A Journey I'll Always Remember (Kili x Reader)

Thunder Battle

It was early morning and all the dwarves were outside ready to leave, Thorin wasn't kidding when he said we'd leave at sunrise. Bilbo and I met with the dwarves down in the center where we were first welcomed to Rivendell. "Master Baggins," Thorin bowed his head to my father before turning to me "Lady Baggins."
"There's no need for the formalities," I smiled waving my hand down "Juliette is more than enough." Once all of the dwarves finally made it down to the meeting area, we grabbed our things and left Rivendell which since yesterday I dreaded doing. What other dangers waited for us?

Before Rivendell was gone forever I took one final glance. Rivendell is probably the most breathtaking place on Middle-earth, not to mention that the Elves own these lands, the most graceful kin in all the land, at least that's what I think. I am still yet to see what awaits for me on this adventure.

"Juliette, I suggest you keep up." Thorin was standing a few feet away with his sword in hand, planted on the ground, waiting for me to follow the others. "Yes," I smiled over my shoulder "Of course." Thorin dipped his head as I passed him and followed behind the others who were escalating down stairs which lead out the valley. Goodbye Rivendell.

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Several hours later, we had somehow made it onto the edge of a rocky mountain and it was pouring buckets, so hard I could barely see the path ahead of me. Rain fell heavy on us making the path very slippery, my hair has fallen onto my face and my boots are squelching below me. "Everyone hold on!" Thorin barked over the gusting wind and hammering droplets of rain.

As we carefully sidestepped along the edge, my heart wrecked in my chest as I lost my footing and nearly slipped but luckily an arm caught me and wrapped around my torso to hold me up. "Hold onto me incase you slip again." I looked behind me to see Kili. With shaky breaths I nodded my head before gripping onto his coat as we continued to push forwards.

"Take cover!" Dwalin shouted as a huge boulder was falling on us from the sky. We all yelled as the boulder crashed above us and shattered into smaller pieces onto us. In a swift movement, Kili pulled me to his chest and shielded me with his body and the other dwarves covered their heads and pushed each other back up against the wall as boulders smashed onto the wall above us and smashed into smaller rocks which fell into darkness below us.

I looked up from under Kili and couldn't believe my eyes when I saw a giant made out of rock. It emerged from the mountain across from us and began throwing boulders towards the mountains.
"By my beard, the legends are true!" Bofur shouted not far from me. "This is no thunder storm," Balin yelled "It's a thunder battle!" My stomach dropped. A thunder battle.

The first stone giant threw yet another boulder, but it wasn't to us.  To our right another, larger stone giant appeared and got smacked in the chest with a boulder. We all backed up against the wall as the floor under us was beginning to crack. Everyone was yelling and I could only pray that we make it out of this alive and firm my feet onto the stone

Suddenly, the floor between Fili and Kili cracked in half. Fili's end of the mountain separated from our half, swiftly being swung away from our part. I could spot the fear in Kili's eyes as his brother got further and further away from us. My knees buckled when I saw that Bilbo was on the other half, being swept away and suddenly attached to the leg of a giant.

"Father!" I screamed reaching out my hand, feeling completely powerless. I looked up and I was terrified, both Fili's and my half were the legs to yet another stone giant. The two smashed head which knocked one stumbling back. Rocks were raining and all we could do was clutch onto each other while being swung around.

Our half smashed back into a safe part of the mountain that was not attached to any destructive creature. We all stumbled and ran to safety, still shielding ourselves from the rocks.
I felt sick to my stomach as it seemed almost impossible for the other half of the company to return to flat ground safely.

Horror shook my body when the giant collapsed and fell towards the firm-standing mountain; sending the whole company crashing down into the rock. An awful scream ripped out my mouth as I saw Bilbo smash into a rock wall. I felt like I was going to get sick. The giants leg pulled back to show that no dwarves were still hanging on. Oh God.

The half of the company sprinted across the stone and around the corner with our hearts lodged in my throat. The dwarves are okay. I felt huge relief when I saw they were okay, lying on the floor panting and eyes wide with shock. Kili ran over to his brother and made sure he was okay, and the other dwarves inspected their dear friends. I scanned the dwarves but I couldn't find Bilbo. "Bilbo?" I whispered his name as the fear rocked me "Where's Bilbo?" I yelled so the other dwarves could hear me.

I gasped as Bofur leaped onto the floor and tried to grab someone over the side of the cliff. Oh no.
I gasped as Bilbo was hanging onto the edge with only his fingers. All of the dwarves were on the floor trying to help him up, but he was too low down the cliff. Thorin ran over and didn't hesitate jumped down to a small platform of rock and pulled him up by his coat, saving him from falling to his certain death.

As soon as Bilbo was in a safe place I ran over to him and threw myself into his arms on the floor.
"Father! Oh God, I thought you died!"
"I'm fine." He chocked on his words and was gasping for air from the shock. He held me tight and rubbed my back, he eventually calmed down and returned his breathing back to normal.
"Please don't do that ever again. If I lost you I-" a tear fell from my eye. "Jules, I'm fine. I never mean to scare you like that."

"Dwalin, come on." Thorin disappeared into a hole in the wall which led to a cave. Bilbo and I got off the floor and followed everyone inside. The cave was cold and gloomy, but it was somewhere to stay the night. "I'll make start on a fire." Bofur crouched down to make start on a fire. "No," Thorin stopped him "We leave at dawn, a fire won't be necessary."

Bofur took the night watch as the rest of us tried to sleep. Once I bid Bilbo goodnight I sat down next to Kili, who was beside Fili who was already fast asleep with a cloth over his eyes. "Wow, today was quite the day wasn't it?" Kili didn't answer. "Kili?" I looked over to see that Kili was staring at me. "Kili." I put a hand on his shoulder, that snapped him out of whatever daze he was in. "Sorry, I didn't mean to. You were saying?"
"I was saying that today was quite the day, wasn't it?" I slightly raised my eyebrows. "Well there's never been a peaceful day."
"Yeah well," I smiled "We're all still standing."

He returned the smile and my face grew warm.
I leaned back and rested my head on Kili's chest and I could hear the quiet beating of the heart. My eyes grew heavy and I fell asleep on Kili's chest, both of us completely comfortable with this position. What a day.