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A Wish Across the Stars
Lady Countryrose
Ch. 5
Hermione Granger was lying upon the ground of gold, gems, and jewels facing with the dragon before her; as she heard the Dwarves and a Hobbit making their way into the mountain. She glanced up towards where they were walking and saw many of them with their raised weapons, expecting the worse when a beast had taken their home away from them.
She then glanced towards Smaug looking at her; ignoring the men that were making all sorts of noise, "You know I'm going to have to at least talk to one or two of them you know."
He answered with a growl, "Which ones?"
"The elder one for sure; he has so much knowledge that I could just pick at his brains for things I need to find, he may also point me to a place where I can some books or something."
"Don't you have your own," asked the red dragon.
This caused Hermione to dig into her pocket and pulled out her trusted beaded beg; she set the thing down upon the floor, where she opened up the top and shoved her arm into it. This caused the dragon to raise his eyebrow, for he had never seen anything like it before. After a moment of having her arm gone from view; she brought out a large book and set it before her, between her and the dragon.
Smaug asked, "What did you do, I have never seen anything like it before?"
She glanced up for a moment before opening the book, "I had cast a spell upon my beg; to where I can carry tones of things and not have it weigh a tone. I can even put loads of books in it and still have room to carry things like clothes in it."
This caused the dragon to smirk; if one could do so, "The Fates have picked greatly for giving you to me."
Hermione's head shot up as she glanced up, "What are you talking about? Actually what do you mean for me to be yours?"
The dragon clasped his hands before her; as if one was praying as he spoke to her, "I mean what I say; you are the one that I had wished for and the one to stay with me."
"What did you wish for?"
Smaug sighed as he spoke the words that he had said before; when there was no one to talk to, "I had wished for the one of opposite sex to come before me; who would be more meaning towards me than some hall of treasure, who would give me the new meaning of life."
As Hermione had gotten upon her feet and looked at the dragon; as if for the first time, "You're looking for a mate?" When he nodded his answer; she went on to say, "You want me to be your mate?" Again Smaug had nodded but closed his eyes as if waiting for some kind of disappointment coming from the little woman. She quietly asked, "Why?"
The dragon opened his eyes and saw the question holding within her eyes and answered, "I am done living alone. I'm done living this dead end kind of life. I see you being the one to end that for me."
Hermione looked at him in shock; for she had never had anyone declare their love for her before, not even her friends. As she stood there, not moving. Smaug leaned down towards her and licked her cheek; which caused her to laugh from his roughness and scaly feeling, but stayed where she stood. She gave him a small smile before sitting back upon the ground, near to where she had sat her book.
She than opened her book and looked within the glossary for what she was looking for and found that there was about two to four different spells that she could dig a little keeper. She was happy that she had grabbed a few books from the Black family library; before they had gone on their run.
An older male voice called out from nearby, "Lassie!" When Hermione looked over her shoulder; she noticed Balin, making his way towards her. "I was told that we can live peacefully here; as long as you're healthy, am I right?"
Hermione nodded, "Yeah; I seemed to find out that I'm Smaug's mate of sorts."
"Really," gasped the elder dwarf. "I would have never imagined something like that with you, Lassie. You seemed to be a very caring person; unlike most children of man, sorry to say."
This caused Hermione to laugh, "It's alright Balin; I came from a world that was at war with its own people. I can't speak for those of your world; but I know that I'm tired of all the wars, I would die with a smile upon my face if I didn't have to face another one."
This caused Smaug to growl, "We are not talking about your death, female. I will not hear of it!" He then glanced towards the dwarf before them, "I will make this clear, dwarf. You are the only male, beside Thorin; I will allow her to be around with. I know I can trust him as a king, but you are too old to try to take what is mine from me!"
With a raised eyebrow; Balin asked, "What about Bilbo, the Hobbit. He wouldn't do anything to harm Hermione; they have traveled just fine together."
Smaug sighed, "If I must allow that little man near her, but only while I'm awake for her to be around any males. She is mine!"
All the Dwarves knew from that moment on; Hermione Granger was Smaug's, the one who would bring a fiery death to those that would not listen. So the Dwarves when on to clean out the Lonely Mountain of dirt, grime, and other things and also to find good living quarters for all to sleep that night.
While Hermione sat upon the treasure floor; reading through a book that looked like it could outweigh her, as she tried to find the answers that the dragon wanted.
