'You can practice fighting me Kee' he laughed before charging off down the path. Kili soon followed suit, battling his older brother all the way. It was this sight that Dis first saw as she rounded the corner, returning from her travels.

"My dear boys" Dis beamed, kneeling to the ground and opening her arms wide. Seeing their mother, Fili and Kili threw down their swords, all thoughts of battle and play alike forgotten. Both boys bounded towards Dis, Fili stumbling over his own feet in his haste. It was Kili who reached their mother first with Fili not far behind. Dis wrapped her arms around her two young sons vowing in that moment never to let them go, the thought of being separated from them again for any length of time brought tears to her eyes and pain to her heart.

'Are you coming home now mamma?' Kili asked, his face eager and full of love as he gazed up at his mother, his eyes gleamed with childhood innocence.

'Yes Kili, and don't worry I don't plan on leaving you two alone with your uncle again for quite some time. You're a mess both of you! Goodness me! Have you been dragged through a bush Kili?' Thorin's eyes lowered, a shifty expression on the face, the worn path under his feet suddenly held great interest to him.

'But mamma, we like staying with Uncle Thorin' Kili said, turning his face toward his uncle then back to his mother, not quite picking up the sarcasm in Dis' voice.

'We really do mother, he took good care of us, we swear it' Fili added, smiling a cheeky grin that made Dis wonder what exactly the boys had gotten up to while she was away.

'I'm sure he did boys, perhaps he can look after you some nights, to give me some rest' Dis reassured them both

'I'm always happy to take care of them sister, and to be fair, there really is no helping young Kili's hair' Thorin spoke, his shifty expression softening at the mention of his nephew. It was true, Kili's hair had always been wild, whether or not it was any worse for not having a brush run through it for a day or two remained to be seen. Laughter erupted all around as Kili glared at them all, although at his age his glare was more cute than threatening, which only made the others laugh harder. Kili began to grow angry at not being taken seriously, he stomped his foot and growled,

'It's not funny!' but it came out as more of a squeak than a growl, causing Fili to laugh harder. Dis and Thorin had calmed their initial laughter and were turning to walk back towards the house.

'Come along boys' Dis called over her shoulder, Fili ran up and grasped his mothers hand while Kili trailed behind sulking. As they walked, Fili's laughter never ceased, and he would look over his shoulder to call back a teasing remark to his younger brother. Stopping once to run back and ruffle his hair, making it messier still. He intended this gesture to show Kili he was only joking around but Kili whom was already annoyed about not being taken seriously just grew more frustrated.

'Where's your brother Fili' Dis asked her son once they had stepped through the house to the dining room, realizing Kili was no longer trailing behind her.

'He stormed upstairs the moment we stepped through the door'

'Well go and apologize to him then, you know how he overreacts sometimes'

'But mother' Fili started to argue, feeling it unfair that he should have to apologize for his brothers childish behaviour.

'Go, now' Dis silenced him calmly. As Fili turned to go and apologize to his brother, he heard the front door slam.

'KILI!' Fili yelled, annoyed at his brothers continued silly behaviour but also a little worried, he didn't want Kili to get hurt outside. Fili started to pull the coat he had just shrugged off back on again.

'I'm sure he won't make it far, go and find him before it gets dark' Thorin told Fili. The area in which they lived was fairly secure and guarded, and there wasn't a dwarf living there that wouldn't recognize the two young princes, so Thorin and Dis felt confident they would both return soon, there was nowhere within a mile they would get lost and there wasn't much chance of Kili getting a mile before Fili caught up to him. Unfortunately, Thorin had a tendency to underestimate his nephew, although young, Kili had already proven able to keep up with dwarves twice his age, and if Thorin had remembered that when he sent Fili after Kili, perhaps what happened next would never have come to be.

'MOTHER, UNCLE!' Fili burst through the door, perhaps an hour later, panic evident on his face, tears falling fast. Dis and Thorin were glad to see him, they had been starting to worry and were about to head out and find the young dwarves.

'Fili, my son, what is it? Where is your brother?' Dis asked, an unsettling feeling spreading through her stomach. 'Fili?' she repeated

'I tried mother, I looked everywhere, I went west from the house, thinking he would have gone to the market, like he normally does when he gets angry but he wasn't there, I looked everywhere, I can't find him!' Fili spoke fast; fear rising with his voice. It took all of Dis' strength to stop her tears of worry falling. Only Thorin kept his composure enough to think logically.

'Have to you tried east from here? If he didn't go to the market, perhaps he headed that way?' His asked Fili, thinking aloud.

'You're saying my son has headed towards the forest!' Dis roared at her brother. Thorin backed away, and wisely so, there was nothing as terrifying as a mother dwarfs protectiveness towards her children.

'Calm down Dis, we will find him, I'll have every dwarf within a 2 mile radius looking for him, he is brave and smart, he will be ok. Head down to the town and gather a search party, I'll take Fili with me and we'll head to the forest to start looking for him there'

'Ok' Dis sighed, seeing the logic in Thorin's plans.

'Come Fili, we'll head past the stable on the way down and saddle up a pony, it will be far quicker'

Hope you all enjoyed :)

Wanted to say a huge thank you to my bestest friend for putting up with constant obsessing over Fili and Kili and also for reading my story and not calling me crazy (even though I am). Thank you Tom! :D Still smiling like a maniac over that picture of Kili's derpy fighting face. 'Bloody Brilliant' as Ron Weasley would say. Did i just include a Harry Potter reference in a Fili, Kili story, yes i believe i did. Ok i'll shut up now :D

Also shoutouts to: Kili's girl forever, ballykissangel for their lovely reviews :) and High Hopes In Velvet Ropes, for her continued support, ideas and information, I took inspiration from her for this chapter but added a few twists :)

The story-line from this chapter is likely to span over the next few chapters, so enjoy :) Next chapter will be up either tonight or tomorrow.