"Saeril." Mel murmured softly in recognition, nodding her head slightly in greeting. Though she had not been to Fangorn herself, she had heard tell of Maleficent from the elves in the nearby wood of Lothlorien, which she had visited. 

A few of the elves eyed Maleficent warily. If she was one of their kin then why was she dealing with dwarves? But they seemed to brush it off relatively well, though Maleficent was still taken in as a prisoner along with the dwarves.
"Thorin!" hissed Bofur as he was nudged past their leader, over the bridge towards the Gate of Thranduil's kingdom. "Where's Bilbo?!" the hobbit was nowhere to be found.