The flaming arrows were shot into the sky and a horn blew out. Aemond prepared himself to take flight.
"Idiot," aemond murmured seeing aegon fly over head, "wait vhagar not yet." Vhagar grumbled laying back down in the grass with a heavy thud.
"Forward, Sunfyre!" Aegon shouted. "Faster!"
" Dragon!"
"Whose dragon is that?" Gwayne questioned.
"His Grace, the king's." Criston realized.
"This was your secret plot, Cole? For the king himself to lay ambush and mayhaps die in the attempt?!"
" No!" Criston corrected. "Loose more signal arrows! Stalwart men of House Targaryen, your king has joined you! Hold to your courage! Hold to your wits! For the Seven have blessed and shielded this host with divine purpose! For the one true king, Aegon! Advance!" Criston demanded. "Where are you, Aemond?" Criston whispered looking to the skies.
"I have to go." Avalon realized.
"You can't." Alicent corrected.
"Mama I just got back, whats going on?" Vaera demanded.
"How was the north sweetie?" Alicent questioned. Avalon's head was spinning, Aemond went to war. Him and Criston planned this. She was going to murder Criston. He would be dead. So would her love life but she didnt care because he put her baby boy in harms way for rook rest. A petty little place to annoy Rhaenyra.
"Dracarys!"
"Attack meleys!"
"Dracarys!" Aegon shouted.
Meleys claws tore through sunfyres chest and the beautiful dragon went crumbling. The dragons cried out in the sky.
"North was great, Cregan hates Jace because he slept with his little sister." Vaera offered. "We have the norths support... and I might have a possible engagement to announce because I love him... We... is Aemond okay?"
" Thank the gods!" Aegon declared seeing Vhagar.
"Dracarys!" Aemond shouted attacking Vhagar from all angles, flying his brother slightly in the process.
"Your Grace!" Criston shouted seeing Sunfyre plummet.
Rhaenys didn't give up she turned back around. Wounded she commanded. "Attack, meleys." Aemond peered back annoyed more than anything turning around as well. Flying at her a dangerous game of chicken. Meleys was so small compared to vhagar fire blazed around them a sea of smoke and flames in the sky. Swirling around each other in chaos. The dragons got lower and lower to the ground.
Once they regained flight again rhaenys searched the sky for any sign of vhagar only to be trapped his vhagars mouth. Meleys was held at the throat chomped down severing her neck rhaenys fell strapped tight to her saddle with meleys dead body. Vhagar remained the victor once again.
"Avalon no!" Alicent begged.
"Mouse!"
"You can't." Alicent begged.
"Her grace is right." Larys agreed. "You going into battle-"
"He's my son." Avalon cried out. "I need to help him."
"And if you die, what of me and alyssa and aeron and little Alice!" Vaera shouted.
"What kind of mother am I if I let my boy die out there?" Avalon countered.
"He's not a little boy mum." Vaera reminded him. "He's a man and he can fuck up without you."
" Fall in behind me! Into the breach!"
"The king has fallen. We must find him."
" Aemond! Where's His Grace?" Criston begged.
Aemond most certainly got his striking features and sharp jawline from his mother. Avalon cradled aemond to her as alicent sobbed out demanding what happened?
Aegon was last seen drinking. A lot. The king demanded to be readied for the pits. Then he was joining his men in battle.
"My sweet boy that could have been you". Avalon whispered kissing his face all over.
"Forget that. You ruined my homecoming," vaera countered hugging him once avalon let aemond go.
"He never should have been there." Aemond told avalon honestly. "I knew what I was doing. Cole and I had a plan."
"I'm going to deal with Cole later." Avalon assured. "But what I'm mad about among many freaking things," Avalon warned. "was that you didn't tell me?!" Avalon glanced accusatorily to criston his face turned down.
"Mama," aemond whispered knowing her weakness.
"Get some rest, I will shout at you more later." Avalon agreed. "And Aemond..." he kissed her forehead. "YOu are grounded for forever."
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Fragile Things / Alicent Hightower / Criston Cole (2.1)
FanfictionSpin off ish of Love story. The war was upon them and Queen Avalon Targaryen felt she had no one to turn to in this time of crisis. No one except her trusted guard. 🐉 "The lights are burned out, the flowers are dead yet I'm supposed to sleep in...
