Chapter 4:
Author note: I have nothing against Tauriel whatsoever. in fact, I am a fan of Evangeline Lily and thought the was amazing in lost 3
After a while, I pick myself off the ground. The palace is dark and empty except for guards
patrolling the halls. 'I should see Kili...' I think in my head, but dismiss the thought afterwards, knowing it would just cause more trouble. I head back to my room alone, but as I am walking there, I stop. Tears began to flow down my face again, and I keep asking myself why I'm crying. But I already know the answer to that. Suddenly, before I know it, before I even think about what I'm doing, I start breaking into a run the opposite direction. My heart is pounding, my eyes are watering. I run down the cold, deserted corridor as fast as I can. We were fused so desperately with each other, so desperately that I can't even remember who I was before I met him. I don't want to even try to remember who I was. There were so many things I wanted to tell him, so many words left unspoken. I wanted him. All of him. And I didn't care what anyone else thought.
"Legolas!" I pound my fist against his room door. No answer. "Legolas, please!" I plead. The door
opens, but it is not who I expected.
"Oh... Hello." She says, shocked. She's only wearing a thin nightgown.
"T-Tauriel?!" I gape, my hand cups over my mouth. I can't believe what I'm seeing.
"Miridan! It's not what it looks like!" I hear Legolas shout from inside the room. "She was just
comforting me..."
I clench my teeth and ball my fists, trying to contain my anger. Legolas gets mad at me for
kissing Kili on the cheek, and now he does this. He's wrong if he thinks he can treat me like this without a fight.
"Well it definitely looks like you're comfortable." I spat coldly and turn on my heels, walking
away. Away from this madness. There's only one place on my mind, and that's wherever Kili is. I make my way down to their cells, then gasp when I find them empty. Around me, everything interrupts into chaos. Guard elves have also just found out, and they call out orders trying to find the dwarves. I can't help smiling to myself a little about their cleverness. I start running around the palace also looking for them, when I'm suddenly grabbed to the side and into a corner. Arms wrap around me, one on my waist and one over my mouth. My captivator spins me around so that I face him. Both his hands are now on my hips.
"Kili." I exhale.
"I never caught your name..." He brushes a finger along the side of my face, which reminds me of
Legolas. I try my best to stop thinking about him.
"Miridan..." I stare into his eyes, his handsome, reckless eyes.
"Most beautiful name I've ever heard." He smiles, then I hear footsteps. Kili abruptly pulls me
deeper into the corner. Our bodies are touching, and he puts his chin on top my head to look who it is.
Two guards are walking close to us, searching for him. "I need to go. I have to follow an escape plan." He stressfully whispers. "And I'm already falling behind." He bites his lip nervously.
"Don't worry..." I grin. He looks confused.
I step out into the hallway.
"I see one of them over there!" I tell the guards in Sindarin and point to the opposite end of the
hallway. They both start running in that direction. I almost laugh at their stupidity.
Kili pulls me back into the corner, and before I can think, he leans in closer to me. I thought he
was going to kiss me, but instead, he whispers in my ear.
"My heart..." He grabs my hand and places it on my chest. "It beats for you. I may not know you
very well, but that does not matter to me. In all of middle earth, you're the one. The one for me. And no matter how far we are apart, no matter what I am doing... I will be thinking about you. Only you." He grabs the back of my head and kisses me. Not a very long kiss at all, just a small peck, but it gives me a feeling in my stomach I've never felt before. It makes me feel nervous, but thrilled. I've never felt this way about anyone. Not even Legolas. "Thank you." He says, "For everything." He quickly runs his hand down my arm, rushing. Then, he's sprinting down the hallway, trying to catch up with his friends. I smile to myself. A dwarf just kissed me, and I liked it. I really, really liked it.
"Wait!" I call out after him. He turns around to look at me. "Will I ever see you again?"
Concern spreads across his face as if he's thinking, then, he half-smiles. "At another time, at
another place... in another world." He says, and runs down the hall, out of sight.