Chapter 6: Erebor

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Master of Lake-town: Go now with our good will.
Bofur: Wait!
Master of Lake-town: And may your return bring fortune to all!
[the crowd cheers as the company sets off on the barge down the lake, at the same time Bofur pushes through the crowd but when he reaches the dock he sees the rest of the company has left and is too far down the lake for him to reach]
Bofur: No!
[he turns and notices Kili, Fili (y/n),and Oin]
Bofur: Did you miss the boat as well?
[suddenly (y/n) looks close to passing out]
Fili: (y/n)? (Y/n)!
[Fili, Fili, Oin and Bofur take (y/n) to Bard's house, as Bard opens the door]
Bard: No. I'm done with dwarves, go away!
[as he goes to shut the door Bofur stops him]
Bofur: No! No! No one will help us. (Y/n) sick.
[he turns to look at (y/n) who looks pale and close to passing out]
Bofur: He's very sick.
[as they reach the overlook at the Lonely Mountain they come upon an abandoned city]
Bilbo: What is this place?
Balin: It was once the city of Dale. Now it is a ruin. The Desolation of Smaug.
Thorin: The sun will soon reach midday. We must find the hidden door into the mountain before it sets. This way.
[he turns to lead them off]
Bilbo: Wait. Is this the overlook? Gandalf said to meet him here, on no account were we to...
Thorin: Do you see him? We have no time to wait upon the wizard. We're on our own. Come.
[he turns and starts leading the dwarves]
[meanwhile, Gandalf has reached Dol Guldur with Radagast]
Gandalf: Dol Guldur. The hill of sorcery.
Radagast: It looks completely abandoned.
Gandalf: As it is meant to. A spell of concealment lies over this place. Which means our enemy is not yet ready to reveal himself. He has not regained his full strength. *Radagast, I need you to carry a message to the Lady Galadriel. Tell her, we must force his hand.
Radagast: What do you mean?
Gandalf: I'm going in alone. On no account come after me.
[Radagast hesitates before starting to walk away]
Gandalf: Do I have your word?
Radagast: Yes, yes, yes, yes!
[as Radagast leaves Gandalf starts walking further into the abandoned ruins of Dol Guldur]
Radagast: Wait, Gandalf! What if it's a trap?
Gandalf: Turn around and do not come back.
[to himself as Radagast turns and carries on walking away]
Gandalf: It's undoubtedly a trap.
[he draws his sword and carries on walking into the ruins]
[Gandalf wanders around the ruins]
Gandalf: [subtitled] The evil that is hidden here, I command it to come forth! I command it to reveal itself!
[Gandalf slams his spear down to remove the spell but nothing happens, he carries on walking around trying to reveal the Necromancer, beneath the ruins is Azog and his Orcs]
Azog: [subtitled] The Wizard has come.
Orc: [subtitled] He is lifting the spell. He will find us!
Azog: [subtitled] Yes...he will!
[at the Lonely Mountain the company search for the hidden door]
Thorin: Anything?
Dwalin: Nothing!
[looking at the map]
Thorin: If the map is true, the hidden door lies directly above us.
[Bilbo finds a large carving of the previous king on the side of the mountain]
Up here!

Thorin: You have keen eyes, Master Baggins.
[the company climbs up the massive carving until they reach the top where they see the wall of mountain]
Thorin: This must be it. The hidden door.
[facing the company]
Thorin: Let all those who doubted us, rue this day!
[he holds up the key and they all cheer]
Dwalin: Hey, we have a key.
[he starts touching the wall]
Dwalin: Which means there's somewhere there is a keyhole.
[looking at the sun which is about to set]
Thorin: The last light of Durin's Day...will shine upon the keyhole.
[he looks over to the sun light shining on the mountain's wall but the dwarves fail to find the keyhole]
Thorin: Nori.
[Nori goes over to the wall places a glass against and uses a spoon to tap against the wall in order to see if he can hear where the hidden door is]
Thorin: We're losing the light. Come on!
[Dwalin starts thumping his leg onto the wall trying to locate the hidden door]
Nori: Be quiet. I can't hear when you're thumping!
Dwalin: I can't find it. It's not here! It's not here!
[as they begin to lose the sun light]
Thorin: Break it down!
[the dwarves start using their weapons to hit against the mountain wall frantically trying to break it before they lose the sun light completely]
Thorin: Come on!
[the company continue to hit the wall with their weapons to no avail]
Thorin: We lost the light.
Balin: It's no good! The door's sealed! Can't be open by force. Powerful magic on it.
[the sun finally sets and they lose the light]
Thorin: No!
[he goes over to the wall and looks at the map again]
Thorin: The last light of Durin's Day...will shine upon the keyhole.
[looking at the company]
Thorin: That's what it says. What did we miss?
[he looks at Balin who shakes his head]
Thorin: What did we miss? Balin.
Balin: We've lost the light. There's no more to be done. We had but one chance. Come away, lads. It's over.
[dejected they all start to leave]
Bilbo: Wait a minute, what?
[to Thorin]
Bilbo: Where are they going?
[to the dwarves as they walk away]
Bilbo: You can't give up now!
[completely crestfallen Thorin turns and lets go of the key which falls to the ground]
Bilbo: Thorin.
[Thorin starts walking away and gives the map to Bilbo]
Bilbo: You can't give up now.
[Thorin joins the rest of the dwarves as they start making their way down]
[as the others leave Bilbo stands by the mountain wall reciting to himself]
Bilbo: Stand by the grey stone. When the thrush knocks, and the setting sun. And the last light of Durin's Day will shine.
[turning from the wall he paces trying to figure it out]
Bilbo: The last light. The last light.
[he looks up and suddenly sees the moon appear from behind the clouds in the sky, he looks back at the wall and sees a thrush trying to crack open a snail, rapping it against the wall, then the moonlight hits the wall]
Bilbo: The last light!
[the moonlight shines on the keyhole of the hidden door]
Bilbo: The keyhole!
[he goes over to the edge and shouts down to the dwarves]
Bilbo: Come back! Come back! It's the light of the moon! The last moon of Autumn!
[he laughs to himself]
Bilbo: Where's the key? Where's the key?! Where's the...?
[he starts looking on the ground for the key Thorin had dropped]
Bilbo: It was here. Come on. It was here It was just...
[as he looks around he accidentally kicks it, nearly dropping it over the edge of the mountain until Thorin steps on the string, Thorin picks up the key looking at it as the other dwarves join him, they all then look at the wall where the keyhole is now showing]
[Thorin inserts they key into the keyhole within the mountain wall, unlocks it and pushes it open, the company stares at it in awe for a moment]
Thorin: Erebor
Balin: Thorin.
[Balin is near to tears and Thorin places his hand on his shoulder, then he takes a step inside]
Thorin: I know these walls. These halls. This stone.
[he touches the stone wall as he walks further inside]
Thorin: You remember it, Balin. Chambers filled with golden light.
Balin: I remember.
[Balin and the rest of the company step inside, Gloin spots an engraving on the wall]
Gloin: Herein lies the seventh kingdom of Durin's folk. May the heart of the mountain unite all dwarves in defense of this home.
Balin: The throne of the king.
[referring to the engraving of a stone on the throne with light shining around it]
Bilbo: And what's that above it?
Balin: The Arkenstone.

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