duty & sacrifice | House Of The Dragon.

i. Through the dark night.

It was the twenty-third of the fourth moon, one hundred and nineteen years after the conquest. The night was dark and full of loud thunder and rain, which echoed throughout the corrupt city, of Kings Landing. The loud and obniouxus weather seemed to keep the small folk awake. Animals barked and children cried. The wind from the storm created an eerie whistle which seemed fitting for the dark and spooky castle to which the Valyrian royals called home. 

The servants chambers were cold and almost completely silent. Which seemed to make Lucia Hill even more uneasy than she had originally been. Her once soft and calculated footsteps soon began to become harsh and sloppy. It wasn't unusual for a few maids to be out of their bed at such hours, but they only did so when it was necessary. For example if they were called upon, or they were a night worker. She was neither. If she was to be caught, her punishment would be far from kind. Her tongue would be cut off before she could explain that she was not committing any treasonous acts.    

But she had to go and find a certain someone.

Finally after walking for what felt like hours, she made it to the third highest tower located in the red keep. Her hand lifted slightly to metal handle and she knocked lightly. 

Almost immediately the head maid, Odessa, opened the sewing room door. The elderly woman frowned in confusion. "The hour is late, I am aware, b-" The young maiden girl paused her sentence as she clutched her stomach as another painful shock pulsated throughout her stomach and then finally her spine. Her pale hand gripped on the door frame for support as the pain worsened. 

"I need something for these- these pains" She groaned as she looked up, teary eyed, at the woman in front of her. 

The woman pulled her inside of the room and quietly assessed the girl in front of her. "May I?" Lucia nodded sluggishly. The maids hands roamed her lower abdomen. "You are with child" Lucia's heavy breathing increased. Her worst nightmare had been confirmed. "I am going to lift your skirts to begin the birth" Lucia rested against the cold stone walls.

"push" Lucia began sobbing as the pain intensified. Her whole body ached, but more specifically her lower back and abdomen. 

 thunder and rain seemed to echo throughout kinds landing. Awakening children and leaving animals barking and crying. The wind from the storm created an eerie whistle that could be heard from many blocks away. The sound of thunder and the sight of lighting seemed to have pushed the young girl of the edge

the girl cried out in pain. The young girls body ached painfully, due to her freshly matured body already being put to use. The maesters hands travelled up to her stomach to massage it. 

"I see the head!" The Odessa cried out. The wind seemed to pick up and the sound of rain and thunder was louder than ever before. The gods were here watching, and they wished for it to be known. The maiden pushed one last time, and as she did, the glass window next to the bed shattered. Cutting the Odessa, and Lucia in the process. Lucia cried out in more pain as glass was scattered on her and all around her. Her fair skin was now covered in her, the odessa's and her childs blood. 

"Gods be good" The Odessa spoke as she looked down at the crying silver haired babe.