Only in the skies, flying on their dragons, do the Targaryens find freedom. Knowing this, Aenys decided to give his daughter a dragon for her tenth birthday. Rhaena was his firstborn, a Targaryen, it was her birthright. True, he first asked the king's father for permission. And he gave it, but made him promise that Rhaena would not leave the Targaryen house.
- Only those who remain in the family can lay claim to a dragon. Do you understand, Aenys?
And he understood. Dragons are everything to them. Heritage, power. Without them, they are ordinary people. So if one of his children marries someone outside their family, he will not see a dragon. And his descendants too. Only Targaryens should have dragons. So in the future, Rhaena will have to marry Aegon. The man had already talked to his wife and she had nothing against his idea.
- This is a wonderful idea, my husband! Who else but a brother and sister can arrange a good family?
Having received permission, the prince went to Dragonstone. There, of course, his aunt met him.
- Welcome, nephew.
- Queen aunt.
- I understand that you did not just fly in to visit me.
- Forgive me, aunt, but today I am only looking for a gift for Rhaena .
- Oh, I know, it is Rhaenys's granddaughter's birthday tomorrow. I hope you will choose a good gift. Go, I will not disturb you.
- Thank you, aunt.
At this point, their conversation ended. Visenya headed to the castle, and Aenys remained for a while looking at the woman's back. He did not know what he expected from her. Advice? Help? Aunt always kept her distance from him. And if he managed to improve relations with Maegor, then not with her. As soon as he reached out to her, she took a few steps back from him, thereby ruining all his attempts. And the man did not know the reason for her attitude towards him and his family. Was it because he was the son of Rhaenys, his father's beloved wife?
"Apparently the gap between us will never close." - Aenys thought sadly.
And he headed towards the caves where the eggs, the adult dragon Vhagar and the little hatched dragons were.
- We welcome you, Prince Aenys. - the dragonwatchers greeted the prince.
- Hello. I have come for a dragon for my daughter.
- We have accompanied you, Prince.
Two dragonwatchers followed the man. He looked at the cave with interest. He rarely visited Dragonstone. Well, and when he did, he was usually busy with Maegor and his aunt, and Quicksilver rarely stayed in the cave.
- Prince, would you like to look at the eggs or should we move on to the dragons?
- All our eggs are beautiful, of course, but I would not mind looking at the dragons.
The cave was deep. They walked until they finally stopped in front of the nest. Kneeling down, Aenys saw a yellow dragon sleeping in the hay.
- Is it a she or a he?
- This female, the only one that hatched from Quicksilver's clutch.
- My Quicksilver?
The prince was surprised. No one had told him that Quicksilver laid eggs, much less that anyone had hatched from them.
- Why didn't anyone tell me?
- We reported to Queen Visenya.
Of course, she decided not to tell me. I didn't notice that Quicksilver laid eggs, so why should I report on the Dragon that hatched from her clutch.
- May I know how many eggs Quicksilver laid in total?
- Six, but only one has hatched so far.
- Do you want to take her?
Of course, it would be nice if his daughter got the female dragon of his dear Quicksilver.But something told him that she was not right for Rhaena . He didn't know if it was a feeling or something else, but he decided to trust it.
- No, but I was pleased to know that my dear Quicksilver has a child. Let's go further.
Walking a little further, the man saw a nest, but a larger one, and there was not one dragon there, but two. And unlike the first, they were not sleeping. The pale gray dragon noticed him and ran up the mountain of hay. And the other dragon, blue with silver markings, growled at them.
"He/she is protecting their brother or sister. Hmm, just like Rhaena, Aegon when he is scolded."
