the thing about dragons
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  • Reads 177,561
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  • Parts 28
  • Time 7h 7m
Ongoing, First published Jan 10, 2023
Every morning Daelyra Targaryen wakes up and chooses violence. (Figuratively, at least.)
    
    It might be because she's Daemon Targaryen's daughter. It might be because her soul is from another world. It might be because her dragon blood runs hotter than most, and that means more than she knew it could. It might be because the dragon that chose her is the most vicious of them all. It might be because she's a woman on a mission.
    
    So many might-be's, but one thing is certain: she wasn't meant to exist and the sole fact that she does was enough to knock the world ever so slightly off its axis. Why not change it further?
    
    Or: Targaryens really aren't human and expecting them to conform to human standards rarely ends well. And sometimes an unhinged woman with an unhinged dragon is all the world needs to prevent a disaster long in the making.
    
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    A House of the Dragon Fanfiction.
    A story about family, growing up, magic, dragons, and maybe saving the world a little.
    
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  The chapters are typically 8-11 thousand words long so I split them for easier reading.
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    Cross-posted on:
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AO3 - https://archiveofourown.org/works/43121373/chapters/108369012
Scribblehub - https://www.scribblehub.com/series/699684/the-thing-about-dragons/
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Princess Valaena Targaryen, the once Silent Princess, now the Princess of Dragons. Youngest child and only daughter of Baelon and Alyssa Targaryen. The realm knew her for her quiet and reserved nature. The young girl lived in her peaceful shadow within her bubble in the kingdom, and she never complained. After the passing of her father and her brother's rise to King, she can no longer rely on that bubble. She tried to embrace the newfound position she has been placed in, but being who she is and who she is told to be have are conflicting. Sadly, when she is unable to conform to the rules of the society she lives in, she finds herself more alone than ever before. Consumed by fear and unable to find solace in those meant to be by her side, to protect her, she did the only thing she can think of, running away from King's Landing, her family, and the unwanted path set before her. After six years of running, growing, and finding herself, Valaena returns to King's Landing with a mission. A mission so important that the survival of her family depends on it. She's so used to putting together the puzzle pieces of her dreams, that playing the chest game of thrones is a new challenge to be conquered. It's all made a thousand times hard when everyone else is playing their own game. Valaena must learn the way of the chessboard to the Seven Kingdoms and beyond, or else the game of thrones might just consume her.