"Hmm, I can't help but think I'm missing something", I said to Jaime while lounging on a chair on the throne room. "Anything came up to mind?"

The kingsguard shrugged. "Well, there's still one of Brandon Stark friends in the dark cells rotting there. I think his name is Ethan Glover."

"Really?" I said surprised at the news, my old man memories said nothing about it, "well then, take him out of the cell and let him see a healer. I will bring some warm soup to him later."

"The Witch who stormed the Red Keep and slew a hundred men before taking down the mad king serving soup to a former prisoner", remarked Jaime dryly, " what the world had came to."

"What a charming, bright personality you have", I replied in kind, "anything else I might be forgetting?"

"Since when I became your aide?"

I just stared at him, raising an eyebrow and daring him to say anything.

"... the city watch won't rise against you, and as you already know Elia decided to stay in the castle and risk her luck instead of facing your immediate wrath."

"Good", I nodded, "running away will only make her die tired. I'm sure I can convince Robert to be merciful enough not to kill her and her children. She is after all as much a victim of the war as anyone else here."

"I wish I had your optimism Witch."

I dismissed him before going to the kitchen to get something for myself. I wouldn't hold against some people to try and poison my food, and while I give myself good odds to survive most poisons due to aura healing I don't want to try my luck with it yet, so I'm going to make my own food.

A simple dish with vegetables and some slices of salted meat on a pan and I had my lunch before I went over a mental inventory.

Varys I couldn't do much at the time, because then people would ask why I singled him out of all people to kill and I didn't wanted to kill the rest to cover up. Killing during battle is one thing, but I rather not take the habit of killing people in cold blood like that.

I couldn't send a raven to Storm End since Stannis would require the signature of his own brother to be sure of the situation on the war. Still things will probably go according to my old man memories, better most likely.

Still talking with Jaime made the feeling that I was still forgetting something return.

...

"OH SHIT THE WILDFIRE!"

~~O~~

It was good enough that some nobles still in the court were the kind of opportunistic sycophants that they took my lead and helped me project force across the city, and I was glad that Jaime took charge of the city watch alongside the pyromancers to take care of the caches of magical FOOF scattered across the city. Jaime came back extremely pale afterwards.

"Even if nobody lit off the wildfire, if forgotten it would be only a matter of time before that damn thing ignited on it's own." He said once he finished cleaning the wildfire a couple of days later, "good foresight on that one."

"I assumed that Aerys would want to spite the rebellion leaders by burning down King's Landing. He was called Mad King after all, I wouldn't put something like that past him."

Jaime nodded. "Elia gives her thanks for saving the city and the lives of everyone."

"She's welcome." I told him before sighing. "I just wish Robert arrived sooner. You said your father would soon come?"

"Yes", he said with a grin nod, "hopefully my father won't try to seek revenge for the death of the Mad King, or something equally asinine. Granted the king wasn't his favorite person due to the whole me being an hostage thing, but you never know with father what kind of scheme he have in mind."

"Ser Jaime", said a soldier entering the throne room and once seeing me he hesitated, "we can see the Lannister army on the horizon."

I palmed my face at those news. Great, just what I need, a big distraction to allow for Varys shenanigans. Should have killed the man earlier. I still can if I rush.

~~O~~

"Halt, who goes there?" I asked to the messenger who came to the gates.

"I'm a messenger from Lord Tywin. His Banner number more than ten thousand, we request safe passage to the capital."

"The Mad King is dead", I told the messenger, "I killed him myself. Swear allegiance for the rebels alliance and wait for them there, outside the city. When they arrive you can parley with them."

"The Mad King is dead?" He said in surprise.

"Yes, I killed him myself. Do keep up, would you? Now get back to your liege Lord and tell him the news."

I ended up playing messenger tag most of the day until I brought Jaime himself to talk sense to his father, even if they never meet face to face.

Let's just say that Tywin was very skeptical of my claims even with Jaime's backing.

"And I tell you again that you can wait for Robert and Ned's arrival to swear allegiance to them [I]outside[/I] the walls. It's not like I don't trust you Lannisters, but I don't trust you Lannisters."

"You just said it wasn't like you didn't trust us!"

"It's a figure of speech!" I yelled in frustration, "Just tell Tywin the Witch of the Riverlands holds King's Landing for Robert Baratheon damn it!"

I turned back to meet with Jaime. "Think your father will finally get it?"

He shook his head. "You don't know my father."

~~O~~

"The Witch of the Riverlands?" Said Tywin in his command tent outside the walls. "Never heard of her. Must be a northern lady, they do have their own warrior women just like the dornish. How many men do you think her banners have?"

"My Lord", said the knight, "as far as rumors goes, she's not commanding an army. It's just a single woman."

Tywin frowned. "A single woman infiltrated the Red Keep and killed the King? I didn't knew the rebels had the funds to acquire the services of the Faceless Men." That was a miscalculation on his part, thought the Lannister Lord. "If that's the case there's no reason not to speculate that they have access to larger sellsword companies at their disposal. Getting into the city now is more vital than ever." He said to his brother and aide Kevan Lannister.

"Tywin", said Kevan a bit unsure, "I heard things from some of the soldiers that escaped the Stoney Sept. Something about a Witch that reaped their numbers like the Stranger himself, impervious to arrows and swords, who would appear and disappear just as easily after extracting her price in blood."

"And next you will tell me this 'witch' commands an army of snarks and grumkins", growled Tywin. "We must enter the city and take it for ourselves. With the death of Rhaegar and the death of Aerys it is the only way for us to be on the good graces of the rebels. We must have some leverage for it."

"Is it so bad", tried Kevan, "to merely bend the knee to Robert? Storm End is also being besieged by he Tyrells, if we lend our strength he will certainly look at us favorably."

"That won't be enough. I have plans that require us to be on the good graces of the most likely to take up the crown after this is all done. Our army is fresh, but relatively minor compared with the rebels, if we join them we will be at best a welcome help, but not a vital one."

Now was Kevan's turn to frown, "then what do you suggest? Your thoughts on this matter aside, the people inside the walls, even your son, think she is genuine that's why she's holding it even if she's a single person. Besides if you take the city by treachery the Witch will tell Robert of what you did."

"Then we have to kill that witch."

~~O~~

"Why I'm not surprised", I deadpanned as I heard the news of Tywin entering after someone opened the gates and immediately starting to sack the city.

"Damn it father! Robert's army isn't too far away either, the ships saw them approaching! This will be a bloodbath!"

I sighed, "nothing can change that now. Jaime, stay here with a group os soldiers and defend the princess and the children. I will try and put a stop to this."

"Alone?"

"Hmm, you're right, the city is larger than Stoney Sept after all. Lots of places to spread the troops. Still I will see what I can do. What your father looks like? Don't worry I won't kill him."

Once more Jaime hesitated, before replying. "Bald, bushy side-whiskers and green eyes. He usually wears deep crimson armor highlighted with gold and a gold cape."

"Got it, perhaps him being held prisoner will make the army outside stop this foolishness. By the way, I'm going to try and send some people here later to protect them from the sack, and you're in charge. See ya."

~~O~~

"Burn down everything!" Yelled a Lannister soldier as he saw his men steal, kill and rape to their heart's content. "Leave no stone unturned!"

"What's that?" Asked another soldier, and he saw a woman in some strange dress and leathers combination wearing a white cloak. Before he could utter another word however his vision split in two, and the two halves of his head hit the ground at the same time.

In a flurry of white petals, more and more soldiers fell down in a gory fashion.

"Find the city watch! Go to the Red Keep! Tell them the Witch of the Riverlands sent you!" She yelled as she passed through the smallfolk she saved.

Bringing salvation and death whenever she walked, the streets became white and red as the Bloody Rose passed through them.

~~O~~

"Ser Gregor, look!" Said Ser Amory Lorch as they approached the castle. They saw a woman with a white cloak coming at them from the distance. "I think that's the witch we're supposed to kill."

"Pretty", said Gregor, "I will stuff her full with my cock before strangling her with my own hands."

"Oh", said a feminine voice from behind him, "care to repeat that?"

Gregor turned behind him, and saw the cloaked woman that was far away now right at his face. Before he could react further however she swung her blade lightning fast. An instant later his body started to fall into smaller pieces as blood pooled on the ground.

"Seven hells!"

That was the last thing Ser Amory Lorch said before his head fell off on the ground.

~~O~~

"TYWIN!" I yelled as I finally found him. "Come here you coward!"

Of course I said that mostly as an intimidation factor since I was coming to him myself. Cutting down soldiers and knights alike, I made a beeline towards Tywin without pausing or showing any effort against the waves upon waves of bodies being thrown at me.

He drew his sword and came to me alongside a few of his soldiers. I knew he wanted to run away, but I left him no option to run but through me. Not wanting to wast any more time as I had already demoralized enough the nearby soldiers and knights. In an instant I was in front of him and I kneed him on the stomach in my signature non-lethal subduing move, before placing my blade at his neck.

"Call off your army, or Casterly Rock will have a new Lord." I drew some blood from his neck, before he calmed himself from the coughing fit and through gritted teeth he nodded.

"Kevan", he said to a knight also fallen on the ground, "tell the soldiers to stop the sack."

"At once", Keven answered, shaken at my sight.

"As for you", I said while grabbing at him by the scruff of his neck, "you're coming with me."

With a twist of his arm I brought him back to the Red Keep, parading him to the soldiers as he issued the officers to stop the sack. It was a good thing I targeted more the soldiers than the officers this time around, both because it was them doing the blunt of the sacking and raping, and because it left people to give command to stop this madness.

Once in the castle I brought him to the dungeons, with instructions to treat him well since I'm not into torturing people, no matter how much I think they deserve it.

After order was finally restored I grabbed some food for myself and waited for the arrival of the rebel army. Robert can't come sooner to fix things.