Should've Said No // Jaime Lannister (0.5)

7. Queen Cersei

"I'm going to marry a king!" Cersei declared.

"What?" Taeylor questioned.

"A king! The king and I will be the queen." Cersei declared.

"That's... wow Cersei. That's amazing." Taeylor told her. "Robert seems a skilled warrior, and everything he did for love. He is going to love you until the day he dies." Taeylor assured and Cersei nodded happily. "Does that mean Jaime and uncle tywin and my father are coming home soon?" Taeylor asked but Cersei was in la, la land.

Taeylor ran to the balcony expecting them to be marching up now but they weren't.

"There will be a coronation and then a wedding!" Cersei declared.

"That's nice." Taeylor agreed leaning on the balcony.

When she was first told she would marry Jaime she was 8 but now at 12 she thought that maybe she would like it. Jaime was a skilled warrior they were calling him king slayer and he was handsome, at the time Taeylor didn't really think so but as she grew up she understood how handsome he really was. She missed him and was ready to start a life with him. She could picture it now. Their love would be worth a love song.

"If our love was a love song." Taeylor hummed. "If today was a fairy tale.... You were the prince I used to be a damsel in distress, you took me by the hand... today was a fairy tale, I wore a dress and you wore a white cloak... time slows down whenever you are around..."

"Taeylor we are going to kings landing!" Cersei declared.

"Today really will be a fairy tale." Taeylor remarked giddy as they got ready to leave.

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Ned was distraught to find his sister dying on a 'bed of blood', and was with her when she passed. He took the news of her death to Robert, and they were reconciled by their shared grief. Ned left to return Ser Arthur Dayne's sword, Dawn, to his sister at Starfall, whilst Robert agreed to marry Tywin's daughter, Cersei, in gratitude for his services in the war.

The remaining Targaryen loyalists had holed up on Dragonstone with the still-formidable Targaryen royal fleet, and Stannis Baratheon and Paxter Redwyne needed some time to assemble a fleet large enough to breach the defences. However, eight months after the Trident, the greatest storm seen in the Narrow Sea in living memory smashed the royal fleet to kindling on the rocks surrounding the island. Queen Rhaella died in childbirth that same night. Ser Willem Darry and some loyal soldiers took Prince Viserys and the newborn Princess Daenerys to safety in the Free Cities, whilst Dragonstone was captured by Stannis' forces.

Robert laid claim to the Iron Throne because he had been the first to take up arms and had killed Prince Rhaegar personally. Robert was also the only rebel leader to have a blood link to the Targaryens, as his mother had Targaryen blood. The other leaders of the rebellion agreed to bend the knee. Robert was devastated by Lyanna's death, but married Cersei Lannister as a show of gratitude to her father joining his cause late in the conflict and delivering the capital of King's Landing to him. Tywin remained the Warden of the West. Robert named Jon Arryn as his Hand while Eddard took his father's role as Warden of the North. House Tyrell, House Martell and House Greyjoy swore fealty to Robert to retain their pre-war positions, maintaining the Seven Kingdoms under their new royal House

Unknown to most, after the Skirmish at the Tower of Joy, Eddard found out that Rhaegar had another child, who was also named Aegon Targaryen, by his sister Lyanna. Eddard raised the child as his bastard son, renaming him Jon Snow, to keep him safe from Robert since he would have surely killed Jon if he found out about his true parentage.

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Cersei looked like she emerged from a storybook. Tywin walked her down the aisle and Jaime stood next to Taeylor as they watched her wed Robert. Taeylor smiled up at Jaime but he was focused on Cersei.

'Let it be known that King Robert of House Baratheon and Cersei of house Lannister are one heart, one flesh, one soul. Cursed be he who would seek to tear them asunder. In the sight of the Seven, I hereby seal these two souls, binding them as one for eternity. Look upon one another and say the Words.'

'Father. Smith. Warrior. Mother. Maiden. Crone. Stranger.' They repeated.

'I am his.'

'I am hers'

'He is mine'

'she is mine,'

'from this day, until the end of my days.' they echoed, Cersei beamed back at him but Robert withheld a yawn.

'You may now cloak the bride with your protection.' Robert quickly slapped his cloak around her his eyes drifting around the room.

'In the presence of your family and friends, I now bind your hands together, to symbolize your new union of love, trust and friendship." He bound their hands together. 'Now, please look at one another and pledge your vows to seal your union.'

"I am his, whatever may come." Cersei said happily.

"I am hers whatever may come." Robert said through clenched jaw. He wanted Lyanna. Not this blonde bimbo. He kissed her roughly and thus the Baratheon-Lannister alliance was formed.