13. Homecoming
She wasn't sure how long it had been since they were on the road; they occasionally hid from the King's men. There seemed to be many kings here in Westeros now. Perhaps now was the chance to reclaim what was rightfully hers: the Iron Throne. Eventually it had grown harder to hide from the knights. It was impossible to hide the dragons; it was impossible to kill the men that had galloped off to King's Landing with her bear recovering from his injury.
A month later, more men had come. Dany's people starving, and the Lannister men had drawn their swords. She could hear her people cry out of fear, they weren't ready to die yet, no; Dany wasn't ready to die yet. Not here, not now. Standing tall with her dragons Dany scorned them, "You'd raise your swords against women and the elderly? Against unarmed people? What kind of King do you serve?"
She could hear Ser Jorah in the background scorning her, telling her to be careful to watch what she said, however she just stared the men in the eyes. Testing them, wondering if they wanted her dead or alive. The dragons on her shoulders spat fire at them.
Finally another man spoke up, "We're here to take you to King's Landing. Come with us."
"Khaleesi, don't go with them. Tread carefully, you don't know what they'll do to you." Jorah whispered to her.
She knew that she shouldn't trust them, however if they had her brother, she couldn't leave him there. He wasn't fit to rule Westeros. Before she was going to give the knight her answer, the man began to talk again, "Your people cannot come with you. Just you alone."
Dany could feel her body stiffen when the guard said that. She didn't want to abandon her people; she didn't want to leave her son either. "I am not leaving without my son," she stated, staring the guard in the eyes.
She heard the guard sight and then he finally agreed to her terms. As Dany mounted her silver and as one of her people looked at her sadly, Dany soothed them, "Do not worry, I will be safe . . ."
However she wasn't sure if she would end up being safe. She didn't know if they would kill her and steal her dragons, she didn't know if they would kill her son. Gripping the reins tighter she looked over towards Ser Jorah and said, "Watch over them," after saying that she cantered to catch up to the Lannister guards and headed to Kings Landing.