Time lapse since A World Away = 1 year
One of the royal maids ran round the long twisted corridors of Erebor before arriving in the dorms, in which the other maids and servants stayed.
"Have you heard the news?!" She blurted out as she entered the room.
All she received was a wave of blank looks from the occupants in the room.
"What is it this time" one of the maids sighed loudly.
"The Queen is with child!"
The room erupted with cheers, whoops and disbelief.
"We must go and give her our best wishes" one of the servants stated
"Indeed!" Another replied.
And off they went.
A lot had changed in Erebor in the last year. The wedding and the wedding plans had taken most of the priority but it had paid off as there had been three fantastic weddings and three happy couples. Life was just getting better.
"Fee?!" Kili howled, sprinting down the corridor before arriving outside his older brother's room.
As the door opened, Kili wasted no time in barging in despite his brothers protests. Kili proceeded to kindly greet Saffie before turning to Fili eagerly.
"Have you heard the news?!"
"What news?" Saffie asked turning to face the brothers.
"Emily's with child!" Kili exclaimed, barely able to contain his excitement.
"What?!" Saffie cried, a look of excitement etched on her face.
"I'm going to see her, want to come?" Kili asked, turning back to Fili.
"C'mon" Fili answered, ushering Kili out of the door with him. Saffie followed chuckling.
"Where's Maya" Fili questioned
"I think she's with Emily" Kili replied as they began to pick up their pace. Kili could tell that Saffie and Fili were anxious to see Emily.
When they finally arrived at the throne room, Fili congratulated Emily and his uncle whilst the girls embraced in a tight hug, also congratulating Emily.
"Tell me everything!" Maya squealed.
"I'm sure you probably don't want to know every detail" Thorin chuckled
Maya and Saffie shot him a sarcastic look before chuckling with him.
"I have to go, I promised to meet Dwalin in the training court" Kili excused himself. This made Maya a little suspicious, he had been doing an awful lot of 'training' lately.
Maya plastered a fake smile on her lips and gave him a kiss goodbye, promising to spend some time with him later.
Everyone began to leave the throne room. Thorin excused himself with the pretence of needing to speak with his nephew. That left only Emily and Maya.
Maya sighed.
"What's up?" Emily asked kindly.
"It's just lately, Kili and I haven't been spending much time together and he has been acting a little strangely" Maya whispered, close to tears.
"Its ok, I'm sure he's fine. Everyone needs some time alone every now and then" Emily soothed
"Hmm, I guess your right" Maya sighed.
As dusk began to fall, Maya decided to take an evening stroll just to get some air and think a few things over.
On hearing a noise, sounding like a dwarf, she went to investigate. She heard nothing but a 'shush' which she was sure she imagined so she returned back to her original seat, on top of a rock. She stayed until the moon and stars appeared before deciding it was getting a bit late. She was preparing to leave when a sharp, searing pain shot through her back. In fear of her life, she bolted back to the safe corridors of Erebor.
She turned to see what had caused her the pain. Her heart leapt when she noticed a long, sharp arrow hanging from her left side. Panicked she went to Emily. She would know what to do.
Emily opened her door to find Maya shivering and whimpering.
"Maya?" Emily questioned before gasping in shock as she noticed the arrow.
"Who did this to you?!" Emily raged, anger apparent in her tone.
"I don't know, I was outside and…" Maya burst in to tears
Thorin appeared at the doorway and was as shocked as Emily.
"Let's get her to Oin and Gloin, they will know what to do" Thorin stated, full of concern.
"Whoever did this will pay" Emily muttered under her breath, seething with anger. Nobody hurt her friends. Nobody.
"Whoever did this, WILL pay"…