A/N: If you skipped everything and came straight to here, I just wanted to let you know that there are no Trigger Warnings in my stories. I think they ruin the immersion, as I want the reader to experience things as the characters do. That being said, if you can make it through the show, you can definitely make it through this.

Also this is the shortest chapter of the story. It is mostly an introduction!

Lana looked out over Meereen, the browns of the world shaping the landscape as the occasional green interrupted the view. She was not unhappy to leave this warm, dry place. Lana was not fond of the Masters, whose blood ran deep within the veins of the city, despite having a new queen that outlawed slavery.

"I am sorry, but you presume to give me commands?" Daenerys asked, and Lana turned around.

The man to which she addressed, an older, tan gentleman with black hair and heavy-lidded eyes said, "With all due respect, my queen, if Lana does not fulfill these obligations, then you will be burying her long before you grant her lands in your home country of Westeros."

Dany tutted. "If you kill her, then I will have you killed."

"It's alright, your grace," Lana said with obvious disappointment as she took a step forward, her sandals clicking on the stone.

"No, it is not," Dany pressed.

"If I may, Khaleesi?" Ser Jorah asked.

Dany stared ahead, breathing heavily until she nodded.

"The assassin orders of Essos...they take themselves very seriously. Especially the Crimson Company. They have deep roots in Asshai, where that woman Quaithe and the Warlock were from. Their vengeance, I imagine, will be of a darker sorts that we do not want to invite."

The man who came to take Lana away, named Dramone, was dressed in crimson, stood taller at those words. He was one of the few assassins to see old age.

"I agree with Jorah, your grace," Barriston Selmy said, the legendary, aging knight that came for Dany when his king abandoned him. "As someone who has dedicated his life to an order, there are special rules and means of conduct. I do not know anything of the dark magic of your sister's organization, but I trust Ser Jorah in that regard."

Dany nodded and shot a sharp gaze to Lana. "And you willingly affiliated yourself with these people, Lana?" Dany asked.

"I did, your grace," Lana said.

"What was your rank?" Dany asked.

"Common assassin."

Daenerys laughed, looking to Dramone. "So if she is a common assassin, then why does she need to fulfill one more mission before leaving?"

"Even if she is a common assassin, my queen, she has been the one training for this specific mission, and her specialties are required for it."

"What do you specialize in?" Dany asked, looking back to Lana.

"High profile assassinations. With poison."

"As a common assassin?" Dany asked. "I didn't think common assassins conducted high profile kills."

"How many assassins have you hired, your grace?" Dramone asked.

"None."

Dramone continued, his tone rife with ego. "We have our own way of categorizing our people. We have many members that specialize in magic from across the black sea, as we follow the Lord of Light. Lana focuses on the common aspects, like the use of her body and weapons, which is why she is a common assassin."

Dany pursed her lips. Lana's heartbeat increased, worried that this would ruin her new relationship with her half-sister. Dany looked to Lana. "You conveniently forgot to mention that you killed people of nobility, which is who I will be gaining the support of."

Lana lightly nodded. "Might prove useful for your enemies, your grace."

Dany's lips wavered, trying to suppress a smile, but finally, she let out a small laugh. "Yes, I imagine so."

Dramone added, "Lana has been with us for ten years, since she first bled, and we have maintained that virtue for our own causes. That is a lot of resources and time that you are taking from us. As a token of respect to you and the magic that your dragons have brought to this world, we will allow her to follow you after she completes her task."

Lana knew there was no way out of this, but it was not her place to tell the queen how to conduct herself.

"Gold will not work for you?" Dany asked, a tenderness in her voice that initially drew Lana in. Something about her sister was so genuine, and it made her think that Dany could be a great queen of Westeros one day.

"Gold won't train a new member in the timeframe that we need. Gold will only buy us a faceless man. While they are superior in many ways, it does not look good for our order to hire other assassins. I am sure I don't have to explain that."

"Surely it doesn't take that long to train someone for a mission?" Dany countered.

"Saelolana," Dramone said, using Lana's full name, and her eyes fastened to him. "Was training for this mission for the entirety of last year. Certain trusts were required to gain, and they take time to foster. I prefer it if I did not have to train another."

"What is the mission?" Dany asked, her tone conceding.

Dramone sighed but did not take his gaze off of the queen. "To kill Lady Hornley of the Horned Castle. Lana will enter as a handmaiden and gain her trust that way. The buyer of this assassination has requested that our member stay with Lady Hornley for a time, slowly poisoning her and giving her a painful death. Since Lana specializes in poison, you can see that she would be hard to replace."

"That is a Westerosi house," Jorah said quietly.

"Why this Lady Hornley?" Dany asked.

"That is private information."

"How long will Lana be gone?" Dany asked, moving on. Lana's palms began to sweat as she silently watched on.

"Could be months to a year before the buyer sends word to strike. No more than a year, however, per our terms," Dramone said.

Dany's hand formed a fist. "She could die."

"She most definitely will if she abandons us without fulfilling her duty."

Dany glanced to Jorah, who said, "It's not a bad deal Khaleesi. We do not even need her yet."

"She is my half-sister and the dragons like her. She is my only family. What do you mean we don't need her?"

"What I meant is Lana's role is about fleshing out the Targaryen house. Right now, she wouldn't do much, as she is just a bastard and has no dragons, and yours are still too small to ride. Let her get used to the lands of Westeros, then bring her back as we go to take the throne."

Dany looked down to the ground, her displeasure explicit. Lana straightened her back, clasping her wrist in front of her body as she waited for the queen to dole out her verdict.

"I will be looking for you in a year's time, sister. If then, you still seek me out, I will make you a Targaryen."

Lana's heart sunk, and also soared at those words. To be called 'sister' meant more than she could have ever imagined. Although, this conundrum was all Lana's fault, as it was foolish to think that she could leave without Crimson Company following her.

She had just been too excited, too happy to know her real family. Never the less, she knew this had to be done. "Thank you, your grace. I will be back."

Dramone remained, not leaving until Lana was at his side while she said her goodbyes, which were long and heartfelt, even if they had only known each other for three weeks.

Lana remembered how nervous she had been to initially present herself to the queen. When she first arrived, they dismissed Lana's claims as being Dany's bastard sister, mostly because her hair was pale, but still yellow, and her eyes were a pale blue, not purple.

Luck trailed closely to Lana that day, as Selmy vouched that her father had, indeed, bore a bastard.

When asked as to how Lana turned up in Essos, Lana informed Dany that their father had traded her for four dragon eggs when her mother died in childbirth.

"Your grace," Selmy had said, "That aligns with what I know. Your father used to sit in the throne room with a box, one we did not know what was in it. That is around the time he started to go mad, saying 'they should have hatched...they should have hatched' Eventually that turned into 'burn them all'".

It had helped that the dragons welcome Lana's presence, something they nearly never did with a stranger. And when Lana revealed that fire couldn't burn her, it was everything Daenarys needed to see to know that the blood of a dragon coursed through Lana's veins.

And when Lana had touched Rhaegal's face...she knew for her own self. She knew it then that she had dragon's blood in her. It came as no surprise to Lana when she sought out Daenerys when she learned her half-sister was in Meereen.

As she turned away from Daenerys and walked alongside Dramone, Lana was already envisioning her return to this place and aid her sister in their voyage west.

Lana had no idea the adventure that awaited her.