Thanks again for all the support! I had something else planned for this chapter then KiliandFiliGirl suggested that I do a flashback about how the boys got captured and I had to write it! So, thank you for the suggestion!

Fili felt like he was being followed. Every moment he could feel eyes on him watching him from behind corners and down winding halls. He never saw anyone though. He would stop and look around, but the prince never saw anyone stalking him. Fili kept up his guard as he walked alone through the vast halls of Erebor.

Walking slowly Fili could hear a faint pinging sound echo through the halls every few seconds. A little curious, Fili followed the sound. The pinging noise grew louder and soon Fili could hear the faint sound of someone cursing. Fili reached down for his swords and then remembered he did not have them on his person. The pinging rang out again followed by someone sighing heavily. Taking a deep breath, Fili turned a corner to see the source of the noise.

Kili was standing on a balcony overlooking the many passes under the throne. He standing on the edge with his hand gripped into a tight fist raised above him head. Fili could see a small sack of stones at Kili's feet.

Fili crossed his arms. "What are you doing?"

Kili jumped at the sound of his brother's voice nearly slipping off the edge. He saw his brother, gave him a smile and hid his hands behind his back. "I'm not doing anything, just standing here," Kili clearly lied and Fili narrowed his eyes. "Fine, I'm trying to hit that railing over there with some pebbles I got outside," Kili said pointing to a railing on the opposite side of the room. "You got to hit that little gold ball on the top of the railing to win."

"Seems easy enough," Fili said picking up a stone. He had a better arm than his brother and Fili would enjoy a chance to rub it in Kili's face.

"You have to bounce it off the wall first," Kili comment. He threw his stone, hit the wall, but it fell short of the gold ball on the railing. "It's harder than it looks."

"Maybe for you," Fili said throwing the stone. It hit the wall, but ricocheted in the wrong direction. Kili laughed. "Let me try again."

The two brothers began taking turns trying to bounce the stone off the wall and hit the railing. They got closer and closer, but never seemed to hit it. Fili became flustered but Kili just laughed. Fili hit it after his sixth try and rubbed it into his brother's face. They found a different wall to try and bounce the stone off and started the competition all over again. Laughing, they both failed to get anywhere near the railing with their throws.

"Is this what you have been doing instead of coming to council meetings?" Fili asked during his turn.

"Sometimes," Kili answered with a laugh.

Soon enough, they ran out of stones. They sat down laughing, their arms a little swore from throwing over hand so much.

"Hey, Kili," Fili said getting serious. "I'm sorry."

"For what?"

Fili shrugged, "For being so busy lately. It seems like forever since the two of us sent time together. Running Erebor takes a lot of mine and Thorin's time."

"Oh, I hadn't noticed," Kili lied in a soft voice. He lowered his head and pulled his knees closer to himself.

Fili smiled at his brother. "Tell you what; starting today I'm going to make some more time for you and me. We can do all those things we said we were going to do here in Erebor before the quest started."

"Didn't we say we would TP the throne room?" Kili asked smiling.

"Okay, maybe we shouldn't do that," Fili said and two began laughing loudly.

"I missed this," Kili said under his breath.

"Me too."

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Fili and Kili walked around Erebor trying to remember all the pranks they had planned to do in Erebor. They would never do any of them now. They were not as young and foolish now as they were when they first left the Blue Mountains. The quest had changed them, made them finally grow up.

"Prince Fili and Kili!" a guard from the Iron Hills called out to them as they were laughing. The brothers stopped laughing. The guard was running towards them with a panicked look in his face. "Sirs, I have been looking for you everywhere," the guard franticly told them.

"What's going on? Is something wrong?" Fili asked.

The guard nodded. "Yes, King Thorin is hurt."

"What!?" the two brother's questioned together.

"He was complaining of a headache and then passed out. We cannot wake him and we dare not move him," the guard told them. "He is in one of the rooms near the throne, please hurry." The guard said and ran towards the room.

Fili and Kili quickly followed too concerned about their uncle's safety to wonder why Thorin was even in that room or wonder why only one guard came to get them with such important news. The guard opened the door for them and Fili and Kili ran inside calling their uncle's name. The door slammed behind them and they quickly saw Thorin was not inside. It took them only a second to realize it was a trap.

Eight guards jumped Fili and Kili from behind. One quickly put a cloth over their mouths making it so they couldn't yell out for help. They quickly wrestled Fili to the floor easily pulling him onto his back for they were much bigger and older than the two princes. They held Fili's arms down, but he managed to kick out his foot, breaking one of the guard's noses. With only three guards on him Fili began to squirm his way out of their hold. Just as he thought he was about to break free he felt a great pain in the side of his head and everything went dark.

Kili was pushed down onto his stomach as the four guards jumped him. He trashed back and forth trying to break free. He could feel the guards wrapping a rope around his wrist behind his back. Using all his strength Kili rolled over onto his side, pushing the guards off him. He tried to get up, but the guards were on him again pushing him back down onto his stomach. They started taking off his shirt making Kili panic and fight back even more. He managed to get the gag out of his mouth, but just before he was about to scream out for help another voice cut him off.

"Enough!" Kili looked up to see Dain towering over him. "Keep struggling and my guards will knock you out like your brother," Dain said glancing to his side.

Kili turned his head to see Fili sprawled out on his back unconsouios. "Dain, you bastard, what are you doing!? If you hurt my brother, I swear you'll regret it! We're Thorin's heirs!"

Dain laugh and squatted down to be closer to Kili. "Oh, I know. But don't worry little Kili," Dain stroked Kili's hair. "Thorin will be joining us real soon."

Kili saw a dwarf standing behind Dain holding a large spiked whip. "What are you going to do to Thorin?' Kili asked, but Dain said nothing. "What are you going to do to him!?" Kili screamed thinking of the days when Thorin was missing.

Dain lifted the gag back into Kili's mouth. "Tie them to the polls and fetch their uncle for me," Dain ordered and the guards pulled a struggling Kili to the poll. They took off his shirt and bound his hands forcing Kili to watch as they did the same thing to his unconscious brother. Fili slowly began to wake up as they finished tying him down to the poll. Fili looked at his brother, who shook his head and he knew this wasn't going to end well.

Alright, NOW we are going to go back to where Bilbo left off. I had a snow day today so I had time to write this. I might be able to get another chapter written today, but no promises.

Review, I actually read them, and have a good day.