Kili
[After the destruction of Lake-town and Smaug's death, Fili, Bofur, and Oin grab a boat so they can head out to the Lonely Mountain to rejoin the Company. Kili goes over to Tauriel]
Tauriel...
Fili
Kili. Come on, we're leaving.
Tauriel
They are your people. You must go. [starts to walk off]
Kili
[stops her]
Come with me. I know how I feel, I'm not afraid. You make me feel alive.
Tauriel
I can't.
Kili
Tauriel. Amralime.
Tauriel
[surprised]
I don't know what that means.
Kili
[grins]
I think you do.
Tauriel
[Fili looks at his brother; before Tauriel could respond, she senses Legolas, who returned from his chase after Bolg, behind her] [in Elvish]
My Lord Legolas.
Legolas
[in Elvish]
Take your leave of the Dwarf. You are needed elsewhere.
Kili
[Kili and Tauriel give each other a longing look, before Kili reluctantly leaves. Then he stops and turns back to Tauriel. He takes her hand and gives her the stone he showed her when they first met]
Keep it, as a promise.
[Kili goes to the boat with Fili, Bofur, and Oin and row off. Tauriel looks at the stone. Her eyes filled with tears as she watches Kili and the others row off in their boat to the Lonely Mountain]
Legolas
[approaches Bard who is gathering supplies and making leave with the people of Lake-town]
Where will you go?
Bard
There is only one place. [looks over to the Lonely Mountain]
A Alfrid
The Mountain? You are a genius, Sire. We can take refuge inside the Mountain. It might smell a bit of dragon, but the women could clean that up. It'll be safe and warm and dry, and full of stores, bedding and clothing, the odd bit of gold.
Bard
What gold is in that Mountain is cursed. We will take only what was promised to us, only what we need to rebuild our lives. [hands some wood to Alfrid to carry]
A Alfrid
[sees an old woman walk by]
Here, pull your weight. [drops the wood into her arms]
Legolas
News of the death of Smaug will have spread through the lands.
Bard
Aye.
Legolas
Others will now look to the Mountain, for its wealth or its position.
Bard
What is it you know?
Legolas
Nothing for certain. It's what I fear may come.
Tauriel
[As Thranduil and his remaining forces leave Dale in the midst of the battle, Tauriel stands in their way] [in Elvish]
You will go no further. [in English] You will not turn away. Not this time.
Thranduil
[glaring]
Get out of my way.
Tauriel
The dwarves will be slaughtered.
Thranduil
Yes, they will die. Today, tomorrow, one year hence, a hundred years from now. What does it matter? They're mortal.
Tauriel
[aims her bow and arrow at Thranduil, who looks on in shock]
You think your life is worth more than theirs, when there is no love in it? There is no love in you!
Thranduil
[Thranduil hesitates, then swiftly and mercilessly cuts Tauriel's bow in half. Tauriel is taken aback in shock] [raises his sword to Tauriel's face]
What do you know of love? Nothing! What you feel for that dwarf is not real. You think it is love? Are you ready to die for it?
Legolas
[Legolas deflects Thranduil's blade and defends Tauriel] [in Elvish]
If you harm her...you will have to kill me. [Thranduil lowers his head in sadness at his son's defiance; Legolas turns to Tauriel, in English] I will go with you.
Legolas
[about his defiance, in defense of Tauriel]
I...cannot go back.
Thranduil
Where will you go?
Legolas
I do not know.
Thranduil
Go to the North. Find the Dunedain. There is a young Ranger among them you should meet. His father, Arathorn, was a good man. His son might grow to be a great one.
Legolas
What is his name?
Thranduil
He is known in the wild as Strider. His true name, you must discover for yourself. [Legolas makes to head to the north as suggested, but stops short] Legolas, your mother loved you...more than anyone; more than life.
Tauriel
[Touched by the apology and the fact that his mother loved him, Legolas exchanges a gesture of affection with Thranduil and makes off to the north to find the ranger, with Thranduil looking on and having accepted the fact the elven prince is now independent and a grown man. Then Thranduil walks up to Tauriel, who's weeping over Kili's body]
They want to bury him.
Thranduil
Yes.
Tauriel
If this is love, then I do not want it. Take it from me. Please. [Thranduil does nothing. She sobs harder] Why does it hurt so much?
Thranduil
[uncharacteristically empathetic]
Because it was real.
[Tauriel, with tears in her eyes, was surprised what Thranduil had said, and kisses Kili]
