THE KING'S ARRIVAL

A/N: In no way is this story going be a Jon/Visenya pairing story. They are not going to be the central pair or even a pair. So PLEASE keep that in mind while reading the story.

ROBERT BARATHEON

It had been years since he had seen Ned. That Ned had wanted to let Rhaegar Targaryen's daughter live had caused a wedge between the two men which was only healed upon Lyanna's death. Lyanna, beautiful Lyanna Stark, who was abducted and raped by Rhaegar Targaryen. The same Rhaegar Targaryen whose daughter still lived. The Rhaegar Targaryen whose brother and sister were still alive. Every single night Robert wanted to write to Ned, to tell him to send Visenya Targaryen to King's Landing so that she could suffer the way his Lyanna did. But neither Ned nor Jon Arryn would agree to it, Robert knew and so he let the dragon spawn live.

Now finally, after fourteen years, Robert would see that girl. Robert didn't know if he was truly prepared to. Every fibre in his body wanted to destroy the Targaryen line once and for all.

As he rode his horse into Winterfell, he saw Ned. Ned who was not only a friend but a brother too. His joy at seeing him turned sour however upon sighting the silver head right behind Ned. Hair as silver as her father's. Robert knew that it wasn't coincidence that the girl was standing behind Ned. Ned would have made her do it, thereby standing as a barrier between Robert and the girl. Greeting every Stark, Robert finally looked directly at the Targaryen girl. Silver hair, indigo eyes, pale skin. Tall and beautiful for her age. Visenya Targaryen looks like her father. Which explains the burst of hatred that Robert feels towards the girl. He doesn't bother saying anything to her because he knows people are looking at him, and Ned is standing in a stance that indicates that he will die protecting the girl. So Robert tells Ned to take him down to the crypt.

CERSEI LANNISTER

She is a Queen in every sense of the word. But she doesn't feel like a queen when Robert is around. Robert Baratheon, who was lucky to have Cersei as his wife but was more concerned with a dead girl. Somehow, he had shown more emotion towards the Targaryen girl for the few moments he had stared at that girl than towards Cersei in the past fourteen years.

Cersei had never though of the Targaryen girl all this time. After all who would. But now that Cersei looks at her, the one thing that comes to Cersei's mind is that the girl could have been hers. In another life, if the Mad King had just accepted a marriage between Cersei and Rhaegar, the girl standing before her would have been hers in flesh and blood. So from that moment, Cersei comes to associate the girl with the thought of what could have been.

The girl is pretty for her age, which is not surprising. The Targaryens were always so beautiful. As Cersei looks at the girl,she thinks of Rhaegar. It seems like Rhaegar's daughter inherited his sadness. She has the same melancholic look in her eyes that her father had when Cersei had first seen him as a young girl of ten. The girl doesn't seem like a threat to Cersei and so she doesn't spare any thought upon her.

TYRION LANNISTER

The first time he sees Visenya Targaryen is on the night of their arrival, at the feast held in Robert's honour. The girl is not at the main table with them but close enough. At fourteen, she is a child of beauty and Tyrion is reminded of the Myrish song words "I loved a maid as white as winter, with moonglow in her hair" that Tysha, the first girl he bedded, used to sing. Those lines suit her perfectly, a maid as fair as her.

What Tyrion also notices is just how much attention that girl draws to herself. Which isn't really a hard task with a name like hers and a beauty to match. In the darkness of the feasting halls, she stands out much more than most people. Tyrion personally considers it an honour to lay his eyes on her. After all, she is only Targaryen in the Seven Kingdoms. He has heard whispers about her ever since her birth. Talks of her beauty, numerous false rumours of her "plans" to defeat Robert and start the Targaryen regime again, her inheriting the madness that consumed her grandsire. Really, the only truth amongst it all is her beauty. He doesn't doubt that when she gets older she will be the prettiest maiden in Westeros.

Which makes Tyrion wonder just how jealous Cersei will be of that girl over time. Tyrion decides to take the girl under his wing should the time come and protect her from the cruelties of his sister because Visenya Targaryen is a child cursed enough to carry her father's name ad Tyrion knows what that's like. Really, that is her only fault. That she was born to Rhaegar Targaryen, a man who was actually dead by the time of her birth. Had she inherited her mother's looks and the Martell name nobody would have looked twice at her.

JAIME LANNISTER

There is something about Visenya Targaryen that haunts Jaime. Everybody talks of how the girl looks like her father and grandsire with those prominent Targaryen looks but Jaime doesn't agree. It is true that she looks like her father but she seems so fragile. Rhaegar Targaryen was a warrior, well built and tall but Visenya Targaryen looks as harmless as a fawn. She sneaks around a lot, always keeping her eyes to the ground like she is afraid of being spotted. Which is funny because her hair make her standout especially when she wears black cloaks (and she wears them a lot).

Also Visenya Targaryen is terrified of Jaime. He notices this when he approaches her one day. She was walking alone in the hallway and Jaime was waiting outside the King's chamber. As usual, she was walking with her head down but the moment she had spotted his shadow she had looked up and the fear in her eyes was evident. She had turned on the spot quickly but Jaime had been quicker and had managed to grab her wrist.

"My Lady.", he had addressed because he didn't really know why he had even done such a stupid thing as stopping her.

"S-Ser.", she had spoken in a whisper.

"Do you know who I am?", he had asked because seeing her cower in fear was quite exhilarating, it felt like he was in the battle field and she was his opponent.

"You are Ser Jaime.", she had answered clearly and Jaime was surprised that the girl had managed to speak without stuttering.

"And is that the only name you know of mine?", he had challenged her, smirking down at her.

That was when she had finally looked up at him, with fear in her eyes, "Kingslayer. Oathbreaker. Now will you let go of me because you are hurting me?"

He finally releases her wrist to see a bruise forming at that spot. That is when he realises why she haunts him, why he feels like she is not Rhaegar Targaryen.

She is Queen Rhaella, with fear and sadness in her eyes, with bruises that the Mad King left behind. She looks like the Queen, with silver hair, indigo eyes, pale skin, fragile looking. She is Queen Rhaella's granddaughter. And nobody has realised it yet.

VISENYA TARGARYEN

Visenya Targaryen is aware of the fact that her life is a gift. That if the King wanted he could call for her head. After all, she was never even suppose to live. Born in King's Landing as the rest of her family died, it is truly a blessing that she is alive.

She had considered the Starks her family to some extent but even she knew her real family was in Dorne. For years she had wondered why Lord Stark would not send her to Dorne but learning about the Usurper's Rebellion from the Maester had made her realise certain truths.

Firstly, that people were highly concerned with her and some even feared her. Secondly, her name was powerful. After all, even Robert Baratheon sat on the Iron Throne because of the Targaryen name he descended from. And thirdly and most importantly, the true rulers of the Seven Kingdoms were the Targaryen and as the only Targaryen in Westeros, the Seven Kingdoms were hers by blood and by birth right.

The arrival of the Usurper and his family had of course scared her. She was constantly in the presence of Jaime Lannister, the Kingslayer who killed her grandsire. She was living in the same castle as Robert Baratheon, the man who killed her father. She was surrounded by the Lannister, the killers of her brother and sister. She was under the watchful eyes of the Kingsguard, men who would do as their King asked. She was surrounded by people who killed her entire family and robbed her of the life she was destined to live.

So she started staying around Robb a lot. Sweet, nice Robb who wouldn't brood like Jon. Robb who would put her above all and make her laugh quite easily. Robb who would always ask her if she was alright and whether or not she needed to get away from the confines of the castle. Jon didn't have that adventure in him.

Jon, who was a fool and had told her that he would join the Night Watch and leave her behind. She had fought with him over it, of course she had. She had always thought that with time Jon would grow up a little, be a proper warrior ad help her in taking the Iron Throne. Jon would be the first man in her Queensguard. But no, Jon had gone ahead and talked of joining the Night's Watch. She had no romantic feelings for Jon but he was still important to her. But Jon was really not helping her right now. Hell he would vanish away from the King's family more than even Visenya.