CHAPTER 17 THE CLOUDS BURST

The next day the march of Dain comes to a halt at the Lonely Mountain. Then the trouble happens. Bard comes over and puts a deal with the Arkenstone. It for a portion of gold. Thorin says no but Bard gives him one day to give him the gold. The next day Bard sees no gold and starts to attack, but at that moment Gandalf warns everybody that goblins and Wargs are about to attack and war was about to spell. It was a nasty battle, and the goblins would of won if it wasn’t for Beron. At the end Bilbo thought he saw the Eagles, but remembered nothing else after a nasty bump on the head.

CHAPTER 16 A THIEF IN THE NIGHT

The ravens started to talk to the dwarfs about the march of Dale, the two day march of Thorin’s people. Bilbo also started a little plan in his mind for what to do with the Arkenstone. That night Bilbo took Bombur’s job for guarding, but instead of guarding, Bilbo slipped on his magic ring and went to the front gate! The men of the lake and the forest elves were there and they talked about Thorin and the dwarfs. And for the grand finally Bilbo gives the elves and the men the Arkenstone of Thrain and after that Gandalf suddenly arrives.

CHAPTER 15 THE GATHERING OF THE CLOUDS

Now back to Bilbo and the dwarves. Just at that moment, Roäc a raven comes to tell the news that Smaug is dead{in bird- language that the dwarfs could understand, not Bilbo.}All the dwarfs went wild!!!!! That ment the kingdom was theirs!!!!!!!!!!!! And they all lived happily ever after. The end. Well, sort of. This is how it happened{I think}. First, Thorin asks Roäc to tell his kin to come to the mountain. Also the men of the lake came demanding their share of the gold. But they happened to have weapons and Thorin said he will not settle matters unless they did not have weapons.

CHAPTER 14 FIRE AND WATER

Smaug flies over to Esgaroth and starts attacking for no reason. They start a battle between men and dragon. After awhile Smuag starts to win, but evil never wins. A man named Bard casts a black arrow at Smaug second breast and Smaug dies. The men and women of Esgaroth go into Mirkwood forest to meet up with the wood-elves too pass the news about Smaug being dead.

CHAPTER 13 NOT AT HOME

After a few days of sitting in the darkness, the dwarfs and Bilbo went down the large tunnel to the room of gold. Then something caught Bilbo's eye. It was the Arkenstone, the gem heart of the mountain. Without being seen, he gets on a big pile of gold and snatches it! Then the dwarfs start to get armed with jeweled mail (armor) and swords. After that, Thorin shows the way up the palace. When they get to the front gate , Balin shows the way to a guard house in the village where they stay for the night.

CHAPTER 12 INSIDE INFORMATION

Once the door opened, Thorin instructed Bilbo to go through the door and see what is in there. As he was walking through the dwarfish kingdom he saw a small little glow. It was the glow of Smaug the dragon! As Bilbo drew nearer all he saw was gold and a big dragon. He went back and told the dwarfs all about it. Unfortunately, Smaug recognizes the smell of dwarf, flies outside, and attacks. They survive the attack by running inside the tunnel. A few days later, the dwarfs say that Bilbo should go and talk to Smaug. At first Bilbo is talking in riddles and Smaug does not understand him. Then Bilbo said something that Smaug did not like and got a lot of burn-marks. The dwarfs revive him. The gang go back into the tunnel and Thorin tells them to shut the door. Once the door is shut, it will not open! They were trapped.....