The company watch on in shock as the once cat turned tiger transformed into a young blonde women, Bilbo ran over to his sister along with Gandalf and Balin, the trio concerned for their shifter. The rest of the company were unsure what was going on, or how to even process what they have just witnessed.

Dwalin was not one to feel much emotion or to even show his emotions but his heart was racing with worry for the girl/cat, something inside the dwarf was making him feel on edge. All Dwalin wanted to do is wrap his arms around the girl/cat and never let go, his heart hurt just looking at the unconscious girl/cat in front of him and the company.

Dwalin made a move towards his brother, Gandalf and the hobbit, he slowly eyed the young girl in front of him, his breath caught in his throat, Eleanor was positively stunning. Feeling eyes on him, Dwalin looks to see his brother smirking at him, causing the younger brother to turn away, heat raising to his cheeks. Dwalin could not believe it, he was blushing, letting out a shuttered breath Dwalin ran his strong hands over his face. The bald dwarf was not sure how much he or the company could take in that moment, they have fought and nearly been roasted by trolls, have had a visit from a crazy wizard, then to be attacked and chased by ocrs and wargs and last but not least the cat he had cuddled up with a few nights ago was actually a women.

Thorin finally snaps out of his state of shock, rushes over to the group surrounding Eleanor "What in the Durin's name Gandalf?" He shouts out, looking at the young women on the ground to the wizard "You better start talking wizard" Thorin growled out.

Balin places his hand on Thorin's arms, only for the would be king to shake the hand off him "Now, now Thorin" Balin calmly says to his king. Thorin looks to his oldest friend "We can argue about this later, right now we need to find a way out and find the lass some help"

Thorin takes a deep breath, trying to calm himself down but it just wasn't happening, he just wanted to understand. Thorin needed to know what he had agreed to bring on the journey, when he gave Bilbo permission to bring his house cat "No" He growled out, glaring at Balin before turning back to Gandalf "My company is on the line right now, I want to know what it is" Thorin ordered, nodding his head towards Eleanor.

Bilbo frowns at Thorin's words, his sister was not a it. He gently strokes her hair and places a kiss on her forehead, letting out a breath Bilbo stands up "My sister is not a IT" He pipes up, Bilbo may be a shy fellow when it comes to speaking to the king but he was defending his sister and to Bilbo his sister was his life. The company stare at the hobbit, to them Bilbo was finally showing them his true colours and all it took for them to see this side of him was through his sister "Her name is Eleanor Baggins and you will treat her with respect" Bilbo rants on breathing heavily "She just saved your companies lives, even though she knew it was a risk to expose herself to you" Bilbo pauses to look at his sister, then turns his attention back to Thorin "She just exposed herself to the orc's, the very creatures that are the reason why she had to grow up without her parents and her kin"

"Bilbo" A small voice spoke up, everyone turned their attention to the young lass. They had a clear view of Eleanor now that the shifter head was raised as she tried to sit up. Bilbo notices his sister struggling and rushes over to her, tears fell from the hobbit's eyes, Eleanor sees this and sends her brother a gentle smile "Hey, there" She whispers, raising her hand to wipe the tears away, her eyes search his face "I'm ok brother" She breathed out. Eleanor slowly wraps her arms around her brother "Nothing will take me away from you my dear Bilbo" She says in his neck, pulling away the young shifter kisses her brother cheek.

"We are glad to see your alright lass" Balin comments, earning a grateful smile from Eleanor, to be honest she was glad to be ok, the whole situation was terrifying for her, she really didn't want to experience it again but Eleanor knew in her bones that this was just the beginning.

Thorin was getting really frustrated with everything going on "Someone better answer me" He growled out, looking around at his company.

It was Gandalf that stepped forward to talk to the stubborn dwarf this time "We can talk later" Gandalf says to the leader of the company with narrowed eyes, telling the king not to argue "Right now Eleanor is not in the right state to tell you her story and we need to get a move on"

Dwalin looks around and notices that there was a path, he prayed this would lead them out of the cave "Do we follow it or no?" Dwalin called out, pointing the path in front of them.

The company look to the path "Follow it, of course" Bofur response to Dwalin's question.

The company began down the path "Dwalin" Gandalf called out gaining the warriors attention "Could you please carry our fair maiden?" Gandalf turns to look at Eleanor with a glint in his eyes, Eleanor shots him a glare.

"I can walk" She protested, though she wouldn't mind been carried by her mate, been held in those strong muscular arms, she sigh dreamily. A throat cleared above her, causing her eyes to widen as she looks upon her mate, he smirks at her like he knew what she was thinking but that wasn't possible, unless he had the same thoughts of her been held by him but she doubts that.

Unknown to Eleanor, he was thinking about the feel of her in his arms, he felt nervous about carrying her. Dwalin knew he can handle her but he was worried he would drop her "Ready lass?" Eleanor shivers at the ruff tone in his voice. He could finally talk to her and she to him, Eleanor was excited to see where this would go. Eleanor nods to her mate, Dwalin intake a deep breath and picks Eleanor up into his arms, he carries her bridal style. Eleanor lets out a yawn, feeling tired the shifter, snuggles her head into her mates chest, she almost didn't hear the groan come from her mate, smiling happily from the effect she had on Dwalin, Eleanor slowly began to fall asleep, she felt safe in his arms.

Dwalin quickly caught up with the company, he saw the smiles from his brother and Eleanor's brother. Dwalin nods his head in their direction, the warrior knew that there was something between him and Eleanor and it would seem that his brother and the hobbit knew what that was. Dwalin follows the company down the path, every now and then his gaze would settle upon the beautiful women in his arms, he never seem a women so breathtaking in all his years, no dwarf women would live up to her standards in his opinion. "Finally" Dwalin was cut from his thoughts from someone whispering, it was then Dwalin saw the light at the end of the tunnel.

The company reached the edge to met with a spectacular sight of the Elven Valley of Lord Elrond, Dwalin's arms tightened around Eleanor as he gazes at the valley, he had a feeling that the lass would love the sight in front of them but like most dwarves Dwalin wasn't too keen of the Elves either. However, he would try for Eleanor as he knew that she still needed medical attention.

"The Valley of Imraldis" Gandalf spoke up, snapping the company from their staring "In the common tongue, it's known by another name"

"Rivendell" Bilbo managed to voice, his tone full of awe and wonder at the Valley, never had he seen anything so beautiful, he only wished his sister was awake to see the view.

"Here lies the last homely house east of the sea" Gandalf continues speaking.

Once again Thorin an the wizard began to argue "This has been your plan all along" Thorin spat at Gandalf "To seek refuge with our enemy"

Gandalf rolls his eyes at the stubborn dwarf, he wondered how many fight he and Thorin could get into before the end of the journey "You have no enemies here, Thorin Oakenshield" Gandalf says, standing his ground "The only ill will to be found in this valley is that which you bring yourself" He stated narrowing his eyes at Thorin.

Thorin glares back at the wizard "You think the elves will give us their blessing?" Thorin demanded, his tone sharp "They will try and stop us"

Gandalf lets out a breath "Of course they will" Gandalf says, agreeing with Thorin, the leader of the company raises his eyebrow in questioning "But we have questions that need to be answered. If we are to be successful, this will need to be handled with tact" He pauses a moment, taking a small breath "And respect. And no small degree of charm" He says with a small smile "Which is why you will leave the talking to me" Gandalf begins to move away to head for the Valley but looks back at Dwalin who was smiling softly at a sleeping Eleanor "Not only that Eleanor needs medical attention" He looks back to Thorin "You do want to learn her story don't you" Gandalf says with a smirk before taking the lead and headed to Rivendell with the company following behind him.

Dwalin felt his heart jump with joy knowing that Eleanor was going to get the medical attention she needed; and when she wakes up Dwalin wants to get to know the real Eleanor and how she ended up at the shire.

Dwalin knew one thing that was crystal clear to him, he would protect Eleanor at all cost.

A/N: Here is the next chapter for you all, sorry it took a little while to post it, I am trying to work out a schedule for updates and uni work it's not working out very well.

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