The white dragon - The rainbow bridge

Aemon Targaryen, Topaz Island – Europe

"The reports are clear your grace, the preparations are complete, as soon as you give the order, we will be able to make the convergence," said Amelie, one of the members of the Veela council and loyal vassal to the Targaryen family

Aemon nodded gratefully as he continued to walk through the amazing street of the beautiful city, it was evident that the Veela took great pride in beauty, both of their physique and of their home

Something Aemon could respect and admire

“Any news to report?” asked the young dragon, as he began his ascent to the central temple, where his women were waiting for him, all performing important tasks for the alliance

"The Jotun emissaries have been of great help, their druidic magic is impressive, they have helped us a lot in strengthening the defense of the Island, the White Oak sprout grows strong and powerful, as you ordered, protected 24/7," said Amelie with evident pride in her voice

Aemon nodded in pleasure as they arrived at the Temple of the Goddess, where a large gathering of Veela were present, all hoping to see the Liberator's heir

Aemon's arrival on the island had caught the attention of the entire island, even the Veela who preferred to live in remote areas surrounded by nature had visited the temple to see Aemon

And absolutely all of them had knelt before his presence, the magic of the Dragon Lords demanded it and the veela submitted with pleasure, the entire island was a nexus for Targaryen magic, Aemon was still unaware of the process that the rogue prince used to create it, but he could respect the magical mastery necessary to do so

As soon as they entered, voices began to speak all at the same time, the veela muttered excitedly to each other, while their Allure went out of control, enhanced by the innate magic of the island, affecting even Aemon

It was strange, as if the island itself wanted him to scatter his seed among the veela, although knowing Daemon Targaryen's reputation, perhaps he was not so far from reality

When he reached the center of the room, he noticed something that was becoming annoying and recurring

Lucrecia and Rossana arguing

Once again

The rest of his girls were working in some activity, his two sets of twins and Penny were reading old books of Veela history to catalog them in Wolf's Den, the blonde Ravenclaw coordinated the enchanted feathers that made copies of the ancient Veela texts, Aemon would not deprive the conclave of its treasures after all,  Tonks and Maria observed and analyzed the new armor that the Veela battle sorceresses would use from now on, courtesy of Valka and quite similar to the one used by the Lycants in the service of Aemon

Although with the Targaryen colors, to be honest, the contrast of the blood-red armor with the beautiful and snowy skin of the veela made them look really beautiful and the black cloaks with the three-headed dragon embroidered gave them an elegance that their Lycants could never match

Fleur and Bhavani were totally calm, drinking tea and looking with amusement at Rossana and Lucrecia, who looked at each other with veiled suspicion

With a sigh, Aemon made an appearance and said

“Now what?” The tired and somewhat annoyed tone made both witches stop arguing instantly, and both

"Aemon, I just..." they both tried to speak at the same time, only for the young dragon to raise his hand and silence them both with a quick spell

"Not at the same time," he said, while pointing at Lucrecia and undoing the spell

“What happened?” he asked, evidently without patience, so wisely, Lucrecia answered bluntly

"Rossana began to give indications about including some vassals of the Vallens as commercial partners of the island," Lucrecia said calmly, calming down

Aemon frowned and replied

"Yes, it was the order I gave her," said Aemon, with a warning tone in his voice, ignoring for the moment the look of satisfaction of the Vallens witch

Lucrecia nodded

"But you didn't order Britain's trading partners like the Greengrass or my father to be excluded, as she planned to do," Malfoy the witch said with certainty

And at those words, Aemon's powerful gaze focused on the no longer so smiling Rossana 

"The suppliers of Nova Roma have better quality than anything from the barbarians of Britannia, besides, being closer we can offer better rates to the island" said the black-haired woman totally sure of herself

And totally fed up with this situation, Aemon unleashed his magic, both the Stark and the Targaryen, making his eyes glow purple and his hair jet black

“ENOUGH!!” he roared, while focusing his no small magical power on his two bratty witches, who evidently needed a hard lesson, probably a not so funny spanking session

"I will not allow internal problems within my family, you will get along one way or another" said the young dragon, his annoyance was so evident that everyone who was present kept a total silence

Rossana and Lucrecia looked at him surprised, however, neither was willing to give in, both opened their mouths to continue arguing, and honestly, Aemon did not have the patience or desire to continue listening to them

Even less so, with the bonding ritual about to begin 

"I don't want to hear it, both of you will be punished severely tonight, from now on, you will behave like the princesses you are, understand?" Aemon ordered, his magic piercing even the stubbornness of the proud witches, who nodded in total submission to Aemon's words

"Yes, my prince," they said, utterly docile, causing Aemon to nod and sigh heavily, tonight his two proud and headstrong witches would receive a lesson, one they will never forget

Aemon would take care of his troubled women as soon as the ritual was over, however, the priority was to connect the island to the branches of Ygdrasil

To be honest, he was fully aware that what he was doing was utter recklessness, but securing the island out of the continent's influence was a top priority, in an ironic twist of fate, the light faction, led by Dumbledore, as well as the dark faction, led by Mulciber were exerting considerable pressure with the approval of the raids on Stark Lands, and Aemon would never allow such a thing to happen

Securing Topaz Island as the coalition's center of operations was a top priority, the Targaryen wards were powerful and deadly, but if he managed to nest the Stark rune defenses...

Aemon was getting ahead of himself, first he had to achieve the connection and thanks to the inclusion of House Targaryen in the pact, the union process would be much simpler than expected, although no less complicated

Without wasting any more time, Aemon walked to the Throne of the island, according to Amelie's words, no one had sat on it since the times of Daemon Targaryen, the only thing they knew for sure was that it was a kind of nexus between the island and its ruler

In this case, Aemon himself

And if the legends of the veela were true, Aemon could command the wards of the entire island from this place

"The preparations are ready your grace, seven groups of seven trees scattered all over the island, the magic readings are stable," said Amelie, with complacency in her voice 

Aemon gave her a soft smile, and proceeded to walk towards the throne in question, it was black, made entirely of obsidian, or dragonglass, as the ring insisted it was called, it emerged from the depths, having a deep connection to Midgard's innate magic, and thus, a huge potential for a link with Ygdrasil, it seemed to contain flames trapped within,  while Valyrian runes were carved all over its surface

"We studied and mapped the runes, but since we didn't know their meaning, we weren't able to decipher the purpose of this artifact," said Amelie, distressed at not providing Aemon with really useful information

The young dragon just nodded politely and without saying a single word, took a seat on the throne of the island

And the moment Aemon's body touched the dragonglass, the dormant runes were activated, for the first time in two hundred years

Aemon's eyes turned completely white, and although his body was limp sitting on the throne...

His mind was traveling, faster and farther than ever before

He could feel it all, every rock, every tree, every magical and mundane beast that called the island home, there was nothing that escaped his vision, the fruits of powerful Targaryen magic were simply incredible

However... the throne was a lot more, it was a detector, a magical one, and it was giving him particular magical readings

Draconic Magic, outside of Topaz Island

Three points to be exact

One of them was easily identifiable to Aemon, an island in the Mediterranean, brimming with powerful magic, where Aemon supposed, the nexus for the third test of the ring was to be found

The second... It was in the middle of the fucking ocean, tiny, barely visible, lost in the immense waters and storms of the Atlantic, a place that, at least for the moment, was out of reach

But the third... the third point surprised and enraged him at the same time; the third point of Draconic magic was found in none other than England

Right in the fucking ministry of magic... the filthy vermin and weasels had a Targaryen artifact

How dare they! He thought furiously

Letting himself be totally carried away by the impulse, Aemon used the power of the throne and sent his magic towards the artifact, his influence over it was quite limited, he needed the third head of the dragon to be able to exercise his will completely, however, Aemon’s mastery over Targaryen magic was enough to be able to see through clairvoyance the place where he was

In an instant, Aemon was no longer on the island, but in a kind of underground room, he was in a display case, countless runes were engraved all over the glass, where dozens of half-dozen wizards and witches, hidden with silver cloaks and covered faces, moved their wands and took notes recurrently

"It's incredible, the artifact has had more magical activity in the last two months than in more than one hundred and fifty years, the containment runic clusters seem stable, although we will not let our guard down," said a woman with her distorted voice, while waving her wand, making Aemon's vision blur for an instant, inflicting a stabbing pain

"Shit," snapped the young dragon, instantly enraging and cutting the connection, concentrating again on the island, those robes could be recognized anywhere

The morons in the department of mysteries, the ministry's "researchers" had a Targaryen artifact, which is important, considering the amount of magic it emitted

Alas, he couldn't do anything right now, though as soon as he secured the third ring in Samhain, he would make sure to get back what belonged to him

Whatever it takes

"Now, the important thing," he muttered to himself, as he began to remember the steps of the ritual that the Winter Codex had mentioned

The same ritual that Lorian Stark used in the past to link the Lands of Wolf's Den directly into the branches of Ygdrasil, the young dragon closed his eyes and began to perform the steps one by one 

He located the magical core of the island, founded the nearest Ley Line and with extreme care, began to recite in the old tongue, literally weaving branches of pure magic between the already existing branches of Ygdrasil and the heart of the island

The process was slow, tedious and downright exhausting, every inch requiring a monstrous amount of magic and time, to the point that I didn't know how much time had passed outside the heart of the island

However, Aemon's efforts paid off, and by the time the branches connected the heart of the island to the Ley Lines, the link was complete and the tree of life had a new branch

The resulting explosion of magic was simply overwhelming, Aemon had to push his occlumency to the maximum to avoid collapsing from the pressure he felt at the  crushing power that the connection had generated, the entire island changed to such a profound level that Aemon was barely able to comprehend it, all the White Oak buds grew instantly,  As tall as a three-story building, saturating the air, land, and water with the purest magic, the pastures suddenly became lush, while unknown magical plants began to bloom all over the island, while huge white roots began to emerge from the ground, spreading throughout the island

However, there was one event in particular that stunned the young dragon, right in front of the throne, a beautiful specimen of White Oak emerged, as tall and imposing as the one in Wolf's Den

And Aemon, totally stunned, watched as the roots of the same tree emerged from the ground, forming an arc with nine seeds around it, eight of them remaining opaque, except for one, with a particular name, written with the ancient runes of the First Men

"Midgard," Aemon whispered, opening his eyes at the revelation

"Alfheim," he whispered, channeling his magic, the bright seed went out, while another lit up, and the image of the arch changed completely, showing a beautiful wasteland, white grass and blue skies, with beautiful beings walking in a beautiful city, tall and pristine buildings, a city totally of fantasy

"Vanaheim!" he said with emotion, causing the seed to change color, as did the vision inside the arch

The beautiful town disappeared, to show a place familiar to Aemon, the Godswood of Winterfell, the beautiful tree he adored so much and the stream where he had had so many adventures with his cousins in the past

And, seated on the usual stone, was his uncle, Lord Eddard Stark, cleaning Ice, as usual

"Father," Aemon whispered to himself, overwhelmed by the man who had raised him again

However, something happened that he never imagined was possible

Lord Eddard Stark looked up, looking around in confusion, as if he had somehow been able to hear his son

“Jon?” he asked in amazement, as he stood up and began to look around in despair

“FATHER!!” Aemon shouted desperately, concentrating all his will for his voice to cross the threshold

“JON! MY SON: Where are you?” Lord Stark shouted, looking around with obvious desperation

"I'm going home father, I'm going home" said Aemon, before an excruciating pain invaded him, he felt that his head was going to explode, at the same time that he felt how a hot liquid was dripping from his nose

And without being able to concentrate, the connection to Ygdrasil was broken, causing Aemon to collapse back into reality, inhaling hard, trying to fill his tired lungs quickly and desperately

“YOUR GRACE!! A HEALER NOW!!” shouted Amelie, who, to Aemon's curiosity, was wearing a different dress

"What happened?" he asked, totally stunned

"My love, you were sitting for seven days" Rossana said, really affected, she, like Amelie, wore a different dress

“What? But, it was only an instant," said Aemon, totally bewildered

"My love, you were sitting for seven days, the island changed slowly, we were monitoring you day and night," Lucrecia said, obviously worried

"Oh," said the young dragon, inhaling hard as he tried to stand up, being helped by his women, who looked suspiciously guilty

“What happened? Why long faces?” Aemon asked, frowning at the guilty faces

"News from England Mon Amour, a group of Death eaters wreaked havoc in the final" said his French Flower cautiously

Immediately, concern invaded him and he said

“And the boys? they're fine?” he asks, referring to all the young people in the coalition

"Physically they are fine, but..." Lucrecia began, only to hesitate at the end and simply show Aemon a newspaper

The young Lord took it, at the same time as his eyebrows rose at the headline

An image of Harry and Draco, back-to-back, as they cast an inhuman number of spells on unknown enemies, like a well-oiled machine, the dueling lessons had apparently paid off

And the headline...

“Terror in the Quidditch final, Lord Potter and Heir Malfoy fight back, excess of strength?” said the obviously sensationalist headline

And Aemon can only think of one thing

Shit