DragonShifter: Okay, I have thought about how I am going to approach Holmes's and Watson's part in the story, and I just may include some elements from both the movies and the books, but I am adding my own twist to how our dynamic duo met. Just don't be sad or disappointed please.

Watson began the tale. "I met Holmes just before he stopped going to school. We were both eight, and I was new to the school. My father was a captain in the army, so we kind of moved around a lot. On my first day at the school I was got bullied badly because I was the new kid and I was not from a good family. By the time lunch came I was not doing so well. The bullies had just started to pick on me after I had gotten my food, when Holmes here stepped in. He wasn't the most popular kid in the school, but the kids had some respect for him." Watson paused and looked at Holmes. They both smiled then John started again.

"You see, Holmes has his own kind of fighting style, and back then he was just starting to work on it. He was also the smartest kid in the school, so the other kids knew better than to mess with him. Besides, He was also from a very old and respected family in the neighborhood. Both Sherlock and Mycroft here have some family ties in the royal family. Anyway, Holmes fought his way to just in front of me and stared the bullies down. I can tell you that the bullies backed up so quickly that many of them tripped over each other and fell flat on their behinds. He did not speak much, but he went with me everywhere up till the day he quit school, which was about a month later. No one messed me after he showed his support of me, and I learned quickly how to defend myself if they tried to bully me again."

"But in that month Holmes and I became fast friends. Every day he was at the gate waiting for me and he would take to different parts of the town so he could help me with my homework. After that we would spend the day doing whatever. Holmes would always be the one to get us in trouble, and I would be the one to get us out of it, but we would not have it any other way. I had fun every day when we went exploring. Sadly when Holmes and I were fifteen, my family moved. Life became less interesting after that. But before I finish my part Holmes is going to say something." Watson nudged Holmes.

Holmes jumped a little then glared at Watson. "Okay okay." He said when Watson glared back at him. "I cannot say much more than Mycroft and Watson here about my childhood. But I can say that after Watson moved, I became quite bored, due to the fact that I had lost my friend and that I had learned all I could at home, but could not leave. I was not old enough to legally leave home yet, so I helped my father with the running of our estate. I took care of all the stuff outside and he the inside. Mycroft was at university at that time, so I could not talk to him about life, since he and Watson were the only ones at the time I talked to about that stuff at the time. So, I returned to my quiet recluse self for the next year or so. When I turned sixteen, my father decided that he would send me to London to see if that could get me out of my shell. I had been in London for a few years when I heard about men being shipped out in for Afganistan. At the time I did not think much about it, but then again did not know that our Watson was one of those men."

"He did not know, nor did I know he was in London. You see, when I moved, we had no way of keeping in touch. So, to my surprise when I got back from the Afgan wars, I heard people whispering about a detective who was not part of the police, but could solve a case easier than the police. So I asked about the detective as I looked for a place I could stay. Little did I know that Holmes was the detective, nor did I know that an old friend would point me in his direction to talk about lodgings within a month of my return from the war."

"I had no idea either." Holmes grumbled. "I had been working on an experiment that could help the police determine blood from other things, when Watson came into the laboratory I was working in. I was not facing the door, so I did not see him come in, So I nearly dropped my test tube that had my experiment in it when he cleared his throat."

"Almost, I don't think so Holmes. The test tube was on the table."

"It was not."

"Was too and you know it." Holmes folded his arms and grumbled. Mary and Watson laughed at that. "Don't be such a baby Holmes." Watson said.
"Anyway, Both of us were rather shocked to see each other, once we had figured out that we were actually seeing each other." Holmes grunted then closed his eyes. Watson knew that Holmes was laughing inside, just as he was. Both of them could just sit there laughing about that day that they were reunited after their many years of separation. "From there you can read about in my books that I wrote about our many adventures."