"Ahh!" A deafening scream could be heard and Fili's head snapped up from reading yet, another book, and he knew that the scream could only belong to one person.
"Kili?"
He quickly folded the page he was reading and slammed the book shut, hopping up from his chair to follow the source of the scream.
"Kili, what happened?" He padded around, looking for his brother.
Poking his head inside the kitchen, he scanned the area and didn't find what he was looking for. He went on room after room, peering inside to look for the younger dark haired dwarf, and was about to search out of the house when he heard a soft whimpering coming from his and Kili's room.
"Kili?" He called again, trudging in, and noticed a book that had been left open on the bed.
"Strange," he thought to himself, "I haven't touched that book recently."
Noticing a figure under the desk, his brows knitted together and he quickly went over, bending down where his brother was panic stricken.
"Kili, what happened?" He asked softly, examining the younger to see if any harm had been done to inflict such fear in the latter.
"G-g-goblin," Kili stammered, pointing a small, shaky finger under the bed.
Fili raised an eyebrow, and turned to look at the direction he was pointed at. Upon noticing the small, feline figure, he let out a low chuckle, and mopped away the sweat that clung to Kili's forehead, whispering, "It's alright lil' bro, it won't hurt you. It's only a cat!"
"It's a goblin!" Kili wailed, shrinking further under the desk, "Your book said that goblins have large yellow eyes and pointy ears and, and-"
"No, that's the neighbour's cat!" Fili laughed, amused that his brother would be so afraid of an animal.
"D-don't laugh!" Kili sulked, but still remained in his spot, not assured that the creature wouldn't jump at him.
"Come on out, Kili, it won't hurt you," The blond dwarf stood up and stretched a hand towards his brother, smiling reassuringly.
"I don't wanna," Kili wrapped his arms around his legs, pulling it towards his chest.
Fili let out a low chortle, reaching under the bed to grab the cat, which only made Kili whimper, "Don't touch it, Fili, it will hurt you!"
The older dwarf held the feline animal in one arm, bouncing it gently up and down, "You see? It's a cat! Not dangerous at all, Kili."
"No!" Kili refused, still having his doubts as he stared at the creature with wide eyes.
Fili heaved a sigh, and put the cat down on the floor, muttering something along the lines of "How did it get in here anyway?" and "Must have come in through the window."
He contemplated ways on getting his brother out of hiding and decided that there was only one way to appease his stubborn brother. Kneeling down in front of Kili, he whispered, "It's okay, Kili, I will protect you from the nasty goblin!"
Kili's eyes grew bigger and he whispered back, "How so?"
"Come, I will get you out of here first before I slay the wretched creature!" Fili gave his brother a huge smile, and he was relieved when he saw excitement play on Kili's features.
"Okay!"
He grabbed his brother's hand and Kili narrowed his eyes on the "goblin" that sat not far from them, unmoved and clearly bored as its jaws pulled open wide, yawning.
"Climb on my back, we will jump onto the bed and run out of the room first!" Fili said seriously, a hint of playfulness in his eyes.
Kili nodded and wrapped his arms around his brother's neck, allowing himself to be piggy backed by the older dwarf.
Fili snickered a bit, and jumped onto the bed swiftly despite the weight on his back, causing the bed to groan at the weight. The animal curled it's back at the sudden movement and hissed, emitting a scream from Kili's lips.
"It's okay, Kili! I will protect you! As long as I'm here, you'll be fine," Fili said before yelling what sounded like a battle cry and jumped off the opposite side of the bed, dashing out of the room.
"Now go back in and slay the horrible goblin!" Kili jumped off his brother, panicking and grabbing the nearest object which happened to be a broomstick to hand to Fili.
Fili accepted the broomstick, trying to hold in his laughter while he ran in, trying his best to make it sound like he was slaying an actual goblin while Kili hid somewhere else, when in actual fact, the blond was only trying to shoo the cat out of the nearest window.
"Done! The almighty goblin has been slained!" Fili ran out of the room, arms high in fake victory after he had managed to coax the animal into getting out.
"Yay!" Kili shot out from under the dining table and hugged his the older dwarf.
"Don't worry, Kili, you're always safe with me around," Fili smiled into Kili's messy brown hair, "I promise."
"Quickly, up on your ponies," Balin urged the two youngest of the company.
Fili and Kili quickly mounted their ponies, and joined the company, Thorin leading in the front.
"We move onward to the misty mountains, where we will meet Gandalf, and we have to move quickly!" Thorin bellowed, kicking his pony which lunged forward.
"Why are we in such a rush?" Fili asked softly.
"Master Thorin senses wargs nearby," Balin explained softly, "and if there's wargs, there's orcs."
"That kind of rhymes!"
"Shut up, Ori, it's not time for jokes!"
Fili nodded, face expressionless.
They travelled through the forest for half an hour, quick and alert, when the first signs of the unwanted made way to the company.
A howl was heard, and everyone's heads snapped in the same direction they had heard the howl from.
"Was that a wolf?" Bilbo questioned nervously, "Are there wolves nearby?"
"That's not a wolf, master hobbit," Nori said seriously, "It's a warg, just as Thorin had predicted."
At that moment, a warg shot out from a thick growth of bushes, bearing it's fangs at the company.
"Kili!"
Kili wasted no time after recognizing the order from his uncle, and immediately reached back to grab an arrow from his quiver, taking note of anything that could interfere with his kill and nocked the arrow. Aiming swiftly, he pulled the string to his ear, and released, the arrow lodging straight into the head of the warg just where it had been intended to be.
In almost a split second, more wargs jumped out from all directions, the company immediately springing to action.
Axes bore into the wargs, and loud yells echoed around the area as the dwarves struggled to fend off the incoming danger, killing the creatures. In the midst of the chaos, Bilbo was waving his sword in all directions, yelling fearfully as he did so.
Kili, whom spotted the poor hobbit attempting to protect himself from the beasts, immediately rushed to his aid, slaying any of the wargs that dared come into his path.
He was struggling to balance between fending himself and the hobbit at the same time, and occasionally almost became prey to the notorious creatures that came snapping mercilessly at him.
Fili on the other hand, was doing fine with taking down the wargs that came pouring in.
"We have to get out of here, the orcs will soon come pouring in and that's when we can't hold up for too long anymore!" Thorin yelled over the whole chaos, piercing his sword into the throat of an advancing warg.
Just when the wargs were almost all slain and outnumbered, and hope of surviving the ordeal seemed to be restored, a loud yelp was heard, voice familiar to the ears of the dwarves.
Kili had been knocked down by one of the beasts while trying to defend Bilbo, and was captured in between its teeth as it flung him aside, his head colliding with a tree with a resounding "bam!"
"Kili!" Fili screamed, rushing to aid his brother whom lay injured on the ground, face enveloped in fear as he stared into the eyes of the huge beast.
Another warg leapt at Fili, distracting him from his intended path.
Kili reached around him to grab any weapon he still possessed, but only realized that his bow had been dropped and his knives lay stranded far from him. He let out a soft yelp, face contorted in pain as the wounds from being tossed around like a ragdoll tore at his whole body.
He looked up helplessly as the warg growled menacingly, face a few inches from him and what seemed like a slight smirk playing on its ugly features. The only thing that could save him was if someone else took down the warg, and he lay quivering as he came face to face with death.
Fili, where are you?
The pain was excruciating, and it lashed out at every part of his body like a flame.
Fili, didn't you say that you would always protect me, and that I would always be safe when you're aroud?
Kili could feel his heart palpitating so fast it threatened to burst out of his chest, and he squeezed his eyes shut, embracing his fate.
Fili, tell mother I love her.
The warg's hot breath blew onto Kili's face, and it opened its jaws to consume the dwarf.
I love you, Fili.
Just as the warg made to kill, a pair of twin swords embedded itself onto the back of the warg, causing it to stumble back on its hind legs, crying out in pain. Fili yanked his swords back out, and gave the warg a final blow to its head, making sure it was dead before running to his brother.
"Oh goodness," Fili exclaimed, bending down beside his wounded brother, examining the deep wounds on Kili's left shoulder. He ripped off a part of his tunic and pressed his hands on the wound, applying as much pressure as he could. His heart tore when Kili let out a pitiful scream, as the pain intensified all around.
"You'll be alright, shh," Fili cupped the side of the younger's face with one hand, whispering soothing and assuring words.
"How badly wounded is he?" Thorin appeared behind Fili after the first wave of wargs had been slain.
"Rather badly, we need to get him to a healer," Fili replied, desperation and worry evident in his tone as he tried to calm Kili down. The younger writhed and screamed in pain while Fili pressed onto his wounds, trying to stop the bleeding.
"Fili, you're in charge of him. Everyone, we have to quickly move on!" Thorin announced, glancing at his injured nephew, extremely concerned.
"F-Fili," Kili gasped, tears trickling down his face.
Fili bent down, brushing away the tear with his thumb, "You're alright, Kili, I'm here. You're alright."
"Don't leave me, brother," Kili said through gritted teeth, grabbing onto Fili's arm with his uninjured hand.
"I never did, and I never will."
A/N: AAND, cliffhanger, deng deng deng! Okay, I'm not sure if it's a good enough cliffhanger to leave you guys hanging off a cliff. I usually don't do cliffhangers, but because the chapter was getting waay too long and because I'm a bit pressed for time since I spent quite long typing this out and school is starting tomorrow AND I'M NOT READY. AND I JUST GOT MY TIMETABLE AND ALL MY TEACHERS ARE ALL FIERCE AS SHIT WTF -shameless school rant ends-
But.. HAPPY NEW YEAR GUYS (: I hope you liked this chapter! I don't know when's the next time I can update since school officially starts tomorrow (fml) and all your reviews are really motivating me to write more! I am trying my best to update as often as I can and will try to at least update twice a week from now on. (Or more, if possible!) Thanks for all your support, I really appreciate it (': you guys complete me! -hugs all of you-
P.S. I think there should be a lot of grammar/vocab/phrasing mistakes in this chapter because I didn't really read through