Disclaimer: I do not own The Hobbit, it's characters or plot, I do however own my OC Nixie, anything new added and pretty much anything about Nixie.

The Saga of Nixie

The name "Nixie" is of German origin and means Water Nymph I didn't know this when I picked the name it's just a happy coincidence. I also couldn't think of a better title but if I do I'll change it.

Summary: As a child, while playing by a lake one day, Bilbo happened upon a young mermaid and the two quickly became friends. As the years went by and Bilbo's adventurous nature faded he began to spend less and less time with his mermaid friend until one day he stopped going to the lake all together. Somewhere in that little hobbit is the child she remembers, she just has to give him a little push towards certain death in the means of dwarves and a wizard.

Young Bilbo Baggins was swinging around a stick, like a sword, by a lake. Fighting invisible foes and warning off evil with large swings and thrusts. He had twigs and leaves in his hair and mud covered his feet. His clothes were covered in dirt as well as his face but he didn't care as he continued to wave the stick around with a large grin on his face.

Unbeknownst to him, he was being watched. Bilbo plopped down by the lake, panting, sticking his feet in the water and kicking slightly. He watched the ripples spread out into the lake and that's when he saw it. Something white was peeking up over a rock about twenty or so feet from him. The moment his eyes locked onto it, it ducked down. Bilbo saw ripples move from behind the rock and jumped up. He grabbed his 'sword' and ran around the edge of the lake to see behind the rock. When he got to the other side there was nothing there. Bilbo frowned and scanned the lake. When he didn't see anything after a few moments he shrugged and picked up some rocks to skip them. After two failed attempts he threw a third rock in annoyance.

"Ow!" A voice squeaked. Bilbo's eyes widened as he saw ripples by another rock. Quickly he ran and jumped onto the first rock before jumping to the next. He looked over the rock he let out a surprised yell when he was face to face with very pale face, the owner of which let out a surprised yell as well, and fell back into the water. Being caught by surprise Bilbo didn't have enough time to take in a breath of air and ended up breathing in a huge gulp of water instead. As his vision started to blur he saw a flash of white and blue.

When Bilbo regained consciousness he was coughing up water on the edge of the lake. He turned to expel all the water from his lungs before laying back and breathing heavily. He remembered the face and the white and blue flash and quickly sat up. Bilbo frowned as he scanned the lake again.

"Hello?" He called, his voice a bit strained. "I know you're there! I won't hurt you!" Suddenly he saw a bit of white peeking over a nearby rock. He looked over and smiled. "Please come out, I want to thank you for saving me." The bit of white peeking out quickly ducked down again. "No, no please don't go away!" Bilbo stood. "Please! My name's Bilbo. Bilbo Baggins." He waited a few moments and frowned when there was no reply. With a heavy sigh he began to turn around.

"Nixie." He whirled around and his eyes widened when he saw a girl hiding behind the rock. Her skin was deathly pale with a blue hue to it, her lips were also stained a pale blue and her hair was pure white going down past his line of sight. He could see her hands on the rock; her nails were a purplish blue. What really caught his attention were her eyes, they were a startling bright purple.

"N-Nixie?" Bilbo asked blinking, remembering she'd spoken. "Is that your name?" The girl nodded. "Why are you hiding?" Bilbo asked with a small encouraging smile. "Won't you come out?" Nixie lowered herself a bit and Bilbo's eyes widen. "Don't go!" She stopped.

"What are you… Bilbo Baggins?" She asked, her bright eyes filled with curiosity.

"I'm a hobbit." Bilbo said with a smile then tilted his head. "Why?" He asked as his eyebrows came together in confusion. "Are you not?" The girl shook her head and Bilbo blinked. "Then what are you?" The girl hesitated. "It's okay." Bilbo said with a friendly smile. Nixie bit her lip before ducking down. Bilbo's smile dropped. "Wait!" He heard the water move then suddenly he saw the flash of white and blue under the water heading towards him. Once it was a few feet from the edge, Nixie poked her head out of the water. Bilbo stared in awe. "You're a mermaid." He breathed. Nixie nodded nervously. The blue the Bilbo had seen was her tail. The light from the sun made it twinkle and shine under the water. Bilbo began to smile. "I've never seen a mermaid before."

"Well, I've never seen a hobbit before." Nixie said quietly. She was still nervous and watching him warily. "What were you doing before?" She asked tilting her head slightly. Bilbo blinked in confusion. Nixie lifted her hand out of the water and pointed to the stick on the ground. Bilbo looked down at it then back at her.

"I was playing."

"Playing?" Nixie blinked. "Playing what?" Bilbo shrugged.

"I was fighting bad guys."

"Bad… guys?" Nixie frowned in confusion tilting her head even more. "What are those? I did not see anything. Are they invisible?" She began to look around in fear.

"No no no." Bilbo said shaking his head. "I was just pretending." Nixie blinked and looked a bit embarrassed, her cheeks turning a deeper shade of blue.

"Oh…" She said.

"Do you live in this lake?" Bilbo asked as he sat down and Nixie hesitantly moved towards him until she was three feet away.

"Yes."

"How come I've never seen you before?"

"…I was scared." She whispered.

"Scared? Of what?" Nixie didn't answer and looked down into the water. "Of me?" Bilbo started laughing causing Nixie to look at him with a frown. "You don't have to be afraid of me." He said with a smile. Nixie started to smile back slightly. "Ya know, my parents always told me stories about mermaids." Nixie tilted her head when Bilbo frowned. "They said they were bad." Nixie came out of the water slightly with wide eyes.

"I'm not bad!" She said shaking her head. Bilbo chuckled.

"I know; I can tell." He said with a smile. "They probably just told me those stories so I'd stay out of the water… hobbits aren't the best swimmers." He chuckled sheepishly. "But I'm sure you figured that out." He looked up to the sky and frowned when he saw the position of the sun. "It's getting late; I should be getting home."

"Home?" Nixie asked with a frown.

"Yeah, my mum and dad will get worried if I'm not back before dark." Bilbo said getting up.

"Mum and… dad?" Nixie asked quietly to herself. Bilbo picked up his sick and smiled at her.

"I'll see you tomorrow." He said. Nixie blinked.

"You will?" She asked tilting her head.

"Of course, we're friends now." Bilbo said with a growing grin before he turned and started running away. "See you tomorrow, Nixie!" He called. Nixie watched him go with an utterly confused look.

"Friends?"

My third Hobbit fic, I just really wanted to do a fic with a mermaid and I have all these cute ideas and things. Never thought I'd actually write a Bilbo romance but considering it's Marten Freeman playing him it makes it a whole lot easier.