The Lion Knight and Dragon Princess

21 - The Lannister Trials

Two soldiers came to escort me out of my prison cell and into the hallway.  We rounded a corner and relief washed over me seeing my daughter and son standing by two other guards a few feet in front of me. "Oh my babies -"

"Mommy-" The twins said together, beginning to run forward until a guard put his sword down in front of them making them halt.

Footsteps came from around the corner where I saw it was Tyrion.  He held up a hand signaling to the guards. "Lower your weapons. Let the mother embrace her children."

"My babies.." Opening my arms out and away from my sides they tackled me in a joint hug.  Burying my face into their hair I didn't want to let them go knowing what I would face on the other side of the door if I did. 

Tyrion hesitated as well wishing he could simply get to spend time with his niece and nephew if the circumstances were different. "Vaella, it's time I'm afraid." I broke the hug, holding one hand of each of my kids not going to let them be separated from me ever again.

Slowly walking into the throne room I saw my sister sitting on a black rock stone chair inside the castle of Dragonstone.  This is actually the first time I have ever been here in my entire life.  The only thing I knew about this place was this was where our mother died giving birth to Dany before her and Viserys were sent into hiding when Robert became king. "You stand in the presence of Daenerys Stormborn of House Targaryen." A woman with a thick accent stood behind my sister.

"Tell me, Vaella.  Who are the two younglings attached to your hip before me?" Those Were the first words my sister uttered to me.

"This is Luciya..." I squeezed my daughters shoulder and gently touched my son's hair introducing them to their aunt. "And this Rhaegar."

Daenerys clasped her hands together in her lap. "So you not only slept with our enemy but now you've furthered his family and gave his son our late brother's name.  Am I missing something that shouldn't mark you as an immediate traitor and sentence you to die?"

"Die!" Luciya whimpered into the fabric of my gown.

Gently running my fingers through her hair I did the best I could to calm her down. "Sssh baby.  Sister, I have not betrayed our house at all.  For years I haven't known you were even alive.  But I swear to you I would never try to hurt the only sibling I have left who shares my blood."

"Then why are you with the man who murdered our father?  I doubt our father would have hurt any of his children."

I sharply cut my sister off. "He ordered to have me killed right in front of Jaime!"

"What relevance does that have here?" She asked me, noticing some tears forming in my purple eyes.

"My Queen, I told you who your father was.  His plans for Kings Landing-" She cut the dwarf off who had quickly entered the intense conversation.

"That doesn't matter in this trial."

He snapped back at her standing by my side. "Actually your grace it does.  Jaime told me off your father's plan because he knew he would need help to get the princess he loved to safety.  Your father had caches of Wildfire hidden under the Red Keep, the guild halls, the scepter baylor, all the major thoroughfares.  He would have burned everyone of his citizens. The loyal ones and the traitors. Every man, woman, child, including your sister.  That's why Jaime killed him."

"He killed our father and for that he will have a separate trial.  This trial is for my sister who I thought would be on my side but has bedded the man who murdered our father and I demand to know why."