Chapter 25
Reunion and Erebor
Fili's POV. People were screaming and crying as they made it to the shore. Dead bodies were washed up on the shore along with wooden boards that were on fire.
"DA!" Sigrid yelled.
"Da!" Tilda yelled.
"Bell!" I yell.
"Bell!" Kili, Oin, and Bofur yelled. I was in a state of worry as we looked for our loved ones. Bell was no where to be seen along with Bard and Bain.
"Don't worry, lad. She's got a strong will to live. She'll find us." Oin said.
"I hope your right." I said.
"WHY ME?!" Alfrid yelled. I shook my head. He was acting like a child almost. Alfrid went after a woman that had blankets.
"These are dry. You need them." The woman said, passing out blankets.
"Thank you." A man said. Alfrid pushes between people approaching the woman.
"Oi! Give me one of them! I'll catch my death in this cold!" Alfrid said.
"Oh, find your own! You're not in charge now, Alfrid Blackspell." The woman said.
"That is where you are wrong. In absence of the Master, the power cedes to his deputy, which in this instance is my good self. Now give me a blanket." Alfrid said. I shook my head as he reaches to grab the blanket, but she pulls back on the other end and they fought over the blanket.
"Humans are confusing at times." I said as the two argued.
"You're a sneak-thief, more like. I'll be dead, before I answer to the likes of you." The woman said. As she turns away, Alfrid grabs her.
"Maybe that can be arranged!" Alfrid said. He raises his hand to strike her, but a hand grabs his hand to stop it. It was Bard with Bell and Bain right behind him. I shared smiles with the other dwarves and we ran towards them.
Bell's POV.
"I wouldn't go turning on your own, Alfrid. Not now!" Bard said. Bard spins Alfrid around. Bain stuck his foot out and Alfrid trips and falls over it. I giggle and the woman and Bain smile. Sigrid and TIlda come running out of the crowd.
"DA!" Tilda yelled. Bard got on his knees.
"Come here!" Bard said. The girls ran up and hugged him.
"Bell!" Fili and Kili yelled, running over.
"Fili!" I run towards him and I was in his arms right away. Kili hugged me from behind. Fili pressed his forehead against mine.
"I swear, love. Your gonna give me white hair before I'm nearly two hundred." Fili said. I giggle and smack him playfully. Fili chuckled and pulled me tight against him and pressed a kiss to my lips. We kiss.
"Glad your alright, lassie, but we need to go, now!" Bofur said.
"Here. Take some blankets." The woman said, handing blankets over to us.
"Thank you." I said. We hurry off. Tauriel stood on the shore as I got in a boat. I watched as Kili approached her to talk instead of helping Bofur, Oin, and Fili with pushing the boat. Legolas showed up and I gave him a nod as he caught me watching him. Kili ran back and helped push the boat in the water and the dwarves jump in and started rowing the boat.
An hour into it. I got dizzy from the boat moving. It didn't happen when I was on Bard's boat. Fili noticed.
"Lay down, love. Get some sleep. You look tired." Fili said, spreading out a blanket and I lay down.
"Join her, lad. We got it." Oin said. Fili curled up against me and brought a blanket over us. Fili pulled me against his chest. I fell asleep against him.
I woke up to the boat hitting shore and Fili helped me get out of the boat.
"We have to walk from here." Oin said. Fili took my hand and we walked towards the Lonely Mountain. Kili was limping as we neared Erebor. We stop near the gates and look at it shock and fear at the destruction caused by Smaug. We all share looks and run across the bridge into the halls of Erebor.
"Hello! Bombur? Bifur? Anbody?" Bofur called out.
"Father!" I call out. We run through the halls, looking for our family. We run down a staircase. A familiar face runs towards us.
"Wait! Wait!" Bilbo yelled.
"Father!" I yell, running towards him.
"It's Bilbo! He's alive." Bofur said.
"Stop! Stop! Stop!" Bilbo said. I ran up to him and hugged him hard. "Bell. I'm happy your alive and alright. I was worried. But we need to leave.
"We just got here?!" Bofur said.
"I have tried talking to him, but he won't listen." Bilbo said and I pulled away from him and stood beside Fili.
"What do you mean, laddie?" Oin asked.
"Thorin!" Bilbo yelled. Fili and I looked at each other in worry. "Thorin. Thorin. He's been out there for days. He doesn't sleep. He barely eats. He's not been himself. Not at all. It's this place. I think a sickness lies on it." My face pales as Fili looks past him, looking at something.
"Father. What are you talking about?" I ask.
"Sickness? What kind of sickness?" Kili asked. Fili walks past the group and starts heading further down into Erebor. I hurried after him. He knew something and I was going to ask him about it later.
"Fili. Fili. Fili!" Bilbo called. I knew the others were following us. We head down the corridor and see a gold light coming down the hall. We round a corner and stop short by a railing.
"Amazing." I whisper, as we looked upon the treasure hoard of Erebor. The treasure was so high that we couldn't see the ground. Movement came and I spot Thorin, dressed in ornate robes that were covered in jewelry, stride slowly out of the doorway. He looks strange, almost like he was possessed. We look at him in surprise.
"Gold-Gold beyond measure. Beyond sorrow and grief." Thorin said. I looked at Fili and saw a look of reorganization and hurt on his face. I was gonna have to talk to him later of what was going on. Thorin looks up and see us. "Behold the great treasure hoard of Thror." He flings something high into the air to where we stood and Fili catches it. It was a bloodred jewel. "Welcome, my sister's sons to the kingdom of Erebor."
"Let's go to the others. I told you he wasn't himself." Bilbo said. I grab Fili.
"We need to talk later. I need to know." I said. Fili nodded. We left to go see the others.
AN: I know its short but I wanted to do an update and not leave you waiting for the reunion. Hope you enjoyed. Next chapter. Fili and Bell will talk and have some alone time before it gets worse. Till next time