After the fight with Pearl Crystal went on her way home. She thought about what to pack-her sword of course, and some warm clothes. Anything else? Food? She did not know if the other hobbits already had thought about it and decided not to either. At least not yet, there was still time to bother about this question.
How long would this journey take? A week? A month? She did not know much about the distances between the villages of the shire since she had spent nearly all her live in Hobbiton, allwoing for two or three short trips to Bree together with her parents but she was sure that someone would tell her or she would find out. She trusted in her couriosity and did not think about it much longer.
When she was at home she made herself at first some milk with honey and hoped it would prevent having no voice the next day, afterwards went to her parents to tell them what she was about to do. They were not really happy about the fact that her only daughter was going to travel around in the Shire although it was said that many bandits, and among them really dangerous ones, could attack her but at the end Crystal could persuade them that it was "For Frodo, mum! Just imagine his happy face when he'll see all these presents!" and that nothing could happen to her with all these other hobbits around her and with her sword. They were still worried but they allowed her to go.
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