Stop being dead.

Author's Notes: How is this for a change in style, guys? I have to say, Mad_Lori's works within the Performance in a Leading Role, the ones that consist of interviews that John and Sherlock attend, are what inspired me to write a chapter such as this.
Dianne de Leeuw is a Dutch silver Olympic medalist for figure skating. Sjoukje Dijkstra is a gold Olympic medalist, a five-time European Championship gold medalist, and a three-time World Championship gold medalist.
Thanks so much to my beta, StarlitTauriel, for reading my work and supporting it!

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Author's Notes: Hey, readers! I'm back! The next few chapters are already written, and I will be posting them as soon as I can. If you have noticed, I have slightly altered Balin's role in the story. I changed some of the previous chapters in relation to this to help eliminate discontinuities.
There are several international competitions, in which many figure skaters of Olympic standards annually compete. They include the Grand Prix Final, the Four Continents Championships, the World Championships (or Worlds), and the European Championships. Jaap Edenbann is the skating rink that was used in the winter olympics, when they were held in the Netherlands, and EKIJSA is a real figure skating club in the country. The Dutch Figure Skating Championships (or nationals) are not actually in January, but I used the idea of the nationals of the United States for the purpose of timing in the story.
Thank you so much to my amazing and wonderful and lovely beta, StarlitTauriel! Without her, I would probably never be coherent. Also, her constant support, patience, and love helps me find confidence in my writing.

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Author's Notes: Hey, readers! I hope you enjoyed this chapter. I am personally quite in love with it. Aren't Kíli and Tauriel absolutely adorable? Poor Tauriel, though. I bet she so wished to have fallen in love with that six foot tall prince. Yet destiny has a mind of it's own.
If you have noticed, I have actually changed the setting to the Netherlands, because Amsterdam was a location that I wanted to use, and yet I totally thought it was in Denmark! I literally - okay, look: Danish, Denmark; Dutch, the Netherlands, Holland? How the hell am I supposed to remember any of that? But anyways, thank you for coping, and I'm sorry if you're upset with the slight discontinuity.
I researched a bit of Amsterdam trivia. Tourist attractions I found here; the weather I found here; and about the ice skating I read here.
The piece to which Kíli was skating is "Time to Say Goodbye" by Sarah Brightman and Andrea Bocelli. You can see the video that inspired Kíli's motions and listen to the song here.
A swallow is a type of bird commonly noted in the Russian background, and it's long tail gives the camel spin, a popular spin in figure skating, it's name in Russian. When Tauriel mentions Kíli to look like a swallow, she is probably seeing him do the camel spin, right?
Also, even though Tauriel does not express her thoughts in figure skating terminology, because she is not a professional figure skater herself, I used this to guide me through which motions are which, and I will be using it in Kíli's chapters.
Next week, I won't be posting a chapter, because I'll be writing a Johnlock Valentine's Day fic as a Secret Valentine gift. Please check it out? I will love you forever!
Thanks again to my beta, StarlitTauriel!

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Author's Notes: Hello! Thank you for reading this. This is my first fanfiction ever, so please feel free to leave constructive criticism. Thank you to my wonderful beta StarlitTauriel, so edited this first chapter. I will try to post a new chapter around once a week, but if I have the time, there may be two, instead. Thanks again.

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