Nothing, that's what he felt, nothing. All he knew was that it's dark and he felt nothing. He was so absorbed in the darkness that he didn't even feel himself get lifted out of the water; he didn't even know he was in the water until he felt the rock beneath him. Then the pounding started.
"Come on Fili." he heard so faintly like it was a million miles away and yet it was so close.
The pounding turn to his mouth being opened and a breath of air going down his throat and into his lungs. The air pushing at the water until he flung himself over on his side coughing up, what felt like, the entire river.
"Thank Mahal your alive." Said a familiar voice from above him, as he rolled back over on the cold, wet, hard rocks.
Fili open his eye and was greeted with a beautiful sight. Was it true, he hoped and dreads that it was, it couldn't be true, but when his vision cleared completely, it was true, it was his crush.
"Fili, are you okay?" she asked with a worried glance at the blood stains on his clothes that the river didn't wash away.
"I'm fine." Fili croaked trying to sit up, but to only double over backwards in pain.
"Fili, what hurts?" the soft beautiful voice asked, as Fili's vision fogs up and was peppered with black dots for a few second due to the pain.
"Everything." Fili said faintly fighting back tears of pain not wanting to look weak in front of his crush that goes by the beautiful name Lelyan.
"Wait here I'm going to get my pony Truffles, don't try to move again." Lelyan said getting up and running at top speed into the nearby forest.
Fili had to wait only a few seconds. Though he couldn't really tell for the darkness was taking him again. But it was not the same desolate dark forsaken emptiness; this was the comforting darkness of sleep and
knowing that he wasn't going to suffer anymore. Then he heard the clomping of the pony's hooves hitting the stone bed of the river that ran through Ered Luin. Lelyan jump off Truffles and helped Fili up onto the saddle, if you can call practically picking up an unconscious Fili helping, and then got up herself and rode at full speed back home to her two older brother's house.
About an hour's ride from the river they get to Balin and Dwalin's home.
"Dwalin I need your help." Lelyan called as they rode up by the porch knowing that Balin was out running errands, at least that's what he told her last night, but who knows with her brothers. Dwalin came running out of the house hearing his little sisters urgent call, hoping she was okay.
"What happened?" Dwalin asked upon seeing Fili unconscious, a little shocked.
"I don't know I found him in the river, he wasn't breathing then he started coughing up a lot of water and then he passed out as I was getting him up on Truffles." Lelyan said in a rush, not wanting him to know that she had to give Fili mouth-to-mouth, because Dwalin and Balin were very protective of her. As she explained, she helps her brother get Fili down.
"Go get Thorin, Kili, and Dis they need to know what happened and where he is. I will look after Fili and get him warmed up, he feels half frozen." Dwalin said rearranging his hold on Fili so he wouldn't hurt the lad as he took him in the house.
Lelyan rode as fast as she could to the home Fili shared with his brother, mother, and uncle. Though she dreaded bring such horrible news to a family that's gone through so much already. When she saw the house she slowed Truffles and when she could, she jumped off her saddle onto the porch by the door. She reached out her fist to knock, she hesitates, and taking a deep breath she knocks. Thorin opens the door.