Let Bygones Be Bygones (2 of 3)

We follow Thorin through the trees following the thin paved pathway that's mostly covered in leaves, dirt and twigs “The path turns this way.” he says after kicking some leaves aside to reveal the path. It gets difficult to breathe the further in we go, we're been walking for hours and there is still no sigh of the forest ending, yet we stay on the path that twists and turns. Over fallen trees and around rocks
Dwalin thumps the handle of his hammer on the ground to find the paving stones of the trail through the dirt that has covered the path that no longer seems in use
“This way.” he says hearing the clunk of stone under metal rather than the sound of dirt.
We keep following the path like Gandalf said to do.
“Air. I need air.” Bofur says out loud what we're all thinking.
“My head, it’s spinning.” Oin states
It's harder to breathe, our heads feel heavy and dizzy, the twisting tall trees leave us in all but complete darkness only a little bit of light to see by, the canopy of the trees has made the air in the forest feel thick and every step taken feels like you have weights attached to your feet, every muscle feels ten time harder to move

"We found the bridge" Someone calls, I realise I've been walking in a daydream all this time.
As we get to the bridge we realise it's broken, impassable.
“Bridge? Once it was a bridge. Not anymore, we need to find another way to cross” I say say looking up and down the stream.
"We could try and swim it." Bofur suggests
"Didn't you hear what Gandalf said? A dark magic lies upon this forest. The waters of this stream are enchanted." Thorin says to Bofur's suggestion
"Doesn't look very enchanting to me." Bofur says as he looks at the bubbling black waters of the river is covered in a low lying fog and the surface on the water is covered in spores from the plants and trees.

"Like Chase has said We must find another way across." Thorin says simply. I notice the vines just as Kili does
"These vines look strong enough." Kili points out and is about to start climbing over them
"Kili!” Thorin says quickly “We send the lightest first."
We all look to Bilbo, he doesn't look very pleased that he's being sent over first, but he is the lightest one, if he can get across we shouldn't have a problem.
“Be careful Bilbo” I say as he nods and starts to walk towards the vines, he doesn't have much of a choice.
He starts climbing the vines
"It's all right.” he pauses as he inspects the vines “Can't see any problem." He reaches for a vine but his arm isn't long enough he nearly loses his hold and hangs above the water upside down holding on only by his legs. "There's one. Everything's...fine."
He manages to get back onto the vines and continue to cross, he's a smart little Hobbit.
After having made it across, he states: "Something is not right. This is not right at all."
Upon seeing it's safe enough to cross Thorin motions for everyone to follow Bilbo's path through the vines, not wanting to waste any time we all cross at once.
Thorin makes it safely across, I'm behind Bombur who falls asleep on one of the vines. While holding on I try to wake him up by slapping his face a little.
“Come on Bombur wake up” I say feeling sleepy myself.
“I don't believe in luck, we make our own luck” I hear Thorin say for some reason. I look over to him and then I hear a splash. I look back to Bombur who is lying on his back in the water.

We manage to get Bombur out of the water, after a lot of messing around while trying not to touch the water and we make a stretcher and roll him onto it before continuing along the path.

“We need to take a rest” one of the dwarves say, this forest is getting maddening to be in, we need to find a way out of here soon, it's dizzying.
“What is that? Those voices, can you hear them?” Bilbo asks
I hear something but I think it is just the dwarves talking amongst themselves
“I hear nothing” Thorin says struggling to speak because of the atmosphere of the forest.
“No wind, no bird song. What hour is it?” he asks slowly, each word hard to speak.
“I do not know, I do not even know what day it is” Dwalin responds
“It can't be more than the second day, we must be near the end of the forest by now, surely” I add
“This is taking too long” Thorin states “Is there no end to this accursed forest?!” he says louder than he was previously speaking.
“None that I can see, only trees and more trees” Gloin says looking around wide eyed
“There” Thorin says moving off the path “This way”
“Gandalf said not to leave the-” Oin starts to speak
“Do as I say” Thorin says desperately, making his way through the dwarves “Follow me”
“Bilbo” I say getting his attention, he's looking around in a daze “This way Bilbo” I say and start walking after Thorin and the rest of them.
“Wait! Wait” Bilbo says, I look back to him and motion with my hand for him to follow “Stop!” my head is spinning too much to be able to think properly and my ears are ringing.
We all help to get Bombur around a large tree on the edge of a cliff

We suddenly stop and Thorin asks why we've stopped,
“What’s happening?”Oin asks
“The path...it’s disappeared!” Nori says
“What?” I ask unsure what's being said
“What’s going on?” Dwalin asks
“We’ve lost the path!” Oin states
“Find it. All of you look. Look for the path!” Thorin says desperately
“What?” I say again “you told us to leave it, we could just go back the way we came?” I suggest looking back the way we came, which looks completely different than I remember it being
“But which way is that?” Fili asks
“This entire place looks the same, yet unrecognisable at the same time” Kili adds.
“I don’t remember this place . None of it’s familiar.” I look to Balin as he speaks, he's up on a higher level than myself and I go up to stand near him and look at all the dwarves who are looking for the path.
“...We are lost.” I hear Bilbo say causing me to look around at him
“We’re not lost. We keep heading east.” Dwalin says stubbornly
“But which way is east? We’ve lost the sun.” Oin states
The dwarves start to argue and push each other around. I sit out of the fray too dizzy to bother getting involved in dwarvish squabbles.
“What? What is that?” Thorin says quietly
“Whispering?” I ask to which he nods slightly “You hear it too?” I ask standing back up
Thorin turns and yells at the dwarves. “Enough! Quiet! All of you!” He says getting their attention “We’re being watched.” he says quieter.
I feel my eyes getting heavier and I have to sit down again, I lean against a tree looking around a little and notice Bilbo is gone and everyone else in a group, I blink and when I take another look around I notice everyone else was gone, did I dose off and get left here I stand up only to fall over. I roll onto my back and notice my legs up to my knee are tied up, I pull at the white rope to find that it's sticky, and that it's not actually rope. It webbing. I go to get my dagger when I hear scuttling and get stabbed in the back falling limp. My vision fades to black as I feel myself being picked up and spun around.