Rhaenys, Daenerys, Viserys, Aegon, Jon, Margaery, Willas
Sometimes Rhaenys thinks that Dany and her are the only sane ones in the family and she loves her aunt (who is more like a little sister to her) even more for it. And Dany seems to be the only one without a negative attribute to her. She isn't resentful like Viserys, she doesn't share Rhaegars obsessions, she is not impulsive like Aegon or moody like Jon. And she isn't as judgy as Rhaenys. But Daenerys is timid, she doesn't voice her opinions except to Rhaenys, when they are alone, sitting in her mother's favorite room. Then and only then Dany talks. Her thoughts on the people around them, the latest political events and even something as trivial as the weather. Those are all sharp observations which would make the Grandmaesters of the Citadel proud. Her mother once told her that she thinks that her aunt posesses one of the sharpest minds in Westeros and Rhaenys agrees. And it makes her furious. "Why?!", she wants to shout at Dany."Why don't you speak up and share it with the rest of them? Why do you remain quiet?" But she knows that she could never speak in this manner to Dany. Dany with her big violet eyes and her sweet smile, hands folded in her lap. And she is scared that her aunt would shut her out too.
Viserys used to be her rock. But after losing every Mother figure in his life (first Rhaella and then Elia) he is scared of losing even more (Rhaenys and Dany to marriage, the deep respect of Aegon and Jon to older, more accomplished knights). And that slowly destroys him. Now she needs to be his rock.
She will never understand what her foolish little brothers see in jousting. It's stupid and dangerous. But when she voices those misgivings they just laugh and tell her that she worries to much. She tries to hide her anxiety behind annoyance, but when Margaery or Dany (or both) appear next to her and hold her hand, she knows that she failed.
The day on which Margaery arrived in King's Landing somethig had changed for Rhaenys. The years before she slowly lost her uncle to the temptations of alcohol. Eight to Ten times in a month he would be found uncouncious somewhere in the castle. She would then thank Ser Oswell and Ser Jaime for finding him and carrying him to his bed chambers and sit next to his bed until he woke up. "This was the last time Rhaenys", he would whisper. "I promise you." Of course it wasn't. And there was no one else to turn to. The servants already gossiped enough about "The Mad King reborn", and she tried to shield her brothers and aunt from finding out about Viserys' condition. It was exhausting. When she first met Lady Margaery she only saw one of many young girls of noble birth who wanted to catch Aegons attention and his heart and (even more important) a crown. But during the tourney to celebrate Jon's 12th nameday she meets her while looking for Viserys (who doesn't take tourneys very well). The end of their conversations comes abruptly and is marked by the sight of Viserys with a botlle of dornish Rhaenys tried to send Margaery on a pointless quest to retrieve some herbs from her room which didn't exist, the Tyrell instead approached Viserys and after dropping the word "dragon" a few times during their conversation with the slightly tipsy Prince sh even managed to get a hold of his bottle. She encouraged him to recount the whole history of the Targaryen dynasty in Westeros while walking by the dragon skulls. At this point Rhaenys and the Kingsguards who trailed them were wondering how much charm a single person could possess. Two hours later Margaery sat with a sober, but still very charmed Viserys and her in the audience to watch the last tilt. Then and there Rhaenys admitted to herself that she wasn't only thankful, but also a bit charmed herself.
Rhaenys grew up around knights. Knights who constantly asked for her and Danys favour before a melee or a joust, win a royals lady favor then her heart. Earn honour and never dying glory. And all the young lords who visited court with their fathers hoping to squire for one of the most reowned of them, had the same goal. Dany once remarked how the qualities a true knight should posess were being overshadowed by greed, selfishness and arrogance. Although they still dreamt of someone like the Dragonknight to come into their lives, they knew that this was very ulikely so they gave their favours to a member of the Kingsguard. No romance would come out of it, but at least their favour was worn by a true knight. During a big tourney in Highgarden she sat next to Margaery who was excited to be back home and to show her around. There she met Willas Tyrell for the first time. She had heard about his crippled leg from her uncle Oberyn, who played a role in how Willas came by his injury. Now he had to sit with the elderly, women and children while his brothers took part in the tourney to achieve honour and glory. Rhaenys assumed he would be bitter, but he was genuinely smiling. When she asked him, he surprised her by being shrewd like his Grandmother , the Queen of Thorns, and charming like his siblings and bringing something additionally which Rhaenys couldn't quite put her finger on, but her heart was beating faster nonetheless. During the feast she approached him after the second dance with a pained expression. "I must have sprained my ankle. Now i will miss the rest of the dance. Would you mind, Lord Willas, to bear an unlucky lady's company?" "Of course not, your grace, but I cannot see how a graceful dancer like yourself would sprain her ankle?". "Are you accusing your princess to be a liar, milord?". "I would not dare", he said with a knowing look and. And so they spend the rest of the night talking and before they went to their respective bed chambers they might have kissed before almost being discovered by a boosting and drunk Aegon who was half carried to his bedchamber by his not so amused brother. Back in King's Landing it kept happening that letters from Highgarden were not meant for Lady Margaery but for someone else. And this someone was teased by Margaery relentlessly about it.