This chapter occurs three months after the last one, so it is roughly late December, 300 AL. Enjoy :)

Castle Black

It was so cold, so very cold. He couldn't understand how it could be so cold even with so many fires raging around him, but then he realised it was them that made it cold, those creatures with ice blue eyes and an army of wights. They had just managed to defeat one of the main creatures when another rose up from one of the many dead, he couldn't tell whether it was one of theirs or one of his men/ women, but before he had time to really get a look at the thing, it was up and lunging for him. He realised with a start that the Wight going for him was covered in fire, but that couldn't be right weren't wights meant to die by fire, how could this one possibly be surviving such an intense flame? Then it struck him this wasn't a Wight it was something more terrifying, he knew this thing and when it turned its head toward him its once violet eyes that had so reflected his own, were red with anger. Somewhere off in the distance a huge dragon breathed fire onto the armies of men and wights alike.

The dream changed now he was in King's Landing. He remembered the months following his ascension well. They had stormed the Red Keep only to find the Lannister boy and his mother lying dead on the floor in the throne room. Haldon had confirmed that they had died from poisoning, Tyrion had said that it was likely to be the work of the boy's mother, not wishing to watch her power visibly slip from her hands. Aegon had told Tyrion that he had permission to take his sister, nephew and brother back to Casterly Rock to have a proper burial.

He had then declared a four day period of mourning, for all the people who had died during the War of the Five Kings and the war that had just ended. That was when Danaerys and he had first fought. She had argued like a spoilt child, that why should they have to embrace a period of mourning when they had not lost anyone, it was these "foolish" others who had been stupid enough in the first place to remove their family from the throne, if anything they should be celebrating their victory. Aegon had patiently explained that they were still strangers in Westeros, and for support to truly build up after years of war they needed to show the people some respect and understanding, they couldn't just rely on their dragons and a reputation- that to be honest Aegon was tired of hearing about- to be able to ensure the loyalty of their new subjects.

The arguing between Aegon and Danaerys had continued after their coronation with Aegon's other bride Margery as King and Queens of Westeros. Margery had told both Aegon and Danaerys that she was with child, Aegon had been ecstatic he'd always wished to have children, and he found that he falling more and more in love with Margery by the day. Danaerys had of course been angry, she had fled from their rooms in Maegor's Holdfast, and when Aegon had gone to comfort her, he had found her becoming very intimate with Ser Mormont. Aegon hadn't been angry more worried, but when Danaerys had seen him, she had simply yelled at him that he was "being led around by his cock by the Tyrell's and that he wasn't really blood of the dragon only she was."

After that outburst Danaerys had avoided him and Margery, but Varys had come to Aegon and Jon one day after a small council session to tell them that his "little birds" had overheard Danaerys and Ser Mormont discussing things, and how best to feed the "rose" to the dragon. Aegon had been outraged at that, and against Jon's advise and confronted Danaerys about this. That had been one of the biggest arguments they had had, and a few days later Aegon found out just how horrible his aunt could truly be when angered.

Lord Tyrion, who was now Lord of Casterly Rock per Aegon's decree as King, had come rushing into his room when he was with Margery much to Aegon's annoyance. But seeing the evident panic etched on Tyrion's face Aegon had become worried, his worry had turned to downright anger when Tyrion had said that his presence was requested because "Danaerys had gone with Ser Jorah to the Dragonpit, and was using Drogon to burn and turn to ash the bodies of Tyrion's brother, sister and nephew."

Aegon accompanied by Ser Loras and Ser Barristan had rushed to the Dragonpit and had discovered to their horror that what Tyrion had said was true. Danaerys had indeed burnt Tyrion's relatives' bodies to ash using Drogon. Aegon had been horrified; this was a serious violation of every ounce of decency and would be sure to cost the Targaryens everything they had truly worked for. Aegon and Danaerys had argued long and hard about that action, Danaerys justifying it by saying that the Lannisters deserved this treatment for what they had done to their family, Aegon saying that whilst he too had wanted revenge on the family that had taken so much from him, this was not the way it should be done, this was in fact a betrayal of everything a King or Queen should do. Danaerys justification that Ser Jorah had told her that burning the bodies was the right thing to do had rapidly increased Aegon's anger. Both Ser Loras and Ser Daemon were required to hold Aegon back when he returned to the Red Keep and bumped into Ser Jorah.

Aegon was almost relieved when the raven had come from the North declaring Dareon Stark, Edmure Tully and Robert Arryn's oaths of fealty to the Iron Throne thus making Aegon King over Seven Kingdoms once again, thus ending the constant lectures and arguments that he had been having with everyone on his small council about the North's independency. When another raven arrived at King's Landing a few days after the first one, this time from the Wall saying that it had fallen Aegon knew something was terribly wrong, the wall didn't just fall, something must have forced it to fall. At first everyone on the small council had been willing to ignore the raven, Aegon had to admit that after years of war the last thing many of the men wanted to do was have to march all the way north to fight a foe that may according to the raven from Lord Snow be undefeatable. Aegon however, was not convinced and had begun his own discreet enquiries into these foes at the wall and had found that these things and their creatures could be killed by fire, valyrian and dragonsteel. Fire they had, the dragons were here for this reason, valyrian steel they had, Aegon himself having his family's ancestral sword Blackfyre (presented to him by Jon before they had attacked Storm's End), Aegon knew that there was some amount of dragonsteel on Dragonstone, Harry Strickland having written as much many moons prior. Aegon ordered ravens sent to Dragonstone that they send the dragonsteel to King's Landing to be forged into weapons. That had taken 2 weeks to happen, then another three for the dragonsteel to be ready in weapon form. Aegon had had 300,000 dragonsteel weapons made and had given 150,000 of the weapons to the soldiers present in King's landing the remaining 150,000 he ordered to be sent to the Wall by sea.

Everyone it seemed was ready to march north and fight these "undefeatable" foes at the wall, except for his aunt Danaerys. She had argued against it saying that their position in the realm was not secure enough for them to just leave the ruling of the Kingdoms to an "eunuch, an old lord and a fat man." Aegon's patience with Danaerys already very strained after her prior actions finally snapped, and he had finally said that "It didn't matter whether or not their position in the realm was secure at the moment, unless they went to aid the men at the wall it would never be secure, for men and their descendents would sneer at future Targaryens and accuse them of cowardice, for hiding behind the towering walls of the Red Keep with their Dragons whilst the rest of the realm bled and died for their protection."

This speech seemed to have finally seemed to have swayed Danaerys, and she had albeit reluctantly agreed to accompany the 70,000 Tyrell men who would be taking ships to Eastwatch By Sea, whilst Aegon would leave to join them a week later with the remaining 70,000 men part of the Targaryen forces. 10,000 Tyrell men would be left behind along with Ser Daemon Sand of the Kingsguard to help protect the city and guard Queen Margery. That had reminded Aegon that he would need to fill the other four vacant positions of his Kingsguard once this war was over, the remaining members of Tommem Waters' Kingsguard having been killed during the fighting outside Kings Landing.

Aegon had arrived at Castle Black along with his aunt and 140,000 men and two of their dragons Drogon and Viserion, to discover the Castle in complete chaos, Rhaegal had arrived it seemed well ahead of them, and was making their house words come to life it seemed whilst being ridden by a man who it seemed looked very much like what Lady Lemore had described Eddard Stark looking like.

The Targaryen forces had it seemed been of some assistance in pushing backing the Others' for a long time, but no matter how hard they kept pushing the Others always seemed to return the next day or night with more force and undead things to help them. Morale was lowering and the scouts that had been sent during the days when all was quiet had never returned except for one, the party led by Tormund Giantsbane had returned to say something was marching south with thousands of wights at its heals.

Aegon awoke from his sleep to the sound of hornblasts three of them piercing the air in quick succession, followed by dragon bellows and an even more terrifying scream which seemed neither human nor dead. It seemed the true battle had begun.