The green queens lie

Dutys

They sit on the floor of kaelias room and baela talks about her dragon adventures and her eagerness to explore more than what she already knew.

But kaelia could only focus on how the 6 years apart had treated her well, her face becoming more curious and less confused. Kaelia remembers how baela used to hide when her parents were fighting because she was confused, but now, the baela she had become, would never of hid, instead she would've intervened.

"-but with my newly discovered duty's it's getting harder and harder to ride on dragon back, to explore, to-"

kaelia cuts of baela and huffs, "you know what..." kaelia starts and softly takes baelas hands in hers, "you can do all that, and ride. who's stopping you?"

Baela looks into kaelias eyes, kaelia does the same, "do you feel-"

"where have you been!" alicent storms into the room, waving her hands in the air.

The girls quickly unlinked hands and stood up. "nothing mother we where just-"

"everyone's looking for you two! we needed you in the throne room 5 minutes ago!" her mother screech's as she pulls kaelias arms and baela quickly follows.

"sorry!" she shouts to her mother as they run down the walls of the castle.

Kaelia doesn't understand why her mother is so uptight about everything, she thinks it's because of the fact her mother got married to viserys at a very young age, she feels responsible.

They make it to the closed doors and the guard says "my queen. want me to open the doors."

Alicent stares at her child, her hair is wavy, her dress is muddy, she's not ready.

"wait a minute." she says to the gaurd.
"kaelia, look at baela and then at you, see a difference, she's neat and tidy and you...well, sort it out now."

"okay mother." she snarls and turns to baela, "help me please!." she yells sarcastically as baela laughs and sorts out kaelias hair.

"come on girls!" alicent ushers in anticipation.

"and....done!" baela smiles at kaelia as they both huff and smile at each other before going in with alicent.

"okay, let's go." alicent says as she motions the gaurd to open the door.

Inside was rhaenyra and her family and kaelias family, Baela walks to her family's side of the room and kaelia walks to hers, she wished this stupid rivalry to end.

Kaelia and Baela share a small smile and blush.

"may i start by saying-..." rhaenyra gets cut off by the grande doors opening, and a voice speaking loudly
"king viserys the ruler of the seven kingdoms"

"dad?" kaelia mumbles as she shares a shocked face with rhaenyra and then her mother.

He stumbles on his walking stick and daemon rushed to help his brother get onto the throne.

"i do not understand why petitions are being heard over a settled succession" viserys speaks from the throne.

"rhaenys, come forward" Viserys spoke as she gladly speaks.

"it was ever my husbands will that driftmark pass through ser leanor to his true born son, prince lucerys velaryon, his mind never changed." rhaenys finishes.

"then that claim is instituted, prince lucerys velaryon will inherit the driftmark throne and become the next lord of the tides." viserys proudly speaks.

then vaemond speaks from the sides "you break law, and centuries of tradition. To install your daughter as hier, that you dare tell me who deserves to inherit the name velaryon.  No. i will not allow it." he persist

"allow it" viserys speaks.
"do not forget yourself vaemond" he finished.

Kaelia could see the tension rising as vaemonds face turned a dark shade of red.

vaemond then quickly turns and points his finger lucerys and shouts "that is no true velaryon!, and certainly no nephew of mine."

rhaenyra says sharply "you've said enough!"

kaelia and luke share worried glances.

"lucerys is my true born grandson, and the next hier to driftmark." viserys bellows.

"you may run your house as you see fit" vaemond continues "but you will not decide the future of mine. and gods be damed i will not see it ended on the account  this..." he stutters

"say it." daemon pushes

"her children are bastards!!! and she...is a whore" he smiles

kaelia turns to her mother at the vile words the man was saying, and she could see her mother grimacing...did she care?.

"i will have your tongue for that!" viserys yells

Then daemon cuts right through vaemonds head "he can keep his tongue".

"shit!" kaelia yells as she jumps.

She saw her sisters sudden engagement in what was happening and rushed to helaenas side. "it's okay..." she repeats as she strokes helaenas arms.

"come on sis, let's go." she said as she glares at her mother who is staring at the top of the man's head on the floor. She was getting ready for a snappy look but instead she got nothing, it was like she was empty.

Kaelia is now sitting on the ground outside near the red tree.

"kaelia?"

she heard a quiet voice from the abyss.

"kaelia?...lia?!"

It was then that she knew it was baela, baela only used that nickname for her.

"here!" she yells from the ground.

"oh my god that was crazy what happened in there!" baela yells as she sits with kaelia, "i know right! like-" they both laugh and don't stop for a while, they even stared crying because of how hard they were laughing.

"fuck" baela whispers through laughter, "oh god..." kaelia says struggling to breathe properly.

"what the fuck has this day been...huh?"

They both sit as the reality of the situation settles in.

"our family's are never going get along are they?" kaelia asks as if baela knew the answer.

"i don't know." the white haired girl sighs as they hold onto each other's hands.