The Second Dance

(Third Person POV)

[King's Landing, The Following Day]

"Where is His Grace?!" Otto exclaimed as he burst through the Small Council room, "He is nowhere to be seen!" 

"We don't know...." Lord Tyland said, "Last I saw him, he was in his chambers." 

"Lord Hand!" Ser Arryk came running through the room, "His Grace has taken his dragon and flew north, towards the direction of The Vale! This was a day ago..." 

"What?!" Otto yelled, "And you did nothing to stop him?! What good are you?!" 

"M-My Lord, h-he is the King..." Ser Arryk said

"Fucking hells, that boy is going to get himself killed!" He shouted, "How did any of you not know about this until now?!"

"Aemond and Daeron are in the Riverlands." Lord Jasper said, "Even if we send a raven, they won't hear about it quickly enough. Fortunately, Aerion is in that area as well. But if for some reason, he decides to fly to The Vale, this could be bad." 

Lord Larys walked inside the room, "Reports of Meleys being sighted near The Vale have been spoke, Lord Hand." He said, "If His Grace is that area, this could be dire." 

"Seven hells." Otto clenched his fists, "Have Cole and Gwayne mobilize our forces and march to the Vale. Now. We need a Dragon to go there at once." 

"Lord Hand, the only dragon we have claimed is Dreamfyre and Her Grace has not left her room." Lord Tyland said, "Surely, you don't expect for us to risk both the King and Queen...?" 

"Of course not." Otto said as he walked out of the room, "Send the letters to our forces nearest to the Vale, Now! We need to retrieve His Grace at once!!" 

"Otherwise, tragedy will befall us." 

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[The Vale, Near Runestone]

"Jace!" Baela called for Jaecaerys as she flew atop her dragon, "There's been a dragon sighting nearby!" 

Jace, who was barely mounting Vermax, widened his eyes, "What? Is it Vhagar?!" He exclaimed

"No, it's a different one, a brown one!" Baela said

"Soves, Vermax!" 

Vermax flapped his wings and took the sky, making his way towards Moondancer as Baela was atop her mount. 

"A brown one?" Jace said as he strapped himself to the saddle, "The Greens don't have a brown one. Does it have a rider?" 

"Apparently so." Baela said as the two dragons flew next to each other, "What should we do? Should we head to Runestone?" 

"No." Jace said as he narrowed his eye, "We don't want to risk Aerion's castle being destroyed. We draw the Dragon's attention from it." 

"You mean to fight it???" Baela asked

"No. Just have it chase us into the sea and if they follow, we can lose it over there." Jace said as Vermax let out a roar, "I wonder what kind of dragon it is, is it a wild one? Someone managed to tame one??" 

"Mayhaps." Baela called, "I have heard of a wild dragon being in the Vale, but never heard confirmation." 

"Nevertheless, this could be bad news." Jace said as a loud roar was heard behind them, "What?!" 

They turned around and saw a brown dragon gliding through the air behind them. It was brown and had patchy white patterns all over its body. Atop the dragon, was Ulf The White who was clinging onto its frills for dear life. 

"Holy shit!" He yelled, "Take it easy!" 

The Dragon flapped its wings and flew right at Moondancer and Baela. It was unknown why this dragon had become aggressive and began to attack the other two. One could say that it was because of Ulf's commands, but the bastard was not used to dragonriding and was not adept at High-Valyrian commands. However, one thing could be noted that these two dragons were in the brown one's territory and perhaps that's why it decided to attack. 

The Dragon picked up speed, opening its maw as it glowed brightly. 

"Scatter!" Jace said as the two immediately veered to opposite directions

The brown dragon fired a small stream of flames that hit the open air where Moondancer and Vermax were at. Vermax spun around and fired a quick burst of flames in retaliation as Moondancer circled around as she let out a roar. 

Vermax's flames hit the brown one, causing it to stumble in the air but it immediately composed itself as it let out a roar. 

"Fucking hells." Ulf said as he clutched on tightly, "This sheepstealer is gonna get me killed...." 

The dragon roared and lunged straight at Vermax, who had straightened up. Jace had turned to see the dragon roaring loudly, it was bigger than his own mount but not faster. He saw that there was no saddle and that Ulf was sitting atop it, clinging on for dear life. 

"Who is that?" He muttered to himself

Behind the brown dragon, the sheepstealer, Baela's Moondancer swooped right at its rear. 

"Shit!" Ulf yelled out, "Watch out!" 

Sheepstealer spun around and evaded Moondancer with a quick burst, flapping its wings as it flew in a different direction. 

Baela scowled, "No you don't!" She said as she steered Moondancer for the chase

Jace noticed the sound of different flapping wings in the distance and frowned, "Baela, no! Watch out!" He called out

Baela also heard the flapping of wings and looked up, seeing a flash of gold break through the clouds as Sunfyre let out a vicious roar. 

"What?!" She exclaimed as Moondancer narrowly avoided the golden dragon's dive

She looked down to see Sunfyre open his wings, gliding in the air and ascending back up, Aegon's white hair being seen. 

"Aegon?!" Jace exclaimed, "What is he doing here?!" 

Aegon looked up at Baela, "Today, you die Cousin!" He bellowed as he steered Sunfyre back up to attack, "I will deliver your charred corpse to Aerion!" 

Baela widened her eyes, "N-No..." She said

Sheepstealer turned and flew directly at Moondancer, only to be stopped by a burst of flames, fired by Vermax who let out a roar as he flew right at it. 

"Angos!" 

Vermax crashed right into Sheepstealer, digging his teeth right into the neck of the brown dragon and ripping its belly apart with his claws. The wild dragon, larger than Jace's, spun around and using that force, was able to pry Vermax off. However, the smaller dragon's damage was quite significant, which caused Sheepstealer to stumble in the air. 

Vermax let out a roar before firing a stream of flames right at the brown dragon, forcing it to momentarily retreat. 

Jace looked over to see Sunfyre clashing with Moondancer, the two of the swiping their claws at each other as blood flew everywhere, followed by streams of flames that shot from each of their maws as they spun in the air, slowly tumbling down. 

"Baela!" Jace said as he steered Vermax towards them, "I'm coming!" 

Vermax let out a roar as he flew straight at them, Sunfyre pushing Moondancer away from him and releasing flames that narrowly missed Baela's dragon. Moondancer straightened up and glided away to take a breath of fresh air after the quick but bloody tussle, massive gashes on her belly and neck. 

Sunfyre turned to meet with Vermax who fired a stream of flames at him, several dozen meters away. Despite being close, the golden dragon was able to avoid the flames and returned fire of his own, hitting the green one hard and causing it to stumble down. 

Jace, however, was unharmed since Vermax took the majority of the hit, but he still felt the singing heat. 

"Damn!" Jace exclaimed as Sunfyre dove right for him, "No!" 

Vermax shook his head and spun around, avoiding Sunfyre's claws as he clutched onto the golden dragon's leg while being upside down and fired off a stream of flames right at his belly. The flames burned right through the open wounds of the Usurper's dragons, causing him to shriek in pain. 

Vermax let go and flapped his wings, flying away to create distance as Sunfyre did the same, stumbling in the air. 

"Shit, no!" Aegon exclaimed, "Are you alright, Sunfyre!!" 

Sunfyre's wounds were smoking, but the Golden Dragon was far from being done as he let out a vicious roar. 

"There ya go!" He said, "Time to avenge my family, Sunfyre!!" 

Sunfyre, shaking off the pain of his wounds, circled around for another round as Vermax did the same. 

Vermax let out a roar as Jace clenched the handles of his saddle, "Angos, Vermax!!" 

Aegon leaned forwards, "Forward, Sunfyre!!!" 

Suddenly, a grey blur flashed past Sunfyre, much larger than the golden dragon, followed by a vicious roar. 

Jace looked up to see a massive dragon flying right for them, "What?!" 

Vermax was hit by the grey dragon, his wing being broken upon impact and he spiraled to the ground, shrieking in pain. 

"Vermax!!" Jace shouted as the dragon tried to break the fall by flapping his wings

Aegon widened his eyes to see a massive grey dragon with white stripes flying down towards where Vermax was, "What in the hells?" He said as he blinked, "Another one?" 

It was Greyfiend, mounted by Hugh who looked straight down. 

Aegon looked to the side to see Sheepstealer circling around and going for Moondancer. 

"Jace!!" Baela cried out

Vermax crashed on the ground, he spun to his right so he could take the majority of the damage. Fortunately, The Ill-Tempered was able to break the fall somehow by flapping his wings desperately. 

Jace hit himself in the face due to the crash, his nose broken and bleeding as his entire body jerked around violently due to being strapped to the saddle. 

"A-Aghh!!!" He shouted in pain as Vermax slid to a stop, dirt and dust flying everywhere

Aegon looked down as Greyfiend swooped down to the ground, "He's alive..." He said, "Well-" 

He was cut off by another distant roar. He looked to the side to see the massive figure of a red dragon, rapidly approaching the battle. 

"Ah shit." Aegon muttered, 

"It's Meleys."