Chapter 02

Thorin: It has been two days now and i am still locked up in my cell thought Thorin, how my men and how are fili and kili doing "I fear for there safety" he whispered
Two days with not that much food and water had broken Thorin hard shell a little bit, it content cracks little tiny cracks. He did not know how long he could take this, blasted elfs
"I STILL HATE YOU" he screamed underneath the doorway there was only a silence that respond to his screaming

Thranduil: The mind of the Elvenking was troubled. Thorin was in captivity again, because the king was still not at peace with him, even though they had a short moment of understanding the last time they spoke. He did not want to see Thorin again, at least not for a while. First, he wanted to find all his men. The elves had captured all but two: Thorin's newphews Fili and Kili.
'Thorin must be worried about them,' he thought, 'the woods aren't safe anymore..' The king himself was also worried at the moment. He knew his son was strong and brave, but he would always have the fear he would not return. Just like Thorin feared for his kin.
Again he felt like they were not so different from each other at all. Both they were stubborn and strong.. both had responsinilities for their kin. But their hate because of the past would not easily go away. It would not be so easily forgiven.

Thorin: Thorin did not know if it was day or night but there was always light underneath the doorway, he heard some soft voices whispering outside his door he started to crawl towards the sound without trying to make any noise
"did you heard that the prince found the dwarfs days ago,not all of them but he found some. I over heard the prince and the king last night but he said that the dwarfs are heavily ill…
Thorin could not take it anymore and started to scream "LET ME OUT, LET ME SPEAK TO YOUR KING, LET ME SEE THAT VERMIN"
He did not stop screaming till they opend a part of the door and saw two pair of bleu eyes of the gaurd glaring at him "LET ME SPEAK TO HIM" Thorin yelled "NOW"

Thranduil: Thranduil sighed as he saw two of his guards bring in the dwarf. 'Not again..' he thought. The guards had not asked for his persmission and this displeased him, but he saw fear on their faces and anger on Thorin's face. 'What is it now, Thorin Oakenshield?' did he say with a toneless voice.

Thorin: "WHERE ARE MY MEN I NOW YOU GOT THEM" he breath heavily of all the anger that was kept inside him "I WANT TO SEE THEM …NOW" and he looked with anger and hatred towards Trainduil

Thranduil: It took a while for Thranduil to speak. HOW did Thorin know? He felt like yelling back at the dwarf, but he kept his camth and said: 'You will not see them. All of you were trespassing in my domain and all of you are my prisoners.' He gave Thorin time to answer, but an answer didn't come, so he spoke again: 'You should be glad they are here. Here they are safe. Much safer than in the woods.'

Thorin: Thorin could only glare he knew the King was right but he did not have his peace with it, after a while he spoke "There not all here…, some are still missing let me see them" The words came out with a trembling voice but still full of proud "Let me see who are …..missing"
The cracks in his hard sell where getting bigger but he still stood tall with proud, his men was all he got, he did not wanted to lose them as his father and grandfather

Thranduil:Thranduil saw that Thorin was pale and shivering, although he tried to hide it. 'You are right, they are not all here,' the king said. 'One of your men told me how many are in your company, and who was missing. Two are still out there in the woods, sick and starving, but my men are searching for them. And they will be found. Let us hope it is not too late for them.' He avoided saying their names, but that was all that Thorin wanted to know.

Thorin: The only thing he heard was "Two are still missing" he feared for the worse, he took a step forward towards the throne and tried to kneel down but he could not do it. He looked up and in his eyes there was sorrow he started at the king for a while and said "I beg you let me see them, let me go to my men"

Thranduil: Thranduil saw something in Thorin's eyes he did not see before. He knew he was worried, but this was so much more than that. 'Fine,' the king said. 'You may see them. In fact, I'll take you to them.' And he stood up and looked at Thorin, who tried to hide his happiness with pride.

Thorin: His heart jumped from joy but his face was still the same, He lighty bow towards the king and said "Thank you, Thrainduil son of Oropher King of Mirkwood, this means a lot to me" He stood tall with pride and looked at Thranduil and waited for him to walk so he could follow

Thranduil: Thranduil, the guards and Thorin left the throne room and walked towards the prison cells. And many elves bowed as their king walked by and they looked at the small group with surprise, because Thranduil never went down to the prison cells. When they arrived there, Thranduil told one of the guards to open the largest cell. He unlocked it and opened the door. 'You may go in and see them, Thorin,' the king said.

Thorin: While there walked towards the prison cells he noticed that they where locked up on the other side of the castle.
He wanted that the king would walk a bit faster, but he was satisfied that he could go and see his men after all. Thranduil orderd that the cell must be opend and so one of the guards did. "Once again I thank you Thranduil" And he walked right into the cell to see his men laying on the ground in pain.

Thorin walked into the cell and saw his man laying there in pain. He looked at the men there face and his heart sank in his shoes "Fili and Kili...where are they?" He looked at Balin and his face was coverd in sorrow "Where are they, tell me there save"
Balin was happy to see Thorin again, but he could not smile. Terrible things had happened in the woods.

Balin: 'I'm sorry,' he said and he felt tears in his eyes. 'I can not tell you they're safe. We were surrounded. Again! By those big monsterous spiders! They were too many and we were too tired and sick to fight, so we decided to run. And when we reached a safe point in the woods, we saw that they were missing. The spiders took them with them. I am.. I am so sorry, Thorin.. I don't know if they are still alive. I don't know anything..'
He could not look in Thorin's eyes anymore, so he looked to the other dwarves, who had been listening to his words and gathered around him and their king.
'And IF they are still alive,' Balin said, 'we should go out right now and search for them. We can't do anything when we are stuck here in this elven prison. IF there's hope, there's not much time.'

Thorin: Thorin's eyes were filled with tears "You lost them ..." he felt down on his knees and looked angry and sad at the same time "lost" he whispered. It took a while before he heard Balin his words of what may have been salvation. He looked at the dwarfs that surrounded him and stood up full with proud and new energy and turned towards the prison cell door "THRANDUIL, LET US GO NOW I DEMAND IT" he screamed while he kicked at the door - thorin

Thranduil: Thranduil heard Thorin screaming at him through the door and he rolled his eyes.
'Open it,' he said to the guard and the guard opened the large wooden door. And shortly after, Thranduil was standing in the doorway and Thorin creeped back at the sight of him, for he was much taller than him and his eyes were cold as ice. 'And what do you desire from me now, Thorin Oakenshield?' he asked. 'You wanted to speak with me and I spoke with you. You wanted to bring me to your men and I brought you to them. I gave you and your men food and shelter. You can not keep demanding things from me, Thorin. You keep forgetting you are a prisoner. I will not let you go and I have made that clear already. I'll take my leave now.' And he turned around and wanted to walk back into the hallway, but he was stopped.

Thorin: Thranduil his eyes made Thorin scared and he took a step back into the dark cell. He heard the cold words that where rolling out of the elven king his mouth. "You keep demanding things but your still my prisoner" The king walked away but Thorin was fast enough to grab the wrist of the elf and stopped him from leaving "I want to seek fili and kili, please let us go, or at least me so i can find them. Prisoner or not I dont want to lose the only thing i got" He looked upon the elf and waited

Thranduil: Thranduil was furious when the dwarf grabbed him, but Thorin's words I don't want to lose the only thing I got.. stopped him from yelling.
'I am not letting you go, Thorin,' he said. 'My son is looking for them, he..' And all of a sudden, the king realised something. Legolas should've been back by now. He had been gone for several days. 'Where is he..' he whispered. 'Any word of Legolas?' he asked the guards, but they had not heard anything. And the king's face grew pale and Thorin saw it. And both understood what had to be done. 'Fine,' he said with a loud voice. 'We shall both search for them, for your nephews and my son. And we will not stop until we have found them all. That is, if you accept this offer.' He waited and he saw that both the dwarves and the elves dreaded Thorin's answer.

Thorin: "That is if you except this offer" Thorin heard the words and he could not hide the relief that was showing on his entire face. "I will take your offer Thandruil, I will do anything to get them back save at my side" And then he noticed he was still holding the elf his wrist and let it go quickly and stared to his hand while he tryed to wipe it clean in some sort of way. Thorin saw the eyes of Thandruil and stoped moving "What?!"

Thranduil: The elvenking rolled his eyes and said 'Follow me.' And he and Thorin walked alone through the hallway. Thorin did not get the chance to say goodbye to his men. The two kings did not speak until they reached a small room with all the belongings of the dwarves. 'Your weapons should be here,' said Thranduil and Thorin saw his weapons. An axe, a bow and arrows, and the elvensword called Orcrist. Thranduil looked at it, but did not say anything about it. 'Where do you suggest we start our search?' he asked. 'Did your men tell you where your nephews were last seen?'

Thorin: Thorin saw Orcrist standing and wanted to take it, but the elf spoke and Thorin turned his attention towards him. "Balin said that there where attacked by gaint spiders, that the last time they saw them before they got lost" Thorin felt the pressure to take his belongings and walk out the gate and just start searching "How long is it going to take before we can leave" He said impatiently

Thranduil: 'Not long,' Thranduil answered. 'But we have to make the right preperations, Thorin. We don't know how long it'll be until we return. The spiders live in a cave, at least a day away, so we need food and perhaps horses or elks. You should not be so impatient. Consider yourself lucky I come with you, Thorin Oakenshield. I know these woods like the palm of my hand. And if I were not to go with you, you would lose your way twice. So stop whining.'

Thorin: "Then let we go further with the preperations and lets leave, the more time we spent here, the less time we got to find them and know that there are still alive" He looked upon the elf and saw his face full of grimace "What can i do to speed things up?" He did not really wanted too hurt Thandruil but he merely spoke the truth towards him, even it was painfull to know even for him self

Thranduil: Thranduil saw that the dwarf was suspicious about where they were going next, and when they entered the stables, Thorin did not walk passed the doorway. He seemed afraid. Thranduil knew why.
'This is Argalad,' he said as he walked to the giant elk, that even made the elvenking look small. 'I know you've seen him before, a long time ago.. He'll have to carry the both of us. That's the fastest way.'

Thorin: The elf entered the stables but Thorin did not set a foot in that place, the elk was too big for his taste, and looked fair and graceful just like the king "I am not riding that …thing" He said with a face that let a bit out of his fright he did not wanted to show and walked back to the room were the weapons where but was stopped by the king his hand "Dont touche me" and he shook of his hand but did not walk any further

Thranduil: Thranduil was really annoyed by the dwarf and almost couldn't take it anymore. 'It's the only way, Thorin!' he shouted. 'If you keep being like this, your stubbornness will be the death of them. We will both ride the elk and that's that! If we don't, a lot of time will be wasted. So what is it going to be?' He looked at the dwarf, who didn't answer immediately. 'Get on the elk, Thorin,' said the king. 'Now.'

Thorin: Thorin acted like a stubborn child he looked angry and walked back to the stables and watched the elk again, still he did not like the idea behind it but it was true, This was the fasted way to the spiders. "If i am going sit on that …thing…are we going to leave immediately?" And looked at the elf "Because if we do then i want my armour and weapons"

Thranduil: 'Fine,' the king said. 'Get your armour and your weapons. Then we shall leave.' And the both of them geared up. The only weapon Thranduil took with him was a long sword, and he wore silver robes and his crown. And he packed Lembas bread for their journey through the woods. When they were both ready, there was a short and awkward silence. But then Thranduil mounted the elk and reached out his hand to Thorin to help him to get on.

Thorin: Thorin grabbed Thandruil his hand with a little bit of hesitation. He got up the elk with a lot of twisting and kicking and when he finally sat down he noticed that he was in front of the elf and he glared towards the elf over his shoulder "Why am i sitting in front of you, i just feel like a horrible child that did something wrong" Thandruil just looked at him with his cold bleu eyes and said nothing

Thranduil: And finally they left and entered the forest. It had grown dark and looming but Thranduil did not fear the wood itself. After all, it was his home. For hours they rode and they barely spoke. 'Are you hungry?' the king asked and he gave Thorin a green leaf with Lembas bread in it. 'Try it,' he said. 'One small bite is enough to fill the stomach of a grown man.'

Thorin: They were riding for several hours now and Thorin was getting a bit hungry and took the lembas from Thandruil and looked at it "What is it?" he asked suspicious, while he opend up the packets. "It looks weird do you not got something els, like fresh juicy meat?" But non the less he tried it and took a bite from it "Mhh its better then i tought" he said with a mouth full and eat half of the packets. "Do you want some too Thandruil?" and he reached it out towards the elf

Thranduil: Thranduil was surprised the dwarf actually liked the elven food, but he didn't show it. He took the bread from Thorin and they both ate the Lembas bread in silence. The forest grew darker. Not because the night had fallen, but because the sunlight couldn't reach the ground anymore through the thick branches and leafs. And all of a sudden, they heard a terrible noise, a loud and awful growl. 'Did someone follow you into the woods?!' the king said as he looked around, but he couldn't see anything.

Thorin: "No i did not see anyone follow us" he said with a low voice, he took Orcrist and did go in battle mode immediately and jumped off the elk, he heard the noise behind the trees and they grew louder with each second. The loud crack from branches and a low growl was coming towards then. He heard Thandruil saying that he must return to the elk but he did not listen. Thorin stood on the place where he was and whispered"I am not planning on dying here tonight while I protect a elf"

Thranduil: 'Protect me?' said Thranduil and he also jumped off the elk and he drew his sword. 'I don't need protection!' And right after he said that they heard the loudest growl so far and it was so close they could hear something breathing heavily behind the trees. But still they didn't know where the sound came from, so they stood there back to back, ready for any danger. 'Show yourself!' said the king with a loud and powerful voice, and right after that a giant warg ran towards them.

Thorin: Thorin was caught up by his guard when the warg came running towards him, he swing with orcrist and hit the warg on his shoulder, but the warg attack him before thorin could even respond. The beast bite up in the air and Thorin his arm was caught up in the beast his mouth "ARGHHHH I WILL KILL YOU" he screamed while there was blood gushing out of his arm. he tried to swing with his sword but he was losing his strenght slowly "THANDRUIL" he screamed while he tried to fight of the beast in front of him