Pushing up daisies
Belladonna as a fauntling was wild, rebellious, a true sprite and the Apple of her grandfather's eye for she was the embodiment of the best of all the took's, a family known for adventure, intrigue and a certain disregard for the rules, often likened to human children in the sense that they will do as they please and hang the consequences.
Even before her majority she had been known to disappear for unknown periods of time to who knows where, coming back with wild stories of other races and strange gifts from the people she had met and been friends with, one such trip she returned changed, she had been gone for nigh on two years at the age of thirty she came back with a haunted look like she had lost her enthusiasm for the road and adventure.
She remained in the shire for three years until a wizard came knocking looking for a hobbit to share an adventure, although reluctant at first she knew she couldn't not go, that her heart and feet yearned for the wilds of arda, that her spirit had been caged for too long, so she went, each time retuning with tall tales, although she never told of why she had stopped venturing out on her own, Gandalf seemed to know, he always did seem to know that her heart had been broken that her spirit had be crushed it the death of a life partner.
Flash back.
Far away in the blue mountains in the heart of Erid luin there lived a family of dwarves there were two boys net yet of age and barely more than dwarflings at the age of 15 winters, who knew their family was incomplete for soon after they had lost their father they had lost there second mother the one who read to them, healed them when they were sick or hurt (for her tears held the abilities of her people to heal any wound or sickness except those of the mind or heart, it was a gift she only shared with her boys) taught them the ways of family the ways of love and kindness, she and the other mother had faught they had argued, and Amad had said 'your not even their real mother, you have no say when they start weapons training' they had seen the broken look in mums eyes the tears that spilled and heard the broken sob that left her as she packed her things and said goodbye to her boys.
Their names were fili and kili, as mum left they each gave her a bead one from fili in gold like his hair and one from kili in obsidian like his, then they both handed her one i silver to represent the one vili their father had worn for he was the lost link in the triad that made up their parents, the boys begged her to stay, but she couldn't, Dis their mother had said she was no longer welcome that she was not their family and she had no place amongst them.
It broke her to leave them, it broke her to know she was causing them pain, as she left she was stopped by her brother in law (although not married to Vili and Dis they were in a triad relationship and so accepted by the dwarrows) Thorin expressed his disappointment in his sisters decision, but could not change it, he gave her a gift a new bow and a quiver full of arrows (as she had given her old ones to the boys to train with as a parting gift), and a dagger to protect herself with, "goodbye 'Donna no matter what Dis says she will miss you and so will we" said Thorin with a single tear as she walked out of their lives for perhaps the last time.
End of flash back.
Belladonna alway worried her lip and absent mindedly played with the beads about her neck, whenever worried, scared or just thinking, Gandalf never asked, for he already recognised the symbols of the durin line, both on the beads and on the dagger at her hip, each trip ended the same as before a return visit to her grandfather usually bearing gifts from different races, such as wine from the greenwood (will be mirkwood) healing herbs and books on healing from rivendale, elven rope and ornaments from the golden wood, ponies and saddles from Rohan and precious stones and jewellery from the iron hills, she almost always gave away the gifts to her family never keeping any for herself.
At the age of 38 when she had accepted that her dwarves no longer loved her she accepted the advances and betrothal to Bungo Baggins a gentle hobbit from the family who grew old Toby the finest pipe weed in the south farthing, he was a gentle hobbit who owned the farms and was head of the Baggins family though young at the age of 40 he was a good hobbit and family head.
As a gift for their impending nuptials her grandfather gifted them quite a bit of land for them to own and maintain, he gifted them with hobbiton, each household, shop, business and stall was rented by those that lived there and they paid belladonna and Bungo their rent monthly (although it was the cheapest rent in all the shire for belladonna didn't like to take money from family so it was only money for the maintenance and upkeep of the properties.
Soon after their wedding belladonna fell pregnant, seven months later a little boy was born, with golden curls and beautiful light green eyes, they named him bilbo, growing up bilbo was as adventuresome as his mother had been, he was as mischievous, wild and rebellious at the age of 18 summers belladonna gifted him with the beads of his brothers in all but blood, he was taught their language their customs and how to fight, even if Bungo didn't approve, in secret she taught him how to use her bow and dagger and how to use healing herbs, so if he ever went adventuring he could look after himself.