Untouched Gold / Tywin Lannister / Avalon Targaryen (1)

17. Safe & Sound

Better Man / Helaena Targaryen / Peter Parker out now!

Everything happened so fast. Lyanna was taken but Avalon wouldnt believe such a thing of her rhaegar.

Then the north descended upon the south

But when Lyanna disappeared, Rhaegar was blamed said to have kidnapped her but Avalon knew the truth but the Barathons and the Starks rebellion to get Lyanna back and take down her brother was under way.

Brandon and all his companions were charged with treason. Aerys demanded all their fathers, including Lord Rickard Stark, come to King's Landing and promised they would receive a fair trial.

Rhaegar's and Lyanna's actions had very severe consequences to their houses, as well as the entire realm. Brandon Stark, Lyanna's eldest brother accused Rhaegar of kidnapping her, and traveled to King's Landing to demand Rhaegar's father, Aerys, to surrender Rhaegar for judgement and return Lyanna. Avalon's eyes ping ponged back and forth as her brother clenched his fists in anger.

'How dare you talk to me this way!" Aerys shouted. 'I am the King!"

'And lyanna is my sister. I want her back.' Brandon shouted, hand on the hilt of his sword. 'I want Prince Rhaegar brought forward, I want him to explain his actions and I want my sister home at Winterfell safe and sound.' Brandon told him.

"YOU! HA! You don't make the demands, the orders here.' Aerys yelled.

"If something happened to your sister would you not want her back?" brandon questioned incredulously. 

"It that a threat!" Aerys shouted his voice booming. 

"Brother please, he is worried about his sister as I am worried about Rhaegar.' Avalon agreed but Aerys waved a hand ignoring her requests. 'Aerys please, I'm sure once we find them, everything can be explained.' Avalon told him and Brandon sent her an appreciative look, so not all Targaryen's were of blood and fire.

But instead of handing over his son, Aerys had Brandon imprisoned for treason. Alerted by this, Lyanna's father Rickard went to King's Landing himself to demand his son's release, as well as Lyanna's.

Avalon's head spun, no one would believe that Lyanna went willingly, no one would believe it because they were already set in their lies. They had painted Rhaegar the villain and her brother was going to further their hatred for him by killing anyone that got in his way. But Avalon knew, she just knew that they were smitten with each other and although Avalon hated that Rhaegar was hurting his family. Hurting his wife, if it was true love who was she to stop them but she wished they hadnt run off, that they tried to get their union annulled and did whatever courting they were doing in the public eye so war wouldnt rage on.

"We urge you your grace,' varys told King Aerys 'to pardon Brandon Stark.'

'' He threatened the Prince Rhaegar!' Aerys reminded his council. "He threatened Avalon!"

"He didnt." Avalon corrected softly. 

''Rhaegar has stolen the boy's sister, and the boy he is the eldest son of our Warden of the North." Varys tried. But Aerys saw knives in every shadow. When Varys told him to treat the Starks with caution, he made him afraid. And what Aerys feared, he killed.

''Brother, please listen to me, don't do this.' Avalon begged.

'If they think us weak Avalon, they will take the crown from us.' Aerys told her. 'They will take everything I have worked for, our ancestors worked for.''

''Killing them is not the way! Rhaegar was smitten with her, if we could just find them-'' Avalon urged.

''You are a Targaryen, this is the way.' Aerys told her.

"It doesn't have to be though.' Avalon suggested and Varys nodded in agreement.

'Your sister is wise beyond her years, heed her council.' Varys agreed.

'We are dragons.' Aerys reminded her holding her face in his hands. 'We must be dragons.'

'Brother-'' Avalon begged but he was off.

Aerys burned Rickard and his men with wildfire he screamed and screamed, the smell of his sizzled flesh was stuck in Avalon's nose. The whole of the castle smelt like it, burning flesh and bones, his screams echoed and it broke Avalon's heart.

Brandon wouldn't stand down. He was more confident than after his watching his father burn that Rhaegar was hurting his sister, so aerys executed Brandon as well, Brandon was strangled trying to save his father. Aerys then demanded that Ned and Robert to be handed to him as well. Anyone that followed him, needed to die. Anyone that forgot who the king was needed to die.

Tyrion was eight when the attack happened. His brother was running off being the brave hero and Tyrion sat reading. He flipped back to the front page and his hand ran over the little transcription from Avalon. 

That was when he noticed that no one was around. His father had claimed he was going to the capital to get Avalon out, to get her safe but they had made the castle a fortress, Tyrion prayed to the old Gods and the new that Avalon would come home to him safe and sound.