They still searched for the stone. „This is getting boring.", Fili complain.
„No, shit.", Kili agreed.
„Well, that's how it is.", Kaléa snapped. Her mood was foul.
„Ye alright there, lassie?", Dwalin asked worried.
Except for the fact that we are wasting time, because the damn stone is in the hands of a hobbit? Wonderful.
„Just sleepy and hungry.", she said instead. Well I am actualy.
„Wanna take a break, amrâlimê?", Kili stood beside her and wrapped his arm around her waist.
„Thorin won't allow it.", she argued.
„Don't care. Your wellfare is my priority. No one will stop me in this."
„I'm fine, love. Really."
He didn't seem convinced and wanted to protest. „Leave it, kid. No point fighting with your One. Believe me, you can't win.", Gloin stopped him.
„Your wife really has your balls, doesn't she?", Nori laughed.
„Laugh it up. Let's see how clever you are once you found your One.", the redheaded dwarf growled.
„But she s so pale.", Bilbo interjected.
„I'm always pale. It's called complexion.", the female waved off.
„Stubborn women.", Kili rolled his eyes.
„Need to keep up with my chosen kin.", she winked.
„Indeed. I wouldn't be surprised if one of your parents was a dwarf. Even if I never heard about such a thing before you both.", Balin chuckled.
„She might as well may be. No one knows who her parents are... or were.", Bofur said.
„This would explain a lot, for sure.", Fili agreed.
Then Kaléa collapsed. „Léa!", Kili panicked and everyone ran up to her.
„What's going on?", Thorin asked irritated.
„Kaléa passed out!", Bilbo yelled.
Thorin ran down to them immediately. „What's wrong with her?", he asked worried.
„Let me to her and I can tell you.", Oin barked annoyed and tried tio push his way throgh the fussing dwarves.
„Whoa, my head. I feel like I had too much elven wine.", Kaléa murmed. Her tobgue felt heavy and numb. Her head throbbed painfully.
„You alright, amrâlimê?", Kili asked who held her head on his lap.
„Yep, just light headed. I think I had too little to drink and too little sleep, thanks to you.", she smirked up to him.
„You seduced me, temptress.", he responded cheekily. „And as I remember you didn't complain much about the lack of sleep."
„Too much information!", Bilbo exclaimed blushing.
„Well, then. As much as I'm glad you two are already working on continuing the Durin line. You should give yourself more rest. At least for now.", Oin shook his head amused.
„I must say, little brother. I didn't know you could braid at all. But it looks great. Not as good as mine, but Kaléa'd pretty face makes up to it.", Fili teased.
Kaléa laughed, while Kili pushed his brother from the bed.
„Okay, okay... got it.", the blonde laughed along and sat again beside the female.
„Alright, beautiful. Tell us something we don't know about you yet.", Kili turned to his lover.
„Yes. What about the prank these elven twins spoke about?", Fili asked curiously.
She rolled her eyes. „Curse your memory. Fine. It has been my like twentyfifth birthday. Ell and Roh challanged me into a drinking game. You must know, elven wine is very potent and you know how little I can manage."
„I remember your drinken state fondly.", Kili grinned.
„And I was just tipsy back then."
„Really? Damn! Then I'm almost to find out how you are when you dunk off your ass.", Fili whistled.
„You never gonna. Be thankful for it. It isn't pretty. That time, lord Elrond had a guest. The king of Gondor, Arathorin. Well, I ran from my room to the dining room singing and dancin', I climed on the table and started to undress myself. Ada and Lidnir tried to stop me, but... anyway, somehow I found myself on the kings lap. Naked.", she continued embarressed.
The brothers laughed. „Mahal. I see where this is going.", Fili wheezed.
„I don't know if I should feel sorry fot the men or not.", Kili commented.
„I started to flirt with him. Horribly, I'm told. And then I... threw up all over the poor guy, before passing out."
The boys where in histerics. „You puked on a king?", Fili said between laughs.
„Oh, my love. You are incredible.", Kili kissed her lips soundly.
„Ugh... I was humiliated. Thankfully the kind was nice and forgave me. Ada punished the twins and I got them for it as well, of course.", she let herself fall into the soft pillows with a sigh.
„How?", they asked.
„A story for another time. Now I need some rest.", she yawned.
„Right. Doctors order and all.", Kili agreed and shooed his brother out.
„Yeah, so keep it in your pants tonight, Kee.", Fili warned playfully.
Kaléa went to the treasury. „Thorin?"
The dwarvenking turned to her with a blank expression. „Yes?"
„You do realise you are making a great mistake right now?", she asked sarcastically.
„What are you on about?"
„We need to help Bard and the others. You promised! I promised it, I fucking vouched for your word and now we leave them to their misery?"
„Now they know what my kin has been through all these days.", he just coldly responded.
„You can't be for real! They did nothing to you!", the female exclaimed angrily.
„But neither did they did anything for us."
„You acting ridiculous. Like a prepubertal child!"
„Hold your tongue, girl! I am still your king!", he warned.
„Then fucking act like one! I don't recognise you any longer! None of us do. We are afraid for and of you, why can't you see what you have been become. You just like these you despise.", Kaléa tried to talk sense to him but Thorin didn't even seem to listen.
„Go back to work.", he just growled.
She laid her hand on his arm. „I would always follow the order of my king, but not the one of a madmen.", she whispered sadly and ran off.
„I AM YOUR KING!", he yelled after her but she just ignored him.
„Lass? You seem troubled.", Balin's soft voice came behind her, while she looked out over the ruins of Laketown.
„He's gone, Balin. The Thorin we knew is no more.", she sighed defeated.
He sat beside her on a rock and petted her knee comforting. „I feared that. I don't know what to do either right now."
„Fili is second in line. We should support him and show Thorin that we won't help him further with his bullcrap.", she offered.
„No one will turn against him, dear. Especially not his nephews. You can, but not us."
„I know. Just thinking out loud. But I can't just stand by and watch him doom your all. He's gonna drive us to war, to our death, you know that." Her grey eyes got misty.
„Then we will fight for him."
„How far are you guys willing to sell yourself for loyalty, when he doesn't do the same for you?", she snapped annoyed.
Balin shook his head. „You don't understandm dearest. That's just what we are."
„Stubborn dwarves! Then I shall stand beside you. I rather die alongside my family."
The old dwarf looked at her surprised and then leaned his head on her shoulder. „Thank you, Kaléa. We will never forget that."
Bard, Thranduil and the elves of Mirkwood were standing before Erebor's doors. Thorin shot an arrow in warning. „The next one will lend between your eyes.", Thorin warned Thranduil and the dwarves cheered.
„We came to offer an bargain, Thorin, king under the mountain.", Bard said.
„A bargain? There is nothing you can offer that I want.", Thorin snorted sceptically.
„I beg to differ.", Bard replied and held up the arkenstone.
The dwarves gasped. „How you came by this? The arkrenstone is our right posession!", Kili yelled agrily.
„That's a trick. The stone is still in this mountain.", Thorin barked.
„No, it's not. I found it and gave it to him.", Bilbo interjected. All eyes turned to the hobbit shocked.
„What did you just said?", Thorin demanded quietly.
„I took it as my fourteenth part. I may be a thief, but an honest one."
Thorin ordered his men to throw him over the wall, when day disobeyed he grabbed him himself. Then Kaléa pulled him back by his collar and stood between them. „Get out my way. He deserved nothing less."
„Then I did deserve it too. I told him to bring it to Bard. I saw no other way to safe you from yourself.", she said calmly.
„Léa! No!", Kili breathed.
Thorin took two stepps backwards, with open mouth and shook his head disbelieving. „I trusted you. Like no one before. You traitor!" He grabbed her courting braid and pulled the bead out with some of her hair.
„Don't hurt my burglar and my freind. Return them back to me if you don't like them!", Gandalf's voice boomed.
„Go, before I change my mind. Curse wizards, never again I will deal with them or shirerats. Or human scum.", Thorin growled.
Kaléa and Bilbo let a rope down and Bilbo climbed down first. „Amrâlimê.", Kili called and stood beside the dunedain. „Please?", he pleaded with tears in his eyes.
The darkhaired women caressed his face and shook her head. „I'm so sorry. I had no choice."
„I know."
„Everything will be fine. We'll shall see each other again.", she promised and slid down the rope.
„Your not making a great king right now, are you, Thorin?", Gandalf said disappointed.
„So, what say you. Will you have peace or war?", Bard asked the king.
A raven landed on Thorin's shoulder and he looked down at the men with determination in his eyes. „I will have war."
„Wonderful.", Kaléa sighed dryly. Behind them a bunch of dwarves. „Of course now the cavalry arrives.", she rolled her eyes.
„Dain Ironfoot, Thorin's cousin.", Gandalf explained.
„How is he?", Bilbo asked.
„I always thought Thorin to be the more reasonable one.", Gandalf answered.
„Great, we are fucked.", Kaléa swore annoyed.
„Now would you please just sod off!", the dwarf on the pig said to Bard and the elves.
„Charming fellow. It's fitting he rides as damn pig.", the female commented.
„What are we suppose to do now?", Bilbo asked anxoiusly.
„I don't know about you, but I'm gonna kick some ass.", Kaléa replied and stormed to the dwarves. „Hey, footie! Get your shit together, you don't even know what's going on, dumbass! Are least your cousin has the dragonsickness as an excuse for his crazy behaviour. What's yours?"
The dwarf scowled at her. „Ye watch ye mouth, women. You have no part in this anyway."
„No part? Where were you cowards when your king was reclaiming your home, fighting against orcs, dragons and goblins alike? I have saved his ass more times then you all together!"
„Kaléa, leave it. It's not worth it.", Gandalf calmed her down and laid his hand on her shoulder.
„Ye listen to the old men, lassie. A women in battle, laughable."
„You know what is laughable? Youe fucking existense!", she barked and took her sword ins her hand.
„Kaléa. Don't provoke them. Put it back.", Gandalf chided.
„I had enough of dwarves for a fucking lifetime anyway. It's no longer my fight."
„Damn right, now out of the fucking way or you end like those pointears.", Dain warned.
The dunedain shook her head defeated. „You gonna regret your words soon enough, just you watch. YOU ALL WILL!", she shouted and whirled around also addressing the elves and Thorin.
A horn was blown. „Was that...", Bilbo whispered scared.
„Azog and his minons are joining our little party. Good I need to get to work my frustration and anger out.", the female smirked sardistic. Not this time, Azog. This time the line of Durin will not fall. Not while I live.