Vili sat down on a rock and couldn't hold back his tears any longer. Both of his sons were dead, even now nobody cared about Fili and his beloved wife had lost the last members of her family. But then he remembered that there was still another member of the royal family. His wife didn't know about him or her though.

His mind drifted to the north west of Middle Earth. There, in Ered Luin, it was a cold winter day, too. Inia's belly had grown a lot and she had moved in with Dis since her family had abandoned her after they had found out that she was with child out of wedlock. At the moment Dis went to the market and Inia cleaned the kitchen. Suddenly she felt a sting in her heart and sank to the floor. "Fili. Don't let me alone! You have I come back to me and our child." She whispered and clutched her belly.

Now Vili cried even more. He had known about Fili's feelings for her. He also knew that Inia loved Fili but he hadn't known how much. Now he was completely sure that he was her One though. Otherwise she would never have felt his death like this. He felt sorry for her and worried about his unborn grandchild. What if Inia wouldn't be able to love her child because it reminded her of Fili?

He had no idea how long he had cried when he heard a noise. When he looked up he saw his eldest son standing in front of him. He wiped his tears away with the back of his hand and ran towards him. Vili threw his arms around Fili's neck and held him tight.

Fili wrapped his arms around his father's waist and buried his face in his hair. "Adad, I missed you so much all my life!"

In that moment Kili and Thorin arrived in the Halls of Waiting and stood behind them. Fili turned his head around and screamed. He had hoped that Kili and Thorin had surived. Fat tears rolled down his cheeks and he buried his face in his father's hair once again. "I'm sorry, Adad! I promised you and Amad that I'd always take care of Kili and to protect him. But I failed. You have to be very disappointed of me. I'm sorry!" Fili said in between sobs.

Vili stroked his son's hair and back with one hand. "Fili, you are a wonderful son and you made me very proud. I watched you grow up from here. It tore my heart apart to see how everyone treated you. I never understood why they didn't show you as much love as you would have deserved." He glared at Thorin. "Kili died to protect this red headed elf. He could have survived if, for once, he had listened to you and ran away."

Fili tried to calm down and looked at his brother. "You died to save her? Why, Kili?"

"Because I loved her." Kili answered.

Fili shook his head. "You can't be serious. You knew her only for a few minutes. This was nothing more than a puppy love." When Fili saw the sad look in Kili's eyes he went to his brother and embraced him. "I'm sorry, Kili. But I wanted you to be safe. You should have lived. And you threw everything away for her. I don't understand that."

Kili still glared at his brother. "You don't even know what love his. You never truly loved someone. That's why you don't understand."

Fili sighed sadly and looked at Thorin. "You should have been King under the Mountain. I wanted to protect you both. That's why I went up the watchtower."

"And with that you defied my orders. In the end I managed to kill Azog but he wounded me mortally. Things might have ended differently if you had done as you were told."

Now Vili had heard enough. He went to his eldest son and put his arm on his shoulder. "Fili sacrificed himself to protect you. You should thank him for everything he did but all you have left are mean words. You don't deserve a nephew like him. When I died, I thought that you would be a wonderful uncle and father figure for him but I have never been so wrong in all my life."

Then he turned towards his younger son. "I never met you, Kili. But I loved you as much as Fili. When your Amad told me that she was carrying you I was so happy. I cried when you were born. And when you grew up you often made me smile. It often hurt to see how Fili was treated. But I was glad that Dis could love you in the way every child deserved. You were the sunshine in her life and I was happy about that." He embraced Kili shortly and then looked at him again. "But you've changed so much since you met this elf. You and Fili were inseparable and from one day to the other you turned away from him. And now you even tell him that he never loved anybody? He loved you and he literally lived to make you happy." Vili looked down and took a deep breath. "And he loved someone else, too. But he knew that both of you would never accept her. He hid his feelings for his One and would have born the misery of living without her just to make you and Thorin proud and happy and because he thought that it was his duty to marry a noble dwarrowdam one day! And now you dare to say that he never loved anybody?"

"If he truly loved a female, he should have known how I felt about Tauriel and why I died to protect her." Kili yelled and looked at his uncle.

Thorin shrugged. "Kili, you know how I feel about elves. But your father shouldn't say such things to you the day you have met for the first time. He may have watched but he doesn't really know you. Come on boys, let's try to find my family."

Kili nodded but Fili shook his head for he wanted to stay with his father. For the first time he felt like someone understood him and his feelings.

Thorin growled but then left together with Kili.

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