Here we are! The final chapter of A Mother's Love! I hope you all enjoy this chapter. I urge everyone to read the next story in this universe A Family Broken if you have not done so already, or if you want to get excited for the sequel story coming very soon! I would like to thank everyone who has followed, review and made this story a favorite. A special thank you to GregsMadHatter for reviewing all of my chapters! You have been great and I really appreciate your continued support throughout this tale. Please Enjoy!
Chapter Five
The creak of the floorboards and the soft thumping of small footsteps broke through the morning's quiet that had settled in the small dwarf family's house.
"Fili do you think Mama is still asleep?"
"Shhh yes Kili, she's still sleeping. We will just have to wait until she wakes up."
Kili took a large breath and was about to continue speaking but Fili interrupted him in an urgent whisper. "Quietly,"
Dis smiled at her son's whispered conversation, as she continued to pretend to be sleeping. Dis had a warrior's senses and had woken up the moment her boys had left their bedroom, but she did not want them to think they had disturbed her.
Fili and Kili slowly crept across their Mother's room and stood at the edge of her bed. Kili started to bounce lightly on his toes as he tried to look over the bed at their Mother.
"How long do you think we are gonna have ta wait Fili?"
"I don't know Kili. I guess as long as it takes." Fili replied with the help of a shrug.
"Or you boys could just go and get dressed for our picnic." Dis suddenly said, causing Fili and Kili to jump in surprise.
Dis rolled over to climb out of bed, blinking the sleep from her eyes and smiled when she saw her children standing at the edge of her bed with sheepish looks upon their faces.
"Do not look so worried my dear boys, you did not wake me. Now go and get yourselves dressed we have much to get ready before we leave."
Fili and Kili quickly gave their Mother a hug and ran for their bedroom to get ready. After Dis was dressed she headed to the kitchen to start preparing their picnic lunch and a light breakfast for her boys. Just as Dis finished with the breakfast Kili came barreling into the kitchen with Fili right behind him at the ready for if his brother tripped or fell, always his protector. They ate their food in such haste that Dis was not sure she had even placed food on their plates, before they had them cleaned.
Overcome with excitement the young dwarf brothers flew from their kitchen chairs and began helping their Mother pack for their upcoming day's adventures, talking enthusiastically the entire time. Dis could not help but smile and laugh at how excited her children were. They did not get to leave the mountain very often because of the dangers. Even today Dis had asked for Balin to accompany them. Thankfully he was not too busy and had agreed to help her with the wild little dwarflings. Dis could not ask for better or more loyal friends then Balin and Dwalin. Even after all the heartache her family has suffered they stood by Thorin and helped raise young Fili and Kili as if they were their own kin. It warmed the dwarf Mother's heart to know that her boys would always be looked after, protected and loved unconditionally.
Dis was startled from her thoughts by a sudden crash of breaking glass. Looking over to where the sound had originated she saw that Kili was standing in front of a broken jar of jam, wearing a shocked expression on his young face. She moved quickly to her son's side and knelt in front of her youngest that now looked close to tears.
"Are you alright Kili?" Dis asked in concern,
Kili sniffled and looked away quickly, trying to hide his tears. Fili started to make his way closer to his little brother, but stopped when his Mother held up her hand telling him not to worry.
"I'm sorry Mama. It slipped," Kili's voice was barely above a whisper and Dis had to lean in a little closer, mindful of the glass around her just to hear him.
"It is fine my little one. I know it was an accident."
"Can we still go on the picnic?" Kili said, his little voice louder this time, as his hopeful brown eyes lifted to meet his Mother's crystal blue ones.
Dis chuckled lightly and hugged her son, "You silly child. Why would I cancel the day we had planned for something so trivial? Of course we can still have our picnic, Fili would you please help your brother clean this mess up so I can finish our preparations?"
Fili rushed over to his Mother and Brother relieved to see Kili no longer upset. "Yes Mother! Come on Kili let's get the broom. I will let you sweep!"
Dis shook her head slightly at her sons and turned to continue getting everything ready. Just as Dis reached the other end of the kitchen a tremendous booming sound rang through the mountain and tremors shook the house making the large lantern on the wall slam to the ground. It was deathly quiet for a few moments after the unknown noise and a horrible feeling of dread crept into Dis's chest.
"That was not me, I swear!" Kili yelped in defense.
"Mother what was that?" Fili asked with fear laced through his voice as he gently pulled Kili close to him.
Everything stood still and silent the only thing Dis could hear was her own heartbeat thumping painfully in her ears. She then heard a horrible sound in the distance and her worst fears of what that booming noise could have been were confirmed, they were being attacked. Muffled goblin shrieks broke through the study wooden door of their home. The horrid shrieks were accompanied by the screams of dwarves, screaming in fear and pain.
"Fili take your brother and go to your room, close the door and do NOT come out until I say!" Dis ordered in a stern voice, showing clearly her relation to Thorin. As she was speaking the dwarf Mother swiftly moved past her children and to the weapons closet by the door.
"Mother what's happening? I…I don't understand. What is that noise?" Fili said, he words stuttering in uncertainty.
Dis abruptly turned to face her terrified children, "Fili do not question me! Take your brother to your room…NOW!"
Fili jumped in fear, his Mother never talked like that, whatever was happening was something serious. With little difficulty he lifted Kili up into his arms and run into their room, closing the door tightly behind them.
Dis took a breath trying to calm herself, she would be no good to her sons if she lost any more control. Returning to her task Dis began to remove her weapons from the closet, placing her belt full of throwing knives on over her deep blue and brown dress. She then added her short sword to its scabbard and closed the weapons cabinet just as the front door was viciously knocked in.
Dis swiftly broke the neck of the first goblin trying to enter her and her children's home and quickly pulled out one of her throwing knives, stabbing another goblin in the throat killing the creature instantly. In the same motion she pulled the knife free and threw it into another goblins head, but the number of the enemy was too many and she was quickly overrun. The many goblins pushed their advantage and drove Dis back into the kitchen while others began to search and break through her house.
Fili held on to Kili tightly from the corner of their room where they were wedged between the wall and Fili's bed, trying to hide. They could hear their Mother fighting the goblins and both boys shook with fear. They heard their Mother cry out in fear just as the door to their bedroom slammed open, making Fili and Kili scream in absolute terror. The goblin turned and spotted to two hiding dwarf children with their scream and smiled wickedly, stomping its way over to them. Fili did not know what to do, but he did know that this goblin was not going to hurt his little brother.
As the goblin drew closer Fili pushed is brother into the very corner of the wall and stood in front of him like a shield. When the hideous creature reached them he grabbed Fili by the shoulders, dirty long nails digging into his skin and threw him across the room. Fili hit the edge of Kili's bed making the air rush out of his lungs with a whooshing sound. Kili's scream pulled Fili attention back over to where the goblin stood over his baby brother and Fili jumped to his feet immediately. Without hesitation he grabbed the hidden dagger in the wall that Fili and Kili were not supposed to touch and ran at the evil creature that now held a crying Kili against the wall. Fili stabbed the goblin where his Uncle taught him to, if he or his brother were ever in this kind of danger and the goblin's lifeless body dropped to the ground by Kili's shaking form.
The moment Fili was able to, he pulled Kili to him and moved them across the room away from the creature as if it could still hurt them. Their Mother burst through the doorway the moment Fili and Kili reached the other end of the room and crossed the distance to her boys in a heartbeat. Dis heaved her boys into her arms, eyes tearing in relief at seeing them unharmed.
"Fili, Kili are you alright? Are you hurt?" Dis asked frantically while she held them both tight.
Her boys nodded their heads against her chest, both sobbing and clinging to her as a lifeline.
Dis took a deep and shaky breath before speaking to her terrified children, "We need to leave and try to find an exit. I will need to fight so I won't be able to carry you, but I need you to stay right beside me. Can you do that?"
"Yes," Fili and Kili answered together.
"Good boys, Fili keep your brother close, do not lose him."
"I promise." Fili replied pulling Kili even closer with his words.
Dis let her boys go and retrieved her sword that had been abandoned on the floor in her haste to reach her children. She then led the way through what used to be her happy home and out into the chaos and destruction of the living quarters, her children right behind her. Dis quickly moved to the back of the caves where the goblins had yet to reach and started searching for a way out.
The dwarf Mother was about to give up hope when she noticed a small crack in the wall that seem to lead into a tunnel. The crack was big enough for her boys to fit through, but there was no hope that she would be joining them. The pain from that thought almost brought Dis to her knees, but she had to keep going, for her innocent children.
"Alright my dear boys I need you to be brave and go through this crack here, it will lead you to a tunnel and a way out." Dis was kneeling in front of her children by the tunnels entrance, looking out at the goblins moving closer.
"What about you?" Fili asked quietly and startled when a loud screech echoed off the walls. Dis saw a group of goblins had spotted them and where making their way towards her family, pushing through the chaos. Dis began to panic; they did not have much time left and again she felt tear well in her eyes.
"Fili take your brother and RUN! Now! GO!" Dis yelled to her eldest son as the goblins drew closer. She could not hope to protect them from this many enemies at once. She had to get them to safety, even if it was the last thing she would ever do for them.
"No we cannot leave you!" Fili yelled back over the commotion of the living quarters as he realized what his Mother was saying. Kili stood next to him clinging with his small hands to his older brother's arm, tears flowing freely down his face.
Dis took her eldest sons shoulders and looked directly in his eyes. "Fili listen to me, you must take your brother and hide. I will be fine and when it is safe I will find you both again I promise. I just need you and your brother to be safe. Can you do that for me dear one?"
Fili gave his Mother a quick nod of his head with tears threatening to fall from his eyes, knowing the truth was not in his Mother's words.
"Good boy, now go quickly before the goblins come this way!"
Kili pulled himself from his brother's grasp when he tried to move him to the small tunnel in the back of the cave. "No Mama!" Kili cried "Please don't leave us."
Dis's heart shattered at her youngest son's words, "My sweet little one, we will see each other again. For now you must go with your brother until it is safe. Please do this for me."
Kili nodded his head sadly and leaped into his Mother's arms. He was quickly joined by Fili as Dis tried to send all of her strength to her boys in what she knew would be the last time she ever held them. She closed her eyes for the briefest of seconds and with a heavy heart pushed her babies away to the back of the caves.
"Now go and you must promise me that you will both look after each other, make sure each other are safe, for you are brothers and that is what brothers do." Fili and Kili both nodded their heads, tears running down their reddened cheeks.
"I will protect Kili with my life Mother."
"And I will always keep Fili safe Mama." Dis looked into her beautiful sons contrasting eyes and wiped their tears from each of their faces.
"That is all I can ask from you my sons. Now go quickly!" Both boys turned and ran to the small tunnel in the back of the cave and started to crawl away to what Dis hoped was safety.
Dis watched until she could no longer see her children's backs then turned to face the enemy that dared to harm her family. A group of five goblins rushed the already injured dwarf Mother, thinking of an easy kill. Oh how wrong they were. The first goblin to reach Dis was met with a knife in the throat and another soon followed in rapid secession. The next enemy to reach Dis lost its head to her bloodied sword. One of the more skilled goblins brought his dirty curved sword to meet Dis's blade before she could decapitate him as well. A small shifty goblin came out of nowhere and slammed the hilt of its blade into the dwarf Mothers head, the room tilting with the blow. She recovered quickly enough to throw her last knife into the goblin that hit her. Using the distraction to its advantage the goblin previously fighting Dis ran its sword deep into her chest, making a terrible strangled cry of agony ripe from the dwarf Mother's throat.
The evil goblin yanked its sword painfully from Dis's chest and laughed at the pain etched on the dwarf Mother's face. The goblin's victory was short-lived as Dis rammed her sword through the creature's body and killed her murder instantly. She stood there in the middle of dead goblin bodies, feeling the life slip from her body, wavering of her feet.
Dis dropped to the ground fighting to draw in breath and thought about all of her happy memories. She thought of the days she would play with her two brothers in the halls of Erebor. She thought of her husband and the day her babies were born. She knew she would never see her Brother or children again, but also knew they would be okay. She would always be with them and in the Hall of her ancestors watching over them, until the day they could be together again. With that thought Dis, daughter of Thrain, took her final breath.
Here ends this tale. I have had a blast writing Dis's character and am very sad to see her go, but I may get a chance to use her in future flashbacks. As Gandalf says "Home is behind you. The world is ahead." I am extremely excited for A Family Broken's Sequel "Unbreakable Bonds" which will have the first chapter posted very soon! Please review and let me know what you thought of this story! What was your favorite scene or chapter? I love to hear what you all thought. Thank you again for reading. Until next time…