So this is it now. A short little epilogue on Kili's return to Rivendell during the events of the Hobbit. I tried not to change too many things and I may have slipped in a little implied Erestor/Glorfindel at the end there.

So yeah, last thanks to everyone who's stuck by me even though I took ages to finally get to the end. I feel happy that it's over by kind of sad as well, so there may be more Tolkien!centric fics coming soon.

Epilogue.

Kili felt small bubble of excitement in his, small and over-taken by fear and adrenaline of the orcs chasing their company, excitement because they were running through the fields where he had found the secret entrance to Rivendell. Thorin and Gandalf had been arguing about going to Rivendell to ask the help of the elves and Thorin had reacted the way Kili had assumed he would, which made the young dwarf glad he had not told him where he had gone all those years ago.

A shout from Gandalf made them all run towards him and with a thrill of excitement Kili saw that they were heading towards said secret entrance. He hung back, shooting at the wargs and orcs until Thorin yelled his name, a one word order for him to get over to them now and hide. He did just that, sliding down the stone to the dusty bottom of the strange cave and resisting running to the end of the tunnel to see Rivendell again. Thorin was scowling when he joined them, he knew exactly what Gandalf was doing and he was not happy about it. Kili felt as though he was in a dream as they stumbled along the passageway and came out to the beautiful view of Rivendell and the nature around it. His breath caught in his throat as he peered around excitedly, but he managed to stay silent as they filed into the elven home and stood waiting for the elves to appear. An elf that Kili did not remember seeing before greeted them before a horn call was heard and Elrond himself round towards them, grinning at Gandalf and mentioning how they had just been out killing the orcs that had been chasing them just before. Kili felt nervous now, sure Elrond would greet him and welcome him back to Rivendell but he did not, merely greeted Thorin and made them an offer of food in elvish.

The first day spent there went pretty smoothly, none of the elves said anything to Kili, even Elrond or Glorfindel, who had walked past the room where the dwarves had been roasting meat nearer the night. He had winked at Kili and Kili was sure that Fili had seen the wink by the confused look his brother gave him. When the other members of the company went off to the guest rooms they had been given, with brothers staying together, only Thorin sleeping alone, Kili gestured to Fili.

"If it's alright I'd like to introduce you to someone." He requested. Fili had listened to many stories about what Kili had done in Rivendell and had noted how Glorfindel sounded funny and was probably a nice person, unlike how elves were portrayed by their uncle. He had also been extremely impressed when Kili had told him that Glorfindel had slain a Balrog. Fili nodded and followed Kili from their room and through the halls of Rivendell. Kili knew exactly where he was going, Elrond had put Kili and Fili in the room that Kili had had all those years ago and soon they were in the small garden where, Kili was glad to see, Glorfindel was sitting and singing.

"Who is this Kili?" Fili asked softly, not wanting to disturb the elf but Glorfindel heard anyway and turned around at the sound, smiling widely when he saw Kili, standing and heading towards them quickly, his arms open.

"Master Kili welcome back to Rivendell," He exclaimed, hugging Kili. Kili hugged him back, momentarily forgetting that there were eleven other dwarves who could have been watching.

"At your service." He said as a way of greeting and Glorfindel smiled before turning to Fili.

"You must be Master Fili I assume?" He inquired.

Fili nodded. "Fili, son of Dis, at your service." He said, bowing to Glorfindel.

"Glorfindel, at yours." He replied, much as he had to Kili, with a flourishing bow, mirroring the one he had performed for Kili at least thirty years before.

"I brought my brother to meet you Glorfindel, I think he'd like you." Kili explained as Glorfindel led them into the garden and settled on the grass, patting the ground next to him. Kili sat down straight away, Fili following suite a little slower.

"It's wonderful to finally meet you Fili, I heard a lot about you from your brother while he was here." Glorfindel admitted, offering Fili a winning smile which had Fili grinning despite himself.
"I'm glad the cure worked, you wouldn't believe how frustrated Kili got while he was here trying to get it right. I've never seen someone work so hard and get so angry before." The blonde elf continued, stretching and stifling a yawn.

Kili blushed deeply and Fili laughed, eying Kili with a knowing look and reaching over to tousle his hair. Kili leaned out of his grasp and mumbled something about not being a child anymore but Fili ignored him, grabbed his arm and pulled his brother into a tight hug.

"So…how many stories do you have about my brother's antics in Rivendell?" Fili asked.

"I have a few." Glorfindel admitted with a laugh.

Kili ignored the stories that Glorfindel told Kili, lying down on the grass and looking up at the sky. He didn't remember falling asleep but soon Fili was shaking him to wake him up and the sky had darkened a bit more.

"Perhaps we should continue this another time, my fine dwarves so Kili can get to bed." Glorfindel laughed. "We should continue it tomorrow."

"I don't think we're going to be here for very long to be honest Glorfindel." Kili admitted, sounding somewhat sad, "I wish we were though, I feel so safe and relaxed here."

"Me too," Fili agreed, sounding a little surprised, "It's a nice feeling though."

"It is wonderful to see you again Kili and it's wonderful to meet you Fili and get to know you personally instead of just through stories from your brother." Glorfindel said, "But you should rest, especially if you aren't going to be here long. I'll always be here if you want to talk Kili, and you Fili." The elf continued, standing up as Fili did. Kili didn't really want to but he understood the importance of sleep and knew Thorin would want to know why they hadn't slept that night. He stood up as well and hugged Glorfindel again. Fili politely declined a hug from the elf who shrugged and laughed.
"Go on, get to bed." He pushed and the two dwarves scurried off back to their room, Kili slightly disappointed that he hadn't gotten to talk to Glorfindel.

As the blonde dwarf watched them hurry away, giggling to each other he had a rather sad feeling come over him.

"What are you doing out here?" A voice asked and Glorfindel turned to find Erestor walking towards him.

"I was talking to Masters Kili and Fili." Glorfindel replied softly.

"I heard they had come here and wondered when you'd be talking to them." Erestor laughed. When he realised that Glorfindel was only smiling softly and not laughing Erestor's expression became concerned and he turned the blonde's face to look at him.
"What's wrong?"

"I just have a feeling that I won't be seeing them again." Glorfindel murmured. Erestor folded his arms around Glorfindel and hugged him. The Balrog slayer hugged Erestor tightly and wondered what these feelings could mean. If Thorin took back Erebor it would not stop him from hating elves and Fili and Kili would be princes, they would not have a chance to visit Rivendell to see him…no it was not that sort of feeling. He felt that he was never going to see them again because they were not going to survive this journey. Glorfindel was vaguely aware that Erestor asked him why he had this feeling and he muttered something about not knowing why, but he just didn't think that he would ever see the sons of Dis again. Or Thorin Oakenshield. Erestor took his hand and led him from the garden with promises of a nice way to distract him from these thoughts.

Fili and Kili were not sad as they tumbled into their room and fell onto the bed, tangled up in a hug.

"I hope we can come back once we reclaim Erebor." Kili whispered softly as his eyes slowly slipped closed.

Fili smiled and nodded. "We definitely will, even if we have to lie to uncle."

"Mm."

With thoughts of returning to Rivendell on their minds the sons of Dis fell asleep, unaware that the reasons for the melancholy Glorfindel was feeling were going to be proven correct.