I passed out and it was dark. Probably one of those stupid spiders bit me. I just heard some noises and whispers about eating us. However, there was nothing I could do, as if I was paralyzed.
"Wake up..." I heard my dad's voice, so well known to me. "You can't give up. Wake up, my little flower. "
Suddenly I felt like I was falling from above. I thought it was just that feeling, but it wasn't. After a while I was lying on the ground and groaning in pain, as did the others. We were all in spider webs and it took a few moments for us to get out of them.
"Where's Bilbo? " I asked, and as I turned to look for him, a spider attacked me. Fortunately, I had time to jump aside.
"Lia, catch! " Kili shouted and threw me the sword.
I caught it and attacked the creature. Blow after blow, we attacked more spiders, but there were too many of them and we couldn't cope. In addition, after they bit us, I still felt a bit dizzy, which made it difficult to fight them. One of the creatures tried to attack Thorin from behind, but I distracted him.
"Hey! " I shouted. "Here, you slimy reptile!! "
The spider turned and moved towards me, and at the same moment Kili and Fili approached him from both sides and killed him.
"Two brothers... '' Kili began.
"Are better than one. " Fili finished and then have a high five with his brother.
"This way! Quick! " Thorin shouted, so we ran after him.
The spiders are about to catch up with us anyway.
After a while, out of nowhere, some blond boy appeared. He killed one of the spiders on the way, and a second later he aimed his bow at Thorin's head. I immediately drew my bow and aimed at him. He was as tall as a human, which meant he was much taller than us. He had long blonde hair that was tied up at the back of his and blue eyes. And worst of all, he was an elf. Soon after him other people appeared and, like him, they aimed their bows at us.
"Don't think I won't kill you, dwarf. " He said to Thorin. "It would be my pleasure. "
"Believe me..." I interjected. "Me too. I could kill you just now. " I added and drew the string tighter.
I had great hope that we wouldn't find any elves after all, but that hope was just shattered. Thorin took my hand and told me to lower my bow.
"But..." I started but didn't finish when I looked into his eyes.
I looked around, we were surrounded by them and we had no chance against them. Thorin knew that, and that's why he told me to lower my bow. Suddenly there was a scream. After exchanging glances with Fili, I knew that this voice belonged to Kli.
"Kili! " Fili screamed.
Without waiting a moment, I took my dagger from my belt and attacked the first elf. I grabbed the bow from the other one and hit him with it. The third swung his sword at me, but I dodged and slipped under the blade and cut his leg.
The spider pulled Kili by the leg and was about to bite him, but I threw the dagger at him and the creature fell dead. Kili looked at me, breathed a sigh of relief, and flopped back to the ground.
"Thanks, Lia. " He said breathlessly.
He was about to get up, but the elves surrounded him. They held swords in their hands so that he couldn't move without cutting his throat. He glanced at me.
"Lia, behind you!! " He screamed.
I turned around and saw another spider. A moment more, and I would be dead, but suddenly something flew right next to my head. Only later I realize it was an arrow. I turned back to Kli, but it wasn't he who fired, and neither was anyone in our Company. Suddenly, someone put a sword at my throat.
"If I were you, I wouldn't move. " I heard a woman's voice.
I glanced where he was coming from and saw another elf, or rather an elf female. She had long red hair and green eyes. Plus, she was ready to cut my throat at any moment, so I decided it would be better not to speak.
***
They led us to the others, and the blond man who later turned out to be their commander, ordered us to be searched. They found and took all the weapons from us, even from Fili, who had them literally everywhere. The commander exchanged a few words - in Elvish, of course - with the elf who wanted to cut my throat. Later, the blond man approached Thorin and began to look at his sword while saying something in his language - unfortunately I didn't know Elvish, so I didn't understand anything.
"Where did you get this? " Elf asked, but in normal language.
"It was given to me. " Dwarf replied.
Blond man looked at him and then put the sword to his throat.
"Not just a thief, but a liar as well. " He said.
"You're talking about yourself? " I asked ignoring the consequences.
"Do you know who you're talking to? " Blond man came up to me.
"And you? " I folded my hands over my chest.
"Tell me, what's your name? " Elf asked curiously.
"What for? "
"When you tell me, I'll know what to engrave on your tombstone." He replied.
"Oh, how nice of you to think about it. " I said and smiled artificially. "I'm Malia. And who are you? "
"Please be polite. " Elf female interjected. "It's Legolas. "
"Legolas? "
"Yes. "he replied. "And my father is the king of this forest. " He added and put my hands in shackles. Then he gave an order to the others and they started to lead us somewhere.
Bravo, Malia. I thought. You messed up with the prince of this forest, but in fact, he deserved it.
"Thorin..." I whispered to dwarf. "Where's Bilbo? "
Oakenshield didn't have time to answer me, because the elves silenced us. But judging by his expression, he didn't know where our hobbit had gone.
***
The elves led us through the forest to their Forest Kingdom. It wasn't like Rivendell, but I must admit it was impressive. It was also immediately apparent that the entire state was militarized and always ready to close themself up among other peoples and leave them. The kingdom looked as if it were made inside a cave, you could see stalactites and stalagmites. The path that led through the interior looked like a bridge. It was long and winding like the one in the goblin cave except that this one was made of stone, not wood.
They locked us up in separate cells and took Thorin to their king Thranduil for questioning.
"Aren't you going to search me? " Kili asked, the elf woman, whose name from what I managed to catch earlier, was Tauriel. It was she who wanted to cut my throat. "I could have anything down my trousers. " He added and I just shook my head.
"Or nothing. " She replied and locked Kiili in the cell, and I couldn't help but smile.
Later she came up to me and locked me in a cell next to brunet.
"Aren't you going to search me? " I asked. "I could have anything to slit your throat. "
"You wouldn't even be able to use it. " she replied.
"Do you want to find out? "
"I've already found out. " She said with a smile I returned and then left.
***
We tried to break down the door or open the lock somehow without using a key. We tried everything but nothing worked. Balin said that the palace could only be left with the consent of the king, then we had no chance. I leaned against the wall and dropped to the ground.
"We'll sit here for a while. " I heard Kilie's voice. "What are you doing? "
"I'm sitting. " I replied.
"Oh, that's cool, because me too. "
"Cool. "
"I know. " He sighed.
"How long do you think Thorin will be kept there?" I asked.
It was as if they brought Oakenshield in response and locked him in a cell.
"Did he offer you a deal? " Balin asked immediately.
"He did. " Thorin replied.
"You didn't agree, did you? " I guessed.
"I told him he could go..." He finished in dwarfish. "Him and all his kin! " He shouted.
"Well, that's that, then. " Balin said. "A Deal was our only hope. "
"Not our only hope. " Thorin replied.
He was right. Our only and last hope is our burglar, Bilbo Baggins.