Ori led Tauriel to a medium sized room, decorated with modest furnishings and with a balcony that overlooked some type of an interior space. That's where Kili was, and a feeling of sick anxiousness built up inside her. His hands were on the handrail of the balcony, and with her keen eyes she could see that he was gripping it very tightly and gazing downward. He did not turn around at her entrance, but being an elf, she has a naturally very quiet tread. Surveying the room, she saw the older dwarf confidante, Balin, Tauriel thought his name was, there. And there were a few other, older dwarves that Tauriel didn't recognize also in the room. They gave her unabashedly repugnant looks upon her entrance. Ori stammered, "I'll...just...leave...you all."
"You wished to see...me..." she wasn't quite sure what to call him..."my Lord," she finally got out. At the sound of her voice Kili did turn around. To her, he seemed greatly aged since the day, not so long ago, when he had given her his "promise" stone. The carefree, brave, sweet...and yes, reckless dwarf; had been replaced by one weighed with sorrow and heavy burdens. However, upon seeing Tauriel, that playful smile and sweet eyed expression quickly flashed on his face; just as quickly it went back to a more stern countenance. "Balin, um, would you and the others, please excuse us." Balin gave Tauriel a genuine smile and bow. The other two dwarves, who could barely hold their contempt, exchanged looks and stormed out of the room.
Kili had Tauriel come sit next to him on a comfy bench, "Ahh, you'll have to forgive them. Some of Dain's men...as you can see, they also carry his...distaste, for ...other folk. Tauriel... I'm not quite sure how or why I'm here...it doesn't make much sense to me. They told me I was grievously wounded, but, was brought back...to be..." his thoughts wandered, he struggled to get out what she knew he couldn't say. "Yes, Kili..to be King." At those words, Kili looked wounded, and shook his head vigorously. "How can I, me, take up that incredible burden? I was not trained, was not prepared...if only it had been Fili the one who returned...he was much more worthy than I," said Kili, fresh tears flowing from his eyes.
"Nay, Kili," as she took his hand in hers and caressed his arm. "The Valar are wise, beyond our reckoning, their designs are not for us to fathom." As Tauriel spoke, Kili was looking down into his hands, still shaking his head, as if he didn't want to hear the words. She continued, "There is a reason why you were chosen- why cannot you see the strength, compassion and bravery that lies within yourself? It is there, I have seen it firsthand. The way you loyally followed your uncle no matter the peril; how you always looked after your brother, the rest of your kin too...and your bravery is without question- no matter the size or amount of enemies, you took on ALL of them...yes, you are very reckless, my Lord." With these last words, Kili finally lifted his head and beheld her-he again could not believe he was here, alive, and next to his beautiful maiden. Though so much had been lost, and the prospect of the future an unbearable weight pressing upon him; he thought, if Tauriel has faith in me, then maybe, maybe I could be...king.
As if reading his thoughts, she looked into his eyes and beheld that golden light, that would remain there for all of his days and smiled. She smiled for the promise of the future she thought was lost and could not believe her happiness at what fate had in store for her, and for them. And he, searching out her eyes, he wanted to behold the silver starlight in them that only he could be witness to -because that was what recalled him from the darkness and despair once before; and he needed that strength once again, now, and he did find it, in her eyes. They leaned in to each other for an overwhelming embrace.
Okay, here it is. I fulfilled my wish and made it so Kili did not die after all and Kili & Tauriel get their chance to have a happy ending. I suppose it would have been easier to just have Tauriel save him during the battle, and write the story from there...but...this is just how the muse for the story came to me...so...that's what I went with ;)
i knew that he probably would not survive in the 3rd movie (per canon)... But wow...the way it happened was so, so horrible. I found myself watching and re watching the first 2 movies to see all the parts that Kili was in...but gosh...that's going to be really hard when the 3rd one comes out on DVD...you want to see aidan...but...getting killed like that- rips your heart out EVERY time! I soooo wished they could have a happy ending! Would that have been so wrong? Yes...yes...I know there are so many people who didn't like Tauriel's character and/or Killiel relationship...tough! I think it was so innocent and pure and beautiful (which is, I guess, why we're all here reading this kind of stuff ;)) it's weird...I never went in for romance stories before, even the 2 times in my life when I've worked at bookstores (more of a nonfiction person, but for fiction Stephen King [older works] and some fantasy were my preferred reads). I guess I am very much lacking any semblance of romance in my life now...so, their beautiful storyline just grabbed ahold of me and hasn't let go!
Of course much of it has to do with the fact that Aidan is such an incredible person inside and out, and that definitely translated on screen. In fact, if you listen to the directors commentary for DOS, Philippa pretty much states that the storyline was written based off of Aidan's playful, charming and full of life personality :) I couldn't have described it better myself!
So, I want to thank Prof. Tolkien for creating this amazing universe that has given me and millions of others so much joy and countless hours of which it occupied my thoughts. I want to thank Peter Jackson & cast & crew for creating the movie canon, which has been a complete delight to while away the hours, lost in this beautiful & epic fantasy world. (Note...I did not say either was better than the other...books & movies both have their merits/downsides, just depends what you're in the mood for) I want to thank Aidan, and those for casting him, for bringing a mercurial role to life...and to have inspired so much passion in me (and everyone out there reading this, obviously ;)) and thank you so much to the readers who spent their time reading & commenting on this story. Your validation and views helped me to bring them to the happy ending they deserved! Thank you all! hugs
Note 1: I haaaaaaave written a few chps ahead...would you want this/their story to continue? Thing is...this part has been so much harder to write. And I wrote this story while I was off for 2 week Xmas break. Now, what with work, raising 3 kids (one of them with severe special needs) plus everything else going on in my life, I'm not sure how often I can get back to it. There was many little plot twists/hints that I put in the story (if you picked up on them ;)) that I would love to revisit...and of course, I want to get to them kissing (& much more) plus beautiful dwarf/elf babies, Kili ruling as King for many years, etc. etc. I promise I'll try to make time to continue their journey :)
Note 2: since I'm soooo in a fluffy & happy Killiel mood right now, I created a community on here called Our Promise (look under books/hobbit) to gather all of these kinds of stories for others who just wanted a happy ending for them and were heartbroken after the third movie. There's a few of my faves in there right now and plan on adding many more. Please pm me if you have one to add! Also may start one for the stories with the more mature themes as there are a lot of good ones of those too. Stay tuned :+]