Chapter Ten: It wasn't worth it
Pip's pov:
"Admit it...It wasn't-"
'It was worth it!' 9 yelled as she hides in some blankets under the dragon's wings.
"9,you lost the riddle,you wore a dress,you were thrown around like a rag doll,and he saw you-"
'Don't. Say it. Or I'll squish you till all your little blood is out.'
"...and now...you came back to the mountain after playing in the rain until thunder and lighting scared you off and you came to the dragon with some blankets and wanted to sleep right next to it. Was it really-"
'Yes!' Just then another thunder sound came,then 9 put the blankets on her and scooted closer to the dragon.
"(Chuckle) I thought you said you weren't scared of the rain?" The dragon said and moved his head closer to 9.
"I-I'm not scared. The thunder just-" Then another thunder cut her off which made 9 screamed a bit then grasp both of her hands to the dragon's snout. When she realized a second what she have done,she quickly let go and apologize. The dragon laughed at her reaction.
"So cute of you being scared like a little rabbit." it said then licked her cheek.
"Hey! How many times do I have to tell you I hate it when you do that!"
"Well sorry shadow,you just taste like a fruit I never had."
"S-Shut up!"
Yep. It was not worth it.
3 days ago
"9,I don't think this is a good idea?"
'Don't worry Pip. This is a good idea,and I know, this time,we will win.' When 9 finally reached the treasure chamber we saw the dragon sleeping. She got closer to its face and tap her finger on the dragon's snout. "Smaug? Smaug,are you awake?" The dragon opened his eye's slowly and look at her cross-eyed. "Hey." 9 said with a smile and little wave.
"(Sigh) Why did you disturb my sleep?" it asks.
"I was wondering...if we could have a rematch on the riddles. If I win,then...you have to say I'm the queen under the mountain for three weeks. If you win...will,you decide."
"Hmm. Alright then." It moved his head away from 9 while I crawled inside her hood. "Turn us on our backs, and open up our stomachs,you will be the wisest of men,through at start an orc."
'Pip,any idea?'
"on our backs...wisest of men...a book?"
"A book?" she answered. The dragon nodded its head. "Iron roof,glass wall. Burns and burns,and never falls." The dragon took a while to think about it till it answered her.
"A lantern...I have rivers without water, a forest without tree's,mountains without rocks,towns without houses."
'That's a clever riddle. Pip.' 9 thought.
"A...map?"
"A map," she said,the dragon growled a bit. Right answer. Were dead.
"Okay,repeat after me," I said.
"...I cost no gold to use or conscious effort to take part of. And as far as you can see,there's is nothing to me. But without me,you are dead."
'I heard this riddle before...Wasn't it air?' 9 ask.
"Yep." The dragon thought a bit till it answered.
"Air. What goes through towns and over hills but never moves"
'Shit,that's a hard one.' We both thought. We both think a bit for five minutes till 9 figured it out.
"A road. Ten men's strength,ten men's length,ten men can't break it, yet a young boy walks off with it."
"Good riddle," I said.
'Thanks.' It really did take a while for a dragon to answer it. Until eight minutes later the dragon answered.
"A rope. Voiceless it cries,wingless flutters,toothless bites, mouthless mutters."
"...This may take a while." I said to myself.
46 min,neither one gives up
"Give up 9,you aren't going to win."
'I will win!' Then the riddle we both don't understand came up.
" I grow softly in the night,ready to bring you warming light with gentle breath,perhaps ignite to the cold, a welcomed sight"
"...Oh, come on! Do you really have to use that riddle?!" 9 yelled while the dragon laughed at her reaction.
"Yes. I do," it said.
"Welp,your loss,9," I said.
"Dammit...(Groan) What do you want me to do." she said as she cross her arms and turned her head away from it. The dragon start digging threw its treasure's,looking for something? Me and 9 were both confuse whats it's looking for. When the dragon finally found whats it looking for,it throw's it towards 9 where it landed in front of her. A long sleeve purple dress with a gold crown. "...Is there...anything else you want me to do?"
"No."
"See,this was a terrible idea 9." I crawled out of her hood and watch the scene in a safe distance.
" Come on,Smaug. Please? I'm not a huge fan of dresses."
"Then you shouldn't have made a deal with me."
"Please?"
"No."
"...I could just-" Then the dragon give her a warning by nearly using its jaws to snap her in half. At least 9 made a fast dash to the other side of the room. "Okay okay! I'll wear the stupid dress!"
25 min later
9 was in the washroom taking way longer to dress up. The dragon was not taking it's time waiting for 9 to come back to the treasure chamber. It knows 9 is doing this on purpose. "How long are you going to be in there!" it yelled.
"Hey, I need privacy to change. Lady's don't like men...or dragon's watching them get dress." Sometime's she can be a bit stubborn. Soon the dragon will go on a rampage if she doesn't get out soon. I walk inside the washroom to see her not in a dress and listening to her music.
"...9!"
'huh?' She took off her head phone and look down at me. '...This is nothing.'
"NOTHING?! The dragon is going to be on a rampage if you don't put on that dress!"
'Do I have too? This is really embarrassing. I don't want to wear that dress.'
"Well,it's either the dragon will kill you if don't put on that dress or put on the dress so that you don't die."
'...I-'
"Don't even think about choosing death."
"SHADOW! IF YOU DON'T COME OUT NOW,I'LL-"
"OKAY! I'm coming out now. Geez." 9 came out from the hallway and came inside the room with the dress on and the crown. She kept looking down away from the dragon's sight. It was for her own good. 'She's look's...beautiful.' the dragon thought as it set sight on her.
"...I look stupid in this. Right?" She asks and still looking down until the dragon brought its claw to left up her face to see her blushing heart showing. It chuckles at her reaction.
"No, you don't. In fact," It brought its whole head towards her to lick her face. "You look like a princess in that."
"(Groan) And what does licking my face count as?" She asks as she wipes her face.
"Why should it count?" It said and walk back to buried itself in its gold. 9 followed it until she's near it's head and sit beside it. "May I take this dress off now?" She ask. The dragon crack open it's eye to think for a moment until it closed it eye. "No." it said and turned it's head away. 9 started climb on top of it's head and laid down flat on her stomach. "...Can I take it off now?"
"No." 9 kept on saying if she could take off the dress over and over again until the dragon is almost there to lose it temper. "If you say those words one more time,I'll make sure your life will end fast no men can handle." That made her quiet for a long time...For at least 3 minutes! The dragon wrapped it tail around her and made her look at it's eyes. "You know,your really starting to become annoying to me to get rid of you."
"hehe. Sorry. Its just...it reminds me when I've been dare to where this to some one...I...I thought was my friend until...they betrayed me." she said and turned her head away.
"What? What do you mean?" It said and put her down.
"...Well...I use to have more than one friends when I was young,but every time I heard them say I'm weird,or am I stupid...saying am I even normal like the rest. When ever I try to make friends,they just turn away either what I look like,thinking I'm a weirdo,or think I don't deserve any friends...I try to do everything to be normal like them but they still continued to judge me. Sometimes they blame me for stuff I didn't even do,I wanted to yell out help or even scream,but I can't...I'v always been shy and also annoying... One time,I was dared to wear a ridiculous outfit so that people could noticed me but then it turn out worst than I ever know...I don't even know what I did wrong." she said as some tears started to fall from her eyes then try to put on a smile. " B-but at least I know,I have two friends who stick beside me. But now that I'm away from them...(sigh) I guess I'm kinda alone again..." Wow. I never thought 9 had a hard time in her life making friends like me. People just always get scared by me and try to stomp on me even though all I just say was hi. The dragon start to curl around itself with 9 inside in the middle.
"9,don't let those things come to you. You are behind those things, their just upset that you have something better than any human can have. You have to at least know that your life is greater than theirs,who knows what might happen to them when they regret their decisions. After all,you did just came to my mountain and here you are,still alive." it said and rested its head very close to her. She smiled and rested her body next to him.
"Thank you...Can I-"
"No...You look...beautiful in that dress." That made 9 blush a bit when he said it.
"It wasn't worth it,was it?" I ask.
'It-it was w-worth it.' she shuttered.
2 day's ago
Me and 9 were in the library while I was teaching 9 how to read dwarf and elf's language since she doesn't know any of them. Sometimes its a bit easy for her to speak but a little difficult to read them. "Okay,so some letters are the same but in different shapes?"
"Yes. And this letter is an 'L'. Think you got it?"
"Yeah,just a little bit...welp, I think that's enough lesson for today." she said and shut the book and throw it far away.
"Really,you really don't like to lean,don't you?"
"...Well sometimes. But when its too much,I get dizzy a lot." She said and walk out of the library. Sometimes 9 acts like a little child sometimes,even for the dragon. And I pray Valar that she doesn't do anything stupid day after day. But today,I know she's going to do something stupid. She came towards the dragon while its asleep, again, and start calling it. "Hey Smaug, you awake?" The dragon groan for a bit till it open its eyes. "What?" it ask.
"I was wondering if you would like to play a game? Like maybe a chasing game? Just to see if you could catch me."
"9,that's a very bad idea," I said. 'Don't care,I use to play this game with my dad.' she said/thought.
"Oh really?" It smirk and raised it body up and look down at her. I left straight away because I don't want to know what will happen next.
15 minutes later
9 was running around fast,which took the dragon a hard time to catch her,either with its teeth,tail,or its claws. While I was trying to sleep, I heard screaming. Yep,9 got caught...for at least four minutes. I crawled through the hole to see whats going on until a paw nearly landed on me. I look up to see 9 hanging upside down while the dragon was carrying her by her foot with its teeth.
"Come on, Smaug! Please don't do this again!" she said as the dragon continues to crawl. The dragon smirk and starts to lower it head down and throw 9 into the air. She screamed until the dragon caught her by the hood with its teeth's. "Could you please stop!?" she ask/yelled but the dragon ignored her and continued to throw her into the air over and over again. Of course I followed it to make sure if 9 is alright. The dragon stopped at a huge room what it looks like it use to be a ballroom,big enough for the dragon and at least 100 or more people to fit in. "Smaug! Please tell me your finish! B-because maybe this was a bad ide-AAHHHHH!" It throw her up again and kept on catching her like a rag doll. This kept on happening for ten minutes until 9 start to fall until the dragon rested her on its snout. "(Groan) I'm now starting to regret ever coming to your mountain." I don't know how long can 9 hold it in since she's been thrown around a'lot. The dragon chuckle and lowered it's noise towards its hand till trapping her in it.
"Then you should have thought twice before coming here." it said and brought large thumb behind her and touches the top of her head,stroking it gently. 9 look away from its gaze,feeling uncomfortable.
"Wha-what are you doing?" She ask and tries to get out of its hand. "Nothing. But I always wonder what your hair always felt like. And beside,you look like a little rag doll to me." it said and stopped. "Hey! I don't look like a doll! Now put me down!" She said and try to get out but the dragon leans its head down a licked her face. "AHH! Are you kidding me!? Could you please stop that! That is so gross!" The dragon didn't listen then start to stroking her head again.
"You should have listened to me,9. And how did this even happen?" I ask.
'(Sigh) Well,It was all normal running around and making sure Smaug doesn't catch me,but its not my fault I slip behind his tail then he pinned me down with his hand. When he won I didn't expect him to ask me if I wanted to play catch...I said yes...Then...'
"By playing catch,it want's to throw you around and catch you many time's?"
'...yes.'
"Wasn't wor-"
'It was worth it!'
1 days ago
"9,Its not embarrassing. People use to be-"
'Get out!' Me and 9 were in the washroom while she's covering her chest while I sit on the ledge. I don't understand whats with her problem? Being naked doesn't bother me at all,even to dragons. I heard on old stories,people didn't care about clothes, why are they afraid now?
"9,come on. Its normal for a spider, and even the dragon."
'NO! I can not let Smaug see's me naked! That's the worse thing to even think about it! Now could you please get out no-"
"Hello,shadow." She turned around to see the dragon staring straight at her while its close to the ledge,too close.
"What the-Smaug! Get out!" she yelled and cover her privates.
"Why should I?" It smirks and continued to stare at her body. 9 noticed that and dunk her whole body in the water,very deep in the water. "Oh, come now. You don't have to be ashamed."
"Hate to admit 9,but the dragon's right."
'NO HE'S NOT! I'm not coming up there till he leaves!'
35 minutes later
The dragon never left,and 9 came out of the water breathing for air. She quickly grab a towel and wrap around herself. "Could you please get out!?" 9 yelled as she covered herself more with the towel. The dragon laughed and left the room. "You don't have to be shy about this." It said and 9 quickly grab her clothes and walk to another room to change.
"Wasn't-"
'It was! Even when I lose my breath! Which he knows I was about to drown!'
6 hours later,night
"Please? Smaug you could just let me go outside. I'm not gonna run. Please!" 9 beg for the fiftieth time to go out and play in the rain. Every single day,9 doesn't learn when to quit.
"(Sigh) Fine. But be back in two minutes." it growled.
"Ten."
"Six"
"Deal." She ran off and start playing in the rain. There's seriously something wrong with this women. I watch her jumping around in puddles and spinning around like a child. "Come on,Pip. It's great outside."
"No thanks,I don't want to die from the rain or from the puddles," I said and see her jumping in another puddle.
"Come on. Rain isn't-" A loud boom crashed from the sky,followed by a lighting hitting at dale. One moment it had flashed,9 had run back into the kingdom.
"...So does that means you're done? You still have four minutes left."
9 came back to the gold chamber with some blankets drag behind her. The dragon gave her a confused look and about to ask her but 9 beats to it.
"...There was...a thunder storm...and lighting...Which I hate the most." She said and came side by side with the dragon. "Don't even say anything. I'm use to sleep in that room you put me in,but now...I need someone with me right now." she put more blankets on herself. The dragon said nothing and brought it wing's around her.
"So...Your saying it wasn't worth it playing in the rain,is it?" it said and smirk at down at her.
"No, it wasn't!"
"Admit it...It wasn't-"
'It was worth it!' 9 yelled back as she hides in the some under the dragon's wings.
"9,you lost the riddle,you wore a dress,you were thrown around like a rag doll,and he saw you-"
'Don't. Say it. Or I'll squish you till all your little blood is out.'
"...and now...you came back to the mountain after playing in the rain until thunder and lighting scared you off and you came to the dragon with some blankets and wanted to sleep right next to it. Was it really-"
'Yes!' Just then another thunder sound came,then 9 put the blankets on her and scooted closer to the dragon.
"(Chuckle) I thought you said you weren't scared of the rain?" The dragon said and moved his head closer to 9.
"I-I'm not scared. The thunder just-" Then another thunder cut her off which made 9 screamed a bit then grasp both of her hands to the dragon's snout. When she realized a second what she have done ,she quickly let go and apologize. The dragon laughed at her reaction.
"So cute of you being scared like a little rabbit," it said then licked her cheek.
"Hey! How many times do I have to tell you I hate it when you do that!"
"Well sorry shadow,you just taste like a fruit I never had."
"S-Shut up!"
Yep. It was not worth it.
A/N: Hey guys,sorry for the late update. I've been kind lazy listening to a new game called Undertake my nieces been showing/telling me about it. Sorry if I caught off guard. I could still do a few request if you like,but not inappropriate request or a request if Smaug could do the human form. I'm not doing that (yet). It'll come soon and I don't want to give spoiler to my own story. Oh,and also leave a comment what your thought's in this or if I miss spell a word or anything that seemed messed up and please no hate comments. See ya guys later!
