Dis was furious about her younger son suddenly appearing in Erebor but decided to ignore him for a few moments just like he had done during the previous years. She looked over at Daisy and her glare turned into a smile. "It's great to see you again, my dear. How are you?"

Daisy smiled at the dwarrowdam. "I'm fine, my Lady. I hope you are well, too?"

Dis nodded. "I am. But what are you doing here? Does Kili want to send his brother's friend to live her in misery as well?"

Daisy shook her head and smiled at Dis. "May we come in, my Lady?"

Dis nodded and led them to her living room, where Dwalis was playing. The dwarfling smiled at the hobbit and ran towards her. She ignored her brother though. Dwalin stayed in the background and watched Daisy and Kili curiously.

"We came here because we were worried about Fili, Poppy and the little ones after I got you're letter. I wanted to see my friends and Kili escorted me here because I couldn't have gone on my own." Daisy explained after she had hugged Dwalis and ruffled her hair.

Dis looked at her youngest son and asked quite coldly. "Where is your wife? Did you bring her as well?"

Kili shook his head. He knew that he deserved such treatment but still felt terrible and sad. He wanted to apologise to Fili and his mother but it was probably to late for that. "No, I didn't."

Daisy took Kili's hand and squeezed it. "Kili's wife is in Mirkwood, my Lady. She's really angry that Kili came here with me." She sighed. "Would you show us where Fili and his family live? We'd love to see them."

Dis stood up and talked to Dwalin. Then she returned and smiled at the hobbit. "Of course, my dear. Dwalin will bring you to your friends. But my son will stay here. I'm quite sure that no one down there wants to see him and I won't let him ruin your reunion with your best friend."

Daisy looked at Kili sadly. The young dwarf tried to smile at her and told her to go.

Dwalin waited at the door with Dwalis on his hip. "Come on, lassie! Let's go."

Daisy squeezed Kili's hand again in encouragement and followed the tall dwarf down towards the miners' settlement. She was shocked about the darkness down there and immediately understood why Poppy felt that bad.

Dwalin showed her where Fili and Poppy lived and asked her to take Dwalis with her because he had to leave to supervise the new guards' training.

The hobbit thanked him and took Dwalis hand. They went towards the small house and knocked.

A few moments later Fili opened the door. Dwalis smiled at him and rushed towards her friends immediately. The blond dwarf looked flabbergasted when he saw Daisy standing in front of his door. The hobbit was relieved that Fili was relatively well and chuckled. Fili led her towards their small living room and explained that he'd fetch Poppy, who had the day off and was taking a nap.

Daisy sat down on a chair and watched the children in awe. Lili, Vili, Tulip and Ruby had grown a lot and played happily with Dwalis and another dwarfling. She noticed how close the little boy and Vili were and was happy that he had finally found the friend he deserved. Soon the little ones noticed her and ran towards her smiling and shrieking in delight. Daisy kneeled down and hugged them. The little dwarfling stood a bit further away and watched the hobbit curiously.

Daisy waved at him with a smile. "And who are you, little one?"

"This is Runor! The best friend in all of Middle Earth." Vili explained and asked Runor to come to them.

Then Fili entered the room and added. "They're so close, just like you and Poppy used to be."

Daisy looked at the dwarf with a smile but then gasped in shock when she saw her best friend standing behind her husband. Poppy was skinny and pale and looked at her friend with hollow eyes. She tried to smile but was barely able to. Fili looked at his wife sadly as well and Daisy worried that her best friend might die. Then she ran towards her and pulled her into a tight embrace. "I have missed you so much!"

Poppy returned the embrace and buried her face in Daisy's hair. "It's good to see you again. But why are you here?"

Daisy stroked her friends back and then pulled her towards the couch where they sat down next to each other while Fili sat down to play with the children. Daisy told her friend about the letter from Dis and how worried she had been. She said that a friend had brought her to Erebor. She decided not to mention Kili for now though. She didn't believe that Dis would allow her youngest son to visit Fili and didn't want to awake bad memories.

Poppy held her best friend's hand all the time and told her how happy she was for her. Then she told her about the life under the mountain and how much it effected her. It was great for Poppy to talk to someone who understood her completely. In the end she also told her about Runa and that she was going to have another baby. When she talked about the baby and her fear of loosing it, she stroked her slightly extended belly and tears rolled down her cheeks.

Daisy bit her lip to stifle a sob and pulled her friend into another embrace. At first she had been very happy that Poppy had found a friend amongst the dwarves and wanted to meet the dwarrowdam. But when she heard about the baby she started to worry about Poppy's wellbeing even more than she had anyways.

After Daisy, Dwalin and Dwalis had left, Dis sat down opposite to Kili and looked at him sternly. There were loads of things she wanted to ask him now that they were finally alone without Tauriel interfering all the time. First of all she wanted to know what was going on between him and Daisy though. "So Kili, you and Daisy seem to be quite close. But you're married. Do you enjoy playing with her? Do you want to destroy another female hobbit's life? Is this part of some plan to destroy the life of Fili's family even more?"

Kili looked at his mother with wide, teary eyes. "No Amad, I've never wanted to hurt Fili. You have to believe me. I didn't know about Thorin's threats on Fili's and his family's life. I would have never sent them here if I had known. I wouldn't have send Fili to his death even though Tauriel threatened me to take Ronon away from me. He's my brother and I love with although I have acted like the biggest idiot in Middle Earth." Kili wiped a tear away and took a deep breath. "As far as Daisy is concerned; I love her, Amad. The moment I met her and she told me everything about Fili's life in the Shire, I had realised that she has to be my One. I have never felt anything like this for any other person in the world. I would do everything to be allowed to be with her officially. But I know that this is not possible. But she loves me as well and we want to spend time together. So we try to keep our feelings a secret when we're around the elves."

Dis was shocked about her son's confessions but there were quite a few things she didn't understand. "I'm happy that you finally realised that Tauriel was nothing more than a puppy love but now it's too late to change that. I hope Daisy is really happy in this secret relationship. She's a wonderful lass and deserves happiness. I hope you really don't play with her." Dis said and sighed. "But why do you claim that you didn't know about Fili's life in the Shire, Vili being taken to Erebor and Thorin's threats? I sent you several letters about it but since you never answered, I stopped writing because apparently you weren't interested in your brother's or my life anyways. I mean you didn't even come to my wedding." The dwarrowdam said angrily.

Kili frowned at her. "I swear that I won't play with her. She's my One and I would do everything for her. But which letters are you taking about? I've never received anything. And I've never received an invitation to your wedding either. So I thought that you didn't want me there since you've been so angry about my marriage to Tauriel."

"I don't understand that. One of the servants brought the invitation for the wedding to your room. Of course I wasn't happy about your relationship with this elf but I wanted you there anyways. And I sent one of the best raven to Mirkwood with my letters. I'm sure he delivered them to you." Dis explained with a frown.

Kili buried his face in his hands and sobbed. "Tauriel must have hidden them from me. I swear that I've never received anything. I thought that you didn't want me anymore. I thought Tauriel and later Ronon were the only persons I had left in my life. That's why I've done everything she wanted me to do. I had never wanted to hurt Fili but she blackmailed me. I've been so stupid."

Dis was shocked about everything she had just heard. She was still a bit angry about everything Kili had done but she understood him. Kili had been young and naive. He had thought that what he had felt for Tauriel was love. But when he realised that it wasn't, it was too late and he was scared of loosing the only family he still had. Tauriel had abused him and had created a deep ditch between him and his family. Dis even started to wonder if the death of her child was an accident or another attempt to make him feel bad and stay with her. The dwarrowdam sat down next to her crying son and wrapped her arm around his shoulder. She wiped his tears away and put a kiss on his cheek. "Oh Kili, I'm so sorry for you! I would have never expected anything like this. Of course you can stay here if you wish."

Kili shook his head. "No Amad, I can't do that. I'm sure she'll kill Ronon or maybe even Daisy or her family to punish me. I will have to go back to Mirkwood and act like I don't know about any of this."

Dis gasped and took Kili's hand. "Yes Kili, this makes sense. Maybe you can bring them to safety and come back here afterwards. I will always be there for you. But for now I think it might be a good idea not to tell Fili about it. I'm quite sure that especially Poppy and the children would be very scared if you arrived down there. And even if you explained everything to Fili it would probably cause more harm then good. Poppy is with child and we worry about her deeply."

Kili sighed in distress. "Oh no! I hope Daisy will be able to help her a bit. You're probably right. I should stay away from them. But please tell me if there is anything I can do."

"Yes, this will be the best for now." Dis said and hugged her son. "I'm glad that I finally know the truth, my dear."

Dis and Kili continued talking about everything that had happened for a long time. Later that evening the dark haired dwarf went on a walk through Erebor. This should have been his home but he didn't feel welcome there. He visited Thorin but the latter only cared about his treasure. Afterwards he went further down the mountain towards the miners' settlement where Fili lived. He was shocked about the living conditions down there and tore at his hair at the thought of Fili and his children living in one of these small houses. He knew from Daisy how much hobbits loved being outdoors and that living there had to be the the worst punishment for Poppy. He was curious and watched Fili, Poppy, Daisy and the little ones through the window and sighed sadly. They deserved so much better and would probably live happily with the other hobbits in Mirkwood.

Suddenly Fili looked towards the window and saw his brother standing there. He frowned and made sure that Poppy or the children hadn't seen him. Then we went towards the door. He stepped outside and looked at his brother with a mix of anger and sadness but also some relief that Kili was well. "What are you doing here? Do you want to see and cheer upon what you have caused?"

Kili gasped. "Fili, no! I've never meant to cause that much harm. I didn't know. You have to believe me that I'm so-"

"No Kili, it's too late for that! I think it's the best if we don't see each other anymore. To much has happened between us. Maybe I could forgive you for what you've done to me. But you have indirectly hurt Poppy and the children too much. Please leave! I don't want them to see you anymore." Fili explained and went back inside.

Kili ran back to his room and collapsed onto the bed. There he cried for hours until he fell asleep from exhaustion.