From Hogwarts to Strixhaven

"Where is Bilbo?" Gandalf stood under the pine tree and looked around at the members of the expedition. After a series of running and chasing, everyone was exhausted, and their faces were covered with soot. "Has anyone seen our thief?"

"When we were captured by the orcs, I saw him hiding alone! Right next to the cage!" said Nori with a five-pointed head.

"Bilbo must have gone home! And he left a long time ago! He doesn't belong to us! From the beginning!" Thorin shouted tiredly.

"That's impossible! Bilbo is one of us!" Gandalf raised his voice, "And Ivy and I are following you! But none of us saw Bilbo!"

"Wizard! Where is our other wizard?" asked Balin with a white beard, "Didn't he come out with us?"

"Maybe he went back to find Bilbo!" Before Qili finished speaking, he heard a muffled sound from the mountain.

"... Was that the noise made by the wizard?" asked Fili.

"Who else could it be but him?" Gandalf asked, "I'll go back and see! Maybe he's in a tough fight!"

"Pick up our weapons!" Thorin said decisively, "We can't give up on wizards!"

The dwarves who were sitting on the ground to rest stood up one by one, ready to drag their tired bodies to fight again: "Kill those orc bastards!"

"Thank you for your kindness!" Golden Horn lightly passed over the treetops, and Ivy said loudly, "Master Thief and I are about to return to the team!"

Of course, Bilbo did not ride on Golden Horn's back with Ivy, but was held under his arm. Although the total weight of Golden Horn did not change, it made it feel much better psychologically.

"Bilbo! Ivy!" Gandalf shouted in surprise, "I never thought that seeing someone would make me so happy! You must have gone back to find Bilbo, right?"

"In fact, I did almost nothing. It was all up to Bilbo himself. When I found him, he was almost at the exit, but was blocked by the orcs guarding the gate." Ivy jumped off the horse and put Bilbo upright on the ground, "I saw your masterpiece, Gandalf. If it weren't for the orc stuck in the door, we might not have found the way out."

"Hahaha!" Gandalf's white beard trembled happily, "So you blew up the gate, right?"

Ivy smiled and nodded.

"What a miracle!" Balin, the oldest of the dwarves, exclaimed, "We passed through the goblin town under the Misty Mountains and fought our way out of hundreds of orcs, and not even one person was left behind!"

"But our ponies are gone, as well as the magical horseshoes made by the wizard." The youngest Oli said regretfully.

"That's right." Gloin didn't look too happy either, "I was thinking about showing the horseshoe to my son!"

"I didn't know you had a son, Gloin!" Bilbo was surprised to find that not all the members of this team were bachelors.

"Of course! His name is Gimli! He wanted to join our expedition, but he's too young, only 62 years old! 20 years younger than Kili!" Gloin was happy to share his family with his companions.

"Oh!" Bilbo was shocked. It seemed that he was the youngest in the expedition at only 50 years old. Looking at his companions' faces, he took the initiative to ask Ivy, who looked the youngest: "Wizard, how old are you this year?"

"Me?" Ivy thought for a while, "I should be 145, no, 146 years old with this body. You know, we wizards don't usually calculate our age deliberately."

This was Ivy's deliberate misleading of Gandalf, because the Istars who went to Middle-earth needed to give up their bodies as Maia and use the image of an old man to guide the creatures here.

And phrases like "this body" will definitely get a response from Gandalf.

"That's right." Gandalf was filling his pipe with tobacco. "We wizards never count our ages, but I would say that Ivy is definitely the youngest among us, which is why he wears a green robe."

"By the way, Ivy, quickly conjure up the ponies, everyone is exhausted." Gandalf blew a smoke ring in the eager eyes of the Hobbits and said.

"Oh my God! The wizard even protected the ponies!" Balin was shocked again, "Groin, you can bring the magic horseshoe to your son!"

"Oh, I'm afraid I have to make some explanations for this." Ivy spread his hands, "Although the ponies are alive and well, I can't make them come out of the book now. My magic is now limited. Yes, restrictions."

"Oh-" Everyone made a frustrated sound, even the gray-robed Gandalf was no exception.

"What a pity!" Gandalf took a deep puff of his pipe, "I thought you were the freest one among us!"

"So your magic is also restricted? Gandalf?" Bilbo asked.

"What else? Do you think I don't use magic because I don't like explosions?" Gandalf asked back in a bad mood.

"Enough!" Thorin stopped the expedition team from arguing, "We must set off. This place is too close to the orcs' territory and not safe enough! It's not too late to chat when we find a suitable hiding place."

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However, just as Thorin finished speaking, a creepy wolf howl was heard in the air.

"It's a warg!" Gandalf once again showed his agility that shocked everyone, "They can definitely smell our scent! Run!"

So everyone took action and ran along the rugged mountain road. Of course, only Ivy, who was sitting on the back of the golden horn, was the easiest, after all, he didn't have to run on the ground.

However, even so, Ivy's mood did not improve. He had originally thought about finding a safe place to rest at night, smoothly recovering the spell slots of the two professions of warlock and swordmaster, and then thinking about which spells he should learn to deal with the dragon Smaug and the possible necromancer of Dol Guldur, that is, Sauron.

Now the plan was disrupted, and they didn't know if they could survive the current wave of wargs.

No one spoke, and everyone tried to pass through the bushes and gravel as carefully as possible, trying not to leave any traces.

But even so, they still saw the wargs and the orc riders on them before the sun completely set.

"Why are the orcs active during the day!" Bilbo asked.

"Have you forgotten the orcs that were chasing us near the Ogre Forest?" Gandalf replied, "They chased us all the way here, and they may have been waiting in this mountain for a long time!"

"It must be Azog the White Orc!" Thorin gritted his teeth.

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