Wildflowers / Gregor Clegane

54. Wildflowers

'Where are you going?' a guard asked as sandor and arya approached kings landing, approached the capital.

'I am arya stark and I am going to kill queen cersei.' Arya declared confidently, the guard looked between them confused.

''Think about it, if she kills the queen this war is over won't be a siege might not even die tomorrow' Sandor told him easily. 

''I need to go talk to my captain.'' the guard stuttered out. 

''Go ahead and talk to him' Sandor said as they rode past.

The capital was burning.

Gemma was screaming. 

The kids were mid melt down. 

Griffin and Silas looked to Gregor for isntructions while Haemon, Haven, Lotus and little primrose sobbed out. Haezel didnt know what to do. They had closed the gates, trapping them in but the wall was crumbling, they felt it shake them. The dragons and the dothraki and the unsullied. THey were all coming in and coming in hot. Murdering every man woman and child in their way. 

Haezel thought staying put and trying to stay quiet might save them but with four crying children and a panicking Gemma, that wasnt going to happen. 

They needed an escape route, to get the fuck out of here. 

'Go home girl the fire will get her or one of the Dothraki, maybe that dragon will eat her.' sandor told arya. 'either way she's dead and you will be dead too if you don't get out of here.''

''I am going to kill her' arya told him

'Do you think you wanted revenge a long time? I've been wanting it all my life it's all I cared about for such a long damn time, now look at me. Look at me!' he demanded 'you wanna be like me? You come with me you die here?'' he told her and he walked away to find his brother. To find Haezel, to find his family. 

''Sandor.' He turned back to her 'thank you' she said he nodded before turning away she didn't want to die not here not for Cersei. He walked through the rubble. He wondered where they might be, if they were still alive.  Sandor pushed through wondering if he was wasting his time, hoping they were gone already. But then he heard cries.

"Haezel?" Sandor shouted.

"Sandor?" Haezel whimpered.

"Where are the kids?" Sandor questioned. "Gemma? Gregor?"

"Bitch burned our escape route." Haezel remarked. "The castle's crumbling."

"I see that. Come on." Sandor demanded.

"Sandor, there is no where to go, nowhere to run," Haezel sobbed out choking on the smoke holding her babies close as they cried and cried. 

'"That's not the haezel I know." Sandor corrected. He looked to little Lotus, "You got kids to think about, a husband that doesn't deserve you, you keep fighting damnit. You are a Clegane." Haezel nodded and he picked up Haemon and Haven as Lotus sobbed into Haezel, Primrose whimpered her lip quivering as Sandor pat her little head. "Where is my brother and the boys? Where is Gemma?"

"We are all going to- Sandor!" Gemma coughed out. 

"Where is Gregor?" Sandor questioned. 

"Trying to find a safer way out." Haezel whimpered, "They went-" She grabbed a bag with things that were irreplaceable hoping they could really get out. 

"Come on." Gregor barked before seeing Sandor. "You are alive." Gregor said softly.

"So are you, but not for long if we don't move." Sandor barked back. It felt like a fresh start. They got out onto the sea, the ships burning around them but the paddled onward. It felt like a fresh start as she looked at her family, safe and sound, the brothers shared a look and a silent agreement to put the past behind them and start a new leaf. Gemma never thought she would see the day. 

Haezel held her little Prim and little Lotus close as Gregor and Sandor rowed faster. The boys sat silently, not fighting or shouting as they watched the flames. Haven looked to Gregor as he rowed before looking to Gemma confused. What was happening? Where were they going? But Haven didnt say a thing as she looked to her siblings, they were transfixed by the destruction before them. 

Haezel watched as the last patch of wildflowers, the ones Gregor loved to pick for her burned to nothing.

Haezel held close the booklet the very first book she filled up with flowers from gregor, she pressed it to her chest, they would always have the wildflowers to call them home.