Chapter 10:
Dis let her eyes roam over the dining hall in search of her son, who she had barely seen since she had arrived at the birthplace of her people 3 weeks before.
At this point she wold just settle on finding someone who know where she could find Kili. Her eyes fell on Dwelin, one of the dwarfs who had been in the company to reclaim Erebor sitting at a table with a few other dwarves from the Blue Mountains.
"Dwelin?" she called as she walked over to him.
His head shot up to see who had called his name, and then his eyes landed on Dis.
"My Lady, what can i do for ya today?" he asked standing up to bow.
"First off please do not call me Lady, just Dis will do. And second would be so kind as to point me in the direction of my son, I can not seem to find him." She asked.
"I'll do ye one better and take you to him." Dwelin replied turning to the people he had been sitting with and nodding his head.
Dis follow Dwelin as he exited the dining hall and headed towards the Kings Chambers.
"I have already check my son's rooms he is not there." Dis spoke out.
"He is not in the King's Chambers Dis, but in the halls above. Kili has been over seeing so construction to make a new Chamber right above his. The dwarves who were in the company have been giving him a hand." Dwelin replied, turning left just before reaching Kili's chambers.
He pushed through a door, which revealed a small staircase, "You will find the lad up there. I must go gather my brother's and shall be along soon." And with that he bowed and took his leave.
Dis watched him disappear back the way they had came, before turning and heading up the stairs.
As she got closer to the top she could just make out her son's voice.
"Make sure not to break that, i did not spend 2 days down in the forgery for nothing." Kili called, followed by a groan.
Dis stepped into the room, and blinked as the bright light of the outside shown into the room blinding her for a moment.
"Mother? What are you doing up here, it is unsafe and not a place for a women." Kili asked noticing his mother and walking over to her.
Dis was finally able to see, and took in the room around her, "Tis beautiful chambers but,who is this for?"
"This is for Tauriel. I wanted to surprise her when she returned from Mirkwood, with a chamber befitting of an elf." Kili replied with a smile.
"You do all this for an Elf. You are so unlike your uncle Kili." Dis said walking over to the balcony.
"I believe in letting go of the past, I have forgiven the elves, maybe it is time you do the same mother." Kili said following her as he leaned on the rail.
Dis remained silent, as she looked about the room. He eyes falling on two cribs sitting in the corner.
"Why on earth are there two cribs? she couldn't possible have room for both." Dis asked.
"Tauriel is to have two babes mother. She will need both." Kili laughed, "I forgot she had not told you."
She walked over to examine the cribs, "These are fine craft."
"I think i did a pretty good job if i do say so myself. Although i am much better with a bow then an axe." Kili replied running his fingers over the bars.
"What's this on the side?" Dis asked looking at the engravings on one of the cribs.
Kili pulled her away, "Nothing, just something in elvish. Come i do not want you to get your dress dirty."
Dis gave her son a disapproving look, "I know when you are lying to me Kili, now what are you not telling me?"
"It is nothing that is important at the moment." He replied.
Dis raised her eyebrow and pointed for her son to move out of the way of the cribs.
Kili sighed knowing not to argue with his mother, he slowly moved out of the way.
Dis walked over to the cribs, and knelt down to look at the carvings. She ran her hands over them and gasped, "Why would you carve the Royal crest into these cribs my son?"
Dis looked at her son for her place on the ground, the look in his eyes told her that he was scared and frightened. A look she had not seen since he was but a young lad.
"I wanted to tell you, but could not find a way to..." He trailed off.
Dis stood up.
"I bedded an elf."
The wind blow through Tauriel's hair as she pulled back the sting on her bow. She release the breath she had been holding only seconds before the arrow fired. It flew through the air and landed dead center into the target.
She lowered her bow and sighed.
"Still out here?" came Legolas's voice from behind her.
Tauriel turned around to face home placing her bow on the stand beside her, "I thought a little practice might clearer my mind."
"What has your mind clouded nin mellon?" Legolas asked stepping closer.
"Everything, and nothing at all." Tauriel replied placing her hand on her belly, "I wish to return to Erebor, but your father wishes me to stay."
"You can not do one with out giving up the other." Legolas replied, "And my father would never allow you to disobey him."
"But, I can not simply stay."
"No that is true, your dwarf would rage war on the forest if my father held you here." Legolas said as he lowered himself to the ground.
Tauriel let out a simple laugh and followed him down onto the damp grass, carefully as to not fall and hurt herself, "Tis true, Kili is very protective of what is his."
"But, our you really his?" Legolas asked.
Tauriel turned her head to give Legolas a stern look, but her face softened when she saw the look on his face.
"My heart tells me i should be going back to Kili, and believe that everything will be okay. But, my head says to stay here. I've always done what my head has told me until i met Kili and my heart started to guide me. But, this decision is to hard to make on my own." Tauriel sighed.
They sat there for a while , just staring up at the stars in the sky, until Legolas shifted beside her.
"Then i shall escort you back to Erebor. You and Kili need to both sit down and talk. Something i know you have not done since you arrived." Legolas said getting up and stretching out his hand to assist in her getting up.
He was right though. Her and Kili had barely even been in the same room together since she had returned to Erebor. Only when they discussed details about the babes did the really see each other.
"He built us a home." Tauriel let slip.
"What do you mean?" Legolas asked as the started walking back to the palace.
"he built us a home, with an amazing balcony, and room for the babes. Its beautiful. It over looks the forest, and I can see the starlight every night."
Legolas remained quiet beside her, and she felt best not to continue on. As they walked in silence back to the palace Tauriel wondered what Kili would be doing right that minute and if he had told his mother about them.
Legolas walked her all the way to her room and then finally spoke, "I'll leave you to pack. We should leave at first light before my father is wakens, and finds out we have gone."
Tauriel nodded.