Three: Chasing Silhouettes

Bungo walked over to his daughter with his walking cane. The reminder of the accident during the Fell Winter. Things had changed and many of them had to be with the Old Soul attached to his daughter.

"I was asked for my hand in marriage again." Bella admit it. Bungo scrunched his face in distaste and he was not the only one.

"You are not getting anywhere close to that boy."

"You know everyone expects me to marry." Bella replied.

"I do not!" Bungo told her, getting the appreciation of Sherlock. "You will only marry the man, Elf, Dwarf, hobbit that makes you happy and has Sherlock's approval."

"Then I am never getting married." Bella told him with a smile. "You shouldn't be agreeing with him Papa."

"Bungo is a smart hobbit." Sherlock told her.

"Uh-huh, you are still as possessive as ever Lock." Bella said with a smile.

'Never.' he told her, he smiled the only way he ever did for her.

Bungo sat outside with his daughter. He knew that Bella had other things in mind. He knew that she would talk about it.

"I want to go out Papa. I want to go on an adventure." Bella told him. Bungo knew it, he had a feeling, his daughter was different. Also, he had talked to Old Took and knew this would happen.

"Are you certain?" Bungo asked.

"Yes, I need to find myself." Bella told him. It wasn't like she didn't know, who she was? She knew, but she and Sherlock had spoken, and both knew that she wouldn't be able to reach her potential here in the Shire.

"Okay." Bungo said. Bella was surprised by this.

"Don't act so surprised, I know that you have changed, and you will not be like I or anyone expects you to be. I will just be home waiting for you. I know your cousin Drogo will come visit me."

"I don't want to leave you alone." Bella told him.

"Bella, like I said Drogo will come visit me, I know you want to travel." Bungo told her. Bella looked at her Father and knew.

"You were expecting this already, that's why you spoke to Grandpapa?" Bella told him.

"I knew that you would." Bungo told her.

"Okay. I will plan my adventure." Bella told him.

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It took almost a month for Bella to get ready in her planning. She and Bungo had poured over maps all around. Sherlock had been there memorizing the paths and maps in his head. Bella told her Father that Sherlock would be better than any map. She got some weapons made so that she wouldn't be defenseless, the staff she had was a weapon itself. When the day came that she would go, Bungo woke up too early.

"Papa, you're up early." Bella said, and it surprised

"Well I want you well fed before you leave me." Bungo said and Bella could see the tears her was holding.

"Oh, Papa." Bella said hugging her Father close to her.

'Sentiment.' Sherlock taunted her.

#

It was a month when Bella and Sherlock ended in Bree. Bella was looking into the herbs to try and find the uses of them. Sherlock remembering the uses of many was helping her, so that she could create new medicine. Which also came to her being dragged to help a woman give birth since it wasn't going well.

"Oh, she is not going to make it." she heard the woman said.

"If you're going to be negative, you don't deserve to be here." Bella said, and her voice was angry.

"You."

Bella turned to the human woman and smiled calmly.

"I'm going to get you and your child alive out of this." Bella said, and the woman nodded.

"It's really painful, Mistress Hobbit." the woman said.

"Yes, but it will be worth it." Bella said.

Later the inn keeper was excited and smiling holding his newborn daughter in his arms.

"How can I ever thank you? Mistress Hobbit."

"My name is Belladonna Watson-Holmes." she said keeping her real last name a secret. She knew that hobbits hearing a Baggins was out here, she was on and adventure and she was going to keep her Father last name up there and hidden.

'Hmm...Holmes is still your last name to use no matter what other body you wear.' Sherlock told her giving his approval.

"Mistress Watson-Holmes, I can never thank you enough." he told her.

"Well my patient needs to take these medicines to heal up."

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Bella was under the night sky and she was looking at the beauty of it.

"The sky is so beautiful." Bella told Sherlock.

'Stand up.' Sherlock told her. That was enough to tell her this was dangerous. She picked up her stuff quick enough and got on top of her pony.

She heard the movement and began moving away, she could see the change and the wolves.

'Those aren't wolves.' Sherlock told her.

"What do you mean?" Bella asked, moving away and she felt them coming her way. She turned and saw the beings.

"Wargs." Bella said speeding the pony, she knew that it wouldn't be the only things coming.

She pushed and pushed the pony trying to find a place to hide. She followed Sherlock's shadow to find the place. She saw the forest hid there as well getting closer and closer. She felt the changed and saw that it seemed the stars were around them.

'Who are you?' she heard the voices and she moved. She looked around and she felt others following her.

"Where are we?" she asked Sherlock.

'I see Elves.' Sherlock told her.

Elves, Joan thought, she looked around and noticed the bridge it was very thin.

'Push the pony fast.' Sherlock told her, and she moved the pony fast through the bridge.

When she saw the exact place was it shocked her.

"You are visiting us quite late." a voice said, and it shocked her.

"I'm in Rivendell." she gasped.