Remember We'll Be History

Twenty-Four: The Beauty Before the Storm

"I know that I have nothing to offer, I come to you as a lowly blacksmith that has done everything in his power to take care of his family. I know that I can make you happy if you would allow me,"

"Thorin," Bella said as he bent down.

"It would be my honor if you would take me as I am, all that I can be and will be as your husband?" he showed her a bead, she knew that it had belonged to his Grandmother.

Bella's world seemed to be thinking over times, as she knew that accepting the proposal marrying Thorin. She knew that she would not be returning home, she wouldn't be back to her Dad's. She wouldn't go live with Elrond and Glorfindel. She looked at Thorin in the eyes and knew that she couldn't leave him, as she loved him and knew her home was with him.

"Yes," Bella said. Thorin breathed in and smiled before he kissed her, both did not notice that the others were looking his way. The moon was shining on them and they looked blindly. Bella pulled him closer, the same way he did by the waist. They didn't notice that people were getting close.

*Claps* Thorin and Bella broke, when they heard the clapping from the others.

"Aunt Bella!" Fili and Kili said with a laugh going to congratulate them. Bard and Thranduil hung back.

"Can you see it?" Bard asked him.

"Yes, he found his Kate," Thranduil said looking at his old Soul.

'We still have to protect her while Sherlock is gone,' Kate told him.

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Rivendell

Sherlock was currently looking over the books, he hadn't told Glorfindel or Erestor, exactly what he was looking for just to help him look over the books. They just knew that he was looking through the history it told them that it was something important, Erestor and Glorfindel both noticed when Sherlock froze.

"You okay?" Tony asked. Sherlock stopped and breathed in.

"He asked for Joan's hand in marriage," he said.

"What?" Glorfindel.

"She accepted," Sherlock said. Glorfindel looked and him and so did Tony as they all knew that Tony felt the same way, when Glorfindel had asked for Erestor's hand in marriage. Sherlock breathed in because he knew that Bella would find someone to love her, the same way he did. Part of him told him that Thorin was the correct person for Bella.

"Sherlock?" Glorfindel asked.

"I'm fine," Sherlock told them. "Can you take out the next few books?"

"Will you be telling Bungo, he needs to know," Glorfindel told him.

"I will," Sherlock told him.

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Laketown

Thranduil had to admit that he was excited, He had just sent the few people that had agreed to go and be protected to his lands already many had stayed and it worried him, no more than others. He at the same time he wanted to be sure that Bella was sure this was something she wanted.

"Are you sure about this?" he asked her.

"Yes, you've asked me," Bella told him. Bella knew that Thranduil was been extra worried about it.

"Very well, I just wanted to be sure,"

"At the same time, it will be one of the craziest things I have done," Bella tells him. "At the same time, I might die, and I think knowing I can be the happiest will be for the best,"

"I suppose dear," Thranduil said. "In the case that you cannot marry in that,"

"Sorry, that I couldn't pack a wedding dress to this," Bella said.

"I am ignoring that tone," Thranduil said. "I heard the dwarf Ori tell you about the dress you wore in Rivendell?" Bella looked at him and she remembered out of all of them, most of her things did survive.

"Yes," she said walking away for a bit.

'You shouldn't tease her,' Kate told him.

"I worry that it's going to end like up having issues like our darling Cullens," Thranduil told her.

'There's no Volturi here and if so, we can protect her,' Kate told her. 'We've become rather attached,'

"Can you blame me, this is one of the few adventures we have done," he told her.

'Yes, because being a King does not help,' Kate told him with a laugh,

"Here it is," Bella said coming back and showing the dress to Thranduil.

"Ironic," Thranduil said with a laugh seeing the blue dress. "Well, we can do something with this,"

On the other side Balin and Thorin were talking.

"She is a correct pick for our Queen," Balin told him. "Are you sure that you want to marry her now, not when we have the Mountain back?"

"I never believed that someone would accept me, like this," Thorin told him. Balin understood, there had been many a talk of a political marriage with Thorin. He had been over so many talks and contracts. How Thorin been turned down by many saying without anything he wasn't worth much and for Bella to see him and accept him, it was a boon.

"We might die," Thorin told Balin. "I do not wish to and getting the mountain back will be greatest feeling, but if I were to die today, nothing would make me happier than having Belladonna as my wife,"

"Very well lad, we best get ready for a weeding," Balin told him.

It surprised them, how private it was, they were standing at the edge of Laketown looking over to Mountain. Balin, Thranduil and Bella had been working all morning toward the wedding contract and the wedding vows as they would be a mixed between Mahals and Yavanna's. Bard had helped with finding a room for them to reside in for the night. Sigrid, Tauriel and Ori had been busy with helping Bella get ready afterwards.

Thorin stood in the clearing and he was nervous and once he heard the music from his nephews, he turned and gasped as he saw Bella walking over to him. The blue made her shine, but she seemed to have exploded in flowers of different colors in her hair before a crown of red roses and white flowers she looked beautiful.

Once his hand held hers, she saw her smile. Thranduil and Balin were going to be the ones officiating.

"We are here today to see these two souls become one, do you both come by your own free will?" Balin said.

"I do," Thorin and Bella replied at the same time. Fili and Kili both held the beads in the hands. Legolas and Sigrid held ribbons of different colors in their hands.

"We come this twilight to bring two cultures together as one," Thranduil said. "With the blessing of Eru, Aule and Yavanna may they come to bless this union,"

They began with the braiding ceremony as they knew the other one would be more difficult with their hands being held.

"Now repeat after me," Balin told them.

"I take you as my one, with the blessing of our maker, who separated us during creation to find ourselves,"

They began to slowly braid their hair; Bella was a bit shaky.

"You are blood of my blood, and bone of my bone," they said to each other looking at each other, as each they finish the braid and they hands began to tie together.

"I give my body and soul to you to become one, to love each other and work together for a brighter future."

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The Shire

Bungo was worried as he saw Sherlock appear to him, he was afraid of something happening to Bella. He had come visit various times to tell him the news of her, but he looked serious, slightly resigned before he could open his mouth Sherlock did.

'She is safe, they are closer to their goal,' Sherlock told him.

"That is good to hear lad, but you wouldn't be here just to tell me that," Bungo said.

'Bella is getting married,' Sherlock told him and stopped. Bungo just looked at him.

"She is getting married, to the Leader of her company?"

'Yes,' Sherlock replied and Bungo began to laugh because out of all the Tookish things she would ever do, she just pulled the same trick as her mother. 'You are happy about this,'

"She is very much like her mother," Bungo told him but then he got serious. "Is she safe?"

'Yes, I promised you that I wouldn't let her get married unless I knew she would be safe,' Sherlock told him.

"Very well, then they will have my blessing when she returns, or I am taken there," Bungo told him.

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Laketown

"I present to you King Thorin and Queen Belladonna of Erebor," Balin said.

Thorin and Bella kissed to the claps of the others. They both looked to their hair and hands as tied to one of their fingers was a ribbon to be replace later by rings that could not be given now. They were hugged by many of their group. Dwalin and Thorin were together.

"Now, I think you will want to be alone for a bit,"

"Yes, right," Thorin said.

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Mordor

"Watson stole it Grave-walker," Gollum said just to be grabbed by the neck.

"Where did you hear that name?" he asked because it wasn't a coincidence.

"The burglar!" Golem told him, before he could do more damage, he was stopped by someone grabbing his hand.

'No, I feel like he is important,'

"I don't know about you Celibrimbor, but I do not trust him,"

"Talion, we have much work to do," he said they were about to walk away before he turned back to the scared Gollum.

"Never say that name again," he said.

"I don't listen to you," Gollum told him.

'Please, we are protective of this person and we might get them to return your property,' Celibrimbor said.

"Gollum can do that, me no speak of the Watson…shh," he said leaving them. Celibrimbor and Talion stood next to each other.

'You are incredibly protective of this person,' Celibrimbor said.

"They were important to me, I fear the creature might put them in danger," Talion said going to take down another group of Orcs.

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