Fire and Blood: Fury in Fire (Rewritten)

Chapter 2: A Dragon Riders Death

The year was 121AC, the Red Keep was full of screams of agony, Princess Rhaenyra was giving birth to another babe, the news was pleasant, another boy, Prince Vaemon and Alysanne were fostered by the King for a while, it was the King's idea as he wrote a letter to Daemon when they were in Pentos, just so the two can spend time with Rhaenyra and her half-siblings, Aegon II, Helaena and Aemond, also with the two sons Rhaenyra already bore.
 
Flashback...
 
Daemon had recieved a letter in Pentos from King's Landing, the Rogue Prince broke the seal and unscrolled the letter to read it, it was a letter from his brother, it speaks asking for his eldest children Vaemon and Alysanne who was living in Pentos with Daemon and Lady Laena Velaryon, the daughter Lord Corlys Velaryon, the Master of Driftmark.
 
The letter in His Grace's handwriting said.
 
"Daemon, I never asked you for anything, but this is the first and last time I ask you for this, I ask you if it was alright, for your son and eldest daughter to come to King's Landing to be fostered by me? So they can spend some time, with your niece, Rhaenyra, and her two little boys, Jacaerys and Lucerys, she is near on her confinement for her third child, not only Rhaenyra's children, but, my sons and my daughter.
 
 Aegon, Helaena and Aemond, I know Alysanne will get along well with Helaena, Daeron is not here, he is in Oldtown, with his uncle Hobert and his grandfather Otto, still a little boy but he is in court with his maternal family, and I would like my boys and my grandsons to get along with Vaemon, so please, bring them over on Caraxes, or have them both come by themselves on our grandmother's former dragon Silver Wing, I know Alysanne has her, as our grandmother is her namesake.
 
I apologize for Vaemon's and Vermithor's bond being broke, please for this one time, I ask you, let them come, I'll take care of them as they are young, they can even have their twenty-and-first and twentieth name days here, however they want to celebrate is their choice.
 
Your Brother
King Visery of House Targaryen, First of my name."
 
Daemon finished reading the letter, he took it to the training grounds of Pentos, there Laena sat with her two girls Baela and Rhaena, watching Vaemon and Alysanne train their sword skills, they both had good bow and arrow skills too but Vaemon stuck to melee, they all saw their father walking up, they ran to him, Daemon sat down by his lady wife to talk.
 
"Your Uncle, the King sent a letter, he wants to foster you two in King's Landing, you will train there, have your namedays, but most important, he wants you to spend some time, with Rhaenyra and sons, not only them, but Alicent Hightower's children as well, do you choose to stay there for a while or go there to stay, as family?"
 
"What do you think Alys?"
 
Vaemon asked his sister.
 
"Can we please stay there as family? Just so we can get to know them better as family, father?"
 
Vaemon liked the idea of family, he never got to know his own family well, so he rather go with what his sister said.
 
"Okay, I'll write a letter to him, you take it to him on Silver Wing."
 
Alysanne's eyes widened, she didn't expect for her and her brother to go themselves, but she knows the way to King's Landing, Daemon went his bed chambers to write a short letter his brother the King.
 
"Brother, I just recieved your letter, Vaemon and Alysanne have chosen to stay as family, by the time you get this letter, Alysanne and Vaemon have come to King's Landing on Silver Wing, treat them well while you have them, they are most kind to everyone.
 
Your Brother
Prince Daemon of House Targaryen, First of my Name."
 
Daemon rolled the letter, cooked up some wax to turn into liquid in a small bowl, he tips the wax on the scrolled letter and stamps it with the sigil of House Targaryen, he blows it to cool off and dry, he walks out and meets Vaemon and Alysanne and Vaemon who is waiting by Silver Wing the Silver White, he gives the scrolled letter to Alysanne, kisses her on the forehead, he then hugs Vaemon and says farewell.
 
They both climb on Silver Wing, Vaemon sat behind Alysanne.
 
"Soves Silver Wing."
 
Alysanne commanded, Silver Wing took flight, Daemon stood vigil, holding Dark Sister's hilt with both of his hands, watching them get smaller and smaller until they were out of his sight, he walks back to the castle of Pentos to join his wife.
 
Soon Alysanne and Vaemon reach Westeros, they see Dragonstone on their way, they see Vermithor sitting outside, the dragon keepers in Dragonstone must've let him out for some fresh air, they keep flying towards King's Landing and landed beside the Dragonpit, they dismounted from Silver Wing, then Alysanne told Silver Wing to rest on the hills until they have to depart.
 
"Jikagon kel va se ynesodra Gelenka Tikun, ilon'll sagon kesir syt ia bossitas/Go sit on the hills Silver Wing, we'll be here for a while, don't eat any sheep, save it for the young dragons."
 
Vaemon and Alysanne walk down to the Red Keep, they were greeted by the guards, they lead them inside to go to the King's bed chambers upstairs, on their way, they were greeted by the Lord Commander of the Kingsguard and talked to them.
 
"What are you two doing here?"
 
Ser Harrold said and Vaemon answered.
 
"Our uncle, the King offered to foster us for a few days, Alysanne has the letter written by father."
 
"Well then, I'll take you to him."
 
They reach Viserys' bed chambers, Ser Harrold knocks on the door before opening it.
 
"Your Grace, Prince Vaemon and Prince Alysanne are here."
 
Viserys furrowed his brows while smiling.
 
"Good Gods, what about their father? Is Daemon here too?"
 
"No Your Grace, though they brought a letter."
 
"Well let them in."
 
Viserys said as he stood up, he smiles at the presence of his nephew and niece, Alysanne walks forward.
 
"Hello uncle."
 
Alysanne hugs him, they pulled away and Alysanne gave the letter to the King, Viserys reads the letter and was pleased, while the King read the letter, Vaemon looked at the building on the small round table, he found great interest in it.
 
"What is this uncle?"
 
Vaemon asked looking back at his uncle the King, Viserys smiled.
 
"Ah, that is my sculpture, of Valyria."
 
Vaemon was amazed by the look, towers, small figures of dragons perching on the towers, he saw the tower that his family stayed in before the Doom of Valyria happened, at the time of Aegon's Conquest, it was a very good detail of it.
 
"It's a really good detail, is it really what you think it looked like?"
 
"Yes I do think it looks like that."
 
"Maybe one day, if I claim myself a dragon, I'll fly over there, I'll see to it, how it looks like, in the meantime, can I help you with this Your Grace?
 
"Yes, you may."
 
Viserys smiled at Vaemon, the King turns to look at Alysanne and they both smile at each other, Alicent comes in the bed chambers she sees two other bodies in there other than Viserys.
 
"Princess Alysanne, Prince Vaemon, what are you doing here?"
 
"Alicent, they are here to spend time with us, I just wrote a letter to Daemon in Pentos, they agreed themselves of the subject, you two go and get settled, in your bed chambers, and do whatever you want."
 
Vaemon and Alysanne went to their bed chambers, they got settled, they have their clothes hung in their wardrobes, but they only use those for when they have to attend to court, and sometimes for special occasions like their namedays coming up soon.
 
They went out of their bed chambers, they saw two guards coming up, it was the twins from House Cargyll, Ser Arryk and Ser Erryk, they both approached them.
 
"Can you show the way to Princess Rhaenyra's chambers please?"
 
Alysanne asked, they both turned and walked towards Rhaenyra's bed chambers, they knock on the door then the guards enter.
 
"Princess, Prince Vaemon and Princess Alysanne are here to see you."
 
Rhaenyra's eyes widened, they both come in, they hug Rhaenyra who returned the hug.
 
"What are you two doing here?"
 
Alysanne answered.
 
"Uncle Viserys offered to foster us, so here we are."
 
"Really? So good to see you, Jace, Luke come in here please."
 
Two little boys come running in, the bigger one was Jace and the little one was Luke, their full names, Jacaerys and Lucerys, Vaemon and Alysanne met them one by one.
 
"So, how's Daemon? Where is he?"
 
"Father is still in Pentos with mother."
 
Vaemon said, answering Rhaenyra, Vaemon and Alysanne stayed there for the time being, all they did was to have fun with the kids, their cousins and their nephews.
 
End of Flashback...
 
Both had raven colored hair, no Valyrian colored eyes, there was people already questioning their legitimacy, Vaemon was now the age of twenty turning twenty-and-one, Alysanne was ten-and-nine turning twenty, their father was now married to Lady Laena Velaryon, they bore two daughters who were loved by both Vaemon and Alysanne, and those girls loved them back.
 
Vaemon got along with Jace and Luke very well, he also got along with Aemond as they both were dragonless, talking of dragons, their stepmother Laena finally accomplished her desire to claim the biggest and oldest dragon in the world, Vhagar the Mighty Old, a dragon of Aegon's Conquest, first ridden by Queen Visenya, the Conqueror's first sister wife, which is how Vaemon was able to get to Kings Landing, Vaemon was able to bond with the Mighty Old Beast, but never claimed her, as she is already ridden by Laena, Alysanne got there on her mount Silver Wing, when Vaemon didn't want to play with Jace and Luke, he was found in the King's bed chambers, helping with the sculpture of  Valyria, he found interest in the great sculpture made by the King, he and His Grace got along well with each other, they talked a lot while tending to the sculpture.
 
Their session with the sculpture building was cut short when a servant boy came give the news about the babe.
 
"Your Grace, my Prince, the babe has been brought upon us, another boy, and the Princess is in the Queen's bed chambers."
 
Vaemon gave a glare towards the boy, did the Queen order for Rhaenyra to walk after her labors? It is no good for a woman to walk after just giving birth, because they will be leaving a blood trail, because of the afterbirth.
 
"Thank you."
 
The King stood up, grabbed his cane, he turned to look at Vaemon.
 
"Vaemon, my dear boy, would you like to come see the babe."
 
Vaemon stood up, they walked along the corridor until they see a blood trail, leading up to the Queen's room, they walk in, the King talks to Ser Laenor Velaryon, Rhaenyra's husband and Vaemon's friend.
 
"What pleasant news this morning."
 
"Indeed Your Grace"
 
"Where is he, where is my grandson."
 
The King got a hold of his grandson, a beautiful baby boy, Vaemon went to sit down by Rhaenyra, he holds her hand, once their hands touched, there was an energy of love going through them both.
 
"I hope the birth was easy."
 
"It's never easy Vaemon."
 
Rhaenyra's beautiful face was now smiling to Vaemon, who smiled back, the smiles of love didn't get unnoticed by the King, the Queen and Laenor, the King saw them smiling and loved them for it, the Queen didn't like it, Laenor didn't mind.
 
"Does the babe have a name yet?"
 
The Queen said, Vaemon's face dropped and stared daggers into her eyes, why all of the sudden the Queen wants the babe's name now?
 
"We ha-"
 
Rhaenyra's sentence was cut off by Laenor.
 
"Joffrey, we want to name him Joffrey."
 
"That's an unusual name for a Velaryon."
 
Was it just in Vaemon's thoughts or was the Queen just being a cunt?
 
"Well I like the name"
 
The King smiled at Vaemon, Vaemon stood up and helped Rhaenyra on her feet, the Queen had the babe in her arms.
 
"Well done my girl, I hope the labors was easy for you."
 
"I think I called the midwife a cunt"
 
"Oh"
 
Vaemon kept his chuckles inside, the King and Rhaenyra kissed each other on the cheek, Rhaenyra and Vaemon walked towards the Queen and Laenor.
 
"Do keep trying, Ser Laenor, sooner or later you'll have a child that'll look like you."
 
Vaemon heard the Queen say to Laenor, he was now taking to consideration that the Queen was actually being a cunt, they walked back to Rhaenyra's chambers where there were two boys running to Rhaenyra.
 
"Mother, Mother look, we picked an egg for the babe."
 
There was an egg in a warming chamber, it was a black egg.
 
"I say it's perfect for him."
 
"I let Luke pick."
 
"Thanks."
 
In the chambers was another friend of Vaemon, Ser Harwin Strong, the Hand's eldest son, the heir of Harrenhal, Vaemon and Ser Harwin were the best of friends, Vaemon knew the children were his, he promised to never say anything, but he referred the father to the boys to be Ser Laenor Velaryon, so he wouldn't bother himself about the boys' true father, and so he wouldn't consider them as bastards, the boys were rushed back to the Dragonpit by Laenor, just a few minutes later, both Vaemon and Alysanne were in the training courtyard, the boys were training, Aegon was showing off some moves to some girls, the King was seen on the castle fort watching with his Hand, His Grace was watching Vaemon and Alysanne more.
 
"Ah, look at this Lyonel, children training together, knock each other down and pick each other up, certainly what we need to see."
 
"That is the hope your grace."
 
Aegon and Aemond were now sparring with Ser Criston Cole, they caught his attention when Vaemon was using not only his wooden sword but his hands and feet too, Alysanne doing her famous twirl while swinging her sword at the dummy.
 
"You both have my attention my Prince, Princess."
 
They stop to look at who was talking, it was Ser Criston Cole.
 
"Princess, would you enlighten me with your skills?"
 
"Sure thing ser."
 
Alysanne and Ser Criston started slicing at each other's swords, next Alysanne was twirling her sword around her wrist, she then started twirling blocking every strike from Ser Criston's sword, she then put the tip of her sword on the ground and made spin to make her legs go upright, she then landed on her feet and swiped Ser Criston off from his feet, he fell on the ground then Alysanne quickly took the opportunity to put the tip of her sword towards his neck, he submitted.
 
Claps were heard all around the courtyard, Alysanne turned to see the King clapping for her.
 
"Well done my girl."
 
Alysanne showed a respectful curtsy to His Grace, Ser Criston got up and looked towards Vaemon.
 
"Your turn now my Prince, see how good you are."
 
Vaemon breathed in and swung his at him hard, Ser Criston tried to hit him, Vaemon dodged it by using his toes of his left foot and balanced to make plank out of himself to dodge the coming sword, he put the tip of the wooden sword on the ground, he launched himself sideways, and made his feet look like he was running sideways in the air, it stunned the knight for a few seconds, only to use his sword to trip the knight back first, Vaemon spun around and put the blade part of his wooden sword to Ser Criston's throat.
 
Again there were claps coming from the people in the courtyard, the King was happily clapping too after this spectacular show.
 
"Well done my dear boy."
 
Vaemon bowed to him nobly, Vaemon and Alysanne both retired their swords and ran inside the Red Keep, Alysanne was with Helaena who was tending to her little critters, it was a spider she was holding, Vaemon retired to his spare room that was made for him, waiting for the day to end, his father will come to pick them up at sunset, he took a nap for a bit on a chair, he was a dreamer like his uncle, he drifted further into his dream.
 
Inside the Dream..
 
Vaemon was standing in front of a ruined castle, he walked inside only to see flames raging, he saw a figure running to the door, it was Ser Harwin Strong, he realized he was in Harrenhal, it was about to be burned down, Ser Harwin was knocking at a door.
 
"Fire, I will be burned."
 
Finally it crumbled on top of him, then the scene changed, he found himself back in Pentos, he was standing behind a figure who was on their knees in front of a dragon, it was Vhagar.
 
"Vhagar, Drakarys"
 
Vaemon heard the voice was Lady Laena Velaryon's, Vaemon's jaw dropped at the words that was said, his eye was wide, he then heard a man's voice.
 
"LAENA."
 
He heard his father's voice, finally a ball of fire hit Laena with her arms spread, she was burned to crisp, Daemon had a sad expression on his face, both Vaemon and his father dropped to their knees grieving for the Lady Laena Velaryon.
 
End of the Dream..