Dragons Rising: My Mistake Changed My Kingdom {Book One}

I don't own Wings of Fire or the picture. This is just something I made up, it did not actually happen in the series.
Princess Orca was always thought of as a villain after Wings of Fire: The Lost Heir. Before that, she was loved. But how loved was she? What did she do before her battle for the throne? How close was she to having her animus powers revealed? Did she really love her mother back? Or did she just want the throne and love her mother because she was royal?