Run It Back Again (Part 2)

Author's Note

"You can't be a warrior!  I'm not risking losing you again!"  I flinched as I stared Father down.

"What do you mean?"  He froze, matching my gaze.  I realized he was hiding something from me.  "What are you not telling me?"  He sighed and shook his head.

"It's nothing."  With that, he left, leaving me to wonder what he was keeping from me.

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For 45 years, Era has been alone.  Upon reaching the Grayhavens, she found that she really was the last shapeshifter.  When the elves leave her behind, Era decides that things were better long ago, when she had her mother and her friends.  But, she can't go back.

Or can she...?

However, the journey took it's toll.  Now, instead of being able to return to her original timing, she's died and been given a chance to relive her life, with only the memories from her dying energy to guide her, as the princess of Erabor, living among those who were in her father's company so many years ago, including Filli and Killi.  Life couldn't be better, right?

Wrong...

Now, they must face the battle against Sauron.  With her father and friends defending the eastern side of the Misty Mountains, alongside with the elves of Lothloria, Era journey through Middle Earth and help Frodo and the other hobbits reach Rivendell for the  the Council of the Ring.  There, Era rejoins the fellowship and prepares for the hardest part of her life.

However, everything has changed.  Not only is she more experienced in fighting as she had been, but now, she's able to do greater things with her energy than ever imagined.  This new discovery will lead to a new course of events that will change the war beyond everything she remembers and possible change her own fate as a shapeshifter.

But, this time, she knows she isn't alone.  This time, she has her cousins, Fili and Kili, her father, her mother, and all of her friends, who'd sooner fight Sauron himself than let any harm come to her.  Been there, done that...