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Chapter 5

Thranduil woke up to a pain filled gasp, at first he was not sure where the sound came from until he felt the small body he was holding to his chest twitch. Alarmed he sat up and looked down at Bilbo, his face was full of sweat, his breathing shallow and his was twitching slightly, his was whimpering quietly. Bending down Thranduil touched his cheek only to take it back at the high fever he had, immediately he went to look for something to lower his temperature, finding a concoction already made he went back to the cot and very careful lifted Bilbo's head up placing the vial to his lips. After Bilbo had finished half the bottle he placed it beside the bed and stroked Bilbo's cheek, his other hand running through his wet locks.

-"Ssh, my love, you are alright, I'm here with you I won't leave you"- Thranduil spoke gently in elvish, he noticed how Bilbo started to relax into his touch, but he has started shivering, laying back down Thranduil gathered Bilbo in his arms, covering them both with the warm and soft covers, it was a cool night.

-"It's alright my love, you are safe, and no one can hurt now"- Thranduil said resting his head on top of Bilbo's. His arms were around his little one holding him tightly against him, one hand rubbing his back up and down. The elf had started to hum under his breath, every now and then a whimper would leave Bilbo's mouth, and what seem like words, although he could not understand them.

-"Plea-please, Though-Thorin"- Thranduil froze, his whole body tensing at the sound of Bilbo's voice, he tried not to let his anger and jealously get the better of him. –"Don't leave me, please Thorin"- Thranduil continued humming under his breath whispering sweet non-sense in Bilbo's ear, there was nothing else he could do. It was one of the effects of the Fever Sleep, hallucinations and nightmares that could not be distinguished between real or fake.

-"NO! Don't leave me alone, don't leave me alone please"- Thranduil could feel Bilbo's tears, his heart broke in that instant, all he wanted was to protect and make Bilbo happy, seeing him in this state, so broken and so vulnerable was painfully breaking his heart.

-"You are not alone, my love"- Thranduil couldn't help himself, he buried his face inside of Bilbo's neck, his voice broken –"You will never be alone again, I'm here and I always will be"- For the second time in less than an hour Thranduil froze, Bilbo's arms had moved around his shoulders, his face buried under his chin, he could feel his warm breath against his collarbone making the elf hold back a shudder, his stomach fluttering.

-"I will stay by your side little one, and no one will hurt you again"- Thranduil whispered holding the hobbit tight against him. He would not let anyone hurt Bilbo again, no matter what he had to do to prevent that from happening.

He felt dizzy, all around him was darkness. Darkness as far as the eye could see, nothing below his feet and nothing above it. It was hot and cold at the same time, there was no space or time. There was pain, a lot and confusion, Bilbo didn't know where he was, he just knew that he shouldn't be here, but he didn't know how to get out.

Bilbo knew it had been quite a while since he got here, he could recall the battle and being hit in the head by an orc, but the rest was darkness. Bilbo stared walking, however it looked like he was just standing in place moving his feet, there was nothing to guide him. Slowly blinks of white started to appear and he was back in Mirkwood, the Black Forest, they were walking in circles, suddenly the spiders attacked, the company fight them off, but he got injured, Bilbo let out a small whimper.

He touched his side only to feel it wet, looking at his hand he saw blood, the hobbit with wide eyes raised his head to ask for help, the company just looking at him. Thorin sneered and looked down at the hobbit knelt on the ground.

-"Leave him there"- Thorin smirked –"He is even more useless now than he was before"- Turning on his heel Thorin continued walking, the company right behind him without a second glance at Bilbo.

-"No, no, please come back"- Bilbo tried to stand only to fall back down again in agony. –"Plea-please, Tho- Thorin"- Bilbo tried again his voice coming out in a pained whimper. –"Don't leave me, please Thorin"- Bilbo tried to stand up again, holding on to a tree, this time he made it a few steps before he fell down to his knees again. –"NO! Don't leave me alone, don't leave me alone please"- Bilbo shouted weakly, falling completely to the ground Bilbo curled into a ball letting his tears fall down.

Suddenly he felt warm all around him, it was as if someone was holding him, the first time since Bilbo got in this place that he has been able to feel other than pain and cold. He could feel arms around him, holding him tight, opening his eyes all he could see was hair, and it was a blond rich color. He then make out the form of a shoulder, it was covered with a silver tunic. The form was discarded, not really there but still real enough Bilbo could feel warm breath on his neck.

-"You will never be alone again, I'm here and I always will be"- the voice sounded familiar to Bilbo, it was warm and full of emotion, he felt safe. Raising his arms, Bilbo tentative circled them around the creature's shoulders, when it didn't disappeared under his touch the hobbit buried his head in the side of the creature's neck, right under his shin. Signing contently Bilbo closed his eyes, barely registering that the pain on his side had gone away. He was almost drifting off when he heard the whispered words of whoever this creature was, -"I will stay by your side little one, and no one will hurt you again"- And for some reason Bilbo was alright with that, he give a small smile as his eyes drifted shut.