11Breaking open the gate! Watch out!
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Chapter 2: Omens of Uncertainty
Jaehaerys agreed with Varys last message, he sent missives to House Velaryon, Rykker, and Celtigar. The nearest families but also the more influential and loyal Lords in all of the Crownlands.
"I want them brought through the Northeast tunnels, not a single servant are to see them," Jaehaerys told his brother who had a smirk on his face, his little brother sure was excited about their incoming guests. "Also, tell Harmon he has guard duty for Dany. He's fairly new and I expect much what with Luthon's death." He added and sipped from his wine.
These next few hours are important to his plans of retaking their home, it would be wise to have some power base within the Crownlands when he starts his war with Robert Baratheon.
If he can get the families who were always loyal to his House, the Rykker's specifically owe House Targaryen for their elevation to owning Duskendale. House Celtigar and Velaryon had also come from Valyria like his own, as per the tales tell.
The Bar Emmon's, Massey's, and Rosby's are out of the question. They were some of the first to quickly bend to Robert's reign, and House Buckwell and Stokeworth aren't trustworthy enough to try and coerce a pact with them.
Jaehaerys put down his cup and heard the sound of seagulls outside, one had landed on the window and he looked at it curiously before swatting it away. "Filthy creature." He said then left the room and down the hall, he would seek out his sister as he's been neglecting her over the last few weeks since Jon Arryn's death.
He had brought Viserys into his plans, he and his brother butted heads at several times but would come together after calming down.
But not her, not his sweet and cheerful little sister. Dany is pure and innocent, she knows a bit about the fall of their family because he cared enough to spare a great many details from her such as how their father would burn people alive, how he was mad, how their mother would be raped once an execution was done.
She doesn't know the true reason why the War of the Usurper began, how his older brother caused the near extermination of House Targaryen over a maiden from another Kingdom.
Jaehaerys hadn't thought about Rhaegar or his father in many years, he was too ashamed to even give their names voice. Viserys had thought differently about it until he had convinced his little brother of their family's dark secrets.
The truth was, he foresaw the fall of his House, any man or woman or even a damned child would have seen the war coming. My father's madness was ever-growing, the war was inevitable. He thought of when he overheard his mother talking to one of the Kingsguard, he doesn't remember which one.
He does remember the blond hair, Jaime Lannister perhaps? It doesn't matter, anymore. His mother is dead, his father is dead, his brother and his children are dead.
Ghosts don't comfort him, not anymore and neither will it comfort his only sister.
The eldest Targaryen entered Visenya's Garden, he spotted his sister walking the grounds with her guard on shift. There aren't many who he trusts to protect his sister and brother or even himself but out of the 300 men he was 'allowed' to have, he was able to secure the complete loyalties of 80 who he made the Household Guard.
Jaehaerys turned from the guard to his sister, noticing that she has grown beautiful in these last few years, a gem to him but to the rest of the realm, she is nothing but a piece of history.
Him, Dany, and Viserys are nothing to the Westerlands, Stormlands, Riverlands and the North but a symbol that the dragon can be outsmarted. Outsmarted, never defeated. He thought furiously as he smiled when Dany saw his arrival and ran to embrace him.
"Big brother!" She said happily with a cheerful grin on her lips, she turned her eyes and looked up to his own which mirrored hers. "Have you come to check on me? Viserys beat you to it with Harmon, I'm afraid." She told him and Jaehaerys chuckled to his sister's comment.
Viserys cares for their sister as much as he does, but, he has noticed more than brotherly-affection in the young Prince's eyes. He's seen lust and desire, his brother is different from him on many subjects but when it comes to House Targaryen's oldest traditions, they'll always argue and bicker.
Incest between brother and sister had been a statement of itself for the last 300 years, it's made many great Kings and Princes and Princesses... But there's also been as many maddened children.
Maegor the Cruel. Baelor the Blessed. Aegon the Unworthy. Aerion Brightflame. Rhaenyra Targaryen and finally, Aerys the Mad King.
They were all born of incest whether they were siblings or cousins, they were the worst of his House and had been a stain on the lineage of House Targaryen.
As for him, he believed in what his great-grandfather believed. He'll be marrying Arianne Martell, Viserys will take Margaery as his wife and his sister... His sister will have a happy life but he'll be sure to never incorporate that sick tradition into the next generation or the generations after that.
Expanding the bloodlines to the many powerful families will help House Targaryen get away from that trait of madness, it'll help the Realm avoid a rebellion in his or his children or grandchildren's lifetimes.
Of course, such hopes aren't full proof, after he dies the next several Targaryen generations must stand on their own two feet and be strong enough to care for the legacy he aims to build after he takes back the crown.
"Dany, how are you doing?" It was like she knew something was happening, his lips twitched a moment before continuing to speak. "I came to say that I will not be at dinner with you, nor will Viserys." He said letting her know the bad news.
She sighed with an upset expression on her face, he stopped and stepped in front of her to cup her cheek.
"It's just for the night, that's all." He said to assure her, "After tonight I will have every dinner with you, every night, just the three of us." He didn't enjoy lying to her, he knew that the chances of family meals being shared will be less and less after tonight.
Jaehaerys simply has to remind himself that this is for her, for Viserys and the next generation.
Dany pulled him along throughout the garden, he showed surprise and confusion to which she answered him immediately. "You and Viserys are going to be occupied, I know, but that doesn't mean you can't stay with me for an hour or two, brother?" He chuckled and gently took his little sister's arm which wrapped around his own.
He spent the better part of two hours with her, walking and making her laugh and smile. It came to an end, however, when Viserys walked in and gave him a knowing look.
It was time.
"Sister, stay with your guard, don't eat or drink anything until they've been tasted for you and- " She cut him off right at the end, finishing for him.
"And don't wander after nightfall, I know!" She exasperated like a child who's been told too many rules to follow, he chuckled and pinched her cheek slightly then approached his brother, the smile gone from his face and replaced with the expression of a hardened leader who has been planning revenge for the better part of fifteen or so years.
The sun was beginning to set as he and his brother walked the beach, cloaked and with only four of their most trusted guardsmen following for their protection.
They entered one of the islands most ancient caves, at the end of the cave was each of his allies and sat down at a table he sent down days ago in preparation for this moment, his eyes looked around and remembered being uneasy from looking at the symbols and people scratched on the walls of the cave.
The Lords and their appointed guard stood in attention of his arrival, "Your majesty!" They all said in unison and he didn't bother replying and gestured for them to sit as he did.
"Thank you for coming, all of you... Now let us speak."
Back within the castle, Daenerys had eaten little to nothing as she didn't feel well.
She didn't like not knowing where her brothers were, she especially didn't like being left out of the loop of things. She sighed and sat down in her bed, laying back and enjoying the feel of the fabrics.
It's just that they've been a lot more secretive of late, she has noticed the little twitch in her elder brother's eyes as a way to tell he was lying to her and Viserys can say one thing but his expression will always say another.
She wondered if it was about the Baratheon's and Lannister's, Viserys says nothing good about them and Jaehaerys refuses to even speak of them in front of her or when she would ask.
The things she does know is that they rebelled and a monstrous war was fought, her family were defeated and the three of them were basically imprisoned on Dragonstone. I have never even seen the capital, never laid eyes on the Iron Throne. She thought with a frown as she closed her eyes to rest.
It didn't take long for her to dream, she felt as if gravity was nothing and she was floating endlessly until her feet landed on a hard surface and she saw nothing but blackness.
Then she saw a light, a door. She approached the door and opened it, inside was a throne room, she gasped and realized where she was the moment her amethyst eyes spotted the Iron Throne.
It was cold but the braziers were aflame, glazing the room with light. The large painted window was shattered and snow fell on the throne, moonlight shined upon it as well and it made her uneasy, much so that she wanted to turn the other way and run.
"Dany... " She turned around and screamed in horror, Jaehaerys was at the entrance of the throne room and was bleeding from stomach to throat, a bloodied sword in his hand and the look of surprise on his face.
She woke from the dream when a spear made of glass pierced her brother from behind, she was shaking heavily and was afraid.
More than that, she asked herself why she had such a dream and what it could mean?
AN: So ends chapter 2, I do hope you all have enjoyed as I enjoyed writing it, also sorry if it isn't very long, I will endeavor to work on making it higher in the word count. Been working on all of the stories and will do so from here on out, got a bit more time on my hands but I ask that you guys be a little patient with me.
Suggestions? Who's PoV should we see in the next chapter, Robert? Tywin? Or perhaps Martells?
Well, let me know and until next time, this was Hail King Cerion and signing off.
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