"Wind & Words"

Discovery

Little Robb & Daenerys

"Mama, I don't want to go to my lessons today. Why can't I practice my sparing with Papa or Grandpapa Jorah?" Robb sat on his bed and crossed his arms. He pouted at his mother hoping his protest wouldn't be in vain.
Daenerys stood there and crossed her arms as well and rose a brow to her stubborn child. He brooded just like his father.
"Robb, your lessons with Gilly and Sam come first, then after you've had your dialect lessons with Missandei you will be free to train outside with your father or Jorah. Do I make myself clear?" She watched as little Robb scoffed then stood up, he kicked his bed side and walked out his chamber doors.
Daenerys didn't like his stubbornness but she knew he got that from both she and Jon. She followed her son out and called for him to come back. "Robb, come here now!"
Robb stopped and turned to face his mother he had tears of defeat in his eyes. He wiped them away and made his way towards his mother watching his feet the whole time.
"Robb look at me please." Dany waited.
Her son gave her a brooding stare, "Yes Mama?" He uttered through gritted teeth.
"This behavior is unacceptable, you are the crown Prince, therefore you must behave so. Have we taught you to act this way? What if your father saw you behave this way? What do you think he will do? I doubt he'd have this same patience with you as I do now."
Robb didn't want to hear this right now, he wanted to go and get lessons over with so he could go to the training yard before dark. He was going to be six in two months and he hated being treated like a baby. But maybe if he listened better his mother wouldn't get after him that much. He sighed in defeat and looked to his mother calming himself.
"I'm sorry Mama. I didn't mean to loose my temper and kick my bed. I will do as you say, please don't tell Papa, he will take sparing lessons away for the week if you do. Please Mama please?" Robb figured if he gave her his pouting face and pleading eyes she would give in and it worked. Robb saw his mother roll her eyes, smile and sigh, "Very well just go and be on your way now. You're already late. I love you my darling boy."
Robb smiled and went to hug his mother, he also gave her a quick kiss. "Thank you Mama, I love you!" Daenerys smiled to herself and shook her head watching her growing son run to the library to join the rest of his friends. She couldn't believe how tall he was becoming, Jon wasn't very tall but Robb was taller than any five year old his age. He looked like he was seven and he was very smart, Maester Samwell always told Jon he was impressed at his intelligence. Robb was smart because he was learning with older children little Sam, Evelyn who were older along Sam's three year old daughter Ally. Daenerys turned and walked to her chambers to wake up her sleeping daughter, who hated being woken up. "Oh these stubborn little dragons." She said smiling to herself.

Robb ran through the halls of the Red Keep headed to the study library where Gilly conducted their classes. While he was running he saw his father's white dire wolf join him.
"Ghost! I'll race you to the library." Robb said and darted off with Ghost at his side. Ghost was his best friend, they had many adventures and got into a lot of trouble together.
Robb walked into the study and everyone was already there with books I front of them.
"Late again Prince Robb. Come now you're already behind on the history of the five kings." Robb sighed and walked to his seat, Ghost walked over to his spot and laid down by the entrance to keep guard of the children.
"Robb we got to the part where your Uncle was named King in the North and we're about to read about how he out smarted Tywin Lannister." Said Little Sam.
Robb smiled, "Really? Aw man I wanted to hear the story about him being crowned King."
"Ok lets continue then." Said Gilly. "Evelyn continue where we stopped please dear."

Jon

"So Tyrion, are you ready for your journey to Dorne?" Asked Jon.
Tyrion smiled at his King, "Whether I'm ready or not doesn't matter it must be done."
Jon chuckled at the dwarf's clever response.
"Look Your Grace I know you're beginning to trust me again and I will not fail, you have my word. I am loyal to your house." Jon stopped walking and Tyrion halted along side his King.
"I know I've been hard on you these past few years Lord Tyrion and I know you understand why but please do not fail. Dorne isn't like Meereen, they're more complicated because they don't want to be apart of our kingdom. And make sure to keep an ear out for scheming. I'm going to send Ser Bronn with you." Jon said.
Tyrion looked worried, "If you're sending Ser Bronn with me that means you're expecting I meet some resistance. Should I bring a few guards with me Your Grace? For protection?"
Jon furrowed his brows, "I'm sending Ser Bronn with you because I don't want to take shit from anyone. I know Ser Bronn is smart and he's a good fighter, if you come across any resistance get them into questioning. But be sure to inform me do not execute unless I give the order. Understood? You may take four unsullied with you to guard you Tyrion but that's it because we need to be seen as peaceful not with an army of men. With Bronn among side you everything will be fine."
Tyrion gulped and entered the small council where everyone was seated along side Jon. They all stood up waiting for their King to sit. Jon walked over next to Dany who was standing as well. She smiled at him and he bent over and placed a soft kiss on her brow. "Good afternoon darling how was your morning?" Jon asked as he gestured with his hand for everyone to sit.
Dany smiled and exhaled, "It was Fine a bit challenging with the children but all is well thank the gods." Jon smiled back and brushed a loose hair behind her ear, now he turned to his council giving them his undivided attention.
"Let us begin then Lord Tyrion." Said Dany.
Tyrion stood up, "Tomorrow myself and Ser Bronn will depart for Dorne to elect a Warden to serve our King and Queen faithfully. We need to make peace for that dreadful incident that happened all those years ago. I shall be in contact by raven Your Graces."
Jon watched Dany smile at her Hand, "I know you will be successful Lord Tyrion, you always are." Tyrion nodded his head but didn't say a word Jon saw the uncertainty on his face. Jon then turned to Davos. "Ser Davos is the ship Tyrion is taking ready to sail for Dorne?" "Yes Your Grace it's ready and wait'en for the Hand and Ser Bronn. It is well stocked with supplies and food."
"Well done Davos, be sure to add a few extra bushels of food, Lord Tyrion is taking four Unsullied soldiers with him as well."
"Why?" Asked Torgonudo.
Jon exhaled, "For his safety."
Now Jon turned to Bran, "Bran do you have any information to tell us?" Bran sat there with his blank stare. "I have no information Your Grace, every time one of my ravens gets close it's shot down. All I can say is if Dorne wasn't planning anything why would they shoot down my ravens? Someone knows you have eyes in the skies. My advice to Lord Tyrion is to keep a sharp eye, there is no doubt in my mind that something is brewing in the south. I will keep trying to get information, I will get to the bottom of this." Jon didn't like that answer, he felt a pit in his stomach, he hoped things would stay peaceful but it seems peace doesn't last. Jon let out a sigh and rubbed his left temple, that's when Daenerys broke the silence.
"While our Master of whispers continues to try to see what Dorne is planning, we need to prepare. I will not be unprepared for a siege especially with my children within the Red Keep. Ser Davos be sure to send a raven to Yara Greyjoy, inform her of the situation and tell her I will need her armada once we get word. Tell her we need her to let us know of any information she hears from her people. Dorne will not reach us if I send the Iron fleet to destroy them before they reach King's Landing. Jon, send a raven to Sansa let her know of the situation as well, have her spies keep a look out for us in the North. If the Northman are called to arms, I know they will answer. Grey Worm begin patrols throughout the kingdom, begin battle drills and have Ser Jorah do the same with the knights. The King and I shall patrol from the skies with our dragons as well, we shall be prepared."
Jon looked to his wife he knew she was still uneasy about riding Drogon since her dream but he also knew that it was necessary. Dany was right about preparing for a siege, they'd drank of peace for so long he was sure the soldiers had forgotten how to fight. He would make sure to train with them as well and he was going to send for Arya, she'd want to know what was going on in the Capitol. The small council meeting went on for another hour, Maester Samwell told of his success with the medicine he provided the people who were sick with fevers in Kings Landing. Jon was glad to receive some good news, along with the soup kitchens running smoothly. The orphanages in Kings Landing we're doing well and so was the one in Winterfell, thanks to Daenerys, Gilly and Sansa. When he and Dany left the meeting he was eager to go see his little Rhayanna.
"Where is my little princess right now Dany?" He asked eager to see her little face.
Daenerys laughed and gave Jon a sly grin, "She's busy with Missy at the moment. Would you like to join me in our chambers? I need to be de-stressed my King." Jon chuckled, "Are you sure we will be alone my love? Where's Robb?"
"Robb is with Rhayanna and Missy, they're having their Valyrian dialect lessons." Dany said squeezing his hand and walking faster towards their room.
"Alright then it seems we are clear for some alone time. Besides I can't have my Queen stressed because then she can't think clearly, we can't have that can we?" Jon smiled at Dany, grabbed her and kissed her in the long hallway. They broke their embrace and walked faster towards their chambers, eager to be one again. Jon nodded at the two Unsullied soldiers guarding their chambers and quickly opened the door. Dany began to kiss his neck while he shut it and then he grabbed her and kissed her lips fervently. It had been a long time since they made love. Jon felt a surge of heat corse through this body while he kissed Dany. He had one hand behind her neck pressing her into his kiss while the other hand was locked firmly around her butt. Jon let go of her and began undoing the silk laces of her dress. "Hurry Jon, I have a meeting with Ser Jorah in an hour." Dany whispered into his ear. "You're going to be late my love." He growled into her neck then kissed it. Dany giggled, "Oh Jon it feels like ages since we've..."
Just then their chamber door swung open and their son Robb was standing there in front of them with a puzzled face, Ghost was along side him. "Robb!" They both shouted, Jon and Dany jumped back off of each other. Dany began to rearrange her dress while Jon stood there trying to focus on what to say to his son but it was hard because he was hard.
"Robb, what have I told you about knocking?" Jon spat trying to buckle his belt back into place. He took in a deep breath and focused on what his son had to say.
"Papa, I found something you need to come and see!" Said a very excited Robb.
"What do you mean you found something? Aren't you supposed to be with Missandei and you sister in lessons Robb?" Asked Dany with an upset look. Jon then crossed his arms, "Robb, answer your mother."
Robb looked down, all his light brown curls fell over his face. "Robb, your mother asked you a question." Jon said in a stern tone.
His son looked up, "I skipped my Valyrian lessons today Mama, I'm sorry."
Dany scoffed, "Robb, you know you can't do that, what if something happened to you?"
"Robb you're the crown prince, you're an example to your sister, this is unacceptable. This behavior of yours, this sneaking off and ditching your lessons is not right. No sword training for a week." Jon said with his arms still crossed and a serious glare.
Little Robb stomped his foot in protest, "Papa you can't do that! I can't miss any combat lessons! How will I be a great warrior if I skip a lesson?" "You don't talk back to your father Robb. I'm the King and if I tell you no combat training then that's that. You need to change that attitude, I don't need people calling you the Mad Prince!" Jon spat back at his rambunctious child. Dany made her way to their son and Jon rolled his eyes.
"Dany don't baby him, he needs to learn what the consequences are." Jon demanded.
Dany looked to her husband, "I'm not going to baby him I'm going to speak with him. Both of you follow me." Dany led them to the table where they eat, she sat down and began her lecture. "Robb I understand you love to fight and swing your sword but just as combat training is important so are your lessons my darling. The lessons that Gilly and Missandei teach you train your mind the way combat trains your body. That way when you rule after your father and I are gone you will not only be a great warrior like you father but you will also have the intellect of ruling like your Mama. Being a ruler is difficult because anything you say or do affects your subjects. You don't want to be known as a spoiled-temperamental King do you?" Their son shook his head rejecting that image his mother painted. Dany smiled at him, "Good because I will not let you rule if you don't wise up and learn to control your impulses. Jon darling do you have anything else to add to this lecture?" Jon uncrossed his arms, "Robb I'm only hard on you because I know what you are capable of son. I want you to be a better King than I am. Yes, knowing how to fight is important but let me tell you I learned a great deal from your mother because she is the better ruler, diplomatically." Dany smiled, "I learned a great deal from your father also, I've been in your shoes my darling, I was impulsive on many occasions but your father talked reason into me. That's what you need son to learn combat yes but also to know how to reason logically." They were finished.
Robb stood there listening intently to his parents. "I understand, my lessons on the mistakes and gains of others in history are important. I will not skip anymore lessons I promise Mama. I'm sorry Papa for disappointing you today. I will accept my consequences." Jon and Dany looked at each other and smiled happy they got through to their first born.
"But I really, really have to show you something. Quick come to my chambers I have it laid out on my bed. Me and Ghost found it while under the Keep where Aegon the Conquer's dragon skulls are. Come on Ghost!" With that said little Robb darted off out of their room with Ghost following behind. Jon grabbed Dany's hand and lead her to their sons chambers to see what he had discovered.
When they finally entered his room they saw Robb standing at the foot of his bed pointing and Ghost laid beside his feet. Jon approached with Dany beside him. When they saw the object he heard Daenerys gasp while he didn't know what to say or think.
"It's a dragon egg! What a wonderful discovery Robb." Dany said shocked.
Robb looked at them in shock, "I thought it was a smooth fancy rock."
"Dany how is this possible?" Jon asked, "I thought you were the only one who had the last three eggs?" Robb watched his mother reach for the dragon egg. It was silver and the scales imprinted all over were not as jagged as the three she had.
"It's warm." Dany said, "Mine weren't warm, mine were heavy stone like and the scale patterns were rough and jagged. This one has smooth scales on its egg and the color is just beautiful."
Jon and Robb stood in amazement while they watched Dany stroke the egg.
"Where exactly did you find it Robb?" Asked Jon. Robb rubbed his chin, "I found it behind Balerion's skull within the wall. I saw a loose stone and I moved it and stuck my head in, it looked like an entrance to a tunnel. That's when I saw something shiny, a twinkle and I saw this, well the egg."
"Can we hatch it?" Jon asked, "Well can you hatch it Dany? You're the mother of dragons after all." Dany smirked, "Well I can but it will be easy. I wouldn't have to start a pyre or anything all we have to do is put it on some fire. I think anyway, if that doesn't work we can make a pyre." Robb's eyes glistened at his mother's words.
"A dragon of my very own." He said.
Jon laughed, "Oh I see you aren't satisfied with just a dire wolf. You'll wound Ghost, poor boy will be shattered with you paying more attention to the dragon." Robb shook his head, "I'd never stop paying attention to Ghost, he's my best friend. He's going to help me train my new dragon." Jon heard Daenerys laugh softly.
"What's so funny Mama?" Asked Robb.
"We will see how things go my darling, dragons are as unpredictable as you." She said. Then Jon said, "Yeah Ghost might try to eat it. And how do you know this will be your dragon Robb?" Dany smiled at her son Jon could tell she knew the answer. Robb thought to himself for a moment, "I just feel it Papa, I know this dragon is mine. It was meant for me to find it, maybe my Targaryen grandfather wanted me to have it? I'm not sure but I'm sure this dragon is mine." Jon looked to his wife for confirmation. "You're right my darling, if you feel connected to this egg it's meant for you. That means you need to hatch it but we must wait until the dragon is ready. When it feels unbearably hot that's when we know it's ready to be hatched." Robb smiled and put a pillow in front of his fire place and began to light a fire.
"Now Robb your mother and I expect you to go and apologize to Missandei for not attending your lesson. Is that understood?"
"Yes Papa." Said Robb.
Jon and Dany left their son's chamber and made their way to speak to Ser Jorah.

Ashara

"It's a glorious evening isn't it Drakaina? Ashara  soared over her ships on her blood red dragon. Her straight black hair waved in the crips sea air and she felt happy because soon she'd have vengeance. Ashara glided ahead of her ships they weren't far from Dorne, only a few leagues out. She wanted to fly over head to make sure there were no threats coming their way. She had a few Dornish ships, one hundred and three hundred ships from the Golden Company. It was enough she didn't need many men she had her dragon. One dragon could destroy King's Landing in only a few hours. While Ashara sat on top of Drakaina she saw a black swarm of birds coming her way. Her heart sped up and her stomach sank, it was a swarm of black ravens. When they flew closer she saw their eyes were white. "It's the Targaryen's green-seer, I need to turn back so they won't see me, I will loose my element of surprise." Ashara closed her eyes and mentally commanded her dragon, 'Drakaina burn the ravens!' In that second Drakaina blew her fire and the ravens instantly became ash. Ashara laughed out loud thinking she was still unseen, little did she know there was a white raven flying from above watching and counting her fleet. Ashara turned her dragon around and made her way back to the ships.

Bran, Jon & Daenerys

      "What did you just say?" Jon asked Bran shocked at the new information he glanced at Dany she was pale. Bran had called for them to meet him in his chambers late that evening he had discovered something.
  "As I said before there is a woman with black hair leading a fleet of ships. The ships are from Essos, the Golden Company and I saw a few from Dorne. The dark haired woman is on top of a large red dragon. Not as big as Drogon but about the size of Rhaegal. They maybe heading this way, I'm not completely sure but Yara needs to be informed as soon as possible."
  "Davos sent the raven after our meeting Bran. Do you think it's enough time? The Iron Islands are not exactly in their path. Yara would have to leave by tomorrow evening to intercept them." Jon sighed after he spoke.
Bran answered, "If they're not intercepted they will reach us in a month or less, if the winds are kind. And you're right Jon if Yara isn't informed and doesn't leave by tomorrow evening we will have lost our advantage."
Jon ran a hand through his hair, "How can we inform Yara by tomorrow? It's impossible we will just have to go to war."
"No, we can tell Yara ourselves Jon. We must leave tonight for the Iron Islands, on the dragons. We are going to be at war whether they make it here or not. The fleet will have to attack at sea and if that woman has a dragon that means we will accompany the Iron fleet as well.  Come Jon we must prepare to leave. Thank you Bran for your report, it may have saved us." Dany said in a serious tone then she exited Bran's chambers. Jon knew she was headed to say goodbye to their children. "We leave tonight then Bran, we will see you when we return." With that said Jon followed his wife they needed to now break the news of their departure their son and daughter. Jon could feel his heart breaking just thinking about being apart from them.