FIRE AND BLOOD

RHAENYS

"Why are we here?" Obara asks on the docks with her half-sisters and cousin Rhaenys.

"We are here to stop a spy." Rhaenys coldly replies, "Or I am here to stop a spy…You are here so that I do not bare the brunt of our parents' wrath alone." She smiles as her cousins vow some sort of revenge on her. Soon the ship carrying the Lannister spy docks and drops anchor. After a while the plank drops and people disembark. "Wait here." Rhaenys says after spotting the spy.

She is dressed as a beggar, "Excuse me sir. Could ya spare a copper?"

"Out of my way urchin!"

Rhaenys is wearing a wig to hide her white hair and has dyed her eyes. "Follow me…" She commands in her Dragon voice and leads him to an alley, "You will stay four weeks and then return to Lord Tywin…Tell him the Targaryen children are dead and that all of Dorne is mourning them…Tell him that Prince Doran has cut off all contact with the Iron Throne and the rest of Westeros…"

The man blankly stares at her, then he walks off, "What did you say to him?" Obara asks running up.

What needed to be said. Upon returning to the palace Elia is angry with Rhaenys. "Robert Baratheon or Stannis himself could have spies all over Dorne! What if you had been recognized?"

"I was wearing this wig. Mother…Nothing is going to happen to me."

"You are right. Nothing will happen to you because I won't let it!"

"I'm sorry…Don't be angry."

She hugs her, "I was scared for you."

Rhaenys accepts her punishment and does not use her power on her mother to get out of it. She goes to her lessons, train, eats with the family, then she returns to her room. This goes on for two weeks, then her mother releases her from punishment. It is time for bed but Rhaenys cannot sleep, so she stares into the fire hoping to see her brother again.

This time she sees the Queen having sex with her brother and then gives birth to his son. Then she sees her aunt as a young woman and she sees Prince Viserys at the age of ten and five. He hits her aunt Daenarys. "The mad King reborn." She whispers. The next day after breaking her fast Rhaenys takes her mother to her room.

"I have something to show you mother."

"What is it, my baby girl." Rhaenys is annoyed at being called a baby, but she ignores the comment for now. She lights a fire, "Why are you lighting a fire?"

"Fire and Blood mother…I am the Dragon's daughter." She puts her hand in the fire.

"Rhae!" Her mother rushes forward pulling her hand out by the upper arm. As she pulls her away Rhaenys grabs a burning log and holds onto it. "Rhaenys!" She tries to knock the log from her hand, "Ouch." She says burning her hand.

"Mother I am fine." Elia stares in wonder as Rhaenys holds the burning log and then throws it back into the brazier. She shows Elia her hand, "See…A Dragon is not harmed by fire."

"The legends are true…"

"Yes mother…I can see things before they happen by staring into a fire…But I am not the only Dragon in the world…There is Daenarys…and then my half-brother Aegon…by Lyanna Stark."

"Lyanna had a son?"

"And Lord Eddard Stark claimed him as his own and then named him Jon Snow. Lady Stark will love the boy at first, then she will come to hate him."

"Why?"

"I don't know yet…I haven't seen the cause of it, but my brother is a Dragon and must be told of his Targaryen heritage at the right time." Everything Rhaenys had told her mother was confirmed with Prince Oberyn's return. So a ship is sent to Braavos to fetch Prince Viserys and Princess Daenarys. Two months later the Targaryens arrive in Dorne, with their servants, guards and protector Ser William Darry.

"Nephew." Elia says greeting Viserys.

"Nephew?" he replies in disgust, "I am your King first. With my father and brother dead I am the heir to the Iron Throne."

They all just stare at him for his outburst, "Well you are not King yet." Doran says, "I am Prince Doran, my brother Prince Oberyn, My wife Princess Mellario and our eldest daughter Princess Arianne and our sons Princes Quentyn and Trystane. My niece and your niece Princess Rhaenys."

"Ah yes the Mongrel."

Elia slaps his face, "How dare you!"

"How dare you! We invite into our home and dare disrespect my daughter! Your father was a madman I see that madness hasn't fallen far from the tree."

He stares at her for a long while, "Take me to my room I am tired." He commands.

Doran claps his hands, "Suza…See the King to his quarters."

"Apologies." Ser William says, "Everyday he is more and more like his father."

Elia takes baby Daenarys from the Septa. Rhaenys walks up to her mother, "May I hold her?"

"Of course." She replies handing the baby to her.

Later at evening meal Suza reports that King Viserys wishes to take his evening meal in his room. The next day Rhaenys is training with her cousins in the courtyard. "Girls training with weapons…What a disgrace." Viserys says entering the yard.

"Perhaps you would care to show us your skills…My Prince."

"Your brother is dead! Therefore I am next in line."

"Yes my brother is dead, but you are no Dragon. Neither are you next in line for the Iron Throne."

"My father was right you are a Mongrel."

Her cousins are laughing at Viserys, "Prove me a Mongrel and you a King. Take up a training sword." In anger Viserys walks over to the rack and chooses a wooden hand and half sword. Rhaenys tosses her spear to Obara and she tosses her two short swords. Viserys roars charging Rhaenys, who simply ducks, leans away, and spins away from his attacks. "No skill whatsoever."

This time when he strikes she blocks his attack, "You have training, but you lack adaptability…" Viserys is one year older than Rhaenys, "Your rage blinds you to the fact that this fight was over before it began." Rhaenys had been training for the past nine months. What gave her an edge over older and younger fighters was her ability to see her opponents moves before they were made.

She blocks his moves for a few seconds, Then she sweeps his feet and points her swords in his face. "You see I am a true Dragon by blood, like Dany…You are a Dragon in name only. Now yield!" She commands, but instead of yielding he starts crying. Rhaenys and her cousins ignore him as the guards help Viserys up and escort him from the yard.

"Did you have to humiliate him?" Elia asks before evening meal.

"Mother…he will never be King. And when he is older he will leave Dorne and die in the east as the beggar King. I have foreseen it." Her ability to see things before they happened and other Dragon powers, gave Rhaenys a maturity beyond her years.

One talent she inherited from her father was his ability to paint and draw. She also liked to write poetry. On their days off, Rhaenys and her cousins would go swimming, they would go on picnics and read books to one another. One year passes and then another; name days are celebrated, including Viserys' name day.

In addition to those she could look up to Rhaenys also had her Uncle Prince Oberyn's Paramour Ellaria. Ellaria is a bastard herself of a rich and powerful family. She admires Ellaria for her confidence and boldness. Oberyn had taught Ellaria poisons and daggers. One day Rhaenys asked Ellaria if she and Oberyn would ever marry. She responded that in their hearts they are married.

As Daenarys gets older Rhaenys becomes a big sister to her. It is after her ninth name day that Rhaenys asks her Uncle Prince Doran for five thousand gold Dragons to start a business. She invents kites and sells them all across Westeros and Essos building up gold that would benefit the return of House Targaryen to power.