Sun and Fire ~ Aemond Targaryen

03. Accident

Meria hurried to take a quick shower, she could still feel that it was hard to breathe, her body was trembling and those voices she heard in her dream were still inserted inside her mind.

The maid who was helping her to wash in the bathtub noticed that something was not right with her, but when she asked Meria did not answer anything.

She tried to hurry to get dressed and asked to brush her hair quickly, she felt the need to see the faces of her parents and siblings as soon as possible and so she did, her maid put on a dress with a wide skirt and loose red sleeves to go quickly to the dining room to have breakfast, but her siblings were not there.

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In view of the pleasant weather in Highgarden, they occasionally went out to eat outside, Naemon and Lady Daemma were seated on a blanket on the grass of a small hill, around them were growing wild flowers and fruit bushes, it was one of their favorite places and they were having breakfast in that place.

Naemon was eating his favorite food, boiled chestnuts while Daemma was eating fruits and some bread, both brothers were together enjoying a nice morning, butterflies and bees were flying around them, the place was quiet and very cozy.

"I feel bad for not inviting Meria with us, we should have waited for her," said Daemma while she put a purple grape on her lips to eat it.

"Didn't you see how she was? Completely deep as if she hadn't slept at all, she'll be with us next time."

Suddenly the girl's blue eyes turned to the horizon with a pleasant smile, she lay down on her back on the grass and stretched her legs and arms as if she was stretching.

"I love the sun...I could stay here all day".

"We are certainly lucky to live in one of the hottest parts of the Seven Kingdoms... our cousins can't enjoy it like we do in King's Landing, it's always very windy, humid and usually cloudy there."

"It's been a while since we visited them... and they haven't visited us," said Daemma with her eyes towards the clear sky, still stretched out on the pleasant lawn, Naemon sat stretching his legs on his sister's right side to continue talking.

"I doubt they will... they will be busier every day with their studies and training."

"We also study, we also train and we have time to spare..."

"They are the most direct family of the King, their obligations are more demanding, everything in them is much more demanding... look at us, we have the freedom to dress more casually with loose clothing, simple hairstyles, even barefoot we can be here and nobody cares... for them it is different."

Daemma watched him and continued to look at the sky, she began to remember the moments she shared with her cousins and felt a little nostalgic, it had been almost two years since she had seen them personally, however, from time to time she exchanged letters with them, but certainly, communicating by letter was not the same as doing it face to face.

"Do you miss them?" Daemma asked his brother without taking his eyes off the sky, he continued eating the chestnuts, he was about to finish them all.

"Honestly... no..." At this answer Daemma let out a laugh and he also smiled with amusement, to continue talking. "In the beginning I liked to visit them, when they were younger everything was more 'pleasant' but, now? why would I want to see them? Aegon is a drunk who only looks for wine all the time and has become unpleasant, Aemond speaks almost nothing, he is always bitter and sinks in his misery, while Helaena I don't understand half of the things she talks about, she only looks for bugs.... I like Jacaerys and Lucerys, but their environment is always 'tense', it's just annoying to be there."