King's Landing was beautiful and quiet that morning. Blackwater Bay was practically crystal blue, with the Iron Fleet, sitting in the harbor, with each galley's sails furled. Each galley had a set of two scorpions, that were being manned and fully prepared for either of the Targaryen sister's...and their dragons. Euron Greyjoy looked around the foredeck of his ship, before looking out onto the horizon...he knew that with the amount of firepower they had, they were bound to shoot a dragon out of the sky.
Meanwhile, along the outer walls of the city, Lannister archers began to form into position along the city's wall, as just below them, most of the citizens of the city, began to rush toward the Red Keep in hopes for protection. Not only were their archers, awaiting for Daenerys, but there were also multiple scorpions waiting for her as well.
Cersei clearly didn't want to take any chances.
A numerous amount of citizens continuously ran towards the Red Keep, as the various Lannister soldiers headed within the opposite direction, ordering the citizens to clear the streets now, knowing that there would be an attack from either the Northern armies sitting outside of the walls, or from Daenerys and Drogon from above.
Amongst all of the chaos with the citizens and the soldiers heading in various different directions, Arya and Sandor, walked closely and calmly together, while the various citizens tried to get past them. While Sandor had a cloak to disguise himself, Arya had nothing to disguise herself with...as no one had seen her in almost 10 years. The two of them each had their own goal, but both goals were in the same place.
The Red Keep.
Meanwhile, across the city on a different street, Jaime, who was also cloaked an inconspicuous, slid through a gate, as he watched some members of the Golden Company march down the street, just before they closed the gate that the man had walked through.
Just like according to plan.
Flashback
1 Day Ago
"If I am able to get into the city, I may be able to stand down the remaining members of the Lannister army." Jaime explained to Visenya and Aegon.
"As long as you don't loose your head." Aegon mused, before turning to Visenya. "What're we going to do?"
"We wait until we are needed." Visenya calmly explained.
Aegon frowned. "How will we know when that is?"
She gave him a sad, small, smile. "You'll know."
"I want my revenge on those traitors of The Golden Company." Aegon said darkly.
"And you'll get them." Jaime explained. "But good things, come to those who wait."
Present Day
As the Golden Company stood at attention, some of the faces of the soldiers began to betray their trepidation towards the oncoming battle that was going to occur. As Harry Strickland guided his horse in front of the group, he fixed his eyes on the horizon, where he noticed the Stark forces begin to stretch across the panorama.
As the Northern soldiers continued to march toward the city, various Dothraki and Unsuillied stood ready behind them, as they marched forward. Behind then, Jon, Davos, Grey Worm, and Tyrion all surveyed the scene, knowing that this could go two ways.
Really good.
Or really bad.
"If you hear the bells ring, they've surrendered." Tyrion explained to Jon. "Call off your men."
Jon looked to Tyrion with apprehension, before he continued to walk forward along with Davos.
While all of this was going on, Visenya and Aegon, who flew to King's Landing before Daenerys did, were sitting atop their dragons, amongst the various brush in the nearby woods. And while they were disguised by the brush and trees, from where they were sitting, they could easily see the various Northern, Unsuilled, and Dothraki gathering, along with a portion of where the Iron Fleet was within the harbor.
"How do we know it's time?" Aegon asked, from his position atop Aegonar.
Visenya shrugged. "Euron Greyjoy's fleet will begin to fire scorpion bolts."
"I'll take out the Golden Company first, then I'll head towards the Red Keep and get the prisoners." Aegon confirmed with a nod.
"That is if the city surrenders." Visenya warned. "Do not head to the Red Keep unless the bells are rung."
"What about Uncle Jaime?" Aegon questioned.
A small smile fell to her face. "He can handle himself."
That's when Visenya noticed a dark shadow cast from the sky. She carefully looked up before turning her head carefully towards the Iron Fleet, where they began to fire various scorpion bolts toward the sky.
Daenerys had arrived.
"She's here." Visenya murmured as Aegon turned his head to watch the Iron Fleet continued to burn.
"Is it time?" Aegon asked.
"No." She immediately replied.
As Drogon and Daenerys began to lay waste to the fleet, they carefully began to head across the harbor towards the city, with Drogon's tail skimming the water. As they flew towards the city walls, various scorpion bolts began to fire at the pair but were easily dodged, and much to the surprise of the various soldiers, Drogon was heading towards them fast.
Too fast.
And just as they began to aim the scorpion once again, Drogon unleashed his flames upon them, disintegrating them within a matter of seconds.
"Now?" Aegon asked expectantly.
"No!" Visenya scolded as she carefully watched Drogon and Daenerys bring more destruction, incinerating those who stood in their path.
Just as the boy was about to ask again, his attention became drawn to the standoff between the Golden Company and the various armies. Nothing had happened, but no sooner Grey Worm took a step forward, both armies began to charge towards each other, all the while Daenerys continued to burn the members of the Golden Company positioned on the outer city walls.
"Aegon, it's time." Visenya murmured.
A small smirk came upon his face as he commanded Aegonar to fly, making Aegonar let out a loud roar in response. Due to how fast Aegonar was, he was able to close in on the Golden Company faster than the Dothraki, Unsullied, and Northerners were able to.
"Dracarys." Aegon commanded, and Aegonar began to burn the various members of the Golden Company.
The amount of flames that Aegonar erupted, caused Strickland to become knocked from his horse, as the rest of the members began to scream in agony as they burned. Stunned by the sheer force of the blast from the sapphire dragon, Strickland pulled himself up onto his hands and knees, as he noticed the Dothraki army charging before them. Just as he found his feet, and began to retreat back to the city, he fell onto the ground, now impaled by Grey Worm's spear.
From her position, Visenya could see the beginning of the Lannister soldiers falling, one by one, as the Dothraki, Unsullied, and Stark forces began to plow through them with ease. Taking a deep breath, she commanded Sunspear to fly, in attempt to get a better view what was going from above. No sooner she began to fly over the city, she could see Drogon continuing to destroy the outer parts of the city's wall, along with the few Lannister forces who were manning them. She also could see various Lannister soldiers continuing to combat the various Stark forces, but as she continued to fly over the city, she noticed how their corpses began to speckle the streets. Some of them attempted to run away in fear of Drogon, but Drogon was too fast for them, as he destroyed them with an eruption of fire, allowing them to die in a painful and brutal matter.
Meanwhile on the ground, citizens looked up in fear to see Drogon diving towards them with a loud roar, causing them to erupt in more panic than they already had before. Trying to still get to the Red Keep, Jaime continued to dodge soldiers, dragonfire, and corpses as he made his way down many alleyways.
"Visenya, you better do something." He murmured to himself, as he watched Drogon continue to erupt various dragonfire along the Lannister soldiers.
Eventually, with a loud roar, Drogon braced himself, landing on top of a building, as Daenerys looked over the city in wonder. Deep in her mind, she knew it was time for Cersei to surrender to her.
"Ring the bells!" People began to shout. "The bells! Ring the bloody bells!"
"Tell the Queen to ring the bells!"
Visenya, hearing the shouts of the people, carefully dove down from the clouds making her presence known. As she carefully began to fly over the city, ensuring that they were alright, the common folk then realized who was there.
"It's Visenya!" She heard people shout. "Princess Visenya!"
"Queen Visenya!"
"All hail the Queen of Dragons!"
That's when they did something, she never thought they'd do.
They chanted her name.
Just as she landed on top of a building, that's when she started to hear the words come out of their mouths.
"Visenya! Visenya! Visenya!"
That's when the bells began to ring, indicating that Cersei had surrendered. Visenya let out a sigh of relief, glad to see that no more people had to die within the city. Meanwhile, the citizens still continued to shout Visenya's name.
Daenerys however, wasn't happy with what was occurring. She sat atop Drogon with wide eyes, with a frightening frantic energy about her. Even after she sieged the city, they preferred her. They cheered for her. They wanted her. They called her queen.
They wanted her sister, not her.
Anger and hatred began to fill her face.
After everything she had endured, all of the pain, the suffering, and torture she underwent, they all still preferred Visenya.
And that angered her.
From her position, she watched as Daenerys took back to the skies, making Visenya's eyes widen in fear.
She knew what she was going to do.
This was it.
Her sister had gone mad.
She had to be stopped.
Aegon, who had successfully finished burning the rest of the Golden Company that was stationed within Blackwater Bay, landed Aegonar on the top of one of the buildings to survey the damage, and watch the city surrender with his two Aunts. That's when he realized that Daenerys wasn't surrendering, but instead unleashing a murderous spree upon the city.
As Drogon began to fly over the city, citizens, and the remaining Lannister soliders began to panic and run in fear, and behind some of the fleeing guards, Drogon began to erupt dragonfire, on the surrounding buildings, and some of the soliders. That's when Visenya's biggest fear occurred, she watched as the citizens, innocent citizens at that, also became erupted within the dragonfire. The screams of the dying citizens plagued Visenya's ears, as anger fell into her eyes.
No sooner she commanded Sunspear to fly, she took a deep breath, and closed her eyes. There was no coming back from this. She gently brushed her stomach before placing it back at her side, almost as if she was saying goodbye to the child she'd never come to know. In the back of her mind, she hoped Helaena would have a good life without her, as she knew, she'd either survive what she was about to do...or die trying.
As Jaime watched her fly overhead, he frowned in confusion.
"What're you doing?" He murmured, but no sooner he saw the direction she was going, his eyes widened in fear and disbelief. "No."
She was going to take down her sister...and her dragon.
As she began to close in on Daenerys, she took another deep breath.
This was it.
"Angōs Sunspear. (Attack, Sunspear)." She spoke calmly, and Sunspear gave her a small roar in response.
Just as Daenerys saw her sister closing in on her, before she could evade her attack, The Gold Queen, attacked Drogon head-on, causing the black and gold dragons to fight each other.
From his position, Aegon's eyes widened at the site. Never in his wildest dreams would he imagine that his two Aunts, some of the only family he had left, would be grazed in a fight with one another. Horror and dismay filled his eyes as he watched the two dragons go at it, continuously clawing at one another.
Those on the ground all fell into shock as well, watching the two queens...the two sisters, fight each other. Both sides fell into dismay, as all of their gazes completely locked onto the fighting dragons, both wondering which Targaryen would survive...and their dragon.
Aegon shook his head in disbelief.
Visenya was right...the story she told him did come true, but never did he think it would.
For the second time in history, a Targaryen Civil War has occurred, as The Second Dance of Dragons had only begun.
A/N:
Shoutout to Ian12091995 for their help on the chapter.
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