The Wars to Come - J.S.

21 - DRAGON RIDERS

— dragonstone —

After filling her friends in on her journey North and learning about the plans that had been set in motion in her absence, Aurora heads to Jon's chambers. He answers the door and smiles at her before moving aside to allow her to enter.

"Nice room." she comments.

His hands find a place on her hips and his chin comes to rest on her shoulder as she admires the room. 

"Would you like to share it with me?" he says in a mocking tone. Aurora's eyes roll as she turns to face him, her arms winding around his neck. 

"No, I was actually planning on sharing with Davos." 

He laughs, a warm sound that makes Aurora's heart do flips in her chest. 

She smiles back at him, "I have good news." Jon raises a brow as a sign for her to continue, "Daenerys has agreed to let you mine the glass tomorrow."

"Really?" he exclaims, "Aurora that's wonderful, thank you so much." he moves his arms to her waist and hugs her tightly. 

They sit and talk for a while about Daenerys and the White Walkers and everything in between. 

And that night, Aurora falls asleep with a smile on her face.

—

Aurora stands on the cliffs of Dragonstone where the dragons are all resting. She strokes Rhaegal's nose softly and a low hum of satisfaction comes from his throat. Viserion moves himself closer to Aurora as well and softly nudges her back with the end of his nose, nearly knocking her to the ground in the process. 

She laughs as she turns around and lays her other hand on the gold dragon's snout, beginning to pet him as well. 

"You boys have grown so much since I last saw you." she remarks to the dragons who blink at her in return. 

"You know, they are big enough to ride now." Aurora turns to look at Daenerys as she approaches them.

Aurora's eyes widen at the thought, wondering once again if she could be a dragon rider. 

"I - I don't know if I could. Or if he would.. let me." Aurora stutters as she looks up at the green dragon beside her.

"Only one way to find out." Dany says with a smirk. 

Aurora hesitantly turns back to the dragon beside her and as if he knows what she is thinking, he lowers his wing for her to climb up, just as Drogon does for his mother. Daenerys has already mounted her dragon and is watching Aurora with amusement in her eyes as the brunette girl climbs up onto Rhaegal's back. 

The two girls meet eyes and Dany leans forward with a smile as she grabs hold of Drogon's horns and prepares for him to leap off the cliff. 

Rhaegal begins running forward before Aurora has even grabbed on as she was distracted by watching Daenerys, and she scrambles to grab hold of the small horns in front of her before he jumps off the cliff. 

Her stomach drops as they begin falling towards the ocean below, and just as she thinks that he is going to crash into the sand, he pulls up and they are flying right above the ocean, his feet dragging through the waves ever so slightly. 

A laugh bubbles out of her and she lets out a yell of pure excitement as he starts heading up higher into the sky. 

She decides that Dragonstone is even more beautiful from the sky, its tall towers standing out against the blue and white of the sky. Viserion flies past them and she watches him pass, his golden scales catching the sunlight beautifully.