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  Thrid Person POV

  Essos, 296 AC.

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  The ships finally set sail, while the fleet ahe stage of their journey.

  "How many ships will head to the boiling waters, my king?" the captain of the main ship asked as they sailed toward Valyria.

  "I want only three ships, I'm not even sending the main one, after all, it would be too risky," Jon said to the man, who nodded after hearing his words.

  He would be responsible for choosing the three ships to be sent, while the main one, on which Jon was traveling, would remain there, keeping his family out of the danger he was about to face.

  Jo his men and approached Arya, who stood by the railing. Just like the previous day, she kept her gaze distant, perhaps bming herself for what had happened, even though Jon had already told her that she had no trol over it.

  "Yoing to Valyria..." she spoke in a ral tone as Jon approached, raising an eyebrow, noting that her wolf was beside her, the panion she had stayed closest to sihe i. The wolf had alerted her to his approach.

  "Yes..." Jon stood beside her. "Do you want to e along?" he asked, aware of her i.

  "Yes." She simply replied, without the usual enthusiasm, as she turned her gaze to him with a certain glimmer. "It's going to be dangerous... I know, but I'm not worried about myself. After all, I've already lost someone; I 't lose you too..." she murmured, causing Jon to raise an eyebrow at her.

  "Would you rather I didn't go?" he asked.

  "Of course I would prefer that. You don't even know what you'll find there or if you'll really go in... I o be there to protect you..." she said.

  "Alright, although I'm the one worried about you. What would I be if I let you die with me?" Jon said with a smile.

  "We're not going to die; we'll e back alive. We're only going because I know you won't refrain from going, and I 't stop you. So, I'll make sure you return alive from Valyria," Arya said firmly, as if Hil's death had awakened something ihe fear of losing someone important... it was a lesson Jon never wanted her to experience, but the world was never kind, and at least it made Arya more rational in her decisions during adventures.

  "Alright... my Lady," Jon said as if addressing a wife, still maintaining his smile, while Arya let a small smile escape her face as well.

  Jon simply nodded, leaving her alone so as not to push her further in her grief, before taking his leave aurning ihe ship. He ended up heading to the library to read for a while. There were many books he had gathered from the Free Cities he had visited, and he was in the midst of some readings at the time.

  Unsurprisingly, he found Daenerys and Rhaenys sitting there, occupying the space while they read books on various subjects, though one in particur was about dragons.

  "Jon?" Rhaenys noticed him opening the door, and Daenerys greeted him as well.

  Jon hadn't spent much time with them tely, as he was always anding, drawing, and spending time studying or training. The ret days, when he had left Vontis aside to stay with his family while his men hahings, had been an exception.

  But he khe girls always talked about the Targaryen family and its history, trying to ect more with their heritage. After all, Rhaenys had been raised by the Martells, and Daenerys had someone who lived through the years when the family was alive, though not very trustworthy while ed by his rage, uo even reason about what was true about their family, speaking only of glories and fantasies from his disturbed mind.

  There were a few books about the Targaryen family that Jon had brought after separating them from the batch taken from the Citadel, which he had brought on this journey precisely to have a direct e with his paternal family and uand it better, even though he had seen many visions with Brynden and had spoken with Aemon.

  "I see you're discussing dragons again and whies you'd like to have," Jon ented as he approached.

  "Were you spying on us again?" Rhaenys murmured, her gaze dropping directly to Ghost, who was lying there, occupying a part of the due to his size.

  "Maybe..." Jon said with a smile. "…but I'm just going to sit here and read for a bit, so don't mind me." Jon said as he headed to his desk, while the girls occupied aable.

  They just watched him sit there and focus on a book, seemingly no longer paying attention to them, while they tialking, occasionally gng at Jon, as they always did.

  "Are you going to talk to him?" Rhaenys murmured softly.

  "I don't know... he seems busy... let's wait." She replied just as softly.

  "I hear you. If you want to say something directly to me, you don't o whisper..." Jon said calmly, setting his book aside, looking at them, and standing up.

  Rhaenys g Daenerys, who seemed hesitant. "Yoing to Valyria, but we 't ght?" Daenerys asked.

  "Obviously, it won't be an easy task, and I think it's best if you stay... After all, I don't know what we will enter in that nd," Jon said, knowing that the green vision had not ventured into Valyria after its destru.

  "But I could insist on asking you to take me along," Daenerys murmured cautiously, trying not to impose on Jon, as she didn't want to tradict him. She was also relut to enter another city after what happened in Myr, but when it came to the legendary Valyria, her curiosity outweighed her fear.

  "Do you have any idea of the danger we will face? Do you think we will be safe there?" Jon emphasized.

  "Yes, I know that. But even so, I would still like to discover something..." Daenerys replied. She looked at Rhaenys, as if it was a matter they had discussed themselves, while Jon just kept his gaze fixed on her.

  Rhaenys said nothing more, but seemed to signal Daenerys, who then stood up. "I want to show you something..." she said, with Jon looking at her as she walked toward the firepce, where an Arti servant had pced wood, and watched Daenerys approach.

  His eyes were slightly surprised wheended her hand and pced it into the fire. The fmes bathed her skin, but did not burn her, and she pulled it back to show Jon.

  "You're resistant too..." he murmured, but didn't seem too surprised, knowing she was a Targaryen, even if it was rare.

  "Yes, I am, just like you," she said, while Jon looked at Rhaenys. "And you?" he asked with curiosity, w if his sister could do the same. Rhaenys shook her head.

  "No, it seems I'm not... not that pure of a Targaryen..." she murmured, giving Jon a slight, sad smile.

  "That has nothing to do with being pure or not. Most Targaryens were burned by fire, even those of pure lineage. Besides, I'm a half-blood like you..." Jon said. He was also half Stark, and that did not diminish his e to the Targaryens; in fact, it made him more special.

  Jo Rhaenys and turned back to Daenerys with a sigh... "So... you want to find dragon eggs, don't you?" Jon murmured, already knowing why they had been talking so much about dragons tely and how they envisioheir own. More than just girls dreaming, it was like Sansa imagining her future with galnt knights, but in the case of these two, Sansa's knights were dragons.

  "Yes, I would like to make sure to find eggs on my own. If you found oh your sister and there was a dozen iadel, why wouldn't we find any in Valyria?" Daenerys said fidently.

  "You know that even if I find eggs, I will give them to you; you don't o go looking for them on your own..." Jon warned.

  "Still, I insist on going!" she said, breaking into a smile, making Jon see a hint of Lyanna from a few years ago, asking things of him.

  He remained silent for a few seds while Daenerys kept her eyes on him before he responded. "Alright, then you will e with me..." Jon finally said, as she broke into a beaming smile.

  "Thank you!!" She thanked him, moving closer to him, toug his face, and giving him a kiss on his forehead, seeming happy about it, while Jon raised an eyebrow and o the girl, who theuro Rhaenys, who seemed to have a slightly accusatory look at the ptinum-haired girl.

  "You did that on purpose, didn't you?" Rhaenys murmured.

  "I don't know what you're talking about..." Daenerys said with a wink.

  Jon ighe whispering and turned back to Daenerys. "I want you to stay with Arya in the ing days and clear up all your doubts about how to prepare to go there. I've already given her some instrus over the st moons, and I hope she hasn't fotten, so she expin to you hoill proceed," Jon ented, and Daenerys nodded again.

  The days went by as the ships tio sail, leaving Vontis further and further behind, a small memory on the horizon, until they finally began to see the smoky horizon on the ti's side, indig the infamous Valyria with its trails of destru that had sted for hundreds of years. It covered the entire horizon on this side of the sea, ag almost like a bea for lost sailors; after all, fmes could still be seen within the smoke at night, with the horizon glowing along its edge.

  Thus, the days tinued with this stant sight of smoke until they finally reached the ter, where Jon had ordered the fleet to anchor.

  "Well, from now on, I'll go aloh them. Just take care of our son..." Jon said to Rhaenys, who nodded before he went to speak to his men, some of whom began preparing to trao a new ship. He had to say goodbye to Rhaenys, as she would be the only oaying behind, while Arya and Daenerys would apany him, and Ygritte would not let him go alone.

  Quickly, the group began to separate, as three carrack ships were chosen t back everything they could find.

  At least 20 royal guards apahem, and Wind was also present, as she was essential to help them ehat inhospitable pce for any human. They would otherwise die not only from suffocatioo the air but also from the hostile envirohat affected human skin and carried incurable diseases.

  And so, they began to sail, feeling the heat increase, even though they were still far from the smoke. The heat only intensified as they advanced, and the sea started to bubble near it.

  "Use these..." Jon said, handing out an object he had created in ártica, an artifact with runes he had designed. He had phis journey for a long time and needed something that could filter the air, so they wouldn't die suffocated or inhale harmful substances, as they would be exposed to dangerous fumes due to all the processes Valyria had once produced. Everyone on the ships received these, a mouth filter, like a mask fitting from to nose, with ruched on it.

  "I 't see anything here. Shouldn't the ship catch fire with this sea?" Daenerys murmured, looking at the bubbling water.

  "Most ships would burn, but these have a special design." Jon expined. "They are made from a wood I produced myself. It rarely burns, and it would take a lot of effort for that to happen."

  Everything was silent except for the sound of the bubbles, and without any clear view ahead, the ships tio move forward until Jon noticed something while paying close attention. There were no animals; his birds would fall ill, Ghost disliked the heat, and Serume would end up as a boiled fish.

  But the shadows seen through his eyes were being clearer after two hours on this sea. "There are ships here," he said, quite surprised as he saw the ships beginning to emerge in their dire.

  "Prepare to fight!! Ships in sight!!" The Artis shouted from one ship to another. Without a Warg to give silent ands, they had to use the old-fashioned way.

  "Those..." Jon was once again surprised, as these ships flew the banners of Westeros, and he wondered what they were doing there.

  "Greyjoys..." Arya murmured, also stunned as she reized the fg.

  "Somehow, they're here... I 't uand why," Jon murmured.

  "My king, they're heading straight for us, and they don't look friendly," a royal guard said, and Jon agreed with the obvious. "Well, we have no other choice. Destroy them all," Jon gave the direct order.

  Quickly, the giants apanying them ohree ships, also wearing masks made for them, began to prepare. There were at least 20 ships advang toward them, perhaps thinking they would find easy prey, unaware of whom they were about to face.

  But they were soon in for a surprise, as the moment, a barrage of harpoons was unched from the three Arti ships, with projectiles rger than spears, advang through the smoke and striking the enemy ships about 300 meters ahead, in the midst of the mist.

  It didn't take long for the harpoons to hit their targets, and Jon could hear shouts of surprise in the distance before the fuse finally ighe explosive liquid in the ders. The explosioed amidst the smoke, a green light c the entire view and even spreading across the water, followed by a thunderous boom.

  Three enemy ships had been obliterated, which seemed to alert the remaining ehey began to maheir vessels, perhaps frightened by the realization that the giants were preparing more harpoons.

  "I don't know why, but I sense someohere is quite troublesome..." Jon ented simply, narrowing his eyes before tinuing... "Sihey took the initiative to attack us... finish them all off at ond leave no one alive." He issued the order.

  More harpoons were unched, hitting the enemy ships and causing a sed series of explosions, while the men there screamed. Some even jumped into the water, but that only led to a certaih. The boiling water would cook them alive, and they didn't know what would be worse: dying from the wildfire or being boiled alive as they tried to swim away.

  Some ships finally mao maneuver around the position, but more and more harpoons were still being fired. Even so, a few mao disappear into the smoke, while the harpoons tio hit one of them, resulting in a distant explosion, with two other harpoons missing the ships, having no clear visibility at the moment.

  "Should we pursue them, my king?" the men asked, while Ygritte, Arya, and Daenerys merely watched the massacre.

  "There is no reason to tihe pursuit. We have no birds to track them. Let them go..." Jon murmured, hoping that the person on one of the ships had been taken out by the explosions. However, he wasn't sure whie was the main ship, as they all looked the same, making it impossible to tell who was in and.

  Thus, the ships tio move forward, and the sunlight shone weakly, beginning to reveal the silhouette of an immense mountain ahead, likely the highest peaks of a Valyria, outlined by the sunlight through the smoke.

  "We're getting close," Ygritte murmured, and Jon nodded beside her.

  "Wind, I want you to prepare. We'll be disembarking soon," Jon instructed, and she nodded, getting ready, knowing she would o expend a lot of energy there.

  Jon ended up sing his eldeal armor for leather, as did all his men and family. It was a light armor that would offer better prote from the heat with the runes Jon had pced on it. Even though he was resistant to fmes, he still wahe increased mobility it provided during the exploration of ruins.

  He had created it at the same time as the masks, using a different runibination than the one he employed in the creation fe for eldeal. He couldn't equip all the runes simultaneously, so he had to choose between a light armor or oant to the fire element.

  In any case, everyone was equipped, and it didn't take long for the first real structures of Valyria to start appearing ahead, revealing a kind of port in a city corrupted by rivers of va flowing through it. The structures were all broken, and the city still burned with the flow of fire ing from the mountains.

  "So this is the a nd ons," Daenerys murmured, in awe.

  "Yes. It was an important a port city. It had one of the rgest ports in Valyria... it's the same size as White Harbor in the north..." Jon expined.

  "Incredible... how do you know that?" Daenerys murmured, looking at Jon with admiration. It was impressive that he knew so much about a part of the city and had such detailed information about its fun.

  "We'll talk about it in ártica, but you verify it in the records. This city was important and had signifit weight in Valyria's trade, serving Vontis and the entire western part of Essos, even reag Westeros.... It was managed by a separate branch of an iial family, though not the main family. Only one member of this family owned a dragon, but they were extremely wealthy..." Jon expined.

  "They had so much wealth that they possessed a vast amount of Valyrian steel, which stood out even among the most iial families in Valyria at the time..." he tinued, as his goal was to find a fe and try to manufacture his own Valyrian steel in ártica.

  The city became more visible as they he broken port that emerged ahead.

  "The va flows straight into the sea... that's why it's bubbling..." Arya ented, seeing the rivers of va from the mountains colliding with the seawater. It ossible to see the glow of the va among the waves, sinking and disappearing into the depths, yet still flowing, f aquatic va rivers beh them.

  "Well, we're arriving, and while we may have resistao the heat with the armor, the armor doesn't nullify the heat; it just offers some resistance. Even so, we're still exposed to the diseases this pce might bring. Wind, it's time for you to pce a prote entment on each of us, at least for a few hours," he said to the child of the forest, who his request. She already khey would need a small group while expl the nds of the a dragonlords.

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