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Flying on a dragon, Daenerys mused, was freeing, the wind in her hair refreshing after everything she has been through 

Drogon was her preferred dragon to ride with but she had used her other two when needed, she had figured it was better to stick to one as her known dragon and give her enemy a surprise when it became known all three dragons were rideable by her

As their mother, it felt right that she give them this level of protection from being made slaves to the whims of man, who would rather see her children in chains than free in the sky where they belong

Daenerys wished she didnt need to hide her bond with her children but she would for as long as she was required 

Her dreams had been more vivid lately, something was calling her, something needed her attention and by the gods it wouldnt be ignored.

Rhaenyra sat within the halls of dragonstone, she had removed herself from court after the birth of her third babe, she had tried for a few days after before she had made her choice to leave

She knew that in some way this made her being heir more difficult, if it came to war, who would side with the heir, rightful as she was, if she was known to run from her duties when it became to hard for her 

It was akin to throwing in the towel, it was quitting and the blood of the dragon didn't quit 

But what could Rhaenyra do, every action she had tried to take to pull her family back from the fractures in it was met with resistance by her ex friend and now stepmother Alicent 

She had offered a betrothal and been turned down, Rhaenyra knew that her father would have approved of the match, of that she was sure

As Rhaenyra thinks about her course of action, or lack thereof, a dragon trainer bursts into the room, panting from his run through the halls

“ three dragons are approaching, only one had a rider, none are known to us” He pants out, he would rather be breathless as he speaks, a potential threat was incoming and he wasnt going to risk the royal family as he took a breath

Rhaenyra stands abruptly, her son jacaerys joining her, as well as her uncle daemon, his hands already resting on the hilt of dark sister

“ we shall deal with it, thank you” Rhaenyra says to the dragon trainer, offering him a seat and a cup of water before she leaves and heads to the dragoon pit with her eldest and uncle

Daemon had been itching for a fight, he disliked how quickly his dear neice had given up her fight against the Hightower cunts, he was sure that it was part of their ploy to have the targtower, Aegon as heir to the throne, he could see it clear as day, he couldnt understand how his brother couldnt see what was right in front of his eyes

So, this unknown dragon rider with three dragons was the best news for him at the moment, he was looking forward to the potential fight

Daenerys had been surprised when she answered the call she had been hearing, the gods swished to send her back in time to help the Targaryen's of the time, she had been given all the knowledge she needed to survive and help them 

She knew she was heading to dragonstone in the time of Rhaenyra, she has been told that her house could stay strong as long as Rhaenyra took the throne when the time came 

With this thought in mind, she urges Drogon to land once the land comes into view, as well as her other children, they land further away for safety, she would be seen as a threat for a moment but the gods had given her a way around that 

Jacaerys stands to the side of his mother, slightly hidden behind Daemon who is standing protectively in front of them both, with him having the most training out of the two 

Daenerys slides of dragons back gracefully, giving him a soothing touch at the sight of the three humans that had been waiting for them 

“ who are you?” Jacaerys asked, bold or foolish depending on who you asked, it was rather clear that the unknown woman was of Targaryen descent, she had the hair, eyes, beauty and a dragon who was bonded to her 

Daenerys smiled slightly at the question, eyes crinkling

” Daenerys stormborn” She says, holding back from saying the rest of it for now, it was hardly needed at the moment anyway

” you are princess Rhaenyra, heir to the throne, yes?” Daenerys stated, turning her attention towards Rhaenyra, her purple eyes lighting up with an intensity she saved for slavers 

Rhaenyra startled at being addressed so suddenly, she had expected the woman to ask if Daemon or even jacaerys was heir, as most would assume 

“ yes, i am” Rhaenyra states back, raising her head proudly 

“ then should you not be at kings landing, bonding with your half siblings?” Daenerys snaps out suddenly, tone heated 

“ yet here you stand” She adds, Daenerys was disappointed at her own ancestor, where was the blood of the dragon? She stood proudly at being called heir to the throne and yet was doing nothing to ensure it stayed that way Or that she would sit the throne as the queen 

Daemon scoffs at the very idea that his niece should bond with her half siblings, they were halfbreed Targaryens that were a disgrace to the very name targaryen.

“ something amusing to you, Daemon?” Daenerys snaps, her eyes moving to rest on him  next 

” do you not think that their minds are being filled with poison towards her? What has she done to prove that thought wrong?” Daenerys brings up, giving another soothing pat to Drogon who had became agitated 

“ Who are you?” Daemon asked, pulling dark sister, there was more to this woman than meets the eye, she knew more about them than they did her and that didnt sit right with him 

“ i told you, Daenerys stormborn, second daughter of king viserys and queen Aemma” Daenerys says, the gods had told her that the words would activate memory’s that would make her statement more believable, something about her being kidnapped by the Hightowers for some reason 

The gods had made it so that it would work on those that weren’t there but should have knowledge of her, like the king, otto, daemon, basically anyone she had a relation to 

Rhaenyra feels her breath hitch, she still held a fair bit of suspicions over the woman but she was overcome by the memory’s of her father sitting her on his lap and telling her about a sister that had been taken from them 

“ you are my sister? Father told me about you” Rhaenyra says, eyes growing misty over the thought that her sister was back 

Daenerys nods, letting tears well into her eyes, it didn’t take all that much acted on her part, the thought of having a family was enough to do it 

Alicent sweeps through the halls of kings landing, her green dress glittering in the light, she had just heard news that Aegon was not in his lessons with his maester,it wasnt the first time he had flake out of his duties as a prince, She couldnt understand how he didn’t see the risk his very life was in 

She stormed into his chambers and to her surprise he was not in his bed as she had thought he would be, he was at the desk, working on something, confusion takes place of her anger as she tries to work out hoe to deal with the fact her son was working ion something with the amount of focus he had right now 

A Closer look tells her its about dragons and quickly her mood sours again, why were her children all obsessed with those infernal beasts, Aemond had lost an eye gaining a bond with one of them 

Grasping the book, she rips it from Aegon’s hold, she couldnt stop Aemond but she could with Aegon so she would

” You are meant to be with your maester, not reading about those beasts” Alicent snaps, she felt like throwing the book out the window but thought better of it, she couldn’t have the king finding out that she was giving Aegon a Hightower education only 

Alicent already thought that the Targaryens had queer customs, she had went as far as she felt with it, betrothing her daughter to Aegon as she had, it was mostly to keep her daughter from being wed to the plain featured son of rhaenyra, it hadnt sat right with her doing it and so she had sworn that no targaryen teachings happened with her babies 

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Aegon had been trying for what felt like years to learn more about dragon bonds, hed seen the way the rest of his family were with their dragons and it just didnt match what he had with sunfyre 

He knew that his dragon loved him and he loved them just as much, but he knew that there was something missing between them, his dragon had to learn the common tongue

So, he had asked Aemond to get him a book on dragon bonds, and a few on language, he was a targeryen as well as a Hightower and it was time he knew both sides of the family 

Aegon should have expected that his mother would storm in and tear the book from his hold, she had always held a hatred  towards Targaryen customs, the fact she had wed him to his sister helaena had been a shock to him 

He held no romantic towards his sister, nor she him, they had done their duty as was expected, both had agreed that once was enough

funny enough, they had twins from that once, a boy and girl, he loved them both and he was starting to see why Rhaenyra was so closed of from bonding with them 

Aegon had tried when he was younger to make conversation with his older half sister but she had ignored him, at the time it just seemed like she was exactly like he was told but thinking back on it maybe she had been dealing with things and his presence hadnt helped her 

Daemon couldnt believe that he had forgot about his other niece, family was everything to him, he would never normally let something like that slip from his mind so easily, especially when it invoked the cunt of a hand, Otto Hightower

How dare he have a daughter of the king kidnapped?

She seemed like she had grown into a wonderful young woman, with a rather powerful dragon

Three dragons to be exact, they hadnt landed on Dragonstone with her and he like that fact, she clearly knew the importance of keeping your dragons safe

They had  landed moved inside the castle after Rhaenyra had given Daenerys an emotional hug, her purple eyes gathering unshed tears 

Daenerys had spent most of the time sat, telling them the tale of her life after her kidnapping, she had asked the gods if she could stay as close to what had actually happened, she didnt wish to forget who se was entirely and that would he her reminder 

She felt like she could very easily be pulled under the allure of being a targaryen at the height of power, something she did not hold without her dragons, who she loved and would never let harm come to

Rhaenyra was under the spell of targaryen power, Daenerys would have to break that, needed to make her see that you could lose power no matter who you were

Maybe Daenerys could help her half siblings, at this point she knew for sure they had no targaryen helping them with their studies, Healena wasnt expected to do anything but birth babes so she hardly needed lessons, Aemond was a rather free man from what she has been told so he had likely looked up books without anyone noticing 

That left Aegon and Daeron to help, Aegon would be easy to help for the pure fact she would have easier access to him than Daeron who was in old town 

Daenerys yawns, the flight finally catching up with her now that she had had a moment, she felt like she hadn’t slept in years.

Alicent sat, looking at the book on dragon bonds, in her chambers, she couldnt bring herself to throw the book away, she knew some of that came from the fact that if her husband, king viserys, ever found out shed loss the small bit of power she felt like she had, but a bigger part of her knew it was because she had been friends with Rhaenyra, who had always held a love for dragons as dis most of house targaryen 

She was clinging on to a part of the past, her father would berate her if he ever found out,  Alicent knew he hardly paid attention unless it had to do with his plans though so she was safe on that front as of now 

Otto had been relaxing, as much as one can when planning to take the throne from the very woman he brought up as being heir, he needed to get Aegon to have another child, as much as the thought of siblings having sex was to him, if Aegon was going to be made king, he needed more than one male child, on the of chance that something happened to his first, Alicent had done it twice and now there was two spares incase something happened to Aegon and his son 

Of course, all this planning doesn’t mean anything without Rhaenyra removed as heir, Otto had thought that the clear bastards she had produced would cause everyone to band together behind the kings firstborn male but it seems like the reverse of that happened 

But, Rhaenyra had finally given him one of the best things, she had left court to live on dragonstone, as heir it was her right at the current moment to reside there but from what he could gather she was failing at keeping in contact with her allies, the lords and families that had sworn for her

It was a gift in Otto’s mind, he hardly had to do anything that would draw attention towards him, he just had to wait and they would come in droves to swear for Aegon 

His peaceful musings are interrupted by a messenger, he knew this one, it was the one that his spy on dragonstone used, at least for this week, they were panting so they had clearly ran here after arriving

” three dragons were sighted heading four dragonstone, one with a rider, the other two were riderless, it seems that Rhaenyra’s sister is home” The messenger states

Like a mood worm, his m ind instantly goes back to the night he had paid for the girl to be taken from the castle, he had thought he had been clear on what he wanted to happen to the babe, she was never meant to live

Clearly he hadnt paid enough for them to get the job done right, never mind, this worked in his favor far better than he ever thought it could

Afterall. A half sister is better than a full sister, it seemed like it was time for Aegon to be like his namesake and have a second wife, maybe that way a second male babe would be born 

A few feet away, in his chambers, Aegon shivers for reasons he had explain, he has enough wine in his system to tank a dragon so it cant be a chill in the air he felt 

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Daenerys waited as long as she felt she should, pushing it to far wouldnt help matters, she couldnt mess thing up

All it would take was her being to pushy and they would shit her out swiftly 

no, she needed to be calm about it, so she waited a day to assess the situation 

Rhaenyra had been quick to gather a celebration for Daenerys, even writing to kings landing to tell the king 

the message had been coded, and only Rhaenyra and viserys knew how to decode it 

they had done it when she was younger and it was the perfect way to alert the king that his second daughter from Aemma was back and safe 

Daemon had never thought hed meet another targaryen that stored his blood the way Rhaenyra had, but now he knew that Rhaenyra was a passing notice compared to Daenerys 

his blood called out to her in a way that he knew would never happen with his other niece

Daeneys held herself with the stature of someone who knew what it meant to rule and rule well, she would never have hold herself away from the fight like her sister had 

She would have been fighting those rumours to the point they would cave in on themselves 

“ Rhaenyra” Daenerys says, entering the council chambers, it was an active meeting and Daenerys held no care for the fact she was interrupting 

now, was the time to bring up the whole reason she had been sent 

“Daenerys’ Rhaenyra smiles, her hands were on the table, which Daenerys noted was light up, she hadnt known it did that

” I wished to know why you were on this island, i know as heir that this is yours but why stay away from our father?” Daenerys asked, setting it up so she could give her sister the thoughts she knew Rhaenyra needed to hear

the others around the table take a silent breath, no doubt aware of how volatile dragon blood was when provoked

they had all seen Daemon tear into someone, both with words and with dark sister   

“ Daenerys, what exactly are you asking?” Rhaenyra asked, tone chilled,  of course she understood the question and even a little bit of the reason behind it

” you think the crown will come to you because it was promised? Because your blood is pure? No. They will burn your name from the history books if you let them. Get of this rock, rhaenyra. Show them why dragons should never be caged” 

Daenerys had never felt the need for a long winded speech, sure she was introduced with far to many titles for anyone one to rightfully remember but this, this had felt right.

it was something Rhaenyra had needed to hear, she had lost her way after coming here and she knew it, she knew that her staying here was only helping the greens gain an advantage against her 

Aegon was once again drunk, frowning his sorrows in cups as he was known for doing, no doubt his mother would storm in at some point and hit him while once again state his life was at risk when rhaenyra took the throne

She was welcome to the horrid thing, he held no illusions that his father wanted him anywhere near the thing, in fact the king likely didn't even know who he was 

Helaena was the only one who knew that Aegon only drank as much as he did to gain the needed strength to send aa Raven to Rhaenyra asking her to help him with his dragon and lessons in the history of Targaryens

Aemond at least suspected about the reason being more than just Aegon being a spoiled prince, he had his own things he needed to focus, like making it seem like he still hated his nephew for taking his eye

it was still a sore spot to be sure but he held no wish for his nephew to actually be maimed , he had grown since then and had the realisation that he could have waited at least a few days and then asked to try claiming the she dragon 

it would have been the right thing to doo and yet he had went behind everyone’s back and done it went nobody knew 

Aemond could have died and nobody would have known for hours, he would give the girls an apology as well as his nephews, there had been no need for him to insult them 

Rhaenyra wasnt sure how long she stared as Daenerys after she had finished talking but anyone who wasnt targaryen had long since left, leaving just daemon, Daenerys, Rhaenyra and her eldest boy 

“ you also need to fix your relations to our siblings” Daenerys adds, because no matter if they were half siblings or not they were blood 

they were also less likely to be on the green side if given another option 

of course they were sided with their mother at the current moment, they had no reason to side witth someone they all thought would have them killed or at the very least hated them 

“ you are right, but how do i even start to build anything with them?” Rhaenyra asked, she knew she was a terrible older sister towards her half siblings and she had no desire to leave it like that 

“ start with Aemond” Jacaerys speaks up, out of all of them, he would likely be the hardest to sway, it would be worth it though, he and his brother could apologise again, their first one years ago had been missing something what with everything that followed before and after 

saying it again wouldn’t hurt, especially because it would be far more heart felt now 

yes they had meant it the first time but this time they would would know why they were sorry 

And it wouldnt be followed by another fight caused by alicent wanting to take an eye as revenge 

“ Aegon would be a good place as well” Daenerys says, shed approach all of the siblings by herself, it would likely help if it was someone they had no prior interactions with k

Aemond was training, he was always to be found with a sword in hand, he felt like he needed to train all the time, his mother Alicent hadn’t helped what with her obsession with the crown princess 

He trained for as long as his body and the guards would allow, in truth if he could train for the whole day and night he would, anything to feel like he wasnt a failure 

He was the better swordsman and yet he had still lost his eye all those years ago, and that was what eat away at him, not the fact that his nephew had for all intent gotten away with it but that it had happened in the first place 

it was hard to think back on that night, and see how bad his own actions had been, he should have asked the girls if he could try to claim vhagar

not the night of their mothers funeral of course but he hadnt, he had been like a common begger with the way he had went about the whole thing

once more he slashes at the dummy with his sword, slicing it across the belly   

His mind goes towards more pressing matters, he had heard that three dragons had been seen close to dragonstone, the home of his half sister, rhaenyra

he had heard that they were unknown dragons and that one of them had had a rider

Part Him thought that it could have been that Rhaena had claimed one but that didnt fit with what he had heard 

and even if it had been Rhaena, it didn’t explain the two other dragons that had been seen 

his grandfather was stressed about this sighting, Aemond doubted that it was that bad but he was a Targaryen and had a skewed view of what was stressing for the normal people