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Chapter 5: The Sins of the Fathers

A few hours later after sundown in the evening …

Throne Room, Red Keep, King's Landing

"It is over Aerys," Robert yelled as he burst through the Throne Room doors in a gust of wind that nearly blew out all the fire braziers and candles in the open spaced chamber.

Aerys sat on his throne with his sister wife standing by his shoulder. Robert had clearly interrupted a conversation between the two. The two Targaryen's were unguarded and seemed alone but Robert knew that they didn't need protection they were more than capable of protecting themselves.

"King's Landing has fallen and-"

Robert was interrupted by Aery's ghostly voice, "King's Landing hasn't fallen until the King has fallen and as you can see," Aerys gestured towards himself, still sitting lazily on the Iron Throne, "I am very much still alive. You going to change that?"

"Yes," Robert growled as he advanced on the two Targaryen firebenders but movement in the peripheral of his eye halted him.

"That is as far as you go," Jon Connington said as he appeared from behind a pillar.

"I agree," Alliser Throne said as he mirrored Connington's movements from the opposite pillar so Robert was in-between them.

"Afraid to fight me yourself Aerys?" Robert blustered through the two Crownlanders blocking his path to the King.

"I don't think fighting you is worth the effort of getting up from my throne. You are just a greenboy," Aerys replied snaking a hand up towards Rhaella's so he could bring it to his lips and place an affectionate kiss on the back of it as if the young airbender was no threat to him.

Robert gritted his teeth and prepared to strike but before anyone could throw the first move more people arrived in the Throne room behind him.

"Robert, I told you not to go charging ahead," Jon berated as he set up a wide stance next to his protégé, eyeing Thorne and Conningham who were standing in attacking stances with their hands already curled into fists awaiting their King's orders to unleash their fire.

Ned and Catelyn joined either side of the two airbenders without a word spoken, too busy watching for any aggressive moves from the two firebenders in front of them, knowing that as waterbenders they would be most effective negating any attacks from them.

"It looks like Ser Thorne and Lord Hand Connington may need some assistance," Aerys said to his wife eyeing the newcomers with amusement as if they were just latecomers to a feast.

Rhaella nodded at his suggestion, took her hand from her brother's grip and walked unhurried down the steps with sparks of fire bouncing from one fingertip to another as she set her eyes on the assembled benders challenging her brother's rule.

Catelyn kept a close eye on Rhaella's descent, flexing her hands so she was ready for anything.

Aerys might be the most powerful firebender in all the Kingdoms, unrivalled by anyone alive including his sister but Rhaella was also renowned firebender who was famous for participating in acrobatic fire dances and performances with her good friend Lorenza Martell. Only a suicidal fool would dismiss the threat she posed in battle even in comparison to her brother who the Archmaesters' of the Citadel considered as a reborn Aegon the Conquer in terms of his control over the fire element.

Before Rhaella reached the bottom two newcomers entered the tense room.

"Ah, now my old friend Tywin Lannister is worth getting up from my throne for," Aerys said slapping the arms of the throne before pushing himself up quickly at the sight of the two earthbenders, "and it looks like you have brought your daughter as well, how wonderful she can share her brother's fate," the King smiled back with a gleam in his shining purple eyes.

"Aerys," Tywin glowered as he inched ahead of Cersei in a protective manner knowing Aerys wouldn't be able to resist the chance at killing another one of his children even if she had nothing to do with the feud between them.

Aerys remained focused on the Lannisters as he rolled both his shoulders in anticipation of the coming fight, "You have always wanted my crown haven't you Tywin?"

"I only wanted House Lannister to prosper under your rule but you slighted me at ever opportunity despite our childhood together; you turned down my proposal for Cersei and Rhaegar, you harassed my wife, you killed my son."

Aerys shrugged at Tywin's words, "I am the King it is for me to decide what I do and for you to obey, always."

"Your reign is over Aerys," Tywin shouted barely able to contain his anger at the unremorseful monster his childhood friend had turned into.

"Well unless there are anymore fodder coming, I think it is time for the great Tywin Lannister to burn just like his son did, just like his daughter will," Aerys said with childlike excitement lacing his words as he discarded the top half of his robe to reveal a muscled hairless torso and a thick set of arms and shoulders which his long unkept silvery hair flowed over.

The next few moments were carnage as Aerys jumped high into the air, over his sister and two firebending vassals to send multiple fire slashed at Tywin as he descended down on his former friend.

Tywin countered by tearing out a piece of the floor and blocking the heated slashes coming at him from above and when he felt Aerys weight land on the floating shield he launched it away back at the Throne.

The levitated slab of earth crashed into the Throne and pinged broken to the stone floor but Aerys had already jumped away and was leaning on the nearest pillar as Rhaella, Connington and Thorne engaged the rest of Tywin's allies leaving the two former friends alone to settle their grievances.

"You really think you can beat me? You couldn't do it once in our youth," Aerys baited.

"I was mindful of hurting my Prince," Tywin rebuked back as he sent a boulder crashing into the pillar where Aerys had been a second before, "I don't have that concern now."

"This is going to be so much fun," Aerys said gleefully from just beside the Throne as he started to run at Tywin.

It is for one of us, Tywin thought as he readied himself for the fiery onslaught that was about to come his way.

Cersei and Robert seeing the fight between Aerys and Tywin tried to get involved but their path was cut off by a wall of fire. Rhaella walked through it with a sweet smile on her face that made her look a decade younger than she was.

"I think my brother and Tywin have a few issues they need to work on alone," she said before focusing on Robert, "I don't particularly like fighting children but you killed my son so I will make an acceptation for you," the Queen said as she continued to advance towards them, her fist engulfed in fire.

"Your son took the love of my life away and your brother burned Rickard and Brandon Stark alive then demanded Jon Arryn hand me and Ned over to share the same fate. I am here for Aerys not you or your children but I will go through you to get to Aerys," Robert declared with fury simmering in every word.

"I'd like to see you try," Rhaella threw back as the fire in her hands grew into long whips that she sliced at Robert and Cersei simultaneously, keeping them occupied until one made a mistake she could capitalise on.

Catelyn and Eddard focused down Jon Connington so their own fight was contained to the far corner of the room with the current Hand of the King using one of the pillars as a shield against Eddard's ice shards while shooting his fire attacks from his chosen defensive cover.

"We need to get him quickly, I am running out of water," Catelyn yelled at Eddard as she felt the weight in her water bottle lessen and lessen the more she repelled Connington's attacks.

Eddard acknowledged Catelyn with a brisk nod as ice shattered on stone only to be recollected into a swirling ball of liquid in front of Eddard.

"I will draw his fire, flank him," Catelyn said quickly forming a water shield in front of her.

Eddard did as his wife suggested and he started to move away from Catelyn to come around the other side of the pillar.

Connington took the bait and sent a flurry of quick-fire attacks at the young female waterbender that drew him out from behind the pillar.

Catelyn's water shield evaporated under the constant bombardment and she had to dodged the last attack, throwing herself on her back to see a wave of fire go over her.

She turned her head before scrambling up to see Jon Arryn skilful dance around and in-between Alliser Thorne's fire ball attacks to end up right in front of the firebender. The old airbender then burst to life in an upwards motion with both hands in an open palmed gesture that sent a powerful blast of air right at Alliser Thorne that swept him up into the air and out the stained-glass window above the Throne.

Catelyn's attention was returned to her own fight when Ned screamed for her to move. She managed to roll out of the way of Connington's fire balls while one of Eddard's ice shards finally found its target. The Crownlander sagged back into the pillar he had been using as defensive cover while his hand went to his chest where blood was beginning to trickle down from. After a few seconds of trying to hug the stone pillar the Lord Hand finally sank to the floor with a sharp ice shard where his heart should have been.

"You okay?" Eddard said running to her and helping her off the floor.

"Yes, but this fight isn't over. We need to help the others," Catelyn replied before a horrendous scream filled the air.

Author notes:

I know it was short and I left it on a cliff-hanger but there are a lot of moving parts in this fight scene and of course deaths which I want to let sink in so you don't have too many all at once.

RIP

Alliser Thorne (Blown out the window in the Throne Room by Jon Arryn and he did not survive that fall)

Interesting fact is that he was banished in canon to the Night's Watch because he fought for the Targaryen's, well he was given the choice execution or the Wall and he choose the Wall. I guess he didn't get that choice here LOL.

Jon Connington (Killed by an ice shard to the heart thrown by Ned Stark)

I have no real feelings on this character as most of my knowledge comes from the TV show where he made no appearance. But he was an important character in the book and I wanted some significant firebenders who weren't Targaryens in the fight scene to begin with.

Reviews:

Supremus85 – Steffon's death is a little bit more mysterious and I agree a 'Storm' Lord / airbender wouldn't have been killed by a storm but there are other things that can happen to an airbender in a storm on the sea :D

Eliza – Thank you :) This story is being written for all the elemental bending stuff the characters can do (including females) and all the cool battle sequences they can get up to.

InfinityMask (Comments on Chapters 1,2,3 & 4) – I am not sure I will touch the religious stuff in this story but politically obviously the more powerful benders will have greater influence e.g Aerys, Tywin, Olenna. Yes, Aerys is still mad here but he actually has power to back his madness up! He also has a different relationship with his sister as she is also a firebender of considerable strength so he couldn't just dominate her like in the canon. Thanks, I just thought Olenna was one of the characters that is physically weak in the show but would be a boss with elemental powers :D The main water benders in the story are Ned & Cat who are still really young like 16ish so they aren't going to be as powerful as middle aged Aerys, Tywin or even Jon Arryn. Bryden is an extremely powerful waterbender though, more powerful than Hoster was but Lorenza (taken from Crusader Kings II) Martel, Doran and Oberyn's mum, was on level with Rhaella so took him out. Bloodbending will come but Ned won't be the one to use it in the story.

Next Up: The fight continues! With Aerys, Rhaella, Tywin, Cersei, Jon Arryn, Robert, Catelyn and Ned still standing (Well one isn't if that scream at the end is any indication :P)

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