I was planning on posting this hours ago, but fever caught up to me again, but here it is And thank you everyone for reading this!
Chapter 25
Emilia saw Fíli sitting near a bed, and in that bed laid Kili. Emilia didn´t care about her foot, she ran over to the bed. "Emilia!" Fíli said, shocked she was already up. Emilia looked at Kili.
"What happened to him?" Emilia asked. Kili turned his face slowly, seeing Emilia. His face was paler than normal, but not as pale as in Lake-town. Though he was sweating. Emilia touched his forehead. It was cold.
"No one knows," Fíli said. "He passed out and he´s getting weaker for every hour. What´s happening to him, Emilia?" Fíli asked worried. Emilia looked at him. She could see that by any minute now he could break down, especially if Kili won´t make it.
Emilia took Kili´s hand, it was cold, and she touched his forehead again. "Emilia…" Kili whispered. Emilia had her eyes closed for minutes before she opened them. Thorin had placed himself on the other side of the bed.
"He´s dying…" She said. "Because of me." They both looked at her. She stood up, but almost fell because of her foot. "Shit," she swore. She got up and walked out of the room.
"Emilia!" Thorin called after her. Though he did not leave Kili´s side. Emilia halted over to Thorin´s room. Luckily it was in the same hallway. She looked around. She knew she saw her sack somewhere here. Someone opened the door after her.
"Emilia?" She turned and saw it was Ori. "Will Kili be well again?"
"Uh… I don´t know, Ori. Have you seen my sack? I saw it somewhere…" She asked. Ori pointed over to the chair behind the desk, she walked over there and saw it.
"Do you need something?" Ori asked. She looked back at him. She saw he had his book close to his chest, afraid if he let it go, Kili will die. Emilia looked in her sack and found her book.
"Kili is dying because his energy is leaving, his spirit is leaving," she said. "Because I called on Spirit to save him, and now Spirit is taking it back. Bloody hell, no wonder I felt better than normal."
"What do you need?" Ori asked.
"Uh, I don´t know. I need to a spell, or something," she said and went through her book.
"You don´t need spells, Emilia, you´re a Keeper," Ori said.
"Kili can´t handle having borrowed Spirit," Emilie almost yelled at him. She was getting frustrated. "He was not made for that." Emilia couldn´t find anything in the book.
"Write a new spell," Ori said.
"I gave up on that, wasn´t very good on it," she said.
"I can help you," Ori offered. She looked at him. She nodded and they took their seats next to the desk.
"Though we don´t have much time," Emilia said. Ori nodded and looked in her book of spells.
"Let´s see what we have here…"
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"How are they?" Dwalin asked Thorin. He sat on the throne; no one had dared to talk to him. The throne room were full of Dwarves, rebuilding Erebor. Right now, all that Thorin could think of was his nephew and Emilia. "Emilia and Kili?"
"I´m not sure," Thorin said. "Emilia had literally tossed Fíli and I out of the room. She has been there for hours." Thorin stood up and walked few steps to his left, taking his arms in cross. "What if something happens to her, Dwalin?" He turned to the warrior. "She would sacrifice herself for Kili if it is needed. No one can enter the room, she has blocked it."
"She wouldn´t do that to you, Thorin," Dwalin said.
"For Kili she would, and for Fíli. For he will follow his brother even in death."
"Then you must say something," Dwalin said. "You must speak to her. It would be a sad world without her."
"She is stubborn," Thorin said.
"Aye, she is, very much like yourself." Thorin raised an eyebrow, but then smiled. "Like all the Dwarves in Middle-earth."
Thorin touched the door handled, he took a deep breath. Prayed it will open to him, and so it did. He found the room dark, too dark, as a shadow hang over this room. He went closer to the bed and he saw Kili lying there. Near the foot of the bed, lay Emilia curled up like a ball.
He went over to her, he touched her cheek, and he could see she was breathing. Emilia slowly opened her eyes and the light came back to the room. "Emilia…" She did not answer. She looked up at Thorin with weak eyes. "What have you done?" Thorin looked at Kili, fearing the worst.
"Uncle…" Kili whispered. Thorin went to his side. Kili laughed. "You… Have the most…" Emilia sat up nervously to check on him. "Foolish woman…" Thorin looked at Emilia.
"I-It worked?" Emilia asked.
"What worked?" Thorin asked. Kili laughed again. He looked at them both and nodded.
"I think so, I feel more alive now," Kili said. "More normal." Thorin sat down on the edge of the bed next to Emilia. "Don´t do this again, Emilia. You can´t just… Not let people die."
"That night when I healed you, I used Spirit, and you kept it in you, now it was taken it back. You could had died," she said. "While I´m still alive I won´t let you die. None of you."
"Like I said uncle, she is crazy," Kili said. Thorin took around her.
"No, she is my queen," Thorin said.
…
Fíli and Gloin opened the door, Kili was about to help. "Not you, Kili," Emilia said.
"Who are you? My mother?" Kili asked.
"Yes, till your mother arrives," she said. "I´m not letting you do much heavy lifting, you´re still weak." Fíli had a big grin on his face. The door opened and a thick horrible air met them.
"Oh the Mahal," Gloin said. "You know, things would got a lot easier if you did something about the smell, lass."
"No, I´m not performing any magic," Emilia said. Emilia was the first who walked into the library. "Oh heavenly!" She had her mouth over her nose and mouth.
"I can´t believe it, the library is still whole," Kili said. Emilia looked at the books, they were not that bad after sixty years, though the smell hung into them. Fíli and Gloin opened the windows.
"Are you bringing Gimli to Erebor?" Fíli asked Gloin. "Or will you stay in the Blue Mountains."
"I think the lad and me will stay there, but I´m not leaving until Erebor is fine again," Gloin said. Emilia looked out of the window and saw a huge group of Dwarves leave.
"Hey, Kili, where are the Dwarves going?" She asked him.
"To the Blue Mountains," Kili answered. "Telling them the big news and for they who wants can come back."
"Plus our mother," Fíli said.
"Something wrong with that?" Emilia asked.
"No… No," them both said. "We both misses her," Kili said. "But she can be a little bit… Over dramatic." Emilia chuckled.
"Of course, how can she not be when raising two boys like you two," Emilia said.
"You´re right, Emilia," Gloin said. "Them two and my lad…" He shook his head. "It´s weird enough that the mountain still lives." Emilia chuckled.
"And I thought you loved us," Fíli said to Gloin. Emilia walked out of the library and took forth what they had to clean the library with. Fíli and Kili looked at each other.
"Ah look at the time," Kili said. "We have so much to do." Emilia took her hands on her hips.
"You can start with this," she said and tossed him a rag.
"Come one," Kili said. Gloin was already doing his job cleaning the library.
"Let´s just do it, she will tell mother if we don´t, not to speak of Thorin," Fíli said.
"You can bet that I will," she said.
…
Emilia looked towards Erebor, she saw no one close, and she then looked towards Dale. No one close enough to see her there either, and then she kneeled down. A river was before her that went from Erebor and out to the lake. "Come on, where are you…" She whispered.
"Emilia Taylor?" Emilia jumped in surprised, stood up and turned to the voice.
"Captain Tauriel," Emilia said shocked. "You scared me."
"I´m sorry," she said. "I didn´t mean too."
"No, it´s all right…. What are you doing here?" She asked the Captain.
"Was hoping to find you, and I did." Emilia did not understand.
"Is Emma all right? She is not hurt is she?" Tauriel smiled.
"She is fine, she is safe home in the palace." Emilia nodded, good, good. "I was wondering about Kili. Is he all well?"
"Kili? Oh yeah, he is fine. He´s up walking and all. We´re all fine," Emilia said. "Do you like him?" Tauriel looked at her with wide eyes. "I mean… He did say your name when he was ill."
"I do not think he truly likes me," Tauriel said. "He doesn´t know me, and beside… I´m not sure what I feel for him." Tauriel sat down on a stone. "Though I have no idea what I am doing here." Emilia sat down next to her. "We talked, in the cell, it was very nice talking to him. Someone from the outside world, and I do believe we share some interest…"
"But you don´t see him the way he does?" She nodded. "And you´re afraid to say it?" She nodded again.
"But I don´t want to… I want to be his friend; even it might be small chance for that. He´s an Dwarf and I´m an Elf." I smiled thinking of Legolas and Gimli. "And then it's Legolas. The King told me he has grown fond of me. But I know the King won´t let that happen, and even I am not sure about us, if it is us." She was getting frustrated, Emilia saw that. "But I also know Legolas is quite stubborn."
"I´m not sure what to say, Captain Tauriel. If you tell this to Emma, I´m sure she can help you better than I do," Emilia said.
"Emma is very close to the King," the Captain said.
"She will keep a secret," Emilia said and turned more to her. "She is maybe close to the King, it doesn´t mean she can´t keep a secret." Tauriel smiled.
"Don´t tell Kili this, all right?" Emilia nodded. "If he´s going to be told, I have to tell him myself." She nodded again. "But right now Erebor, Dale and Lake-town needs to be rebuild, and then we´ll see what happens." It went quiet between them before Captain Tauriel stood, ready to leave. "What were you doing out here?"
"Hm? Me? Oh… Nothing," she lied. Captain Tauriel smiled.
"Thank you for your time, Emilia Taylor. Letting me speak out have eased the heavy burden," she said. Emilia smiled to her.
"If you need to talk to someone, or just need me, I´ll be here," Emilia said. The Captain thanked her and walked back to Dale. Emilia let out the air she was holding. "That was close." When she knew Tauriel was far enough away so she turned back to the river. She picked up a rock in the river and under it lay something shining.
Emilia looked around, making sure no one saw her. She picked up the Arkenstone. "It´s best for everyone for you to stay out of sight," she said to it. She took it down again and let Earth fill her. The earth shook a little when it opened up and the Arkenstone fell down in the earth.
Emilia stood up, brushing the dirt of her knees and hands. She turned around seeing Dwalin standing there, crossed arms and looking at her. "Oh uh…"