Hi guys, alright this is it THE LAST CHAPTER wahhh! You guys have been so great and your all awesome. There will be a sequel but I'm going to take a week or two off from writing. You guys are all great and thanks for sticking with me, Enjoy

XXOXX Miss AudreyBear

When Baya opened her eyes Thorin was there, holding her hand and whispering apologizes under his breath. When she raised a shaking hand to her forehead and whispered, I can't seen Thorin was there to hold her. Oin said that it was the head wound, and her vision might come back; but it didn't. She didn't seem to have forgiven him quite yet, but she didn't seem mad either. When she took her first shaky steps holding onto both Kili's and Fili's arms Thorin was there watching ; wishing it could be him who had the close relationship with Baya. When she came to the company and told them she was leaving, going home to the Shire he was there, to hear the way her voice trembled.

"I'll miss you you know," she said to him. Baya seemed to be adjusting to her blindness well and must have heard him coming. She was sitting in the grass absentmindedly picking daisies.

"As will I," Thorin replied choking down the tears.

"I'll come back you know."

Thorin nodded. "I'm sorry."

"I know." They sat together in silence.

Baya left the next day. With her she took Sting, the Mithril vest, a beautiful porcelain teapot from Dori, the blankets Ori had made along with a red leather bound book, an intricately carved wooden figure of a dwarf and a hobbit from Bifur, a pocket handkerchief from Dwalin, and a hat that exactly matched Bofors. Kili and Fili hugged the life out of her promising to come and visit. Ori burst into tears and said she was one of his best friends. Bofur ruffled her hair and said, take care of yourself. Thorin was the last one to approach her and he had nothing to give, nothing that could repay didn't say much, just hugged. Then Baya pressed a folded up scroll into Thorin's hand. Gandalf helped her mount her pony and THorin watched her wave goodbye before disappearing over the hills. His company one by one drifted away leaving Thorin standing alone. He unrolled the scroll and read it carefully. Written very carefully in Baya's whimsical script were four words; You are not alone.

Fin

Epilogue.

It took one week for Thorin to be recovered enough to get out of bed and attend to his kingly duties, and one week for Baya to wake up. It took three weeks for his wounds to scab over, and one month for Baya to start walking. In two months most of Thorin's wounds were healed, and Baya's wounds began to close. A three months Baya was almost recovered however it became very apparent she would never be the covered her once unmarred skin and she was a much slower walker. There had been damage done to her stomach and she couldn't eat a lot in small periods of time. Worst of all though, she was blind. After four months, countless sleepless nights and many doctor visits the wizard came back to Erabor, and Baya decided to go home. Baya left for the Shire and was visited many times by the other company members. However Thorin's second t visit was five years later, and the second most important one she would receive the first being Thorin's first visit to her home. It was a visit that would once again rock her world, but that is another tale for another time.