Rhaegar Targaryen - 298 AC
Rhaegar was in his solar, to his right side was Elia. He was resting after a long day of being King. Right now he was looking at all marriage proposals send by lords for his son Jaehaerys. Rhaegar knew very well why almost every lord cared only to marry their daughters with Jae.
Thinking about Jaehaerys made him think about the last 4 years since Jae came to live in King's Landing.
The first month was hard for Jae, he didn't like it that much to be inside the castle all the time, therefore he would usually go out in the streets of King's Landing followed by Arthur. What surprised Rhaegar was that Jae started to sing for the people of King's Landing, and everyone liked his voice. That warmed Rhaegar's heart.
Many people in King's Landing started calling him 'The Singing Prince'.
But Jae had problems too. When it was revealed to the people of King's Landing that dragons had returned and when they saw Bloodfyre flying around. Many people were scared, some people of the faith even straight-up demanded the dragons be killed. A fantastic man of the faith came to the throne room one day demanding the dragon's deaths but was nearly burned to ash due to Rhaenys sending her dragon to him. The man wasn't burned but was send to the cell to stay for a year.
Rhaegar knew very well that the faith won't like the idea of dragons returning. They knew what that meant for the royal family. But Rhaegar didn't care what they think, the dragons would neither be locked away nor killed. And he made a law that if dragons were harmed, would result in execution.
In the first month, wasn't hard to raise the new dragons inside, but by the second month, was harder, the dragons were the size of a dog and wanted to 'spread their wings' as his children called it. In the second month, the dragons were sent to Dragonstone to be raised there. Rhaenys and the others left too. They stayed in Dragonstone for 3 months. But during that time, a man came to the throne room saying that his little boy was burned alive by their dragons. When he was asked when had that happened.
He said that it happened two days ago. That was strange to Rhaegar because he knew the dragons had left a month ago, and weren't around since they went to Dragonstone. By what Aegon had written him, the dragons liked the Dragonstone. Especially Bloodfyre who according to Jae, was his home. Rhaegar knew the little dragons are not large enough to go away from Dragonstone.
When Rhaegar told the man that is been a month since the dragons weren't here. The man who was around forty years started trembling like a leaf. His color of face disappeared and paled. That didn't go unnoticed by Rhaegar and Elia and his king's guard. Rhaegar started walking closer to the man, and the man lowered his face and couldn't handle looking at his king. He was asked again what happened and the man didn't even answer. His lips started trembling and looked ready to cry. Rhaegar ordered for the bones to be examined, and it resulted that whoever was dead, had died a year ago or more.
The man then was tortured to talk and he only revealed that someone had paid him a good amount of gold to do the job. He was asked who but he swore that he didn't know the man. The man then was executed for treason.
Rhaegar didn't like this. Of course, Oberyn stated that Tywin must be behind it. Rhaegar didn't know if that was true or not. But they had no proof. Rhaegar asked Varys if he knew anything but he shook his head. Rhaegar was very suspicious of him.
Rhaegar then sends a letter to Aegon about what happened and told them to stay in Dragonstone a bit longer.
After four months, Jae had returned from Dragonstone with the others, the dragons were staying in Dragonstone, and Jae said that Bloodfyre was no danger to the other dragons.
Soon it was the name day of Jaehearys. It was a big feast and Jae was given a harp from Rhaegar and he used it to sing for everyone that night. Elia gave him a rare book. She knew he liked to read and Jae loved the gift.
Aegon gave him a dagger made of Valyria steel, with the hilt that looked like a dragon head. Rhaenys gave him a ring made of gold, and on the side was written 'Lentor (Family)'. Daenerys gave him a book about the stories about Valyria and the dragon lords.
Rhaella and Viserys gave him gifts too and Jae said this was the best holiday he ever had.
Since he arrived, Jae had learned from the maester, things he should know to rule a castle. Jae also started to learn Valyria from Rhaella and Rhaenys. It took almost three years for Jae to learn Valyria.
The first year went quickly and there were no problems, the dragons liked to live in dragonstone. But Rhaegar knew that Jae never trusted anyone outside of his family, especially the small council. He of course could hide his displeasure, but sometimes it was noticeable. Especially when it came to Jon Connington. Who sometimes wanted to say certain things about Jae. Mostly mentioning the Blackfyres when he was around or when they talked about Jae. But Rhaegar and everyone warned him to not talk like that.
Once he even asked Aegon and Rhaenys how their relationship was with Jae. They both told him that he was their brother and that they loved him, but when Jon Connington started telling them to be wary of Jae. Aegon and Rhaenys called him a traitor and wanted to execute him. Rhaegar warned him that this was his last warning. Jon had shut his mouth and didn't talk any more about Jaehaerys in front of others.
A month after Jae had returned from Dragonstone, he had gone to find Winter. He had found her in the forest, followed by Arthur and royal Targaryen soldiers. From what Jae told them, Winter had started moving more and more to The North, and if it wasn't for him being a warg, he wouldn't have been able to find her. Jae told them that Winter was a direwolf and liked cold places, and the south was way too warm for her.
Two Years after Jae had arrived he had started to get used to living in a castle, but still sometimes he would go to the forest, or just fly around with Bloodfyre, something he always said that helps him to clear his mind. Aegon, Rhaenys, Dany, and Viserys had visited Dragonstone as many times as possible and always liked to spend time with their dragons.
Despite not being together every day, the dragons had a bond with their riders. In the second year, the dragons were almost as large as a horse. But still not large enough to ride.
Thankfully Oberyn wasn't against Jae anymore and even welcomed him to visit Dorne every time he wanted. Princess Arianne along with her brother would sometimes come to Kings Landing. Rhaegar and Elia were happy about it, they knew Jae loved his siblings but they wanted him to be friends with House Martell too.
Summerhall was being rebuilt, Rhaegar had seen the castle a few times along with Jae and Elia. Rhaegar was sure that the castle would be ready within a year.
Sadly three years after Jae had arrived in King's Landing, Lord Tywin had sent his grandson Joffrey and granddaughter Myrcella to foster in King Landing. Everyone was against it, even Jon Connington was against it. But Rhaegar said they couldn't just simply refuse him without a good reason.
A week after they had arrived, Joffrey was seen to beat a servant, and then when it was his time to spar, both Aegon and Jae had beaten him to a pulp. Rhaegar then had talked with the servant about what had happened. Joffrey was warned that if he tried anything like that again, he would be sent back to his home. The word had quickly spread about his behavior and the name Tully had fallen further to the pit. Two weeks after Joffrey had arrived, Jae and the others had left to go back to Dragonstone and spend time with the dragons.
Rhaegar asked his mother if there were any problems with Riverlands about House Darry being Lord Paramount. Thankfully not that many lords were crying for House Tully.
Things in The North were the same, Robb Stark had sworn loyalty to King Rhaegar but not before looking at Jaehearys with an angry look and that didn't go unnoticed.
Benjen Stark was ordered to stay in Winterfell until Robb Stark reaches 14 name days. He had gladly accepted and helped Robb to rule Winterfell and The North. Roose Bolton had sent his son Domeric Bolton to foster in Winterfell and that was accepted by Robb Stark.
Since Jae had arrived in Kings Landing, he not once wanted to talk about the time he spends in Winterfell. And no one tried to push him to talk. Rhaegar had sent letters to Uncle Aemon at the Wall about Jae's eyes changing color. Since he arrived Rhaegar not once noticed Jae having green eyes again, and no one from his family mentioned that they had noticed anything. Rhaegar was happy about it.
Uncle Aemon had said that he didn't know anything about Jae's eyes changing color, but he said he would look for it.
Now Rhaegar took a sip from his goblet with wine, Elia looked bored.
"What are we going to do about the proposals?" Elia asked bored and moving her goblet with wine around her hand. Rhaegar sighed. "Simple," he said and turned his head to Elia. "We refuse their proposals, and not to mention that both Rhaenys and Dany would burn their daughters alive if we accepted the proposals" Rhaegar added with a chuckle.
Elia smiled amused. Rhaenys and Dany had gotten very close with Jae, there were many times that she suspected that Jae might have slept with Rhaenys and Dany. But so far no proof for that. Jaehaerys now was 15 name days. With a strong build, his face was long with long curly hair that reached his shoulder. His dark grey eyes looked more violet now or at least that's what Elia thought. Aegon considered Jaehaerys as both his best friend and brother.
Rhaenys had grown to be a very beautiful Princess, her olive skin made her look more beautiful. Her purple eyes were beautiful. Despite being a Princess, she still used her sword. Her long hair reached to her breast. She would usually wear a dark dress with red color around her waist and her wrist and shoulder. Around her shoulders, it was decorated to look like dragon scales. Rhaenys also wore necklaces that had very thin lines around to make it look like a snake. In the center of the necklace was the symbol of House Martell. Rhaenys lips were full and her nose wasn't either small or big.
When it came to Daenerys, she wore simple but still could take the breath out of everyone in the room. Her shining silver hair along with her purple eyes made her look beautiful like a Valyria princess. She usually wore a silver dress with dragon scales around her wrist and shoulder.
Aegon had grown handsome too. His silver hair almost reached to his shoulder. His face was similar to Jaehaerys with a few differences.
Thinking about Jae made Elia think about Lyanna too. Jae in the beginning only called her Elia. A year after Jae had arrived in Kings Landing. Elia had told him that he could call her 'mother Elia' if he wanted. After saying that Jae looked shocked and for a few minutes he was silent. Then He smiled at her and called her 'Mother Elia'.
When Elia told Rhaegar about this, Rhaella suspected that Jae didn't call her mother before because he wanted her permission to call her that. After that day Jae had always called her 'Mother Elia' and Elia always called him 'my son Jae' or 'my little Jaehaerys'.
"Elia" She heard him call. She escaped her thoughts and turned to him and raised her eyebrow. "What?" Elia asked not knowing why he called her. Rhaegar smiled.
"Read this letter from your brother," Rhaegar said and handed her a letter. Elia was confused why Doran would send her a letter.
She slowly opened the letter and started reading.
'To King Rhaegar Targaryen and Queen Elia Martell Targaryen.
I hope this letter reaches you in good wealth and happiness.
I would like for my nephew and niece to come to Dorne and stay for a few months. I haven't seen them in a long time and would like to see them again. Prince Jaehaerys Targaryen, Princess Daenerys Targaryen, and Prince Viserys Targaryen are also invited to come.
From Prince Doran Martell '
After reading the letter Elia put a finger in her chin. She didn't see anything wrong with going to Dorne. Hell Oberyn had told her many times for Aegon, Rhaenys, Daenerys, and Jae to come to Dorne. She would have done it sooner but the new dragons had completely got all their attention.
Elia turned to Rhaegar who looked to be waiting for her answer. "I think they should go, this will also improve the bond of Jae with House Martell" Elia answered quietly with happiness in her tone. Rhaegar nodded in agreement.
"Very well, I will send a letter to DragonStone and Dorne that they will arrive within two months" Rhaegar responded with a little smile and started writing two letters.
Rhaenys Targaryen
She was holding tightly at the spikes, the strong wind was hitting her body, but at the same time make her feel good, looking down she could see the castle of Dragonstone in all its glory. Her dragon was flying around the castle. It was early in the morning and Rhaenys wanted to ride with Meraxes. It had been 5 months since the first time she rode Meraxes and sometimes she still couldn't believe her own eyes. Now she could understand why Jae always said that flying a dragon always helped him to clear his mind.
In the beginning, she had been afraid that Bloodfyre might try to harm her dragon, but it was the exact opposite. Once when Meraxes was still only two months before they were sent to DragonStone. A small group of people had tried to harm Meraxes when she and Rhaenys were in the forest to give Meraxes enough space to fly around and spread her wings. They were attacked by 8 people but before anything could happen Bloodfyre had come out of nowhere and breathed fire and burning the attackers to ash. Meraxes quickly started making noise and turned to Bloodfyre.
He looked at Meraxes and then flew away. Ser Jaime had lost all the colors of his face when Bloodfyre had moved his head closer to check on Meraxes.
When Rhaenys returned to the castle she asked Jae if he sends Bloodfyre but he denied that he sends him. The only thing he said was that he could feel that Bloodfyre was worried for a short time.
Rhaenys still remembered five months ago when they returned to Dragonstone. The morning after they returned they quickly made their way to the dragons.
' She reached the large field where the dragons were. She was followed by Jae, Dany, Aegon, and Uncle Viserys. The field where the dragons were lying was so large that could easily have twice more dragons. Bloodfyre was resting above the other dragons. They quickly raised their heads when they noticed that their riders were coming. Meraxes quickly went Rhaenys.
"Hello There," Aegon greeted Balerion who was a very quiet dragon, compare to the three others. He was very quiet.
"Meraxes" Rhaenys greeted her and touched her under her head. She purred at her touch. Jae reached Bloodfyre who was looking at his children. Rhaenys looked at Jae and he nodded his head to them.
Rhaenys slowly walked to where Meraxe's neck was. She lowered her neck.
Rhaenys took a deep breath. "I'm the blood of The Dragon," She told herself to encourage herself.
She grabbed one of her spikes and used her legs to climb on the top of Meraxes who looked excited. After she was in position she took another deep breath and looked up and saw that Daenerys had already taken flight and was flying towards the castle.
"Sōvegon (Fly)" Rhaenys commanded and Meraxes spread her wings and started flying.
Rhaenys closed her eyes for a moment but immediately opened them and looked, and it was the most beautiful thing she had ever seen. She saw Dany flying above the castle. "Come on girl," Rhaenys said holding the spikes tightly and flying higher and higher. "Wwwwwwooooooooohooo" Rhaenys screamed as she felt the wind touching her skin. Things down in the ground getting smaller and smaller.
"Kirimvose jaehaerys(Thank You Jaehaerys)" Rhaenys said quietly and moved to the left and returning back to the castle but then she saw Bloodfyre flying above all the other dragons. Seeing it now, somehow made it look even larger than before. Bloodfyre roared and so did all the other dragons. Looking at the castle from here. Made it look prettier and scary. Especially the dragons made of stone. '
After they had returned in the ground, Rhaenys felt her bond with Meraxes was stronger now. After that day, Meraxes has flew every day she was in Dragonstone.
She sends letters to her father. Telling how amazing it felt to fly with a dragon.
Rhaenys once tried to fly very high, but Meraxes stopped at a certain point and started going down. Rhaenys was sure that her dragon was still very young to fly higher. Bloodfyre was able to fly much higher. And within the four years. He looked slightly larger than before.
Rhaenys landed on the ground and saw Jae, Aegon, and Daenerys walking towards her. "Good morning Rhaenys," Jae greeted her with a gentle smile. Rhaenys smiled back and walked close to Jae and kissed his cheek.
Jae blushed, and Dany had a smirk on her face. "How about we make a race today" Aegon suggested walking closer to them.
"Yes," Rhaenys responded immediately. "Good, that's why we are here now," Dany said smiling and walked to Syralix who looked happy to have Dany close.
Jae walked to Bloodfyre. Who started spreading his wings. "Sōvegon (Fly)" They all said and started flying away. Rhaenys saw Bloodfyre flying faster than them. Even being close to his wings when flying was dangerous. The force of his wings would send wind towards whoever was close.
Rhaenys saw as Dany's dragon was faster than the other dragons. Rhaenys was trying to fly faster than Balerion and Aegon.
"Māzigon va Merakses (Come on Meraxes)" Rhaenys said as they got further away from Dragonstone.
Bloodfyre then started flying back to the island. Followed by the others. Dany was closer to Bloodfyre than the others.
Bloodfyre landed first quickly followed by Syralix and then Meraxes and then Balerion.
"Next time I will win," Aegon said slightly tired. Jae was about to respond when he saw Ser Arthur and Ser Jaime waiting for them far enough from the dragons.
One thing Rhaenys had understood about their dragons, is that they didn't like other people who didn't have Valyria blood. One time Ser Jaime had walked closer than he should have had and Meraxes almost burned but was stopped by Rhaenys. Bloodfyre didn't like anyone who wasn't Jaehaerys or his children.
Meraxes didn't looked to be bothered that much by Rhaeny's family but she would never let other one ride her except Rhaenys.
They walked to Arthur and Jaime. "Your graces, The King has sent a letter to you," Arthur said respectfully and gave the letter to Aegon who opened it.
"From King Rhaegar Targaryen
Prince Doran Martell has invited you, Jae, Dany, and Rhaenys to Dorne to stay for a few months. Come back to Kings Landing if you want to go to Dorne. "
Aegon read and Rhaenys was happy to see Dorne again. She had told Jae many times about Dorne.
"Well we are leaving," Aegon said with a king voice as Jae liked to call it.
Doran Martell
He was looking at the water garden. Doran was waiting for the response if his nephew and niece will come to Dorne. He was sure they would come but still wanted to know it for sure.
Doran knew he invited Prince Jaehaerys too and wasn't sure what to think of him. When he first heard of Prince Jaehaerys. He wasn't that all bothered but when he heard that he had a dragon. He was worried sick and couldn't wait until Oberyn comes and tells him what they should do about the new prince.
Doran first thought to poison the new prince but he wanted to know how Elia felt about all this. If she saw him as shame or as her own son. A part of Doran already knew the answer.
When Oberyn finally returned, to say Doran was surprised by what he heard would be an understatement.
Oberyn told him that the new prince was loyal to his brother and would not be dangerous to either Aegon or Rhaenys. Doran had raised his eyebrows in confusion.
He told him then how Prince Jaehaerys had given dragon eggs to Aegon and Rhaenys, and that they actually hatched. Doran at first thought that Oberyn had gone mad. No dragon egg had ever hatched. But Oberyn confirmed everything that the dragons had really hatched. And Aegon and Rhaenys had a dragon of their own.
Doran had sighed in relief. He told him how Jaehaerys had saved his life from the mountain. The Mountain then was stripped of his status as a Knight by the King himself. Doran was glad and would make sure to thank Prince Jaehaerys. Then he told him how Elia saw Jae as her son, and she even threatened them if they tried to harm Prince Jaehaerys. Doran wasn't surprised by that, but when Oberyn told him what happened to House Tully. Doran had laughed out loud.
Doran was glad that the Lannisters had lost even more power, the only thing left was to deal with the old lion.
After Oberyn told him everything, Doran then gathered his children and told them to be respectful towards Prince Jaehaerys whenever they meet him. Arianne looked glad by his decision and he finds out that she had already spent time with the new prince. Quentyn looked ready to protest but Doran shut him up with a look. Trystane didn't look to care.
From what his spies had told him, Prince Jaehaerys looked to be truly loyal to Aegon. In the last four years, the new prince has been helpful towards Aegon and Rhaenys. But still, Doran wanted to see it for himself, and if he was truly loyal then he planned to marry Arianne with him and have his grandchildren as the prince of Summerhall.
Arya Stark
She looked as Richard grabbed the sparring sword, and looked ready to fight her. Arya was in Bear Island since last year along with Richard Sand or Richard Stark who had been here for two years. When Richard told her who his father was, Arya was both surprised and happy. She had a new cousin.
Sometimes Arya still couldn't believe how much things had changed for the last four years. When Arya had returned to Winterfell. It felt . . . Empty. Her brother now was the lord and she was alone in a large castle. When she returned she did everything she could to try and burn time. But every time the night came she would feel alone. Jon wasn't there anymore and neither was father and mother.
She would spend all her time sparring but she would leave some time to try and do what Sansa does. Sansa spends the time taking care of Rickon who was still just a baby, the wet nurses would feed him. But Sansa felt it was her job to take care of him.
Robb would spend time doing his lord duties and Uncle Benjen would help him. Bran spends all his time climbing and running around like a headless chicken. Sometimes Arya would sparr with Bran.
Arya would still sometimes feel bad for her mother and father and many times she caught herself thinking if there was a way for Jon to be revealed but without losing them. But every time she thought about it, she would remember that her father stole Jon and was his fault. But that didn't make it any easier for Arya who missed how things were before. When they were a family.
After Arya left Winterfell she promised she would return soon, Robb had his emotionless face on and didn't shed a tear but Arya could see he was going to miss her. Sansa had cried and hugged her. "I will stitch something for you when you return". Sansa had told her crying and had kissed her forehead.
Arya had smiled and then Bran had hugged her and told her when she returned that he would be a knight and beat him. Rickon was only two name days and didn't really understand what was happening. Arya had kissed his cheek and left Winterfell.
In the beginning, it was hard for Arya, but having Richard around was good company.
When he told her that he was a bastard, Arya just shrugged it off and told him she didn't care.
Now Arya started swinging her sword towards Richard, who ducked his head and swung at her wrist. Arya quickly took two steps back and swing her sword towards his chest. Richard quickly moved his sword and blocked her swing and then moved her sword away with his sword. And swing at her left arm, she felt pain but wasn't bothered. She took three steps away and looked at Richard who had a neutral face.
Arya took a deep breath and run towards him and hit his sword. Arya used her right arm quickly and punch his chest but was a weak hit and Richard kicked her legs and made her fall in the snow. Arya fell in her back and she tried to get up but felt the cold steel touching her neck, and Richard looking at her with a raised eyebrow.
"You win," she said shyly and smiled. Richard moved his sword away and helped her get up.
"Give it three more years and I will start teaching you how to use two swords," Richard said smiling and dropping the sparring sword in the snow.
Arya looked at him with happiness. "Maybe, but I'm not good with my right hand," Arya responded and dropped her sword.
Richard then turned his head towards the castle of Mormonts.
"Dacey said yesterday that she would go to Winterfell after a week for something," Richard said turned his head to Arya. "Will you go with her?" Richard finished.
Arya was surprised she didn't know about this. "Yes," she quickly nodded and looked at his eyes. "You?" Arya asked and moved closer.
"I think so, Dacey said she wanted me to meet someone," Richard responded and started walking towards the castle.
"Very well, Richad, perhaps we might even find a direwolf," Arya joked and saw Richard rolling his eyes. He never liked when she called him 'Richad'.
"I still remember the direwolf your brother has, it was an amazing animal," Richard commented. Arya had told Richard that she always saw and will always see Jon as her brother.
"Me too, but let's return to the castle," Arya said and started running towards the castle. Quickly followed by Richad who started running too trying to catch her.
Jaehaerys Targaryen
He looked around and saw himself standing in front of a large tree. Around the tree were limbs of different animals and humans making strange lines around the tree. The ground was covered in thick snow. And no one was around.
Jaehaerys suddenly felt a heavy cold wind behind him. He slowly turned and saw a dragon white as snow. Jaehaerys remembered this dragon from his dreams. He moved closer. The dragon looked calmed and moved his head closer to Jaehaerys.
"Aderī se jēda kessa māzigon naejot dohaeragon zirȳ. Se tolie issi moving se aderī se sound hen molry kessa release se magic hen tolie (Soon the time will come to help them. The others are moving and soon the sound of the Horn will release the magic of The Others)" The dragon said with a melodic voice.
He didn't understand what she meant. What horn is she talking about? The Others?.
"Qilōni issi ao?( Who are you?)" Jaehaerys asked with a strong tone not being afraid of the white dragon. The eyes of the dragon looked at his eyes, and Jaehaerys felt like they were looking at his soul. He felt cold. His body was trembling. His lips started trembling too.
"Brōzio ñuha iksis Aeraexes Se ēlī mēre (my name is Aeraexes. The First One)" the dragon responded with the same melodic voice. Jaehaerys made a smile and wanted to get closer but then he felt someone was looking at him. Jaehaerys turned around and saw a man standing in front of the tree. His skin was white like ice. His eyes blue like death. Even being close to him made it felt colder. He had a giant ice spear on his right hand. Jaehaerys felt like he was frozen and couldn't move. Jae then saw an army of dead men and giant spiders behind the ice monster. And then the dragon breathed blue flames towards the ice monster. But he instead raised his hand and was ready to throw the ice spear'
Jae opened his eyes and saw himself sleeping in his bed. Jae looked around and saw he was in his bed-chamber. Then he felt cold.
The fire was still burning in the hearth, but Jae still felt very cold.
He closed his eyes and felt Bloodfyre close.
"Bloodfyre we might need to go beyond the wall soon," Jae said quietly. Bloodfyre heard him but didn't respond.
Jae sighed and decided to try and sleep again.
Val
She was returning to the camp and behind her were four of her people who had captured animals for the camp. Val had captured an elk. One was enough for a few days.
As she walked closer to the camp she saw men and women working and doing their duties. But she couldn't ignore the faces of her people. Due to the cold, and lack of food, it was very hard to feed everyone and many times they were forced to not feed and let weak children die to give more chances to the strong children.
She saw as a child was following her mother and making signs with his hand towards his stomach and mouth showing that he was hungry. Val quickly walked away and further away she saw kids practicing using weapons. Like knives made of bones, bows, axes, and many other things.
The children around here were forced to kill an animal when they reached seven name day. Val sighed sadly and gave what they had gathered.
At least we will have food tonight Val thought and walked towards her tent.
Sometimes when she thought about the wall. I just want for my people to raise in better condition, is that too much to ask? Val asked herself saddened.
Val had spent two years with her people trying to take control of the dragon. She had seen the dragon many other times. Once one of their skinchangers who had an eagle tried to warg the dragon but resulted in the man going mad and the dragon killing him almost killing them in the process. When that happened Val quickly ordered for them to abandon the mission. Even Varamyr who had six animals agreed that trying to warg a dragon was suicide.
When they returned to Mance empty-handed. He just shrugged it off. Even Mance knew that was a dangerous thing to do. Now they had returned to their original objective. Trying to find the white horn of Winter.
Val wasn't sure if it did exist but if it then where is it? She asked herself but found no answer.
She took a deep breath and just stared at nothing.
Mance had done a great job with gathering all the free folk together. Soon they would breach the wall and her people would finally be safe.
A Crow's Eye
Silence. That was the only noise heard around the deck. Silence. The men moving doing their job but not a sound could be heard. No noises. No songs. Only Silence.
A man was standing above all others as he watched his men doing their jobs. The man is pale and handsome with black hair and a dark beard. He wears a patch over his left eye. His right eye is as blue as summer sky and is regarded as his "smiling eye". In addition, his lips are a pale blue, due to his propensity to drink shade of the evening.
His men were doing his bidding without any compliance. The sound of water hitting the wood of the ship could be heard. It was night and no lights around. A small smile spread on the man with blue lips. He was getting closer to Old Valyria. The place of curses and ghosts. The graveyard of Dragons.
His man could see the cursed land of Old Valyria. His men glanced at him and from his smile. They obeyed and didn't stop the ship. They didn't turn around the ship in a different direction. They didn't try to disobey. They obeyed the silence order.
Soon Prince Jaehaerys Targaryen, or should I say The Father of Dragons.