Fetish / Larys Strong

46. Protect

Blyana's children were not Targaryen. So even though having a dragon would be pretty bad ass, they didnt get dragons, didnt get eggs. Aemond was a dragon. He wanted a dragon more than anything. Lucia had her dragon toys flying them through the air. Blyana knew that being in this environment with dragons would make her children envy their cousins but Aemond's need for a dragon ran deeper. He was meant to have a dragon and Aegon and his bastard nephews liked to tease him about it. 

''This one has 60 rings... and two pairs of legs on each. That's 240.'' Helaena remarked looking down at the creature crawling over her hands.

''Yes, it is." Alicent agreed. 

"Gross!" Blyana corrected a shiver running through her but Teo reached out gently stroking the creature, he smiled back at Blyana as she shook her head, and stuck her tongue out. 

''It has eyes... though... I don't believe it can see.'' Helaena told her softly completely captivated by the creature.

''And why is that so, do you think?'' Alicent questioned her daughter, Alicent liked her children, loved her children, of course she did, a mother had no choice but to love them but being a wife to Viserys didn't suit her. Not like how Blyana was with her husband and children. Alicent had the status but no respect, Blyana had the love Alicent craved. But looking at her eldest children, sometimes all alicent saw was the pain of being 15 all over again and being mounted on her wedding night. She tried to push it down, it was 14 years since then but still the scared little girl that wanted her fathers approval, wanted to please him broke free and a shiver went through her when she was with Helaena and Aegon. They were innocent but the act that created them still haunted her every dream. 

''It is beyond our understanding.''

''I suppose you're right. Some things just are.'' Alicent agreed. She didn't understand her daughter, she was a strange girl, but all of her children were a bit odd. But she loved Helaena's imagination, it was very much like Blyana's mind, vast and always searching for more. The door opened catching her attention.

''Your Grace. Aemond.'' The kings guard announced as Aemond.

''What have you done?''

''He did it again.'' Helaena realized. Aemond nodded moving towards them as he ran to Alicent. 

''After how many times you've been warned, must I have you confined to your chambers?!'' Alicent questioned incredulously.

''They made me do it!'' Aemond told her innocently. He turned to Blyana instead and she hugged him to her. 

"What happened?"Blyana questioned running a hand over his head. he held tight to her. 

"The dragons again." Helaena offered. 

"Oh honey," Blyana coed kissing Aemond's head. He whimpered into her. "Aegon is a mean little boy at times, I dont know where he gets it from."

"Aemond-" Alicent whined. 

"They made me mother!" Aemond corrected. 

''As if you needed encouragement. Your obsession with those beasts goes beyond understanding.'' Alicent was not a Targaryen she didn't understand dragons, she never would. But it was dragons that ruled. She could dress her children in green but that didn't stop them from being Targaryen and having dragon blood.

"They gave me a pig!" Aemond declared.

''A what?'' Blyana questioned as Aemond's big violet eyes met her green ones. 

''They said they found a dragon for me.'' Aemond told her.

''The last ring has no legs at all." Helaena went on bored with her brothers story already.