☽ AUedits - haline in game of thrones
Helen entered the room like a queen, not caring enough to look at those from her Council. She was a Targaryen and had the dragon blood. And a dragon as a domestic pet to prove to those unfaithful. She sat on her chair and flipped her braided hair. Aline was always behind her, protecting her as she promised she would always do when Helen embraced her royal title.
"Sit." she said quietly and simply and everybody obeyed.
"If I may, my Queen," said firmly someone from her right.
Aline tensed and Helen looked at her for a brief second. The beautiful, yet so complicated girl with whom she fell in love with for about 3 years. Aline was simple, but the perfect warrior. She smiled brightly and cried hard everytime something bad happened to her family. Seeking revenge was what kept them both awake at night after making love. Not a single soul knew how deep were their feelings for each other. Helen sighed and gave the man permission to talk.
"You have to decide who you want to take your husband, my Queen. The Big Council and the Kingdom, your Kingdom, demands so. There is a lot of pressure coming from anywhere. We can't handle all of it, it's... too much."
Aline was so hurt by those words that she barely found the energy to stand still. Looking at Helen and seeing how fearless she was, given her unknown strength. Helen's dress covered her curves like a glove and her hair was braided like a queen's. Aline pinched herself to try to stay focused.
"Damn what the Kingdom wants. What about what I want? Does it even matter?" Helen yelled.
No one said anything. Aline made eye contact with Helen but went quiet. They both knew that as a Queen, it never mattered what she wanted. She took the Targaryen crown from the table and broke it in two.
"I beg your pardon, Your Majesty, but that Crown...." said someone from the Small Council.
"That crown belonged to my father and to my grandfather and all of those before them. Now it belongs to me. And I decide what I want to do. And I want to take as a lover, as a wife, a woman. I know that all of you know about me and Aline. Stop pretending, you fools."
They looked surprised but no one dared to look into her eyes. Helen took Aline's hands in her own and kissed them while looking into her beautiful, deep brown eyes.
"I dare you, my Small Council, to say something against my decision."
Instead of disobeying, everybody fell on their knees and swore to protect and always serve them. Little did they knew that Helen was Aline's to protect. She was a Stark. Her family swore allegiance to the Targaryen's long before she was born. A wolf and a dragon fell in love. And for once, it ended up well.
And Helen had a dragon, a crown and her own power to protect everybody. In that certain moment she knew that whatever the future held, she will always have a soul to confide in. She knew that the blood that ran through her veins meant something. A Targaryen, a dragon, a flame. And a Stark, a wolf, the ice that keeps the world from breaking. Her world, at least.
"What now, my Queen?" Aline whispered.
"Now, Aline Stark, we are going to reign like no one before us did. Now, we take over the world."
That being said they left the meeting, side by side, as equals. The Small Council followed. Together, they were deadlier. Together, with the help of Helen's dragon, they conquered the new world.
➳ for @helen-lady-of-thorns