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Elia Martell Targaryen
She was sitting on the chair waiting for Rhaegar to read the letter, she found surprising that someone else except House Stark would send a letter from The North.
She looked at his face as he read and noticed something was very wrong, she saw him tense, tears in his eyes and his hands holding the letter tightly. His face looked just like when Lord Stark told them that Lya was dead with her child.
"Rhaegar" she called but he didn't respond, tears began to roll down his cheek and his face lowered to the table, she gets up and walks to him and touch his shoulder and so does Arthur calling him.
"Rhaegar what's wrong?" She called and looks at the Maester who hurried back here.
"Your grace what's the problem?" He asked concerned but Rhaegar wasn't responding to any of them, he was crying in front of everyone.
"Your Grace" Arthur called and so did Ser Barristan but no response.
She knew something terrible must have happened "Rhaegar" she kept calling him but he didn't respond, he kept crying on the table.
Her good mother comes rushing inside, she looks at everyone first then she looks at Rhaegar "What's wrong?" She asked snd walks to him and trying to make him look at her face but failing to make him look at her.
Elia saw him murmured something under his breath but she didn't hear him.
"Rhaegar" Rhaella called him again but no response from him. She started getting really concerned when Rhaegar slowly raises his head up and looks at no one in particular "Jaehearys" she heard him whisper.
She didn't know why he would mention that named. Before she or anyone could ask what was wrong "Everyone who isn't Family or Kings Guard leave Now" Rhaegar ordered seriously and loudly.
She looked shocked by that tone, she looks around the room and sees Lady Olenna with a shocked face and so was Oberyn, while Varys looked like everything was normal.
After a few moments, no one was moving and Rhaegar looks at everyone.
"Did I stutter?" Rhaegar asked with authority in his tone.
Lady Olenna was the first to walk away and then Varys who looked intrigued about what was happening with the king.
Oberyn doesn't move first but Elia gives him a deadly glare at him, he understands and leaves the room. After the door was closed Rhaella sit close to her son and Elia sit in her chair. No one really knew how to even begin.
The last time Elia remembered Rhaegar being so sad was when Lyanna and her child died but he was furious too. And she never remembered him being so furious.
"Your grace what's the problem?" Ser Arthur asked concerned and so was everyone else.
Rhaegar took a deep breath "Lyanna . . . She had a boy not a girl" he said quietly but with a furious tone.
Elia and everyone else was shocked by that but didn't understand why was he saying that, "And . . . And her boy survived, all this time he . . . He was alive, Jon Snow the bastard son of Eddard Stark is actually Lyanna's boy" he added quietly looking at no one.
It took a few moments for her to process what he just said.
Lya's boy
A Bastard but how how Lord Stark said it was a girl.
Elia couldn't control her anger raising and thinking about all this.
Why Would he do do that, she felt herself crying.
Her mind went back 11 years ago when All that happened. She remembered Lord Stark saying he had a Bastard son but back there she and Rhaegar were still mourning Lyanna and her daughter and didn't really ask question, about that child. And Rhaella wasn't there at the time to ask questions.
"How do you know?" She asked but knowing this was the truth, it made sense.
She remembered how Lord Stark left in a hurry and no one really took a close look at his son. And Lord Stark having a Bastard son didn't really make sense.
He looks at her and gives her the letter, she starts reading for everyone to hear.
For every word she said, she felt like a stab in her heart, she couldn't stop her tears and when she reached the part where they killed Ser Gerold, she noticed the furious look in Ser Arthur and Ser Barristan's face.
"It was never a girl, it was a boy and Ned raised him as his bastard son Jon Snow.
He's still in Winterfell, last time I saw him was 8 months ago, he has long dark hair with curls with dark grey eyes and with a long face.
Yours Howland Reed"
She finished reading the letter and she couldn't stop crying, her precious boy was suffering from a mad man.
I'm Sorry Lyanna she thought crying, she had failed Lyanna, she loved her but failed her son.
"Your grace, we should go North and take him from there and take Lord Stark's head" Ser Arthur suggested but was more like a statement with a serious and furious tone and she nodded in agreement.
"We can't act foolish Ser Arthur, we should think about this" it was her good mother Rhaella who talked. Elia always had respect for her and loved her like a mother but right now she wanted to scream at her but before she could respond.
"Do you expect me to just sit here? He's there and we should go there as soon as possible, I DON'T CARE IF IT STARTS A WAR" Rhaegar responded loudly almost screaming and looked like a dragon.
"Rhaegar I understand both of you, but we need to avoid war, we can't just start a war" she responded trying to calm him but that only made her and Rhaegar furious.
"The war will happen, It doesn't matter what we do Rhaella, the war will happen" Elia said furiously.
"Not necessarily, if do this in the right way, the war can be avoided" she said but Rhaegar was having none of it.
"How do you expect we do that? The moment We execute Lord Stark, His heir and the whole bloody North will want war" Rhaegar asked sarcastically.
Rhealla gives them an apologetic look "I understand Rhaegar" she then turns to her "and you Elia but last thing we need is war. We need for every lord of The North to understand what Lord Stark did, we can't just go there with an army or order him to come here and execute him" she said trying to calm them.
"How do you expect we do that?" It was Ser Barristan who asked looking at her respectfully.
"We need to gather all the lords and explain to all of them his crimes" she said looking at Rhaegar.
Rhaegar closed his fist and his knuckles turned white "How mother?" He asked still furious.
"To gather all of them in one place and to not look suspicious, the only way is with a tourney" she said looking at everyone's reaction.
Ser Arthur looked to disagree, Ser Barristan didn't really looked to agree or disagree.
"Mother, we already had 3 tourneys and North didn't came in any of them" Rhaegar said looking at her. Elia nodded in agreement.
"That's true but this time, this tourney will be in Harrenhal, the largest tourney we ever had, The North will know if they refuse this one, they will look very bad in front of all kingdoms and they will need help if The Ironborn decides to attack again" she said looking at Rhaegar.
He sigh "Very well, but what about Jaehearys" he asked looking at her.
"Maybe we can send someone in The North to retrieve him in secret and bring him here" he said with a happier tone when he mentioned Jaehearys.
"That's not very smart your grace, we can only send someone we trust like a kingsguard, but the moment they're seen in The North, that will draw suspicious to Lord Stark that we know the truth" Ser Barristan said respectfully looking at his king.
Elia knew Barristan was trying to be careful when it came to talking about Jaehearys.
Rhaegar sigh "Very well, but what if Lord Stark comes but doesn't bring him there" he asked looking at Rhaella.
"If that happens, we will send someone during the tourney to retrieve him" Rhaella answered.
Rhaegar seemed to be thinking about this.
Elia didn't like this, she wanted her son to be here with them amongst his family and not among people who hated him.
"Very well, send a letter to every lord in every kingdom, I want this tourney to be hold within 3 weeks not later" Rhaegar said seriously.
Rhaella nodded and looks at Ser Barristan who nodded and left the room.
Rhaegar puts his hands on the table looking down, Elia walks to him and put her hand on his face, he looks at her with a sad expression on his face.
"He will be here soon" she said quietly. He smiled and raises his head again.
"Should we tell the children?" Rhaella asked looking at them.
She wasn't sure how to answer to that, they might say something that they shouldn't.
"No, not yet" Rhaegar responded instead of her.
Rhaella nodded in agreement and leaves the room. Elia looks at Ser Arthur and he leaves the room too.
Rhaegar falls on his chair looking at the table, "I should have known, I shouldn't" he said tears rolling down his cheek, Elia couldn't help but cry but right now they needed to be strong.
She puts her hand on his hand "We will bring him back and we will bring Fire and Blood to everyone who hurt him" she swore with fury in her tone. He nodded and hugged her and just let their feelings out.
Rhaella Targaryen
From all the things she expected to happen today, this wasn't one of them.
When Ser Barristan came to her saying that something was wrong with Rhaegar, she was afraid that he was poisoned or someone attacked him or Elia.
When she entered seeing him cry in front of everyone, she knew something had happened but didn't expect what he said.
When Rhaegar told them that Lyanna had a boy not a girl, she suspected where that was going and then confirmed by her son that she had another grandson and he was suffering from a mad man.
She felt happiness but also furious for what had happened to her grandson.
She wanted him here as soon as possible but they needed to avoid a war and not light the torches themselves.
It took all her will to not cry or just order for Lord Stark's head but she needed to be calm and not let her emotions control her.
She needed to find out any information about Jon Snow, and there was only one person who could know anything about him here in Kings Landing.
She knocked on the door and Lord Varys opens the door and looks surprised to see her there. Rhaella had never seen this man surprised before.
"Your grace how can I be of your service?" He asked respectfully and pushing the door away to let her in if she wanted to.
She walks inside and he takes a step back and closes the door behind him.
She turns to him "Do you have any information about the The North or House Stark?" She asked with an emotionless mask in her face.
He looks at her for a few moments "Nothing really that important your grace, only that the bastard of Lord Stark left Winterfell" he answered.
She felt her heart beat faster "We didn't receive any raven from Lord Stark that his son had disappeared" she responded seriously.
"Because he never send any raven to the other kingdoms" he answered calmly. She knew why he wouldn't send raven to them.
"Why do you think he left then?" She asked still emotionless.
Varys looked intrigued by her questions "I never really payed that much attention about how a Bastard is treated but my little birds told me that the poor boy, spend most of the time in the forest near Winterfell and that his treatment was simply horrible, some would even say abusive" he answered calmly.
Rhaella felt her anger raising and felt like she wanted to just burn Winterfell with Lord Stark inside. Rhaella was trying hard to not shed a tear for Jaehearys.
"I appreciate your information Varys" Rhaella said with a sharp tone like a sword.
"If I might ask, why sudden interest in the bastard of Lord Stark?" He asked clearly curious.
Calling him a Bastard made her blood boil, she wanted to cut his head for calling him like that but she didn't let her mask fall.
"Lord Stark is known as a honorable man so I found it strange that his son would leave his own home" she answered trying to sound convincing.
"Anything else?" She asked.
"People from StormLands had said that they have seen a dragon flying nearby" Varys said.
She didn't expected that, A Dragon that couldn't be true or could it.
"How many people said that they have seen, This Dragon?" She asked.
"I would say over 100 villagers" he answered and Rhaella was shocked.
100 people is too much to think that it was just a drunked fool talking stupid things.
She thought and takes a step closer "Did they say anything else about this dragon?" She asked.
"They mentioned, he looked to be white" he answered with a shyly smile that annoyed Rhaella.
"Thank you for your information Lord Varys" she said and he nodded his head in respect.
Rhaella makes her way to the door "Lord Varys, I want you send more spies in The North" she ordered and left the room.
It was Time For Rhaella to show her inner Dragon
Arthur Dayne
He couldn't stop thinking about what just happened today. Lyanna had a boy and not a girl and he was alive. Arthur didn't knew Lyanna as well as Rhaegar or Elia but she was still a friend to him and to hear that he was treated as a bastard made him furious.
Arthur was already half convinced to go North and take Jaehaerys away from there. But he knew they needed to wait just a little bit longer.
When Elia said that they had killed Ser Gerold for no reason, he was even more furious and Couldn't stop thinking.
I should have been there. Arthur thought and angry with himself for not being there. Lord Stark would never be able to defeat him. Ser Gerold and Jaehearys would have been here with them but at the back of his head, a voice telling him that Rhaegar would have lost.
Arthur blamed himself, he should have suspected something when Lord Stark announced that he had a Bastard son, just in same time as Lyanna died from Childbirth.
I'm Sorry Lyanna
He said quietly and feeling tears in his eyes but he quickly removed them, he was a Kings Guard and he needed to show that he was strong and not weak.
He was walking towards his room when he saw Ser Barristan there with Ser Oswell Whent talking about something.
"Ser Barristan" Arthur said having their attention, they turn to him.
Ser Oswell was looking at him, Arthur saw from his expression that he knew the truth, he looked angry.
"Arthur" Oswell and Ser Barristan greeted him.
"Ser Barristan can we talk?" He asked looking at him.
"Ser Oswell can stay" Lord Commander Barristan said quietly.
Arthur nodded "Very well, I just wanted to say what are we going to do about Jaehearys, I mean who else knows?" He asked quietly.
"Ser Jaime, Ser Jonothor, Ser Willem and Ser Lewyn don't know yet" Ser Barristan answered quietly. Ser Oswell seemed to not like this secrecy.
"We shouldn't tell Ser Jaime" Arthur said seriously. Ser Barristan looked ready to say something when.
"I don't think that will be avoided, soon the word will spread" Ser Oswell said but Arthur shook his head in disagreement.
"No Ser Barristan would never talk to someone outside The Red Keep" Ser Arthur said but could see Ser Barristan wasn't convinced.
"We don't know that, let's just hope that the word of a secret Targaryen prince doesn't go out, we need to keep that quiet" Ser Barristan said and they nodded in agreement.
"Don't tell Ser Jaime about this" Ser Barristan said but more like an order. They nodded and spread out.
Rhaenys Targaryen - Tomorrow
Something was definitely happening, she could see from the faces of her father and mother that something was happening.
Last night when they all eat together, her father and mother both looked very distracted and showing different emotions in their faces.
Her father was quite as a grave and despite how many times she or Aegon or even Dany asked him what was the problem, he would only say that it wasn't their problem.
Mother said the same thing and then to their surprise their father announced that they will be having a tourney, the largest tourney ever and she didn't know why.
Father looked both very angry and happy in the same time and she couldn't understand why.
She asked uncle Oberyn what was happening but even he didn't know why they were having a tourney.
She tried to ask Arthur but he said he couldn't tell her making her eager to know what was happening.
To her surprise Jaime seemed as clueless as her.
She now reached the garden with Daenerys, "What do you think is happening?" She asked looking at Dany.
She shrugged "I don't know, Rhae, Viserys doesn't know too and I asked my brother but he only said that we would know soon" hearing her answer make Rhae think what could that mean.
Then it hit her.
Wait He doesn't plan to marry me to some lord she thought and hoping that wasn't the reason.
"Come now is time to meet aunt Elia" Dany said with her kind voice.
Benjen Stark - 3 Days Later
He was making his way to Winterfell, trying to reach as soon as possible, he was resting so little that at one point, his horse just stopped and wanted to rest, after what felt like hours, he started riding again.
He wanted to be there but wasn't sure how he would even be able to stay there without punching Ned.
He was riding when the horse stopped, he looks at him "Hey what's wrong?" He asked and the horse looked scared, it didn't took long and he heard a sound, like a thunder, he looks up and sees that flying mountain land close to them.
Benjen still couldn't believe that, he stayed there and waiting for Jon to come, after a short time the dragon took the skies again.
The horse seemed to relax now and so was Benjen.
He jumped from his horse and in the trees he could see Jon walking with his direwolve Winter. He looked the same but he could see fury behind his eyes.
Benjen was surprised to see him here, he didn't expect him to come here, he expected him to go straight to Kings Landing.
"Uncle" he said quietly but with the same emotionless tone.
He sigh "Jo. . . Jaehearys what are you doing here? I thought you would wanted to go to Kings Landing" Benjen asked kindly.
"I was but I want to go to Winterfell first" Jon responded harshly looking at him.
"Why? If I can ask?" He asked and Jon looked to be thinking about it, whenever to answer or not.
"She's there in the crypts, I want to see her" he answered and Benjen's eyes widened in shock for not understanding it.
He smiled and felt happy but sad in same time.
"I understand Jon" he answered and saw the look of harted he gave him when he mentioned his old name.
It will take some time to see him as Prince Jaehearys Targaryen and not Jon.
Benjen thought sadly.
"If you want you can stay with me, and go together there" Benjen said, Jon just nodded in agreement and mount Winter.
Seeing him riding a direwolve instead of a horse, was something he could clearly see Lyanna do.
"Jaehearys when we reach Winterfell, don't try to do anything stupid" he said but knew all that would fall in deaf ears, he knew Jon was very angry and wouldn't blame him if Jon would try to even harm Ned.
"Don't worry Uncle, I will be as quiet as a grave" Jon said sarcastically.
Benjen sigh heavily and they started making their way towards Winterfell.