A/N: dammit it's been almost a month since I updated? I had exams then I started work and ah so many things I can't believe it's already been a month! Sorry for the very late update! Hopefully *prays to God* this chapter is worth the wait and you guys enjoy it.

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Legolas clenched his fists. "You cannot just... Throw me into the dungeons! I am a prince!" He argued. "I am a prince, and you taught me to do whatever I thought was best and to be just and fair. Why are you opposing me now?"

Thranduil's eyes widened. "What you did is clearly not right, are you out of your mind? As a prince, you should know how to deal with trespassers. I never asked you to kill them, I said you leave them to fight the spiders on their own, it is their responsibility! Otherwise, you can save them and bring them to me so I can see to their business. You cannot save them and let them free... they even broke your bow! The only bow your mother had made for you!"

As Legolas visibly flinched, Thorin furrowed his eyebrows. Was Legolas seriously opposing Thranduil? He smirked. Maybe this elf was not so bad after all. Legolas gulped, his jaw clenching. "Bilbo fixed it." He whispered. "I will look to it afterwards."

Thranduil crossed his arms. "Ion-nin, I will keep you in the dungeons with them. It is against my will, but knowing your kind heart, you will let them free if I kept you outside of the dungeons. So much like your mother, Legolas. Your kind heart never leads you anywhere good." He said sadly, and Thorin could have sworn he saw his eyes glimmer with tears.

Then he tensed when Thranduil turned his gaze to him. "Thorin Oakenshield, we meet again. I have yet to apologize for what occurred years ago. I have tried, but you never gave me the chance to help and give a proper apology."

Thorin raised an eyebrow. "You could have helped us by killing Smaug."

"And killing my entire army? You would not have risked your kin had we switched places." Thranduil answered calmly. "However, I did offer you shelter after your homeland was destroyed, and I attempted to explain myself. You never gave me the chance to."

"You did offer us shelter." Thorin agreed smugly. "I was very torn at the time and I could not believe you. In fact, how am I to know you will not deceive me now?" He challenged. Turning it against Thranduil again.

Thranduil smirked. "I am an elf. We do not like lies. Tell me, Thorin, what brings you here? If my guess is right, then you are going back to reclaim Erebor?" He asked coldly. "There is no other reason you would travel this route."

"It is none of your concern." Thorin growled in response. "My kin and I-"

Thorin, however, was interrupted by Fili's frantic cries. "Uncle! Uncle! Oin! Anyone!" He was yelling. Thorin turned around and saw him shaking his brother's shoulders. "Kili, breathe! Breathe!"

Kili was making loud wheezing noises, as his eyes widened and he grasped Fili's sleeves tightly. His breathing was fast, and it seemed as though he was unable to catch a breath. Thorin-and Legolas, though Thorin was not aware-rushed to his side immediately. Oin was still not awake.

"Cannot..." Kili breathed the word out, trying hard to catch his breath. "Bre...(wheeze)... br... eathe..." His face scrunched up in pain as he spoke, and he shut his eyes tightly. He tried to even out his breathing, but he only got more frustrated when he could not, and it became even harder for him to breathe. He reached out his hand for Fili, Thorin, anyone, to help him. "Fee..."

Fili felt his eyes sting, and looked at his uncle for help. Legolas was studying Kili's hands, trying to see if the spider had bitten him and emitted any poison into his body. He growled in frustration when he found no clear trace of poison, because that would make it much harder for him to help Kili. If there was no poison, then what was happening to Kili? What was causing it?

Suddenly, Thranduil was by their side. He placed his strong arms underneath Kili's back, and motioned for Thorin to help him on the other side. Though Thorin mistrusted him, he had no other choice but to follow Thranduil. Thranduil slowly but steadily helped Kili sit up, and Kili growled in pain.

"Cough it out." Thranduil instructed Kili calmly. He tapped against Kili's back, not too harshly, and tried to get him to cough. They all noticed as Kili's lips began turning an ugly shade of blue. He was not getting air.

Thranduil pushed Kili's chin up, looking at the dwarfling's face carefully. "Ah," he murmured. There were some spider cobwebs stuck in Kili's nostrils. He placed two fingers on Kili's nosebridge. "Breathe out," he instructed.

When Kili did not abide, Fili ran soothing circles around his back. "Kili, stay with me, please. Try to breathe out. Kili, please."

They heard a loud coughing to their left, and turned to see that Nori was doing the same for Ori. Fili was confused. Ori too? Ori was coughing out spiderwebs, and some even hung from his nose. He looked back to Kili. "Kili, come on, Ori did it, you can too." He bit his lip, desperately trying to get Kili to respond. "Kili, follow me. Breathe out. Out." He exhaled slowly as Kili's unfocused eyes stopped on him. He saw Kili struggling, trying to follow suit. He was running out of breath, though, and he had no control over his breathing. Wheezing sounds emerged every time he took a breath.

"Legolas, webs in his nose. You know what to do." Thranduil told his son. On cue, Legolas gently forced Kili's back forward, so that his head was closer down to his lap. He massaged his back gently when Fili took his own hands away. Then, without warning, he hit Kili's back hard, right in between his shoulder blades. Fili and Thorin almost jumped.

Kili was startled, and he began uncontrollably coughing. Some spiderwebs escaped his nose, and Thorin moved quickly to pull them out before Kili could inhale them in again. Kili's eyes were shut tightly as he coughed, his chest making rattling sounds as he fought for breath.

Thranduil held him in place carefully as Kili coughed out most of the spiderwebs trapped in his lungs. When the webs stopped coming out eventually, he carefully, with the help of Legolas, sat him up. Laying him back down would only cause any leftover spiderwebs to block his airways again. "Breathe, dwarfling." He said.

Although Thorin hated to admit it, Thranduil's calm voice and stance was making him feel much less stressed and worries. It seemed to have the same effect on Kili, for after Fili held his hand and squeezed it gently, he followed Thranduil's instructions, trying to breathe slowly.

"Slowly," Thranduil reminded him when his breathing sped up again. At least his lips were not a scary shade of blue anymore, and his eyes were much more focused, though he was still not fully conscious.

Thranduil stood up as Fili took his place, guiding his brother to breathe properly. Legolas followed his father. "I think there might have been poison in his body." He told his father. Thranduil turned around and cocked an eyebrow.

"Well then, we can extract it from him once he's feeling better. The effect is never immediate unless he's been poisoned with loads of it, and as far as I saw, it was not clear to the eye, so it must not be serious."

Legolas nodded. "At least he's breathing."

"He needs to be calm before you extract any poison." Thranduil was now walking over to Ori. "How is he faring?" He asked his brothers.

Dori smiled sheepishly. "Well. He's doing well. We made him follow your instructions for Kili and he's well."

"Good." Ori was now unconscious, but his breathing seemed to be laboured, though a bit of wheezing sounded every now and then.

Thorin ran a hand through Kili's hair. He was slowly fighting sleep. "Sleep, Kili. You will be alright." Then he stood up and walked to Thranduil.

"Thranduil," he began, "thank you." He ground the words out, frowning. "What was the cause of what happened? Is it poison?"

"Possibly." Thranduil answered.

"But I believe he is so young, his nose is much smaller than the rest of yours. Therefore, when the spiders made multiple layers, his nose could not poke out, and was instead covered with webs that eventually made their way into his lungs." Legolas explained quickly. "The poison should not be too much of an issue."

Thorin nodded, about to speak up again. "Well, now we will be on our way. Thank you for help." He wanted to say. Thranduil had helped them, right? He might let them go.

However, Thranduil spoke up first. "I believe they are well enough now. Take them to the dungeons." He ordered his guards, walking away gracefully.

Thorin narrowed his eyes at the king. He could not make his life easier, could he? He just had to be a bastard of an elf.

So I didn't like Thranduil being kind but hey, he can't always be mean. He did help Kili and Ori but he's not gonna let Thorin go too easily!

Also, Kili and Ori have are not yet cured. So watch out, much hardness will come to our poor babies.

Any opinions? Reviews will make my boring, lonely day :(