Dragon Mothers // Jorah Mormont

59. Punch me in the face

'BULLSHIT!" Neely spat.

"We discussed it-' Daario began.

'BULLSHIT!" Neely shouted. "JORAH!"

'If Daenerys-' Jorah began.

"I'm GOING WITH!" Neely shouted.

'If your sister is lost we need a rightful queen to be safe.' Daario told her.

'I don't want a kingdom, I just want my sister back.' Neely told them. 'I could care less about the seven kingdoms and the fucking throne of swords.' Neely told them. 'I'm coming.'

"You are staying.' Jorah told her.

"I think you all forget who is in charge right now.' Neely said looking around the group.

'I'm just trying to protect you.' He whispered against her ear.

"I don't need protection.' She whimpered.

'I know, but I'm going to protect you until my last breath anyways.' Jorah told her.

'I don't want to stay and worry about you too.' Neely said miserably.

'Don't worry, I always come back.' Jorah touched the dragon pendant on her neck. 'I'm right here.' He held a hand over her heart. 'I'll see you soon.' Jorah told her kissing her goodbye.

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"If I lost my cock, I'd drink all the time." Tyrion said to Varys. Tyrion wisely backtracked, "Meaning no offense." Tyrion said looking to Neely sat miserably on the ground, "He makes dwarf jokes, I make eunuch jokes." Tyrion said with a kind smile.

"I do not make dwarf jokes." Varys said.

"You think them.' Tyrion told him confidently. 'Neely does, I know that for a fact.' She gave him a thumbs up from the ground. "So, the fleet. It's been burned." He said to Grey Worm.

"We are searching for the men who burnt the ships but nobody saw anything." Grey Worm said.

"Surely there must be some good news lurking somewhere." Tyrion offered hopefully.

"Astapor and Yunkai have stopped asking us for aid." Varys told her.

"Perhaps they can tell us their secret." Tyrion said taking a sip of his wine. "Why do I sense a "but" coming?"

"The Masters have retaken both cities. Outside of Meereen the whole of Slavers Bay has returned to the slavers." Varys said.

"And there it is." Neely muttered getting up and walking away.

"What about the dragons? We have two of them here beneath the pyramid." Tyrion asked his eyes following after her.

"They are not eating." Messandei said, "They haven't touched any food since Queen Daenerys left." She informed them. 'Princess Deaneel, its like they feel her pain. She tried to talk with them, many times but they feel her sadness, feel her loss I believe.'

"Daenerys is one of the Dragon Queens. Can't very well have the dragons starve, that's obvious." Tyrion said.

"If a dragon does not want to eat, how do you force him to eat?" Grey Worm asked.

"Dragons do not do well in captivity." Tyrion said.

"How do you know this?" Messandei asked. Tyrion smirked,

"That's what I do. I drink and I know things." He says taking a last gulp of his wine before going back to refill it.

"The dragons Aegon used to conquer Westeros ranged over hundreds of miles. Then Daenerys's ancestors started chaining them up in pens, few generations later the last dragons were no larger than cats. They must be unchained or else they'll waste away." Tyrion told them putting the cup down. "Messandei, how many times were you in the company of these dragons?" Tyrion asked the woman.

"Many times." She replied.

"And did they ever harm you?"

"Never." Messandei answered with a shrug.

"Dragons are intelligent. More intelligent than men according to some Maesters. They have affection for their friends and fury for their enemies. I am their friend." Tyrion said

"Do they know that?" Varys as in disbelief.

"They will. It's time they had their supper."

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"This is a bad idea. This is a bad, stupid idea." Varys muttered as Tyrion and Varys walked to where the dragons were being held, torches in hand. "Do you wish an early death, Tyrion?" Varys asked him.

"I do not. I want to die an old man with a belly full of wine and a womans mouth on my cock.' Tyrion told him happily

"Don't die." Tyrion nodded, Varys stood frozen while he watched, both wondering if he was brave or just stupid. It was dark, the flames from the torches barely made any difference as Tyrion descended into the dragons nest.

Neely was sitting on the steps her dragons growling at her she slumped against the wall watching them.

'they hate me,' Neely muttered when Tyrion came down.

'They want to be free.' Tyrion told her.

'Free?' Neely questioned. 'you think I don't know that? I didn't want to do this to them and now they hate me, they are not eating and they-' fire blazed from their throats. '-that! they used to never... Nevar! Rhaegal!' Neely demanded standing up and stomping a foot down on the steps. 'Eat your fucking food and stop making my heart hurt!" Neely demanded miserably sitting back down.

'You know when I was little...' Tyrion said getting closer to the dragons neely watched him hesitantly. 'I asked my uncle for one of you for my name day... I told him it didn't have to be a big dragon it could be little like me.' Tyrion said inching closer. 'he had told me all the dragons had gone extinct, but here you are.'

'Tyrion-'

'I'm friends with your mother... I'm here to help.' He said getting closer and closer.

'Tyrion!' Neely hissed.

"Don't eat the help.' Tyrion offered. They hissed and growled but Tyrion the bravest little man Neely had ever met pulled the chains free they clattered to the ground. Nevar and Rhaegal took off running and then flying out.

'You brave idiot.' Neely remarked she chased her dragons up the steps, staring up at them.

'Next time i have an idea like that punch me in the face,' tyrion told varys