"Leave? Why would we leave, we only just got here!" Kili frowned in confusion at the hobbit. He didn't understand what had gotten Bilbo into such a panic, surely he should be happy that he, Fili and Bofur were unharmed and had returned to the company?

Mel moved across to join Saeril, holding the rag in place so the mother could rest as she too was injured, she looked across at the other she-elf and smiled faintly. "It's fading." she observed, referring to the dark enchantment that had possessed Saeril for so long.

"Gundabad?" Tauriel's voice dropped to a shocked whisper, she had heard the name mentioned once or twice before by some of the older elves but she knew nothing of the place herself. Merely hearing the name sent an uncomfortable shiver down her spine, the thought of going there...but she cared deeply for Legolas and she couldn't allow him to go on his own.