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"I did not know the beast known as The Cannibal was so formidable" Cregan told Ser Sebastian "It makes me glad that it is Aurora the one riding it and not one from the other side"

"Of course, our lady deserves the best of the best, even amongst dragons" Ser Gregor boasted.

"Gregor!" Ser Sebastian growled at the younger man when he saw the Queen Rhaenyra heard the knight's remark.

"It is fine Ser Sebastian" the queen said as she too looked up at the passing dragons "I believe he is quite right in making such an assumption"

Cregan stared around him at everyone that wasn't from his home. Lady Aurora Belgrave was indeed and interesting character, and to see her be so respected, even by the queen, simply added more to her allure.

"Indeed we must have done something to please the gods to have her on our side. I would not have liked to face her in battle. With or without her dragon" he thought to himself.

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Otto Hightower was terrified for the very first time in his diplomatic life. He had been born with a very poor physical atribute and instead dedicated himself to educating himself with all the books he could. He had reached his status as Hand for the very obvious reason that he was a smart and calculating man anyone would be lucky to have by their side.

He had many flaws and errors as any other human. But his fatal one, the error, the slip up that would take him to his grave, had been not accounting for Aurora Belgrave as a factor in his plan.

She was never supposed to have existed. She was no Targaryen yet she held the power of the Old Valyrian ancestors and had even managed to worm herself onto the most dangerous dragon known since Balerion the Black Dread.

He had never accounted for his family, his own blood to fall so far down that the only remaining members by his side were either drunks, crazy children or insane mothers.

All that was keeping him grounded at the moment was the reins he held tightly in his hands, cutting of the blood circulation that arrived there.

"..wer. Lord Hightower" a voice shook him out of his stunned daze as Lord Lannister touched his arm from over his own horse "The men are asking to rest up for a bit before we continue on"

"No" Otto said shortly.

"My lord I understand that you wish to arrive at Redfort before princess Rhaenyra but we need the men to be well rested and well fed so they are actually capable of fighting" another lord told him.

The look Otto gave the man was cold and dark. Without so much as word, but with a simple head motion, the man considered the Hand of the king ordered Ser Lannister to take the other lord.

"What?! What are you...?" the man barely had time to react when Otto reached over his horse's head to swipe the small sword he had unsheathed across the side of the man's head.

Heads were turned at the scream the man let out as a lump of flesh fell to the floor. Otto had been extremely lucky and his attack hadn't killed the man, but he had somehow managed to cut through the flesh tissue that connected the ear to the rest of the head. That was what had fallen off.

In shock, Jason Lannister released the man who fell to the ground from his horse holding onto his now bleeding hole where his ear was supposed to be.

"Next time I say something, make sure to listen" Otto hissed out before nudging his horse forward.

The man was helped to his feet by some knights who had gotten down from their horses to help and try stop the bleeding. Not much could be done now and they could only hope he would not loose a lot of blood.

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It had been several hours since they had left Dragonstone behind. Aurora had asked Thanatos to not fly too quickly so they could remain with the group and the dragon was happy to comply since he was feeling too lazy to do much more than let the winds carry him most of the time.

It didn't take took long for a city to appear in the distance. Aurora asked Thanatos to fly closer to the ground.

"Do you mind if I leave you alone with him for a bit Rhaena?" she asked the girl.

"Not at all" she received in response.

Aurora carefully climbed down the massive dragon's side and down to his claws which opened a bit to let her find her footing. It had been something they had practised several times in case she someday needed a quick dismount while in the air, as a drop from his neck would break a few of her bones.

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The horses kept their steady pace and Ser Sebastian neared the horse Aurora had been riding at the very beginning much to the surprise of his riding companions, until they looked up.

The black dragon had gotten very close to the ground at their side, slowly enough so the horses hadn't spooked. On his hanging back claws was Aurora holding onto the dragon with one hand.

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As soon as Sebastian had moved the two horses he was carrying away from the group, she jumped the now short distance onto the horse's back.

"Woo. Good thing I didn't fall or it would have been rather embarrassing" she told the man.

"And I have already seen enough of that to make me laugh a lifetime" the man grunted as he remembered the many falls and rolls the lady had gone through trying to learn new tricks with the dragon who had humoured them all.

They encouraged their horses to join the rest of the group again.

"What is it Aurora?" the queen Rhaenyra asked her.

"We can already see Redfort from up there, only about ten more minutes on horseback. It also looks like they are more than ready to welcome us in" she said, referring to the crowd of people that had been gathering at the doors of the city.

"Good" Rhaenyra said. She picked her head up and raised her arm, motioning for the dragon riders and dragons to remain behind the group on horseback "Ser Redfort" A young tousled haired knight rode forth to have his horse besides the queen "You are home now. Enjoy it whilst you can"

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The lord of Redfort waited with the rest of his people as the large army on horses got closer, a thunder of dragons flying above them, a massive black dragon had been seen from miles away and it was recognised as a dragon from queen Rhaenyra 's side.

His son was amongst the knights and he could not wait to see him.

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