The Red Queen

Chapter 7

Rhaenys POV:

"It is getting late my lady. Our Queens should fly before it gets any darker." Lord Karstark told me, as we watched Beric sitting nearest to Aemma. She sat next to him, with Beric arm around her as she leaned close to him watching the children play

"He is right, my queen." I told Rhaenyra who had not left Aemma side
"I wish that we were different people."
"Oh?"
"A farmer and a farmer wife, our children bearing no burden other then work."
"I like the lives will lead and would not change it." Beric promised kissing her head before looking "I think Aerys wants to go with his mama, so you might have to take Aurelio as well. Nyra?"

"I'll stay with papa." She smiled as she hugged her mama "I love you mama, but I think papa needs me more now."

"Thank you." Aemma smiled as she hugged her daughter "I will see you in the morn."

"Nyra if you want to go with your mama."

"No, I'm okay here and someone needs to stay with Rhaenys as well."

The family walked towards the dragons, Lord Stark escorting his family towards the dragons

"Meraxes." Aemma smiled, Aurelio looking at his mother's dragon

"Rhaenys, mother.... would you please ride with one of the children?"

"Of course." We stated almost immediately

"Can I ride with Rhaenys?" Aerys asked her looking at me "That's Meleys."

"It is, and of course you can." I promised

" Mother would you like to take Aurelio?"

"If that is alright with him."

"Can I mama."

"Of course baby." She smiled as she gently pushed him towards her own mother who showed him her dragon "This Syrax."

"She looks like Grey ghost."

"Grey ghost?"

"Rickon's mount." She smiled before turning back to her husband

"I will meet you in Dragon stone." He promised her kissing her knuckles "We will be there by night fall."

"I know, we will remain there, till you arrive."

"I love you Aemma."

"I love you, Beric." She smiled kissing him "I am sorry that we have to relive this."

"I adore you, my wife, my life and the red council being brought back together." He smiled "It will be alright, we will be alright."

She just smiled hugging her husband

"Mama..." Aurelio called out

"Go, take the boys for rest." He told her "We will see you at night fall."

She smiled as she helped the boys on to the dragons, before flying on to Dragonstone

Alysanne POV:

"They have arrived back." Jace smiled as we walked out to the grass to see the dragons land

"Aunt Alysanne!"

"Aurelio, Aerys." I smiled rushing to hug them

"Kirimvose, uēpa raqiros. Rest sȳrī." Aemma told Meraxes 'Thank you, old friend. Rest well'

Meraxes left flying north

"UNCLE DAMARIO!"

"OH LITTLE LORD AERYS!" He smiled as he grabbed the boy throwing into the air before catching him much to the hard attack of the Queens guard

"UNCLE CARSON!"

"IT'S AURELIO!" He yelled grabbing the boy in a hug

"Red."

"Alysanne." She smiled "Let us go, we must rest and so will the children."

Carson had Aurelio sitting on his shoulders as he ran through the castle while Damario held Aerys

"Draco! Rickon!" Aemma called through the halls

Daemon POV:

"We need to speak alone." Rhaenyra told Alysanne

"Not only, not again. No secrets." Rhaenys begged quietly

"My love." Corlys looked worried

In the council room

"What is this about?" Damario asked as he sat on one of the chairs

"You were ordered to shoot her, at the last battle." Rhaenyra told us as she looked at Alysanne

"What is she talking about?" Carson asked as he looked to Alysanne

"Ally?"

"An assissaion attempt on my granddaughter."

"Not an attempt." Alysanne replied

"You agreed?!" Carson screamed "OUR SISTER, YOU WERE GOING TO MURDER!"

"I was to follow our Queens instructions."
"No!"
"What would have have me do Damario?!" She asked back
"Refuse the order! Tell her to think! Ignore it!" He yelled "Seven hells! TELL US!"

"Damario..."

"Do not tell me to calm brother, not when she knew of Aemma plan and did not tell us!" Damario roared at Carson who had gone quiet in the proceeding

"Aemma, are you really?" Lucerys asked his older sister

"It is a difficult situation we are in Luke."

"It is not!" Corlys roared "I have lost both my children and have come close on many occasions to losing that of my grandchildren. I will not lose you."

"Grandfather, you and I both know that they're can not be two living Queens. Even if I abandoned my throne. The red army..."

"Have already swore loyal to the true Queen Rhaenyra there is no threat to her."

"Carson, loyalty is fickle, you know that."

"Not the reds." He replied "Red is bound to their queen by blood and fire. We will always be loyal."

"That is the problem."

"Damario?"

"Red is bound through blood and fire to their queen." He stated before looking sadly to Aemma who smiled with sadness back at him "To the red Queen."

"You have no taste for the throne..."

"I know that."

"We have a war to fight against the greens. We do not need to fight among ourselves." Daemon replied as he looked at his daughter "Swear to me, to your mother that you will not make any decisions till the end of this war."

"We left the red army once, we can do it once more." Alysanne reasoned with her queen "Send them home, till the next war has to be fought. You returning to the North at the side of your husband as the red wolf once more."

"I swear, no decision will be made to that final battle." She promised her step father with a small smile before turning to her council "I believe that we all need rest, the north army will be here by night fall tomorrow, but before that the red banners?"

"Lord Boris Baratheon, has been made aware that the Red Queen supports the Black and has now declared for Queen Rhaenyra, he wants it known that he attempted to stop Prince Aemond the night he almost successed in the murder of Prince Lucerys and that he had no knowledge of the Red Queen siding."

"Good, ensure that he stays true to his word and let him know that I shall pardon his treason on the grounds that his daughters, Fauna, Peura and Damona are to be send to Dragonstone. I will ride in the morning to tell him."