So sorry for the late update! I was dealing a Christmas party preparation and there were so many things to do! There's a dragoness on chapter three. Thank you darkwarp for that amazing Oc, and please help me make the other chapters. And Smaug looks like the one in the movie of Hobbits Desolation of Smaug.
And fyi Val can turn into any animal without damaging her clothes, just like how Beast Boy does it in Teen Titans. Also, do you guys know Pokémon? May hummed a lullaby called Make a wish and I use that for Val's ocarina song.
Oh! One last thing, should I let Smaug die or not?
Chapter 2: His Daughter
Val was in a world of darkness, she didn't know how long she was out. Val shifted a bit and felt something tingling on her skin. She flutters her eyes to see gold coins. Sitting up, Val rubs her eyes and looks around. She gasps in shock to see a golden chamber. There were gold everywhere. Val couldn't help but gawk in amazement but then realizes something. Her eyes grew wide when she remembered this chamber in the movie, it was Smaug's Kingdom!
Panic, Val tried to get up but failed because she was still not fully rested. Then she heard a deep dark chuckle that echoed through the chamber. Val gulps in fear as she looks around the shadowy areas.
"Well, well, well, what do I have here?" Val heard the deep voice of Smaug, "An innocent little girl I have captured."
Val gulps as she tries to calm herself, "I can hear you heartbeat." Smaug said. Val could hear his giant footsteps circling her. "Your breathing is quick. I can sense your fear as well as taste it."
Scared, Val made a run for it before ducking under a stone overhang and stood behind a pillar, "Oh, come now, little girl. I can smell where you are and there is no use of hiding from me." Val could hear him walking past her with a deep chuckle, "You can't hide forever little girl."
As his footsteps leaves, Val peeks under the pillar to see the cost is clear. She got out and was about to make a run for it but…
SMASH!
Val screamed a little when a giant tail blocks her path, making her fall on her bottom. She heard a deep dark amused chuckle behind her, she turns around and her sapphire blue eyes widen in fear. Standing tall and mighty is none other than Smaug the Golden. Backing against the pillar, Val's eyes grew even wider when Smaug lowered his head so he can see Val's scared blue eyes.
"Found you." He said with an amuse smirk.
Val shivered in fear. She knows that Smaug is a very dangerous and powerful dragon. He could crush her like a little insect. Val gulps when Smaug sniffs at her.
"Hmmm," Smaug hummed, "It appears this little girl has a sweet scent." He looks at Val's little form, "Tell me little girl, who are you and where do you come from?"
Gulping, Val took a deep breath. She has to answer the questions of Smaug's if not she's doom. Val has to thank Quinn for that.
"I…I come from an island called Nublar." Val answered truthfully, even though that was from her world but it was her home.
Smaug hummed in interest, "I've never flown there before." He said, "What is like?"
"I-it's a very beautiful island, oh great one." Val said respectfully, "There are many tropical tresses, warm beaches, and many wild animals."
"I see your island sounds like paradise."
Val nodded, "It is, oh great dragon."
Smaug looks at her again, "Tell me, how did you get here?"
Val looks at him nervously and said, "Well…I was in a hiding in a cave and then I saw a butterfly and it shown me to a colorful glowing stone and when I touched it. The stone send me here." She said. Val can only tell him the few details on how she got here. Otherwise he thinks that she is crazy.
"Interesting…" Smaug purrs as he lies down on his gold keeping an eye on Val, "you're a very interesting little girl."
Nodding, Val looks at him and asked, "What is your name, oh great and powerful dragon?" She asked, even though she knows his name, she has to respect the dragon.
"I am Smaug!" he said proudly, "Conqueror of Dale! Taker of Gold! Chiefest and Greatest of Calamities!" he looks down at Val, "And what is your name child of Nublar?"
Val gulps and said, "My name is Valentina Rosalina Grady, oh Great Smaug."
"Strange name," Smaug commented.
"I am a very strange girl." Val said, earning an amused dark chuckle from Smaug, "What are you going to do to me, oh great Smaug?"
"For now nothing," Smaug looks at her on the corner of his eyes, "But we will discuss this tomorrow. You must be tired on your journey after you burn all those Orcs."
"It's already night?" Val thought in surprise. She's been out cold that long and also thinking did Smaug saved her life?
Smaug lies on his gold, keeping one golden eye open, and said, "At the top of the stairs case beside you is a tunnel. There, lies the once King's Chamber. That will be your room whilst you remain here."
Val felt a wave of relief on her and she bowed politely at the great dragon. She always listens to Quinn's advice. Always respect a powerful being. Otherwise, she would be dead by Smaug's fire and jaws.
"Thank you…oh Smaug the Great Dragon King of the Mountain." She said before going to the tunnels.
Smaug hummed in interest, "Such a title you have bestowed upon me." He purred silently. He watched as Val gets on the top of the chamber easily. He felt greed upon his new treasure. He likes it when Val spoke to him respectfully. He wanted more. More words, more flattery and more of Val's innocents. He had found a perfect gem in his collection and he will do anything to keep her.
Val was laying on a king size bed. It was soft yet hard. She hugs the one big pillow and looks at her raptor claw necklace. Her blue eyes began to water when she remembered her uncle and friends. She misses them a lot and wish to come home but she remembered Hoskins wanting her to be trained on a military base away from everyone. She whips her tears away with her hands as she sits up before getting out from the big bed. She puts on her boots before going out quietly. She can tell it was still dark because she can barely see but using her sensing powers, she can sense the objects in front of her without touching them. She saw the golden light of the gold and saw Smaug, with his head out, was buried on the pile of gold, sleeping peacefully as he snores quietly. Val tilts her head in curiosity. She never knew that Smaug was a gentle sleeper. Val walks around and saw some stairs that leads to big windows without glass. She quietly went up and went over to the windows to see the city. Few were in one piece while others were destroyed. She sits on the rails of the window and looks at the stars.
The stars and moon were shinning down and it made Val safe, even though a very dangerous and powerful fire drake was keeping her here alive, which was confusing to her. Val then wishes that her best friend Quinn was here best friend / older sister. Even though she was seven years older than her, Val admires her and follows her like a duckling. Val made a small smile remembering when they were in a gift shop buying a chew toy for Ingrid, a lady mistaken them as sisters because Val always follows Quinn a lot. Val and Quinn would have laughs with that and would eat ice cream together. She misses that and didn't want to spend the rest of her childhood at military.
She then notices her pouch. She almost forgot about it. She opens it to revile her ocarina and small canteen. She took out her ocarina and plays a gentle song that echoes through the kingdom and the chamber. Fireflies came over to her and fly around her. Few bats came and hang themselves at the windows ceilings and listened to Val's music. A gentle breeze came and made the trees shake a bit and the huge lake, where Lake-town is, shines brightly at the moon. Even the chamber full of gold shines brightly. As she finished, she puts her ocarina down and looks at it.
"I wish mommy and daddy were here." She thought sadly, whipping her tears away.
Then she felt a hot breath puffed on her. That scared the bats away along with the fireflies. Val turns around to meet an awaked Smaug, looking down at her.
"Great Smaug," Val greeted with a respectful nod before getting off the window.
Smaug looks at her and asked, "Why are you up this late at night, Valentina?"
Val looks at the floor, "I couldn't sleep, so I decided to play some music." She said before looking at him, "Did it bother you?"
"A little," Smaug said.
Val's eyes looks at her ocarina, "Oh, I'm sorry. I'll stop playing so you won't be disturbed." She said.
Smaug shook his head, "No, child, I enjoy your peaceful music." He said.
Val looks at him brightly, "You do?"
"Of course," Smaug looks at her, "From now on, you play your flute for me when I say so, understand?"
Val nodded respectfully, "Of course, oh great Smaug." She bowed to him.
Smaug felt a sense of flattery in him and he enjoyed it. He turns around, "Come, Valentina." He ordered before walking back to his treasure.
Val followed him downstairs and went to the chamber. As she got there, Smaug buried himself on the gold with his head above the gold. She sits a few feet away from him and lies on the pile of cold gold. She was about to fall asleep until she heard Smaug asked, "Why did you run away from your home?"
Val looks at him before sitting up and said, "Because, a man wanted to send me to a faraway place where I should train my powers." She didn't say Hoskins name because Smaug might find him and kill him, "If I don't then my powers will hurt someone. I didn't want to because I won't see my friends or family again. I will be all alone and scared. I will be ripped away from the rest of my childhood because of these powers." Val looks at her hands sadly, "I didn't want to carry this burden so I runaway."
Smaug looks at Val. He knows humans care for only power and riches but this girl, Valentina, was different from the rest. She didn't care for his gold, she didn't care for power and she didn't care if he was a dangerous being. All she cared was freedom from fear and anger.
Smaug made a deep rumble on his chest before bring his tail to Val. Val was surprise when Smaug's tail brings her close to him. Val looks at Smaug. Her sapphire eyes met his golden eyes.
"You won't be afraid here, Valentina." He purrs, "They won't come here to take you away. You won't have to worry about them bringing you to your prison." He brings his head close to Val, "I never want to see you sad, do I make myself clear?"
Val smiles cutely and nodded, "Of course, oh great and powerful Smaug." She said respectfully.
Smaug hummed at her, she knows how to stroke his ego, "Say my name again, child."
"Oh, Smaug the Great and Powerful," Val said with a smile.
"Good," he purred, wrapping his tail around him and Val. He looks at her and ordered, "Sleep."
Nodding, Val let out a cute yawn before sleeping close to Smaug's massive head. Smaug looks at Val's sleeping form. She was so pure and full of innocents. He couldn't believe that someone wanted her to be a weapon in young age. He felt his blood boil in anger. That surprise him since he only care are himself and his treasure but…Valentina is his treasure and will do anything to protect her.
Yawning loudly, Smaug uses his tail to wrap Val close to him. He wanted to learn more about Val but he will know tomorrow.
"Sleep well…my child." He whispered before going to sleep.
On the next day, Smaug woke up early to see Val gone. Sitting up, Smaug sniffed the air for Val's scent. But he smelled…flowers? Confused, he followed the scent towards an old tunnel that has houses chiseled on the walls. He then notices a trail of beautiful flowers, he was confused. How did these flowers bloom on the cold hard stone floor? He then smelled…fruits? Smaug was really confused at the scents but follows it. It led him to an old cavern where he saw a big tree full of different fruits with a small ball of light on top of it. There was a small river circling around the tree. He then notices Val was under the tree collecting apples in a basket-he guess she got the basket from a room. But something surprised him when he saw Val. Her hair was like a living garden, there were flowers, leaves and herbs. Her eyes were glowing aqua blue.
As Val finished collecting fruits, she carried the basket full of fruits with incredible strength and walked away. She walks on the water that made Smaug surprise. She then puts the basket down and turns herself back to normal and looks at Smaug, "Is there something you need, great Smaug?" she asked.
Smaug looks down at Val, "How did you do that?" he asked.
Val looks up and answered, "It's my powers that I told you the other night." She activates her water power to show him, "I can control the elements and I can even combine them." She turns back to normal before picking up the basket.
Smaug looks at her sapphire blue eyes. He knew that Val has potential and secrets, "Interesting…" he hummed at her, "And what else does your powers do?" he asked as they walked back to chamber.
Val told Smaug everything about her powers. He was very amazed to hear all those powers were inside this little girl. When they got back, Val eats the fruits quietly, Smaug watches her as she drinks her water in her canteen, "Whose family did you inherited these powers?" Smaug asked as he laid his head close to Val's little body.
Val lowered her canteen and answered, "To tell you the truth, oh great Smaug, my mother gave me a special potion to have these powers." Val was giving him and honest and lied truth.
"Your mother is a witch?"
Val shook her head, "Not really, she's actually an alchemist. She made that potion to save human lives from sickness…but she couldn't because there was a madman after her."
Smaug looks at her, "And what is this madman's name?"
Val hugs her legs together, "His name was Mortem. He wanted to use my mother's potion to control an army that he created. He can't control his army because they listen to no one but my mother's potion helps me communicate and reason with creatures." Val looks down, "He hunted down my mother for years to tell him where she hid the potion but failed to find her because she fled and hide from him. She then fell in love with my father and got married and have me."
"Where are your parents now?" Smaug asked.
"They're dead," Val answered sadly.
Smaug looks at her, "What happen to them?"
"They were coming home from their work until a drunken man came and…" Val holds her raptor claw necklace tightly as she remembers the day of her parents' accident.
"He killed them, didn't he?" Smaug asked narrowing his eyes as if he would hunt down the man that killed her parents.
"It was an accident. He didn't mean too." Val whips her tears that were coming out from her eyes.
"Who took care of you?"
"My uncle and cousins," Val said, "They took care of me and taught me how to defend myself."
"I see…" Smaug mutters, "What happen to the man name Mortem?"
"He's dead." Val answered, "One of his creation betrayed him and he killed Mortem. It was over but I still have haunted dreams about him taking me away from my family."
Smaug looks at her. She is just a little girl and she had been through many dangers to grow up. She was like him, since he had trouble growing up as a hatchling. Valentina deserved better then to be treated as a weapon. He lowered his head so Val can look at his golden eye, she could see her reflection.
"Don't worry child," he said, "You are safe here from all the danger that haunted you."
Val smiled and nodded before hugging Smaug's giant head. Smaug was surprised, he never allowed someone touched him without his permission but since Val was so kind he allowed it to slide. Once she lets go, Smaug lies down on his gold, "You are allowed to explore the kingdom but don't go outside without my presence." He ordered.
Val nodded and picks up the basket of fruits before going to the halls of the kingdom. Smaug watches her leave. He felt a weird sense of pride in his chest yet also…happiness? The only thing that makes him happy is gold but with Valentina by his side, he felt happy. She wasn't afraid of him or hates him. She actually adores him and respects him. He felt like a king.
Yes, Smaug found Valentina more precious than gold or all the treasures in his chamber. She was more than that.
She was his daughter.
And done! I hope you like it! The next chapter is where Smaug will train Val and also meeting a dragoness.
