Chapter 03

It had been years since Rhaenys had seen the curious gaze of a baby.

The blue-haired baby that Lady Lycoris had attached to her hip watched the whole place in awe. When she saw the baby, his blue hair turned silver like every Targaryen.

Rhaenys blinked in amazement.

- "Teddy," - Said Mrs. Potter-Black as she touched the baby's nose, after a few seconds the infant sneezed back into his blue.

- "Do all baby wizards do that?" - She asked as she led her to the rooms she had prepared. The witch touched the suitcase with a long, thin stick and floated forward with the two of them.

- "Oh no, it's Teddy's thing," - She laughed, smiling at her baby. - "Tonks was the same."

Rhaenys didn't know who this Tonks was.

- "Teddy is a strange name for a baby."

- "Oh no," - She said, - "His name is Edward, like his grandfather, but he was called Ted. That's why it's Teddy, an affectionate way of saying it."

The baby laughed at the sound of his name. They arrived at her room and two maids were waiting, Lycoris left her suitcase at the foot of the bed and sat down on the bed, leaving the baby beside her, who didn't wait any longer before sucking his thumb.

The witch let out a tired sigh as she placed her hand on the small lump in her stomach.

- "How many moons do you have?" - Rhaenys asked, looking at the pregnant belly.

- "Close to my fifth," - Lycoris said, - "I probably will conceive around the beginning of May."

- "May?"

- "Where I come from, all twelve months have names," - She replied as she tugged the crawling baby close to the edge of the bed, - "May is the fifth month."

- "Oh, interesting," - Said Rhaenys. Then she looked at the maids. - "This is Kara and Mila. They are at your disposal to serve you and the babies."

And then two Pops were heard in the room. Two little creatures, with ears like bats' wings, gray and hooked noses with grayish clothes on their little bodies.

Kara and Mila gasped in horror at the sight of them and fled the room.

- "Yes, bugger off, you incompetent Muggles!" - Shouted one of the rather old elves, - "The only one who serves Lady Potter-Black is Kreacher!"

- "Winky takes care of little Teddy and the baby to come!"

Rhaenys recoiled in fright, but Lady Lycoris stood up.

- "Winky! Kreacher!" - Lycoris looked at them - "I told you to stay in the suitcase."

Rhaenys looked at the suitcase. How could those two creatures fit in there?

Corlys arrived quickly and backed away when he saw the creatures.

- "But Kreacher has served the Blacks all his life," - Said the creature named Kreacher, - "It would be a disgrace for my mistress to be served by Muggles."

Lycoris sighed and then looked at them, - "I'm sorry I didn't tell you about my elves, Lord Corlys," - She looked down in shame.

- "Those things are elves? And what is an elf?" - Asked Corlys, Rhaenys hugged his arm.

- "Servants attached to families," - Lycoris replied, - "There are things we wizard can't do, and for that we have elves. Kreacher was passed down to me from the Blacks."

- "And Winky decided to follow Lady Lycoris!" - Said the blue-eyed, doe-eyed elf. - "Lady Lycoris saved Winky from a life of mystery and ale!"

- "That's why I don't need maids," - Said Lycoris. - "I promise they won't hurt anyone."

- "Unless they are a threat to our mistress," - Kreacher added.

- "They're very loyal and overprotective," - She laughed nervously, - "I swear they don't cause trouble. They are well-behaved."

Rhaenys watched the sour elf stand behind Lycoris as the female elf carried Teddy in her arms.

- "To assure you of my trust," - Said Lycoris, - "I will show you the diary of a Black. It's recorded in it about Ancient Valyria. After dinner?"

- "Sounds perfect," - Said Corlys, - "Let's go, darling. The lady must rest."

Rhaenys looked at the grumpy elf, muttering something before leaving.

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Once Lord Corlys and the princess had left, Lycoris went to Grimmauld Place.

- "I told you to stay here," - Said Lycoris as she bathed herself and Teddy. Her baby was chewing vividly on a rubber ducky.

Both elves would not leave her side, even when it was her turn to bathe.

- "But Kreacher cannot entrust Mistress Lycoris and little master's care to strangers," - Kreacher defended himself.

Lycoris sighed, and with her fingers, she began to lather Teddy's head.

- "Prepare my dress and Teddy's clothes," - Said Lycoris, - "And an Earl Grey, Winky."

They both went off to do as they were told.

Lycoris loved Grimmauld Place, especially the magical plumbing that supplied it with water and the functional toilets.

She let the water dray off, first covering herself with a towel and then Teddy.

She dried herself and changed into a nightgown in less than five minutes, so she could dress Teddy. Furthermore, she dried him and changed into a bear jumpsuit, hooded with ears and warm.

Then she changed into a dress, very Edwardian, with long sleeves and a plain skirt with wine lace at the edges, and put on elegant boots with silver buckles.

She looked at the dressing table and dried her hair with magic, then brushed it and left it loose. She put on simple diamond earrings and a black opal necklace.

- "How do I look, Teddy?" - She asked her son. Teddy laughed and clapped his hands. - "Well, it's time for dinner."

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The witch never ceased to amaze him. He, Rhaenys, and Lady Lycoris dined in the private dining room.

e asked one of the maids for a specific food. Boiled potatoes with vegetables, in a small bowl. When she arrived, she spooned it all down and began to feed the baby with the vegetable mash.

She started telling them what was in the journals.

- "According to his reports, the Valyrians could speak directly to dragons," - Lycoris said as she wiped the baby with a cloth napkin, - "He speaks of Valyrians with premonitory dreams. Look at a quote: "People speak of Daenys Targaryen, a child who dreamt of the destruction of our empire at the hands of fire and sea. The Targaryens fled the Empire following the mad dreams of a child."

- "And so Valyria ended," - Rhaenys replied before taking a drink, - "Daenys the Dreamer."

- "Well, as I was saying," - Said Lady Lycoris, - "According to this Black, kidnapper of baby dragons, many Valyrians have something in them that allows them to talk to dragons, but they are taught from infancy."

- "There's never been a Targaryen recorded with that gift," - Corlys pointed out.

- "Perhaps because the habit was not retained after they escaped from Valyria," - Lycoris commented, - "But the text explains the basic way. The Blacks don't gloss over every detail. It also mentions that snake-speakers derive their gift from dragons, you know, reptiles."

- "You must not have Valyrian blood?" - Rhaenys asked.

- "No, but I retained the gift of talking to snakes," - Said Lycoris as she began to eat while the baby played with a rattle, - "A wizard gave me this one by accident, but over the years I integrated it into my core, making it mine by conquest."

- "That means?" - Said Corlys.

- "Let me stay in Driftmark, and I'll teach you how to talk to dragons," - Lady Lycoris smiled, sipping from her goblet.

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