Kili sat with his brother in Thorin's bed chamber. Dis was there, looking at her brother, who had gotten more paler by the second and with a possibly even higher fever. Fili looked at Kili. "Kili.. Do you know when.. When you have a bad head, what do you see?" Kili looked at his brother and seemed confused, twisting his fingers.

Fili bit his lip. "Do you see… A place or people or… What do you see?" Kili looked away. "Very very bad things.. Something, wrong." Fili nodded. "Kili, you must tell us. Elrond is coming in a few days time, to help uncle, you might be able to help him." Kili nodded. "I-I saw spider before. It saw me and ran away. I think it's because I saw something bad and spider doesn't want it."

"What did you see?" Fili asked. Dis watched on. Kili breathed in heavily as he started to get distressed quickly. "No.. I.. I don't want to-"
"Kili, answer me!" Fili shouted at him. "Fili!" Dis warned him. Fili sighed and looked at his brother. "Please. Uncle hasn't woken for a whole day and you might know how to."

Kili gulped and shook his head. "No… Not to you." Those words seemed like a kick in the gut to Fili. He and Kili had always shared everything, but now, Kili was keeping his mouth shut. He got up and walked out. Kili stared at his hands and looked up when his mother took hold of them. "Kili…"

"No one understands!" Kili cried through clenched teeth. "I cannot sit here and… and make you understand!" Dis pulled him into a hug, rocking him back and fourth. Kili cried quietly, looking at his uncle over his mother's shoulder. Thorin lay there, body twitching every now and then. No, no one understood. Except Thorin. Two days later, Elrond of Rivendell arrived to the lonely mountain. Everyone talked about it and why he had been summoned.

Fili welcomed him. "Thank you for coming Lord Elrond." Elrond bowed and stood up. "How is Thorin?" The dwarf prince, now acting king shook his head. "He still does not wake, his fever is getting worse if possible and he has nightmares he cannot awake from, I dread to think what they are. He screams most nights. It took Dwalin and Bofur to hold him down the other night. I will take you to him." He led him along the corridors. "Kili… I suspect has some answers, but will not share them with me."

"Oh?" Elrond questioned as they walked. "And why is that?"
"He says it is because I do not understand."
"Perhaps he is right."

Fili frowned up at him as they walked almost stumbling in his step. "I am his brother, I try to understand him every day." Elrond nodded. "Yes, as family members always do. But Kili's mind has been touched by a foul evil, as Thorin's has been as well by that spider bite. To understand, young one, you would need to experience it." Fili sighed and nodded. "I know. But that is something I wish not." They reached the bed chambers and Kili was there, talking quietly to his sleeping uncle.

"When you get better, you can come with me and Tauriel and Gil and… And have a rest, we could go to the blue mountains. Mama said you like the spring there with the blossom trees…" He trailed off as he noticed Fili and Elrond. He stood up and bowed to him. "Hello." Elrond smiled, walking over. "Hello there young prince. I see you have been keeping your uncle company."

Kili nodded. "Yes." He watched his older brother walk over. "I-I'm sorry for getting mad Fili." Fili smiled and embraced him. "You have nothing to be sorry for." Kili nodded and looked up at Elrond. "Are you going to make him better?" Elrond nodded. "I will try." Kili frowned."How come… How come Tauriel didn't do it?"

"I am older." Kili's mouth went to a silent "oh" but he said nothing on the matter. Fili sighed and looked at his uncle. "It was just from a spider bite… How come this has happened so fast?" Elrond looked at him. "That spider has travelled many miles to be here."

Fili frowned. "But, where did it come from?" Elrond looked out the window, towards the south west. "A dark and evil place, one of which I have visited once. Mordor." There was now silence in the room as that word was spoken. Kili whimpered and covered his ears. Fili went to him and comforted him. "But.. But why did a such foul beast come from there to here?"

"Who can say? The darkness in that place has no choosing of any victim, be it man, elf or dwarf. Young Kili has already had a brush with it." Fili frowned. "My brother has never been there! Nor has Thorin." "No, but when Kili's mind was still very much raw, it was empty, so to speak." Fili frowned, wondering what he meant. Elrond continued. "Evil seeks to gain a foothold wherever it can. Your brother, in his innocence was that victim. Thankfully, I believe Tauriel has managed to stop it."

Fili nodded. "That is why. I can imagine a orc or a troll or something…" "There are far greater and darker evils in this world Fili, son of Dis. And I pray you never meet them." Fili nodded and sat his brother down, putting a blanket round him."Now." Elrond said, turning round, but he never finished as he stopped, looking at Thorin who was wide awake. There was a slight problem though. Kili moved forward, looking at Thorin. "U-Uncle?"

Thorin breathed in heavily as he sat up in the bed. he was still pale and shaking and looked like he might drop at any minute. His eyes, once blue, were now a pure white.