tolkien100 | "No better than a tramp?", by Himring (Up Hill, Down Dale Challenge)

Title : No better than a tramp?
Author : Himring
Fandom : Lord of the Rings
Rating : PG
Characters : OFC (hobbit)
Disclaimer : Gently prodding at a passage in Tolkien's writing (but he may be writing half from the perspective of Shire hobbits, still)
Spoilers : None.
Summary: Tolkien mentions, among "Outsiders", itinerant hobbits that do not live either in the Shire or in Bree. Here is one.

There were more Outsiders than the people of the Shire imagined. Celandine was one of them, wandering up hill and down dale, ready to dig a hole in any bank and stay as long as it suited her. To the disapproving hobbits of Staddle, she was one of the no-good vagrants. But she cared nothing for their testimonies and resolutely ignored any black looks, passing through. She was free and had other friends.

Approaching an old well, beside which she meant to spend the night, she found the site already occupied. A smile spread across her face.

‘Gildor!’ she cried.

A/N: also incorporating prompts from other challenges.