OK - so this was just an idea that sprung into my head don't know where it is going but hey ain't that the fun of it

as i think we all know I don't own the rights to any of Tolkien's work, just a fan

please let me know what you think!

It was more beautiful than she had ever imagined she had found a crack a way into the mountain. Her hands were sore and bloodied from the climb. She did not remember how but her body still that of a child's was able to fit through and over the rocks that covered the mountain and now she was staring at it. The treasure of the dwarves. Mountains made of gold went as far as the eyes could see, pillars of gems and precious stones held up the great stone cavern. The sight brought a few tears to her eyes, she had been told stories, but never could she have imagined this. She stepped down from the ledge that she was on walking down stone steps until she was walking on gold. She could not help but break a small smile.

Then she heard it, a shift in one of the mountains of gold. And slowly rose the head of Smaug. His golden eyes looking around as he stretched his neck from his slumber. She resisted the urge to hide, the natural urge to run as fast as she could and never return. But there was nowhere to run to and even if she did all she would be able to see for the rest of her life would be grey compared to this. So she waited it took but a moment and then he spoke slowly breathing out a great sigh through his nostrils blowing a great pile of gold away.

"Foolish human, did you think that it would only take a few years for me to die? Or did you think you could steal from a sleeping dragon." he said his head turning towards her

"No." she said her voice shaking and cold she felt frozen and unable to say more than that

"So then what did you think you would accomplish by coming here, " he said his body now moving out from under the pile of gold, it sparked and shined as it fell if possible making it more beautiful than she thought it could be. "To tell a tale of seeing a dragon, or perhaps you have come to steal my gold for yourself hmm?" he said walking towards her, "Although," he said with a curious tone to his voice, "I did not expect a child to enter my cave." his head weaved around the pillars moving closer to her his body taking up what she could see now of the hall he rose his neck now to look down on the girl. "Why have you come here" after a few moments he could see she was frozen in place it brought him a bit of pleasure as it usually did to frighten humans, but this one was smaller and interested him he had been sleeping for a few years and though he was in constant enjoyment of his gold, from time to time he became in need of some stimulation and it was rare to have visitors. He lowered his head moving it along the gold until his face was even with hers and asked again. "Why have you come here, child. Was it just to die?" there was another pause and as Smaug thought she was not going to speak again he heard a whisper. "Speak louder human" another pause as he could see the tiny thing take a large breath.

"Yes" the girl said louder and in an even voice.

Smaug let out a mighty roaring laugh his head going up to the top of the cavern. The gold and shook at the sound and the some of the pillars cracked he let his body slide across the gold that he loved so much. It had been a very long time since he had laughed he thought as he looked down at the girl. She was small a speck of nothing in this great hall and he had not heard something so amusing in a very long time, so he mused to her his head falling again to her height, "So tell me small one why have you come here to die?"

"You killed my parents when you attacked Dale," the girl said evenly

Smaug turned his head, "and it depressed a little one so much that they wished to die of the same beast?"

"My parents death brought me no pain or joy, I was nothing but a babe when you attacked. My grandfather survived, an old and frail man who had nothing, so iturn, I had nothing, something very common in Lake town where he lived. But one cannot survive on nothing and so he died of starvation feeding me more than himself. I will die soon as well. As nothing." she said looking down at the gold, "Worthless in life and worthless in death starvation, drowning, assault" she took a breath looking Smaug in the eye, straight and resolved something no elf, dwarf, or man had done before, "no no I would rather die surrounded by gold and fire."

Smaug looked at her another she was frail, more so than he had seen any other human, she would not even be much of a snack, he could see her bones and hear her heart beating with all its might no matter how weak it was. Her hair was brown filled with the same dirt and grime that covered the rest of her. Yet there was something striking about her, "So your life was worthless? I would tend to agree with you as all most all human life is." Smaug breathed in bringing his head up, "yet how you wish to die is…. Interesting to say the least." he moved around surveying all the gold around him. His thoughts churning with something, a thought, he was not even sure he could do. "Tell me girl what do you know of dragons?"

The girl was still, she was surprised to still be alive, her plan had been to enter and die, very simple and quick, why was the dragon drawing it out, from everything she knew they were violent and bloodthirsty. with a hollow voice and unsure of what to say she responded in the manner that she could, one of a child "You are powerful and like gold?"

Three was another chuckle as Smaug rounded another column to glance at her, "True, very true we are powerful creatures, created in the pits of Angband, and brought to life by Morgoth. And I am most likely the last of them. Since the defeat of Morgoth's tool, there has been little of him in this world. Yet I wonder..." Smaug who at this point was a ways from the girl still moving between the columns moved his head to look straight at the her. The thought flickered in his head like a flame. "Girl, what if I gave you life with death."

"What do you mean?" she said shifting and entirely confused

"It would entertain me greatly, to see if I can create something out of you, an insignificant human. A weak and pointless creation." he crawled around moving across the gold and gems towards her, his eyes hungry and bright with something she could not place, yet it sent a chill down her spine. She had come here to die it was simple she could feel her body failing her, every day was worse than the last, her stomach ached always and her head never stopped banging, she was so weak, so tired of living, "Do what you will I have come here to die as I have said before."

"Ahhh yes you have, but listen girl for what I am offering you is priceless in its nature. Morgoth created me, but now that I have all that I want I find myself not fully content. I have not conquered all there is to conquer there is still one more thing I wish to do." he look a great inhale of breath and smiled a great toothy smile, "let us create against the will of the valar themself. I will sleep happily knowing that I have defied the undefyable like my creator before me. You will become something greater than you are now, and will not be subjected to the weakness of humanity. What do you say child?" Smaug was now again at her height watching her for a response.

The girl looked into the eye of Smaug it shone in the dark of gold and fire itself she could see nothing else, yet in his pupil, she saw her life. No, it was no life, it was just a slow death. Pain and anger flooded her body she had felt so empty so hollow all the time going nowhere doing only what was necessary to survival. The blood, the dirt, the stench of her life was not even worth remembering and without even realizing she was speaking the words floated into the air, "Please destroy me and make me more than this rotting human corpse."

Smaug stepped slowly back, and as though the girl was in a trance she moved through towards him until eventually, they were in the center of the room. Gathering what magic and power he could remember having he took a giant breath and held it for a time. Then through his giant nostrils, a red smoke began to drift and swarm around the girl.

At first, the smoke was warm around her feet. It then began to encircle her and go into her mouth and nose. The girl breathed in and it was as though she had breathed in the fire itself. Her lungs were ablaze and falling apart within her. As the red smoke seeped into her skin it burned away all her clothes, her hair fell to the floor and her skin began to burn black as coal her veins pumping fire. She could not breath so she could not scream from the pain. As the final wisp of the smoke entered the childes body she looked as though she was a burnt corps flailing without mind or soul. Then Smaug let out a breath of fire melting the gold around her as she failed around she soon became encompassed in it. Smaug piled more gold onto her melting it until it was in the shape of an egg. And there dived Smaug under the gold circling the egg. Now and then warming it aglow with fire and so he did for 10 years.

Until one night there was a storm so violent even the mountain rumbled with its thunder and Smaug moved from the egg. The coins dripped from him like rain as he sat tall looking down at the small egg as he could see it glowing from the center red and melting from the inside out came an arm from the top covered in gold the egg melting around the arm further and further down it melted revealing a girl still young the years not touching her age. As her body continued to burn black steam surrounded her. She shook her head and gold fell from it like droplets yet leaving its hue upon her hair. Golden designs covered her skin and lit with fire as the last gold dripped off her and she stepped towards Smaug.

"Yes come here come closer my child," Smaug said binging his head down to look at her closer. The designs on her body looked some like scales and other intricate swirling designs pulsing with gold and fire. Steam came from her nose and as he narrowed his eyes he saw a pair eerily similar to his staring back at him. With that, he let out a thunderous roar as the cave shook with another round of thunder outside bombing as though it was itself praising his creation. As his laughter grew he heard a screeching coming from the girl he looked down at her the sound of a small dragon bursted from her tiny throat. Pride swelled within him he bent his great head down again to her.

"Welcome my child, your name shall be Sunal, and I have much to teach you." He blew hot steam into her face and and Sunal breathed it in comforted by its warmth she let out another screech reaching her head to his snout and rubbing it against it. Smaug let out a deep chuckle as he spoke "Yes my child there is so much to teach you"

Alright there it is ch 1 done

so id love some feedback!

PS. I know it is a lore leap and yes I know in the books Smaug or any dragon for that matter doesn't have magic, but hey let's live a little and for the sake of this fiction lets say that he did