Disclamer : all relevant disclamers can be found on the first chapter. Still not making a prophit of any kind..

Author's note: I deeply appologise for taking so long to update this. The muse was close to filling for divorce … However Maleficent is getting to the end of her very short pacience so maybe we should wrap this up before she torches everyth ing down . Ah, and no dwarves were harmed ...

A Happy Ending For a Dragon

They were just outside the dinner when a tall handsome man approached them "excuse me, could you please direct me to... Zelena! How are you?" the man politely extended his hand and the wicked witch smiled "Ladies meet Smaug!" as a dwarf on the other side of the street ran yelling in fear at the mention of the name … the handsome dragon was mildly annoyed "Frankly, it truly is just a social visit." Unperturbed he carried on "It is a pleasure to meet you ladies" He said with a short nod.

Ruby whispered to Emma "we may have hit the jackpot.. if the scales match the dra.." Emma just elbowed her to shut her up and smiled "Welcome to Storybrooke Smaug".

15 minutes hadn't passed, while they were showing the town to Smaug when Snow came rushing in stopping with a sreeching halt beside her daughther "I got a dwarf alert! Where's the big bad?" They all looked at her quizzically and she defended"What? I'm an honorary dwarf! You know that Ruby!" Ruby just snorted "yeah Snow kinda easy to forget..."

The handsome man turned to Snow and interjected "Well, Iwould assume that if it has anything to do with dwarves, that it concerns me. They... dislike me" Snow looked all flustered "Oh, how could there be anything to dislike..." this time Emma elbowed her own mother "I mean.. I don't see what could possibly be wrong" the man courteusly smiled "I am Smaug" Snow white turned literaly white "You're Smaug! The Smaug?!" He looked sheepishly amused "I am afraid so. But I assure you I mean nobody no harm". Zelena got on his side "Yes dear, he is just visiting little old me"

Maleficent's day had not started in the most pleasant of ways, she had an argument at breaskfast with her daughther while trying to pry about her feelings about the warrior woman...

It didn't go well. Dragons... teenagers (a concepted explained to her by Henry) worst of all teenager dragons!

She was comming from the Society where she managed to have some quiet time alone and refill her coffee before having to deal with humanity - specifically any and all patrons of Grannies and well... all of Storybrook itself!Little did she know what the fates had in store for her that day.

She was strolling down the street when suddenly " so its over now?!" She turned to see Aurora. Heavens she barely spoke to her ever since coming to Storybrook.

Maleficent sighed "what darling? Do elaborate.." the girl simply stood there looking at her as if she was supposed to magically understand her (no pun intended).

Aurora huffed "I mean, are you really over it? Us?" At the appaled look on Mal's face she corrected "erm … are you over me?" The dragon considered for a moment that maybe the sleeping curse may have done some permanent damage. However, before she could interject "I mean, you use to be obsessed" -a deep warning look from the dragon- "I mean, interested in me.. And now you don't even care? I mean, you are looking for suitors, and I don't even cross your mind?! Was I just a curse-crush?!" Thankfully, the tirade gave Maleficent time to compose herself "I beg your pardon darling, I am not looking for anyone. Why everyone in this bloody town seem to think otherwise is beyond me. And as for you... aren't you currently married to some enchanted prince or whatever?" Aurora flushed bright red " Oh.. Yes but that's beside the point!"

Aparently if she had simply ignored the girl back in the day... what a waste of a perfectly good curse! Still Mal couldn't help but pry "I don't recall you being all this interested.." she couldn't help that her tone droped a seductive octave. "I'm... I'm not... I'm happily married,I'll have you know." She was babaling "But, anyway, it would have been nice to have been considered.. we have history.. and that damn movie they have in this world makes one wonder.."

Mal could feel the warning signs of a returning headache.. she suddenly reminded herself why she had put the girl to sleep in the first place, yet uncharacteristically she took pity on the girl "Look darling, I hope your ever after is working for you. My only interest is to live in peace and connect with my daughter"

Aurora looked sorrowful for a moment "I never knew this side of you back in the old world", "back in the old world you wouldn't have cared. Besides I'm not sure I would have it in me myself..." well that was revealing enough, she just turned and kept walking making a mental note to ask Regina what she meant by «that movie», she really didn't pay much interest to televison.

She was almost at the dinner when she ran into the small group giving their visitor a tour. Mal froze. She could not belive it was HIM! "What in the devil's name are you doing here?!"

He turned to look at her "Hello Maleficent I was just visiting and I.. Well... the fact is I was wondering about our.. the egg" Emma went into sheriff mode sensing the undeniable escalation

" Do you guys know each other?" But neither dragon spoke to her both to intent on their standoff.

Emma looked to Zelena who mothed "I didn't know!"

It was Ruby who had the presence of mind to dial Regina, telling her to hurry, making the witch suddenly materialize in a puf of dark purple smoke. She could sense the magic emanating from both dragons and agression, emanating from Mal.

Smaug tried to be civil "Well I always wondered if you ever hatched it.. and when I heard you did well I was too curious" Mal's nostrils flared in anger "dont you dare getting near MY daughther".

Smaug was going to conteract with "Our.." but suddenly Lily's voice broke "what?!" And everyone turned to her and Henry who had both just arrived at the scene, but had clearly been there long enough for the young dragon to realize she was before her father. She was about to rush in anger but was held back by Mulan.

This action spurred Smaug into a rage, "Get away from my daughther or pay with your life" he said as he turned into his full blown dragon form, which even scared Lily, but Mulan held her ground steadly protecting Lily. Suddenly there as an interrumption "I am afraid you will do no such thing" as seemingly out of nowhere an older chinese gentleman materialized in front of Mulan, eerily calm and collected, saying "you shalt not do any harm to my family"

To everyone's suprise Smaug immediatly turned back to human form "Fa Mushu." He even bowed his head "it was been too long" to which the older man aquiesced silently. "I do appologise for loosing my temper" Smaug added.

Mulan couldn't not believe her eyes she had never thought.. well he was her ancestor.. but she had never imagined him in human form.

Suddenly Maleficent disapeared in a cloud of smoke and Lily ran off. Regina turned to Emma with a no nonsense look "you deal with things here. And we will talk at home" Emma visibly gulped as well as her associates in crime. Regina looked then to Henry and without any words the Mills chased after their respective friends to do damage control.