Burn Together ❖ Daemon Targaryen

Chapter 1

Over the 9 years since Rhallenne had claimed The Cannibal as her own dragon, she and her sister had grown into beautiful young women who the realm adored. Both had the signature Targaryen silver hair and purple eyes and the only difference was that Rhaenyra's hair was long and straight while Rhaellanne's was long and wavy

It had not been an easy 9 years though because the twins were forced to watch their mother Aemma endure several pregnancies, all of which resulted in either still births or miscarriages, and their mother's physical health was now deteriorating along with her mental health

With their mother constantly bedridden now and their father consumed in small council meetings, court had becoming very boring too, so the girls spent most of their time on dragon back. Rhaenyra's dragon Syrax may have been much smaller than The Cannibal but she was fast and so the girls would spend ages racing in the sky together

Syrax was the only other dragon which The Cannibal got along with, except for Caraxes who was their uncle Daemon's dragon. 

When Rhaellanne had first taken to riding The Cannibal, her father had been completely against it, and her mother too, but Daemon had been proud of her. He was only 14 years older than the twins, and he had Rhaellanne had always had a special bond, so he had taken it on himself to teach her to fly properly.

By the age of 15, Rhaellanne was by far one of the realm's best dragon riders and she felt more at home in the sky than she did at court, and Rhaenyra was following that same path to the annoyance of their parents

However, as they got older they had more duties at court, which meant they now were required to be in court more often, and so after a few hours in the sky, Rhaellanne and Rhaenyra landed their dragons outside the dragon pit

Rhaenyra's dragon Syrax lived in the Targaryen dragon pit, and Viserys had once tried to order the Cannibal to be kept there too but after The Cannibal ate one of their dragon guards, they gave up on that so he would land there and fly away

And when they touched down on the ground, they were greeted by each of their guards, Ser Harrold Westerling for Rhaenyra, and Ser Roderick Mormont for Rhaellanne, and their close friend Alicent who was the daughter of their father's hand

"Welcome back, Princesses" said Ser Harrold "I trust your ride was pleasant."

"Try not to look too relieved, ser." replied Rhaenyra

"We are relieved." said Ser Roderick "Every time those beasts brings you back unspoiled, it saves our heads from spikes."

Rhaellanne giggled and she and her twin made their way to the carriage they had ridden in here, in which Alicent was waiting

"Syrax is growing quickly." their friend said "She'll soon be as large as Caraxes."

"That's almost large enough to saddle two." said Rhaenyra pointedly

"I believe I'm quite content as a spectator, thank you." replied Alicent and Rhaenyra looked disappointed

Alicent Hightower was the daughter of the hand of the King, Otto Hightower, and thus she had grown up in the Red Keep alongside Rhaenyra and Rhaellanne, and the three of them had been friends from infancy. 

Rhaenyra and Alicent were definitely closer than Rhaellanne and Alicent and Rhaellanne suspected it was because Alicent seemed to dislike her slightly, but Rhaellanne did not know why. Perhaps it was because her father Otto disliked Rhaellanne since he deemed her too mischievous, and Rhaellanne only saw it as she was one person at court who Otto could not control and that was what he disliked

When the trio arrived back at the Red Keep, home of the Targaryen royalty, the first thing the twins did was go see their mother, Aemma, who was nearing the end of another pregnancy and was struggling to move at all