Blooming tragic

Chapter 6

Approximately three years had elapsed since Lady Alicent Hightower ascended to the throne as Queen. Aegon Targaryen was approaching his second birthday, and Alicent was expecting another child.

In the House of Hightower, Viserra and Alyssa Hightower were turning 3 years of age, Eleana and Aemma were turning 1 and Visenya was pregnant once again. Every day her hatred for Otto grew. Her body was growing weaker after every pregnancy but Otto wanted to have dragons blood mixed in with his heirs. Otto Hightower didn't care who he hurt if it meant more power.

Visenya and Alicent were once again close. Much to Ottos dismay believes it was frivolous for the girls to be around eachother so often. They even sometimes had sleepovers which both husbands found ludicrous.

Visenya and Alicent were together again after being tasked with finding Rhaenyra. They found her sat under the tree they were so familiar with spending most of their youth playing under it. Visenya squeezed Alicents hand after seen his uncomfortable she felt with Rhaenyras cold demeanour.

"Rhaenyra?" squeaked out Alicent.

"Yes my Queen?" responded Rhaenyra with a hint of sarcasm. To this Visenya scoffed and gave Alicents hand another squeeze.

"Rhaenyra your presence is wanted in the outer courtyard, the royal hunt is ready to depart," explained Visenya.

"I've decided to remain here and read instead," replied Rhaenyra.

"The king wishes for you to join us," reasoned Alicent.

"He does not need me," sneered Rhaenyra.

"He wants us all to be together Nyra," pleaded Visenya.

"Perhaps the hunt could be ... fun," said Alicent.

Visenya had started to walk off, she couldn't face her sister knowing she had come what they both despised. A royal womb. She could see the distain in her sister's eyes. All she wanted was her sister's love but that was lost many moons ago. Atleast she has Alicents love but she didn't view her as a sister - no it was something else. Maybe she felt closer to eachother due to their distain for their husbands. Unwanted pregnancies but there was one difference in their lives, Visenya truly loved her kids.

Viserys wouldn't let her children come on this trip as it was in celebration of Aegon and her daughters shouldn't take away the attention. Visenya had begged to be allowed to stay home with her baby to be born any day now. The Maesters were convinced it was twins for the third time but Visenya refused to believe that she didn't know if she could endure one right after another again. She knew it wouldn't be a boy. Whatever was inside her it was a girl or girls and she already had their names picked out : Diana and Daenerys.

Visenya felt like she should try one more time in being able to stay home. So she went to plead with her father saying the babes were causing far too much pain and the maesters think the babies could come today. He allowed her to stay home.

She stood at her balcony waving goodbye to the hunting party - grateful for the peace and quiet she could have.

Visenya went to check on her children, Viserra was beautiful and definitely Targaryen even though she was only 3 you could tell she would be a beautiful young woman one day. Viserra was already betrothed to Aegon - that was Ottos doing. Viserra was loud and made her opinions known. Then there was Alyssa who didn't look like her twin she had more Hightower features with darker features but again she was beautiful. Alyssa was quiet and kept to herself, you could hear her always humming a song. Both twins were polar opposites of eachother. Then there was Eleana and Aemma both clearly Targaryen and beautiful even only 10 months old. Both girls were quiet and you would never see one without the other. Visenya loved her children more than anything and the thought of losing them to their betrothed made her stomach churn.

After Visenya had put her children to bed she felt a sudden pain in her stomach. She went to the maester and on the way she felt water trickle down her leg. She was in labour.

She layed in her birthing bed alone, she noticed that the maester and midwife's were getting more frantic but she didn't notice as her vision was slowly blurring. She felt herself pushing for about 2 minutes and then she blacked out. That was when she realised her mother was right, the birthing bed was our battlefield. Visenya had been fighting trying not to slip into unconscious. A battle she lost.

Visenya woke up a few hours later alone, in a bed of blood and the sound of babies crying. As she sat up she saw two little ginger haired babies in cribs. Diana and Daenerys Hightower. As they saw their mother's face appear, their tears stopped immediately and a calming silence captured the entire room. Visenya sometimes hated her duty but this part was the upside of it.

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