A Brothers Bond

Chapter XIII

Fili and Kili took care of their sister, guarding her in case anyone made a remark about her hair, the children snickered, of course the whole town gossiped but Thorin's and Dis' friends felt pity for the young shape shifter. The trio walked down to the market and Esmerelda hid behind Fili and Kili, all her confidence had left her, they were looking at the display of the different hilt designs that the dwarf behind the stall was offering to perfect for their weapons when Dis came across them.

"Esmerelda, Thorin needs to speak with you" Dis told her.

"I'll see you at home" She said turning to her brothers and hugging them both.

So Dis walked Esmerelda back and Thorin was waiting in the hall for her, when they arrived they went into the back room where she saw someone who surprised her. It was her mother.

"What is she doing here?" Esmerelda asked cowering behind Dis

"To prevent a war with your people, we have been discussing things and we think its about time you go back with your own people" Thorin answered.

"But I belong here" Esmerelda began to detest.

"Thorin you didn't tell me that you needed to talk to her about this, she's your family!" Dis cried.

"Look at her Dis, she's not" He stated.

"What about the boys that's their sister" She reminded him.

"But she's my daughter!" Esmerelda's mother piped in.

"She's 18 and is old enough to make her own decisions so why don't we allow her to choose" Dis suggested.

"I agree Ruby you decide whether you come back with me or you stay here" Her mother told her.

"This is where my family is, you know when I was younger you could have come and claimed me from here, but now I am 18 and this is home to me. I have a caring mother and two caring brothers" Ruby answered backing up  towards Dis.

"Fine if that's your decision!" Her mother growled, then standing up and storming out.  

"Do you realise what you have done?" Thorin roared. "You have just bought war on your home of Erebor" He yelled and shook her by her shoulders.

"I am sorry for wanting to stay with a family that I thought that loved me" She sobbed and stormed out of the house, tears clouding her vision.

"Thorin look what you've done, you've just lost a princess of Erebor" Dis stated and began chasing after her, but Thorin grabbed her wrist.

"Don't bother, its about time she leave. She's not one of us" He told her and dragged Dis back into the house after she was kicking and screaming to go after her daughter, and Thorins niece.

"She'll die" Dis yelled pushing her brother away from her.

"I am sure if she can survive a quest I am sure she can survive on her own" Thorin tried to comfort his sister.

"That's because her brothers were there to care for her! What's gotten into you?" Dis bellowed at him.

"Nothing, I just thought it was time she was back with her own people" He answered.

"You're heartless Thorin Oakenshield" Dis said and stormed upstairs.

Esmerelda had no idea where she was going, she just knew she was blinded with rage and wanted to get as far away from Erebor and the Blue mountains as she could, she was tripping and falling over tree roots and plants.

The boys were only arriving home and usually Esmerelda would greet them, but they entered in to a house where their mother was sobbing and Thorin wasn't even home even though his shift at the forges ended half an hour ago. "Mum?" Fili yelled, but she couldn't answer as her voice had been chocked with sobs. So Fili and Kili went to her room and found her on the bed crying.

"Mum what's wrong?" Kili pined.

"Your...sister...has fled" She cried.

"Why?" Both boys asked panicking.

"Because your uncle... was trying to give her back to her original family, she refused, Thorin yelled at her, as we're going to have a war and then she left" Dis explained.

"Kili stay with mum, I am going to find her" Fili said.

"No Fe I want to come with you" Kili began.

"No your job is to stay and look after mum as your the man of the house now" Fili reminded him.

So Fili hugged his mother and brother before tacking up his steed and then galloping off trying to track his sister. Esmerelda had reached the valley of the elves and the trees were singing to her as the blossom fell from their branches, she began to cross the bridge when she was surrounded by guards all pointing their spears at her throat, she gulped uneasily. "She's only a child" A female voice stated as they came closer.

An elf with long wavy dark hair, pale skin and was dressed in a dark purple long flowing gown approached Esmerelda who was still shaking with fear, not long after a male elf joined them dressed in a fine bronze cloak with silver armour and long brown hair with a gold crown balanced on his forehead. "What is a young shape shifter doing here this far south of her home?" He asked.

"Thor...Thorin Oakenshield tried...to get rid of me... he didn't understand my family was in Erebor with him" She sobbed.

"Aw you poor thing" The dark haired elf said and pulled the young shape shifter in for a hug to comfort her.

"Arwen I put her in your charge" The male elf told her.

"I will take care of her, father" She answered.

If Thorin only knew that his adopted niece had now been taken in by elves, he would be furious. Fili had just lost her tracks as they had been contaminated with the paw prints of Wargs as they must've travelled through here, with out a doubt they must have caught her scent, this only set Filis heart racing, it pounded in his chest to think that his sister could be hurt at the expense of his uncle.

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