Meme Time!
Having decided to postpone Bella's great tragedy a bit, it seems like time for something a bit lighter. Here's a meme, stolen without remorse from aeons_crackshot at waysbackroom. Bella's canon in a thousand words or less. Ahem.
Act I:
Reichenbach
Sherlock Holmes: Moriarty! This is our final confrontation!
James Moriarty: Agreed. *banter about mathematics*
Holmes: Enough! Let's get this over with.
Both: *struggle*
Holmes: *knows baritsu*
Both: *scream*
London
Holmes: *is alive*
Watson: *is impressed*
Holmes: *is bored* I miss my archnemesis.
Mrs Hudson: Look! A letter for you!
Holmes: *does not want*
Watson: Come on, Holmes. You can't just sulk around all day.
Holmes and Watson: *go to art exhibition*
Watson: Look! Attractive woman!
Holmes: You must be Miss Bella Spellgrove.
Bella: Indeed. Behold my latest work.
Watson: Your canvas appears to have a hole in it.
Bella: It was stolen before the gallery opened.
Holmes: What was it of?
Bella: It was a portrait.
Watson: Ah!
Bella: Of a tall, wounded man I met in Switzerland.
Holmes: WTF?
Bella: Who sat around reading maths books.
Holmes and Watson: *are shocked*
Holmes: You are in grave danger.
Bella: What should I do?
Watson: Stay with Holmes. He has a spare room.
All: *go back to Baker Street*
Holmes and Bella: *fight about role of women in society*
Mrs. Hudson: *hates Bella*
Bella: *disappears*
Bella's Studio
Mrs. Moriarty: *is insane distraught*
Bella: *promises to get revenge*
Mrs. M: *leaves*
Holmes: *arrives*
Bella: *presents with drugged hot toddy*
Holmes: *drinks*
Bella: You killed my father!
Holmes: *collapses*
Mrs. M: *brings in body of Bella's younger sister*
Bella: *stabs dead sister, puts blade in Holmes' hand*
Bella and Mrs. M: *leave*
Inspector Lestrade: WTF?
Act 2
Bella's Studio
Lestrade: *tries to arrest Holmes*
Holmes: *escapes*
Watson: *is kicked out by wife*
Holmes: *finds Watson* Go find out who that dead body was!
Watson: *goes off to talk to old college buddy police surgeon about corpse*
Street
Bella: *is confused*
Mrs. M: He escaped!
Bella: *has a plan*
Bella and Mrs. M: *disguise selves*
Holmes: *dresses as Costermonger, sings bawdy song*
Bella: *laughs*
Holmes: *spreads rumor that Moriarty is alive*
Bella: is happy
Wapping Docks
Bella: Father!
Holmes: *is disguised as Moriarty*
Bella and Holmes: *sing*
Holmes: *pulls off disguise*
Bella: *is disgusted*
Lestrade and Watson: *sneak onstage*
Bella: *notices Lestrade and Watson* We should get married. Our babies would be freakishly smart!
Holmes: I need a smoke.
Bella: *offers to light pipe*
Holmes: Sure.
Bella: *drops match on conveniently placed explosives below*
Lestrade and Watson: *RUN*
Bella: *escapes*
Holmes: *wonders if Bella was serious or just evil*
Holmes: *is bored again*
Holmes: I need a Moriarty. *goes off to stalk find Bella*