Chapter 10: Old Valyria

Old Valyria

They had been sailing for two days, and now they are getting closer and closer to the ruins of Old Valyria. As he stood on the docks of the ship, with Caraxes in his arms, Aenar saw Kinvara approaching.

"What awaits us in Valyria?"

"Only the God of light knew."

"Don't you see everything in the flames?"

"I only see what he shows me. But I give you an advice, young king: 'Be careful about the Crow's Eye.' He wants your dragon. If you meet him, kill him without hesitation. "

Aenar nodded.

Then, approaching his ear and putting her hand on his cheek, she said in a seductive voice "You knew, I could kill your enemy, and you will only have to lie with me. I know you want, my King. I saw in your eyes the moment we meet. "

"True. I find you very beautiful, but I don't want to lie with you. And I don't want to use dark magic, to obtain victory."

"Yes you do, and It was the dark magic that gave birth to your dragon. "

"I thought it was my blood that gave him birth."

"It was, with the dark magic."

"However I cannot lie with you."

"Do you still think of the two Valyrian women you dreamed of?"

"Yes."

"But you don't know them and you've never met them."

"Maybe. But I fell draw them as I fell draw to the dragon. Maybe it's only my Valyrian blood. Do you know them? "

"No. But the God of light showed them to me, in the flames. "

Aenar nodded and turned towards Valyria.

"Lady Kinvara, from the moment my dragon hatched I have a strange connection with him. I'm in his head when I'm sleeping. I see through his eyes, feel what he feels and when he eats, it's like I'm eating. Do you know what is happening to me? "

"No, I don't have an answer for that. But as I told you the day you arrived at the temple, there is great power in you. "

Aenar sighed.

After landing on the island, Kinvara said "Tell your men to stay here. They don't have any blood like you and they don't have magic like me."

"What?" Arthur said, "I will not leave my king's side."

"Arthur, wait here with the men and be prepared for any eventuality. I wouldn't want to suffer a surprise attack. And anyway, I have Blackfire and Caraxes, with me." He heard the dragon giving a roar.

Heading towards the heart of the island, where the city was, with Kinvara and Caraxes, Aenar asked, "You really don't know what awaits me there?

"Of course I know. The God of light showed it to me, but I didn't want to say it before your Kingsguard. I will tell you a story, your grace: 'When Valyria was at its height, there were two families that had more power than the others. The members of these families entered this temple with their newborn dragons and the gods gave them power creating a great bond between dragon and rider, apart from blood. But it could only be used and accepted once in a lifetime. For this motive, it was really important to choose the right moment. Who was young did not get any change in appearance, but in spirit and strength. Instead, the Dragonlords that were old or have passed their prime, and that haven't used that kind of power, yet, were rejuvenated, half their life. This is the case of the Dragonlord, Aerion Belaerys, who brought to his knees the Old Empire of Ghis. He was one of the strongest Dragon lords that ever existed in Valyria, and when Ghis wanted to conquer them, he was old, but he never used the power of the gods. And when the time comes and the people need him, he went to the temple and asked the gods to give him that power. When he came out of the temple he was younger and stronger. With his dragon, Blackwings, he set fire on the Empire of Ghis. But not everyone can achieve this power, only the most deserving. He who is not worthy dies'. "

"So I will only change physically and spiritually. And if I am not worthy I will die. "

"Yes."

As he walked along the streets of the dead city, Aenar admired these magnificent structures that once belonged to his lineage, and now destroyed. Looking at this dead city, and thinking about what splendor was it at it's high, Aenar wanted to rebuild it, but he knew it was impossible. But he really hoped that maybe the secrets of ancient Valyria were hidden, that there were books from which to learn the architecture of this civilization. Moving further and further into the city, Aenar saw that there were skeletons in armor on the ground.

"This is what remains of Aurion's host. He tried to reclaim Valyria. "

"If I should reclaim Valyria too, I will make the same end."

"No."

"Why?"

"Because you are the Prince who was promised and you have a special dragon. We arrived."

Aenar looked ahead and saw a large temple with dragons on its sides.

'Aenar, Aenar, Aenar' he heard someone calling for him, from the inside of the temple.

He had a strange feeling. He didn't like this, and he didn't know if he was imagining someone calls him or if it was really happening.

"Open the doors and go inside. Remember. Only the worthy. "

Then Aenar enters that temple.

In the temple ...

Once he entered, Aenar found himself in a darkness, and at the end of the darkness, he saw a light of fire. Suddenly he found himself in a room with a throne full of swords at the end "This must be the Iron Throne."

As he got closer and closer to the throne he heard a voice resound, like the cracking of ice on a winter lake.

Turning, he found himself in a snowy land with a lot of dead bodies around him and an army of blue-eyed shadows before him. And in their midst, there were two blue figures, a man with a crowned head and a woman, beautiful but icy. He saw the man looking at him and raising his hand.

Then the dead around him began to rise. He saw some of the shadows come at him with unsheathed swords, and he immediately defeated them. But what catches his attention is how after their destruction there were clouds of ice.

Turning to their king, he charged him. The blue-crowned figure defended herself well and fought with superhuman strength. After an arduous duel, Aenar found himself on his knees and through his back, he felt a frozen sword, piercing his heart.

He fell to the ground, then woke up in a room with a painted wall. On the wall, there was a dragon with a harpy, and suddenly the figures began to fight each other, ending with the victory of the dragon, who rip the neck of the Harpy.

"What the hell is happening."

He heard Caraxes calling for him but couldn't find him. Caraxes had entered with him, but they had lost sight of each other in the dark room.

Aenar began to run towards the roar that he heard and managed to reach it.

"Caraxes" and he flew to him. "Whatever he saw caused him, terror."

"Those you saw are your deadly enemies, young Dragonlord. And he saw his mortal enemy. That's why he is terrified. "Aenar hear with a mighty voice around him.

"Who are you?" Aenar asked aloud.

"We are the gods of Valyria, and we would judge if you are worthy of obtaining our power to destroy your enemies and increase your bond with your dragon," said the voice, and then giant blue luminous figures appeared. "If you are not worthy, young Dragonlord, you will die, as well as your dragon."

"And what will this judgment be about? And when it will start?"

"It has already begun when you crossed the threshold of the Temple. We would ask you questions and if the answers you give us, we don't like, then you won't have the power and the magic."

"Let's begin then," said Aenar

"Will you revive the Valyrian Empire?"

"If I have the power to do it, yes."

"Will you defeat his deadly enemy?"

"If born again, yes."

"Now the last and the most important one. Will you continue to use slavery to make the emperor grow?"

"That, I can't accept it. While I was in Volantis, I saw how shy people were treated, and I promised myself that when I become King of the Seven Kingdoms, I will release them. If this power you give me comes at that cost then I don't accept it and I prefer to fight without magic. "

"We have heard your answers. And we have come to the conclusion, that you are not worthy of our power. One who does not accept slavery for the sake of the empire is not worthy of our power.

Now you go."

"SO, YOUR POWER WAS BASED ON. THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE WORTHY OF YOUR POWER! THOSE WHO ENSLAVE THE PEOPLE! THEN YOU ARE NO BETTER THAN THE HARPY! IT WAS GOOD THAT YOUR RACE WAS DESTROYED!" Aenar said shouting.

"NOW! GO!"

And Aenar left.

Myr

Daenerys and Viserys had been at Myr for just over a month. In these seven years, they have wandered the Free Cities as guests of the powerful family of Essos who were sicking favors from the future king of the Seven Kingdoms, but Viserys always wanted to leave a place because he thought that they would have been found by the killers. When the money began to run low, the richest family of Essos began to avoid them, and Viserys became increasingly unstable and mistreated her. He beat her and blamed her for not being born earlier.

Now through Essos, he was known as 'The Beggar King', and she was sure that this news was also sent to Westeros. And that the lords will be laughing at their misfortunes.

But the drop that makes the vase overflow and that increased his madness was the sale of their mother's crown, two years ago. Now all that was left to here was an old ring that she carried hidden, and which was given to her by Ser Willem.

Now they were eating what they had bought with the money they were making, and she heard Viserys say, "It's all your fault. If you had been born earlier, Rhaegar wouldn't have married that Dornish bitch, and he wouldn't have run with the other wolf bitch. It is your fault that our House has fallen, and I am not the King of Westeros, and it was your fault that our dear mother had died.

She felt tears coming from her eyes, and quickly clean them. It wasn't the first sentence that made her cry, but the last one. Knowing that is her fault that their mother died.

She fell the blood boiling in her vein and spatting at her brother, she said "Maybe you should have been borne a girl."

At those words, he suddenly rose to his feet and runs towards her, throwing her to the ground and beating her, saying that she 'woke up the dragon'. Then taking her by the neck he said "I should have left you in the brothel of Lys where they offered me a fortune, a fortune for a virgin Valyrian princess. I could have been king of Westeros, at this moment. But my magnanimity gave me this. Your ingratitude. "

Then suddenly he stopped when he heard someone calling "Prince Viserys."

He got up from above her and asked "Who the hell are you?"

And she started to get up too.

"My name is Illyrio Mopatis and I'm magister of Pentos. I was looking for you, my King."

She saw a smile on Viserys face.

"Then it's good that you have founded us."

"Come my King. We are sailing back to Pentos, and my house is at your disposal."

"Come sister. It seems there is someone who recognizes me as 'The true King of the Seven Kingdoms'. Viserys goes to him, and she followed behind him with her head down.

"It's time to plan your return to Westeros and reclaim the throne."

"And how you intend to do it?

"I have the perfect army for this task: The Dothraki."

"The Dothraki? Those rapists and looters. And what should I offer them?"

"I think you know," Illyrio said with a smile, even though Daenerys didn't listen at all. She was thinking again about what Viserys told her.

"We'll think about it. Now I need a bath and a lot of rest."

"Of course, your grace."

And they continued walking towards the ship in silence.

Near Pentos

Robb was in his Cabin, with Greywind and his cousin's direwolf. Greywind was wild and louder, but the white one was silent and quicker always taking by surprise when he was playing.

Five days ago they had discovered that there was a clandestine on board. The food disappeared and they all knew that no one stole because all the guards who were with him ate in the same room.

While he was playing with the direwolves, he set a noise from under the bed.

He took the knife and approached the bed, but he did not like what he found.

" the hell are you doing here? You should have been in Winterfell."

"I wanted to go with you. I took a horse from the Winterfell stable and I followed you."

"Our father is gonna kill me if something happens to you." Sighing he said, "Did you eat?"

"Not today. "

Come but he heard one of his crew beat the "Yes."

"We are almost in Pentos, my lord."

"Thank you. Prepare something to eat."

"Yes, my lord."

"Come little wolf. And remember, never leave my side."

She nodded and they went into the room where they would eat, of course not before Robb took his sword.

While they were eating, Robb hear Arya say "I wonder what he looks like?"

"Who?"

"Our he looks like Stark or Targaryen?

"Stark."

"How do you know?

"Father told me. He said that when he was only newborn, our cousin has raven hair, and gray eyes, almost black."

"Do you think he has dragons?"

"Dragons have been extinct for a hundred years, little wolf.

He saw that she was sad. So he took her hand and said with a smile, "Who knows. Maybe he managed to get one. "

And she smiled then back.

"Now finish your meal. We must prepare. We have almost arrived in Pentos."

"Why Pentos, Robb? We couldn't go to his camp with the ship?"

"No. From what Lord Manderley told me, the Golden Company does not accept foreign ships at the port of their little fort. From Pentos we will head towards the fort, which is not very far. And you, little wolf, will travel with me."

"But..."

"No but. You came here in secret, and we have no more horses. You will travel with me. Now finish your meal."

Winterfell

Ned had just returned from research. Five days ago Arya had disappeared. And from that moment he looked for her around Winterfell and sent scouts to ports and other cities. He had an idea where she had gone, but he really hoped she hadn't gone with Robb.

Ned went to the Godswood, he had to pray. He sat on the log and started rubbing with a cloth, Ice, as he always did when he was there. The Godswood was so quiet, and Ned could think and take refuge from all the pressure that the Lordship gives him.

The 'Lordship'. Thinking about this, he felt like laughing. All this had to be Brandon's, even Catleyn's. And Brandon would have been a better lord than he. He was not made for this life. They taught him too much honor, but in order to survive in this world, that wasn't enough. In his vein flowed Ice, not like in Brandon or Lyanna, who have the wolf blood. And that was what killed them.

Robb. He really hoped he was fine. One thing he was sure of his heir, was that he wasn't like him. He was meant to be Lord. But he still has a lot to learn.

After a while, he saw Catelyn arrive.

"Any news?"

He shakes his head.

"We will find her. Ned a raven arrive from King's Landing. Jon Arryn is dead. I'm sorry my love. "

Jon Arryn was like a father to him and Robert when he was fostered at the Eyrie. And now he was dead.

"Your sister and her son?"

"In the Eyrie. Jon thought they were in danger, and so he sent them away. "

Ned nodded then he hears Catelyn say "There is more. The king is coming to Winterfell, with the queen and all the rest of them."

"There is only one reason why he would come so far North. And we both knew."

"Ned you can refuse."

"I'll refuse don't worry. My place is in the North. The capital is full of vipers and the Starks don't do well in the south.

After a bit of silence, Ned took a deep breath and said "Cat I need to tell you something."

"What is it?" she asked, turning towards him.

"Robb did not go to the North," Ned said taking a breath and continuing. "Robb went to Essos ..."

"In Essos!" Cat interrupts him. "

"Yes, and I think Arya followed him in secret."

"But why Robb went Essos?"

"I can't tell you that yet. But I'll tell you everything as soon as the king leaves. I promise"

She sighed and nodded.

"Let's get ready for the king's arrival," Ned said, standing up.

Old Valyria

Arthur stood by the ship waiting for Aenar. He had sent some men along the beach patrolling in groups of four, but telling them not to go too far on the island. Suddenly he saw ships arriving on the horizon with the Kraken as a coat of arms.

"MEN! WE ARE UNDER ATTACK! "Shouts Arthur" Take your positions. Close training. MOVE! "

And everyone quickly started to get in position. They were only 30 here without counting those he had sent on patrol or those aboard the ship, but they will give them a hell of a fight.

They began to disembark, and he gave the order to the archers who were behind the infantry, to shoot with the arrows. The enemies fell like flies but then began to charge under the orders of a man without an eye, against them, which were placed squared shieldswall formation.

"KEEP THE POSITIONS!" Arthur shouted and saw that their leader, with a dozen, were heading towards the city where Aenar was.

'Damn, Aenar will be in danger. But I can't abandon men now.'

Their formation broke and the chaos erupted.

When he comes out of the temple, Aenar saw that Kinvara was waiting for him. He was sure that the gods did not give him power after he had refused to accept what they asked. But he felt something was different, and he felt an even stronger connection with Caraxes.

Looking towards Caraxes, he saw that he too was a little bigger than before, so he lowered himself and put his hand to pet him.

Suddenly he heard a laugh and a voice say "Well, well. Look what we have here. A young dragon. "

Aenar stood up in front of his dragon, and heard Caraxes roar from behind him.

"And who are you?" Aenar asked the man without an eye, who was in front of him.

"I am the storm, boy. The first storm, and the last "he said then added" I am Euron Greyjoy, and I am here to take your dragon. "Then whistling he called for others men to him.

"My lady, come behind me," said Aenar to Kinvara, and drawing Blackfire out.

Positioning himself, with Caraxes roaring behind him, Aenar said, "Before you die, I give you a chance to surrender."

Everyone laughed and began to attack.

"Have faith, my king," said Kinvara, putting his hand on her shoulder. "Feel the power of the gods of Valyria flowing through you and the connection with your dragon."

He began to feel, what Kinvara was referring to, he felt the blood boiling and a power growing inside him.

"Wake the dragon, my King"

When the first two arrived he immediately killed them. Then he saw Caraxes fly up, and he suddenly saw with one eye what Caraxes saw. He didn't know what he was doing, but he knew he had to kill these men.

He saw that they were surrounding him and then shouted to Caraxes "DRACARYS!"

And the men surrounding him took fire one by one, and those who did not burn, he killed them. But still, he gets a cut on his right eye. He was sure a scar would remain there. But then again a king had to have scars.

Only he and Euron were left, who continued to laugh and take his ax.

"I see you know how to fight, boy. Now let's see if you can do it against a real man. "

"Remember what I told you on the ship, my king. Don't hesitate and kill him. "

Then Aenar took position and waited for him to attack. Euron arrives at him furiously, spinning his ax to the right and to the left. Aenar paired, and when he saw an opportunity, sink with Blackfire. But he could not penetrate the armor as it had been before. This mistake made him let his guard down and Aenar felt a knee come into his stomach, falling to the ground.

Lowering himself toward him, Euron said whispering, "Now you will die, boy. I will take your woman and your dragon. Then I'll kill your men. "

While he was raising his ax, he stands over his head and, laughing, Aenar find the strength and grabbing Blackfire, with a fast and lethal slash, cut off his head.

"Are you okay, my Lady?"

"Your men need you."

Aenar nodded. "Caraxes!" He shouts and taking the head of Euron ran to the ship where he heard clashing of swords.

Arriving to where they were fighting, Aenar shouts "ENOUGH!" And everyone stopped looking towards him.

He threw Euron's head towards the Ironborn and said "YOU HAVE TWO POSSIBILITIES. FIGHT ME OR JOIN ME. IF YOU CHOOSE THE FIRST YOU KNOW THAT I WILL NOT HAVE A MERCY AND THAT YOU WILL DIE BURNING, SLOW. "

Everyone begins to whisper. And after the appearance of Caraxes, they bowed and put their sword on the ground.

He came down, and said to the Ironborn "Who is the second in command?"

"I" stepped forward a man with age and white hair "I am the second in command."

"Good! Now you are under my command. "

"And if I don't want?"

"Then you will his same fate," said Aenar pointing towards Euron's head, "but I don't think your men would agree with you. How many ships do you have here? "

Volantis

When they arrived at Volantis Aenar asked "Will we meet again, my lady?"

"Of course, my King. When you'll find your brides come to me, so they could hatch their dragons."

"My brides? Do you know who they are, and how many I'll have?"

"You already meet them in your dream."

"I never asked you how did you know about them. When we met I didn't mention them. I only said that I had a good dream."

"It was the God of Light to show me. Part of your future."

Aenar nodded and then asked "You mentioned other dragons. Where are they?"

"In a year the eggs will be in Pentos, in the hands of the Magister. This is the only thing I will tell you about your future. I Valar morgulis, my king."

"Valar Dohaeris."

She bowed and left.

"Let 's go to the smith, Arthur. I need an armor worthy of a king."