The Last Goodbye
A Hobbit Fanfiction
By: HogwartsWonderland
Elwll looked up at her husband lovingly as they strolled along the outskirts of the Dwarven village which they lived in. It was early in the morning- much like the one when they first met- and not many people were out, most preferring to stay and enjoy the comfort of their warm beds. Elwll would have liked to be one of those many people but this was the last time she would get to spend alone time with her husband before his departure to the Shire. It was a long journey, and the entire month of their marriage was spent preparing for it. It didn't leave much time for the two of them. She desperately wished she could convince her husband not to go on the quest but she knew it was impossible. While her husband was a level-headed dwarf, he still had an adventurous spirit and could be stubborn at times. Although, she must admit that his stubbornness works to his advantage in certain situations. If Fili wasn't so stubborn, then he would have given up when Elwll turned down his advances the first few times- therefore meaning that they would have never been married, let alone courting. Thinking about their courtship made Elwll forget about her husband's departure and put a smile on her face.
"What are you smiling at, Elwll?" Fili asked his wife.
"Oh, nothing," Elwll answered airily. "I was just remembering how excited you were when we finally began courting."
Fili chuckled as he too remembered the moment his stubborn wife agreed to the courtship. He knew that it would be a memory that he would frequently replay in his mind as he made the journey to Erebor, with nothing but his younger brother, Uncle Thorin, and ten other dwarves to keep him company. While it saddened him to leave his wife, the quest to reclaim Erebor was something that he needed to partake in.
"I will miss you, Fili" Elwll tells her husband just as the come upon the entrance of the Dwarven village they called home.
Fili looked at his wife in sadness upon hearing her words. "I will miss you as well," he said before kissing her softly. It was a long kiss full of love that was only broken when both husband and wife heard Kili shouting for them to break it up and that it was time to go.
Again, both looked at each other with expressions filled with both melancholy and love. They kissed again for one final time before Fili walked towards his brother and mounted upon his pony. Only a small crowd had gathered, which consisted of their friends and their mother. Elwll joined her mother-in-law in the crowd as the brothers rode off into the blinding sun and uncertain future.
"Will he-they- be alright?" Elwll asked Dis.
Dis, sister of Thorin and daughter of Thrain, glanced at the young dwarven woman. The look on her daughter-in-laws face was identical to Dis's when she waved her husband off to battle for the first (and last) time. "With where they are traveling, it is uncertain. My boys are strong like their father, uncle, and grandfather, but you never know when it will be your last goodbye."