Epilogue

As spring came to the Lonely Mountain, so did the caravans from the Blue Mountains. In the lead of those Caravans was Dis, sister to Thorin Oakenshield. Mother to Fili and Kili, and for the first time since her childhood was looking up at her Home.

She had spent the last year praying to Mahal that her brother and sons be successful in their quest and survive. When the raven finally came, Dis had feared the worst. But she had been shocked when she read the words that her brother, her sons, and the rest of the Company had survived. Her brother didn't write much else, such was his way. But he did write that as soon as passes in the Blue Mountains cleared, to bring their people home.

The Mountain was a hive of activity, with not just dwarrows. The town of Dale also appeared to be in a state of rebuilding as well. In both locations, Dis could see both dwarrows and men working and if her eyes were not mistaking her, a few elves.

Dis was shocked, her brother who hated anything was not a dwarrow seemed alright to have a member of each race working in the Mountain.

"Mother!" she heard the twin voices of her sons calling her.

Dis barely had time to climb down off her wagon, before her boys crashed into her, babbling in excitement.

"Mother you're finally here!" they cried.

"Yes, I'm here," Dis said hugging them close, she couldn't believe that they were once again in her arms. Whole and safe. "My boys, my sweet boys."

They clung to each other, Dis barely managed to notice the other members of the Company arriving until Gloin barreled past them. He barely nodded to her before he gathered his wife and son in a huge hug. The Company smiled as they heard Gloin's loud exclamations of how big Gimli had become, how long his beard had grown, and how beautiful his wife looked.

"Dis," he heard the voice of her brother. Dis looked up from her sons to see her brother looking like the King he was always supposed to be. Yet he still looked like her brother. But there was something different hanging around his neck. And looking down at her boys, she saw that the same two pieces. Yet another glance showed that each member of the Company had a necklace with twin pieces of gold on them. But looking at the Company for the first time, Dis realized in shock that their beards were almost non-existence.

Kili looked the same as normal but Fili, Gloin, Bombur, and even Balin had just a shadow of a beard on their faces.

"Thorin what happened?" she demanded, reaching up to touch her brother's face. "Who did this!"

Thorin just smiled at Dis, "We have a new member of the family, Dis."

Dis blinked, her brother and Company had been shorn and all he had to say about it was there was a new member of the family? "What?"

Thorin chuckled at her expression. "Come, Bilbo waited in Erebor so to give us our reunion. He has been anxious to meet you."

"Bilbo?"

"Yes Bilbo Baggins, our burglar."

"Wasn't your burglar a hobbit?" she asked, allowing Thorin to lead her towards the gates of Erebor.

"Honorable dwarf now," Kili supplied helpfully.

This stopped Dis in her path, "Honorable dwarf?"

"It's a long story Princess Dis," Balin said with a smile, "And it all started in a hole in the ground where a hobbit lived."

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Many years later a familiar Grey Wizard approached the Lonely Mountain with a small package sitting in front of him. A package he had brought all the from the Shire, and it was someone that Gandalf had grown very found off.

Frodo looked up at the Mountain. He never thought he would see something that big in his life. In fact the small faunt never thought

"Will they like me Gandalf?"

"I have no doubt you will soon have all the dwarrows wrapped around your little fingers Frodo. The Company especially have a fondness for hobbits named Baggins," chuckled Gandalf.

Well this is the end. I want to thank everyone who has followed this story, and reviewed. It was been a long road and I can't believe that it is over. I hoped that you enjoyed it!