"Creatures of Mordor?" Beorn's brow rose as he regarded Bane's words. "And what, pray tell, would creatures of Mordor be doing this far to the west? Mordor is no longer ruled over by the enemy of the past, why would creatures still serve under its banner?" though the way in which he spoke betrayed that the skinchanger didn't necessarily believe the apparent rumours that Sauron was no more. In fact, he had heard whisperings of an altogether different kind though now was not the time to be mentioning them. He did not yet know these guests, or their intentions, and whether they were in fact who they claimed to be.

Thorin blinked in surprise and quickly hurried over to crouch beside the hobbit as he looked over the mage in alarm. "She was fine last night..." the dwarf protested, trying not to panic to avoid upsetting the others, though he couldn't help but be concerned that perhaps Serena had been more ill than they thought. As a dwarf, whose people had little knowledge of such magical healing, he knew next to nothing at all of healing trances.

Bane sighed and said "We are not sure...its why we are coming this way to figure it all out...the only reason have come up with is that they are hunting down the company have joined recently. They are inside the barn if you wish to speak more about this..."

Bilbo nodded and said "I know...maybe she was hurt more then we thought she was before..." He thought for a few minutes then said "Didn't Bane say about having to pull energies back from the earth or something like that?"

"Company?" Beorn picked up his axe again and eyed them suspiciously as the other man mentioned more people. Of course he remembered very little, if anything at all, of chasing down the very same group in his bear form the night before. "What sort of company?" he thought he recalled scenting dwarves at some point and he could only hope that the short-legged folk were not the company of whom they spoke. He had never been fond of them. "Not dwarves, are they?" the skinchanger asked in a growl.

Thorin shrugged his shoulders as he shook his head in confusion. "I don't know, maybe? I don't understand all this nonsense about energies and what have you. Ridiculous elven magic."

Bane blinked and then smiled and said "There's a Hobbit in there with the others..." Gandalf looked at Bane and said "Yes, and Lady Serena as well as Master Thorin and his company"

Bilbo rested a hand on Serena's forehead and said "she's not feverish...that's a good sign...maybe this is normal..." He looked at Balin and asked "Have you seen anything like this?"

Beorn growled softly under his breath, seeming rather unsure about the group now that he knew dwarves were involved, but hearing mention of Thorin's name piqued his interest. That was a name he had heard before. "So, Oakenshield has stepped out into the light again."

Balin's brow furrowed in thought as he tried to remember if he had ever seen anyone in a similar state before. "I'm not sure, laddie..." he admitted, "I think it's quite a common thing for Elves to do, and did Bane not say she was half-Elven?"

Gandalf nodded as Bane sniffed suddenly and said "That's odd..." He looked around and said "The wind changed...I got a odd scent now...Sir, what is east of this farm of yours?"

Bilbo nodded and said "I believe that's what he said. Could that be the problem? Only being part elf I mean...Maybe she's having a harder time healing because she's not..." Serena suddenly stirred slightly, her eyes fighting to open. She looked like she was having a bad dream of sorts. A couple of beads of sweat ran down her face as she twitched. Bilbo moved back and said "Thorin...what's going on..."

"East of here there is very little." Beorn informed Bane. "My lands are well guarded, neither Orc, nor Warg, nor Goblin would dare cross the river for several miles around my home."

"I don't know..." Thorin admitted, biting his lip slightly as he used the end of his sleeve to dab at the sweat on Serena's face. "Bilbo, go and get Bane, or Gandalf. Either of them, maybe they know." the dwarf prince suggested.

Bane sniffed again, his eyes changing to yellow for a moment. "Is there a village east of here at all? Even in a few miles?" Gandalf looked at Bane and asked "Lad, what is it? What's wrong?"

Bilbo nodded but when he got up Serena muttered softly "Fire...a blaze...can't put it out...screams...a greed so fowl..." Bilbo looked back and said "Serena?"

"I wouldn't know." Beorn shrugged. "I keep to myself, I don't bother other people and they do not bother me." he eyed Bane warily, the man was behaving very strangely and he wasn't sure of him at all now.

"Serena, wake up!" Thorin shook the mage's shoulder in an attempt to rouse her, even more unnerved when she started rambling under her breath about some strange fire and greed or some other such thing.

Bane sighed and said "It must be nothing then...I just smell blood...on the wind...but its nothing." He looked back and Gandalf said "Bane..." He shook his head and said "Don't worry about it..." Gandalf nodded and looked at Beorn. "Shall we speak in side then?"

Bilbo went to the door but Serena suddenly opened her eyes and sat up, panting hard. She looked lost, like she wasn't sure where she was. "The dragon...he...his coming...so much pain...suffering..." Bilbo said "Thorin, is she talking about...that night the dragon took your home?" Serena wasn't looking at any one them, still stuck in her vision.

Beorn gave a quick nod of his head, setting the axe down against the tree stump he walked past Gandalf and Bane back towards the house. "Yes, I suppose we should. I should meet this other 'company' of yours, and introduce myself I would imagine."

"She can't be." Thorin shook his head quickly. "She was never there, she wouldn't know what it was like."

The door opened and Bane walked in first and saw what was going on. "Serena? What's going on?" Bilbo looked up and said "she seems to be trapped in some kind of vision or something..." Gandalf moved over to her the Thorin and asked "what has she said exactly"

"Something about dragon fire, and suffering and greed and...oh I don't know, I can't remember all of it." Thorin admitted, though he recounted the parts of Serena's ramblings that he could remember her saying.

Beorn hung back as he watched the group warily, waiting for the right time to speak as it clearly wasn't now.

Gandalf shook his head as he rested a hand on Serena's cheek. "Some how...she's stuck in a vision of the past...but she wasn't there..." Bane was holding her hand when an idea hit him. "Her power comes from touch...Thorin? Did she touch your bare skin last night at all?"

"Yes..." Thorin nodded slowly as he looked at Serena with worry in his eyes. "She couldn't re-wrap her hands, I helped her." he explained.

Bane cursed and said "Her power of sight comes from what she touches...with her being weak she must have touched you without thinking about it and its of the memory you were thinking of..." Gandalf said "Knowing that much I can wake her from the waking nightmare...Thorin? Kili? Can you help me hold her steady" Gandalf waited till the Dwarfs were in place then cupped Serena's face in his hands and started muttering softly. Bilbo stood by Bane, looking worried and concerned for Serena's sake.

"I would have been more careful if I had known." Thorin apologised as he moved to one side of the mage, holding her steady as Gandalf worked. He suppressed the shudder that crept up his spine, trying to focus on doing what the wizard had asked him rather than dwelling on the memories again.

After a few moments Serena blinked hard and her eyes cleared. She was panting as she looked around, seeing them surrounding her. "Thorin...Bane...what..." She fell back against Thorin and Kili, her body locking up on her for a moment. Bane moved forward but Gandalf said "Easy lad...she just needs a moment. Her mind needs to catch up to her body...that's all" Bilbo ran over with a cool cloth and handed it to Thorin.

Thorin took the cloth from the hobbit and carefully laid it on Serena's forehead. "You were having a weird vision, of my past." he explained to her carefully, wondering if she even knew that she possessed such an ability. "It must have activated when we were outside. Are you alright?"

Serena nodded, taking deep breathes. "Yes...I think so...I have never had that happen before...not by touch only...normally I have to do much more to get that...and even then its not that strong..." She looked around and saw how worried everyone was. "I am sorry, my friends...I didn't mean to scare you all...I am alright really" Bane sighed and sat down, laughing. "Dang it, my lady...you had us more then scared..." Bilbo looked at Beorn and said "Hello there. Um...sorry we sort of took over your barn"