Sorry I haven't posted recently! I have been mulling over ideas but don't have much writing time! So sorry! I haven't forgotten this! Promise! :)
Fili: 82, Kili: 77
6 months before the quest
"I am coming as well right?" Kili faltered
"No. You aren't even an adult yet Kili!" Thorin said authoritatively. "It will be dangerous and your mother would murder me if I let anything happen to you."
"But I will be an adult when you set off. Fili is going and he is used to fighting with me by his side and if it will be as dangerous as you say then he will be more at risk. Also, if you don't let me come with you then I will follow behind you. Which is where everything that will be hunting you will be so-" Kili had lots more arguments stored up, but his uncle cut him off.
"Would you really follow us?"
"All the way to Erebor, if I had to. I am coming with you, no matter what. I would be ashamed not to go!" Thorin studied Kili very carefully.
"Do you promise that if, if, I let you come, you wouldn't be reckless and you would look after yourself and be sensible?"
"Yes. I promise." Kili said very solemnly, to prove his point.
"Alright. You would put yourself in more danger if you didn't come, which your mother would also murder me for. At least if you come then you and Fili can look out for each other." Thorin paused to look a Kili's expectant face before delivering the blow. "But only if you can convince your mother. I will not do that one for you."
"WHAT?" Dis screamed. "Your uncle is going to let you go on a very dangerous journey, to face a live dragon. No. Definitely not." This was one point in which she would not be swayed.
"I will be an adult by then. I will go with them if I have to sneak out the house to follow them."
"You wouldn't-" Dis began.
"I would. I really would. I would be ashamed not to go. Besides, Fili will struggle without me. We work and fight much better as a team. We always have each others backs. What if he gets stabbed, or worse, killed, all because I'm not there. I couldn't live with that Mum, I couldn't." That last point Kili really was worried about. If Fili died, he would probably be defending Thorin. Which would leave Kili with only his mum. They might only be able to keep each other together. Also, that would leave Kili with the throne. That would be a disaster. Kili had to go.
Dis looked thoughtful. She hadn't thought about the implications of what would happen if she split her sons. It had happened once for a few months and both were miserable. It would be much wiser to keep them both at home, but they would never allow that. She sighed, defeated.
"You can go, on one condition." She hastily added when she saw Kili's delighted face. "You be sensible and look out for yourself and your brother. Promise?" Her eyes were steely as she met his gaze. Kili stared back with utter seriousness when he replied. "I promise."
"Okay. You can go. But remember to always follow your uncle. He will be your king, not your uncle when you go, keep that in mind." Kili nodded to show he had heard, before dashing outside to tell Fili the good news.
"Bye Mum." Fili said, hugging his mother.
"We will be home before you can even have time to say Erebor!" Kili piped up.
"Yes, we will be home before you know it."
They both gave her one last hug. When they pulled away, all three looked serious.
"Be safe, okay? Come home. Kili remember your promise!" Dis said desperately.
Kili patted his jacket pocket. "I won't."
"We will come back mum." Fili reassured her.
They turned and walked away from her, at the start of what would be a very long journey, full of unexpected things. A long figure stood on a hill and uttered one solitary word that was muffled by the night.
"Erebor."
Sorry it was so short.
The next chapter will be a reunion! There shouldn't be too many chapters left.
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