Tauriel was heartbroken and places Kíli's stone in his dead hand while Legolas watches. That was when Thranduil walks slowly through the ruins of Raven Hill, gazing about at the carnage that had happened here. Legolas felt his father's presence and approaches him.
"I... cannot go back." Legolas spoke solemnly and brushes past his father, and prepares to leave.
"Where will you go?" Thranduil asked.
Legolas turns and to look at his father. "I do not know." He answered and suggested something. "I should venture to the Undying Lands in the west, and spend few years there until I decide to return."
"And I shall glady accept what you will do." Thranduil said. "But when you return to Middle-Earth, I need you to go north. Find the Dúnedain. There's a young Ranger amongst them- you should meet him. His father, Arathorn, was a good man. His son might grow to be a great one."
"What is his name?" Legolas asked, wanting to know who he was.
"He's known in the wild as Strider." Thranduil answered. "His true name you must discover for yourself."
They nod at each other, then Legolas turns and walks away.
"Legolas... your mother loved you... more than anyone... more than life." Thranduil said.
Legolas opens his eyes open in shock and surprise. Legolas and Thranduil make a gesture of departure to each other, then Legolas leaves. Thranduil watches him leave sadly, bowing his head in grief. He then proceeds through the ruins and finds Tauriel still next to Kíli s body.
"They want to bury him." Tauriel sniffed.
"Yes." Thranduil whispered.
"If this is love, I do not want it." Tauriel pleaded heartbrokenly when she looked up at Thranduil with tears in her eyes. "Take it from me, please. Why does it hurt so much?"
Thranduil approaches her slowly with an understanding look in his eyes. "Because it was real."
Tauriel looks up at him in shock and felt that Thranduil changed and that he truly respected her and Kíli. After thinking for a while, she kisses Kíli one last time.