The Lion Knight and Dragon Princess

24 - When Dragons Flew to War

Amethyst leaped down from the rocky ledge with me riding on her back.  My silver hair tied back in a simple braid with me wearing a tunic and trousers rather than dealing with a ridiculous gown.  Flying above the vast sea water I had never felt more free being up here.  She released a cry diving down to the fleet of ships we had at our command. "I think this is one of the few times I've seen you this happy."

"For once in my life I am truly free.  Free from King's Landing, free from fake identities, free from Cersei and anyone else who wishes me dead.  If I'm being honest I've never felt so alive."

Jaime caught my body in his arms once I had slid down her lowered wing. "I'm happy to see you like this."

"Where are the twins?" Glancing around the moving ship I didn't see them running around like they normally had been the first couple of weeks since we had left Dragonstone.  Nothing but the vast and open see ahead of us.

Amethyst leaped up off her back legs and shot up to the clear skies with me and Jaime not being able to resist not watching her fly. "I put them down for a nap.  I can't keep an eye on you and them at the same time."

"You know I can take care of myself.  Besides, she won't hurt me while I'm on her back."

He moved his left hand down resting against my growing stomach. "I'm not worried about you so much but our future little heir."

"Stop you're worrying, my lion.  Although I would suggest choosing a different word then calling the baby future little heir.  The men that sailed with us are loyal to my sister.  We don't want her thinking we are the enemy."

Jaime tucked some hair behind my ear that had fallen from my braid. "I think you've made it very clear that you have no intention of taking the Iron Throne."

"I don't see the need in conquering the Seven Kingdoms when there's so much land that hasn't been explored outside of Westeros."

My husband squeezed me by the waist. "Hmm then it appears you need a different name than Princess of the Seven kingdoms."

"What would you suggest?" Draping my arms over his shoulders he wrapped his arms around my waist.

"Princess Vaella Lannister, First of her name, Lady of Casterly Rock, and adventurer of the Summer Sea and Sothoryos."

Kissing him shortly, footsteps approached us. "I love it."

"My lord, my lady.  The children were playing with this earlier.  I assumed you would want it back with you." A guard held up a knife and I noticed the writing engraved on it, quickly taking it from his hand.

"Thank you."

Jaime raised a brow. "I already gave you a knife as a precaution.  Why do you need another one?"

"This isn't an ordinary knife.  It belongs to Aegon the Conqueror.  He engraved his dream on it.  Rhaegar secretly slipped it into my protection before he left to fight.  It's strictly only known by the heirs of the Iron Throne." Sliding the blade back inside my right boot I buttoned the hise hold bag strapped to my boot.

Jaime smirked down at me, holding the side of my face. "Your brother may have thought you would be heir one day, you never know." I smiled thinking Rhaegar may have always seen me as a Queen.

Rhaegar had been buried away in the library inside the Red Keep. He had always been a bookworm from the day he learned how to read.  So I knew where to find him on rainy days where no one was likely to disturb him.  Pushing the double doors open hearing them creak loudly seeing him sitting down at the first table.  "Brother, what book do you have your head buried in this time around?"

"Aegon the Conqueror." He waved me over with his freehand pulling me up my own wooden chair. "Come, come, this is what father always told me about before his episodes began."

Lifting my head up from the book pages I asked him not ever being told the story. "What does it say about Aegon the Conqueror?"

"Aegon foresaw the end of the world of men.  Tis to begin with a terrible winter gusting out of the distant North.  Aegon saw absolute darkness riding on those winds.  And whatever dwells within will destroy the world of the living.  When the great winter comes, all of Westeros must stand against it."  Eyeing my brother I was curious about the knife he had drawn from inside his belt on his trousers. "Before Aegon's death the last of the Valyrian pyromancers hid his song in the steel."

He handed me the knife where I muttered the written word under my breath. "From my blood comes the Prince that was promised.  And his will be the Song of Ice and Fire."

"Vae,  I shouldn't be doing this since this has been passed down from heir to heir.  But I'm giving it to you in case something happens to me since you are the oldest in line after me." Rhaegar placed his hand over mine still holding the knife.

Shaking my head, I attempted to push the blade back into his hands. "Rhae, I can't accept it then.  It's only between the heirs of the realm."

"I want someone else to help me figure out the prophecy.  You know father's condition nowadays ....please Vae." He begged me with those purple dragon eyes we shared.

Placing the dagger in his hands I put my hands on top of his vowing to my elder brother. "I vow to help you figure out this knife prophecy."

"You might just be the very first Queen of the Seven Kingdoms one day." Rhaegar sent me a proud smile back, I wouldn't become obsessed with it like he was.  But at least back then we were a team on a mission.

In the many weeks that had passed we were getting closer to the land of Sothoryos.  The uncharted land across the Summer Sea.  Strolling across the ship now wearing a simple red dress that wasn't too tight around my waist I leaned over the side of the boat watching the different fish swim in the waters below.  "There you are, my dragon.  What's troubling you. You're trembling." Jaime's familiar hand touched my lower back

Glancing at him I met his gaze. "I got to thinking about something my brother and I read in Targaryen history.  The notes of when dragons flew to war."

"Meaning what exactly?"

Closing my eyes I sucked in a breath wrapping my freehand around my ring necklace. "When they flew to war everything burned."

"You shouldn't be the one worrying about dragons going to war. There's only four left in the world after all. We only need to worry about making it to that shoreline." Jaime points his index finger out in front of us, where we could see some sight of land off in the distance.

Laying my head against his chest I closed my eyes briefly letting my worries fade until I swore I could hear a faint screeching sound above our heads. "Did you hear that?"

"Hear what, Vaella?" He asked me.

Taking a step forward I tucked my hair behind my ear trying to get a better listen.  It for sure wasn't Amethyst because she was laying asleep in the back of the boat deck.  "That noise.  It sounded like a - a whistle." The second the word left my mouth, something dove down and hit the top part of our ship where the whole boat rocked and everything fell in different directions onto the deck.

"Vaella!" Jaime shouted at me before he fell onto his back and I banged my head against the side of the boat railing. He scrambled to his feet, genre helping me up by my forearm. "Are you oPl b xkay.  Are you hurt? Fetch the Maester!"

Lowering my hand from my forehead I pushed through the small headache that was coming on. "I'm alright." Gently pushing him away I ran to the tip front of the boat, leaning up on my toes hearing the same noise another time.

"What was that?" He asked me looking around the empty waters.

Squinting my eyes the skies were empty for a short period before something dove down and flew barely above the water.  A long tail swung down and large swings flapping where it was clear what type of creature it was before me. "It's another dragon....hell it's a island of dragons." Jaime stood behind me seeing multiple dragons flying around the land with small buildings coming into view.

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