The Love of a Dragon

Part 33

Aegon's Pov, 

Standing by the wrapped-up body of Viserys I can't stop the tears that are running down my face before a sob leaves my lips as I lean my body over his. "I-I forgive me Viserys......... w-we ended things in a way I never wished it....... You are my brother you always have been and always will be. I hope you are without pain now, that you're at rest with Aemma and your children." I softly say as I lean my forehead down against his body.

 He's dead and the last words..... the last words we spoke to one another are out of anger, he was my brother and now, now he's gone. "I love you Viserys...... and one day I will meet you when the Stranger comes for me and then I know that anger we had to one another in this world will also be gone." I say before standing up again and I wipe the tears on my cheeks away. 

Starting to walk away from the place as the Silent Sisters continue their job I can't let my feet carry me away fast away, how can I now send a bloody raven to Rhaenyra.... that her father is dead, I don't even know where on the sea she is.

Releasing a deep and I mean deep sigh I continue my journey to where? I don't really know at this moment, through many of my moments....good, bad, sadness, love, happiness Viserys was always someone who was there for me. 

And even though he knew they where mine he never before yesterday spoke out about it, he kept it with him maybe for my safety, maybe for that of my children or maybe for how people would look upon him... it doesn't matter he kept it to himself for a long time. 

Now he's gone........ but at least he won't be in pain anymore, he'll be with Aemma and their children. At peace for the first time since maybe the day that Aemma left him. 

Some Day's Later, 

We tried to find Rhaenyra and Daemon but to no avail, I can not leave his... his body there... it will start to rot so now without them I will have to burn him. Give him a funeral of a Dragon Lord he may have not been bonded with Balerion long but that doesn't change the fact that Viserys was a Targaryen..... a Dragon Rider at one point. 

Taking a deep breath as my eye are on the pyre Vermithor's form is standing on some large rocks as the Dragon's eyes haven't left me for a moment. It's a nice day, not to warm..... a nice breeze and yet it's a somber one..... but in dead can be life and in grief can be happiness. 

Feeling fingers brush against mine I look down to see the hand belonging to Alicent, she did care about Viserys...... she didn't love him like she loves me but that didn't mean he meant nothing to her. Looking up again I let my eyes move towards Vermithor and I don't have to saw a word as he starts to move down the rocks and towards the pyre before lifting his head. 

As he turns towards me again I give him a nod and I see the fire start to form in the back of his throat and soon flames fly out as the pyre is set on fire and Viserys is turnend into ashes that will fly around the world for maybe even eternity. 

Maybe they will seek Rhaenyra out and, in a way, have her be there in this moment, maybe they will continue to look after us all for the next years..... we are Fire and Blood but one day when we meet the Stranger....... our bodies return to ashes like every flame will always leave behind. 

"May you be without pain, and at peace brother..... may the Stranger have taken you to Aemma, and until we meet again brother." 

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Overlooking the courtyard as I lean my head against the side of the window I soon feel hands wrap around me. "He loved you Aegon no matter what was said in his last moments." Alicent says and I puff my cheeks out. 

"I know but that doesn't change that I would have wished for our last moments to be with love... with kindness as brothers, now he's gone and I have my other brother in exile because I can not trust him.  The God's where cruel on Viserys, and maybe so where we........ I was sleeping with my brother's wife and I fathered the children he for years thought where his." I mumble as my eyes keep in front of me. 

"Aegon the god's do things for reasons we cannot explain, yes what they did to Viserys was not always kind but they made us love one another for reasons we also don't know." She says with a softness in her tone and I slowly turn around to let my eyes meet hers. "I will not apologize for loving you Alicent but it doesn't take away that he was my brother and you where his wife, some people said we Targaryen's don't answer to men or god's. But we should always trust and love one another..... we are wild reckless and different than many people, and only we can bring ourselves down. Look at Old Valyria no one had the power to go against the Dragon Lords and yet it was destroyed? Why ... who knows, greed, blood magic? The Dragons? There have been some who said that it's a power we never should have messed with." I say and she grabs my chin. 

"And yet it happened and you could not live without Vermithor he's a part of you Aegon just like your a part of him, maybe it's a power people never should have messed with maybe it always should have been......... we can't change the past, we can not change the future like you tell our daughter..... some things are just set in stone and there's nothing that can change that." She says as her fingers move over my jawline and I can't stop the small smile from growing on my face as I let my hands move to her hips and pull her closer to me. 

"I'm glad I met you Alicent Hightower." 

"And I'm glad I met you Aegon Targaryen." She says as we both embrace one another in a tight hug, and it may have just been what I needed at a day like this... a hug from the woman I love, the woman who loves me as well.... the woman I feel like I can take the whole world on with.

"Now how about we go down there, your children they are quite worried about you on a day like this." She says as she leans up and places a kiss against my cheek and I nod my head. 

A Fortnight Later. 

Rhaenyra's Pov, 

Holding the letting in my hand I can't stop the tears that roll down my cheeks, h-he died... the day after he called out Aegon on fathering bastards..... the day after he spoke up for Jace his claim and he didn't even try to get us back for the funeral. 

"Do you believe me now, he killed your father... my brother because he spoke out about what Aegon has been doing with the Hightower whore these past decades. With Viserys gone we will be next Rhaenyra." Daemon says as he's been pacing around the room for what feels like hours. 

"Do you think he kill-" 

"You think he didn't?! He took away your sons claim to Driftmark, he took away your father's crown one that should now be ours and Aegon knows that we are not safe here anymore." He's quick to cut me off as he walks over and takes my face in his hands while his eyes search mine. 

"What would have you us do?" 

"The Triarchy will stand with us; their hatred for Aegon has not waned since he threatened them. We have the means to hire sell swords here and in other cities, and if necessary, we can seize the Iron Throne by force. Otherwise, Aegon will surely come for us, and he will not spare us or the children."

"You speak of going to war against Westeros." 


"There are those in Westeros who will side with us, your mother was a Arryn, the Riverlords may side with us..... the Iron Born can be bought. If we have three Kingdom's and the army from Essos with the dragons we can stop this before it becomes bloody." He says and am I truly willing to go to war against Aegon......... Daemon is right he's been saying it for years that the throne should have been my father's and Daemon's after that. 

Now my father spoke up about the children being bastards and he's... he's now dead, Aegon killed him. 

"When can we sail out?" 

"Sooner than you think." 

Author's Note,

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