Chapter 45: Melisandre

Aiden located the Red Priestess Melisandre, she was within a home she had charmed her way into being able to use for free. This was one of the reasons she was the most dangerous of people besides Brynden Rivers and the Night King.

She had the ability to magically charm men and women to do her bidding, men more so then women, as evidenced by what happened originally. She didn't just convince Stannis to burn Shireen alive, she had also convinced Shireen's mother, Selyse, to agree as well, but after the deed was done Selyse Baratheon broke out of the charm and deeply regretted allowing such a thing to happen to her daughter. Stannis was unmoved, he remained charmed.

Selyse eventually committed suicide, she fell into a deep depression after remembering seeing the hurt and betrayed look her daughter had while she begged them not to kill her, her cries for help and pleading for her mother to save her as she burned alive haunted her dreams.

Aiden knew that he couldn't allow someone with such an ability to live, it was one thing if they used it for good, but Melisandre used it for her own personal satisfaction. She only used the Others as a means to get what she wanted.

Not even Petyr Baelish was as dangerous as Melisandre was, and that man was similar to the Joker, he just wanted chaos, the more the better. To him, "chaos is a latter" to be climbed by those smart enough to do so, he had a grand goal, to be the next king sitting on the Iron Throne.

Melisandre's goal was self gratification, and delusions of grandeur, she thought herself closer to R'hllor than even High Priest Benerro and High Priestess Kinvara. But deep down she just loved hearing the screams of those she burned and the smell of burning flesh.

Landing outside the little house Melisandre was staying at on Dragonstone, Aiden kicked in the door, his arrival had already caused a commotion since he didn't exactly hide. His suit was well known throughout the realm, he was a known Targaryen loyalist, so many of the citizens ran to the castle to alert the guards of his arrival.

Aiden didn't bother with them because he wouldn't take long, his entrance didn't startle Melisandre at all, she felt she could charm Aiden using her abilities.

"I have been expecting you Aiden Sand, or should I say Azor Ahai, the Lord of Light has shown me you would be coming." Melisandre stated as she dropped her red dress from her body in an attempt to seduce Aiden.

Aiden sneered at that comment, she used this title on whoever suited her, "Oh, I thought Stannis was the Azor Ahai, isn't that why you are here, to feed his ego to further your goals?"

She literally had done just that, made Stannis give up everything as she took him to bed each night as his mistress, made him believe he was invincible, that was why he was so shocked when he was killed by Brianne of Tarth after he lost the battle for Winterfell. He truly believed he was supposed to save the world.

Then what did Melisandre do after? She found Jon Snow resurrected him and said the exact same thing, when Davos called her out on her bullshit in front of Jon, she claimed she had misinterpreted R'hllor's vision, that it was Jon the whole time.

Then after being banished by Jon for her burning people alive, she went to Daenerys spouting the exact same thing to her as she did Stannis and Jon. Claiming Daenerys was the legendary chosen one of the Lord of Light.

She was mearly a leech, wanting to burn as many people alive as possible, the reason she didn't go to Kings Landing to join Tommen Baratheon was because she knew that she wouldn't be able to burn people alive there, they had to deal with the Mad King Aerys before, so if someone even tried to do something similar it wouldn't end very well for them.

"Originally, that is what I thought, visions from the divine can be confusing to us mortals. But unlike Stannis, you have a dragon. Dragons are born of the Light, they are emissaries of the Lord of Light himself, warriors to fight off the darkness and eternal night. The night is dark and full of terrors, only those chosen by dragons can purge the terrors, for fire burns them all away." Melisandre stated as she unashamedly showed off her perfect naked body.

Melisandre would definitely be regarded as a beautiful woman by many men and women alike. She had long bright reddish-copper hair, red eyes, pale unblemished skin, she was slender and graceful, with large full breasts and light pink nipples, a narrow waist, and heart-shaped face.

Had Aiden not known what she truly looked like underneath the glamour spell of the necklace, he may have found it difficult to not be tempted. Unfortunately for her, Aiden's vision could see past the facade. She was actually close to 400 years old.

Her true form was of a mostly bald old woman, with long straggly gray hair, a hunched back, and tits that sagged down to her knees. So all he had to do to avoid being charmed was to look past the magic, see her true form, no amount of charm could work with that.

"You may be right, old hag, cause I will be ending the Night King soon. However, I won't be needing yours or your gods help to do so, you claim to see visions in the fire, and that I do not doubt. But there's something you people who rely on visions and prophesy seem to forget. Prophesies are usually self fulfilling, the future is not set in stone, it is fluidic and ever changing. There is a saying, I wonder if you have ever heard it. 'The past is history, the future a mystery.' You use your gifts for your own ends, not for the betterment of the world. You are so focused on yourself and the future you end up cruel and ruthless, able to do terrible things just to stop one possible future out of an infinite number of possibilities, and usually your actions are what is leading to the very future you are trying to avoid. So I hope in your next life you can at least remember to do better than you did this one." Aiden stated as his eyes began to glow red.

Before Melisandre could respond, Aiden used his heat vision to destroy the necklace around her neck. This startled Melisandre greatly as she felt her prized possession being destroyed and her magic beginning to fade. As the necklace fell to the ground, her age quickly began to catch up to her, she tried to call out but her voice box had been damaged by Aiden's heat vision when he destroyed the necklace.

Aiden, using his x-ray vision, found the house owner's hidden stash of money and used his super speed to place a golden dragon within, it was payment for breaking down the door, since once she died all those she charmed would be freed from the spell, so they would be returning soon.

Hearing the guards rushing over Aiden took to the sky once again, he headed back to Winterfell to complete the last of his plans, which was to provide the North with genetically modified crops that would be more resilient to the harsh weather.

By the time the guards arrived at the house, they were shaken by what they saw. A white skeleton lay on the floor next to an elegant red dress. Many of them had been charmed by her, their memories of what they had done at her request had shaken them to their cores.

They were all followers of the Seven, she had purposely had them do things that went against the Faith, it was one of her favorite things to do to those she charmed, it gave her a sense of power over them. The guards quickly began to search for Aiden while the leader rushed back to the Keep to inform Stannis of what had happened.

As this was happening a single ship sailed passed the island, it was flying the colors of Dorne. This was Arianne Martell's ship, heading into a very chaotic Kings Landing, not just figuratively but an actual pressure cooker of a city.

Within the Red Keep, a drunk and mad King Robert was sitting on his Iron Throne, in a meeting with what few members of his small council that was left.

Renly and Stannis were in their own territories, Petyr Baelish was on his way to the Vale. All that he had in attendance was Varys his master of whispers, Grand Maester Pycelle, his new Hand Arstan Selmy, Tyrion Lannister who was the new master of coin, and Lord Janos Slynt who was commander of the City Watch.

Barristan Selmy was also in attendance along with Sandor Clegane who was also made into a Kingsguard, but they remained standing to each side of Robert not participating in the discussions.

"You mean to tell me that even with two thousand of your men searching the city, and all your little fucking birds, neither one of you cunts can find my two children! I want those little shits found, or I'll put both your fucking heads on spikes. Focus on Myrcella, she is the more important one. Our alliance with Dorne depends on her being found." Robert shout at Varys and Jonas angrily.

"My men are sweeping thru the city now my King, they are going door to door checking every home and business. They have orders to break down the doors if none come to open the door. They have faced some resistance but we are handling it." Jonas said nervously.

"I hope they aren't being too forceful, Lord Slynt. The last thing we need right now is a pissed off mob of people doing the same to the castle." Tyrion quipped.

"I have had my birds out all day, there are no whispers of them being seen or heard from since they dissappeared. But there are whispers of a revolt, as Tyrion stated the City Watch is getting very rough in their search. We may need to pull some men back to defend the route from the docks to the castle to ensure your son Joffrey's fiancée arrives safely. I fear they may retaliate against our new princess who is set to arrive in a few hours time." Varys said calmly as he looked at Jonas.

"They are only rough on those who refuse to allow them to search, if they refuse a search than obviously they are trying to hide something." Jonas contested.

"Just cause someone doesn't want a bunch of armored men rummaging thru their homes doesn't mean they are hiding something. Some people just don't trust your men to be honest, it wouldn't be the first time your men have just done as they pleased now would it?" Tyrion responded.

"Enough! Let those fuckers try to kick in my door, my hammer is ready to feast on their blood. Kill whoever causes trouble, just find them, what about my bitch of a wife? Has she admitted to hiding them yet? I know this is her doing, she has been running her fucking mouth nonstop since she found out about this agreement." Robert questioned as he looked to Pycelle.

"She has not your highness, in fact she is adamant that you have hidden them away to ensure she couldn't stop you from marrying her daughter off to the Martells." Pycelle answered with a sigh.

He had been questioning her for hours, but she had stuck to her story and blamed the king. He didn't know what to think at this point.

"She's so full of shit, I authorize you to use any means necessary to get that cunt to talk. We are running out of time. Do whatever it takes, find them." Robert stated angrily.

Upon hearing this Pycelle almost couldn't hide the grin that formed, to be told this was like music to his ears. Pycelle portrayed himself as a weak old man, but he was not as weak as he showed himself. He was actually a sexual deviant who enjoyed having sex with young prostitutes behind closed doors, it was how Petyr Baelish was able to recruit him to his side.

He quickly left to go "interrogate" the young and beautiful lioness thoroughly, he was just following orders after all, he just hoped that she wouldn't give up the location of the children too soon. It was obvious to him that the King had no involvement in taking the children, otherwise why would he be fine with torture with no restrictions?

Tyrion noticed something was wrong with the look in Pycelle's eyes, he had a bad feeling in his gut. Although he wouldn't believe what Pycelle actually planned since he still thought that Pycelle was his fathers man. He made a mental note to check in on the interrogation to ensure torture didn't go too far. He may not have a good relationship with his older sister, but no matter what, she was his family.

Little did he know, Pycelle had changed sides long ago, he was originally Tywins man, but he had joined Jon Arryn, then Petyr Baelish after Jon was killed. He still fed information to Tywin to give him the impression he was still loyal, but in fact he hated the man for how he treated him after he had convinced King Aerys to open the gates to allow Tywin to sack the city.

He planned to take out that anger and hatred on Tywin's beautiful daughter, the Queen of the Seven Kingdoms.

"At least one of you fuckers is rushing to get shit done, get the fuck out and go! Find those brats, I don't care if you have to slaughter half the population, find them before those Martells arrive." Robert shouted at the others who were still sitting at the table.

The rest of them quickly piled out of the room, all except for Arstan Selmy.

"Your highness, I don't think it wise to allow the Queen to be tortured. It could have some serious consequences. Especially if there is to be peace between you and the Lannisters, we cant afford to lose their support. They are all we have right now with your brothers not assisting any more, word has it that Renly is seeking an alliance with the Tyrells and it is unknown how long Lord Baelish will be on bringing the Vale to heel. To top it all off, Dorne is up in the air. The last thing we need is Lannister trouble." Arstan commented worriedly.

"Bah, that cunt will give up the location she is hiding those two before it gets too bad. Those blond haired fuckers aren't as tough as they want everyone to believe. They are just self entitled pricks that shit gold and throw it around at all their problems. If Tywin wants to rebel, I'll cut his daughter's head off and send it to him on a box. I need to make room for my Lyanna anyway." Robert said dismissively.

Arstan wanted to contest, but Robert stood up and stumbled drunkenly out the hall, "Now to go find a good set of tits to pass the time, Sandor brings some whores and wine to my room. Make sure they have large tits."