The first moments of her life had been spent stumbling about alone and frightened in the dark, crying helplessly for a mother that did not come. And even in the presence of a young elf boy who stumbled upon her in the wood, she cowered away in fear. Others of her kin might have eaten the elfling whom was not even half her size, but she possessed neither their hostility nor their ferocity. No, a gentler spirit resided within her trembling body.

And so the oddity of their companionship had begun, for years she remained in those woods, hidden from the world, knowing only the friendship of that sole boy, and she felt naught but happiness.

He cherished her above all else, for every day he would return. He would read to her, sing to her, talk to her. Her very world revolved around him, listening with her head resting on her forelegs as he spoke of banquets and dancing, of kings, soldiers, battles of old, fair maidens, and of love.

She remembered the first time she had seen the fair-maiden stumble giggling into the thicket, how her eyes had lit up in wonder as her love shared his most precious secret.

The days that followed were bliss, for she had made a new friend, and to see the boy, now a man so happy...her heart had never known such joy.

But as with all good things, they came to an end. Days became weeks, weeks became months, and months became years, and still she waited. It was a quiet afternoon, the clouds above heavy and dark with rain. The fair maiden had come into the thicket, her lovely features distorted with a pain of the heart.

Her dear friend was dead, and his love weeping, fled.

So deep was her grief, that slumber took her in waiting arms, and the trees embraced her. Such was the dragon of greenwood forest.

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I've been really into Hobbit fan fiction lately, and I wanted to try one of my own. This is just a trial prologue, to see what people think. I am entirely open to suggestions as to if this story should continue, and where it should go if it does. I thought it might be interesting to have Smaug not be the last of his kind :)