Ancalagon!

Two days had passed since the feast was held. Arthur was now eating his breakfast with Viserys and Daemon. Queen Aemma was in the nursery feeding Baelon. Rhaenyra went with her to see her brother as she might not see him for a long time. In the past few days, Aemma gave some education to Rhaenyra about children. Rhaenyra had gone bold since then. Whenever they are together, she would hold his hand and walk together or link her arm with him. They had their first kiss the day the feast ended. Ever since then, kissing has become a common thing for them. Arthur realized that his 21st century mentality was disappearing gradually. As he saw many lords and smallfolks having a teen wife, Arthur didn't consider Rhaenyra as a child anymore. So, he too indulged himself being romantic with her. After all she will be his wife soon. Now, everytime Rhaenyra is alone with Arthur, Arthur would tightly hug her or hold her by her waist and smell her hair.

On the other hand, Alicent was ashamed after her father was removed as the hand of the king. But the king didn't stop her from coming here as she was his daughter's best friend. One day, she came to Rhaenyra to ask something but she saw that Rhaenyra was sitting in Arthur's lap feeding him. She decided to wait for some time but when she saw that Rhaenyra was fiercely kissing Arthur, she fake coughed. She thought that they would be ashamed but on the contrary Rhaenyra had a smile on her face. Ever since her father was removed as the hand and people started gossiping how her father was a coward and took money from the criminals of King's Landing, she started developing an inferiority complex. Rhaenyra tried to reason with her but sadly Alicent couldn't take it anymore and decided to settle in the Reach. So, Arthur just told Rhaenyra to leave her alone and give her sometime to think. After all, he doesn't feel a shred of sympathy for her because of what she did. Although he did decided to not tell Viserys about her but he wanted her to suffer.

"I will be leaving for Dragonstone after this. Rhaenyra is coming with me. We might come after 2 years for the wedding."-Arthur said to Viserys who became sad due to Rhaenyra leaving. But he soon calmed himself as it was common that a girl would leave from her father's side sooner or later.

Arthur moved his gaze to Daemon," You should be prepared too. Soon, there shall be a war with the Triarchy."

Hearing that, Daemon just nodded. Due to him being the hand, King's Landing became a safe heaven for people. There were no crimes and people respected him now. He doesn't like this way of life but he knows that only he can induce fear among people. He understood that to rule a kingdom, fear,cruelty and Dragons were necessary for the Targaryens. Now people both feared and respected them.

After the breakfast, Arthur and Rhaenyra gradually made their way to Dragonpit to get their Dragon partners. They had a smile on their face when they saw their dragons behaving like a good child even though they weren't chained.

'As Arthur said, they are not meant to be caged.'- Rhaenyra looked at Arthur and then to Syrax.

She touched her belly. She was thinking that if Arthur cared so much for the dragons, how much would he care for their own children. Even though Arthur did tell her that Dragons are their children, Rhaenyra wanted her own child. But she also felt Arthur hesitates when he kisses her lips and caresses her. She sometimes thought that Arthur had a lover somewhere and this was the reason why he hesitates. But when she asked him about it, Arthur told her that he sees her as a kid sometime which earned Arthur a pout from his future wife. But recently Arthur doesn't hesitate that much and enjoys kissing her and smelling her hair.

Riding both of their Dragons, Arthur and Rhaenyra made their way to Dragonstone. A trip to Dragonstone takes about 3 days in ships. But as they had Dragons, they reached in just some hours.

Arthur didn't like Dragonstone at all. Although it was a fashionable castle but it's security system sucked. There were only probably 200 soldiers here. The castle can't handle it anymore. But the naval strength of Dragonstone was great. House Velaryon, House Celtigar and House Bar Emmon had sworn themselves to serve Dragonstone. As Arthur was also a Valyrian Descendant and Rhaenyra's husband, their oath remained which gained the naval power of Dragonstone.

There was a volcano in Dragonstone which was called Dragonmont. In that specific place, the wild dragons, Vermithor and Silverwing lives. Dragonglass is found at the beneath of Dragonmont. Smallfolk live in villages below the Dragonmont, tillers of the land and fishers of the sea. Due to that some money is earned. But Arthur knew that it won't be enough. He wanted to have Stepstones as his territory too. Being the lord of Stepstones, he could earn money from the tolls provided by the passing ships from essos and westeros. Of course, he won't take that much tolls as he is not heartless like Craghas Drahar. But it will be enough money to have unsullieds or knights.

After a day of resting, Arthur made his way to Dragonmont. The smallfolks were pleased to see him because it is rare for a lord to hear about the sufferings of the people. But little did they know that Arthur was not here for them but to get Cannibal. Yet Arthur heard some of their problems which mostly were caused by Cannibal and Sheepstealer and ensured them that he would solve it. He made his move towards the volcano because he knew that the dragons made their lairs in caverns in this volcano. It was too smokey and hot but Arthur didn't lose hope. He found Vermithor looking at him sharply. But Arthur didn't care. Soon, he found Cannibal. It's lair was filled with skulls of humans and animals. There were also some damaged Dragon eggs here and there.

The Cannibal was as black as coal. He had green eyes which looked like pearl. Seeing him, Cannibal gave a loud roar. Even smallfolks and soldiers who were in the Villages and the castle heard it. They felt fear just by hearing his roar. Arthur peeked at his left and saw that Silverwing flew away. Vermithor on the other hand, gave his own roar which had little power.

' Even a dragon fears him. That's nice. But looks like Vermithor doesn't fear him that much.'

"You smell just like them. You are not like those worthless fools. After a long time, I found a Valhalla member."- Cannibal hissed at Arthur making Arthur shocked. He couldn't believe that he could hear cannibal's thought. Although Arthur did understand Dragons suffering and could befriend them, he didn't find any dragons that could talk with him. Even Vermithor couldn't communicate with Arthur.

"You can talk. How?!"- Arthur loudly told Cannibal.

"Hmph! But only you can understand me because you have the blood of Valhalla in your veins. Others will not hear anything. People of House Valhalla could communicate with Dragons but other houses couldn't. They became jealous of your house but they couldn't do anything. Don't underestimate me with these worthless dragons. The only one who were worthy to be called a dragon was Balerion. Even Vhagar and Meraxes are worthless. I came here before even the Targaryens came. I hatched when your house existed. I was supposed to be ridden from your family but they escaped because of a vision. I felt lonely and so I flew to here. But didn't find anyone of them. The Targaryens were arrogant but worthless. They weren't worthy to ride me. So I didn't let them. "- Cannibal growled at Arthur. He came near Arthur. It was like he was testing Arthur.

"But if you are from that era, how are you smaller than Balerion? Aren't you ashamed?"- Arthur teased Cannibal with a smirk.

It worked and Cannibal got angry." I didn't get enough food like Balerion. I had to hunt for my own food. If only I had enough food, I would have been much larger than Balerion."

"That's sad. Your name isn't Cannibal, right? So, what is your name?"- Arthur seriously questioned him. If he didn't have one, Arthur would just give him a new name.

"I don't have a name. I escaped Valyria before any other house could name me. As I was born in your house palace, I couldn't accept another one. There was a thing in Valyria that a Dragon would be named after he gets a rider. So, till now, I have no name. People call me Cannibal because I feed on Dragons and human. But I am forced to do that. They don't give me any food."- Cannibal said to Arthur in a sad voice.

'Poor Dragon, all he ever wanted was a rider of my family. His loyalty is truly astonishing.'- Arthur mumbled to himself which was heard a little by it.

"From now on, I will be your partner. You won't ever be lonely. I will feed you and make you grow even bigger than Balerion. Your name shall be Ancalagon. I remembered that name because of your black color. Lets introduce the world how dragons of Old Valyria fights."- Arthur loudly said to Ancalagon who in response gave a roar. The roar again made the smallfolks cower with fear. Soon, Arthur hopped on Ancalagon and held his sharp black scales. Ancalagon flapped his wings and started to fly at a high speed. They flew from Dragonmont to the Castle.

The smallfolks were cheering for Arthur loudly. They were happy that Cannibal would not trouble them anymore. They were happy that Arthur came forward to reduce their suffering.

Soon, the whole seven kingdom knew that Arthur tamed the Cannibal who was the oldest and fiercest Wild Dragons.