-News from Isengard, Mordor seems to be on the move, dark spies roam the area, and the orcs of the misty mountains seem to be gathering. - Gandalf sat down at the royal family's dinner table again and drank some wine wearily, having raced against time to get there.
"Is that so?" Smaug said thoughtfully. "This arrived much sooner than expected."
-Who can control so many orcs? - Hera asked confused.
"Sauron," he said calmly. "He lives, at least he's in a state of half-life."
Gandalf seemed to pale a little. "Where?"
-Dol Guldur. - He spoke lightly.
Gandalf's eyes widened and he clutched his head. "No wonder that forest is like this, no wonder, we've searched for so long and found nothing..."
"It doesn't matter, Sauron seems to consider me an important enough enemy to start preparing to attack, he probably saw me as a possible ally or at least a buffer in this area, reducing his escape routes." Smaug shrugged.
"So, what do you intend to do?" Gandalf asked after calming down, hoping Smaug would have an answer.
"What to do? Of course, go to war!" Smaug snorted. "Do you think I spent all this time building an army just to watch you wallow here?"
Gandalf's eyes were relieved and he breathed a sigh of relief, on the other side of the table, Helen who was holding Isis looked excited, but the one who was most excited was Berkas!
"Haha! I'll finally earn my grand title! I'll be the immortal and invincible Berkas!" Berkas jumped excitedly.
"Shut up! You're staying on the mountain!" Tauriel shouted, glaring at Smaug, daring him to disagree.
Smaug turned his face away and said nothing, Berkas is still young after all.
-What?! No! I'm going to war! - Berkas shook his head sharply.
Tauriel narrowed her eyes, waved her hand, and soon a group of giant elves "escorted" the furious Berkas out.
Gandalf coughed a little embarrassed. "Well, I'll talk to the Elronds and Lady Galadriel, they should be able to help."
-Thank you. - Aluna smiled at the old man and thanked him.
"I'll send a letter to King Folcwine," Hera said. "As for Gondor..."
"Gandalf, among the Dunedain, one of them carries the ring of Barahir." Smaug spoke with a slight suggestion in his eyes.
Gandalf paused for a moment, thoughtful, he looked a little complicated, but nodded. "All right, I know." Then he hurried off.
-Alduin. - Smaug turned to his eldest son.
Alduin looked at his father curiously. "Yes, my father."
"You will command the army in this war," Smaug said calmly.
Everyone was surprised, Alduin frowned in concern. "Father... I don't know if I'm the best choice for this."
"It doesn't matter, I never thought I'd rely solely on that. Besides, Helena will be in command of the archers, Hera of the Moon Elf Cavalry, Aluna will command the Dwarf Infantry, and Tauriel the Giant Elf Wolf Troop. Hela and Legolas will be on standby on the mountain in command of the Imps and Gargoyles." Smaug spoke calmly. "You will coordinate all of this; don't disappoint me."
Smaug, despite never showing it much, still greatly appreciates his eldest son. Alduin opened his mouth, but seeing his father's firm eyes, he nodded heavily. "I will!"
"Good!" Smaug smiled. "Now, I'm going to Moria. If anything goes wrong, let me know, and I'll be back soon."
Smaug who spent years being lazy became serious, he could kill Sauron by going to the lava of Mount Doom and throwing the ring, but he still wants to absorb the other rings and the one ring itself should give a very good reward!
So he will fight, even though he thinks he is stronger than Sauron at full strength now, he will not play games of chance, he only plays games of luck!
-Do you want me to go with you? - Aluna asked.
"No, this time it's not an ordinary trip," Smaug said, now he has the treasure radar, speaking of which, the dwarves are still digging for the third Arkenstone, he decided to go there before leaving.
Upon reaching the long hole in the wall, he soon took up the work again and the dwarves were overjoyed. Meanwhile, the news of the war was heard throughout the mountain. The group that had trained for a century finally had somewhere to vent. The mountain began to work hard, non-perishable foods began to be produced and weapons forged and sharpened. Even the Imps began a period of mandatory training, due to their stature, most of them were archers.
It was two days later that Smaug got the third stone.
[Transmutation]
[Can change the shape of something permanently, this ability can also sense the composition and structure of all matter with a touch.]
Smaug's eyes gleamed with excitement, he placed his hand on the rough wall and made it smooth as if it had been carved, then he picked up a stone and changed its shape several times.
-"This skill is quite interesting..." - He thought with satisfaction.
Change the shape of everything... he took the one ring and tried to use it on him, nothing, the magic on him being too strong.
He tried to change his dragon form and it was a success, he didn't change much, he just made it more beautiful and intimidating, then he left and flew away, ready to say goodbye to his wives and go to Moria, but as he passed a window, he saw the figure of the tree not far away and his eyes glowed.
It will be?!
He changed his path and flew to Yggdrasil, Aluna was there, she smiled at him, got up and gave him a soft kiss, Smaug responded, before looking at Yggdrasil which was already a hundred meters away.
-She now occupies a good part of the upper garden, some imps had to move. - Aluna said with a smile.
Smaug did not answer, he put his hand on the tree and began to feel its structure, then he put his hand on Aluna, not only that, under the surprised eyes of the others, he began to check the structure of all living things, even other trees and grass, in the end he checked the white thrushes and seemed to understand something.
He returned to Yggdrasil, Aluna who followed him in silence watching him curiously, whenever he was like that he did something shocking and interesting.
Yggdrasil spoke to him, Aluna beside him translated that she was happy to see him.
Smaug smiled and asked, "Yggdrasil, what form would you like to take if you could leave here?"
The tree was silent for a long time, until it spoke something.
Aluna looked surprised before speaking. "She would like to be a woman, preferably one who looks like me."
Smaug was a little surprised, but nodded.
He placed his hand on the tree and began to work, the structure of the thrushes that were half vegetable helped him a lot, but he still had to check other regions, he created all kinds of organs, changed the structure of the cells and continued to work on a model based on Yggdrasil, he stayed there for hours browsing, until he seemed satisfied and began to rebuild.
Her family had already arrived, Aluna asked an Imp to call them, she felt that what they would see would be important, at the very least grand.
So the tree began to shrink, Smaug worked hard to create a reinforcing overlay without breaking anything, he also transformed the least important part of it into essence while nourishing the rest of the body.
The tree groaned, feeling pain, but it didn't complain, from the previous question, it could feel something.
So, it took almost two hours, but in the end, a girl in a light dress covered her, Smaug asked Aluna for a dress while he was finishing, he didn't want the tree to find out about modesty in front of much of the kingdom.
The end result was a figure very similar to Aluna, but she had silver hair and green eyes, her skin looked pale like that of the moon elves, the shocked girl looked at her new body, it was hours of pain, but feeling everything around her, the world seemed so different...
Using her eyes to see now felt... strange, she could barely stand up straight.
Smaug held her carefully and smiled. "Well, now you're a woman, how do you feel?"
Yggdrasil tried to speak, but realized she didn't know how. She tried to imitate them and opened her mouth, but only strange sounds came out, making him laugh slightly. "Okay, sorry, we'll have to work a little for you to adapt."
The woman looked at him, then smiled very happily, she raised her arms and with curiosity and difficulty, traced his face, then smiled even more and pulled his face to hers, their lips stuck together as she kissed him awkwardly.
Smaug was shocked, but like a greedy dragon, the shock was short-lived, soon he didn't care at all and kissed her back, the group around began to leave quickly, the show would soon become unfit to be seen.
Smaug's family had mixed reactions.
Aluna smiled, as if she had expected this, Hera, Hela and Tauriel were shocked, Helena took it for granted, Legolas and Alduin's lips trembled and the pair looked at each other, exasperated, Berkas lost interest and ran to do something with his group, probably trying to escape again.
When he finally released her, Yggdrasil looked happy, she pointed at her lower half and his and looked at him expectantly.
Smaug was very shocked now.
-She saw a lot... especially you and Helena. - Aluna saw slightly. - She told me she'd been interested in this for a long time, she was very sad that she couldn't do it with you, it seems she got what she wanted now.
Smaug looked at Aluna in shock and then at the smiling woman in his arms, falling into deep thought.
Hera and Tauriel looked at each other in exasperation.
-Of course the tree had to fall in love with him. - Tauriel sighed.
"Well... he raised her and fed her, so it makes a bit of sense," Hera commented, then scoffed. "It worked with Helen."
-Hey, dear, what do you think your son will look like? - Helena ignored Hera and asked interestedly, looking at a woman who could pass as Aluna's sister.
"Who knows, maybe a tree dragon?" Smaug looked confused for a while.
Yggdrasil, despite not being able to speak, could hear, her eyes shone and she pulled him tighter, pointing to his parts again.
Smaug's lips trembled and he felt a little strange now, it wasn't that she wasn't beautiful, but this felt very wrong.
"Let's wait until you can speak and move," Smaug told her.
Yggdrasil looked very sad and soon began to cry, only to be shocked to lose water from her eyes and try to catch the tears back with her tongue, afraid of dehydration.
In the end, Alúna was responsible for taking care of Yggdrasil.
The huge tree left a big hole in the ground, but the Imps would take care of that.
There were still some Yggdrasil seeds in the stock, a new Tree was planted and in the future it would grow like the first, but Smaug would let it grow alone, Yggdrasil was enough to drink essence from the moon.
He stayed a few more days to keep the tree company as it learned to be human, and then he flew to Moria.
The same path was redone, but this time he had the treasure sensor, Smaug began to devour and collect Mithril everywhere, not only mining, but also finding weapons and armor made with the material, his scales that had not seen improvement for a long time were becoming stronger and brighter, covering such a large dragon with so much Mithril was not easy, but he would try.
Smaug then encountered another Balrog, this time he did not absorb its corruption immediately, instead using his essence, transfiguration, and magic to remove the Balrog's memory and transform it into the way he wanted.
It took him more than two months to use tremendous magic, but in the end, when he cleansed the creature, what appeared before him was a large black dog with flames coming out of its body.
Hellhound.
Smaug named him, he used a large amount of fire essence and replaced the original corruption with his own, in the end this huge dog became his loyal servant, he named him Fenrir.
Aluna might be a little unhappy with him, but with war coming, he didn't want to lose such a good fighting force ready.
Speaking of war...