18. Milk & Cookies

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Christmas. The first ever Christmas in westeros.

" presents under the tree. Cookies and milk." Vaera had done a deep dive into Christmas. Harry told her what it was like what he wished it could be for him when he was living with his aunt and uncle. How his cousin was spoiled, rotten. But he told her how Christmas was supposed to be. With family and friends. Staying in your pajamas all day long. And snow always snow.

Well, in kingslanding, they didn't have snow, but they had the Christmas cheer.

"Where is Davina?" Vaera questioned.

" she's dragon riding with your father." Mattheo remarked. Vaera ran outside she saw fury and Caraxes in the air.

" and didn't wait for me?" she accused

" you were in Christmas mode. They didn't want to interrupt your genius at work." Mattheo offered. Vaera nodded that was an acceptable answer.

" are you excited for Christmas as I am?" Vaera pondered.

" definitely more exciting sharing this Christmas joy with you and your sister." Mattheo agreed.

" good morning beautiful people!" Luke declared, extending his arms out beside him. " bring on the presents!" he exclaimed.

" we can't start until everyone is here that is a rule!" Vaera remarked. " right? We need everyone here before anyone can open a present or eat a single Christmas cookie." Luke grumbled and groaned.

" I think that should be a new tradition." Daemon remarked as they landed.

" we have to pull vaera out of Christmas mood to join us next time." Davina countered.

" we definitely do." Daemon agreed. " I missed you so much. I miss both of my girls."

"Presents!" Jace declared. "Where are the cookies!"

"Not yet," alicent corrected.

"Dont tell my children what to do." Rhaenyra demanded. "You go on and have a cookie." Alicent rolled her eyes. Vaera swatted the cookie from Jaces hand.

"Wait until my dad and Dav get back!" Vaera demanded. Alicent gave rhaenyra an i told you so look.

"We are here!" Daemon declared. viserys smiled around at them.

"This was a lovely idea." Viserys remarked. "What did you call it again?"

"They call it Christmas." Vaera answered.

"Christmas... the castle has never smelt better." Viserys decided.

"Now cookies?" Luke questioned.

"Now cookies!" Vaera agreed grabbing one. "Cheers!" They all picked up a cookie and clinked them together, crumbs landing on the floor in between them.

"To family." Luke declared. Davina ruffled his hair.

"He's going to be Gryffindor." Davina decided.

"Presents!" Luke shouted running to the pile and giving one a shake.

"Read the tag. They are labeled." Vaera remarked. Rhaenyra and alicent didnt fight the rest of the day. They actually smiled. They were having fun because all their children were happy. They wanted nothing more than for their children to have good lives to be happy and safe and protected.

Daemon opened his present from Vaera and Davina and quickly wanted to try it.

"We played a life sized version of this game mum." Aemond remarked. He sat beside alicent and she kept an arm around him as the strings played. Davina wondered if they could bring back a cd player.

" a life size-" Alicent began as daemon spoke.

"Pawn to-"

"You have to use your hands." Rhaenyra remarked. "Have you never played chess before?"

"Wizards chess Rhaenyra." Davina corrected. They watched his pawn slide forward on its own. When a knight smashed into a little pawn alicent was horrified.

"The pieces fix themselves at the end of the game." Davina assured.

"You played

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"You played... oh Gods you could have been killed!" Alicent declared

" but look on the bright side." Davina cut in. " we didn't!" she did some jazz hands for returning to her presents

Daemon had forged matching valyrian steel bracelets for the girls.  Davina took one of the charms off and put it on her cat Killers collar. He swatted at the targaryen red gem a moment before settling back on the couch.

Hootie was picking at his seed happily. The owls were supposed to stay in the owlry at hogwarts but vaera snuck him out to her dorm from time to time not he got free roam of the castle and he was loving it.

Fury was examining a hand scope Aemond got and Davina couldnt help but laugh out when she saw him. He seemed to actually know how it worked.

"What do you see silly boy?" Davina questioned and Fury popped his head back up

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"What do you see silly boy?" Davina questioned and Fury popped his head back up. "Well?" She mused. FUry tipped his head to the side.

"What do you think? Best christmas ever?"

"Only christmas. So yeah. Definitely the best." Davina assured.

Being home made the girls not want to go back. It made them realize how much they missed they missed their father. Missed their dragons. Missed their beds. But they knew when they headed back to school it would be great.

"Why couldnt you befriend a teacher?" Aegon was asking Alicent. "Floo powder is so much eaiser than a port key."

"Cregan uses a port key." Vaera remarked. "Up in the north. He said it used to make him sick jumping from realms but hes used to it now."

"I didnt get used to it." Aegon murmured.

"Now you dont have to. As long as you dont anger professor Severus." Vaera agreed.

"Im glad your girls decided this." Rhaenyra remarked. "This was fun," daemon nodded smiling back at his daughters as the ran around with their cousins testing out their new toys and trinkets.

"We should have Christmas every year."

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