Evening wonderful readers~~ another chp today as promised :)
thanks again for taking time out of your busy day to read my little story...
I'm glad you're enjoying it...although dont mean to bring on more tears...we certainly had enough in the film...just remember we're building up to happiness, for I want that for them too!
Chp16
As the solemn party made its way back to the mountain; man, woman or dwarf alike stopped what they were doing to see the dwarf lords heading to their final resting place, and to pay their final respects. Most also puzzled when they noticed a tall elf accompanying one of the fallen princes. Many whispered that she had magickal powers for not only saving the prince's life, but enemies alike flew from her wrath, as she was mighty with bow and sword.
The dwarves finally reached the ruined gates of the mountain. All thought of restoring the mountain to its former glory with the next line of Durin seated on the throne, gone; they hung their heads in sorrow as they survivors of Dain's army, weary or wounded from the horrible battle who had taken refuge in Erebor came from every chamber or room they rested in, to see Thorin and his nephews and took solace only in that they were finally returning home. The dwarf procession wound through the inner hallways and chambers of the mountain, until, at last, they reached the heart of the mountain and the Kings burial chambers. Dain's body had already been brought there and was prepared and arrayed in fine armament laying on a gold and marble slab.
Balin knew Tauriel could not stay with Kili forever after like this, but he didn't have the heart to make her leave just yet. As for Tauriel, she had given no heed to all the twists or turns she had made, nor even the great beauty of inside the mountain that she, being one of the only elves in Middle Earth that could have witnessed it, as she passed through them. But her eyes never strayed from her sweet sleeping prince.
Balin went over and whispered something to Ori and he looked actually a bit terrified then, but the older dwarf reassured him. So, Ori tentatively walked towards Tauriel. As he approached, he had to remind himself that he was proud warrior too who had fought and felled many an enemy and been on great adventures. As he got closer to the grieving maiden, though, he could not help but stop and admire her otherworldly visage. Never in his life had he been in the presence of such a beautiful creature, who exuded such a light and power. At first hesitant, but then as he watched how much she cared for his kin, his prince also, he summoned the courage to continue.
"Tauriel...Tauriel," he softly spoke. As if waking from a dream, she was aware of this diminutive creature in front of her speaking her name. She recognized him as one of the younger dwarves in Kili's company and slowly smiled because his nervousness was palatable. "Tauriel, we need to finish preparing Kili...would...would you take a walk with me?" She was so loathe to leave Kili, believing she would never lay eyes again on him, but this small figure's expression was so endearing, she reluctantly tore herself away and took his hand.
As she left the chamber, all the dwarves of the company bowed their head in reverence of Tauriel's pain and suffering for their kin. Ori led Tauriel through some halls and chambers, winding their way to somewhere he knew where the stars and sky would be visible and a comfort to her. As they approached a large chamber with an outdoor balcony at the far end; Tauriel, with her far-seeing eyes was the first to see a light so intense even she needed to shield her eyes. And Ori, with his connectedness to the earth, was the first to feel the very ground shake, such as Middle Earth had never felt before...and all that witnessed what transpired after that, were afraid.