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298 AC
Pentos
Cirilla Blackfyre
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Drums are being beaten and men are screaming and fighting, some are even having their way with women. This isn't a wedding but a joke, I have already seen four people die, and even always happy Helaena looks disgusted.
A constant trail of gifts and offerings are brought before Khal Janir and Helaena, the Khal only bothers to look at anything of value. The box of snakes didn't even pull his eye past the initial look of seeing what it is then he went back to watching his savages kill each other.
"This is vile." I spit watching a crate of silver be carried up and the Khal's eyes gleam.
A Dornish man who I have seen talking with some of the higher-ups in the Golden company walks up with a chest full of books. The books are set down and the man gives a short bow before he gets too far from walking off he also gives a nod to Daemon who returns one.
I raise my brow at the interaction and the Dornish man also winks before walking away and into the crowd.
"Who was that?" I ask Daemon and his face scrunches up a bit before going back to normal.
"Mehrune Sand is a man who joined years back in the Golden company and has made many friends. He is a very talented spearman and has a claim to Lemonwood, he came to make coin and later found out about the plans to take Westeros. He has since been using his connection still in Westeros to aid us in different ways, surprised you haven't seen him before." I am surprised as well since I know many of the influential people in the Golden Company.
The fat pig of a father stands up and waves and a large chest decorated in gold is brought forward and set to the left of my sister. The Khal narrows his eyes, seeing the chest intended for her, not him.
A servant pulls the lid open and I see Helaena's eyes light up in happiness, not surprised but happy. I peek around the edge of it and see three huge gems carved on their surface with intricate patterns.
"They are dragon eggs from beyond Asshai, the ages have turned them to stone but they are still beautiful." She picks up a cream and golden-capped one and runs her hand over it.
"Thank you father, these are the best gift you have ever given me." She gives him a wide smile and the man strokes his oiled beard and nods.
It is certainly the most thoughtful gift he has ever given her, she has always loved story's about dragons and old Valyria.
I walk around the chest to get a better look and notice the Khal stand up, I guess this is finally over. Helaena sets the egg down into the chest and before she stands she looks up at me and looks back at the chest and I give her a wink. I will watch them for her so nothing happens to them, I can already tell they will be her favorite possessions from now on.
She stands up and heads off through the crowd with the Khal, she mounts a horse and they both ride off. They are headed to a tent where they are to consummate the marriage but in reality that is not what is happening. Her virginity has more 'value' once we return to Westeros so he can just please himself if he wants.
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I arrive back at the mansion and Helaena rushes out the door and hugs me before looking around nervously. I smile seeing her anticipation and open a bag on my side and show her the eggs.
"Thank you!" She wraps me back into a hug and takes the bag, the Khal requested the chest that they came in.
"The greedy bastard took the chest so he could harvest the gold off it so I just put them in a bag for now. I will get you a new chest with some dragons carved on it so it looks good as an art piece." I brush her hair out of her face with a hand as she looks at the eggs with excitement.
"It's fine, a temporary chest will be fine." I grab her hand and pull her into the mansion.
"Why temporary, you have a better idea?" She nods.
"I have a way better idea for them."
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298 AC
Beyond the wall
Lagertha
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I scan the surroundings from above and see nothing but more of the same and break off the connection. Blinking rapidly as I return to seeing from my own eyes I look over at Geor who is pissing on a rock.
"Hurry up, I am done." He grunts a response and I start to walk ahead of him.
I haven't the faintest idea of the exact location but this vague sense guiding me in one direction is still present so we keep moving. I hate to say it but I am glad Geor decided to come with me, it would have been painfully lonely without him.
"How much fucking longer is this going to take, my nuts feel like they're going to freeze off. I also want to see someone other than your ugly face." I shrug and keep walking.
"I don't know Geor, but I think we are getting closer." I respond and he groans.
"I sure fucking hope so, we have been walking for ages!"
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298 AC
Dorne - Sunspear
Eragon Targaryen
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I pass a lemon cake to Shiera who is currently upset, her request to see the green blood was shut down for the foreseeable future. Maybe a few weeks was the earliest we could go was what she was told.
"you know, I just came up with a good idea to cheer you up." She turns to me with a mouth full of lemon cake and tilts her head. "Why don't we go get some training in instead of sitting around depressed." She groans and goes back to chewing.
I stand up and grab her hand to pull her up from the chair.
"Stop, I don't want to sweat!" She hisses and slaps my arm but I easily escort her out of the room and toward the yard.
"Shiera we are in Dorne, you will sweat everywhere you are." She plants her feet and I turn around and lower myself down to put my shoulder into her waist and a hand around her backside. Standing up straight I have her over my shoulder.
"Put me down you brute, I will throw up if you make me dizzy!" I laugh feeling her hit my back with a fist.
"Go ahead and throw up, we can wash it off later with the sweat. You need to get some strength built up so you don't pass out doing your tricks." I don't say the magic word because we are obviously in a more populated place at this time and I didn't think much about what I substituted with it as long as she got the message.
Though now that I see people looking at us funnily I should have picked my words better, but no matter. I got a niece to help get motivated.
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"Shiera, I love you and all but you got to do better than that. What if a bandit pulled a knife on you?" She lies facing the sky as she breathes like a dying dog.
"That won't happen." I take a swig of my water and set the rest next to her hand for her to wet her throat with.
"Why is that?" She sees the life-giving liquid and quickly takes it with both hands before downing it all and letting out a sigh.
"Because if a bandit tried to pull a knife on me you would cut his head off." I shake my head at her and try my best not to smile at her confidence in me.
"What if I am not there?" She sits up having caught her breath and I hold out a hand to help her up.
"Where else would you be?" I pull her up and she grabs my shoulder with her other hand and steadies herself as her legs wobble a little.
"I don't know, it's a scenario where I am not there to help you." She gets her legs steady and pats my shoulder.
"That won't happen, you will always be there." She smiles before turning away and walking toward a shaded spot to sit.
I guess I will always have to be there, huh?
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"So you finally decided to ask for my help." Aegon says with all the confidence of a man who said the sky is blue.
"Ask your help with what?" I sit across from him and throw my arms over the back of the couch.
"You came to ask me for advice." I look into his eyes and hold the gaze until he lets out a sigh. "You didn't come to ask me for advice?" This guy has been trying to hook me up with his sister with a passion of a god of love.
"What is with you man?" If I even so much as look at Rhaenys for more than a few moments I will soon see his sly smile looking at me from some obscure angle. I know for a fact that my nephew is bored out of his mind, mostly to do with how easily he gets sick and can't practice too much because of it.
"I don't know, I just thought I had seen something." I wave my hand for more information and he presses on. "I haven't seen her actively pester someone like that except for maybe Arthur so he would teach her some tips, but that's it. She pretty much never seeks someone out and yet the first thing I heard this morning at breakfast was 'where is Eragon?' like what is that?" he drops his head in exaggeration.
Not sure what to say honestly, I am not even sure how to feel about it.
I am not stupid enough not to see what he sees, I just also have always had it in my mind I will marry Daenerys. That is also ignoring the fact I am engaged and breaking that engagement might cause problems. It's the main reason I hold back from trying anything with anyone who might reciprocate.
That and the other issue that hangs over me like an ill omen, I am planning to burn on a pyre soon and I might just die in the process. If I made moves with people I have a liking to and then ran off and died in a fire I would be a piece of shit.
There are also some pretty large issues like Rhaenyra and Shiera as well. I am not stupid and can tell they have a liking to me and that just makes everything even messier when I think about how I feel about that.
That specific problem makes walking into a fire almost seem not so bad to be honest.
I will confront the root of the problem once I survive the attempt at Summerhall, there will be no imminent death and leaving behind a heartbroken lover to hold me back at that point. I will still leave people sad if I was to die but hopefully not as sad as it would be if I indulged in lust with someone.
"You good?" Aegon asks and I shake my head and stand up.
"Yea, I need to go clear my head for a bit." He nods and I head for the door.
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I look out a window and see a massive column of smoke and my heart almost stops.
I lean out the window and see the origin point and by my best guess, it is the Red temple. I visited there a few times to get a better idea of where to be looking for. A smaller red building with red glass windows and a fire lit in the middle of the building.
A massive fire burning for a full day was to be the signal and I would say that this is massive. I turn around and head to my room, tonight I leave.
My legs feel like they are losing strength the more I think about it and my mind wants to stay and not do something so stupid. But a fire inside of me is burning hotter and hotter and I keep putting a foot Infront of the other.
I can't help but laugh at myself as I was just stressing about getting some ass and now I need to steal dragon eggs from my mom and escape Sunspear. A quick slap on the head from life and my problems are sized appropriately.