No one's POV

Ash pulled up her hood and ran to bilbo. She smashed her branch off one of the trolls hands. He screams in pain and held his hand. She took this as a chance and grabbed bilbo, running back towards the forest.

"Come here, you little..." one of them muttered just before grabbing them both by their legs.  "Gotcha! And elf ?... you said you were alone burgler-hobbit! Are there any more of you little fellas 'iding where you shouldn't?" He asked. The two shook there heads vigorously. "Nope" bilbo replied.

"He's lying!" Another yelled. "No he's not !" Ash yelled back. "Hold his toes over the fire and burn the elf's face ! Make them squeal" yhe other one yelled again.

Suddenly Kili ran out from the bushes, he cut the one who was yelling on the leg, making him howl in pain.

"Drop them!" He yelled. "You what?.." one asked. "I said, drop them" kili repeated.

The one holding them threw Ash & Bilbo at Kili; they lands on Kili, knocking them down. "Sorry..." ash muttered and she got off him.

The rest of the Company charges out of the bushes yelling and brandishing their weapons. They began fighting the trolls, hacking, slashing, and hammering their legs. As the dwarves fight, Bilbo grabs the large knife and cuts the ropes, freeing the ponies. Ash pulls one over that got stuck. One troll, seeing this, grabs her. The dwarves stop fighting when they see the trolls holding ash by the arms and legs.

They pull tightly and she bits her lip to avoid screaming in pain. "Ash!" Kili screamed. "No!" Thorin yelled.

"Lay down your arms, or we'll rip hers off." One troll warned. Giving limbs a tight tug, making her yelp.

Thorin looks at Bilbo in frustration, then plants his sword in the ground. The others drop their swords and weapons as well.

The trolls then tied Dwalin, Bofur, Dori, Ori and Nori onto a spit and are roasting them over a fire; Thorin, Kili, Gloin, Bombur, Balin and Oin, Ash and Bilbo, are tied up in sacks nearby.

"Don't bother cooking them. Let's just sit on them and squash them into jelly." Suggested one troll. "They should be sautéed and grilled with a sprinkle of sage." The chef suggested. "Is this really necessary?" Dori asked, As they slowly got closer to the flames. "Ooh, that does sound quite nice." Said another.

"Untie us, you monsters!" Oin yelled. "Take on someone your own size!" Gloin join in.

"Never mind the seasoning; we ain't got all night! Dawn ain't far away, so let's get a move on. I don't fancy being turned to stone." One yelled. Bilbo suddenly got an idea.

"Wait! You are making a terrible mistake." Bilbo yelled. "You can't reason with them, they're half­wits!" Dori yelled. "Half­wits? What does that make us?" Bofur asked.

Somehow bilbo managed to stand up, still in the sack. "Uh, I meant with the, uh, with, uh, with the seasoning." He said. "What about the seasoning?" The chef asked. "Well have you smelt them? You're going to need something stronger than sage before you plate this lot up." Bilbo replied. The dwarves yell at Bilbo, calling him a traitor. The ones in sacks kick him.

"What do you know about cooking dwarf?" One asked. "Shut up, and let the, uh, flurgaburburrahobbit talk." Said the chef, looking very interested.

"Uh, th­­-the secret to cooking dwarf is, um­­" bilbo tried think of something quick. Ash crossed her fingers in the sack. "Yes? Come on." The chef said losing his patience. "It's, uh­­" bilbo said still trying to think of something.

"Tell us the secret." The chef said. "Ye­­-yes, I'm telling you, the secret is ... to skin them first!"bilbo yelled. Ash herself now couldn't help but kick bilbo. The chef smirked,"Tom, get me the filleting knife.". "If I get you, you little­­-" gloin tried to yell as he was turned on the spit. "I won't forget that!" Dwalin Yelled. "What a load of rubbish! I've eaten plenty with their skins on. Scuff them, I say, boots and all." Another said cockily. Bilbo sees Gandalf slipping behind some trees nearby. "'e's right! Nothing wrong with a bit of raw dwarf! Nice and crunchy." Said another, grabbing Bombur, who is in a sack, and dangles him upside down over his mouth, about to eat him.

"Not-­­not that one, he­­he's infected!" Bilbo yelled. "You what?" One asked.  "Yeah, He's got worms in his ... tubes." Bilbo explained.

The troll holding bombur dropped him in disgust. "In­­-in fact they all have, they're in­­infested with parasites. It's a terrible business; I wouldn't risk it, I really wouldn't." Bilbo said. Ash smirked slightly, liking his plan. Yet the dwarves didn't catch on just yet.

"Parasites, did he say parasites?" Oin asked.
"We don't have parasites! You have parasites!" Kili yelled like a child. "What are you talking about, laddie?" Gloin asked.

The rest of the dwarves chime in about how they don't have parasites and how Bilbo is a fool. Bilbo rolls his eyes as the dwarves mess up his plan.

Ash gives thorin a look making him understand bilbo has this under control. Thorin kicks the others and gives them the same look. They then understand and go along with it. All the dwarves begin proclaiming about how they're "riddled" with parasites.

"I've got parasites as big as my arm." Oin bosted. "Mine are the biggest parasites, I've got huge parasites!"kili yelled. "We're riddled." Nori said. "Yes, I'm riddled."Ori replied. "Yes we are. Badly!" Dori chimed in. "What would you have us do, then, let 'em all go?" One asked. "Well..." bilbo said as if he were considering the option.  "You think I don't know what you're up to? This little ferret is taking us for fools!" The troll yelled in response. "Ferret?" Bilbo asked, looking rather offended.  "Fools?" The chef asked.

Suddenly Gandalf appears on top of a large rock above the clearing. "The dawn will take you all!" He yelled. "Who's that?" One asked. "No idea." The other replied. "Can we eat 'im too?" The last one said. Gandalf strikes the rock with his staff, splitting it in half, allowing the sunlight behind it to pour into the clearing. When the sunlight touches the trolls' skin, they begin turning into stone amidst loud screams and howls of pain. Within seconds, there are three stone statues of trolls in the clearing. All the dwarves cheer for Gandalf. Of course, the dwarves on the spit, including Dwalin, still look uncomfortable.

"Will you get your foot out of my back!" He yelled. Ash couldn't help but chuckle.

By morning everyone was free. Kili, fili & ash climbed all over the stone trolls as if they were children playing some sort of game no one understood.

"Where did you go to, if I may ask?" Thorin asked Gandalf. "To look ahead." Gandalf replied. "What brought you back?" Thorin asked. "Looking behind. Nasty business. Still, they are all in one piece." Gandalf said. "No thanks to your burglar" thorin commented.

"He had the nous to play for time. None of the rest of you thought of that." Gandalf said. Thorin looks repentant, they go examine the statues of the trolls.

"They must have come down from the Ettenmoors." Gandalf said. "Since when do mountain trolls venture this far south?" Thorin asked.

"Oh, not for an age, not since a darker power ruled these lands." Gandalf said. The two looked meaningfully at eachother.

"They could not have moved in daylight." He said. "There must be a cave near by.." thorin commented.

Ash slowly walked up to the end of the clearing. There she saw her horse with all her belongings on him. She smiled and scratched his Maine. "Good boy.." she said. She took her bow and arrows off him as well as her diary. She ripped out a page from the back and and wrote a note on this, folding it up and putting it in one of his pouches. "You know who to bring this to. Don't come back for me unless I call you. Understand ?" She asked. Her loyal companion nodded and galloped away.

"Ash! Where did you go?! We're leaving!" She heard Fili yell. She made sure her hair was covering her ears and then rejoined the company.