Authors note: Here's chapter 2. thank you for reviewing the first chapter. disclaimer: i do not own the hobbit or these characters, they belong to peter jackson, and J.R.R. Tolkien. Hope you like it.
Last Goodbyes
The Elves had taken all the injured that they could back to mirkwood to be treated with elvish medicine. The deceased had been moved not to far from the mountain and they were layed out on the soft grass. Tauriel had done nothing to help. She was in too much grief and shock to anything other then remember to breathe. She really had cared for the dwarf. There were very few people left there now. Some people were still knelt beside the bodies of there friends and family members. Someone had lit a small fire near where they had layed the bodies. Tauriel went and knelt beside Kili to say a last goodbye to him. The few memories she had of being with him kept replaying through her mind. She almost wished she had never met him that day in the forest when she was hunting spiders. Someone she did not know stood up by the fire and spoke a few words for the dead. " Friends, do not morn for the dead. They are in a better place. They died in a heroic way and one day, when we pass this life too, we may yet see them again". A tear fell down Tauriel's check at the end of the speech. She knew that one day she may see him again, but that didn't make it any easier to bear now. She was an elf. She would have to live for thousands of years without him. There was only one other person there now. There were quite far away from her and they were bent over a body and appeared to be sobbing. She looked down at Kili again and decided staying there longer would only make it harder to leave. She was about to get up to leave when she thought she saw his finger twitch. She knew she must have been imagining it. She was still blinded by grief. Knowing that, she still bent her head down and layed it on his chest to see if there were any signs of breathing. At first there was nothing, but then she felt it. His chest rose and fell ever so slightly and a tiny breath escaped him. Kili was alive.