"Have you seen Bilbo?" Merwra asked to everyone,receiving the same answer all the times; no one knew where was he.

Kili tried to comfort her,but she knew that something was not right."Maybe he decided to climb another tree!" Fili said joking,but Merwra remembered the flashing eyes she usually saw in the dark,and got even more worried.

The dwarves were hungry,but there was nothing left to drink or to eat,Bombur was the one who suffered the most.

Something wasn't right,Bilbo was gone for some time now and the dwarves began to get worried as well, so they decided to search for him. They heard someone in the forest,someone that needed help,"Bilbo!" Merwra screamed,getting no response.

Bilbo heard someone calling for him,but every time he tried to answer or to follow the voice he was just getting further from it. All the dwarves continued to yell ,but eventually all noise died,they knew that they wouldn't find Bilbo before daylight;Merwra didn't want to stop searching,but she didn't have the strength to continue,unfortunately the thought about Bilbo being alone in the darkness tormented her.

They decided to settle down there and try to get some sleep,Kili was sleeping and snoring beside Merwra,she was exhausted and fell asleep,but she just couldn't stop thinking about the hobbit,what occasionally woke her up in the middle of the night.

Bilbo vanished from her thoughts quickly when she felt a strong sticky sting against her legs.

She tried to scream,but when she saw a giant spider in front of her no sound came out of her mouth,she searched with her eyes for the dwarves,they were gone,just like Kili.

Her legs were tied up,she couldn't move,the spider leaned towards her and said: "Don't move."

Merwra passed out.

"Merwra!"Someone whispered in her ear,"It's me,Bilbo"

Merwra opened her eyes and was surprised to discover that she was hanging upside down on a branch of a very tall tree,alongside what she thought were the dwarves,covered with web.

Merwra tried to move her hands,she was stuck in a very thick spider web,for how long she didn't know.

"Good, you're awake!"Bilbo said happily "You need to change into an elf,right now!" he cut the webs with his sword. Merwra was still very confused about how she got up there.

"What,why?" she whispered back,her throat was very dry.

"Long story short,the spiders captured you and I accidentally met this elves that were killing the spiders and were trying to find a certain elf that I believe it's actually you,I mean the human you..." he tried to explain.

"Where are the others ?Where is Kili?" She asked worried,trying to process what Bilbo just said.

"They're fine,the elves are freeing them from the webs,but you need to change now!" he said alarmingly"They are freeing the dwarves over there,they're getting near us!"

Merwra closed her eyes,took a deep breath and tried to imagine the pointy ears,the dress and the long hair. She was afraid that something might go wrong,but it was easier to change now that she knew how she looked like as an elf;she saw herself in what seemed like a dream.

She almost didn't believe that she had successfully turned into an elf."Bilbo?" she said searching for him.

"Down here!"he said, Merwra had to laugh.

"Stop that!" he said giggling and poking her waist.

"Did you find her?" an elf asked,Merwra looked at her, she was very different from the elves of Rivendell,she had a brown,almost reddish hair,she was wearing a kind of dark green dress with a brown corset on top and a pair of long boots.

Merwra remembered the stories her mom had told her about the wood-elves,how they were dangerous,but less wise than the elves of the West;she never thought they really existed though.

"Tauriel,your highness" she said bowing."Highness?" Merwra thought to herself surprised,but then she realized that she was wearing the same clothes from Rivendell,the silver tiara and the greenish detailed dress,she looked completely different from Tauriel.

"I cut the threads that bounded the dwarves,your prisioners."Tauriel continued.

"Yes!My prisioners…" Merwra said going along with the story.

"Your servant said that you are Marian,our king is expecting you."Tauriel explained "We're expecting your visit since last month,what happened?"

"The dwarves! They have very important information for your king,but they delayed our arrival as you can see, and then the spiders attacked us!" Merwra said.

"I was sent to see if the rumour about the spiders was true,gladly our paths have crossed" Tauriel explained,Merwra was beginning to like her."Thank you for saving us".

"Well,your servant did a fair job,he is a great fighter and also very loyal to you"Tauriel smiled at Bilbo.

"Do we really need to help this dwarves?" Another elf said as he slashed them free "They're completely useless,they are smelling and.." he stopped when he faced a sort of cocoon made of webs that was bigger than the others.

"Is that a couple?" he continued "it can not be just one…"he slashed the webs and Bombur's braids appeared.

"Really?" he said ironically "Is this a nightmare or something?Where is the so called Marian that was supposed to-" he stopped when he faced Merwra,who was trying to contain a laugh.

"Your majesty!"he said bowing " I was sent to bring you safe to our palace,you can call me Legolas" the elf with a very bright -almost white- blonde hair and blueish eyes stood in front of her,he was wearing something similar to Tauriel's clothes,but was also carrying a bow and arrows on his back. His eyes penetrated Merwra's. He was the most beautiful elf she had ever seen,even though she hadn't seen many.

"Legless?" she asked giggling,Tauriel laughed.

"It's Legolas;Legolas Greenleaf ,my lady"