The king of Mirkwood was felling bored on a hot summer afternoon and decided to roam through the tunnels and galleries of his underground palace. The air was damp and heavy, and the calm reigned everywhere. When embarking on a secondary hallway, headed to his glorious library, Thranduil heard quick footsteps and muffled whispers coming from the end of the tunnel. In his light and fluid stride, without being heard, he approached the commotion and came across Tauriel, the chief of his guard, carrying in her arms a moribund being, he understood by the scent that it could not be an elf, it was certainly a man.

"What's going on here?" he asked in his deep voice that sounded like thunder in the tunnel walls. Tauriel turned violently, her face froze when she saw her king confronting her with a harsh look.

"They found her in the woods my lord, she is wounded and unconscious, they couldn't find anyone around, I couldn't leave her in the woods to die." She spoke quickly and in an unusual tone of justification.

Thranduil looked at the unconscious human Tauriel held in her arms, in the dark hallway he couldn't identify any features or injuries, but even though announced: " Tauriel you brought a human into my palace, take care of her as you wish but you should know that she is under your total responsibility. As king of Woodland I have too many issues in my mind to worry about this problem." It wasn't entirely truth, the times were serene, the kingdom was at peace, and the king was bored, but he could never admit it to the chief of his guard.

Then he turned back dramatically without listening to what Tauriel had to say and walked into his library. A strange feeling took over him, the king was restless and couldn't recognize the cause for that premonition, it felt like the warning of one of the storms that formed in the lonely mountain, which filled the air with energy and tension, threatening to tear the skies and land on its way. Thranduil was in the world for too long to ignore the signs of his intuition, he knew something was about to happen.

Author's note:

This is my first try at writing something like this, I'm still struggling with some details but I hope it comes out right!

Another thing, I'm originally writing this in Portuguese, my native language, so this is a translation, I'm doing the best I can but you might find some grammar or construction mistakes, sorry about that!

Anyway, hope you enjoy and I'm looking forward to read your opinions :)