Hey guys I found some time to write a quick one shot up. I hope you guys like it. I've set it in the last scene of Desolation of Smaug, where Smaug is heading towards Laketown and Tauriel and the dwarves are in Bard's house. I would like to point out that Tauriel and Legolas are just friends in this. Enjoy!

Tauriel had finished healing Kili. Healing wasn't one of her strong suits and to call upon the spirits to rid him of the morgul poison was definitely a hard job. She had basic knowledge of healing; as all elves did, and now she was tired and weary, you could see it on her face. She wondered for a moment where Legolas was, if he had completely left the town and her behind. She should have gone with him but her admiration for the dwarf had stopped her; she just hoped it didn't cost her the prince's life.

"Tauriel?"

She heard a raspy voice call out her name from the table; Kili had come back round. "Lie still and rest," she smiled softly to him; he had been through quite an ordeal in the past few days.

"Do you think she could have loved me?" Kili reached out and brushed the tips of his fingers against hers.

Before Tauriel had a chance to answer him she heard a deep voice in the air "I am death." The wind had started to pick up outside, so much so that it shook the house slightly and she had to grab onto the table quickly to steady herself. "What is that?" She asked as she turned to one of the dwarves.

"That my lady, is a dragon. Smaug has awoken from the mountains."

"Are we going to die?" squeaked the little girl in the corner of the house.

Tauriel had no answer for her, no words of comfort. If what the dwarf said was true then the town would burn and all those in it would fall. Tauriel had only heard legends and myths about the dragon who dwelt in the mountain side. She looked around in slight panic, for once in six hundred years she did not know what to do; and this scared her. She looked around to the dwarves, they had been startled but they did nothing, it seemed as if they had given up before anything had started. Tauriel went outside and stood on the balcony, she had two choices; she could stay here with the dwarves and wait for her inevitable death or leave town and save herself. She turned her head as she heard something or someone running across the rooftops. As the creature jumped down she slashed her sword at it, only for the two blades to clash in the middle. "Legolas? You came back."

Legolas smiled at her "you didn't think I would leave you did you?"

"I thought you had, I apologize for misjudging you," she bowed her head in respect to him. "Are you alright? What happened to the orcs?"

"I tracked them as far as the lake, they seemed to be heading back to the forest so I thought I should come back and get you then we could return to my father and explain the situation." Legolas made a motion for her to follow him.

Tauriel nodded and began to walk down the steps after him before stopping suddenly. "But mellon what about the dwarves? We cannot leave them to the dragon."

Legolas sighed and walked back up to her, "Tauriel there is nothing we can do for them. I will ask my father to send out a small group back here but that is as much as we can help. Not even we can best a dragon. Now come."

Tauriel looked back towards the house, she would be leaving those four dwarves and the children behind to perish in fire. As much as she hated it, Legolas was right. What good would her being here do? She followed him back to his horse and got on behind him. "Legolas how will you explain this to the king?" She asked quietly. "You said it yourself, your father has cared for me for many years and I betrayed his trust..."

Legolas pushed his horse to run fast, they needed to get back to Mirkwood quickly so they had a chance of chasing down the orcs from the woods. "Tauriel I will explain to him. You had good instinct to chase the orcs down, now we will finally see where those horrid creatures are coming from. He will forgive you, this is the first time you have ever disobeyed his orders. Just make sure it's the last time," he chuckled.

Tauriel nudged him playfully "thank you Legolas. I'm your debt."

"I won't forget it," he grinned.

Tauriel looked back once more towards the small town, she hoped the townspeople would survive. She hoped beyond hope.

So how was that? Short I know, but I hope you guys like it. Leave some reviews, can't wait to get feedback. If you guys want me to get anything down, then just let me know :) xx