AEGON
JAIME
Jaime decides to leave with his father to take the field against Aegon Targaryen. "Ser Jaime may I speak with you in private?" Cersei asks standing behind him. At first he ignores her, "Jaime please..."
He sighs pausing as he packs his saddle. "What?" He replies angrily. Reluctantly he follows Cersei out of the stables and to the side. "What do you want?" He coldly asks.
"Why are you going into battle? Your Hand..." He huffs and turns to leave, "Jaime I love you!" He stops, "And I know you love me as well..."
He does not turn to face her, "I did love you..."
"Look at me..." She demands.
Jaime turns to face her, "You are the only woman I have ever loved, then I hear you were with Lancel…"
"I...You left me..."
He smiles, "I went to fight for our family."
"Yeah and how many other women have you been with..."
"One!" He can see the surprise in her face, "I have only ever been with and loved one woman...And she betrayed me. She broke my heart...And then she tore our family apart with false accusations and lies..."
"Tyrion..."
"Was innocent...He didn't kill Joffrey and neither did Sansa..."
"He killed our mother..."
Jaime waves her off, "I don't have time for you..."
She grabs his cloak falling to her knees, "Jaime please..."
He snatches it away, "You are my sister and I will always love you...But we are nothing more than that..." He walks away, mounts his horse and rides off.
THE TWINS - THREE WEEKS AGO
WALDER FREY
"Father!" Black Walder cries entering the main hall.
"What is it boy?"
"We are surrounded...The Blackfish holds this side of the Twins with Seven thousand men...Another army bearing Targaryen and Stark sigils hold the east bank castle...Twenty-One thousand strong..."
Walder Frey climbs the battlements and immediately spots the banners of House Tully on the West bank of the Twins. Then he takes a spyglass and looks to the East Bank. As Black Walder said an army twenty one thousand strong with Targaryen and Stark sigils. "gods Old and new help us..." Lothar says.
"Send a Raven to King's Landing and tell them of our plight..."
"Father perhaps we should send an emissary to negotiate..." Black Walder says.
"Stephen will go..." An hour later Stephen's horse returns with a headless body strapped to it. Walder Frey had refused the call to arms. A year later a message arrives from Robb Stark and he offers a marriage alliance with House Tully through Edmure Tully. The King in the North had lost the Karstarks as an ally because Robb had beheaded Rickard Karstark for treason. He had killed Martyn and Willem Lannister to avenge his son. Jaime Lannister had killed Torrhen Stark when he tried to escape.
Walder Frey saw this an opportunity to elevate his House. He insisted that the wedding happen immediately and that Robb attend. During the wedding Robb's men get drunk and with Roose Bolton's help they slaughter the Stark men.
AEGON
Through Dream Walking Aegon discovers a long forgotten secret passage into the Twins. The passage opens up in the dungeons and is connected to the other castle on the west bank via an underground tunnel beneath the bridge. Long ago Dunkyn Frey younger brother of Stephan Frey overthrew his brother and took the castle. The secret passage was only ever made known to the eldest males of House Frey. Dunkyn died taking the secret to his grave. "The Freys don't know of its existence..." Aegon says to his commanders. "...I will lead a group into the castle and take it from the inside."
"Your Grace...The King should not place his life in danger." Strickland says, "Allow me to lead the assault into the passage..."
"A King should ask his men to do things he himself is not willing to do...Ser Donovan..." Aegon had Knighted Donovan and named him Lord Commander of his guard.
"My King!"
"You will remain in camo with the King's banner..."
"If you are going into the Twins then so am I..." Small Jon bellows. A few of the Northern Lords had come south to get revenge on the enemies of the North.
"So be it..." After the meeting Aegon walks through the camp to where Rhaegal is chained. The Dragon snorts when he approaches, "Hey!" He pats the Dragon on the head. Rhaegal is now twice the size of a horse. "I know you hate being chained, but it is just a little while longer..." The Dragon licks him. "Soon you will be bog enough for me to ride..." The Dragon hums.
A message had been sent to the Blackfish by arrow so that the attack could be coordinated. Archers placed along the river and at the exits of the other secret passages. When night falls the catapults are lit and flaming stones are hurled at the castle as a distraction. Aegon his guards, Jon Umber, and a hundred soldiers sneak to the secret passage and enter it. The lock has to be picked. There are spiderwebs everywhere. Aegon uses his torch to burn them as they run through the passage. As he saw in his visions the passage opens up in the dungeons.
With his sword Blackfyre Aegon impales the guard in his back. He spins around and beheads the next guard as his men pour into the dungeons. They release the prisoners mostly Stark men held since the Red Wedding. Men of nobility who would fetch a hefty ransom. Aegon sends Falco down the tunnel beneath the bridge with more men to meet up with the Blackfish. Dressed in Frey armor Aegon and his men reach the main gate, kill the men and open the gate for the army. By sunrise the next day the Twins had been taken. Every Frey soldier had been killed. Most of Walder Frey's sons, and grandsons are dead. Walder, Lothar, and Black Walder are on their knees with several others.
"Walder Fucking Frey..." The Blackfish says standing over him, "I have been looking forward to seeing you again..." He is joined by Edmure who had been taken prisoner at his own wedding. He punches Walder in the face. "Not yet nephew..."
Aegon enters the hall and looks at Walder. Then he walks up to the throne of the Twins and sits down. "Hail the Dragon King!" Aegon's men yell.
"Family, Duty, Honor!" The Blackfish yells.
"House Tully!" His men yell.
"Walder Frey...I have a Dragon...He is hungry and he is very anxious to meet you..."
"Your Grace...My House was wronged by this Oathbreaker same as you...My sister was killed in this hall..."
"Seems everyone wants a piece of the Late Walder Frey.." Everyone in the hall laughs, "...Lord Edmure You can have what is left of his sons. This Riverrat is mine."
"As you wish my King..."
Sandor Clegane had been caught by Aegon's scouts in the wilds of the Riverlands. Aegon spared his life because of how Sandor saved Sansa during a riot in King's Landing. "Sandor Clegane come forward..." Aegon commands.
He walks through the crowd and drops to one knee, "I name you Lord of the Twins choose a bride from among Walder Frey's daughters...All that was his is now yours"
"I thank you Your Grace..."
"My Lord!" Rosalin Frey the girl Edmure had married that day runs up to him and drops to her knees, she is holding a baby. "Thank the gods..."
"Is this...My son?"
"Yes my Lord...Your son Hoster Tully..."
The men cheer and later the next day a feast is held to celebrate the victory and to wed the Hound to the woman he chose to be his wife. Afterwards the rest of the Frey men are hanged. With Twins secure Aegon, Edmure, and Brynden march to Riverrun. Sandor remains at Riverrun to set his house up.
RIVERRUN - PRESENT DAY
Upon arriving at Riverrun Aegon sends a letter to the Eyrie. His Dragon Rhaegal is now big enough to ride. Aegon mounts Rhaegal for the first time and flies to Eyrie. When he reaches the castle Rhaegal circles the castle roaring and then lands on the Falcon's Tower. Then Aegon fires an arrow into the main courtyard with a message on it. "Fly!" He commands in Old Valyrian. Aegon urges Rhaegal to the Bloody Gate. "DRACARYS!" Rhaegal rears his head and blasts the Bloody Gate with Dragonfire. Then he flies off as the Archers fire at him.
To Lysa Arryn The Lady of the Vale
I Aegon Targaryen the Seventh of his name. King of the Andels and First Men...Lord of the Sven Kingdoms...Protector of the Realm...Command that you...Your new husband Petyr Baelish, and Your son come to Riverrun with my Cousin Lady Sansa Stark and swear fealty to me or I will tell the Lords of the Vale how you and Baelish conspired to poison Jon Arryn and that your son Robin Arryn is actually the spawn of Petyr Baelish...I give you three weeks to comply...
Your King Aegon Targaryen...
LYSA
"What are we going to do?" Lysa nervously asks in the solar. "He knows everything..."
"He has no proof my love it will be his word against ours..."
"We have Sansa...We can use her as a hostage..."
"That would not be wise...You saw what was left of the bloody gate...You heard what our men reported..."
"Well...What if we called the banners and go in force...Dragons can be killed..."
Petyr grabs her hands, "We will go and bend the knee...It is our only choice..."
Eventually she calms down. Then they summon Sansa to the Solar. Lysa is extremely jealous as Sansa reminds her of her sister Catelyn. He sees the way Petyr stares at Sansa. "You wished to see me..."
"We both did...We have news...Your half brother or should I say cousin is at Riverrun..." Petyr says.
"I heard he attacked the bloody gate with his Dragon...Why?"
"A warning...Who knows...He is part Targaryen...gods I hope he hasn't been touched by the madness of his grandfather...At any rate we have been commanded to appear before him at Riverrun and bend the knee..."
Lysa walks up to Sansa, "Can we count on you sweet child to tell your cousin how we protected you..."
"Of course Auntie...I am sure you have nothing to fear from Jon...I mean Aegon..."
Lysa looks at Petyr, "Perhaps we should send my niece ahead and she can sing our praises into his ears..."
"Excellent idea My Lady..."
AEGON
He knew what Lysa and Petyr Baelish would do before they did it. Aegon had seen it in the fire. Before sending the letter to Lysa Arryn or Baelish, Aegon sent a letter to Yohn Royce and told him of Baelish' plots and plans. In a return letter Royce replies that he believes it. Letters are sent to other key Houses of the Vale as well and they to believe it as well. The trap is set for Baelish and Lysa. "Our scouts report that an army is gathering at Golden Tooth...Tywin Lannister is present along the Kingslayer, and Ser Loras Tyrell..."
Aegon nods, "I know...Randyl Tarly is gathering a second army at King's Landing with Kevan Lannister..."
"Right..." Strickland says, "...Lord Tywin has forty thousand men at his command."
Aegon nods, "And Randyl Tarly commands another thirty thousand at King's Landing...Soon we'll have the Knight's of the Vale on our side...Dismissed!"
Aegon leaves his tent to feed Rhaegal, then he climbs onto the Dragon to fly. He does this so that Rhaegal will not get restless. The Dragon is twice the size of an Elephant and his growing had slowed down to normal. They fly for hours through the air, When he returns Melisandre is waiting for him. "This war is a waste of time...The real war is to the North..."
"We still have time...I am watching the Night King...As soon as he starts marching south I will head North on Rhaegal..."
"You have become the Prince that was Promised...But you cannot defeat the Night King without the sword..."
He sighs, "I know where the sword is...And when the time comes I will retrieve it..."
"As you say My Prince...But when the time comes I must be at your side..."
Aegon did not completely trust Melisandre because of her faith. But she gave good advice and seemed to be abiding by his rules of not forcing her religion on anyone. Still she held nightly bonfires and prayers.
The next day Sansa arrives with an escort of fifty men. She bows, Aegon frowns, "Sansa get up..." He says hugging her.
"You are a King..."
"And you are still family..."
Sansa lowers her head, "I wasn't always the nicest person to you..."
They walk through the Castle to the holding area where Rhaegal is, "Family forgives..."
"Aye they do..." Sansa freezes when she sees the Dragon, "So it is true...I saw the gate, but I never imagined..." She looks at Aegon, "Can I touch him?"
"Wait here..." He walks up to Rhaegal and speaks to the Dragon in old Valyrian. Then he waves her to approach.
"Wow...What's his name?"
"His name is Rhaegal after my father..."
"He is so amazing..."
"So your Aunt and Baelish sent you ahead to sing their praises in my ear..."
Sansa stares at him, "How did you..."
"I am part Targaryen and part Stark...The blood of both flows in my veins...I can see things before they happen or after..."
"How?"
"By staring into the fire I can see the future...Looking into the past is a bit harder to explain...Maester Luwin called it Dreamwalking…"
"How long have you known that you were Prince Rhaegar's son?"
"Since before I left to go to the wall..."
"And this fire..."
"Sight..."
"Sight...Is that why you attacked Theon?"
"Yes...I saw him betray the family."
"Who else knew about your real parents..."
"Father of course...Maester Luwin figured it out after I had my first Dreamwalk...Maester Aemon of the Night's Watch...Howland Reed already knew..."
"You didn't tell Arya..."
"Actually I saw Arya in Braavos…"
"Arya is still alive!"
Aegon smiles, "You sound surprised..."
"Well if anyone can take care of themselves...Is she here with you?"
"No she stayed in Braavos to be trained by the faceless men..."
"How in the world did that happen?"
"Its a long story I will tell you later...But she is on the way home as we speak..."
Sansa shakes her head, "All this time..." She grabs Aegon, "I am so sorry for the way I treated you when we were children..."
"You didn't know...I only hope that from now on...You and I can be family..."
"I would like that..."
They start walking back towards the castle. "You should know...Bran and Rickon are alive..."
She stops and looks at him, "Really!"
"Yes I left them at Winterfell with two thousand men..."
"You trust these men? Most of them are Sell-swords..."
"I trust them with my life...After Rhaegal's egg hatched the Golden Company swore an oath to fight for me..."Aegon takes Sansa to meet her uncles. A few days later Petyr Baelish, Lysa , and Robin arrive at Riverrun.
"Hail Aegon Seventh of his name...King of the Andels and the First Men...Lord of the Seven Kingdoms...Protector of the Realm." Baelish says dropping to one knee. "My wife Lady Lysa, her son Robin, and I swear fealty to you..."
"Hello Lord Baelish..." Petyr and Lysa slowly stand up as Yohn Royce and a few of the other Lords of the Vale enter the hall.
"Lord Royce...What are you doing here?"
"Seize them!" Aegon coldly commands.
"Let me go! I am Lysa Arryn the Lady of the Vale."
"Lysa Baelish nee' Tully and Petyr Baelish...I Aegon the Seventh of his name King of the Andels and the First Men...Lord of the Seven Kingdoms, Protector of the Realm do hereby strip you of all titles and rank...I sentence you both to die..."
Lysa falls to her knees, "Mercy My King...Have Mercy on me..."
"Lysa get up!" Baelish says.
"I will show mercy if you confess..."
"Its a trick be silent woman!" A guard punches Baelish in the stomach.
"It was I..." She looks at Petyr, "If I confess will you show us both mercy..."
"I will be merciful..."
"Petyr and I..."
"Shut up you fool!" The guard kicks him in the ribs.
"Petyr and I...We poisoned my husband Jon Arryn..."
"And the rest...All of it!"
"He gave me the poison and I slipped it into his tea...Petyr and I are lovers..."
"Mother!" Robin says.
"Does he have to be here?"
"Yes!"
"Petyr is Robin's father..."
"Whose idea was it to blame the Lannisters for Jon Arryn's death?"
"His...I wrote the letter to my sister...Petyr also plotted with the Tyrells to poison King Joffrey...He was going to use my niece to win the North and then take the Iron Throne..."
"Lady Lysa I turn you and your son over to your brother as a Ward...Lord Baelish I sentence you to the Night's Watch..."
"My Lord you swore to show mercy..."
"I am showing mercy...Your heads are still attached to your bodies..." Aegon looks at Yohn Royce, "Lord Royce I name you warden of the Vale in place of Robin Arryn..."
With that done and the support of the Vale Aegon's army now numbers 57,000 troops. He turns his eyes towards Golden Tooth.