Chapter 17

 Chapter 17: The Clouds Burst 

In the morning Bard returns to the mountain with 2 messengers to ask Thorin again. Thorin refuses but then they show Thorin the arkenstone and he is crushed. Bilbo reveals he is the one who gave Bard the Arkenstone and Thorin is furious. He is about to attack Bilbo but one of the messengers takes off his cloak and is revealed to be Gandalf. Bilbo claims that taking the Arkenstone counts as his share of the treasure. Thorin agrees to pay one-fourteenth of the treasure to get the Arkenstone but Thorin hopes before they make the trade his relatives will take it by force and give it to him. Thorin's relatives come and threaten the elves and they are about to battle but Gandalf brings the news that the Goblins are coming to steal all the treasure left. The dwarves fight alongside the elves and kill all the goblins but have to retreat from the wargs. Some goblins gather around Bilbo and he is forced to retreat to the elves camp. He is cornered but in the corner of his eye sees the great eagles coming towards him to help out but a stone falls from a mountain and hits Bilbo. Leaving him knocked out  