Coincidence? →️The Hobbit fanfic

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Erlanda found Fili again and together they found where Kili and Thorin were. They were both beaten up badly but very much alive.

They watched as the Eagles destroyed the last survivors of the Orc Armies and as Erlanda slowly calmed down again she could feel all the other scratches she had gotten in her fight, aside from the searing pain in her shoulder.

Then they made their way back to Erebor and after the mourning ceremonies for the fallen soldiers were over, Bilbo, Balin, and Erlanda made their way outside.

"There will be a great feat tonight," Balin told them, "Songs will be sung, tales will be told and we will celebrate that we survived this battle."

Erlanda laughed, "From what I've heard, I do not think Bilbo is up for a dwarf feast," she joked.

"We'll slip away quietly," Bilbo agreed. "Erlanda wants to accompany me on my journey home," he then explained to the dwarf.

Erlanda nodded, "I want to see the place he talks so fondly off. Then I will return if you want me here."

"'Course we do, lass." a ruff voice behind her said. 

Bilbo and Erlanda turned around and saw the dwarves.

"Yes," Kili agreed, "What if need someone to break ribs again?" he joked.

Erlanda nodded, laughing, "Then I shall return again."

"And if you ever pass by again," Bilbo said, "...Tea is at four. There's plenty of it. You are welcome anytime." the dwarves bowed their heads in farewell, "Uh, don't bother knocking." the dwarves chuckled.

Bilbo and Erlanda then made their way towards Gandalf. The three of them journeyed all the way back from where they had come but this time they did not get chased by orcs, they did not visit any goblins and they did not encounter any trolls.

The way back was slower than the way to the mountain but neither of them minded as they rode across fields and told each other stories.

"Ah, the borders of the Shire," Gandalf said so much later, "It is here I must leave you."

"That's a shame," Bilbo spoke, "I quite liked having a Wizard around. Seems they bring good luck."

"You don't really suppose, do you, that all your adventures and escapes... were managed by mere luck? Magic rings should not be used lightly, Bilbo," as Bilbo opened his mouth to protest, Gandalf continued, "I know you found one in the Goblin tunnels. And I kept my eyes on you... ever since." 

"Well, thank goodness," he stretched out a hand, "Farewell, Gandalf."

"Farewell," after shaking hands with the Hobbit, Gandalf turned to Erlanda. He bowed his had as a goodbye, "I have the feeling we will meet again, not too soon but soon enough."

She nodded with a smile and then she made her way into the shire with Bilbo. She heard the Hobbit turn around once more to say something to the Wizard before the two of them made their way to Baggs End.

There she spent some weeks in which she learned about the Hobbits and their way of life before she returned to Erebor. She stayed there only for a few weeks when she decided to travel to Rivendell to read the old scripts and find out more about the art of healing.

She spent ten years in Rivendell, not ageing at all, before starting to travel again, along with new found family, though she knew that Bilbo and the Dwarves of Erebor would always be her family.

It was then, sometime after it had been nearly seventy-seven years after her journey with the dwarves that she was called to a meeting in Rivendell, regarding a very special ring but that is a story for another time.

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And that's it for this story but I do plan on making another one for lotr which then will be solely based on the movies. You may have noticed that I also at the end of this book swayed towards the movie. That's because I never finished the book and I haven't read the lotr series yet, although I plan to do both, finish the book and read the series.