Tell The Story — Half Time

Rory, aka A Guy Called Bloke, has tagged me to participate in the “Tell the Story” challenge. And he graciously offered up the picture above as fodder for my story. So here goes.

“I know you’re not real,” Richard said.

“Of course I’m real,” the winged, green dragon sitting on a pile of four old books said. “You conjured me up, you know.”

“I did no such thing,” Richard objected.

The dragon cocked its head and let out a sigh, a little bit of smoke escaping from its mouth. “You were reading Lord of the Rings for the third time, I believe, and you thought to yourself that you’d whip my ass if I ever showed up in the real world. So, here I am. Time to put your money where your mouth is, buster.”

“You’re Smaug?” Richard said. “You’re a lot smaller and less fearsome than I thought…