Midnights // Aemond Targaryen // Aegon Targaryen (2)

20. Alicent

"What of Alicent? What of Aemond and Aegon's mother?" Aisha begged. "Is she out? Is she safe?"

"Aisha, we have to go if we want to live. We are in no state to fight." Aegon begged. "Either of us. Think about Laenor, think about your little Laenor."

"Daeron!" Aisha demanded. "Where are Addam and Alyn?"

"By the dragons I think." Daeron remarked. "What's going on?"

"Rhaenyra is coming, we are leaving."

"What happened to drown them all in a wave of sorrow and all that?" Daeron countered falling into step with them.

"Daeron, get your dragons, tell the twins-" Aisha looked to Aegon.

"I will find you." Aegon assured kissing her gently. "Go on, get Aquarius." Aisha looked to Maelor and Jaehaera.

"I will see you very soon." Aisha told them kissing their cheeks. Maelor started crying and Jae screamed out as Aisha headed down to the caves with Daeron.

"Still fucking both of my brothers I see." Daeron remarked calmly. Aisha flicked him over the head. "What? Aegon has been in love with you for forever," Daeron reminded her. "Your pirate husband isnt here right now, I get it."

"It was a kiss, a don't die, see you soon goodbye kiss." Aisha corrected.

"Not to Aegon." Daeron sung out.

"Shut up." Aisha demanded as she held Laenor closer. "Addam, Alyn, get on seasmoke, we are getting out of here."

"I saw the dragons I figured we were- wait did you say run?" Alyn countered.

"Technically, I didnt say run." Aisha corrected. "i said we are getting out of here."

"We are not fighting?" Addam agreed confused.

"Aegon is weak, I'm still recovering from-"

"Drowning your mother." Alyn agreed.

"And birthing a child into the world." Addam added.

"Get on the dragon." Aisha instructed. "We regroup once we are safer, Aemond isnt here and I don't want to fight and lose and... we can't lose, lets go."

"Im right here. Im not losing you again." Corlys informed her confidently.

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Alicent saw Aegon leave, saw Aisha leave, her grandchildren leave when Daemon and Rhaenyra infiltrated the castle.

The remaining council yielded easily to Rhaenyra wanting to keep their heads.

But that wasnt the case.

Alicent was kept a prisoner, Rhaenyra believed there was some good, something left in Alicent, if not she could be used as leverage. Before she was brought to the black cells. She was grabbed and forced to watch as her father and Lord Jasper Wylde were brought forward.

Daemon smirked as he rose his blade, Alicent's face paled before Otto's head was severed from his body. Daemon picked up Otto's head and brought it to Alicent. She sobbed out as she stared at his dead body.

"Bring her to her cell. She can keep her fathers head, to keep her warm." Daemon proclaimed handing off Otto's head. She was shoved in a cell and they threw Otto's head in with her. She was forced to watch as his head bleed out, his face growing paler, his eyes still open and staring back at her. She vomited in the corner of her cell before screaming and crying out to no use.

She was a prisoner in her home. When Otto had told her to woe Viserys she wasnt happy about it. Then as a child she was married and raped by her husband. Viserys didnt see it that way, he was her husband. But she was a child and she didnt want him, she didnt want this. She was the queen and she was powerless.

When Viserys died, she had grown to love Viserys, had a respect for him. It also helped that he hadnt mounted her in years. She became a care giver. She had done that for the previous king in his final moons, it was something she was used to.

But through the loss she did feel a bit of freedom but that didnt last long. Aegon was king and then they were at war. Moons and moons passed and her children were scattered. Helaena dead. She only got a moment of that freedom of not being someone's property before she sunk into depression as well.

The rest of the council was killed or tortured for information or gold. Jason lannister in particular was tortured for his hidden Lannister gold.

Once the castle seemed secure and Rhaenyra confidently sat the iron throne, claiming herself the one true queen. She called upon her remaining children. Joffrey and Aegon the Younger, the younger Viserys was believed to be dead, bringing them to the capital.

Meanwhile Aemond and Criston at Harrenhal could no longer agree on a plan of action. Criston wished to withdraw south to join with Lord Ormund Hightower and while Aemond wished to attack the capital.

Criston led the greens' army south, while Aemond remained to ravage the riverlands, hoping that Rhaenyra would send a dragon after him.

When Alicent heard that Rhaenyra was planning new campaigns against Prince Aemond and Prince Daeron, her sons, her youngest boys and was not planning to spare them if defeated, Rhaenyra wanted their heads. Alicent imagined them adding Daeron and Aemonds heads to her cell to stare at her endlessly until the day she died.

Alicent pled for peace while in chains, proposing new terms where the Seven Kingdoms would be divided.

"Rhaenyra, your grace place." Alicent begged. "I don't see why you and Aegon cannot share reign, divide territories."

"Seven kingdoms." Daemon corrected. "Queen of the seven kingdoms. Not a few of the kingdoms."

"Please, there need be no more death." Alicent begged. "Aegon he could rule the Reach, the stormlands and the westerlands from Oldtown while you Rhaenyra, your grace, could rule the rest of Westeros from the Iron Throne." Alicent reasoned hopefully. She could only have hope now. But Rhaenyra rejected these terms with a cackle.

"Alicent," Rhaenyra tsked. "Yours sons gave up positions of honor and of court when they stole my birthright from me and took the lives of my sons. You will feel the true power of the dragon."