~~~~Previously~~~~

He pushed up from the ledge and they kept pulling on his coat. She was almost up to the ledge,

"I-I'm slipping!!" She yelled.

~~~~Now~~~~

Thorin let go of the ledge with his other hand to grab her arm when he felt her slipping, which was a mistake to do because that meant he had nothing to help hold his weight.

"No, No, No!!" The Company yelled. Balin, Bofur, Bilbo, and Bifur grabbed Thorin's shoulders and waist. Zena clung to his hand tightly.

The combined strength of the Dwarves, and Bilbo, they pulled Thorin back from the edge, which in turn pulled Zena up onto the ledge. She was still hyperventilating heavily and she was visibly shaking to much to move, Thorin let out a heavy loud sigh of relief and wrapped his arms tightly around her. She gripped his sides and cried, while hyperventilating heavily, into the crook of his neck. He rubbed her back and rocked her slowly,

"Shh, shh, shh, its all okay now âmrâlime. Its all okay now." He mumbled against her ear before kissing her head. The Dwarves bumped fists and panted from the adrenaline rush this gave them.

"Let's find someplace warm and dry to wait out this storm before anyone falls ill." Gandalf said and wrung out his hat.

"Agreed." Thorin said and picked Zena up bridal style. She had passed out from hyperventilating and shaking so bad.

"Will she be alright, Uncle?" Kili asked as they started walking.

"That is uncertain at the time, my sister-son, but do not worry. We all know how strong of a woman she is. We now know it takes more than just a few Trolls and a bad thunderstorm to end her life." Thorin replied as he placed his footing carefully.

"She had a bad fear of thunderstorms as a child." Gandalf said ahead, "She had gotten over them, until now. It will take a while for her to get over them again." Thorin and Kili only nodded and the Company walked carefully in silence.

Some still slipped on the wet rocks here and there, but as always they had someone to help them back up.

"There is a cave up ahead." Gandalf said before picking up his pace. Thorin shifted Zena some so her head was resting on his chest instead of hanging back.

They stepped into the cave after Gandalf had looked around inside it.

"It looks like this was once a home." Balin said as he looked at tattered rugs and broken paintings. There were three smaller caves that sprouted off the main one.

"Right you are Master Dwarf. A home to Mountain Lion Skin-Changers. We should be safe here until the storm passes." Gandalf said after starting a fire in the fireplace. Dwalin, Fili, and Kili took the big dining table and put it against the opening of the cave house just in case.

"Everyone get comfortable. It looks like we might be here a while." Thorin said before taking Zena to one of the rooms and laying her on the bed in the room.

(Short and sweet I know. I just didn't feel like doing a long drawn out on. Sorry.)