CharlieBabe medieval fantasy au
Babe's one of Tony's knights, sent to slay a dragon. The dragon is Charlie. When Babe gets to the dragon's lair, fully expecting to die a glorious death, he gets a lapful of a dragon that's more like a puppy, licking him and cuddling him. He gets 'kidnapped' knightnapped by the fierce dragon and is never seen again.
Babe, waving his sword: I'm the best knight in the kingdom, sent to kill you
Charlie: Mate? Pretty mate for me?
Charlie always flew undercover using his ✨special dragon magic✨to see Babe's knight training, and now he has Babe in his house lair. He's gonna make sure that man never wants to leave by spoiling him off his feet with affects and pretty trinkets.
And tell Babe how instead of using his knights to protect that kingdom, Tony uses them to kill innocent people who protest his rule. And that dragons in fact do not hurt ppl or livestock, they usually have agreements with villagers living near their lair: protection with dragon magic and dragon fire for sheep and cattle every month.
But Tony doesn't like that because
it makes his position and as a kind unstable because the ppl don't need the king's protection or the king's guards and knights for safety
those sheep and cattle are his tax!! How dare!!
Anyway Babe who has taken those noble knightly ideals that Tony used as an eyewash to his very heart, is gonna kill the king. Somehow.
(with a sword strengthened by dragon magic, with dragon fire and the power of love on his side ✨✨)
It'll be his courting gift the dragon!Charlie - a human heart, the king's - which Babe had learnt is very popular with dragon. Though Charlie tells him that no anyone civilised dragon uses human hearts now.
Charlie: Usually dragons find some precious stone - not steal them mind you, a stolen trinket makes bad gift - and curve it into a heart. Rubies are popular choices (✿◠‿◠)
Babe's too poor for a ruby heart in this au. knights don't have the best pay under Tony, it's more for honour and such than anything. Pick up poor, young commoners boys, orphans etc off the streets and talk their ears off about wretched, terrible dragons are actually the ones responsible for famines and their parents' death and not Tony's bad tax policies and corrupt officials and such😔