a younger sister. someone who has protective big siblings to look after them.
in which Rhaenyra Targaryen doesn't understand why everyone has began to treat her like a child.
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LUCERYS TURNS HIS GLARE TO THE MAN WHO WALKED IN, "good to see you are awake, Prince Lucerys." Otto talks calmly before walking hesitantly up to them, he looked a little afraid to approach as Aemond was near him. "Now, I trust Aemond has told you what is going to happen now that you are here?" Lucerys looked at his uncle confused, but he didn't care, he was too busy glaring holes through his Grandsire's head. "I shall take that as a no. You are here to bend the knee and see to Aegon as your King in front of people and then you are to write to your mother that you support his claim and she should too –" Lucerys cut the man off.
"I will do no such thing." Now, why couldn't the boy bite his tongue? He was beating himself up, freezing under the hand that was now on his lower back as he sat up staring at Otto with a dirty look. "My loyalty is with my mother," he says trying not to squirm under the glare he received.
"There you have your answer, you best go back to your little meeting, Grandsire." Aemond's voice cut through the tension in the air, "no one will bend to Aegon." Aemond laughed cruelly, "not even Aegon bends to himself."
"You do know that your mother has started a war, right?" This caught both of their attention back to Otto who's back was turned, "there was a little note sent, and now a war has started."
Lucerys looked appalled, "you are lying! My mother would never start a war for no reason, you must have written a ransom note." He accused, Aemond for once agreed with his nephew.
"It is what you want to believe, boy." He says walking back from the chambers, "but she will die. She will die and you all shall watch...in chains."
Lucerys Velaryon felt himself tense. Once the doors shut, Aemond was up from the chair besides the bed and over to his desk and throws everything to the floor in anger. He walked over to the window and stares out of it – looking towards the stars, Lucerys just stares on at him. "Could I ask you something?" He questions, Aemond let's out a 'hm,' "what did you all have with my mother?" He pauses and looks towards his Uncle who was now staring back at him, "she really does care about you all. She uh, she called out your names during her birth with Visenya."
This caused Aemond to keep his attention on Lucerys, "Daemon was upset and he wasn't there during the miscarriage, but I can still hear her voice and wails echo through the walls of Dragonstone. She was different though, her voice kept changing, and she called out for all of you, and even called Alicent mama. So, I just want to know what is fully happening, I'm not one to judge and I will always have her back no matter what, but I don't ever want to see or hear her go through that again."
"She called our names?" He questions, Lucerys nods his head, "we would never hurt her. We want to give her the family that she never had, but we didn't didn't want any of this, I am sure you know that by now."
Again, Lucerys nods. "Well, we see her as our little sister." Aemond wasn't sure on how to put it, "well, it is something called regression – where one slips into the mindset of a child, we all agreed that we wanted to make up everything with her."
"I see," Lucerys says. "I understand now...thanks for taking care of my mother," he smiles at Aemond who's lips slightly tip up before he looks away again.
"She's a brat, like you." He sighs, "I chased her for half a day in Kings Landing and she still managed to get away." He says with a small chuckle.
Lucerys let's out a laugh, "everyone used to tell me that I always took after her."
"Definitely." He says before they were both silent, but again he spins on his feet when the doors open, and in came Alicent who looked at Lucerys worriedly. "Mother."
"Lucerys," she says with a smile, but both boys could clearly see that she'd been crying. "I apologise for everything that's happened, and I was wondering if you could tell me if Rhaenyra is alright."
"Mother hides her thoughts and feelings from us all, she pretends to be alright for everyone, but we can all see passed the façade." He explains to her, he notices her eyes beginning to water, "she misses you, all of you." The woman looks up at him, "Otto gave her the ripped page out of the book she ripped when you both were younger. She keeps it in her pocket – really close to her."
None of them noticed Aemond come and sit on the end of the bed listening in to this conversation. "She doesn't hate you, any of you, and she's not willing to start a war unless Otto starts it first."
"He isn't letting anyone out of their chambers unless we are seeing each other." Alicent explains, "he's gone off on a rampage and has told Rhaenyra you...you are dead."
Lucerys gasps, "that would mean-"
"–That Rhaenyra truly is starting the war because she thinks you are dead." Aemond finishes the sentence, "he has sent a letter claiming it, that is what he was probably writing earlier when I walked in on him."
"Did he forget how many dragons Rhaenyra has on her side?" Alicent marvels at the stupidity of her father.
"He is planning something, he won't let us use our dragons because he knows we will turn against him. Mother, this could end terribly for every single one of us. You know that, right?" Aemond says causing Alicent to nod and once again look at Lucerys.
"Lucerys as Queen I am now announcing you under our protection, no one will even try and hurt you unless they want to see the wrath of the dragons." She declares causing Lucerys to look at her with gratitude.
Hopefully everything will be alright, hopefully.
ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ hi, everyone! how was your Christmas & what did you get? i got a record player and some vinyls of my fav people tears for fears!
