"Is there no way around?", Bilbo asked the wizard curiously, hoping there was another path they could take, as soon as he was done gazing up at the decaying forest. "Not unless we go two hundred miles north, or twice that distance…south", Gandalf responded with a sigh as he gazed into the forest before him. Looking back at the others, he noticed the skinchanger, Beorn, in the distance. "Set the ponies loose. Let them return to their master", he told everyone, before looking back at the forest. Letting the ponies go one by one, they had to travel on foot for now. Plus, Beorn wouldn't appreciate his horses going into the darkly enchanted forest. 

Right after a few moments' gazing, the wizard immediately turned back to his horse, right before one of the dwarves could let it go. "Not my horse, I need it! I’ll be waiting for you at the overlook, before the slopes of Erebor, and Saeril, I need you to watch them the rest of the way", he finally said after a moment's silence. "You're not leaving us", it was more of a statement, rather than a question from the she-elf. "I would not do this unless I had to", the wizard sadly responded. "Do not enter that mountain without me", and with that, he rode off. 

Sighing, the she-elf looked upon the forest before them. All alone they were now, but it was up to her now. Perhaps it was best to give them a warning? "This is not the Greenwood of old", she began to explain. "The very air you breathe in this forest is heavy with illusion. It will seek to enter your mind and lead you astray. We must stay on the path, and not leave it. If we do, we'll never find it again", Saeril had to give this warning out to them, since she, as an elf, can't be affected by the forest's enchantment. It worked best on other races that are not of Elven. 

Looking down at Fili and Kili, she also told them. "Stay close to me. Hold onto me if needed", the she-elf led the company in. 

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Saeril did feel a presence near her, and she knew very well on who or what was following them. Or more specifically? [i]Her.[/i] The voice was all too clear and recognizable. "Go away. You have no thought to be here", she snapped quietly at the shadow.