We floated slowly down the river. My nerves had left. "What have I got to lose if I die? No elves like me, I don't belong anywhere." I thought.

We were on that boat, for a very long time. I suddenly realized that the dragon hadn't flown overhead in a while.

I lifted my head from Fili's shoulder, stood up, and looked up in the skies, and all around.

No dragon... "Where could it possibly be?" I thought.

Unexpectedly it flew overhead. I swore loudly. It flew a bit farther and then flew up... Something was wrong with it.

It's chest started to fade and then, slowly it fell.

There was a large splash and the dragon landed farther up the river.

The desolation of Smaug had come to an end.

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We stood on shore, preparing to take off in our boat. Tauriel was with us. We were getting the boat in the water, when Kili ran over to her.

They stood talking to each other, Legolas came behind her, and Kili started sadly towards us. He turned back and gave her something.

I saw tears swimming in Tauriel's eyes as Kili got into the boat and we took off.

He stared at her until she disappeared into the mist behind us.

"What do you say?" I asked him.

"I asked her to come with us... But she couldn't."

"What did you give her?"

"A promise."

I said nothing.

"Emariya? I... I..."

"Yes?"

"I love her."

"I know... It's very obvious."

Kili chuckled and we stayed quiet the rest of the way to the mountain.

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We walked down the ancient halls. I remembered them so well.

"You have to leave... We all have to leave... I sickness lies over this place." Bilbo was going on about something along those lines.

I was watching Fili. He looked to a far wall. There was a golden glow coming from there.

"Fili..." Kili and I said together, as he walked down towards it.

We followed him and came out... Gold and gems, enough to buy Mirkwood.

Thorin was in the middle. "Gold... Beyond grief... And pain..." He threw a ruby, Fili caught it.

I looked in Thorin's eyes. I could see the sickness, dragon sickness. Bilbo was right.

"Welcome... To the kingdom of Erebor!"

He went back to creepily staring at his gold. We went back up to find the other dwarves in a room. (I don't remember which room, there's like 700 of them.)

We all had a lovely reunion. I saw Bilbo slip out, I followed him.

As I walked down the hall I heard Thorin order the dwarves to start looking for the Arkenstone.

"He's becoming just like Thror." I thought as tears came into my eyes.

I blinked them back and walked out. I became invisible and followed Bilbo. He had something troubling him, he was uneasy.

Bilbo looked around, and sat down on a stone. He reached into his coat and pulled out... "The Arkenstone!"

"I'm guessing that you aren't going to tell Thorin about this." I said, quite forgetting that I was invisible.

Bilbo jumped, stuffed the Arkenstone back in his shirt, and looked around. "Emariya, I know you're there, where are you?" He called.

I became visible, an he nearly fell over. "What... How...?"

"I can become invisible at will, like you."

"Do you have a ring too?"

"No."

"Oh... I do."

"No, really?" (I asked sarcastically.)

Bilbo smirked at me. I winked at him. I then burst out laughing.

"Sorry... It's just, I haven't laughed in the longest time. I won't tell anyone about the stone." I said to him, when I finally stopped laughing.

"Thank you very much, that would really be quite splendid." he sighed, an expression of relief on his face.

"No problem." I replied and walked off.

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I walked down the hall. Thorin was ahead. "Thorin..." I called. He turned and looked at me. He looked at me with a snobby expression.

"Why are you being like this?" I asked him. I had, had enough. "This is not you."

"How dare you speak to your king like that." He spat.

"You aren't being a very good king!"

"How dare you defy me!"

"You've just turned into Thror! This is not you!"

"I am not Thror!"

"Yes! You are! You are just like him! Listen to yourself!"

"I AM RULER OVER YOU! I AM KING!"

"I HAVE NO KING! I DON'T ANSWER TO YOU! OR ANYONE ELSE!" I screamed at the top of my lungs.

I felt pain in my cheek. Thorin had slapped me.

"WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU! THIS IS NOT THE THORIN OAKENSHIELD I FIRST MET! THIS IS NOT THE MAN I LOVE!"

The last part I had accidentally said. Thorin's eyes softened.

"You... Love me?" He asked.

"I love the good you, the Thorin Oakenshield that I first laid eyes on. Not this cruel, raging, King. Please come back to your senses."

I could see each word penetrate the dragon sickness, but it was built up again. Anger filled his eyes. I knew that this wasn't the real him.

"I AM THORIN OAKENSHIELD! KING INDER THE MOUNTAIN! THE RULER!" He yelled.

"I don't have time to deal with a lovesick little whore." he added in an undertone.

Tears filled my eyes again. "You'll never be king under the mountain if you continue like this. You're just a heartless little bastard." His eyes filled with regret.

I ran opposite from him and found an old room. I sat down in the corner and cried for a bit.

I suddenly felt a hand on either arm. I looked up. Balin was infront of me, Kili was on my right, and Fili was on my left.

"I know lass, he's not right in the head. I think you talked a bit of sense into him though." Balin said softly.

I smiled. "I liked that bastard part." Kili smiled beside me. I hugged him.

"Hey what about me?" Fili exclaimed. I hugged him as well. "Come now. Let's go eat, Bombur has cooked something edible."

I looked at all three of them. "I know how you feel lass. It was the same with Thror." I dried my eyes.

I hugged Balin. "Thank you." I said.

"Thank you all."

Kili held out an arm, and Fili did as well, so we linked arms, and we went off to dinner. I was so happy to have them.

But I wished that dragon sickness hadn't lied over this mountain. That would of made things a hell lot better.

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Hey, I am a human. Yup. These paragraphs at the end are probably stupid and bee useless. OMG WATCHED SHERLOCK TODAY AND GURL... I'M NOT OKAY.

Signed,
The Queen™

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