The Dragon in the North

Driftmark

'Good morning, Dany.' 'Good morning, Luke.' Luke had been waiting outside Daeny's room to accompany his big sister to her dragons, as she was going to fly to her grandparents for a few days. 'Have you been waiting long?' 'No, I've only just come from my own room. Are you looking forward to seeing grandmother and grandfather?' 'Yes, I haven't seen either of them for a long time. But it's only a few days.' As they both set off, Rhaenyra and Jace joined the small group.

Arriving at Daeny's dragon, Rhaenyra turned to her daughter and hugged her tightly. 'Fly carefully, my little dragon, and take care of yourself.' 'I will, mum.' Jace and Luke took Daenys in their arms as well. 'Which dragon are you going to fly to Driftmark with?' 'I'm going to fly to Driftmark with Vermithor. Meraxes and Silverwing will stay here on Dragonstone.'

After Luke, Jace and Rhaenyra had said goodbye to Daenys, Daenys climbed onto Vermithor's back. 'Fly, Vermithor' With that, Vermithor took off and flew towards Driftmark. Vermithor literally glided through the air and occasionally flew just above the surface of the water. Daenys laughed delightedly and enjoyed the flight to Driftmark.

Driftmark was getting closer and Daenys could already see Meleys. She steered Vermithor in the direction of Meleys and Vermithor landed near the Red Queen. Daenys got off Vermithor's back and stroked his muzzle. 'Daenys you're finally here.' 'Hello grandmother. It's good to see you again.' Rhaenys took her eldest granddaughter in her arms and hugged her tightly. 'Let's go back to the castle, your grandfather is waiting for you too.' Rhaenys and Daenys walked to the castle together and talked about a few things on the way there.

Once in the throne room, Daenys was warmly welcomed by her grandfather. The three of them stood together and spent some quality time together. Afterwards, Rhaenys and Daenys walked back in the direction of their dragons, as they had a lot to talk about. 'Grandma, I found out that fire can't hurt me. That was a real shock.' 'I believe you. But I knew you were something very special. But there's something else. What's on your mind?' 'Mum has a feeling something's going on in King's Landing. I told her that she needs a spy on the scene, but also that she should try to find allies. I suggested Dorne or the Free Cities for a start.' 'That's not a bad idea. Dorne won't be that easy. Unfortunately, there has never been a good experience between Dorne and the Targaryen.'

The two exchanged ideas about further strategies and possible allies. After their conversation, Daenys began to explore Driftmark. On her exploration tour, she also met many people and chatted to everyone. Daenys loves nature and enjoys discovering the diversity that can be found everywhere.

After her exploration tour, she went to her room, where two letters were already lying on the table. The first letter was from Cregan, and the second letter was from Helaena. She was too tired to read both letters, so she decided to read them in peace the next day. During the night, she was woken by a noise. It sounded as if the noise was coming from the direction where Vermithor had set up camp. Daenys quickly put on some clothes and ran to her dragon without being noticed.

What she saw there astonished her enormously. Vermithor stood menacingly and full-sized in front of the much smaller Sunfyre. What was Aegon doing here? Daenys ran faster and was now standing by her dragon. 'Aegon, what are you doing here?' 'Helaena said you were on Driftmark. I had to check something.' 'Check something? Are you tired of living? There are currently at least two dragons on this island that are bigger than Sunfyre and you want to check something?' 'I didn't expect this giant to suddenly appear in front of me.' 'You're lucky he didn't char you.' Daenys was worried, frightened but also angry. How stupid could anyone be? These different feelings, why did she have them?

Daenys quickly calmed Vermithor down and now stood directly in front of Aegon, who watched this interaction in awe. At that moment, the most diverse feelings came to him again. Proud, admiration and yet another feeling. He had come to Driftmark precisely because of this feeling. He had to see her and find out what this feeling was. Heleana said that he had fallen in love with Daenys and that this feeling, which he couldn't categorise, could only be one thing: Love!

'Aegon, what are you doing here?' Nothing happened for a few moments, and he just looked at Daenys. Daenys herself was confused, what was going on with this guy? Was Helaena perhaps right after all? 'Earth to Aegon... Are you still alive?' Daenys waved her hand in front of his face as he didn't move. Suddenly he took her face between his hands and kissed her affectionately.

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It has happened. I wonder how Daenys will react.

-Bails ❤️