Smaug hissed as the news of his One reached him.

She had chosen another one, treacors as the Night and as cunning as a fox. Unable to contain his anger, he released a torrent of fire, sourcing the mountain.

How could she!? I'm here. One imn her mate! And she chose that treacors toad!

Smaug growled, his throat vibrating and his wings twice. He wanted so badly to kill something in his rage. Burn something. Something that would give him the satisfaction of quenching his anger. But nothing where here that he could kill without getting into severe problems, so he let out a roar instead of letting the Mountain know about his anger. Soon after, the sound of talons alarmed him, but his rage didnt calm down.

Into his den came a dragoness he had never seen before. she was beautiful, yes, but not as attractive as his One. he hissed at her, not wanting to be disturbed now. "you are angry? I get it," she sneered, rolling her eyes. "watch it," Smaug growled angerly. The female, however, didn't back down "you know I'm not angry, but I confer. I don't get why my friend chose someone who killed her in the past. But who am I to question her choice? And you're not one to question it, even if you're her one true mate. And if you are angry, leave this mountain so you will not endanger any of us."

The dragon turned with a flick of her massive tail, and Smaug blew smoke out of his nares. "what is your name?" he snapped, at least wanting to know this brave dragoness before he left. The dragon stopped and turned back to look at him, the ghost of a smile coming over her "they call me Isla," and she slithered off, leaving Smaug alone in the darkness of his cave.

A friend of Dazyn. This can be interesting, he thought and smirked. An evil plan to get back on his One stirred in his mind, and he left the den, going into the sunlight that calmed him down somewhat. But he soon took to the air, searching for the two beings that may give him some advice.

He soon found their scents deep within the forest's heart and growled. What madness could drive them in here? Are they not one of us? he thought, confusion flowing in his heart. Still, he let his questions go unanswered for now. He landed, shaking the forest with his arrival. "I call upon the beast of this forest to answer my call and come forth to my bidding!" he called out, knowing that this wer the price the Wood Elves were using when they needed help from the wooden animals. Well, how he knew was another story.

Soon after came the two beasts he was looking for, both narrowing their eyes at the redish dragon. "who are you, and what are you doing in our forest?" growled the biggest out of them, red eyes gleaming. Smaug smiled and dipped his head. "I am Smaug King under The mountain, and I come to you to ask for a favor. Can I trust you will do it?"

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Blue and Ripper looked at each other before looking at the large dragon.

"And what is it you want?" Blue asked in a slightly friendlier tone than his friend had done earlier. Smaug gave them a sly smile. "I want you to tell me how to get to where my One is. I want to talk to her" the two dinosaurs shared a look, and Ripper snarled, "we can't tell you, dragon. We don't know once where she is, and if we did, we wouldn't have told you. We don't even know why you've come."

Smaug felt his anger flare again but took a deep breath and calmed down. "I want to talk to my one mate. Is that too much to ask?" Blue sighed. "I guess not, but you see, we don't have the power to tell you this. But listen to the queen and king for this information," and they disappeared under the trees that darkened with Smaug's anger.

Cowards! spit his mind they know where she is. They are just afraid of getting in trouble! Haha! We are part of the sky dragons now. They won't get into any trouble. Smaug agreed with the voice in his mind but, at the same time, did not. he didn't want to pressure some little dinosaur into telling anything he could get from dragons of his kind.

As soon as he turned and took off out of the forest and back to the mountain, I guess this would be done the hard way.

Smaug sighed and landed at the mountain's entrance before entering with his head held high. A guard stopped at the throne room "says your business here, and I will let you pass" Smaug inhaled air between his nostrils but gave the guard an empty smile. "I wish to speak to the king and queen. Let me pass, sir, or it will be bloody."

The guard growled but let Smaug pass. "what are you doing here, Smaug?" came the voice of King Ryu. Smaug looked up at the dragon and dipped his head in one bow. "your majesty, I want to talk about Dazyn. she has chosen Darkstalker as her mate. I wondered if I could be reprimanded and bring a group of guards or well-trained battle dragons."

King Ryu gave Smaug a questioning look, and his mate did the same "and why would you need battle dragons with you, lord Smaug?" Queen Celosia asked.

Smaug sighed. "I will only do what I believe is right, and that is to get my mate back. Even if it has to be done with violence." the king and queen were not happy with this dragon's answer, and king Ryu spoke his thoughts, "Smaug, I can't put any dragons in danger just because you want to win your mate back by blood fight. If you want to win her back, why don't you go alone and rather fight alone against Darkstalker? I'm sorry, but I won't risk my Tribe's life just for such a goal"

Smaug nodded, but inside himself, he was a smoking mountain. Of course, they would say no, spit his anger, that's normal, but bring unseen volunteers. We will get Dazyn back, even if it means going against the king's word.

After a stiff bow, Smaug turned and walked out of the throne room, but he didn't go back out. No, he went to the training halls where some of the best dragons trained. When he came down into the cold but cozy halls, he saw some dragons in training already. Most were males, but there were one or two females.

A strong dragon was their trainer. "ok, good job but remember to take advantage of the enemy's little time of distraction when you have slapped him," said the dragon and nodded to his students so they could continue.

Smaug walked up to this dragon and touched his shoulder, but his claw "Lord Eagon?" the yellow dragon turned and looked coldly at Smaug. "yeah? Is there a reason you disrupted the training?"

Smaug growled deep in his throat but let the trainer's insolence be. "well, yes, I want a group with well-trained soldiers. We are going to pyrrhia and get my mate back, and I guess darkstalker won't surrender her willingly, so I have to prepare for battle."

Eagon snorted "has the queen and king approved of this?" Smaug sighed "no, but this is a battle of honor and love. I mean, who wouldn't be happy to fight alongside me?" Eagon stared at Smaug for a long time. "no one wants to fight with you, and the few souls who do aren't quite right. You may be Dayan's one, but that doesn't mean you have the right to command a squadron of dragons to come with you just because she chose someone else."

Smaug growled loudly this time and lashed his tail "dragons are stupid if they don't want to fight me. I'm the king under the mountain! I'm-!" Smaug couldn't finish the sentence before he felt a sharp pain on his cheek. "shut up and get away from Smaug the Golden. Dazyn would not be happy about this." Eagon said, turning to his soldiers, who had stopped fighting.

"keep up the training," Eagon said, and the soldiers listened. Smaug let out a hiss of anger but went his way.

Nobody is smart enough because this looks like I have to do it alone, he thought. I thought they liked dazyn and wanted her back. But it seems like I was wrong. When I get her back, we're not going back. No, we will find another custom, a kingdom that will accept us as we are and see us as the rightful dragons! We want to sit on thrones and have a friendly and cozy time. Yes... that's what we want.

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