AN: Sorry if I'm skipping forward so much but I wanted to get to this point while it was fresh within my head.
A Wish Across the Stars
Lady Countryrose
Ch. 4
Hermione Granger was within the rock cover halls of the Lonely Mountain with Bilbo Baggins; who they were sent to deal with the dragon or the Heart of the Mountain's stone, which Hermione had told the Hobbit that she was not going to touch the gem. She would rather deal with the dragon; she wanted to know how different it was, to the ones that she had seen upon Earth.
As they made their way downwards; Hermione had noticed how weary the little Hobbit was, which caused her to wonder. Was she the same; way back when, before everything had changed for her. She knew that she was no longer the same person; for all the adventures that she had been on, made her into a stranger person that she was that day.
She then took a sniff of air and knew that there was a dragon within; for it smelled of Sulphur and ash, just like a volcano. It was enough to feel the heat of the room; it was like one would imagine if one had a fire breathing lizard within a huge castle, like the one that she had left behind.
She glanced down towards her clothes and wondered; was she dressed to even face a dragon, while she still wore her blue jeans, a torn shirt, and a jean jacket upon her body. Should she wave her hand and change her clothes into something a lady of the culture would have worn? She really did not know, but stayed with what she had on. As they made to their last landing before reaching the treasure floor; they took a moment to glance around, to see what they should be going from there.
Hermione glanced around and noticed what looked like an uncovered nose; a few yards from where they were standing, and then looked from where the nose was to where she was standing and found no clear way to get to him. She then saw Bilbo looking towards further into the chamber and saw the Heart of the Mountain; which looked like it was producing its own light, for it was a magical jewel of its own. She could see why the Dwarves wanted the gem back, but she will not touch it, for it felt wrong from where she stood.
She than waved Bilbo for him to go do what he needed to do; as she watched the mound that she believed that the dragon was under, trying to plan a way to get to him without him knowing that she was there.
Without warning; what sounded like a deep breath from the nose was sounded and then a purr of deep velvet sounding voice, "HUMMM . . . Do I smell a female within the treasure hall?"
The form of where the nose was; had moved and shook the valuable objects upon the floor, as a form of a dragon was reviled. This caused a mighty shake throughout the hall; which also caused Hermione to fall from such height from the stairs and landed upon the cold hard gold below, and a sound of a moan to leave her lips.
When the dragon heard such a sound; he glanced down to the human woman, who was lying upon the treasure that he had to himself for many a year. He blinked a few times before asking, "Who are you, human female and why do you smell of a female dragon?"
This caused Hermione to stutter, "I'm Hermione and I was a dragon rider!"
This caused Smaug to laugh, "How this is so; when I'm the last of my kind upon Middle Earth?" Then he came closer and placed his nose upon her body and took a deep whiff, "And why do you smell like star fire and charged light?" This caused the dragon to back up and glanced towards her, "ARE YOU MY WISH?!"
This caused Hermione to think; she remembered when she met up with Gandalf and the Dwarves that she was wished to Middle Earth, then she glanced up towards the massive creature before her. "I was told that I was wished here. As for the rest; I had traveled through space and time to get here and I came riding upon a lightning bolt."
As they were talking; a thud was sounded near from where they stood and Smaug sighed, "Who else did you bring with you, female?"
"I brought a Hobbit; who was sent by the Dwarves to see if you would make peace with them," said Hermione; who had thought fast to answer the fire beast.
Bilbo than made himself known and bowed, "Oh Great Smaug; what legends hardly tell of your greatness."
The dragon growled, "Don't try me Hobbit." He then glanced towards the woman, who had not moved from her fall upon the ground. "Is Thorin here?!"
This caused Bilbo to stutter, "Yeah."
"Listen to me Hobbit; bring Thorin down here, I have a few words I would like to say to him! Tell the rest of the Dwarves to stay out of it!"
"As you wish, Smaug," Bilbo had given Hermione a worried look before making his way out of the treasure room and out of the mountain.
Where Smaug and Hermione were left alone; this caused Hermione to become both fearful and a sense of wonder, of wanting to know what would happen to her with a creature such as the dragon. That was when she noticed his eyes; the look of hunger, but not like the hunger that the elven king had given her. No this was more like a hunger of survival, a lot more than a want, but a need for wanting to survive. It made her believe that she was the soul purpose of his very survival.
What she did not expect was his chin covering her body and rubbing his neck all over the front of her body; then he used his chin to flip her over, and did the same on the other side of her. This made her think of her old cat; who would have done the same thing, telling all that this was his human. As soon as he had stopped moving his chin all over the place he raised his head enough to say, "Now no male should come near you again, for you are MINE!"
A shiver traveled down Hermione's spine; she did not know what way he was talking about, the only way for her to be totally his was not matching up with what she was picturing.
Smaug laughed at what he saw from her body's movement, "I know a way to become human, little one!"
This caused Hermione to get upon her feet and faced the dragon before her, "How!"
The dragon smirked, "Ah, wonderful a knowledge seeker as well! I have heard tales that wizards know of such ways to get a creature to become human or even a human to become a creature. I wonder if you know of any spells of your own to do so."
Hermione stepped away from him to look at his eyes better and thought about what he had said, "There is a way for me to become a creature, but I don't have control of what that creature could be."
This caused Smaug to growl, "Figure it out female! I don't care how long it takes, but you are MINE!"
At this moment Thorin made his existence known to the two that were within the treasure room; standing above them in the throne room type platform. "YOU SENT FOR ME, DRAGON?!"
Smaug smirked, "That I have," he raised his neck towards the dwarf. "I'm willing to make a deal, if you're willing to listen?"
Thorin glared at the creature before him but nodded for him to continue.
"I'm willing to allow you and any dwarf to live within these walls with me and my female; as long as you males leave her alone, and I will continue to guard your treasures without harming any who are allowed to touch it."
Thorin with a dark look upon his face, "What do I get out of this?"
"A free guard, a fire welder for anything that needs firing!"
The dwarf nodded, "Any other terms?" As he raised his arms and crossed them over his chest, as he spoke to the great dragon before him.
"You leave my female alone! You allow us to stay here; as long as I see fit for us to stay, and for her to have a room of her own! She will need a place to sleep, eat, and well taken care of!"
"Anything else," growled out Thorin.
"I will need to leave once a while to eat, fly and what not, but these are things that I'm willing to start with," answered Smaug.
"DONE," roared out Thorin. "I will tell my men to let them know what deal we have. Do I have your word that you will honor this deal?"
"As long as she breathes; our deal is sealed."
Thorin glanced down to where Hermione was upon the lower chamber, "Understood!" He then turned around and made his way towards the place that they had entered the mountain.
Smaug lowered himself upon the ground before the small human woman, "Do what you need to do to find the answers that we need, but either way; you will be mine!"
Hermione fell upon the mounds of treasure; she never once believed that she would ever find herself in this situation. Sure she wanted to know about the dragon and see how different he was from the dragons that had ran into, but to be stuck with him that was something different entirely.
She whispered, "I'm not anything special."
Smaug leaned down towards her, "You're my wish, my treasure, you are special to me."
This caused Hermione to think; what was he trying to tell her, for she was not experienced in the things like romance, love, or things of the like. This was a whole new adventure for her to solve.
