I woke the next morning very early, and still tired. I felt like I didn't have any true rest at all. I remembered so much. It all came to me in a dream, and it was overwhelming.

I wandered outside, careful not to wake anyone. I had streams of tears rolling down my face as I sat on the bench at the bottom of the stairs, watching the sunrise over the rolling hills of the Shire.

How could I have forgotten such a large part of my life? I was still getting flashes of memories, each of them just as important as the last. Important milestones in my childhood.

I still remembered very little of my mother, though I guessed that I was still too young at the time to remember much before she died. Most of my memories were of Thorin, even some of Balin, Dwalin, and Gandalf.

I heard the door open behind me, and I knew at once who it was.

"Ada." I whispered, wiping my eyes.

"You remember?" He asked, now standing in front of me.

I nodded my head, teary eyed. "Even about that time that you and I skipped out on my training because we overslept after staying up too late when you were teaching me about the stars." I told him, remembering that night like it was yesterday.

He laughed deeply and held out his hand to help me up. "It's not like we could get in trouble seeing as I was the one in charge." He said, still laughing.

"Yes, but Dwalin wasn't too happy that I missed any training." I responded and he nodded, agreeing. "But I did always have the best teacher at home to make up any time lost." I said as I hugged him tightly. "I missed you, Da. I felt it in my bones that I was missing something, I just didn't know what until now." I told him as he held me close. "Are you still okay with me calling you Da, or would you prefer if I call you Thorin. I know it's been years and you aren't really my Da, but—,"

"Always, nathith. You'll forever be my daughter, if not by blood, then by heart." He said and then sat down next to me.

"So this is really happening. We are going home." I said, looking out at the sun as it rose into the sky. Thorin looked at me like I grew a second head.

"No, you will be going to the Blue Mountains to help Dis." He said seriously.

"You may be Da to me, but I am old enough to make my own decisions. I am going to Erebor. It's just as much my home as it was yours. You cannot deny me my right." I told him honestly.

"It is too dangerous. I cannot risk losing you again after I just got you back. I will not allow it." He said, bringing out the authority in his voice.

"I will be going." I told him as I stood to walk inside. "What if something happened to you on this quest, and you had sent me off to the Blue Mountains, missing any extra time you could've had with me? Have you thought of that? I'd rather live this life here that I've gotten a second chance at, and not waste it. I'm not a child anymore, let me prove it to you." I said, not giving him the chance to reply before I walked inside, leaving him to his thoughts.

After walking inside, I noticed someone sitting next to the open window by the door. I turned to see who it was, seeing blonde hair.

"I heard what you call him, and he you." It was Fili sitting by the window, peering out into the morning light.

"It's not what you think." I told him.

"How is it not? He calls you daughter in our language, and you call him father." He said. I had to give that to him, from the outside it would look as though that's how it was.

"Thorin is not my birth father. It is a long story, but Thorin took me in when I was a babe and raised me as his own." I told him honestly. He looked at me, confused.

"How can that be? Thorin has been like a father to Kili and I since we were born, yet I have no memory of you." He asked curiously.

"That's because this happened about 80 years before you were born." I told him truthfully. His eyes widened.

"There is no way, you look younger than both Kili and I." He said and I agreed.

"I was born 173 years ago. When I was 13 years old, I went missing. I was sent to another land by magic. Time moved differently there. I was only there for 16 years, then I ended up back here yesterday. Gandalf estimated that I am only in my 70s or 80s now that I am back. Though I'd argue more towards the 80s because in the other world I had been an adult for 3 years, which would be equal to many more than that here." I said in one long breath, "Confusing, I know. We'll just say I'm about your age."

"Wow. I will say that it'll be a relief to my brother that you aren't related by blood." He said laughing. I was confused until I realized what he meant. "Anyways, will you be joining us on our journey?" He asked, changing the subject.

"Yes, though your Uncle was not to happy about that. He wanted me to go back to the Blue Mountains and help your mother." I told him.

"He didn't want Kili going either, but you and Kili must have similar mindsets. Once set, nothing will stop you." He responded and I nodded, agreeing.

"I dare say that you are right, my dear Fili." I said laughing before hearing the door open.

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