Lady Lannister || Game of Thrones

Stags and Dragons

Johanna sat across from her children with Robert, while she sat beside her last remaining Targaryen children Aemond and Rhaena who were talking to each other happily as she glanced at her eldest remaining children who glanced each other nervously as Tommen talked with his twin siblings happily.

"Why are we here, Mother?" Mycella finally asked after glancing at Ser Sebastian who does not look at her as he looks at his sworn lady. 

"I wish to take tea with my children." Johanna replies simply as she smiles at the maid who places the tray of tea and cakes down in front of the royal family. "Is that not allowed?"

"You have never done this before." Cassian comments as he looks at his mother who looks back at him cooly.

"I have simply not taken 'No' for an answer this time."

"Because you do not have our siblings to fall back on," Mycella mutters which Johanna hears but chooses not to listen to.

"I know I have not been there, but I wish to be there now. Daughter," Johanna says as she turns to Mycella who looks at her mother in surprise "You are to be married to the Lord Rob, the heir to Winterfell, and Cassian you are to marry Lady Sansa Stark."

"Us?" Mycella says in shock as she and her brother share a look at Johanna pours and serves everyone tea before handing out a lemon cake to each of them. "Why not our Targaryen counter parts?"

"They are not royalty anymore. You are, thus you are to marry other houses." Johanna tells them with a soft smile "Besides per Targaryen tradition they are to wed each other, your Lord King and Father as given a royal decree for this. He does wants to contain them as much as possible..."

Mycella and Cassian look down before glancing at their younger siblings and cannot help but smile as Aemond and Tommen start to run after Rhaena who holds a plate of cakes above her head.

They watch as Johanna tries to get to them sit down but cannot so she looks at Ser Sebastian for help who bows his head as he scoops Rhaena into his arm and puts her on his shoulders which makes her laugh in delight and Johanna shake her head as Aemond and Tommen try to climb the knight who stands still again with a smile on his face as if a girl is not on his shoulders.

"What if they do not wish to marry each other?"

Johanna turns back to look at Cassian who watches her waiting for an answer to his question. Johanna thinks frowning as she glances down at her tea before looking back up at her son who continues to watch her.

"If they do not wish to marry each other then I shall try and talk to the Lord King, but it is royal decree and the King does not wish to think upon my children's house."

"My-our father... did he do that to your face?" Mycella asks quietly as she looks at the large bruise and cuts on her mother's face, she watches as her mother quickly lowers her hair to side the side of her face as her cheeks burn red.

"I wish you had not seen that." Johanna mutters as she plays with her fingers as Ser Sebastian finally lowers Rhaena to the ground after she taps the side of his face. Her plate now only has two lemon cakes verses the four that had been on it when she had stolen the plate. "Rhaena!"

Rhaena, Aemond and Tommen all look at their mother as she looks scoldingly at Rhaena who smiles sheepishly "Mother?"

"Did you eat those cakes and not share with your brothers?"

"No, mother" Johanna raises an eyebrow at her daughter who looks down at her feet in shame.

"The truth please Rhaena."

"Yes, mother"

"Good. Now go to the kitchens with Ser Sebastian and your brothers and get them some new cakes. That was very rude of you."

"Sorry mother."

Johanna hums as she watches Ser Sebastian lead Rhaena, Aemond and Tommen out of the chamber as Rhaena takes his hand and talks happily to him as Ser Sebastian tries not to break out into a smile.

Johanna turns back to Cassian and Mycella who watch her closely "Does he do that often?"

Realising they are talking about Robert's violence Johanna bows her head "When ever he is angry. Or drunk."

"Often then?"

Johanna bows her head as her children try not to explode with anger at the man whom they called father and king.

Also cast change Tommen is now played by Harry Colett rather than Skandar Keynes.