Chapter 14 – Secret passage
"Come on, Fili! We did it!" Kili was smiling brightly but his older brother didn't want to join his victory. He was grumpy and sighed. "It was a stupid idea and we got all of us in danger. Look how angry uncle Thorin is. He doesn't speak a word and you better do the same"
"He never speaks a word. It was a lot more fun when we were kids and he played games with us or showed us how to shoot my first arrow... but nowadays..." Kili shrugged his shoulders and kicked a stone which hit Nori's but. "Hey!"
"Be quiet!" Dwalin looked angry at the younger dwarves before he looked around and grabbed his weapon. "Someone's coming from the East. I can hear something and it's quickly getting closer"
"Then we better hurry" Balin turned around to the younger princes and gave a sign to run quickly. Thorin and Dwalin led the group before the enemy was approaching and Gandalf took over. The wizard knew these lands better than the dwarves and without any losses he guided them to a secret passage.
Fili stayed close to his brother and didn't let him shoot all his arrows. He tried to get them close to their uncle against his brother's will and were one of the first to see where the secret passage was guiding them too. "Elves..."
"Where? I never saw elves! Are they really as tall as the stories say?" Kili escaped his brother and Fili ran after him. He wasn't as quick as the youngest Durin and looked back to the rest of the group until they were out of his sight. "Kili! Wait, we lost uncle Thorin and the others. Kili!"
When Fili looked back to his brother he was gone as well. The heir of Durin was alone and didn't know where he was and where to go to. He took his sword and slowly kept walking.
There were no elves but Fili knew they could be close since the brothers had invaded their home. He walked through a garden to a stairway and found his brother on its top and watch something. "Kili! What are you doing? You get us in trouble again. First we lose the ponies and now..."
"Who are you?"