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It rained pretty heavily on the company soaking everyone to the bone. Y/n didn't mind it so much as the others, but that doesn't mean she ensures it. "Here, Mr. Gandalf, can't you do something about this deluge?" Dori called out behind y/n, and the young lady raised a brow. Did these dwarves know nothing of what Gandalf is capable of? Maybe he would have been able to change the weather, but based on his response, he didn't want to do it.

"It is raining, Master Dwarf, and it will continue to rain until the rain is done. If you wish to change the world's weather, you should find another wizard," he said. "Are there any?" Bilbo asked, making y/ns interest peak. She didn't know about any other wizards than Gandalf. After all, she was pretty isolated except in her forest.

"What?"
"Other wizards?" y/n cleared up, and Gandalf hummed, "There are five of us. The greatest of our order is Saruman, the White. Then there are the two Blue Wizards; I've quite forgotten their names."

After a little pause, the grey wizard continued, "Our fifth is Radagast, the Brown."

"Is he a great Wizard, or is he...more like you?" Bilbo asked, and y/n had to bite her lip for not bursting into giggles. "I think he's a very great wizard, in his way. He's a gentle soul who prefers the company of animals to others. He keeps a watchful eye over the vast forest lands to the East, and a good thing too, for always Evil will look to find a foothold in this world." Gandalf answered, and he was right.

It was good that radagats took after the forest. But unfortunately, Evil will always find its way into the world, seeking to destroy all that is good.

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The company finds an old abounded house of a farmer. While Gandalf and y/n search it out, Throin gets the other dwarves to start the camp. "We'll camp here for the night. Fili, Kili, look after the ponies. Make sure you stay with them." Kili and Fili nod and walks off to their ponies. Y/n let her fingers run over the ruins of the farmer's house, taking its energy and past inhabitants. "A farmer and his family used to live here." She says to Gandalf, looking up at him with a worried look.

"Can you sense what destroyed their home?" Gandalf aks and y/n closes her eyes, seeing the images of the description but not the ones who did it, only three bug creatures. Then, finally, she opens her eyes and sighs, "no, Gandalf. I only sense that there was much turmoil that went down here. The poor farmer had no chance against those beasts. We have to be careful" the grey wizard nods and turn to face Throin who's coming toward them while calling out to the other dwarves "Oin, Gloin." The two dwarves in question answer, and Throin gives them their order, "Get a fire going."

The two dwarves nod and run around, trying to start a fire. "I think it would be wiser to move on. We could make for the Hidden Valley." Gandalf says to Throin, but y/n notice the immediate scowl on the young king's face. "I have told you already; I will not go near that place." As wise as it seemed, the young shifter decided to stand out from this decision. It's not her business that Thorin had a hatred for elves.

She's not one herself. "Why not? The elves could help us. We could get food, rest, advice." Gandalf agrúmese, but Throin doesn't get so easily broken.  

"I do not need their advice." The dwarf prince snaps, and y/n can feel that the wizard is starting to get annoyed. "We have a map that we cannot read. Lord Elrond could help us." Throin turns around, his eyes meeting y/n's for a fleeting moment, but still, the young lady doesn't say anything, only watches with mild amusement that her friends would bicker about something like this. She really can't brogue it. "Help? A dragon attacks Erebor; what help came from the Elves? Orcs plunder Moria and desecrate our sacred halls; the Elves looked on and did nothing. You ask me to seek out the very people who betrayed my grandfather and betrayed my father."

Oh, so it's a family bicker thing—rival between the two kins. Huh, so... waste of time. "You are neither of them. I did not give you that map and key for you to hold on to the past." Gandalf was starting to get angry now, and it clearly showed in his body langue as Throin sneered back, "I did not know that they were yours to keep." That was the drop. Gandalf glance at y/n, catching her slight nod, and turns aorund, storming off.

"Everything alright? Gandalf, where are you going?" Bilbo asks as the grey wizard bustles past him in anger and disappointment. "To seek the company of the only one around here who's got any sense," Gandalf calls over his shoulder. Y/n walks to the hobbit as he and the company watch their guide walk away into the forest. "You know where he's going?" Bilbo asks, looking up at the young lady who shrugs "who knows. He's a wizard; he'll manage" she turns aorund.

Soon she had to go too. After all, her transformation will happen when the moon comes out tonight. And she doesn't want to be too close to the company in case they'll see her as a threat. But who wouldn't? It is not precisely you meet a giant white wolf in the forest.

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It is nighttime. Food is being served between the dwarves and hobbit. Y/n gets her share and takes it with a nod of thanks. "thorin," she calls, and the young king looks up at the mention of his name. Y/n stands her bowl in her hands. she walks to Thorin, towering above him by at least a head. "I'll be gone as soon as I've eaten. There's a business I must tend to," thorin nods though his gaze is suspicious. "and no account follow me" Thorin shakes his head, and Y/n smiles and walks over to her spot eating her food. 

bilbo comes over to her looking worried. "what's wrong, master Bilbo?" bilbo says and sits down. "He's been a long time." Y/N sighs "as I said before, he's a wizard. he can take care of himself. don't worry, he'll be back before you know it," she says and ruffes the little hobbit's hair. "I'll be gone too tonight" bilbo gets a scared look on him, and Y/n chuckles, "no need to be scared. You're with dwarves, and I won't be gone too long. Just some hours or less. And I will be close by" Y/n then stands, setting the empty bowl onto her stone and strapping her sword tighter onto her. "see you soon, master hobbit," and then she's gone in the shadows.

Y/n goes far enough from the company and sighs, taking off her weapons but hiding them close enough so she can summon them when she needs them. Soon she let it happen, and slowly but surely, it does. Y/n whimper a little as her skin rips and grows over with fur. Her bones break and heal in a new way. Her senses heightened, and soon she's done with her transformation. in her stead stands a giant white wolf. Her fur is as white as the moon, and her eyes glow a blue fire. 

Y/n shakes her head, growls, and then sets off into the night.

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