AEGON
After things were settled in Astapor with Daenarys, Aegon set sail with his wife Rhaennys and a thousand guards of House Romyn. From Astapor they sail around the coast into the slaver's bay. They sail in between the Isle of Cedars and the coast into the Gulf of Grief. The five ships sail around broken continent of Old Volyria. They sail to Volantis to restock on food and water. After two days in Volantis the small fleet sails on pass the Orange Coast towards Lyst and the Disputed Lands. They sail to Sunspear to get news and restock. While in Sunspear Aegon shows Prince Doran and his cousins his Dragon Rhaegal.
"I never thought that in my lifetime I would get to see a Dragon..." He says touching Rhaegal on his scaly head. The Dragon purrs as Aegon reassures it.
"It was foolish to leave Daenarys in the East...Her place is here." Prince Oberyn says.
"Perhaps my Aunt should not have been lied to..." Aegon replies defending his decision.
"Enough of this we have other concerns..." Doran says. "A lot has happened in your absence...Randyl Tarly has betrayed us...Stannis has been defeated and we are getting ready to take the field against the Lannisters..."
"Then I must hurry North..."
"Is this trip really necessary?" Oberyn asks.
"Yes I will return as soon as possible..."
The next day Aegon leaves to head North to the wall. He wishes to meet his kinsman Maester Aemon Targaryen of the Night's Watch. From Sunspear they sail through the broken arm and the Step Stones into the Narrow Sea. When they reach Gulltown the ships buy supplies for the rest of the journey North. The trip from Astapor to Sunspear took a month and then from Sunspear to Eastwatch by the Sea takes another two months. During this time Aegon and Rhaennys argue about having children. Aegon does not want any children until he takes the Iron Throne, but Rhaennys wants to be a mother now.
Aegon and Sam are on deck as the ship sails pass the Fingers. "What would you do Sam?" He asks looking at his best friend.
"Put a baby in her..." He shyly replies.
"And raise a child during a war..."
"My mother's brother use to say...Keep a happy wife and have a happy life..."
He sighs, "I suppose..." When Aegon enters his cabin Rhaennys sits in the window crying. He walks up to her and touches her shoulders, "I hate it when we argue...I hate it when you are sad...So I will set aside my fears and give you what you want..."
She looks at him smiling, "Yes..."
He nods wiping the tears from her cheeks. "We shall have as many babies as your body will allow..." She leaps up and starts kissing him. They undress each other and make love by the window. By the time they reach the Grey Cliffs the Starks have made peace with King Tommen and Tywin has taken the field against Houses Romyn and Martell. The fleet turns into the Bay of Seals and heads for Eastwatch by the Sea. Eastwatch is the last castle on the wall to the East and is one of three castles manned by the men of the Night's Watch. The castle is Commanded by Cotter Pyke. Because some of the water near the edge of the wall is frozen the Wildlings can walk around the wall, that is why Eastwatch Castle has it's own wall.
"Open the gate..." The man in the watchtower yells as the people on the ships disembark. A horn sounds from overhead, one blast to let the people in the castle know that allies are arriving.
As the men of the Watch gather in the courtyard Aegon enters with Rhaennys riding beside him. "Welcome to Eastwatch by the Sea...I am Cotter Pyke Commander of this garrison. To whom do I address..."
Aegon dismounts his horse and then he helps his wife down. "I am Aegon of House Targaryen the Seventh of his name...Son of Prince Rhaegar and his second wife Princess Lyanna of House Stark...The rightful Lord of the Seven Kingdoms...This is my wife Queen Rhaennys Targaryen..."
"How do we..."
Before he could ask the question a Dragon the size of a mule lands in the courtyard beside Aegon who places his hand on the Dragon's head. Pyke and all his men drop to one knee. Later they gather in the main hall. "The Wildlings have been gathering in numbers many believe they will attack the wall soon..."
"Tell me about this Mance Rayder..."
"He's a damned traitor is what he is..." A man says sitting beside Cotter.
"Mance was found as a baby...We took him in and when he came of age he joined us...Then he learned he was a Wildling...He abandoned us and joined his own people...They call him the King Beyond the Wall..."
"What news of the South..." Rhaennys asks.
"The Watch is always the last to hear...And the last news we received is that Tywin Lannister died on the battlefield...Houses Martell and Romyn lay siege to the Capitol..."
Aegon smiles as he is one step closer to the Iron Throne, "Right...My men and I need lodging for tonight and on the morrow we march..."
"Shall I have Maester Jollen send word to Castle Black of your arrival Your Grace?"
"No send no messages..." Cotter Pyke had given Aegon and Rhaennys his quarters. The stewards had placed fresh sheets on the bed. Rhaennys sits on the bed combing her hair and humming to herself. Aegon looks at her, "You seem happy..."
She smiles, "I am..."
"Care to share that happiness..."
She looks at him, "Nope you are brooding and when you brood you have something on your mind..."
She knows him so well, "I was thinking about the Wildlings or rather the free folk..."
"What about them?"
He walks over to the bed and sits beside her placing his hand on her thigh, "Well I was thinking about the First Aegon..." He starts rubbing her thigh, "...and how King Torrhen bent the knee when he saw our ancestors' Dragons..."
She places her hand on his groin, "You are thinking that if you show the Free Folk Rhaegal they will bend the knee..."
He unties the band holding up her night shift and exposes her large breasts. Then he starts to fondle them. "That thought is lost on your supple breasts..." He shoves her back on the bed and starts to suck on her nipples.
"But I haven't finished combing my hair..." She moans.
"Do it later..." He mumbles with her right nipple in his mouth.
The next morning after they break their fast Aegon and his company leave Eastwatch and head West towards Castle Black. By sunset they reach Rimegate the fifteenth castle on the wall. They eat fish for evening meal and a watch of two men are posted with a change every four hours. Aegon even takes a shift. The next morning at sunrise they break camp and ride off. At noonday a scout returns with news.
"Wildlings My King raiding a village nearby..."
"You men stay with my Queen...The rest with me!"
Four hundred men gallop off behind Aegon and within half an hour they ride upon a village that is under attack by Wildlings. "Riders!" A man screams.
Aegon rides up to a man swinging his sword and cuts his face in half killing him. Then his horse is struck by an arrow. He rolls away as the horse hits the ground. A redheaded woman fires a steady stream of arrows at him and as she does Aegon swings his sword cutting the arrows in half. "Protect the King!" A man screams. Aegon reaches the woman and kicks her in the side, then he bashes her on the head. Rhaegal swoops down and blasts a man with his fire. One of the Wargs try to take control of the Dragon's mind only to have his mind ripped apart. Rhaegal tackles the man and rips his throat out.
When it is over only nine Wildlings are left alive. Rhaegal gorges himself on the Warg he burned after killing. "You what is your name?" Aegon asks standing over a large redheaded man.
"Fuck off!"
Rhaegal looks at the man, crawls towards him, and roars in his face. "You can answer me or Rhaegal..."
"What the fuck is that?"
"A Dragon you halfwit..." The Redheaded woman says.
"Well...Names!" Aegon demands getting impatient..."
"Tormund Giants Bane..."
"Why they call you Giants Bane..." One of Aegon's men asks.
"Cause I was adopted by a female Giant..." He looks at the woman, "This little red cunt is Ygritte...That is Dulf...Dog...Breck...Maven...Long Jon...Neery...Bowen and Tree..."
"Tree?"
"I like climbing trees..."
Aegon stares at them, "You were to attack Castle Black from the South yes..." They all look at each other, "My name Aegon Targaryen the Seventh of his name..."
"What's that supposed to mean to us?"
"It means you are my prisoners...Chain them..."
A man rides up, "My King we found this boy...He is the only survivor..."
"What's your name boy?"
"Olly..."
"Your Grace!"
Aegon raises his hand, "Olly...I am sorry about your family...How would you like to be a Knight someday?"
He looks at Aegon with teary eyes, "Me a Knight..."
"Yes...but first you will have to become my Squire..." He looks at one of the soldiers standing nearby, "Banyr..."
"My King..."
"Take this lad to Sam and tell him to instruct him in the duties of a Squire and you Banyr will train him in the sword..."
"As you wish your Grace..."
Two hours later they are riding on towards Castle Black. By sunset they reach Woodswatch By the Pool and make camp. By midday the next they arrive at Castle Black and ride through the main gate to find Robb Stark the King in the North and his father Eddard Stark the Warden of the North. "King Robb...Lord Eddard...I am both pleased and surprised to find you here..."
"We were told you were coming here..."
"By whom?"
"Its a long story..." Robb replies.
"I am Ser Alliser Thorne acting Lord Commander of the Night's Watch..."
"Aegon Targaryen the Seventh of his name...Son of Prince Rhaegar and his second wife Lyanna Stark...The Rightful heir to the Iron Throne...This is my wife and Queen Rhaennys Targaryen..."
Aegon smiles as Rhaegal lands in the courtyard beside him frightening a few people. The horses traveling with Aegon are use to the Dragon by now. "By the gods..."
"We shall later, but first bring a barrel of mutton for my Dragon Rhaegal and secondly I wish to see my kinsman Maester Aemon..." Aegon remains with the Dragon until the food is bought. Then Ser Alliser Thorne takes Aegon to see his Great Uncle.
"Forgive me your Grace...I fought beside Prince Rhaegar...You look nothing like him..."
"A gift of the gods or Robert Baratheon would have continued the war against House Romyn who gave me refuge..."
He stops, "My King I fought for your father...Robert won that day and sent me here for supporting your father...In all humility I ask that you restore my family name and titles..."
Aegon sighs, "Take a knee Ser Thorne...I...Aegon of House Targaryen...The Seventh of his name...The rightful heir of the Iron Throne...The one true King of Westeros do hereby restore your name, titles, and land...Stand..."
He does, "Thank you your Grace..."
Aegon and Rhaennys enter the room, "Who goes there?"
"It is I Maester Aemon...You have two visitors..."
"Who?"
"It is I Uncle...Aegon Targaryen...Prince Rhaegar was my father...Lyanna of House Stark my mother his second wife..."
"And I Uncle Rhaennys...Rhaegar was also my father...my mother is Princess Elia of House Martell..."
"Aegon...Rhaennys..." Aegon walks up to him and touches his hand.
"I...We are honored to meet you..."
"My eyesight failed me long ago, but I can see with my hands allow me to touch your faces..." He feels Aegon's face first. "You have the look of Northman...But the jaw and nose are Targaryen...What color are your eyes..."
"Grey Uncle..."
"Mine are violet Uncle, but my hair black..."
"My you are beautiful..." He says feeling her face. "I never believed Rhaegar kidnapped Lyanna Stark..."
"Did you know my father?"
"He visited Castle Black once for his fourteenth name day...My vision was failing me back then...He asked me what to do about his father...Should he overthrow him or not..."
"What did you say?" Rhaennys asks.
"I told him that Aerys is family...That he cannot spill his father's blood..."
"I wish I could have known him..."
"He would have been proud of you...I hear you won Robert's tourney..."
He smiles, "I did..."
"I also hear rumors of Daenarys Targaryen..."
"Your niece my Aunt...She is in the East fighting to end slavery..."
"Why didn't she return with you?"
He smiles, "They lied to her concerning the Iron Throne and she wished to forge her own path..."
"I have news Uncle...I am to be a mother..." Rhaennys says.
Aegon looks at her, "How long have you known?"
"I think it happened that night at Eastwatch...I didn't want to say anything until we spoke with our Uncle..."
"I'm going to be a father..."
"I am glad for the two of you...May the gods grant you many children and spare them all from the madness that plagues our family..."
Aegon stands up, "Come Uncle there is someone I wish you to meet..." Aegon scoops Aemon up despite his protests and carries him outside with Rhaennys following.
Rhaegal is in the courtyard on the ground playing in the puddle of water; which came from the melted snow that was made from the heat of his body. When they approach the Dragon stops and sits up on his hind legs. "Uncle this is Rhaegal..." He flinches when he touches the Dragon's head.
"Oh my...I never thought I would feel a Dragon...I wish I could see him with my eyes...How big is he?"
"No bigger than a mule but growing everyday..." Later Aegon meets with Robb, Eddard, Alliser, Benjen, Aemon, First Steward Bowen Marsh, Janos Slynt, First Builder Othell Yarwyck, and Master At Arms Endrew Tarth. Robb and Eddard tell them about Bran, then Aegon tells them about his plan to try and make the Free Folk bend the knee.
"They will never bend the knee..." Endrew Tarth says, "They are as likely to kill your Dragon and you before they bend the knee..."
"Whether they bend the knee or not...We need to make peace with the Free Folk..." Eddard Stark says speaking up, "The wall was not meant to keep people out...It was built to keep the White Walkers out..."
"My Lord you would trust those animals?" Bowen Marsh asks.
"They are people...They love, hate, bleed, eat, and clothe same as you and I...If they are caught on that side of the wall when the long night comes they will die and become soldiers for the Night King..."
"What of the wall...If what your son says is true then the White Walkers cannot pass through the wall..."
Eddard looks at Robb who nods, "What?" Alliser Thorne asks.
"We haven't told you everything...My son claims that the magic in the wall has been weakened somehow...The Night King will get through with his army..."
"Magic! Bah!" Janos Slynt says.
Aegon looks at him, "You saw my Dragon when we arrived...And still you sneer at magic...White Walkers...and the Three Eyed Raven..." Janos looks away ashamed.
After hours of talking a course of action is decided upon. "I do not like this..." Rhaennys says after he tells her the plan.
"You won't like this either...I need you to go with some of my men and head for Winterfell..."
"Why?"
"You know why?" He says taking her into his arms. He places his hand on her stomach, "I did what you asked of me...Now I am asking you to do as I ask of you...Go to Winterfell for my peace of my mind..."
She kisses him on the lips, "I will do as you ask...But what of my peace of mind?"
A few days later Aegon sees Rhaennys off with four hundred of his men. A Raven had already been sent to Winterfell to announce her arrival. A week later the horns sound two times for Wildlings as a great fire blazes on the other side of the wall. Aegon walks up the tunnel and the gate opens. as he exits the tunnel it closes behind him and a horde of Wildlings appear before the tree line. They roar and chant and as they do Rhaegal flies down and lands beside Aegon. It gets quiet as they stare at the lone figure and the Dragon now the size of a horse.
The giants step forward and walk across the landscape. They stop a few feet from Aegon and stare at him. "The Prince!" They say in their strange language.
Aegon is shocked because he can understand them, "Do you speak this language?"
One of the Giants looks back towards the Wildings, "The Prince has come..." He says pointing at Aegon.
One of the Wildlings walks across the landscape and joins the Giants who drop to one knee before Aegon. "Who are you?"
"I am Aegon Targaryen...Son of Prince Rhaegar and his Second wife Lyanna..."
"I am Mance Rayder..."
Aegon nods, "I've been told about you..."
Mance looks at the Giants who are on one knee, "This is the Prince...Bend the knee he can save us from the Long Night..."
Mance looks at the Wildlings and then he surprises them and drops to one knee. Then Aegon is invited to the Wildling camp. "Why should I bend the knee...We are the free folk we bend the knee to no one..."
"The Prince!" The Giant named Wun Wun says.
"The Giants bent the knee why shouldn't we?" Mance says to The Lord of Bones. He called such because he wears a shirt made from the bones of his enemies.
"What do you want Dragon Prince..." Karsi a female Chieftain of the Ice River Clan.
"I want many things...You say I am the Prince and only I can stop the long night...You need me and I need you...I need an army...Fight for me and I will make you into a real army..."
"We know how to fight..." Loboda replies hefting his ax.
"Aye you know how to fight...But you lack discipline...You fight as individuals not as one...I can teach you to fight as one...Learn from me and you will be the greatest army to ever walk the land..."
"What about the crows..."
"I have already spoken with the men of the Watch, The King in the North who is my cousin, and the Warden of the North Lord Eddard Stark...They have agreed to grant you the gift...Terms of peace are simple...You will govern yourselves on your own land...Any crimes committed by your people outside your lands against other Northerners will be dealt with by the offended party...And if any crimes are committed on your lands by others you are free to do with that person as you see fit...All they ask in return is that you help defend the wall when the time comes..."
Eventually the Free Folk agree and call Aegon their King. As they march through the wall Stannis arrives with Kinvara and his men. "Aegon Targaryen...I can hardly believe it..." Stannis says with his wife and daughter present. A roar from above causes everyone to look up as a Dragon lands in the courtyard. "So the rumors are true...A Dragon..."
"Stannis Baratheon..." Aegon looks at the woman, "And you are?"
"Kinvara my Prince..." She replies bowing.
"At least you have manners..." Aegon looks at Stannis, "It is customary to bow to a King..."
"King! Your family was cast down and outed by my brother..."
"And you were defeated at the Battle of Blackwater..."
"Why are you here Lord Stannis?" Eddard asks.
He sighs, "I came to help fight against the true enemy..." he slowly goes down to one knee, "I came to fight for Prince that was Promised..."
Aegon stares at him as many emotions flood his mind. House Baratheon rebelled against the Targaryens, his father was killed by Stannis' brother Robert. Part of him wanted to give Rhaegal the order to burn Stannis and his family alive, but a King must at times show mercy. One of the many lessons taught to him by Lord Julian Romyn. "You can prove yourself by helping us to train the Free Folk...Arise..."