Blood Of My Blood

An eye for a dragon

Meya were woken up by her mother. She saw up and saw her mother worried across her face. "We have to get down to the hall" Rhaenyra said in a calm yet worried tone. Meya pulled the covers aside and followed her mother out to the corridors and down to the hall. "Why? What has happened?" Meya asked grabbing her mother's hand as they walked down the stairs. Rhaenyra were silent for a moment before answering.

"Your brothers had a fight with Aemond"

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Once Meya walked through the doors and out to the hall she felt an horrified feeling once she saw her brothers broken nose covered in blood and Aemond...

Aemond's one eye were getting shut with stitches by a maester and looked vulnerable. Meya looked at him horrified.
"Jace?!" Rhaenyra said worriedly as she searched for her two boys. "Luke!" She said and hurried to the two to see iff they were alright. Meya was frozen. The whole scene looked brutal. She spotted Alicent in one corner asking one of the maesters about her son.

"How could you allow such a thing to happen?" King Viserys said looking over his betrusted guards. "They were supposed to be in bed, my king" one of them said looking down to their feet.
Anger grew on the kings face as he heard the words being spoken. "I don't care! You swore oaths! To protect and defend my blood!" Viserys lashed out. No words were spoken for a moment. The only thing that could be heard was silence.

"The king's guard never had to defend princes from princes-" Ser Criston spoke up but got interrupted by the king. "That is no answer!" He lashed in Criston's face making the young princess Meya snort over the conversation between them. How stupid could this guard be really?

"Is it healing?" The queen asked her maester with
worry in her voice. The maester looked at the shut eye with stitches before responding. "The flesh will heal" he said and paused for a moment before continuing. "But I'm afraid the eye is lost, your grace". Meya's eyes widened over the statement. She looked over to Alicent sharing the face expression on her face.

Meya watched how the queen took a step back and walked over to her oldest son, to strike him across the face making Meya look stunned. "Ow! What was that for?!" He exclaimed and put one hand to his forehead. "Where were you?!" The queen asked him ignoring his complains. She later went on how angry she was that he wasn't there to protect his younger brother. Meya curled her hand into a fist squeezing it hard out of frustration. The king's guard were off doing god knows what and Aegon get's the blame for it? How bullshit is it? She did indeed despise Aegon with her whole heart, but putting the entire blame on him is just ridiculous.

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"My sons and also my only daugther are in line to inheirt the iron throne, your grace" Rhaenyra said taking a step forward to her father. "This is the highest of treasons". Silence filled the room yet again making Meya uncomfortable. Her mother spoke up moments after her brothers, Aemond, Baela and Rhaena fought over 'who did what' or 'who did the first punch'.

"Prince Aemond must be sharply questioned so we might learn where he heard such slanders" Rhaenyra said referring to her son's birthright being questioned. Meya took Lucerys hand in hers and stood next to her brother's to resure that everything would be okay. She could feel Aemond's eyes on her as he sat in his chair. She didn't dare to look at him. Hearing that he spat slanders against her brother's made her blood boil.

"Over an insult?" Alicent said looking at Rhaenyra looking at Aemond and then back to her. "My son has lost an eye.". Viserys stood next to Aemond looking down at him. "Aemond" he spoke. "Where did you hear this lie?". Aemond didn't say a word. He gave his father an empty look. "Aemond...I asked you a question".

"Where is Ser Laenor? I wonder, the children's father?" Alicent spoke up getting the attention of all people in the hall. "Perhaps he might have something to say in this matter?".
"Yes, where is Ser Laenor?" Viserys spoke. People in the hall began turning their head looks for him. Meya aswell. She hasn't seen him since the funeral of his late sister. He never showed after that. "I do not know your grace" Rhaenyra answered making her daughter look at her with a raised eyebrow. Mother doesn't know to? Iff she didn't know it then how really did? "I could not find sleep I had gone out to walk" Rhaenyra finished.

"Entertaining his young squires, I would venture" Alicent blurred out making Meya take a step forward but was stopped by Luke pulling her back again. As did she was the one to talk about what others did or had done.

Viserys continued to try to get Aemonds attention to know where he had heard slanders. After a while Aemond answered and looked up to his father. "It was Aegon" he said shortly with an assured look on his face.

"Me?.."

Viserys turned his face from his youngest to eldest son and walked over. He began asking him, demanding him answers. "We know, father...everyone knows...just look at them" Aegon said making Meya's heart drop. She didn't think he would say it out loud like that. But boy, she was wrong. Meya looked down to her feet feeling eyes stare at her and her brothers. She felt shamed, embarrassed perhaps.

"We are family!" Viserys said out loud making Meya snap out of her thoughts and turn her attention to him. He wanted them all to apologise and show good will to one another. Meya but her lip in annoyance. An apology from either of her uncles would be meaningless, unimportant. She knew what they thought of them. And no apology could ever change that.

Viserys began walking away and headed towards the doors to go off to bed before his wife broke the silence.

"That is insufficient"

"Aemond has been damaged permanently, my king." She said with an hurtful tone. "Good will can not make him whole". She had an hurtful look as she looked up to her husband trying to make him understand. "I know Alicent." He answered. " But I can not restore his eye"

"No because it's been taken"

I beg your pardon?

"There is a debt to be paid" she said as she stopped for a moment making Meya nervous. She looked at her mother in fear.
"Mother?" She whispered. Rhaenyra looked down to her and pulled her closer behind her "it's gonna be alright, sweet girl." She assured her. But it didn't assure the young princess one bit. She kind of knew what was gonna come up next.

"I shall have on of her son's eye in return." Alicent said turning her gaze to Rhaenyra. The whole room's attention landed on the Princess and her three children. Meya and her brothers became more concerned and anxious and looked at each other before looking over to the Queen in front of them. This felt like a nightmare.

"He's your son Viserys" Alicent said to Viserys who shared the same anxious look on his face as he did with Meya and her brothers. "Your blood."

"Do not allow your temper to guide your judgement" Viserys said as she slowly walked to her. He couldn't risk anymore scene to take place.

"Iff the king will not seek justice the Queen will"

Meya's eyes widened over her comment. She couldn't be serious.

"Ser Criston, bring me the eye of Lucerys Velaryon"

Lucerys was horrified and turned to his mother. Meya looked disgusted over to the Queen. "You will do no such thing" Rhaenyra spoke up.

Viserys tried to make Ser Criston to stand still but Alicent didn't make that happen.

"You are sworn to me!"

The next thing Meya knew. She was Alicent act quickly. Alicent grabbed into the dagger who were on Viserys belt and marched up to her and her family making Lucerys scream in fear. Ser Criston began walking closer aswell to only get blocked by Daemon who stood in the way of him and Meya. Meya turned her gace to see Rhaenyra holding Alicent trying to keep her away from them. "Mother!" She screamed in fear.

"Alicent let her go!" Viserys yelled to her. But she didn't listen. She carried on trying to tell Rhaenyra off of how she did what she pleases without any respect to the law or anything at all.
A moment later a cut was heard and the two pulled away. Blood ran down the wrist of Rhaenyra dropping to the ground. "This matter is finished!" Viserys made clear.

Daemon stood infront of Meya and her brothers. She felt somehow face with him there. Iff he hadn't stopped Criston to approach them. God knows what would have happened then. She could feel her uncles eyes burn upon her. Rage and disgust boiled inside of her. Tears dripped down her face at the same time. She never returned their looks. She walked with her family out of the hall and right to the bedchambers again even how horrifying and terrifying the previous events was.
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I kinds hurried with this chapter to be really honest.
Also tried to go after the series with the conversation but yeah yeah.
Hope you'll enjoy the next chapters!
//L.J.L