Carina the Skin Changer

Review: Carina is the sister of Beorn and was five when she and her brother escaped the clutches of the Orcs. She left when she grew up to travel Middle Earth and learn about other races. She is attacked by orcs and saved by Dori, Nori, and Ori who take her in as a ward. She will join the Company of Thorin and find her true self and love. Nori/OC

Prologue Escape

Carina huddled in the corner of the cage she was in, covering her ears as the screams of her people filled the air. She was five when the orcs came down from the mountain. She had witnessed both her parents deaths at the hands of the orcs. Tears streamed down her checks as the orcs cheered as they had fun with her people. No little girl should have to experience anything like this, but Carina was living her worst nigthmare.

Carina jumped as one of the orcs hit the cage bars. The orcs laughed at her fear and talked in the Black Speach. Carina curled up into the ball as the Orcs were laughing and banging on the cage. She covers her ears and closes her eyes, dreaming of somewhere else besides here. A familiar roar came and the orcs went running. Carina heard metal being bended and she opened her eyes to see Beorn standing there in his bear form.

"Beorn." Carina said, standing up and running to her brother, relieved he was alive. The bear sniffed her and nudged her as she threw her arms around him. Orc screeches came and the bear nudged her laying down. She climbed onto his back and he took off running. She burried her face in his fur as arrows were fired at them. The bear ran through the trees and the arrows seemed to stop. Carina looked over her shoulder, seeing the camp disappear behind them. She laid her head down as she let her brothers running lull her to sleep

As the years went. Carina grew into a woman and like her brother was a skin changer, but was a Snow Leopard. Her brother had built a house near Mirkwood. They avoided the elves cause her brother didn't trust them. For her animal being small, Carina was small with Blonde hair and a deep blue eyes. She wanted to see the world and learn from others their ways, but her brother was being very overproctive of her and didn't want her to leave.

It was late at night as Carina quickly packed a bag. She and her brother got into a huge fight of her wanting to go to Rivendell to learn from the elves and he kept refusing. She was an adult and wanted to have some freedom. She knew how to fight in animal and human form so she knew she could handle herself in the wild.

She grabbed her cloak and put it on, putting up the hood. Her brother was sleeping after patrol and she left the letter she wrote on the table. Carina went outside and got her pony. She saddled it and jumped on. She turned to take one last look at the home she shared with her brother. She turned her pony around and headed for Rivendell.

AN: I know this chapter is short. This is Pre quest. I will have another chapter up soon. Till next time.