Chapter 12

*Kili*

Kili felt like he had neglected the hobby which earned him his nickname of The Dwarf Prank Mastermind. Yes, Kili had begun to think of pranking someone as a hobby. I've been not pranking anyone for far too long and it is time to make a comeback! he thought as he and Fili entered the room that everyone ate in.

After a brief meal, for Kili still could not eat too much, he and Fili strode down the hall to where Dis would be living. The room was not a long distance from the room where they slept and so they hurried down the hall until they were right outside the door.

"Oaky, Kee. What happens now?" Fili asked and Kili looked at him quizzically, than he remembered that he had not told his brother what the prank was. So, after he had mentally thumped himself on the head, he filled Fili in on the details. The elder of the two nodded with a grin and they set to work on their fine plan.

It was relatively simple. The door partially propped open while they set to work securing a bucket of slightly warm water above it. Fili and Kili were very good at doing this type of thing in record time and in the Blue Mountains, no one was ever faster than the two of them when they put their heads together. When they had added a few finishing touches, they quickly disappeared from sight and shut the door to their room not even bothering to light a candle or a lamp. After a minute of waiting and holding their breath whenever anyone walked by, they were rewarded by a splash, but instead of a shouted curse, there was silence. Kili looked at Fili and bit his lip. Had the bucket just slipped from its perch? No, that was impossible, for it and been put there by The Dwarf Prank Mastermind and nothing like that had ever happened, or at least since when he was real young and too short to reach something.

They stood from their crouching position by the door and Fili began to pace. Kili bit a little too hard on his lip, and he tasted blood and when he wiped his mouth on his tunic sleeve, there was a trail of dark red staining the blue fabric.

Then there came a knock at the door.

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"I thought we were going to die back there!" Kili exclaimed and Fili full-heartedly agreed.

"I could almost see our heads on pikes by the time she was done. Next time we do that, what do you say to turning to childhood ways and hiding under the bed?" Fili asked. Kili laughed and leaned against Fili's shoulder for support. He was glad Fili was his brother and not someone else. Most other brothers would get in arguments and he had heard tell and some royal brothers who would wage war upon each other because they both wanted to throne. Kili thought those princes were thoughtless and stupid and personally, he was glad he was not firstborn. He did feel sorry for Fili, because he know that responsibility laid heavily on his brother's mind and also because Fili had never wished to become a king. When they were young, Fili would talk about what he would do for the people when he was king, but at the time he had not known that king was really a heavy and long word. Poor big brother! I wish I could somehow lighten his burdens! Kili thought as Fili ruffled his hair affectionately.

"Fili?" he asked.

"Yes, what is it Kili?"

"Is there any way to make you feel free?" Kili inquired and Fili's brow furrowed in puzzlement.

"What do you mean?"

"When you think about the future and you seem to feel trapped. Is there any way to free you?" Kili said. Fili nodded.

"How?" Kili desperately wanted to help his Fee.

"By being yourself, brother. When you do something like what we just did, you make the world brighter. Your smile breaks though any chains I may be bound by and your rebellious streak is a constant amusement. As long as you are you, I will be free. If you ever change, I will be drowned and forever lost to the joys of life." was the reply and Kili felt a lump develop in his throat.

"I won't ever change, Fee! I love you!" Kili said and hugged Fili, who laughed and hugged him back fiercely.

"And I love you, Kee. Don't you ever doubt that."

"Of course I won't doubt it, you old goat. What do you think I am a rabbit?" Kili said and Fili laughed harder.

"A rabbit?! Kili you are something else! And I am most certainly not an old goat, you jug head!"

"I'm going to show you what a jug head looks like, you nob head!"

"Oh yeah, well I'm gonna show you what a nob head looks like, you big blown up buffoon!"

"FILI OF DURIN'S LINE! IF I HEAR ANOTHER INSALT TO YOUR LITTLE BROTHER, YOU ARE GOING TO LOOK LIKE A NOB HEAD!" called a new voice. The two brothers looked at each other and silently agreed to go call each other names where Dis could not hear.

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Dinner was rather loud that night as there was a celebration over the return of the Dwarves to their homeland. Fili and Kili enjoyed themselves immensely, and Kili and even started a food fight by throwing a piece of cheese at Dis. Dis had slowly turned her head and glared at Kili, then had tossed a piece of green stuff at him. Kili recoiled in horror as whatever it was landed next to him and he accidentally bumped Fili arm as his brother was trying to drink. Fili grabbed a handful of mashed potatoes and lobed it at Kili. It escalated from there when someone, Kili not sure who but he suspected his mother, threw a chunk of cake at Fili, which landed on his head and Fili declared war.

Ten minutes later, when they were done cleaning the dried food from their hair, they slept the sleep of the dead, and for some reason, when Kili awoke, he had a massive headache that Fili blamed on the ale they had drunk to much of the night before.

"I did have a good time, though. Better then when we were throwing food in Rivendell, and even better than at Bag End." Kili said.

"Agreed."

"Fili, you're the best big brother anyone ever had."

"You're the best little brother anyone ever had, now next time you push me, make sure I'm not drinking first."

"I did not push you, you cocky rooster you!" Kili defended himself.

"Kili, I'm not even going to say one word, you bilge rat!"

"You are a potato thrower, you idle blanket hog!"

"What does throwing potatoes have to do with this, you pillow licker!"

"What on earth or under it is a pillow licker?" Kili asked astonished and Fili shrugged.

"Well if the boot fits!" he said and tossed Kili's boot at him.

A/N I do not know where pillow licker came from! That was incredibly random, believe me! Anyway, I hoped you liked this chapter. The next one is a bit later so I thought I might warn you guys. Thanks for reading, favoriting, following and reviewing. They really do make the young Sons of Durin smile; you should have seen them today when they were reading them!