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There And Back Again Once More (or Second Chances) by MasterChiefette
Fandoms: The Hobbit - J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit (Jackson Movies), The Hobbit - All Media Types
24 Sep 2015
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Summary
Bilbo Baggins was dying. It was not of a wound of any kind, nor of sickness. He was dying of age, in his sleep. As he lay in one of the many, generally comfortable beds in Rivendell, with his dearest nephew at the bed to his side, he could feel his last breath leaving him. As his mind faded into the darkness, he looked over his life.
He had been through pain, suffering, near-death, emotional trauma, and elongated life. He had watched the man he loved die, and he had cried enough tears to last a lifetime. And now, 62 years later, he was dying. He had left Erebor all those years ago after the death of Fili, Kili and Thorin, but his heart had forever remained in the lonely mountain, along with his One.
So as he lay there on his bed, listening to the sound of Frodo sleeping, it occured to Bilbo that the trip to the Undying Lands that was to take place the next day wasn't meant for him. He was dying, after all.
Bilbo Baggins had had enough pain for a lifetime. As he took his last chance to, he thought to himself: 'If only I could have one more chance.'
And then he was gone. His old, hurt, and tearstained heart had given out.
But his story did not end there.
Series
- Part 1 of Botfa Fix-It Alternate Universes