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298 AC
Dorne - Sunspear
Laena Velaryon
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Alynna closes the door behind her and makes her way across the room and jumps onto the bed next to me throwing me into the air before I fall back down and bounce a few times.
"What did she say, did you find out anything interesting?" Her excitement is radiating like heat from flames as she looks at me with bright eyes.
"We talked, we learned quite a bit and then we came to a decision." I try to make my voice as neutral as possible and she gives me a dead look before tickling my side making me scrunch up in defense.
"Come on and spill it, are you getting married or not?!" She grabs both my sides and tickles them as I thrash out of her grip.
"Stop! I will haha tell you!" She snorts and drops onto the bed away from me.
"Alrighty then, let me know the damage." She leans on her hand to prop her head up as she bores her eyes into me.
I rub my sides where it feels like her fingers are still digging into me and massage the feeling away.
"She told us about what is going on and we came to the decision I would be going to where the prince is and getting to know him. We are most likely getting married though, so long as he is not against it. The situation is a bit... awkward but it also works in my favor since all the babies can be Velaryons." Her brows raise in confusion.
"What do you mean, how is it so awkward the babies will be named... he is already married?!" She caught on quickly and her shocked look causes me to giggle.
"Yes, our guess about him and his sister was at least right, and most likely his nieces as well. But it works out fine since I won't be splitting the kids and naming some Targaryen, all of them will be Velaryons." A fact that makes me even more enthusiastic to start making them, things are looking good if we can win the war.
My dream is to pull House Velaryon back to its pinnacle of strength and take it even further, potential dragons weren't even a thought but now that it is I am full of ideas. I wonder how Eragon will feel about my ideas or how he will react to me at all. Will he approve of raising our kids to sail the world and go to places like Asshai and Yi Ti to bring back riches and also make friends there for future deals?
From what I have heard from servants here and from his mother he is a caring young man and most think he will make a good dad when I ask. But is that only going to count for the kids of the women he loves, is there a chance he will only do his 'duty' when it comes to me?
I hope he at least will love the children so their chances of getting dragons are better, a dragon rider will increase the power of our fleet to an untouchable level. No pirates will be able to ambush when a dragon is flying overhead and ready to burn them to cinders.
Gods it is so annoying, I need to talk to him so I can see what kind of man he is. I need to feel out how he will react to my ideas and if I can gain his support that will quite literally give wings to my ideas. I have had these aspirations for my family for as far back as I can remember, I take great pride in my family and it would be crushing if he was against the ideas of mine.
Rhaella specifically stated Eragon won't have children he didn't raise getting dragons at the minimum because he is avoiding a new dance of the dragons. It is smart since he is taking multiple wives but it is still likely to happen if not handled properly. People get jealous easily, I am jealous that our family's position has dropped like a stone in water and there is nothing I can currently do with the kind on the throne.
That's why I am worried about the status of my children and how they will be treated by the other wives. I will have to do my best to befriend them and make allies so my kids don't get cast to the side.
"Laena!" I shake my head and look at Alynna who is looking at me worried.
"What?" I ask and she shakes her head.
"You were ignoring me, I asked how you are feeling about all of that. You are trying to marry a man who has other wives, does that not concern you?" I snort and crawl to the headboard of the bed and lean my back against it.
"Of course I am worried, I don't want to become their 'enemy' or be seen as a thief or something. It could make for a miserable marriage if things start poorly. Lady Rhaella made it seem like it would be fine when my father left the room and she talked to me alone. She told me how he felt about being engaged to me since we were infants and he apparently had no displeasure. But that could also be because he just put it out of his mind and had no intention of actually marrying me." Alynna huffs and crosses her arms looking very offended.
"Laena, you are a beautiful woman and he should be honored you are still willing to marry him when he took up multiple wives already. I get it will be a huge advantage for House Velaryon if the war is won but why did you both buy into this when there is no guarantee they will win." She doesn't know the dragons are real, I take a peek at the chest she packed with her 'family heirloom' and a smile spreads on my face. I also was able to convince my father to let me bring one of our own 'heirlooms' left behind by the Red Queen herself.
I did make sure to ask about what would happen if a dragon choose me or my kid and Rhaella said it would be fine so long as the kid was raised by Eragon.
How would he feel about dragons hatching from entirely new eggs that are not his? I wonder if he can even replicate what he did, Rhaella was very evasive about how they got the dragons but said there were seven stone eggs, to begin with.
"Alynna, listen to me and promise you won't repeat this no matter what, even as my 'sister' I need you to promise me." She leans back and looks at me stupidly but slowly nods.
"I won't tell anyone anything you want me to keep secret, I promise." I trust her even without the promise but it still puts my mind at ease, the whole of Westeros knows about the dragons so even if she slipped up it would just be another person spreading 'rumors' anyway.
"The dragons are real, they left to take them somewhere secret and wait out them growing in a safe location. That's at least what Rhaella told us and I will be going to meet him at that place soon, I want you to go with me by the way. Father will return to Driftmark tomorrow but we will stay here if you decide to go with me. It may end up dangerous and we might turn into hostages so I want you to think about it before you agree." Her eyes widen hearing about the dragons and she slowly looks over to the chest.
"Where did they get dragons?" She mumbles and clenches her hands.
"Hatched stone dragon eggs that were long thought dead, you know what I am thinking. It is something that we have been curious about since the rumors started." She nods and looks back at me with a strange look in her eyes.
"I don't know if I trust him with mine, yours was taken from some vault in Driftmark from long ago and forgotten but mine has passed down from Elaena Targaryen herself and is proof of my lineage. Without it, I am just some nameless bastard with a drop of dragon blood but with it, I am Alynna Longwaters." She is so protective over that egg, it even matches her hair like it matched Elaena Targaryen's hair.
It holds deep sentimental value to her and I won't interfere with that, I will talk to Eragon about the process of hatching eggs when I meet him. If it seems like it is something that can be done once more then I will bring it back up with her, hatching the thing is much better than just clinging onto it in my mind.
"Don't worry we won't say we brought them when we get there, and if they try to search our chests I will throw a fit and make them stop. If they do it anyway though I can only apologize as I genuinely don't think it will be that heavy-handed of an event. This is also something you need to keep in mind if you plan to go." She licks her lips and looks around for something to drink before sliding off the bed.
"I won't leave you alone, I will follow you and do my best to make sure nothing bad happens to you." I smile seeing her act confident even though she is scared, it is comforting to have her be brave for me.
"Thank you, Alynna." She pours herself some wine while looking over her shoulder.
"Thank me once we live through this, we don't even know what is going on yet. We could be sold off to somewhere in Essos as soon as your dad leaves for all we know." I shake my head, it's not that bad.
They want this alliance and it would only make House Velaryon into their enemy if I was killed or treated cruelly.
I sigh and fall back onto the bed while thinking about what is going to happen and where I am going to end up at.
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298 AC
Summer Isles - The Cove
Eragon Targaryen
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I have been wearing my armor around all day, doing anything from just sitting in it to running to get myself ready. It was a gift from Prince Doran, he had all of us a set made and I really like mine.
Danny helped me put it on and even decided to wear her own today as well, hers is a set of lighter armor that works best with her water dancing. Hers and Rhaenyras are identical sets except for the different scale-like patterns on the armor are different and can be identified easily.
Mine is much heavier but not full plate or anything like that, I would call it medium-weight armor if I had to call it anything. There are some plates on the chest and everything else is ringmail, the chest has the Targaryen three-headed dragon emboldened in the center.
It certainly gets hot and makes me sweat quite a bit but that is the exact reason I decided to wear it for a few days to get used to it. Before the actual time to go comes I will take a few rest days of relaxing to be 'ready'. This is mainly to prepare my mind to wear it for only god knows how long when the actual day comes.
The sand snakes got a kick out of seeing me in it, their 'armor' includes some leather and that's about it. Might as well not be wearing anything from what I could see, the leather won't stop anything and will only restrict their movements slightly. Going completely naked might even distract the opponent long enough for them to kill them outright.