Chapter 10: Smaug

The secret doors to the Lonely Mountains opened and the dwarves shoved Bilbo inside. He began to crawl around looking for the dragon and the gold, searching every nook and cranny. Finally, he saw the dragon and placed the ring on his finger. He snuck into the room and took a golden plate, but the dragon heard him and opened his eyes.

Bilbo could have sworn he heard a gasp; the soul of Sauron recognized the dragon's breed. Smaug was a Hungarian Horntail, one of the deadliest dragons ever to exist. Bilbo, though, did not know this and ignored his cautions.

"Who is there?" Smaug growled.

Since when do dragons speak?? Sauron thought, amazed. (AN: Remember, Sauron/Hermione was not around when the Dragons gained the ability to talk.)

Bilbo answered the dragon. "I am the great master, none can see me." Bilbo lied. Sauron rolled her eyes; no one was stupid enough to fall for that!

"So I see…"

Sauron's mouth dropped. Apparently, Dragons were all muscle, no brain. She wondered if they were like Ron used to be before he was Rabastan the Brown.

"I am Smaug, the Great and Powerful."

"I have heard of you, oh mighty Smaug. Such amazing rumors; I wished to see you personally my self," Bilbo said. Sauron was sure that he wouldn't be able to talk his way out of this so easily.

"You flatter me, Great Master. But I doubt that that is your name."

"Such lovely armor," Bilbo said quickly, trying to evade the subject. "I've never seen such beautiful scales in ages."

"Take a closer look; there be no imperfection."

"I'll gladly do so…" Bilbo said boldly. He inspected the armor and chuckled. "Oh, Smaug the Great, I see but one unguarded tissue on the belly; one scale missing."

"It matters not."

"Well, I must take my leave."

"Your name, Great Master," Smaug demanded.

"I am called many things; Hobbit, Halfling, Spider Slayer, Barrel Rider, Riddler, and the most common of all these is Burglar."

Fool, Sauron thought, How could you reveal this to a dragon? A dragon!

Smaug gave him a questioning look and Bilbo took the ring off, showing him the plate. Smaug's yellow eyes narrowed and he let out a deafening roar. Bilbo ran for his life out of the mountain and back to the dwarves, where he told them of his find and told a mockingbird of what he learned and to tell the villager's captain.

Smaug broke free of the mountain and attacked the dwarves and Lake Town, while doing so, the mockingbird found the captain and helped him locate the missing scale. Moments later, Smaug had fallen into the lake, thrashing and screaming until he was dead…

This was sixty years ago.


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