It was the next morning. Freya was up early as she quickly packed her things. She opened the door and her cousin came out of his room. She noticed her cousin had an unsure look all over his face about leaving like this.

" Come on, let's move. Before the elves try and stop us. " Thorin's deep voice ordered as he came down the hall past the cousins. Freya noticed they were one person short. Where was the wizard?

" Shouldn't we wait for Gandalf?" Freya asked making the leader turn around to look at the woman.

" We don't have time to wait for the wizard, we must leave now. Gandalf will catch up with us later." Thorin stated, sternly. She nodded that she understood and the prince went ahead of the others with Dwalin as they peered around corners making sure their was no elves in sight before continuing on out of the home.

The company followed the path that led out of Rivendell. The cousins were walking together in the middle of the group, when suddenly Bilbo stopped and glanced at the valley that was now behind them.

" Bilbo? Are you okay?" Freya asked as she put a hand on her cousin's shoulder. The hobbit sighed as he had a bad feeling.

" I just wish, we could have stayed longer." Bilbo stated and the woman smiled, knowing how much her cousin had always dreamed about wanting to see the elves and their beautiful home.

" Be on your guard; we're about to step over the edge of the wild." Thorin pressed as the dwarves passed the two hobbit's that were glancing at the home of Elrond. " Balin, you know these paths; lead on."

" Aye. Freya, my dear. Would you like to accompany me at the front of the group? Balin offered, giving the hobbit a smile. The woman smiled and joined Balin's side.

" Master Baggins, I suggest you keep up." Thorin said, when he noticed the burglar was staring longingly at Rivendell. Freya stopped and turned around when she heard Thorin speak to her cousin. Bilbo turned and looked at his cousin and then back at the Valley. He wanted to stay, but he turned away from it and carried on with the others.

Freya and Balin led the company, hiking through the wilderness of Middle-Earth. When night fell the company set up camp near a rocky plain. Bombur and Bofur prepared soup for their supper. Gloin got a fire going to keep everyone warm as the others kept a watch on their surroundings. Dwalin was training with the woman, using the light from the fire. The hobbit had gotten much better with swinging her blade and blocking and keeping her feet firm on the ground as she moved about.

The leader had been watching them curiously as he ate his soup. He could see her smile through the flames as Dwalin patted her on the back and walked over to the pot to get his meal. Thorin watched the woman walk over to her spot with her soup and sat beside her cousin talking. The prince cursed himself to stop looking at her, that this was not the time or place for this. The dwarves and the hobbit's soon fell asleep for the night.

It was another early morning. The company packed up and continued on there way. As the day passed on, the sky became filled with grey clouds and sure enough the rain came down, soaking the companies clothes and their bags. Most of the dwarves had pulled their hoods on to keep the rain out of their faces. Freya welcomed the rain as it hit her skin, making her feel refreshed.

As evening came, the rainfall had become harder and it was blowing and lightening. They were about to cross through the Misty Mountains; the trail that laid before them was narrow and very dangerous, with a cliff on one side and a sheer drop on the other. Thorin had taken over leading the group. If Freya remembered correctly, their was a legend that stone giants have been seen in these parts, but was it true?

" Hold On!" Thorin shouted. Freya was behind Thorin when she stepped on a stone and it gives away beneath her feet and she starts falling towards the charm below. She let out a shriek when she felt an arm stretch out in front of her pushing her back against the mountain. She looked to see it was Thorin. Freya nodded her head that she was alright when, Thorin's eyes never left hers. She could feel her heart pounding from what could have just happened. " We must find shelter!"

" Look out!" Dwalin yelled! Their heads all snapped in the direction across from them and saw a massive boulder hurtling through the air; hitting the mountainside above them, causing loose rocks to fall all around them, making the dwarves press themselves against the mountain. After the rocks had stopped falling around them, Balin had stepped away from the mountain side, looking at a nearby mountain across from them. A stone giant rears up and rips off a massive boulder from the top of the mountain.

" This is no Thunderstorm; it's a thunder battle! Look!"

The company all looked in the direction the older dwarf was pointing in. The two hobbit's and the dwarves couldn't believe it as the storm only got worse. Bofur stepped over to the edge of the narrow path to get a better look.

" Well bless me, the legends are true. Giants; Stone Giants!" Bofur exclaimed as the mountain they were on begins to shake. The giant throws the boulder, aiming right towards the company; when suddenly another stone giant appears from behind the dwarves and the boulder hits it in the head.

" Take cover, you fool!" Thorin yelled at Bofur as someone pulled him back against the mountain. The dwarves begin to yell at each other to brace and hold on. Suddenly the rocks beneath their feet begins to give way from all the vibrations and the impact of the falling rocks. The path between the company begins to break apart; splitting the dwarves and the hobbit.

" Fili! Grab my hand! Ki.." Kili began as he reached for his brother's hand but the path had split too far. Freya watched in horror when she saw her cousin was on the other side. The company all shouted as they struggled to hang on. The giant that the dwarves were on stood up to join the fight, when another giant came and smashed its head into the one they were on, flinging the dwarves and hobbit's around. The woman struggled to keep herself from falling over the edge and she grabbed onto Thorin's arm.

The group that Freya was with, smash into each other when the giant crashes into the side of the path. " Go, go, go!" Thorin urged as he pulled the woman with him and they all managed to jump off the giant onto the path.

" Run! Get off! Get off!" Balin pressed. Freya and the others watch unable to do anything as another giant appears and throws boulder at the head of the giant the other group of dwarves and Bilbo was one still, it loses it's footing and its stone legs begin to ark towards the mountain side. The others watch in fear for the others.

" Hold on!" Thorin ordered as they felt the path shake when the giant and the other group slammed into the mountain side. " No! No!" They watched as the giant falls down into the chasm, fearing the worse had happened to the others. Thorin races over with Freya and rest of them to where the others were. " No! Kili!"

They came around the corner and found the others completely unharmed. " It's all right! They're alive!" Gloin exclaimed as Freya felt relived to hear something good out of this. Thorin climbed up the path so the others could follow but what happened next made the woman freeze in her spot.

" Where's Bilbo?" Bofur panicked as he looked around and noticed their burglar wasn't with them. " Where's the hobbit?" He shouted again and the others began searching amongst themselves. He was spotted by Ori, the youngest dwarf.

" There!" Ori yelled as he pointed to the edge of the cliff. Freya panicked. The burglar gasped as he clung to the edge of the cliff with just his fingertips.

" Bilbo!" Freya screamed. The woman went to go to help her cousin when the others wouldn't, and suddenly she was yanked by her arm. Her head snapped behind her and saw it was Thorin who had stopped her. " Let me go!" She begged him, but he didn't release his grip on her and she turned back to look at her frighten cousin who was quickly losing his grip.

" Get him!" Thorin ordered as Ori dives onto the ground and tries to grab Bilbo's arm, but Bilbo slips and falls another few feet before he catches another part of the cliff. Freya watched as the dwarves unsuccessfully save her cousin before he fell into the darkness below. She turned and looked at Thorin, his eyes shifted to her and then back at the burglar.

The prince let go of the woman and swings down on the cliff next to Bilbo. Freya got on her hands and knees by the edge waiting to help pull her cousin up if she had to. Thorin boosted the hobbit up and Bofur and Ori managed to grab his hands and pull him to safety. Thorin lost his footing and almost falls when Freya managed to catch his hand with both of hers.

The dwarf looked at her as she struggled to pull him up. She was loosing her grip on him and she began sliding towards the edge. Dwalin managed to grab the leaders other hand and help pull him up as Balin pulled the woman back up to safety before she fell over to. The prince was safe. Freya looked over at her cousin who was breathing heavily.

" I thought we'd lost our burglar." Dwalin grumbled. Thorin got up looking from Freya to Bilbo with a serious look.

" He's been lost ever since he left home. He should never have come. He has no place amongst us." Thorin snapped. Freya's eyes went wondering over to Bilbo's and she could see in his eyes, he too had wondered why he had come. " Dwalin!" Thorin and Dwalin were the first to enter the cave.

" It looks safe enough." Dwalin insisted, but the leader wanted to be sure.

" Search to the back. Caves in the mountain are seldom unoccupied." Thorin pressed. Dwalin did a quick search as the others began to come in one after another to get out of the coldness.