"Hold me breath? What do you mean?" Sam asks.

"Gr-" Natalie pulls a lever and we go plunging down into a cold river below. "GRACE!" The water is cold and my wings and dress are instantly soaked.

"Go, come on let's go!" Thorin herds the dwarves and grabs my barrel. We start to paddle with our hands till the river picks up.

"Hold on! Waterfall ahead!" Balin warns. We fall down the waterfall and are sent downstream with newly alarmed elves chasing after us.

"Shut the gate!" a guard yells in elvish. Legolas, Grace, and Tauriel run alongside the elves but don't exactly help. A loud horns echoes and a watergate below the bridge up ahead shuts just as we slam into it.

"No!" Thorin snaps and hits the bars. The gate blocks our escape from the Woodland Realm and the only feasible way to open it seems to he a lager on the bridge. A few guards in the bridge raise their swords and one even bends down to try and grab Bilbo. Before he can even touch Bilbo's coat Sam's fist is in his face and an orc arrow through his throat.

"Watch out!" Bofur yells as the body falls into the river.

"Oh my Valor!" Sam gasps at the blood splattering on her face. I hear incoherent nonsense shouted out and look to see a new huge white orc as leader.

"Are you kidding me?" Fili groans. All around elves and orcs clash in loud grating metal and screaming noises. It is very distracting to all but Kili And Alex who bravely climb out of their barrels and onto the bridge. I try to push myself out of my barrel but my larger than life wings are heavy with water and weigh me down. For some reason I can't get them to go back. Putting them in and out was always so seamless now it's uncomfortable and it grows more difficult each time. I have to have a burst of energy to jumpstart the change and there's no time for that.

Suddenly the orcs start to attack us.

"Die!" Dwalin shouts when one waves a sword at Ori. Dwalin headbutts the orc then clutches it's throat and squeezes the life out of it.

I look up at the bridge to check Alex and Kili. They manage well with no weapons. Well nearly no weapons Alex had a knife in her dress. I can see her skin turning orange and I gape. This is not a code red.

"Alex rein the beast!" I order.

"Why?!? These people all know what I am and I have perfect control remember?" Alex reminds.

"Yes but doesn't it suck energy? You'll need all the energy you can get after we escape," I explain and Alex nods while stabbing an orc.

"Fair," she agrees and I see her skin return to its original paleness. Out of nowhere a large black arrow pierces Kili's leg. Alex and Kili screech and collapse allowing the orcs to get the upper hand.

"Emily do something flame them!" I yell frantically and look at Emily. She's knocked out in her barrel. Alex's skin starts to fluctuate rapidly between pale, red, and orange. The arrow has some weird affect on her.

"ALEX KILI!" Fili and I shout and grip the sides of our barrels. One orc jumps on Alex while she is writhing in pain and digs his knife into the side of her face dragging down across her eye. Kili's screams get louder and so do Alex's.

"Kili!" Thorin exclaims.

"STOP!" I beg allowing a rush of energy to flow through me. The orc freezes long enough for Grace to run up and break its neck. Alex isn't screaming anymore, no she lays silently blood flowing freely from her face. Grace gently picks her up and lowers her into an empty barrel then does the same with Kili.

"Allie look after them," Grace demamds and pulls the lever before dashing off to fight of more orcs.

The river shoves us past the gate and into rapids. I desperately try to grab Alex to take her pain, something! She's bleeding and her leg has been shot.

I hear the head orc bark orders again and another wave comes on. Luckily more elven guards have come out.

The waves crash violently sending us spinning and some even into rocks. The situation is precarious, yet thrilling in a bad way. Kili is whimpering and blood taints the water. I see Alex floating in her barrel completely unconscious. Above us in the trees the elves shoot at both us and the orcs.

"BILBO," I hear Sam scream.

"IM OKAY!" Bilbo shouts back. I can see them grab onto each others hands and pull their barrels close together between waves.

"This is so messed up," Sam pants.

"I know and I since things look bad I think you should know I literally just found another soulmark on my body," Bilbo rambles.

"Really? Same! Mine says Jacob Scim yours?" Sam asks.

"Same," Bilbo repeats.

"That is gre-"

"SERIOUSLY?!? Sam Bilbo Alex's face blood is literally painting the water and you're talking about a soulmate you haven't even met?!? You can talk later it's not like he's gonna fall from the sky!" I lecture waving my hands around madly.

"AAAAHHH WATCH OUT!" a boyish voice screeches then it's owner falls into Sams arms.

"Oh my," Sam mutters. "There is a man child in my arms."

"Hey I'm a man! I just look less mature because I keep my hair short," the blonde elf defends, crossing his arms.

"This is ridiculous we are literally going through rapids in barrels catching random guys that fall from the sky," I grumble.

"I don't mind he's cute," Bilbo and Sam say in unison.

"Well thanks, but hold me tighter more rapids," the elf begs and wraps his arms around Sam. I roll my eyes and take a deep breath before they hit sending us spinning around and gasping for air once again.

During the whole five minutes we are on that river many orcs try to kill us, Legolas surfs on an orc body while shooting other orcs, Legolas uses dwarf heads as stepping stones, Thorin saves Legolas's life, Tauriel slices and dices many many orcs, Grace manages to kill at least twenty orcs with her bare hands, and Lacy along with the new elf boy create a cheer for the fighters. Yes we are an overachieving group of people.

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Grace, Legolas, and Tauriel couldn't kill them all and couldn't come with us so now we're still floating down the dam river with orcs still after us.

You know ninety percent of this journey has been running from orcs after Thorins head. So it's all his fault.