A few hours later Fili woke up and smiled at his sleeping wife and children. Little Thorin was still sleeping in his mother's arms and Vili was curled up around him with his little hand on his mother's belly. Fili remembered that his oldest son had done that every time Poppy had been with child and wondered if he sensed the baby better then anyone else because of his blindness. He ran his fingers through Vili's golden curls and smiled again.

Unfortunately his movements woke Lili and Tulip. They looked up at their father with sleepy eyes but immediately started to ask him if they could finally go to see their cousin now. Fili sighed and although he tried to calm them down, they woke their siblings and mother.

Thorin started to cry again and so Poppy went to the nursery with him to nurse him and to change his diaper and clothes. Meanwhile Fili helped his older children to put their clothes on and soon they waited in the living room together with Runa, Runor and Dwalis. Fili and Runa tried to convince the children to have breakfast first but they were far too excited to eat. So they started walking to Kili's rooms once Poppy arrived with Thorin in her arms.

Lili also took the list with the names they had written down to show them to Kili and Daisy. Fili looked at Poppy with a frown and wondered how the children might react when they found out that the little girl had a name already.

Poppy hoped that Daisy was ready to receive visitors but Dis told them that they could meet the little girl. So they quietly went to the bedroom where Daisy was lying in the huge bed propped up against several cushions and with Kili sitting next to her. She looked tired but incredibly happy and smiled brightly at the children. "Would you like to meet our daughter?" Daisy asked.

The children cheered and ran towards the bed. Fili helped them to sit next to Daisy. Lili looked at Kili with her big blue eyes and gave him the list with the names. "Uncle Kili, we wrote down some names for her. Will you use one of them, please?"

Kili looked at Fili and Poppy and didn't know what to do. He was relieved when Daisy started to speak. "Umm, well my darlings, we have chosen a name for her already. Her name is Peony." Daisy said and carefully explained why they had chosen this name for their daughter.

The children nodded and said that they liked the name but they still had tears in their eyes. Daisy felt sorry for them and looked at Kili and Poppy sadly but Fili tried to comfort them and promised that they would use one of the names for their new sibling. Then they started to smile and carefully touched Peony's face and hands.

Poppy walked closer towards them with Thorin in her arms and smiled at her best friend. Peony made a noise and Thorin looked at her with wide eyes. Poppy held him closer to his cousin and he started to smile and clapped his hands. Then he tried to touch her. So Poppy sat down next to Daisy to allow her son to touch the little dwobbit's face. Peony suddenly opened her eyes and grabbed Thorin's hand. He giggled again and held tightly to her hand.

Kili looked at the hobbits and dwobbits and smiled at his brother. He had never expected to have a family like that. When he saw one of the many scars on Fili's skin, he frowned and tears glistened in his eyes though.

The blond dwarf went towards his younger brother and put his hand on his arm. "Kili, what's wrong?" He whispered.

Kili looked up at him and whispered back. "I can never protect them. You bear several scars because you protected your family. I can't do that. If I had been in your place, my family would be dead." Then tears started to roll down his cheek.

Fili pulled Kili into his arms. "Kili, you can still protect them. You can't shoot your bow anymore but there are other ways to protect your family. And let's pray that we will never have to protect them from any foes. Daisy and Peony love you! That's everything that matters now, alright?"

Kili nodded and killed at Daisy again. "May I hold her?"

Daisy smiled and put Peony in Kili's arms. The little girl tried to grab Kili's hair again and then fell asleep in her father's arms.

The children wanted to stay with Peony for a longer time but since Daisy and Poppy looked pretty tired, Fili suggested that they should go home for now. They agreed and kissed Peony, Kili and Daisy goodbye.

About one week later Daisy had recovered from giving birth and spent most of her time in Fili's rooms together with Poppy, Runa, Dis and all the children. Fjola sometimes joined them as well and everyone was happy to have her as a member of the family soon.

Kili spent a lot of time together with Fili. But for a few hours each day his brother sent him away because he wanted to do something with their uncle. Kili was first a bit upset about that but enjoyed to spend the time with his daughter instead.

One day they all sat together at the dinner table and talked when Fili suggested if Kili wanted to try to feed Thorin his mashed carrots. Kili agreed because he thought that this would be an easy task and he could do nothing wrong. He took the spoon from Poppy and was about to to put it to his nephew's mouth when the latter grabbed the spoon and pushed it into Kili's mouth instead.

Kili pulled a face because he didn't like carrots at all. "Yuck! What are you doing, Thorin?" He exclaimed and everyone in the room erupted in laughter.

"Oh laddie, never let a wee one take the spoon! This will never end well!" Dwalin said laughing and in that moment another spoon of mashed carrots landed in Kili's face.

"Kili don't worry! The same happened to Dwalin when he first tried to feed Dwalis, but with peas instead of carrots." Dis laughed.

Kili looked at Daisy and Peony and was quite sure that even the little girl laughed about him since she giggled and showed her cutest toothless grin.

When everyone had finished their dinner Fili suddenly left the room and returned with a wrapped package, which he gave to Kili. The latter looked at his brother with wide eyes and carefully opened the box. It contained a beautiful sword with Kili's sigil engraved into the pommel.

Fili smiled at his brother. "I hope you like it, Kili. We all noticed how sad you were because you couldn't use your bow anymore and that you can't protect your family anymore. But you should be able to fight with that very well. You can train with me, Thorin, Dwalin or whoever you want whenever you want."

Kili carefully put the box onto the table and rushed towards his brother to hug him. "Thank you, Fili! That's such a wonderful gift! That's why you spent so much time alone with Thorin, right? Kili asked and hugged Fili again when the latter nodded. "I will treasure it and can't wait to train with it."