Dragon Queen - HOBBIT FANFICTION

Chapter Eight

Vamorys' P.O.V.

I sat at Bilbo's breakfast table sipping on a hot cup of tea. "Well I see that you are still an early riser." Bilbo said as he sat across from me with his own mug of tea. "I guess that having six children does that to you." I said as I gazed off into space. "S..six...six children?" I barely heard Bilbo ask me. I turned towards him and said, "Yes. I have Dantis, he's almost seventeen now. Then we had Danarya, Alecor, Ensley." My words got caught in my throat when I said her name. I tried to clear my throat and then continued. "After Ensley we had Eliar, and then Nysah." Bilbo had a shocked look displayed across his face. "And why did I not get an invitation to your wedding? I would have loved to attend." Bilbo lied. I looked him in his eyes and said, "Fili and I never got married. We never had the time. Lately I've been feeling as if the two of us will come to an end soon."
I stood from where I was seated and moved to his wash basin, rinsing my mug before turning and exiting the hobbit hole without a single word said between the two of us.

I walked to the nearby forest before looking back to see if anyone could see me. When I was sure that the coast was clear, I clutched my head and beant over, letting out a blood curdling scream. Mahina... Come back to me my dear. "Get out of my head!" I yelled into the empty forest.

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Eliar's P.O.V.

Lost. Alone. Broken. That is what we are Eliar. We need to leave this land if you want to survive. There is no point to continue on living here. Thaebir said to me with his head in my lap. Ever since the death of Ensley and Vykien, we have found nothing to keep us going except for each other. "Where would we go?" I asked my dragon as I stroked his scales. I knew that running away was the last thing that we needed to do, but it seemed to be the only option. My mother and father told all of us about another place that worships us dragons out to the west. We can always go there. Although, we will have to go by ship. I can't make that flight yet.

I looked at one of the serpents of Aredale and tears came to my eyes. "I can't stay here Thaebir. Let's go to the west. I'm sure that we can find a ship. I will just have to stop by the treasury first."

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The treasury of Aredale was not hard to find and easy to get into. It was full of golden coins and gems of all colors. The only problem was the serpents. The beasts could smell my fear of them. They knew what I wanted and guarded the treasure with everything that they had in them. "I can't do this Thaebir. Are you sure that you can't make the flight? Are there no islands between here and there?" I don't know Eliar. I've never met anyone that has made the trip. They don't tend to come back. Why don't you look at a map and see if there are any islands that we can stop at. "Good idea." I said as I turned away from the treasury and patted his neck. "I like how you think. These nasty serpents shouldn't be guarding a map." Thaebir let out a chuckle as we headed to the room of records to find the map that would lead us to our destiny.

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Is it up there? Thaebir asked as I tried to balance on his nose to reach the top shelves of the records. "I think I just found it." I said pulling a book from the shelf. "Hmm. I thought that it would have been dustier. It looks like someone has used this recently." I said as I slid down his neck and laid on his back, flipping through the pages.

"What are you doing Eliar? And what have I told you about bringing your dragon into the castle? Aredale is not as big as Easthaven is. Please bring him outside." Aunt Salaera said with her hands on her hips, looking us over. I quickly folded the corner of the page that held the map and closed the book. "I was just looking at the maps. I wanted to see how the land has changed over the years. I'll bring him outside right away." We tried to sneak past with the book, but my aunt was too smart for that. She grabbed the book from my hands and opened it up to the map.

She took a moment to look it over before looking at the two of us and asking, "What are you wanting with this map? What are you planning? Do you know what this land will bring to you? Hastolar is no land for a small boy and his dragon." I knew that she was right, but I just couldn't stay here any longer, and I think that she knew that. "Listen Eliar. I get why you don't want to stay here, and you don't have to. You can go back to Easthaven. Or you can go south and visit your Aunt Aeremys. You also have other siblings all over Middle Earth right now. Hastolar is not the only answer to what you are feeling right now."

I sat correctly on Thaebir's back and nudged him forward. "Where are you going Eliar? Come back here right now." My aunt called to us as we exited her kingdom. Where are we headed Eliar? Thaebir asked. "Hastolar. I can't stay here any longer. Middle Earth has no place for me." I said to my dragon, trying to fight the tears from my eyes. But we don't have the map. "There are at least three islands between here and there. I guess just follow the birds until we find them." I said, trying to talk loud enough to be heard over the roaring wind. You do know that you can talk through our link. You don't have to talk out loud if you don't want to.

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Gruvas' P.O.V.

He's such a fool. Letting go of a perfect dragon because he is too childish for the responsibility. This will be easier than I thought. I thought to myself as I watched the malnourished and half dead dragon walk away from the mine. I carefully made my way down to the water in front of the doors, making sure that I wasn't caught. I dipped my hands into the ice cold water and started to recite my spell of creation.

Izg release lat
Izg release lat izub dag
Nagraufrom from the balt agh bones agh grish
Become the timor ob the burz
Dhul zi the mug ob the fourth dautus
azat uluk amirz wake lat from latob slunber
Naan...
Leave the dag u izish