The Three Explain Their Places.
Thranduil led the three back to the palace. The three dragons stopped in surprise when they saw the cave.
"Charming place for a dragon…" said Wildknife
"But for an elf…" said Ironjaws.
"I would think you would live in a more flowery place," finished Silverjaws.
"Who would want to live in a spider infested forest?" asked Ironjaws.
"Not all elves are the same. I am Sindarin and the elves that live here are Silvan elves," answered Thranduil entering the throne room.
"I thought I would find orcs living in this place. After several encounters with Shelob I am terrified of spiders," replied Ironjaws who was still on the subject of spiders.
"I am surprised. For a dragon a spider should be easy work for you," said Thranduil.
"Well you see unlike most dragons Ironjaws and I cannot fly or breathe fire," said Wildknife who for some reason was now stepped in front of Silverjaws as if to protect her.
"He is right, we are scum to him; Silverjaws was Melkor's prized dragon. She did everything he told her. She would destroy villages, cities, and farmlands. One day Melkor order for her to destroy an elven village," said Ironjaws.
"I remember the day well. Melkor had order me to go and destroy an elven village that had poised a threat to him. I went willingly and did much destruction. Then I came upon a group of young elven children. I had them pinned against a rock wall, just as I was ready to flame them a she-elf stood in my way. She poised with a sword, ready to chop my head off. We locked gaze waiting for the other to make a move. Something happened however. Another dragon had come to aid me in the destruction. He was chasing a falcon and slammed his whole body into the rock wall above us. For some reason I was struck with a maternal instinct. I laid myself over the elven children, protecting them from the rocks. The other dragon suffered from a hard blow to the head and died," said Silverjaws.
"Silverjaws returned to Mordor to explain what happened. Melkor had no idea what had happened and assumed Silverjaws to be successful. Then Silverjaws confessed and said she had failed, the other dragon had died, and that she had rescued several elven children from death," said Wildknife.
"Melkor was hot to trot. He had her punished harshly. She was tortured and beaten. Then Melkor's idiot pet Sauron said a spell wrong and Silverjaws was turned against them," said Ironjaws.
"Since then and to this day Silverjaws is just as kind, just as friendly as a loyal horse. Sad really, because Silverjaws was the only one Melkor treated with love, or so it seemed that way," said Wildknife.
The door opened and Legolas walked in and looked at the three dragons. In the blink of an eye he drew his knives. "What is going on?" he asked.