Winter's Dragon
Some say the world will end in fire, some say in ice. But whether it by snow or ash, while they fall, we rise. Hearts will be broken, blood shall be split and loyalties divided, but by the blood in our veins, we will take back what is ours.
Author's Note:
The idea for this story has been on my mind for quite some time. I honestly can't wait to see what you all think of it. This is my first "M" story, so please bear with me if the scenes are not really all that good but I guess we'll see. So I give you the first ever chapter of my Game of Thrones fanfiction, Winter's Dragon. Enjoy!
WARNING: Events in the story will be a little crisscrossed or drawn out compared to what happens in the show.
Chapter I – Rhaegar's Reason
The stars shone brightly in the night sky as nothing could be heard but the sound of the waves crashing against the shore. The city seemed deserted as it still reeked of death and despair and laid stained with blood with the great battle took place that day.
A battle that will be remember for a time, for it marks the day of the fall of a family of power and respect, the fall of king and the rise of another. The day that will forever been known as the Sack of King's Landing.
There is a room in cased in darkness, when suddenly the two torches that hung high on the walls came to light giving the room a dim light showing the pool of blood on the room's floor. A man probably in his late forties man lied directly in the middle with his silver-white hair caked in blood, his skin grey and cold with his dull violet eyes wide open.
He stares up at the ceiling with a blank expression looking up at the black flag containing a crest of a red winged dragon with three heads stood hanging high and proud, the only emotion present was in his eyes showing madness, showing his insanity.
But he isn't alone, upwards towards the throne sits a man probably in his early thirties, his hair also a silver-white and his eyes bright violet that were filled with peace as he held a beautifully crafted harp within his hand with two horse size wolves sitting obediently on their hind legs at his sides. The first on his left had full white fur and red eyes, the other had black and white fur and blue eyes.
But there is something else behind them, something very large. It's too dark to see exactly what they are but moving upwards three large pairs of serpent eyes can be seen through the darkness. Each pair different than the other, the first on the left had red eyes, the one in the middle had violet eyes and the last on the left had blue eyes, the only similarity that all held was the large black slit running through the middle.
Suddenly the room's light becomes brighter and realize that the eyes belong to three black dragons. The dragons stare menacingly when suddenly they let out a breath of fire. The man on the throne smiles as he watches the flames in front of him.
The flames soon subside, but a ring of fire remains, but that is not all that remains. Three children, three siblings, two boys and a girl stood in flames unburnt, seemingly unaffected. The man on throne stands, still smiling as he makes his way into the circle, unaffected as he passed over the flames as he went to stand behind them as the eldest and second child took his hands in theirs.
These children were undoubtedly his. The eldest, the first boy had silver white hair and violet eyes, the other child on the man's side, the middle child, a girl looked much like first except in a feminine stature and her pitch black hair and dark eyes with tints of violet and the youngest, who held his sister's hand, undoubtedly his twin was also like the first, except like his sister his black hair and dark eyes.
They all stood side by side with their hands intertwined and smiles on their face as the dragons once more let out a breath of fire, this time the flames consuming the entire room as everything went black.
What creature is the strongest?
What creature is the fastest?
What creature is to be feared above all others?
It is the creature born from the sun...
The Dragon.
The dragons that flew high in the sky, reaching heights those only mortal men could only dream about.
The dragons that devoured any who seek them harm and protect the ones they love with a fierceness the gods themselves envy.
They do not shy away from danger.
They laugh in face of death.
The dragon is believed to be defeated, but it merely bides its time, until its time for it to rise once more.
The time of the dragons is far from over, it has only just begun.
Their resurrection is near….
But first, the story must be heard.
Almost twenty years ago, Robert Baratheon started a war against the Targaryen dynasty that became know as Robert's rebellion to avenge the deaths of Rickard and Brandon Stark and reclaim his betrothed from the hands of Crown Prince Rhaegar Targaryen, Lyanna Stark.
The reason Rhaegar took Lyanna in first place is unknown, but unknown to many, Lyanna wasn't taken against her will. Although the previous Lord of Winterfell, Rickard Stark arranged for Lyanna to marry Robert Baratheon, Lyanna and Rhaegar were already in love with each other.
And a year before Robert's rebellion after the Tourney at Harrenhal, Rhaegar annulled his marriage to Elia Martell and married Lyanna in secret with Jon Connington and Arthur Castus as their only witnesses.
A few months after Lyanna's and Rhaegar's secret marriage, Lyanna discovered she was with child. Rhaegar fearing what Robert would do to Lyanna and their unborn child when he came for her took Lyanna from Winterfell and to the safety of a remote location inside King's Landing.
Robert angered by Rhaegar's action, in which he saw as abduction and the deaths of Rickard and Brandon Stark took up his banner men along with the Starks and most of the royal houses of Westeros and marched against the Targaryens that spawned a war that lasted two years and resulted in the death of the mad king, Rhaegar and Lyanna.
In the final day of the battle know as the Sack of King's Landing as House Lannister joined in on the fight and Robert fought Rhaegar at the battle of Trident, Eddard and Benjen Stark along with the some of their men stormed the tower where Lyanna was being held.
Once they dispatched the men guarding her, Eddard and Benjen were both shocked to find Lyanna in the midst of dying as she held fraternal twins of only two years to her body, her and Rhaegar's legitimate children.
It was then that Eddard and Benjen realized the true nature of Rhaegar's actions as they kneeled beside their dying sister, where she told them the truth about what her actions along with Arthur's and Jon's involvement and seeked their forgiveness.
Eddard and Benjen of course forgave their beloved sister and with Lyanna's dying breath made her brothers swear to keep her children safe. And true to their word when Rhaegar was proclaimed dead, Eddard had Benjen take the children out of King's Landing and to Arthur Castus' home, Hawkeye.
Once the Mad King was discovered dead and Robert had been named the new king, Eddard soon joined his brother at Hawkeye where he, Benjen and Arthur agreed to separate the children to keep them safe from the newly appointed king's wrath and hatred of the Targaryen line.
Eddard took the youngest of the twins and adopted him and as his bastard child while keeping the name Lyanna had given him, Jon. Arthur, whose infant daughter had died in a plague a few days prior to the Sack of King's Landing replaced his dead child and heir with the eldest of twins and in honor of Lyanna's memory kept the name she had given her daughter, Leila.
What do you think? I hope you all enjoyed the premiere of Winter's Dragon. I will try to update as soon as possible.
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PS:
As for the readers for my other stories still currently running, Immortality, Petrova, The Light In The Dark & Welcome To The Real World. I apologize for not updating in so long. My first semester of my freshman year of college has been really been keeping me busy these past few months and thankfully it will be soon drawing to a close, but sadly I then have end of year exams and projects to finish, so I most likely won't be updating until at least around Christmas. As for my readers of Winter's Dragon, I started the story in the summer so I already have some chapters ready for you, but I still can't guarantee that I will update regularly. But I still would like to thank you all for love and support.
- Dark Alana.