Aegon sat in the tent waiting for his foster father and mentor, Jon Connington. He sipped a bit of wine when he heard the flap of the tent move and the boots of Jon stepping inside.
"Aegon" He said as greeting.
"Jon!" Aegon replied with a respectful nod of the head. "I bear new from The Seven Kingdoms." Jon said.
"Well. Let's hear it!" Aegon said putting down his wine.
"The usurper is dead and Ned Stark executed for treason." Aegon was glad he just put down his drink, otherwise he would be spitting and choking on it.
"And?" Aegon asked, still in shock from this positive turn of events.
"Robb Stark had called his banners, his men have declared him The King of The North and The Trident. Stannis Baratheon claimed that the usurpers boy is a product of incest. He has declared himself 'The rightful king'" Jon told him. 'There are none more rightful than me!' Aegon thought.
"Renly Baratheon is The King in Highgarden, with the full support of The Reach and most of The Stormlands. Balon Greyjoy has declared himself King of The Seastone Chair again. War has started in Westeros." 'Perfect, now my conquest shall be easy.'
"What about The Vale and Dorne?"
"The Vale has taken no side despite Lysa Arryn having Tully blood. Dorne has done nothing yet."
"What of my aunt?" Jon was quiet for a few moments.
"Her husband has died and the khalasar abandoned her." Jon was silent again for a moment before speaking again, "She has hatched dragons" Aegon stared at Connington in shock.
"Dragons?" Aegon whispered.
Jon nodded. "She walked into the funeral pyre of her husband and walked out unburnt and with three dragons."
"What is our next course of action?" Aegon then asked.
"We wait. For now. We'll speak to Strickland about it." Jon stated.
"What would you suggest?" "I would suggest we let them fight amongst themselves and drain each other out whilst we prepare"
"Should we go meet with aunt Daenerys?"
"No. The dragons are too small at the moment and last we heard, she was heading for The Red Waste. We'll try to get her to meet with us" "Let's go talk to Strickand then."
They entered Strickland's tent. Aegon never liked Strickland, he an old coward. The man was portly, with a large head of greying hair.
"Ah, King Aegon!" Strickland greeted.
"Captain-General" Aegon responded.
"Strickland, we have much to discuss" Jon told him.
"Ah yes, the war that started in Westeros." Strickland said with a laugh. "Yes. This is the perfect opportunity to invade and take the throne in the name of the rightful king!" Jon proclaimed.
"Now? You want to invade now? We aren't prepared." The Captain-General stated. He was scared of the bare idea of invasion.
"No, not now. We wait for the Westerosi to drain each other out and then meet up with Daenerys and invade." Jon explained.
"And where is Daenerys?" was the next question made by Strickland.
"She is going through the Red Waste" Aegon replied. "Once she gets through, we should set a meeting point."
"Volantis" Jon expanded.
"Yes, Volantis will serve as a good meeting point." The Captain-General agreed. "When the time comes, we will break our contract with Myr and go to Volantis, from there we will sail to Westeros."
They were interupted by Duck, who came into the tent. He bowed in respect, "Captain-General" he said looking at Strickland, then he looked to Jon, "Griff, there are people who are waiting outside of the camp requesting to speak to you and Young" Jon and Aegon stood up and followed Duck through the camp.
When they came to the edge they saw a party of Golden company men armed standing near a party of two in black cloaks wrapped around their entire bodies, showing nothing of their body or shape, covering their faces with the shadows of hoods.
"Who are you?" Jon Connington asked.
A feminine voice of one of the travellers responded, "Fire and Blood" in Valyrian. She lowered her hood to reveal a woman so beautiful, she may as well have been a godess. Her hair was of the purest gold colour. She had a heart-shaped face with full lips. Her eyes were the most commanding shade of violet Aegon had ever seen. "Follow us please" Jon said as he lead the small party to an empty tent. As soon as they entered, the beautiful woman drew a sword quickly and knelt before Aegon.
"I Naeraya Kaspian speak for House Kaspian of Valyria. I swear fealty to the rightful king of Westeros Aegon VI, First of his name, King of The Andals, The Rhoynar and The First men." She spoke.
Aegon knew that Valyria wasn't fully destroyed but he didn't know that he would ever meet a Valyrian because after The Doom they mostly kept to themself.
"Please rise Lady Naeraya, I accept your fealty." Aegon said. Naeraya smiled, she looked even more gorgeous when she smiled. "Good, there are four thousand men waiting near Volantis for orders." She said.
"We were going to head to Volantis to meet with my aunt "Who's your companion?" Jon asked.
"A dragon must have three heads, Daenerys is one, you, your grace is the second, my companion is the third. May I present Prince Jon Targaryen" The man, presumably Jon Targaryen took off his hood.
He was very handsome, with grey eyes and black long hair to his shoulders.
Jon Connington stilled, "Eddard Stark?" "No, Prince Jon is the son of Prince Rhaegar and Lady Lyanna Stark." Naeraya explained. 'The son of my father and the woman that destroyed the Targaryen reign.'
"That wolf whore destroyed The Seven Kingsdoms" Connington protested. Prince Jon's jaw clenched and eyes gave an angry glint of violet that Aegon had noticed. His face otherwise betrayed no emotion.
"No less than Prince Rhaegar" the black haired prince said.
Connington was shaking with anger.
"I welcome you brother. Duck!" Aegon shouted to stop a fight. His loyal knight came in. "Can you please escort our guests to an empty tent with two beds?" Duck nodded and led the two away.
Once they were gone Jon said, "They can't be trusted Aegon"
"He's my brother I can feel it. Naeraya swore us the fealty of her house. And Jon was right. It was my fathers fault for abducting Lyanna in the first place." Aegon said. Septa Lemore was Aegon's teacher. She taught him multiple tongues, reading, writing, history and generally was like a mother that Aegon never had. So it was she who told Aegon about what happened in the rebellion.
"Fine, if you trust them, fine. But if they even show signs of betrayal, I will not hesistate to have them killed." And with that Jon Connington walked out of the tent, leaving Aegon to his thoughts.
