Today Was A Fairytale// Lucerys Velaryon / OUAT / Criston Cole

27. Dragon

" Where's my daughter?"

"You did this." Davina shouted. Criston knew better than to get in the middle of that as Davina dragged alicent away.  "You did this!"

"What the hell are you doing? Stop this! My daughter-"

"Is sick because of you! That apple turnover you gave me? Hazel ate it!"

"What? It was meant for you!"

"It's true, isn't it?"

"What are you talking about?" Alicent scoffed. 

"It's true, isn't it? All of it." Davina realized. "But you dont have magic in the book, you are just a girl that got dealt a bad hand. Where did you learn-"

"Why does it matter? I did what I needed to do to survive that place and now my daughter is dying!"

" I was leaving town. Why couldn't you just leave things alone?" Davina demanded

"Because as long as you're alive, Hazel will never be mine!"

"She'll never be anyone's unless you fix this. You wake her up!" Davina begged

"I can't!"

" Don't you have magic?"

"That was the last of it. It was supposed to put you to sleep!" Alicent shouted. Davina released her. 

"What's it going to do to her?" Luke interrupted. Alicent sighed turning to him.

" I don't know. Magic here is unpredictable."

"You can't just let her die." Luke whimpered. "She's my whole world." 

" We need help. There's one other person in this town who knows about this... Knows about magic."

"Otto. Your father." 

"He disowned me a long time ago." Alicent corrected. 

"Do my eyes deceive me, or is that the look of a believer?" Otto questioned

"We need your help." Davina demanded

"Indeed, you do. It seems quite the tragic ailment has befallen our young friend. I told you, magic comes with a price."

"Hazel shouldn't have to pay it." Alicent countered. "This is my mistake, not hers." 

" No, you should, but alas, we are where we are." Otto shrugged. 

"Can you help us?" Criston demanded. 

"Please." Davina added. 

"Of course. True love, Miss Tate... The only magic powerful enough to transcend realms and break any curse. Luckily for you, I happen to have bottled some." Otto offered. 

" You did?"

" Oh, yes. From strands of your parents' hair, I made the most powerful potion in all the realm." Otto agreed. 

"My parents?" 

"Baelon and Alyssa Targaryen. Wonderful couple," Otto agreed.  "So powerful, that when I created the dark curse, I placed a single drop on the parchment. Just a little safety valve."

"That's why I'm the savior. That's why I can break the curse."

"Now you're getting it."

" I don't care about breaking the curse. All I care about is saving Hazel."

' Which is why it's your lucky day. I didn't use all the potion. I saved some... For a rainy day."

"Well, it's storming like a bitch. Where is it?" Davina demanded. 

"Where it is isn't the problem. Getting it is what should worry you.

"Enough riddles. What do we do?" Alicent agreed. 

"You do nothing. It has to be Miss Tate." 

"Hazel is my daughter. It should be me."

"Alas, Davina is the only one of us to have ever conquered a dragon before." 

"Um, no I havent." Davina corrected. 

"You are about to. I need his dragon egg."

"Isnt' vaera just the most beautiful woman in the world?" Aegon questioned, she wore a pretty blue dress and tended to hazel in her unconscious state. Aemond rolled his eyes. 

"You are not good enough for her, or anyone." Aemond drawled. 

"Right In The ears. Straight to the heart." Aegon grumbled. 

"Would you two stop fighting like brothers and try and think of a way to save Hazel?" Luke demanded. 

"Luke, come on, lets give the nurses some space." Lenny suggested. 

"Where is davina?" Luke demanded running to criston. 

"Told me she had to do it alone." Criston answered. "Said to come back here and..." Criston looked to a lifeless hazel and his heart cracked. "look after Hazel." 

"But if Hazel is right and she's the savior then she needs to be here!" Luke demanded. 

"She is saving the day, trust me. She is going to figure this out." Criston assured. Luke moved back to hazels bedside holding her hand. 

"I miss you, come back." 

"What is he going to do when Hazel dies?" Jace rasped. 

"Lets not think like that." lenny requested. 

 The wall rose up, revealing an elevator. The elevator door opened as Davina got closer. 

"Get in." Alicent instructed. 

"After you." Davina challenged. 

"It's a two-man job. The elevator's hand-operated. I have to stay up here and lower you down." Alicent corrected

"And I'm just supposed to trust you?" Davina sassed

" I don't think you have much choice in the matter, Miss Tate."

"This battle I'm supposed to fight... Who is it? What is down there? It can't be a dragon." Davina remarked.  Alicent didnt speak, yes it could be a dragon. "I will go down there. But let's be clear about something... Your Majesty. The only reason you're not dead is because I need your help to save Hazel. She dies? So do you."

" Well, then let's get on with it. Now, this is what you're going to have to do... to best the dragon and retrieve the egg."

"How would you know?"

"Hazel loved Harry Potter. I'm using the books as a guide." Alicent taunted. 

"And, yes, she was beyond hope. Beyond saving. This was her end." Nyra read off. "The flames shot up around them and the princess knew she was losing her knight, she knew all that was left was to say goodbye. But Ser Harwin Strong had to give her one last kiss before he took his last breath. And when he did, true love proved more powerful than any curse, pain and love and smoke engulfed the land, and bringing light to the darkness..." Hazel lay motionless. "Hazel... When I gave you this book, it was because I knew... I know life doesn't always have a happy end. But..." the machines monitoring Hazel started going off like crazy and she jumped up, Luke ran back to her side pulling away from his father and brother. 

"Dr. Beesbury, what is that? What... What... what's wrong?" Nyra begged. 

"Nurse, get her out of here now! Get them all out of here!" 

"What is it? What is it?" Luke begged "HAZEL!"

"Her heart rate's falling. Come on, Hazel, fight."