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[TYWIN, OBERYN and MACE stand.]
"Toll the bells in an hour's time."
[TYWIN'S chambers.]
[TYWIN sits eating. JAIME stands.]
"You'd condemn your own son to death?"
"I've condemned no one. The trial is not over."
"This isn't a trial. It's a farce. Cersei has manipulated everything and you know it."
"I know nothing of the sort."
"Of course, he doesn't" Tyrion snorted in disgust. His father always hated him, and he knew the man would kill him the first chance he got.
Jaime patted him on the shoulder and squeezed it gently.
"You've always hated Tyrion."
"He killed his king."
"As did I. Do you know the last order the Mad King gave me? To bring him your head. I saved your life so you could murder my brother?"
"It won't be murder. It'll be justice. I'm performing my sworn duty as Hand of the King. If Tyrion is found guilty, he will be punished accordingly."
"He'll be executed."
"No, he'll be punished accordingly."
"Same thing" Jon Snow rolled his eyes. They already set precedence by killing Lord Stark for merely trying to 'usurp' Joffrey as they called it. A full-on murder will mean no difference in punishment.
"Once you said family is what lives on. All that lives on. You told me about a dynasty that would last 1,000 years. What happens to your dynasty when Tyrion dies? I'm a Kingsguard, forbidden by oath to carry on the family line."
"I'm well aware of your oath."
Joanna frowned. No, there was more to this trial than just Tywin getting 'justice'. And she had a good idea of what her husband was thinking.
"What happens to your name? Who carries the lion banner into future battles? Your nephews? Lancel Lannister? Others whose names I don't even remember?"
"What happens to my dynasty if I spare the life of my grandson's killer?"
"It survives through me. I'll leave the Kingsguard. I'll take my place as your son and heir if you let Tyrion live."
"Done."
"So that's what he was after" Joanna snorted. She knew her husband would always find a way to get what he wanted, regardless of what method he chose to achieve it. She may have loved him for it at one time, for the confidence and self-belief such a thing would require, but after seeing how he'd even cross limits and murder children and break guest rights, how could she love him for it anymore?
"When the testimony's concluded and a guilty verdict rendered, Tyrion will be given the chance to speak. He'll plead for mer mercy. I'll allow him to join the Night's Watch. In three days, he'll depart for Castle Black and live out his days at the Wall. You'll remove your white cloak immediately. You will leave King's Landing to assume your rightful place at Casterly Rock. You will marry a suitable woman and father children named Lannister. And you'll never turn your back on your family again."
"All of this just for me to relinquish my position in the Kingsguard?!"
Jaime asked stunned. He too had figured it out.
Tyrion's face had grown dark from anger and disgust at being used in this manner. He'd figured it out the moment Jaime put forth the suggestion, knowing well enough that his brother would do anything for him. He hated being used as a pawn by his father.
He hoped he did not plead for mercy and died knowing that he foiled his father once more.
[THRONE ROOM]
[The crowd assembles once again. JAIME enters and walks over to TYRION, who sits in the accused box.]
"You're going to be found guilty."
"Oh, you think so?"
"When you are, you need to enter a formal plea for mercy and ask to be sent to the Wall. Father has agreed to it. He'll spare your life and allow you to join the Night's Watch."
"Ned Stark was promised the same thing and we both know how that turned out."
[CERSEI enters. She watches her brothers whispering.]
"Father is not Joffrey. He'll keep his word."
"How do you know?"
[TYWIN, OBERYN and MACE enter and the crowd stands.]
"Do you trust me?"
[TYRION nods]
"Keep your mouth shut. No more outbursts. This will all be over soon.
[The crowd sits and JAIME takes his place.]
"The crown may call its next witness."
[There are footsteps. TYRION turns and is shocked to see SHAE enter. She enters the witness box, looking down.]
"Oh fuck" Jaime groaned. If that whore was here, there was no way that Tyrion would come out of this with his head hung and pleading for mercy.
"Do you know this man?"
"Yes. Tyrion Lannister."
"How do you know him?"
"I was handmaiden to his wife Lady Sansa."
"This man stands accused of murdering King Joffrey. What do you know of this?"
"I know that he's guilty."
"I knew this whore would be a problem" Tyrion muttered darkly.
"He and Sansa planned it together."
Sansa stared in shock, her stomach roiling in disgust and fear. She'd thought the girl was her friend and she was a snake all along! A vicious snake!
"Maybe you don't hire her for your daughter" Brandon the Elder whispered to his brother.
Ned's reply was a stone-faced look at the vision.
"She wanted revenge for her father, her mother, her brother. She blamed their deaths on the king. Tyrion was happy to help. He hated Joffrey. He hated the queen. He hated you, my lord. He stole poison from the Grand Maester's chamber to put in Joffrey's wine."
"How could you possibly know all this? Why would he reveal such plans to his wife's maid?"
"I wasn't just her maid. I was his whore."
"I beg your pardon? You said you were his..."
"His whore."
"How did you come to be in his service?"
"He stole me. I was with another man, a knight in your lordship's army. But when Tyrion arrived at the camp, he sent one of his cutthroats into our tent. He broke the knight's arm and brought me to Lord Tyrion. "You belong to me now. I want you to fuck me like it's my last night in this world" he said."
"I 'I guess you did have Bronn bring her to you" Jaime whispered.
"Did I?" I don't remember" Tyrion muttered, grasping his cup of wine in anger. How dare this no-name whore. Oh, he'll find her this time and make sure she never speaks again!
"And did you?"
"Did I what?"
"Fuck him like it was his last night in this world."
That's what you're interested in?" Elia asked incredulously.
"I'm curious" Oberyn shrugged.
"I did everything he wanted. Whatever he felt like doing to me. I kissed him where he wanted. I licked him where he wanted. I let him put himself where he wanted. I was his property. I would wait in his chambers for hours so he could use me when he was bored. He ordered me to call him my lion, so I did. I took his face in my hands and said, I am yours and you are mine."
"Shae. Please don't."
Jamie patted his brother on the shoulder. He remembered another time when Tyrion begged like this, another time when he had loved truly.
A time he had a hand in ruining. Would things be different had he stood up to his father then? Had told him that Tysha would have been good for Tyrion, that as the second son he could marry her since he was his heir and he'd marry whichever powerful house his father chose for him? His father would have fought it, but Jamie could have worn him out eventually, he knew he could have.
So many what-ifs... if only he had stood up back then for Tyrion like he was right at that moment in the future.
"I am a whore. Remember? That was before he married Sansa. After that, all he wanted was her. But she wouldn't let him into her bed. So he promised to kill King Joffrey for her."
"Father, I wish to confess. I wish... to confess."
[JAIME is shocked.]
Jaime was shocked as well. Confess? What was his brother confessing to?
[TYRION turns to the crowd.]
"I saved you. I saved this city and all your worthless lives. I should have let Stannis kill you all."
"Tyrion..." Joanna muttered.
She understood where Tyrion was coming from, the grief and the anger. But this will do him no good.
"Tyrion. Do you wish to confess?"
"Yes, Father. I'm guilty. Guilty. Is that what you want to hear?"
"You admit you poisoned the king?"
"Look how excited he got from that" Elia muttered in disgust. Tyrion was supposed to be his son!
Joanna was thinking the same thing but with a lot more venom and hate.
"No, of that I'm innocent. I'm guilty of a far more monstrous crime. I am guilty of being a dwarf."
"You are not on trial for being a dwarf."
"Oh, yes, I am. I've been on trial for that my entire life."
"Have you nothing to say in your defence?"
"Nothing but this- I did not do it. I did not kill Joffrey, but I wish that I had."
[TYRION turned to Cersei]
"Watching your vicious bastard die gave me more relief than 1,000 lying whores."
[TYRION turned to the crowd]
"I wish I was the monster you think I am. I wish I had enough poison for the whole pack of you. I would gladly give my life to watch you all swallow it."
"Ser Meryn. Escort the prisoner back to his cell."
"I will not give my life for Joffrey's murder. And I know I'll get no justice here. So I will let the gods decide my fate. I demand a trial by combat!"