'Normally, notes and scales and arpeggios would ring out from 221B Baker Street, especially at the times when Sherlock loses his voice. But not this time. He hasn't touched the violin in such a way since this blanket of silence began.'

Set after 'The Great Game'. Sherlock Holmes and John Watson have hit a dry spell of cases after that eventful night at the pool with Jim Moriarty. So when Sherlock picks up a homeless girl and brings her home to 221b Baker Street for help, what will happen? Rated for later chapters.

An old friend of Sherlock's somehow gets wrapped up in his and John's adventures...yes, a FRIEND. See what happens when everybody's favorite sociopath reacquaints with this old friend, and what will John and the others think about it?