Bilbo lead the group down the steps to the wine chamber, gesturing them to be silent. Dwalin was carrying Fili, one hand pressed on the younger dwarf's mouth to prevent him from talking.

"I don't believe it, we're in the cellars!" Bofur hissed, waving his arms. "I thought you were leading us out not further in!"

"Shh!" Bilbo pressed his finger to his lips. "Quickly! Climb in to the barrels."

Dwalin almost dropped Fili, "Are you mad? They will find us!"

"No they won't." Bilbo insisted, "I swear."

The dwarves murmured among them selves until Thorin hissed, "Do as he says."

The command from a king could not be ignored, the gang of dwarrow hastily pushed themselves in to the wine barrels. There was a scuffing at the end on the line, Fili was putting up a struggle. The blonde was pushing himself away from the wooden circle Dwalin was trying to shove him in, squawking in fear.

"No, I don't want to go in there! I can swim!" Fili punched Dwalin in the stomach.

Everyone looked at Thorin, expecting him to explode at his nephew. But they were all surprised when Thorin gripped his shoulders and looked in to his eyes,

"Fili, your brother needs you. Get in to the barrel and you will see him again."

Fili nodded, pulling himself in to the barrel and blinking up at all the stunned dwarves watching.

"Come on we need to go!" Bilbo cried as the elves in the corner stirred. Once the dwarves were all in, some having to share the cramped space on a barrel, Bilbo pulled the lever that tipped all the dwarves in to the river below. The hobbit jumped in to the cold water, gasping at freezing liquid.

The water woke Fili up just enough to be of sound mind, he shook his damp hair out of his face. Thorin had lied to him, lied about a horrid subject. How could he? The water line rose in his barrel, covering his chest. At this moment, Fili didn't care wether he live or died. He didn't even try to stay above the surface, letting his head fall in to the water. Kili wasn't there. There was no point in being alive. The only thing Fili had left of his beloved brother was a small potch of hair and a clasp, secretly stashed away in the bottom of his shoe. He heard fighting above him. Looking up, he saw that orc's were lining the banks, roaring and screeching at the floating dwarves. Dwalin was fighting off several orc at once, Dori was protecting Ori by siting on the edge of his barrel, pushing any orc that came near in to the water. Arrows whizzed over Fili's hand, but he didn't care. All his care in the world had drained out of him now that the one thing he had cared most about was dead.

But he didn't feel dead, Fili didn't feel as though his brother was dead. He could still feel his brother like he had when he was alive, it wasn't like telepathy; he couldn't read Kili's mind; it was more of an empathy link between the Durin brothers, not much but enough to know when the other is hurting or in danger.

Like when they were children, Kili got himself stuck in one of the mining shafts. He had been stuck in the dark, dirty cave for at least an afternoon. Sitting at home, Fili had suddenly gone in to hysterics, crying about his brother being stuck in a small space hurting. Most of the adults had dismissed him, Fili being only 20 after all. But Nori had listened to him and help get the young dwarf out, much to the surprise of Thorin and Dis.

"Fili!" Thorin shouted.

Fili jerked, realising he had been falling asleep in his barrel, lost in memory. No, no he mustn't sleep. If he slept he would only dream of Kili, imagine him dying alone surrounded by elves. Fili widened his eyes in an attempt to stop them closing and looked round. Elves had appear out of nowhere, firing arrow after arrow at the attacking orcs. They weren't even attempting to stop the dwarves leaving, even when they got to a gate at the end of the river, the guards at the top just ignored them, fighting off the orcs instead. Suddenly Fili's barrel went down under the water, before bobbing back up again. Blinking water out of his eyes, Fili turned in time to see Bofur splashing down the water fall he had just come down, hanging on the his hat to stop it falling. Once upon a happier time, Fili would have laughed but now there wasn't anyone to laugh with him and there never would be again.

This is slowly getting to depressing for me! Fili will cheer up eventually! More Kili coming up for those who are missing him, never fear!

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