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Chapter 3

Upon entering the Great Hall, Ereli and Kili were faced with eleven of the dwarves going to Erebor. They made their way up the table that stretched down the length of the room, taking their seats opposite each other near the head of the table where Thorin's chair stood. Fili sat to its right, next to Kili, Dwalin sat to its left, next to Ereli. Balin sat on Ereli's other side, opposite Bofur. The other five dwarves sat further down.

The door swung open, revealing Thorin, who then made his way to his chair. The thirteen dwarves at the table stood in respect as their uncrowned king walked past them. He sat, motioning for them to do the same.

"I have called you all here to discuss traveling arrangements to get to the Shire, where we will meet with Gandalf the Grey and our Hobbit-burglar." Thorin began "As you all know, I will be leaving for the Iron Hills in two weeks time to ask Dain for his support- I will then travel to the Shire to meet you there in two months. You will need to leave for the Shire at least one week before the date set to meet, depending on walking pace and the amount of mischief you plan to get up to." At this, Thorin sent a pointed look at his nephews and Ereli. The three young dwarves grinned back at him, making him smile slightly in return. "I'd like to know who will be traveling with whom. Obviously, Kili, Fili and Ereli will be traveling together, you never go anywhere without each other. I'd like to know about everyone else. You can tell me once the meeting is over." There were a few grumbles and mumbles of agreement from the dwarves further down the table. "Dwalin, you said you wanted to say something?"

"Aye." Dwalin agreed. "I just wanted to say that I'll be looking at your weapon skills, make sure you're all capable of defending y'selves. Just in case."

Gloin stood up from his seat next to Balin "That's ridiculous! I've been fighting for years, I don't need my skills to be tested!"

Ereli smirked slightly "I'm sure you don't Gloin. But it's safe to say, the older you get the less capable you become with a weapon." This earned a chorus of chuckles from everyone except Gloin. He sat down in defeat.

"Aye, but the younger y'are, the less you know to start with." Bofur said, nudging Kili with his elbow.

The meeting continued for about an hour with serious discussion mixed in with jokes and mimics. Thorin dismissed the company, calling Ereli back for a minute. She told Kili to wait outside and turned towards him.

"Have you said anything?" He asked

"No." She answered. "How could I have when you called this meeting when I was about to."

"Ah." Thorin said "Sorry." Ereli shook her head, dismissing the apology. See, Ereli's dream wasn't just a dream, Thorin had said something extremely similar to her the day before.

"It's okay." She told him "I honestly didn't know what I was doing. I planned how to tell him, I got there and my mind went blank."

Thorin chuckled "It's happened to the best of us. I remember when I had to speak to your mother for the first time, I forgot what I was supposed to be talking about. Probably because I had had a little too much ale to drink beforehand but, I still lost my train of thought."

Ereli sighed "Yes, but my mother wasn't your partner, was she?"

"No, I suppose not." Thorin agreed. "Go on, I'll stop keeping you from him."

"Thorin." Ereli groaned. He looked at her innocently, making her laugh. "See you later." She headed out the Great Hall, bumping straight into Fili and Kili. "Hi guys."

"So…" Fili said "What did uncle want?"

"Something that doesn't concern nor interest you." Ereli answered. Kili frowned, remembering his dream, that's what Thorin had said, dream-Thorin anyway- the thing Kili always wanted but never had didn't interest or concern his brother. Ereli. "You alright Ki? you spaced out for a moment then." Ereli said, breaking him out of his thoughts.

"Hmm? Oh, yeah, I'm fine." Kili said "Come on, let me get you back for that distraction earlier."

Ereli laughed "I beat you with a sword and match you with bow, how are you going to win?" Kili winked and tapped his nose.

Once on the training field, the three dwarves went towards an empty area to train in. They drew their swords and stood in a triangle, staring at each other and holding their swords out in front of them. Without warning, Fili charged towards Ereli who blocked the blow, raising her sword above her head. Sliding a knife out of her belt, she moved to stab at Fili's stomach but a knife from his belt stopped her. She made to move to the right, convincing Fili that she was going in that direction, making him step right, getting tripped up by Kili's leg. Fili fell onto his back, narrowly missing Kili's sword and the other two dwarves held their swords to his neck. Fili nodded slightly in submission, making it clear that he was out of the fight. He should have known the two best friends would gang up on him. He shook his head to clear his thoughts as he stood up, a slight limp from tripping over, and turned back to watch Kili fight with Ereli.

Kili was disarmed quickly. His sword fell to the floor and Kili stepped back from Ereli, making sure that he was out of reach of her sword. Ereli re-sheathed her sword, deciding that she would let Kili have a chance by engaging in a fist fight. He grinned, realising what she was doing.

The two of them were so engrossed in their fight that they didn't notice Thorin approaching them. The two best friends exchanged blows to the arms, face, stomach and legs, all hard enough to leave bruises but soft enough to do no real damage. Thorin smiled at Fili, watching him as he snuck up behind Ereli as she punched Kili in the face, making him look away from where Fili was standing. Fili crouched on his hands and knees behind Ereli as Kili moved his arm to swing at Ereli, she leant backwards to dodge the blow, tripping over Fili. Kili reached out to help her up when Fili hooked his leg out to trip him over too. As Kili began to fall, Fili scurried away from the two, back beside Thorin. He turned to the best friends just as Kili fell on top of Ereli.

They lay on the ground, chests together, panting heavily. Kili looked down at Ereli, his hair falling onto her face. She reached an arm up to get it out the way so she could see.

"So, who's this partner then?" Kili breathed

Ereli blinked up at him. She lifted her head closer to his. "You" she said, brushing her lips against his, both oblivious to Fili and Thorin grinning at them from ear to ear.

A/N: So. They've finally kissed. A bit soon? Let me know what you think

The Fili/OC story will be incorporated into this one... I might write a spin off once the OC is introduced that focuses on their relationship so this one stays Kili/OC central, depends whether people want to see two OCs in one story or not

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