Dragons Fury (Of Black and Red rewrite)

Tread Carefully

Royal Gardens

Lord Corlys and Princess Rhaenys were meeting with the King. Lord Corlys was still angered by what had happened this morning in the Small Council Chambers, but he thought that maybe he should talk to the King about the Crown Prince marrying his daughter Laena.

"Your grace." Corlys greeted.

"I'm glad we could meet, I know tempers ran hot today, and I wanted to assure you how much I appreciate the bind between our houses, Rhaenys is my favorite cousin, after all." Viserys said.

Corlys spoke up. "I wish to apologize fir the tenor at the small council today, your grace, It was not my intent to make offense." He said.

"Your fleet is one of the realms' most important assets, Lord Corlys, but you must understand, as king, it is my obligation to avoid war until such time it is unavoidable." Viserys pointed out.

"None among us desire open war, might I speak plainly, your grace?" He asked.

"I always welcome the unfettered thoughts of the council, Lord Corlys." The king said.

"I fear that the eyes of our enemies are presently fixed on the Red Keep. The Queen has passed, the heir to the throne has no wife, and his brother runs around doing what he pleases. And the kings own brother is so angered that he has claimed the Targaryen seat on Dragonstone without challenge, and now a foreign power has established a colony in our most critical shipping lanes." Corlys said.

"You paint such an aspirant portrait of my reign, Lord Corlys." The king said.

"It's an honest one, cousin, at the moment, the crown us perceived as being vulnerable." Rhaenys said.

"You believe that this blind incursion in the Stepstones is the only way to demonstrate that we are not?" Viserys asked.

"To elude a storm, you can either sail into it or around it, but you must never await its coming." Lord Corlys said.

"Do you have a specific course of action to propose, my lord?" Viserys asked, and Corlys and Rhaenys looked at each other.

"Join our families. Have Prince Taeron wed our daughter, Laena. Unite the two surviving Valyrian houses, with the Targaryen dragons and the Velaryon fleet bound in blood, you can show the realm that the crown's strongest days are ahead, not behind." Corlys proposed.

"I haven't even thought of Taerons betrothals. It's been only six months since Aemma has passed, and I'm not sure if he's ready yet, and isn't Laena but a child?" Viserys asked.

"The realm expects Taeron to marry, soon or late, your grace, he needs to produce heirs of his own so that the Iron Throne can be secured without challenge, you could not ask for a better match than Laena." Rhaenys said, not answering The Kings question.

Viserys sighed. "I will talk to Taeron tonight." He said, and the Velaryon couple looked hopeful. They then left the Royal Gardens

Red Keep

The royal family was dining together for the first time in six months, Viserys sat at the head. Taeron sat next to the empty seat that used to be his mothers, and Vaegon sat next Rhaenyra.

"Can someone please say something before I jump out of the window." Vaegon said.

"We haven't been together or really spoken since..." Rhaenyra spoke up, looking at the empty seat.

"Yes, a regret of mine." Viserys said sadly and looked at his second son. "What have you been up to, Vaegon? I barely see you." Viserys said.

"Well I think I got a whore pregnant, although I'm not sure if I finished inside her cunt or her ass, I was drunk when we fucked." Vaegon said and everyone at the table were disgusted, even though they knew that he was lying about getting someone pregnant, they were still disgusted. "Don't ask me what I've been up to like we're one big happy fucking family."