Bali took second watch, with Dain and Kili. He pondored once again if they had chosen the right path, and if the Caradhras would prove to be the doom of the companions he had brought. Swords could beat orcs, but they had not power over the weather!
He then heard the sounds again. Rustling in the bushes near the bottom of weathertop. "Dain, Kili, come over here."
The two dwarves walked over. "Look down there, near the wagon. I'd have sworn that those bushes moved once or twice."
"Aye, I saw it too. Mayhaps those are orcs." They watched the bushes for a while.
Then Bali spoke. "Dain, wake up Astarielle, Belegond, and Eruantalon. You and Kili keep a watch from the top, and we will go down and investigate."
The other two dwarves were not happy about, as they later grumbled, being "left out," but Bali would not let them argue with him. They knew it had hurt his pride to be snuck out of Bree, without being able to fight, and he needed something to redeem himself by.
Bali, Astarielle, Erulon, and Belegond made their way down to the wagon...
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