Dragons Destiny

Chapter 3: The Frayed Ends of Sanity

'Twisting under schizophrenia, falling deep into dementia.' -MetallicA/...And Justice For All

Cersei downed her wine as she watched the carnage envelop the city. She was giggling uncontrollably which turned into full bore cackling. "Hahahahaha HAHAHAHAHA! Oh my! This is!...STUPENDOUS! Wow! What a great show! Unbelievable! Just look at that! Ahahahahahahahahaha!" she gleamed as she clasped her hands together with unadulterated joy.

"...Cersei?!" called a familiar voice.

Not bothering to hide her morbid fascination or the whimsical smile plastered on her face, she turned and gazed at her brother who was being blocked in the doorway by the Mountain.

"It's quite alright Ser Gregor, let him through." she commanded her mindless drone.

The Mountain let him through but Jaime was taken aback by the woman in front of him. This woman didn't sound like his sister anymore. He was horrified by the words coming from her, he made many mistakes in his life, but this one was probably the worst. Leaving Brienne in Winterfell only to come back to this now maniacal woman in front of him, Tyrion freed him so he could have a chance to save Cersei from Daenerys' wrath. To whisk her away and get on a boat and sail for Essos or wherever to "live their lives together"; now it finally dawned on him that Cersei was far beyond saving.

Cersei practically skipped towards Jamie and embraced him as she kissed him deeply as her tongue slid into his mouth. He played along and returned her embrace while willing himself not to vomit in disgust. She broke the kiss and looked at him, her smile was twisted. However it was her eyes that shook him to his core, instead of the emerald eyes of his sister he swore he could see the amethyst eyes of Aerys II looking straight back at him

"You've finally returned! I only wish you came sooner! I really wanted you to enjoy the fireworks Jamie! They were to die for!" she giddied like a small delighted child.

"Fireworks?...Cersei...what did you do?" he hesitantly asked, although he probably already knew the answer.

"I torched the whole barrel of rats! And the wolves, and the dragons!" she replied with no shame at all and still holding the twisted grin on her face.

That's when Jamie could make out the distant sounds of explosions and noticed smoke rising higher into the sky. He walked past her to the balcony and what he saw horrified him and made him still in shock. The whole city was up in flames of wildfire, explosions still going off. What he heard underneath explosions made him sick to his stomach, the wails and cries of people dying and burning alive.

He turned to her "Why....why would you do this?!" he seethed.

"To annihilate the rest of my enemies and to send a message. The Dragon Queen is most certainly dead now, along with any others who wish to oppose me; because when one revolts the others are sure to follow." she replied nonchalantly.

He couldn't believe what she did or what she was saying. It's as if the spirit of the Mad King had seeped into her soul and consumed her completely. He had missed the signs; no he didn't miss them he was blind to them. Blinded for decades by his love for her, and it disgusted him. Yes he did truly love her once, but that love had finally died. This wasn't his sister Cersei anymore; she had died with Tommen when he leapt out the window after the Sept of Baelor went up in flames. Maybe she died before that, replaced by this monstrosity.

He looked back at the burning city, and noticed the Dragon Queen's black dragon had emerged from the center of the city and made it's way into fly the air. The irony was not lost on him, many believed that Daenerys would go mad and carry out her father's will to burn the city, yet it was his own "sister" who had lost her mind and even went to the extent of using Aerys' own wildfire plan in the end.