i love drama so a jonerys au where a lot of the rebellion happened, but some things differed; elia and rhaegar were both in love with lyanna and they ran away together, along with their children. so both are devistated when lyanna dies after childbirth. when they burn her, as she requested, eggs are set upon her pyre, bringing dragons into the world once more.
they mourn and raise their three children (aegon, rhaenys, and aemon), but find it hard to look at their youngest, as he looks so much like his mother.
aemon grows up with parents who love him, but can barely stand to be around him. his brother and sister do their best to make up for it, but as they grow older, their attentions start to focus on each other. it is no surprise when they were announced as betrothed. aemon feels more alone then he though possible. then the dowager queen, having survived her ordeal, brings with her her second son and daughter from dragonstone.
aemon and dany immediately connect. they are best friends and are even fostered in the north together, as they refused to be separated. aemon and dany grow close with his cousin robb stark. it bonds him and his cousin more when direwolf pups are found and he gets one! when summoned back, they are surprised to find that not only more eggs have been laid and hatched, but a fully grown dragon has been spotted. its speculated maybe magic has fully returned, waking old dragons from slumber, but most dont put much thought to it.
dany hasn't been with the new dragons for more than a minute before a black one, one of the new hatchlings, claims her for his own. aemon is so happy for her and excited for one to choose him but--none do. soon aemon is the only targaryen without one. he looks at ghost and doesn't regret having him, but he does feel out of place. he loves mother lyanna, even if he never met her, but all eh can think is that within his family, he is a lonely beacon.
years pass and they are in their teens. some strife or other occurs and talks of a possible marriage alliance comes. aegon and rhaenys are not an option. maybe a baratheon marriage?
aemon tries to talk to his father, mother elia, the hand, anyone he can begging them not to do this. he talks with dany and is shocked when she tells him to stop. that she is willing to marry to keep peace.
"what about us?" aemon asks
"there is no us" dany responds.
aemon is heartbroken and flees (he will not know, not for a long time, that dany does not mean it as he takes it). he runs to the woods and soon is lost. this is how he stumbles upon his dragon. could be cannibal, could be another dragon, does not matter. he bonds with him. he starts to avoid his family, taking ghost and hiding out in the woods with the dragon. negotiations move forward for a possible marriage and aemon can't take it.
when his cousin comes to the capital for a visit, aemon tells him of his plans.
"if you run they will search for you" robb tells him
"not if they believe me dead" aemon responds.
so they have aemon's dragon get sighted more and more. make him looks disgruntled and angry. aemon starts to leave comments about feeling upset about his lack of dragon. they pay someone to give them a recently deceased teen, someone with the same vague height as aemon, and they drag him into the woods. they take a wolf the dragon half ate and put it there too.
"are you sure about this?" robb asks
"i can't have them looking for me" aemon insists.
so the dragon burns the body, the wolf, and half the forest. robb runs to his king and commits treason, yelling about aemon goign to look for the rogue dragon. that he was going to try claiming it. and that robb sees flames in the direction he went.
they all believe it is too late as they see the large dragon leave in the distance. it is dark. easy enough to keep anyone from noticing a black clad figure on its back.