Dracona and Lucerys were already struggling to fly in the rainy storm with their dragons. However Dracona's magic sensed danger near. She kept a close eye on Lucerys and saw Aemond on Vhagar coming after Lucerys.
"Princess. Vīlībāzma!" Dracona said telling her dragon to switch over to a war mindset. "Daor matter skoros, mīsagon Prince Lucerys!"
Princess let out a battle cry and before Vhagar could reach Arrax Princess started to knock Vhagar back and claw at the elderly dragon.
"Luke. Go fly away and back to mother! Dracona said.
"No! Not without you!" Lucerys said not wanting to leave his sister behind.
"Lucerys the dragon wants to kill you! The boy has lost control! Now GO!" Dracona said. Princess roared at Arrax telling the dragon to defy his riders order and get the prince to safety. Obeying it's sister Arrax used its speed to fly high above the clouds before it darted in the path of home.
Princess and Dracona distracted Vhagar and Aemond who turned their attention towards them and didn't notice that the girl-dragon due had redirected them into a different direction than Arrax had gone, evidently changing Lucerys fate and saving his life as well as the life of Arrax.
Princess scratched and attacked Vhagar for a long while longer before Dracona and Princess sensed that Lucerys was a safe distance away where Vhagar wouldn't be able to catch up to him.
"Princess, Keligon!" Dracona said. Princess back off on her attacks and swooped down to land on a small island and rest. The two saw Vhagar who was hurt badly land as well. The elder dragon was tired and clearly injured.
Dracona praised her dragon and the dragon nudged her rider making sure she was okay. Looking over at Vhagar's rider, Dracona saw that even Aemond was a bit roughed up from Princess's attack. The one eyed prince climbed off his dragon and marched over to Dracona. The girl was quicker and more graceful and stealthy in her movements though. She quickly gained the upper hand taking both his sword and his knife.
"I don't think it would be wise to try and go against me Prince Aemond." Dracona said with a mocking smirk.
"I would say the same for you, neice." Aemond said with venom laced in his voice.
"Hmm. You say that like it's supposed to hurt me." Dracona said. "I have a question for you."
"Get on with it then."
"Why do you hate my brothers so much?"
"Why did I hate them, they permanently crippled me and I got nothing not even an apology for it."
"Why would you expect an apology when all you do is go after them? Besides you don't know what happened to them. How do you know they haven't already been punished?"
"Because my whore of a sister will do anything to stop her children from getting and punishment for their actions." Aemond said. He stopped when he felt the tip of his own blade at his throat.
"Don't think that you can talk any way you want about my mother!" Dracona said. "You're lucky I decided to keep you alive."
"And what reason was that for?"
"Because as much as I hate it we are family. I may not know much from you but I know that I will not willingly spill my own blood. My mother taught me better than that." Dracona said. She walked around the island looking around while Aemond stayed with Vhagar. Princess had flown and gathered a large amount of fish in her mouth. Flying back to the island, Princess stepped in front of Vhagar and dropped a large pile of fish in front of the elderly she dragon. Princess laid down and waited for Vhagar to eat. She snapped at Aemond anytime he would try and steal a fish for himself.
Dracona found a cave that could act as shelter for the dragons and herself along with Aemond. Going back to where she landed, she called Princess and showed her the cave.
Princess went to Vhagar and started to communicate to the dragon. Vhagar nodded before trying to move. Princess shimmied under Vhagar and supported the other dragon's weight. Aemond followed behind the two dragons. Princess carefully helped Vhagar into the huge cave. Vhagar made herself comfortable and Aemond saw that Dracona had gathered as many sticks and branches that she could find. She made a massive bon fire before she walked over to Vhagar.
She cleaned Vhagar's wounds so they could heal properly and made sure her wings were still suitable for flying.
Then Dracona started a fire. She didn't use the dragons as Vhagar was injured and needed to rest andsot Princess's dragon flames were poisonous. Aemond was shocked by Dracona's survival skills and how she rarely depended on her dragon. Dracona laid up against Princess and the dragon sheltered her with a wing.
It took a week before Vhagar was healed enough to go flying by herself. Not seeing any reason to stay Dracona mounted Princess and rode off. Aemond watched as she disappeared and flew into the sky.
————————————————————— Dracona went to Dragonstone and smiles at her mother.
"Dracona!" Rhaenyra said. She hugged her daughter tightly which Dracona returned. Daemon, Lucerys, Jacaerys and Joffrey all came out.
"Sister!" Lucerys yelled running towards the dragon princess. He hugged her and Dracona kissed the crown of his head. Walking up to Joffrey she picked the boy up and spun him around.
Rhaenyra rushed Dracona to her room and had the maids draw her a boiling hot bath. She also had maesters look over her and make sure she was alright. Other than a bit of malnourishment, fatigue, sleep deprivation, and some bruises Dracona was fine. Rhaenyra stayed and watched as it took the maids refilling the tub three times for Dracona to get completely clean.
Oops! This image does not follow our content guidelines. To continue publishing, please remove it or upload a different image.
Dracona washed and detangled her hair as well as cleaned everywhere. She shaved her body the way a man would shave his beard leaving her skin smooth and soft. After she was cleaned she just laid in the steaming water. Maids came to file and maintain her nails. Dracona liked getting dolled up so this was relaxing for her.
After drying off with a towel Dracona had her nails painted and waited for them to dry. She had a well deserved nights sleep and woke up very satisfied and well rested. Dracona stretched and popped her joints back into their respectable places. Dracona's family spent the whole day with her spoiling her.
Meanwhile Aemond returned to the Red Keep. His mother who had been worried grabbed him and laid kisses all over his face. Aemond hated it but he didn't have the energy to fight her off. Similar to Dracona Aemond had to take multiple baths to clean himself before he was clean. Aemond preferred to air dry so he walked around as his skin dried off. Aemond had his back to everyone as he cleaned his eyepatch and the maids took the bathing water away. Aemond sighed and left his hair free with some of it falling in his face.
Alicent, Helaena, and even Aegon all came to welcome Aemond back home. Aemond hated being doted upon so he wanted to be alone. He laid awake the entire night staring at the ceiling. The bed was too soft, the room was too quiet the air too warm. Getting up he opened his window and took the covers off the bed except the very thin sheets. After stripping down to nothing Aemond climbed back into his bed and felt much more comfortable so he was able to sleep peacefully. The last thing he thought about was how was the dragon like princess doing and if she was alright.
