Okay okay please don't kill me! I know it's been a while since my last update and I'm sorry but, I was on holiday...can you blame me? I've been brainstorming on the ending and I want to know your thoughts...

SHOULD I FOLLOW THE BOOK OR SHOULD I TWIST IT?

Please send reviews and give me your thoughts. I have a vague I idea of what I MIGHT do but it's not official. Okay I'll leave you to read...

Troubled Dreams and Tattered Webs

She was in a forest...lights were dotted in front of her leading her towards something. What was it? Lark skipped as she trailed after the lights, their tiny flames dancing about. She continued on and behold; in front of her was a clearing. Blurred figures moved about and she called for them. They could not see her, they couldn't hear her. Lark's eyes darted about and focused on the only clear thing; an elven king. His crown was made from splendid leaves and his fair hair glittered in the firelight. Lark held her breath as he turned to look at her...

Kili watched as she murmured in her sleep. Another week had gone by and still they had not woken. Their rations were short and soon they would be starving. He gazed at her, her face, relaxed, as she slept. Then her brow creased and her body tensed.

The elf glared at her and soon the fires were extinguished. She was alone in the darkness. Lark was frozen with fear. Why had he done that? Weren't elves supposed to be kind?

"Click click click click!"

Something was coming towards her. Her legs betrayed her and refused to move. Large, yellow, bulbous eyes gleamed in the dark. Lark snapped her head round. The clicking was coming from all around her. She put her hands over her ears in a desperate attempt to drown out the noise. Something hairy brushed against her. She flinched. Again it brushed her. Then another and another. She screamed for help but, none came. Eight hairy legs enveloped around her and the large spider drew back its pincers AND...

She was screaming and tears trickled down from her closed eyes. Kili and Bifur were pinning her down to stop her from hurting herself. What was happening in her head? Kili covered her mouth to muffle her screams. The company looked worried as the girl writhed on the floor. The brunette prince grabbed her arms and pulled her into a bone-crushing embrace. Her face was against his chest, to silence the screams and she struggled against his hold. Kili leaned his head on her shoulder and whispered into her ear, it was too quiet for anyone else to hear.

"Shhh Lark...it's alright. I'm here, I'm here. No one is going to hurt you I would never let anything bad happen to you. Please Lark stop crying, please. I will always protect you so please don't be scared cause I'm not going to let ANYTHING hurt you."

As he held her, it started to rain.

A voice surrounded her. It was a voice she knew. The spider flinched as the voice spoke. It removed itself from Lark, leaving her lying in the clearing. Lark closed her eyes and listened to the comforting words. They were full of such love, such care. The person whom the voice belonged had touched her heart...her mind worked to figure out who the voice was. As she thought the kind words, the voice provided, warmed her body. They filled her with such hope that she knew that this person would always protect her. Lark started to remember and the voice begun to get stonger. The clearing started to fade...

He was soaked through but, he didn't care. Lark had stopped struggling and her breathing had eased. Kili lessened his grip on her. The company jumped in surprise when Bombur rolled over and started to groan. Kili begun to laugh when he heard the fat dwarf's first words since he'd collapsed.

"I'm hungry, have we got any food?"

He hadn't noticed a pair of eyes below him flutter open. The blue orbs were cloudy with sleep but she remembered. Kili's laughing ceased when a hand slipped into his own and a soft voice whispered.

"Thank you!"

SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO...what do ya think? Was it good? The real spiders will be in the next chapter but some of the event that happened to Lark will, possibly, be repeated! Again I'm sorry for the long delay but holidays are holidays! Please review! TTFN