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White Noise and Sparks of Topaz by madqueenofhellskitchen
Fandoms: The Hobbit - All Media Types, The Hobbit - J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit (Jackson Movies)
21 Jan 2014
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Summary
Fate has a funny way of changing its mind at the very last minute.
For it isn’t the Line of Durin that falls that day. It’s a Hobbit that was too brave for his own good, filled with too much faith and forgiveness and there’s no blow to the head to save him. There are no prayers that could drip from the King’s lips to save the situation and he cannot stop time.
But Thorin cannot help what his soul desires, and what it wishes it could fix.
And Ilúvatar cannot help but care for His earthly children while Aulë cannot help but torture His. And Yavanna will just do whatever She wishes, too.
So maybe it is both these things (or is there a third option?) that explain the shattering mirrors all throughout Erebor on a cold night and the piercing screams that cause Thorin to fall to his knees in pain.
Maybe it is all of the above that summons a beautiful, friendly Specter of Bilbo Baggins to his Mountain, having not changed one lick.
But even Specters cannot stay amongst the living forever. Gandalf says so himself, murmuring the words “no more than eight months”.
Once again, Thorin finds that time is running out—but this time, he may just be able to stop the clock.