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Chapter 9: The End
The Company of Thorin Oakenshield had been through a lot in their almost year long quest to reclaim their homeland. They had faced mountain trolls, stone giants, goblins, wargs, the elves of Mirkwood, orcs with a desire to kill all of them and of course, a dragon. It wasn't all bad though. They had some laughs along the way and everyone was instantly cheered every time anyone looked at Fili and Kili. No matter where they were, they both still had pink hair. Sometimes it even worked in their favour. Goblins might expect a dozen angry dwarves, but two with pink hair? Nope. Thorin was glad when all the elves stayed well away from his nephews because they all thought they were diseased.
That was then. Now, everyone was fighting for their lives against goblins and orcs. It looked like they were losing. Even three armies to two, they were still hopelessly outnumbered. For every enemy they slew, another took its place. Despair was fast approaching the three armies.
"Fili!" Kili cried, not in pain, but in worry. He couldn't see him brother, which was worrying, and besides, Thorin was going to fight Azog and wanted the brothers to accompany him. "Fili! Where are you?" Not dead. Please not dead. Don't go the way of Uncle Frerin.
A flash of blond with hints of pink alerted Kili to Fili's position – in the midst of angry goblins. Kili and Thorin fought their way towards him. Once Fili heard the plan, he nodded and the three of them headed for Ravenhill.
As they reached the top, two familiar faces were waiting for them. Their hair, a dead giveaway.
"We were wondering when you would show up!" Elladan exclaimed, glad that his friends were safe and not dead (yet, anyway). Thorin scowled.
"Once this is all over, you four are going to tell me why and how and when you met."
"Okay sure, now let's go kill some orc." Elrohir gave a wicked smile that made Thorin glad that they were on the same side.
Azog and Blog never knew what hit them. Three dwarves and two elves, all brilliant fighters, against two orcs? They stood no chance, whatsoever. They were wiped out by the descendants of the line they swore to destroy and eradicate.
"Now that is irony." Elrohir remarked, upon hearing that.
The battle was won shortly after Azog fell, the five fighters re-joining the fight. The twins were invaluable, they saved all their lives numerous times. None of the company fell, though none escaped unharmed, but plenty of other dwarves, men and elves did. The leaders of the three armies also all survived.
After paying their respects, Thorin turned to Fili, Kili, Elladan and Elrohir with a stern face on.
"Spill."
They told him everything. When they met, pretending to be him, sharing ideas, pranking Thranduil, the cupboard (he was there, but it was all part of the story), Rivendell and everything. Throughout their tale, Thorin was failing to keep a straight face. When they got to Thranduil, he lost it. He was in hysterics and was crying with laughter. He had heard the tale before, but second hand. And it by no means lost it hilarity in the re-telling.
"Thank you! I've not laughed like that in a long time! I needed that. Also, that is quite impressive! Fili, Kili, don't tell your mother I said that though."
"We won't!" They chorused.
"You can however tell her what happened, she probably will find it funny as well."
"Shall we tell her that all our lives were saved by elves?" Kili asked innocently. Elladan and Elrohir grinned at each other. Thorin scowled.
"Damn. Now I have stop hating you guys. Well….is there a difference between you guys and Thranduil?" He asked hopefully, hoping that there was a way to make the situation a bit less awkward.
"Yes there is quite a lot of difference between Rivendell, Mirkwood and Lothlórien elves. Thrandy's elves are definitely the biggest idiots." Elrohir said with a smile.
"When we saw Thranduil, all I could think of was him with pink hair, so I'm glad I didn't have to talk to him, otherwise he probably would've hated me more than you Thorin!" Fili chortled. Kili laughed.
"Me too!"
"King Thranduil requests your presence, along with your nephews and the other two elves who are with you. King Bard and Dain of the Iron Hills have also been invited." A messenger elf approached Thorin and bowed. Thorin sighed before answering.
"Tell him I will be there shortly."
"Fili. Kili" Thorin called, spotting his nephews talking to the twins. All of them looked round. "You and I have been 'summoned' by Thranduil. Oh, you two as well. I told his messenger I would be there soon."
"Oh." Kili looked a bit worried. "Does he really want to see us? I mean, he probably remembers the twins…"
"Yes, we still have pink hair." Fili's expression matched his brothers.
"Nah, it will be fine. What's the worst that can happen?" Everyone else's face told Elladan that maybe his comment wasn't very helpful.
"Thorin! I haven't seen you in ages! Ah! And here are your fine nephews! Hello lads!" Dain was probably the only person there who was pleased to see them. Bard looked like he was rather out of his depth and Thranduil was scowling. That changed when he saw the twins.
"You two! What are you doing here?!" Thranduil exploded. The twins winced, but didn't look too surprised.
"You did request their presence." Kili muttered.
"You said, me, my nephews and the two elves who were with me. Which are these two." Thorin was slightly confused. So was everyone else.
"But…they….they weren't…" Thranduil spluttered. He regained his composure and spoke words that everyone could understand. "I mistook you for some other elves. My son and another elf left the forest around the same time you, left. I thought it would be those two. I was mistaken." The twins nodded, that made sense.
There was a meeting about what to do with the gold and rebuilding Laketown. Agreements were reached and then everyone left. There were a couple of hours left of daylight so Fili and Kili went to explore a bit. The twins had nothing to do so they came with them.
They were chatting, when two figures approached them. When they came closer, they saw that they were elves. One of the elves walked up to the twins and bowed. Elladan spoke first.
"Mellon-nin! I did not expect to see you here. What are you doing here?"
"Yes, we were dealing with some spiders and then we heard about the battle. We were too late to be of any help."
"Yes, your father mistook us two for you and Tauriel. He summoned us and received a surprise." Elrohir chuckled. Legolas smiled, then frowned when he saw who they were with.
"Who are these two?" Legolas asked.
"These are the two dwarves who we got our hair idea from. I would've thought you made that connection. After all, we all still have pink hair. This is Fili and Kili." Elladan made the introductions. Kili grinned at the two elves.
"Oh, Fili is the older and is usually blond, and Kili is usually brown haired, like his uncle, Thorin." Elrohir added, thinking it might be useful information to have in the future.
Legolas sighed.
"I suppose I have to actually like you now, don't I?"
"Yup. It might be useful." Elrohir said sarcastically. "Dwarves aren't bad after all. These two are great!"
"Okay. See you guys later. Possibly. I should probably go speak to my father and see what he wants."
Once he and Tauriel walked off, Kili turned to the twins.
"Is he always like that?"
"No, I guess his father's hatred of dwarves has rubbed off on him. I wouldn't let it bother you. He will warm up to you eventually." Elrohir answered. Kili nodded.
"Do you know what everyone needs to cheer them up after a battle?" Elladan looked excited. Fili sighed.
"No, what?"
"A prank."
"Okay, I'm listening."
Elladan took a deep breath before launching into an explanation.
"Well, first we need to-"
The End
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