The Bastard Queen

the aftermath

As Alyssa walked into her home she could not get the boys words out of her head. If all Targaryens really did possess white hair then did that make her a Targaryen? She places her apples on the table for her mother to find and walked to the outer garden where Dimitri liked to train. He was practically destroying the homemade training dummy he had made to train himself.

"Hello brother!" Alyssa shouted as she headed towards Dimitri with a smile.

"Hello sister. Did you complete the chores mother gave you?" Dimitri questioned with a raised eyebrow as he swung his sword with coordinated swings.

"Of course brother. But can I ask the same question to you?" Alyssa jests looking at her brother with a fond expression. Dimitri merely scoffs as his sisters jokes and continues to pretend fight the straw dummy.

"Brother... can you train me today?" Alyssa questions.

This however causes Dimitri to stop with a sudden halt. He knows his sister does not usually ask for help with training. Alyssa has always been independent with her training which Dimitri always encourages of her as his sister knows to go to him when she is in need of a helping hand, or a listening ear...

"What is is you need help with sister?" Dimitri questions with a faked tone of curiosity. When Alyssa really does wish to have Dimitri be a listening ear she never asks directly, only with the pretence of training and slipping her chosen words whilst she swings her swords and disarms or dismembers her straw enemy.

"I wish to know how to disarm an enemy if they had particularly good training..." Alyssa asks with a nervous tone. She may not know much about the Targaryens, but she does know they are particularly talented with a sword and she does not want to take any chances after meeting that boy.

Dimitri looks as his sister with surprise evident on his face. He had assumed she had a problem she wanted to rant about. Well, he had actually assumed she wanted to talk about her monthly. Their mother always encouraged honesty in the house whether Dimitri wanted to hear about it or not. Still, he does not ask Alyssa why she wishes to know how to defend herself. He knows his sister is as headstrong and filled with self pride as a lion. As he trains her she begins her gets more determined the more she fights. She slashes at the dummy with the sword and if It was human it'd most likely be severely bruised and battered. However, Dimitri doesn't stop her. He knows she needs this after whatever it has she needs to let out. He lets her continue or assault on the dummy until mother gets back from her job. That or the dummy becomes too destroyed.