Princess Under The Mountain.

The Fall Of Erebor.

Hi. This is my first Tolkien Fanfiction and it's based upon The Hobbit. Most happenings will be out of the movie but I've edited it in a way that I have the space to improvise. There are none to a few of the actual quotes in the movies/book, other than that this is all my creation. Credits to the main storyline go to the amazing J.R.R Tolkien for creating such an amazing world and amazing characters. Further I have thought about Elira all by myself so credits to me for that. Yay. This chapter is mainly a flashback about how Smaug took over Erebor, and to introduce Thorin as a father and husband. The upcoming chapter will be with Elira being all grown up.

Enjoy!

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Thorin's POV.

I could feel the heat of Smaug's fire near my face as I hid Balin and myself behind a pillar, my thoughts drifting off to my family. Would Grandfather and Father be safe? My siblings?

I gasp out, eyes widening in terror.

"Balin, have you seen Nora and Elira?"

The older Dwarf shook his head, and I immediately left him to get back into the mountain; going the exact opposite way of the others.

"Noraline!"

I call out my wife's name as loud as I can, pushing past the hoards of people. Panic was starting to rise, breathing quickening and the thoughts of never seeing my beautiful wife and daughter again spreading through my head.

Noraline and I were forced into marriage, yet there were no disagreements. She was from a Kingdom of Men, making her tall and beardless but I loved her anyway. Her exotic looks made her so special. Brown hair, hazel eyes and lightly tanned skin. The most beautiful women of Erebor were not even half as beautiful as Noraline.

A few months ago, Nora gave birth to our first child. A girl named Elira. She would never rule Erebor, but she would be a worthy princess. Doctors expect her to have the body posture of a Dwarf, but the facial features of a Human. Beard or no beard, she would be beautiful nonetheless.

I soon reach the throne, not seeing Grandfather anywhere. Smaug had been here already due all the devastation, and in the corner I could see a female.

She was laying on the ground, something wrapped in blankets laying right next to her. It was a child; I could hear it crying. Realization hit me, making me choke out a soft: "No.."

I run over to Noraline, kneeling down beside her. Smaug's claw had pierced it's way through Nora's abdomen; her eyes gazing up. She was gone, could not be saved in any kind of way.

I gulp away my tears. There was no time for grief. I carefully closed her eyes, the golden necklace around her neck kept me from running away.
I could give it to Elira when she's old enough, to remind her of her beautiful mother. I take one last look at my wife before I cradled my daughter into my arms and started to run out of the mountain before it was too late. I had to make it out alive, for Elira's sake. She deserved to grow up, to see the world. I was unable to draw my sword and fight the beast in case he put his attention on me, yet luck was on my side and I made it out alive. Father noticed me first, relieve taking over his features as he saw his son and granddaughter making their way towards them without a single scratch. His smile fell as he saw my defeated expression, knowing Noraline hadn't made it. I dropped my gaze; Elira's perfectly blue eyes gazing up in mine.
"Nothing is going to happen to you, my child. You are safe with me."

I raised my daughter the way I wanted to, but with protests of both Father and Grandfather. They said she was still a princess, had to be protected against any kind of danger. Unable to explore the world, unable to protect her loved ones.
But now I looked at my little girl, training with my sister's son Fíli with branches they had found. The two small children laughed and enjoyed it.
We had been travelling all around Middle-Earth with the Dwarfs of Erebor. We worked in the villages we passed, earning some money here and there we could trade for proper food and clothes in the other. It was tough to live this way, which is why it had to end soon.

I would take back Erebor.