Hey guys! Sorry for the confusion, but this is a re-edit to A Light in the Darkness. I decided that I did not like what I had done for this and wanted to change it. I hope this version will look better than the old one.

Introduction

My name is Faron, daughter of Thorin, son of Thrain, son of Thror, unofficial King of the Lonely Mountain, Erebor. Even though I am a Princess, I will never be an heir to the throne. That position belongs with my cousin, Fili, Aunt Dis's oldest son. The reason for this is I am not Thorin's biological daughter. I am an elf he and my mother adopted me when my mother found me when I was a babe.

She found me along with dead bodies of elves and orcs and brought me home where she was able to persuade Thorin to take me in and for them to raise me as if I was their own daughter. Thorin, after a few moments of arguing with my mother, agreed and since that moment, I became Faron, daughter of Thorin.

Luckily for me, the hatred dwarves for elves started many years later, after our home, the Kingdom of Erebor, was taking by Smaug, the Fire Drake of the North. I will never forget that day for as long as I live. I was still a child, barely out of my toddler years when it happened. . .

~Flashback~

Father left early that morning, and mother decides to take me to the market. I skip ahead of mother, singing a Dwarven song my father and I would sing together. I can hear mother chuckling as she walks behind me.

As I am skipping along, I suddenly stop and look around. I can feel something is not right. . .

"Faron, what's wrong?" mother asks as she stops next to me, taking my hand.

I didn't say anything at first as I stand there looking around, wondering what it was that made me feel uneasy. "I don't know. . .I can feel something. . .I don't like it." I finish as I take hold of her, feeling scared.

She holds me close. I had had feelings before. Like when Garl, a friend of the family had died in a mining accident, I had a feeling just before. At that time, I had Garl's name in my head and knew something was going to happen and told mother and father, they reassured me he would be fine. Later that day, we found out he died.

Mother and father decided from that day to keep my feelings secret. My aunt and uncle, Dis and Frerin didn't know, and neither did Grandfather or great-grandfather as my parents feared for me.

"Everything will be alright. Come, let us find your father and tell him." she soothes as she kisses my head.

I nod and we walk on, hand in hand. We walk through the market to find him, but before we get out, I stop dead again. I heard it first, a roaring from afar. It wasn't like anything I had ever heard of before and it scared me.

"Faron? Come on, love." mother says as she pulls me along.

I just look to her wide eyed. "Something is coming. . ."

She looks to me for a moment and opens her mouth to say something, but before she can, I hear my father's voice.

"DRAGON!"

Mother and I look up to see him lean over the railing of the battlements as he roars his warning out to us.

I then hear it much closer, the roar of a dragon and see his fire blazing into the mountain.

"Faron! Come on!" Mother yells as she takes me hand and runs with me.

We run through the halls, keeping a tight hold of each other as we are bustled against other dwarves, running for their lives. I suddenly lose grip of my mother as I am pushed aside.

"Mama!" I yell out for her, looking around as I try to find her.

I see another shot of fire breath close by before hearing a crumbling sound. Looking up, I see some stone falling from the ceiling, falling right towards me. I freeze in fear, just watching the stone getting closer and closer.

Suddenly, I feel something hit my side, pushing me away just before the stone hits the floor. I cough from the dust as I push myself up to see what pushed me and stop. The corridor blocked off and my mother half buried by the stone.

"Mama!" I cry out as I crawl to her.

As I reach her, I see she is still alive and awake. She turns to me and gives me a weak smile. "Faron. . .thank Mahal you are safe. . ."

"Mama, get up, we need to go!" I beg her, wishing she could just push the stone and stand so that we can run away.

She shakes her head. "I cannot. . .the stone is too heavy. . .and I fear it is too late."

"No Mama! No! I will save you!" Stubbornly, I get up and push on the stone, trying to move it off her, but it would not budge in the slightest.

She takes hold of my arm and pulls me away. "Faron, you cannot save me. . .you need to run. . .find your father and run."

I look to her, tears streaming down my face. "I cannot leave you mama. . ."

She pulls me to her in an embrace. . .the last one we would ever share. "You must my darling. . .my brave little elf."

She pulls away and takes out the beads in her hair, placing them in my hand and closing my fingers over them. "Keep them safe. . .keep yourself safe. . .tell your father. . .tell him I love him." I nod just before she gently pulls my face down and presses my forehead against hers. "I love you my darling. . .I know you will grow up and make me proud."

I close my eyes. "I love you too mama. . .I promise, I will make you proud."

She smiles as we pull away and she takes her final breath. I sit and cry in agony and heartbreak. The woman who found me and raised me as her own. . .my mama has left me.

I pull myself together as a roar snaps me out of it. I stand, take a final look at mama and run. Running away from her body, trying to find my way out.

As I am running, I stop and turn around quickly as I come across four different pathways. I stand and cry as I realise I am lost, mama is dead and papa does not even know I am in here.

I suddenly squeal as I feel something pick me up. Turning around, I smile in relief. "Unca 'Walin!" The gruff looking but always kind dwarf, my mama and papa's friend and unca Balin's little brother!

"Faron, thank Mahal you are alright. Where is your mother?"

I look down and cry again. He seems to realise as he holds me close.

"It's alright lass, I'll get you out of here. Come on."

He holds me close to him as he runs through the halls and I smile in relief as the front gates soon come into view and unca 'Walin runs through. I look up and around as I hear screaming and crying. I also see smoke and fire in Dale as well.

I look around at all the dwarves, trying to find papa. "Papa?" I ask as I can't see him.

Unca could sense my worry. "Don't worry, lass. We'll find him."

We spend quite some time looking for him among the other dwarves. I feel sad as I look at them all. We have all lost our home, a lot of them may have lost some member of their family like I did. What were we going to do now?

I stop looking around and start struggling in 'Walin's arms as I see him with the rest of my family. "PAPA!"

I see him look around and his eyes go wide before 'Walin sets me on the ground and I run to him, running through the mass of dwarves between me and him.

"FARON!" I hear his voice cry out.

The dwarves move aside and I see him running towards me. I run straight into his open arms as he kneels down to catch me. I bury my head into his chest as his arms wrap around me, pulling me close to him as he stands, lifting me off the ground.

He runs his hand through my hair, trying to soothe me as I cry. "Oh, thank Mahal. . .I was so worried."

He keeps me close for a while before pulling away after kissing my forehead. "Faron, where is your mother?"

I look down, wishing I didn't have to tell him that my mother, his wife, is dead.

"Faron? What happened?"

"Sh. . .she gone, papa. Rocks fell. . .she save me."

I look to him and see him starting to understand what I said. His face turns to a look I had never seen on him before. He closes his eyes and I see him cry for the first time as he pulls me into him. I wrap my arms around his neck and we grief along with the other dwarves for what we have lost.

Well, there it is. I really hope you all enjoyed it and it is good enough. Please let me know xx