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Bilbo POV
The next morning, I woke to a dense fog surrounding the camp and I knew the rain would be coming soon. I took some apples out of my bag and began to pass them around to those who were awake.
"Wake the lads, will ya?" Balin asked me as I handed him an apple. I looked over to where he was pointing. Fili and Kili were still dead asleep. Fili was leaning against the rock face and Kili was resting against his shoulder, just as the night before. I smiled to myself again.
"Do they sleep like that every night?" I asked Balin curiously, even though I knew they did on the quest.
"Aye, take one away, the other can't sleep. Dis and Thorin had to make the boys a double bed before young Kili was even three winters old." Balin told me, smiling as he looked over to them.
"And it's not considered odd at all?" I asked, just purely curious.
"In other cultures it may seem strange, but to a Dwarf, it is quite common." Balin said as he walked back over to his pony, leaving me to wake the sleeping brothers.
As I walked over to them, I tried to shake Kili's shoulder slightly, stepping back in fear of a blade coming towards me.
"Nadad?" Kili asked sleepily, not even opening his eyes. I wondered curiously what it meant, considering I had heard the word several times from him to his brother both on this quest and the first go around.
"I'm still here, Nadadith." Fili responded in his sleep, not even moving. I felt as if I were somehow intruding on something personal, but I was asked to wake them.
"Uh… um… Fili! Kili! Breakfast!" I yelled, thinking of something that would wake them. Surprisingly it worked as Kili's eyes shot open, looking around for food.
"Who said breakfast?" Kili asked as he looked around and I cleared my throat.
"That would be me. Balin sent me to wake the both of you up, we are leaving soon." I told him as I threw him an apple. I looked toward Fili who was still dead asleep.
"Don't worry about Fee, I'll wake him." Kili mumbled through a piece of apple. I was about to turn away as I saw Kili leaning over and whispering something in his older brother's ear, effectively making his eyes shoot open, searching around, before he punched Kili on the arm playfully.
Fili POV
"Why would you say that?!" I whisper-yelled at Kili as I punched him in the arm for waking me in the most devilish of ways.
"I figured it would be a good way to wake you." Kili replied as he bit into his apple before smiling up at me innocently.
"Oh yes, because telling me it was my wedding day was such a good way to wake me." I grumbled back at him.
"Seemed to work pretty well, brother." Kili replied, smirking.
"The 'wedding' part itself would have woken me just fine, Kee, you did not need to add to whom!" I yelled at him.
"Oh but I did, your face was priceless, Fee. Now, wouldn't Dwalin just make such a pretty bride?" Kili whispered jokingly and I cringed at the thought.
"Please, brother, never send me that image again. I do not feel like my eyes being scarred for the rest of my life." I told him closing my eyes as I pinched the bridge of my nose, seeing the same image pop back up. "KILI!"
"What, Fee? Messing with your mind is so much fun!" Kili said, smirking as he stood up and held his hand out for me to stand as well.
If that's how it's going to be, then there will be payback, little brother. I thought before thinking up the worst image I could imagine and pushing it from my mind. Only a few short seconds later, Kili's eyes went wide and then he turned to glare at me.
"You have a sick mind, Fee. Bombur, really? I won't be able to get that from my mind for weeks!" Kili whisper-yelled at me as we strapped our packs onto our ponies.
"My mind is the very same as yours, brother." I said smirking at him before we heard the orders to get on the ponies.
"Here comes the rain." Kili said as the rain began pouring over us. I pulled up my hood, as did he. Kili loved the rain, claimed it gave him peace, whereas I hated it. Bloody rain made me look like a drown cat! "I agree, brother." I looked over at him strangely.
Ever since Kili was little we could somehow push images to one another, but we hadn't ever been able to talk that way…
"Did you hear me say that?" I asked him quickly.
"Of course I did, Fee. Even though you mumbled it quiet enough..." Kili responded.
"Kee, I didn't say it out loud." I told him, effectively making him look up at me, confused.
"Yes you did! I know what I heard!" Kili replied hastily.
"You're not understanding, Kili. I didn't say it, I thought it!" I told him, making his eyebrows raise.
So, it's not as long, but I figured this would be a good spot to stop. Here's my twist, you guys! Hope you enjoyed it. Just remember, this story doesn't just center around a second chance for Bilbo, it's a second chance for everyone. Aule is just helping the brothers out a bit! REVIEWS are very important to me, the more reviews, the better and faster the story will be. So far I only have a few, so REVIEW! Give me some suggestions, anything...
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