This will be a collection of Kili/Tauriel one-shots each centered around a certain word.

Just to clarify one thing in case my readers do not realize it. Part of this is Kili thinking he is dreaming, he does not realize it is actually happening.

Enjoy.

Pain, cold, and hot. That was all Kili could feel as he struggled for breath.

Every inch of his body cried out in agony as he was lifted onto the table. He could not hold back the screams that tore their way from his lips. As hard as he tried, the pain was just too much for him to hold back. The epicenter of his torment came from the arrow wound in his leg.

Then there was the chill and the heat. If felt as if the blood in his veins had been replaced by boiling hot liquid fire as it ran through his body, everything burned. At the same time, he felt so cold. As if he was covered in a mountain of snow. Kili's body burned as it froze over at the same time.

Kili could feel someone, or multiple someones, holding him down. The young dwarf struggled against their grip with what little strength he had. Even he did not know why, the pain was clouding his ability to think clearly. All his fogged mind could comprehend was the agony and the horrible sensations of the clashing temperatures.

"Hold him down." Whoever was speaking, Kili could not tell. Their voiced was far away and muffled as if shrouded in cotton. All he could tell was that it was female

The intensity of the pain increased twofold when he felt someone grab at his injured leg, forcing another scream before he could stop it.

It was that moment when he began to hear it. The voice was firm yet soft and musical, like nothing Kili had ever heard. The words were neither Khuzdul nor the common tongue.

Before Kili could put what little thoughts he was capable of toward the sound, he felt someone pushing on his arrow wound. Kili had thought it could not hurt anymore.

He was wrong.

Kili's next yell sounded muffled to the dwarf's ears despite the fact he was screaming at the top of his lungs with everything his voice could muster.

"Tilda!" Another voice, female like the first but not as smooth as the former. More hands came forth to hold him down as he thrashed about.

The original voice resumed its strange chant in the foreign language. With every word that reached Kili's ears, the pain was shoved further away. It was still there, clawing at him, but somehow he could not feel it as much like he had moments before.

The fog of his mind slowly cleared up little by little as the agony receded. Allowing him to finally look up and see the source of the voice.

What his eyes were seeing was impossible, she could not be really here. Yet here she was, she had the same red hair as the guard captain. The same braids, the same face, the same eyes. His eyes were telling him she was here but it could not be.

Tauriel.

Kili knew he must be dreaming, there was no other way Tauriel could be here at this moment. This must be some other elf that looked just like her. It only seemed right that his mind would torment him with the face of the woman he would never see again, yet badly wanted to, while his body suffered so.

The she-elf leaned over him, looking off in the distance while she chanted. Kili found himself enthralled as he watched her. As his eyes locked onto her form, she began to radiate an ethereal glow. She shone brighter than any torch or gem he had ever seen. The elf shined brighter than the stars Tauriel loved so much.

It was as if she were a star herself. Kili found it quite fitting for the most beautiful woman he had ever met.

Right then, the elf's eyes looked down and locked onto Kili's own orbs. If Kili was enthralled before, he was now truly mesmerized by her eyes. This Dream Tauriel continued her words but now her eyes never tore away from the dwarf's.

The pain faded further but in its absence came a great wave of fatigue. His eyes fought hard to stay open, but their desire to close fought harder. When he opened his lids next, there was no one holding him down anymore. The only person standing around him was Dream Tauriel, she was doing something with his sore leg.

"Tauriel." Kili's voice was horse and raspy but he got the word out anyway. The elf instantly turned to face him again.

"Lie still." Dream Tauriel responded gently with the same lovely voice of the real Tauriel.

"You cannot be her." It was hard for Kili to talk but he pressed on regardless. She did not turn to face him this time but instead raised her head to look ahead. "She is far away. She... she is far, far away from me."

"She walks... In starlight in another world." There was so much Kili wanted to tell Tauriel. He would do so if their paths ever crossed again. Since he would never see the flame haired maiden again, the next best he could do was to speak to Dream Tauriel.

"It was just a dream." Kili lamented quietly. Tauriel was not actually here. She would not be hearing his words now or possibly even ever.

With what little strength the dwarf prince had, he raised his hand up to brush his fingers with Dream Tauriel's. Kili's dream was so vivid, he could feel the she-elf's hands beneath his touch. They were not weak or delicate. Tauriel was no damsel in distress, she was a warrior. The hands of Dream Tauriel was a perfect reflection of what he thought the real ones would feel like.

Dream Tauriel made no move to pull away.

If Kili had his way, he would be speaking to the real Tauriel instead of only a manifestation of his own mind. However beggars could not be choosers, at least he could speak to a dream version of her. It was cold comfort but comfort nonetheless.

"Do you think she could have loved me?" That was the question Kili so badly wanted to have answered. Yes, could she love him? Could the she-elf find it in her heart to love a dwarf, or was that all he was to her? Was she able to see past his race for the man he was?

Right then Kili decided that as soon as he awoke from this dream, after he discovered the fate of his uncle, he was going to find Tauriel. He would ask her in person, consequences be damned.

This will hopefully be the only one based off a scene from the movie. I just could not resist using it with the word star. The rest will hopefully be original scenes. I have not decided if they will be connected or completely stand alone. The rest will hopefully be better and longer.

Fear not my fellow shippers, the rest of these will be real romance instead of this maybe stuff.

I also will write and post them as they come to me so update schedule will be completely random. If people have a suggestion, I would love to hear it.