When they returned to the Red Keep the first thing Alexandra noticed was the somber looking Jaime Lannister, he looked young and bored and Alexandra felt bad for him. Jaime had been assigned to guard Rhaella and Alexandra couldn't think of a worst place.
"Does Jaime Lannister needs to remain in the Kingsguard?" she asked Rhaegar one night while they were in their shared rooms.
"Father has decreed so" Rhaegar said, Alexandra sighed.
"He's so young, I reckon he's Ned's age or perhaps a year younger, he shouldn't be a guard yet, he should be discovering what he wants in life" she said softly, Rhaegar adopted a thoughtful posture and nodded, pressing a kiss to her hair.
"We shall be departing to Dragonstone in less than a moon's turn, perhaps we could take him with us, Oberyn has sailed yet again to Essos, so you will need another sparring partner," he said, Alexandra smiled at him and nodded.
"Lya will meet us there along with Dacey Mormont and Wynona Manderly, they will remain with us as my small court, along with Elia and Ashara" she explained.
Rhaegar was swift in having everything prepared for their departure, Alexandra was sad that Viserys would stay behind at the keep but there was nothing else that they could do about it, in a lighter note they were taking Jaime with them and Alexandra figured that it was alright.
Alexandra was happy to see the Red Keep disappear in the distance, she loathed the place and what it represented, the spies, the people, everything, she would be happier once Aerys was dead, Elia and Ashara shared the sentiment. The black castle of Dragonstone was a welcoming sight, Alexandra stepped on the beach and grinned as the sun hit her face.
"Home sweet home" she said softly, Elia and Ashara laughed as they walked next to her.
"Alex!" said a voice to the distance, and suddenly Alexandra, was trampled by Lyanna, who sent them both to the floor. Both sisters laughed as they hugged.
"Lya, gods what will I do with you little wolf?" Alexandra asked as they stood, Lyanna grinned at her sister.
"Love me, and never leave me" she said cheekily.
"Surely not Lya" she said and they continued walking.
Rhaegar had watched the amusing exchange with Brandon, Jaime and Arthur, the eldest wolf looked at Rhaegar, a grin on his face.
"Those two will be the death of me" he said, a fond tone to his voice, Rhaegar frowned.
"How so?" he asked, Brandon looked at him and sighed.
"You do not have a sister, which is why you don't understand, but sisters are blessings, a wife may love you out of duty, but a sister will love you just for who you are, she wont care if you're king of the seven kingdoms or a commoner, you are the world to her and you in turn must protect her, or them, that kind of love is freely given and no matter what you do, your sister will not hate you, they will scream and rage, they will be mad, but at the end of the day the love is there without you having to give them an expensive gift or make a sacrifice" Brandon explained softly, Arthur smiled and patted his shoulder.
"Aye that's true, I've been blessed with Ashara and little Allyria, although Ally is a mere child, she loves me selflessly" Arthur said, Rhaegar regarded his friends.
"And you Ser Jaime? You have a sister" Rhaegar said, the young knight nodded.
"Aye your grace, my sister is very special to me" Jaime said, albeit a bit muted, but Rhaegar decided to point it out.
They continued their walk towards the black fortress. When Rhaegar reached his rooms after talking to his small council, Alexandra was sitting on the bed braiding Lyanna's hair, while Lyanna held Rhaenys; Ashara, Elia, Dacey and Wynona were seated around them, Rhaegar cleared his throat getting the ladies attention. The ladies in waiting stood quickly while the Stark ladies took their time, Alexandra gathered Rhaenys in her arms and Lyanna stood, smiling at her sister.
"Tomorrow we will decide which of the rooms of this fortress will become our new sitting room," Alexandra told her ladies as they walked out of the room, Rhaegar smiled as he walked in and pressed a kiss to Rhaenys head.
"How are my two favorite ladies?" Rhaegar asked, Alexandra laughed.
"Flatterer" she said pressing a kiss to his cheek, Rhaenys gibbered and Alexandra and Rhaegar laughed, "My beautiful little princess, your mamma will make sure that you have nothing to fear for" Alexandra vowed.
"And what will her father make sure of?" Rhaegar asked, Alexandra raised an eyebrow at him.
"That the kingdom does not revolt" she said, Rhaegar frowned.
"You cannot be surely saying what I think" he said, she gave him a look.
"Since I was a child Rhaegar, I was blessed by the old gods with foresight, if we do nothing to stop him, the kingdoms will raise in arms and kill us all, they wont care that Rhaenys is a babe nor that I am a Stark, they will only see dragons and dragonspawn" she said harshly, Rhaegar sighed and pulled her into a hug.
"We will fix this," he said, she nodded, then she smiled at him.
"I'm not naming any son of mine Aegon" she warned and he frowned.
"Why ever not, the prophecy-
"Forget about the damn prophecy, this world doesn't need us chasing fairy tales, I will tell you what is real and what will happen, the long night will come again, and so will be the prince that was promised, but I'll be damned if I let any son of mine go face the Others or the Night King alone, which is why we must keep the realms at peace, because when the Magnar Stark calls for aid we shall meet at the place where the last winter fell" she said, Rhaegar's breath hitched.
"My lady, you know of the prophecies?" he asked carefully.
"I have seen its ruin in dreams, the Night King is a formidable foe, strong enough to kill dragons," she said, Rhaegar pulled her into a tight hug, minding Rhaenys.
"How do we fight it?" he asked, her eyes looked much more silver than grey when she next spoke.
"Dragon glass and Valyrian steel, we must start mining dragonglass, send dragonglass weapons to the Night's Watch and more men to mind the keeps" she said, Rhaegar nodded.
"We will be ready wife, we will" he promised.
Next morning they attended breakfast as if nothing had happened the night before, Rhaenys was babbling excitedly to Lyanna who was holding the babe in her hands, Jaime Lannister to Lyanna's right often making faces at the babe making the little princess laughed, Alexandra raised an eyebrow and hid a smile when she suddenly had an idea.
Alexandra and her ladies decided to longue by the beach of Dragonstone near the mines, while the men sparred close by. It was pure domestic bliss of the Westerosi kind. When Brandon beat Jaime, Alexandra stood, removing her cloak, Brandon smirked as Rhaegar handed his sword to her.
"Care for a little sparring Ser Jaime?" she asked, Jaime tensed but nodded, "Don't go easy on me cub, I will have no mercy on you"
She and Jaime clashed swords until she managed to trip him and hold her sword to his throat; she was smirking.
"Do you yield, ser Jaime?" she asked,
"Yes princess" he said and she smiled and offered her hand so he could stand.
"My turn!" exclaimed Lyanna already wielding Brandon's sword, Alexandra looked at Jaime.
"What do you say Ser Jaime? Do you wish to spar with my little sister?" the princess asked, Jaime seized Lyanna up and nodded.
They sparred and it was close until Jaime managed to pin Lyanna to the ground, she yielded, a grin on her face, as Brandon and Arthur always went easy on her and Rhaegar had never wanted to join in.
"What about you Lady Dacey? Want to show this southerners what the bearmaidens of Bear Island are made of?" asked Brandon weaving his sword, Dacey grinned as she stood, Alexandra handed Dacey a sword and the lady of Bear Island sparred against ser Arthur.
"Lady Dacey, I must say that I am very impress with your skill with the sword" Arthur said after he managed to beat her, "Our northern ladies are made of very strong will"
The days kept passing and Alexandra found out she was with child again, she often contented herself watching Lyanna spar with Jaime as the two had struck an easy friendship as Lyanna was an unstoppable force and Jaime was probably the only one in their group who had the energy enough to keep with the youngest she wolf's banter.
Brandon often watched them with a knowing smile, while Ashara and Elia giggled away their thoughts, if only Aerys hadn't named Jaime into the Kingsguard.
"What would you have me do then?" Rhaegar asked as he and Alexandra trekked along the shore barefooted.
"We could try to strike an alliance with Tywin, the return of his heir in change of his support, your father slighted him when he gave Jaime the white cloak, I think that our young guard might be regretting that decision" she said, Rhaegar seemed pensive.
"So we return him his heir, that does not gives me any ties to the Lannisters, how to keep them on our side?" Rhaegar asked, Alexandra smiled.
"Lya likes Jaime, and they're both obstinate enough that it might work, Tywin's grandchildren would be cousins to the crown, the north, and Dorne" Alexandra said, Rhaegar seemed to consider.
"That might work, although then, what about my Baratheon cousins?"
"Offer to make Renly your squire? Stannis Baratheon is too old to be a Squire but Renly in a few years could be a good option, besides I heard that Tywin is working in a match between Cersei and Robert" she said, Rhaegar frowned.
"That could work, Elbert Arryn would never marry Cersei Lannister, Jon Arryn hates Lannisters on principle, but then how would we get the Arryns?" he asked, she shrugged, they couldn't arrange marriages for the entire kingdom.
"How does a visit North sounds to you? Father needs to meet his granddaughter and I miss Benjen and Winterfell," she said with a smile, Rhaegar smirked.
"It sounds wonderful"