Setting:
Kings Landing
Age:
Rheasaria Targaryen ( 5 Months )
Viserys Targaryen ( 5 Months )
Rhaegar Targaryen ( 18 Years old )
Jaime Lannister ( 19 Years old )
*5 years till Rebellion*
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Rheasaria Targaryen wasn't normal, Jamie mused as he looked down upon the quietly sleeping babe, barely four moons. Considering her background, it certainly explain the feeling but it was something more. He thought trying to figure out what made her so different than all of the other babes he had the unfortunate chance of meeting.
Maybe he thought idly brushing a blonde white curl away from a pale face that begun to flush a light pink from the heat that came with the south, he would start from the beginning all the way from her being conceived to now as the babe laid there in her bed peacefully unaware of the would be dangers that pose with Jamie Lannister being there.
It was common knowledge that it was hard for the Queen of Westeros to conceive a child and for that child to make it pass adulthood. Rhaegar being the expectation. it was rumored that the babe never made it past two moons was because of all the incest that had been committed throughout the Targaryen Dynasty.
it wasn't much of a shock when word got out that Queen Rhaella was pregnant again but this time it felt different.
Maybe it was how out of the blue which nothing to prompt him Aerys made a vow. A vow to the sevens that he will stay faithful to his sister-Wife and not seek pleasures elsewhere.
Then three moons later it was announced that Queen Rhaella was pregnant.
It could also be how sane the Mad King Aerys was, from the time it was announced to the time she had delivered to much of the world's shock, Twins.
A boy and a girl.
Viserys and Rhaegar Targaryen.
Everybody was rejoiced to hear that the queen gave birth to relatively healthy babes with the girl being slightly smaller than the boy.
As was expected when the Royal Family gave birth there was talk of a coronation being held for the Prince and Princess but that was promptly shut down as the mad king locked the twins away from the public; more as locked the girl away from the public.
King Aerys was as paranoid as they could come. He didn't care much for the boy as much as the girl seeing as he already had his heir and was more likely hiding her with the guse of protecting her.
He had the girl separated from her mother and brother and placed in a seal tight room that was at the end of a hallway with no windows and was guarded by his most trusted kingsguard which had included Jamie.
Which was foolish on the Kings part.
Only certain wet nurses, after passing a test was allowed in this room, only in the presence of the mad King himself as he stared with hawk like eyes as he watched the wet nurse take care of his princess daughter.
Jamie has spent many a nights listening to the crazed King exterior crack as he cooed at the newborn babe from night to morning. Never letting the babe down for more than a couple of hours to attend his kingly duties before promptly returning back to her in haste.
Talks of the seemingly innocent babe having the power to draw people to their knees, making them want to do anything and everything to please her with just one glance of her purple eyes seem to saturate in his mind as he remembered a time on a night just like this as he was instructed to guard the hall leading to the newborn's room with another knight, who was named Ser Willem Darry.
The night started as it did any other night he was assigned to guard the princess, he remembered thinking it was quiet and uneventful, just then his thought process was interrupted as the most piercing scream rosed just down the hallway. A scream so loud it would surely wake the whole of King's landing.
He and Ser Willem shared a shock look as the guards stationed moved to opened the door to the princess's room. Jamie had turned and was beginning to run towards the room when he heard heavy footfalls rushing his way.
Was they being attacked?
He and Ser Willem drawn their swords getting ready to defend their princess when they saw the Mad King turned down the corner rushing to them with his father Lord Tywin Lannister, the hand of the king and what seem like a miniature army rushing behind them.
Seeing that it was the Mad King and not an enemy coming he turned and raced down the hallway to the door. He crashed heavily against it, shoving it open in time to see one of the Knights who he recognized as Ser Barristan Selmy holding the screeching thing as it screamed its little lungs out, shaking its miniature legs about as its face was covered by its cubby hands hiding them inherited purple eyes from view.
Out the corner of his eye he seen the other knight, holding a wet nurse who was crying her knees, his sword pointed at her neck.
He moved out of the way in time for the king and his father to reach the door.
"What happened?" King Aerys yelled over the sobs of the babe. He was in a small council meeting with Tywin discussing a letter that Rhaegar had sent from dragonstone when he heard the scream.
"I ask again. What happened?" King Aerys asked, he growled when the guards failed to answer them not knowing the answer either. He reached out and snatch the babe from Ser Barristan hands turning away to soothed it's cries as the babe turned into the familiar embrace.
Hearing the familiar cooing and the soft whispers, the girl's sobs trailed to a quiet whimper as she raises her head getting a look at whoever was holding her.
And then she screams.
The king almost drops her in shock as the screaming turns to wailing with her flailing her little limbs kicking about.
Shock the king could do nothing as the babe screamed her head off, trying to do its best to get away from him.
Annoyed and sleep diverted, Tywin marched through the room towards the pair. "May I" he asked but really didn't as he grabbed the babe from the flabbergasted kings arms.
The babe stopped it's pitiful cries as his father raises the babe to eye level. Again he watched as the girl sees his face and froze. She opens her mouth but Tywin gave her a look and the sob froze in her throat.
She hiccup as Tywin maneuver her body to fit her in his arms and slowly rocked her, settling her. The girl looks up with watery purple eyes as the king turn to the women being held down.
"What did you do?" the king asked staring the woman down. A mad glint in his eye.
It took a few seconds for her mumbles to make sense but eventually Jamie understood "I did not... nothing... I didn't do it... I did ... nothing"
Her answer Not being enough the king turned to Tywin who was holding his fingers away from the babe with a disgusted look on his face seeing how she started spreading her drool over them.
"Tywin"
At the sound of his name, Tywin raised his head up from looking at the babe with a eyebrow cocked. "Check her over."
"You" the king pointed to a random guard silently standing by the door. " Start a fire."
immediately the wet nurse let out a cry, shaking her head in defense of what the king was saying. "No, no, no"
"the princess is fine. No visible injuries." Tywin grunted as he struggled to have his voice heard over the sobs and to keep his hold over the child, who started wiggling furiously.
Jamie watched as what seem like determination seep through her eyes. He raised an eyebrow as she stretched her small little limbs out reaching for her father, making all types of noises to get her father attention as Tywin doubled check to see if she was fine on order of the king.
"Your grace" Jamie spoke up causing the room to quiet down. "Princess Rheasaria wants you" he said waving a hand towards the babe.
Turning he did indeed see his princess daughter reach for him. He picked her up other of Tywin arms who gave her up gladly. The king raise her to his eye level and before he got a chance to do anything. The princess slammed her hands on the King's face with a loud slap, knocking his crown askew much to the shock of the people around them. Letting out a series of babbles with sounded alot like the word no, the princess started to leaned over her father's face and opened her mouth letting out a loud ah.
The king looked lost as he couldn't tell what his daughter was telling him as drops of drool fell on his face. he went to pull her down to chest level as the guard that went to start the fire came back.
"It's done" the guard huffed.
"Take he-" the king started to say but was interrupted as the princess abruptly shoved her fingers in his mouth.
"Rheasaria!" The king mumbled in outrage as he grabbed her hands in his, pulling it out of his mouth.
"Your grace if I may" Ser Barristan spoke up unsurely "I think I might know what's wrong."
With a nodd from his king, Ser Barristan slowly walked to the babe. "Princess" he addressed quietly. Princess Rheasaria head swung towards Ser Barristan's way. "Ah"
She copied him opening her mouth wide, letting out a dramatic ah as she did. The knight softly put his fingers in her mouth seemly searching for something.
He pulled his fingers out after searching for what he was looking for. "well" the king prompted wanting to know what's was wrong as well as all of us did.
"Her gums are inflamed." The knight provided. "Means she's teething"
It was quite as everyone thought over what he said. Jamie watched as The king faced turned red as he turned to the quietly sobbing women.
"Your her wet nurse, you telling me you didn't know what was wrong with the babe" he snarled paying no attention to the babe in his arms who was making spit bubbles.
Ew
"I didn't.." she started to speak but the king didn't want to hear it.
"What use is you if you can't even begin do your job right"
"I...i" she started again but was cut off as the king sentence her death. Two Knights went to grab her but was stopped by a loud 'no'
Jamie was shocked as everyone was shunned in silence. They turned as one to look at the princess, who head was shaking back and forth madly. Her blonde white locks accidentally slapping the King's face.
"No! No! No! No!" she screamed.
"Rheasaria" the king said sternly looking down at her but she didn't listen as she look up at her father. "No"
Jamie watched as his king froze, his eyes widen as he continued to look down at his princess daughter. "No" Rhaenyra repeated, slamming her chubby hands over the Kings cheeks.
Out the corner of Jamie's eye he saw his father own eyes widen as well as he got the chance to see what made the king froze as he was standing behind him.
Out of sudden, Rhaenyra giggled breaking the king and Tywin out of the daze they was in.
"Put her away" the king muttered as he started intently at his daughter. A glint in his eye, different than his usual. "Deal with it later"
"Your grace" the knight that had started the fire asked confused. "What about the fir-"
"Put it out, take her away" he said mentioning to the still crying woman before turning to walk out the room. His daughter still in hand.
"Father" Jamie asked as his father continued to stand there as the room cleared out.
"Jamie come" he says before following after everybody out the room. "We have much to talk"
Three weeks later here he was.
'well I supposed orders are orders' He thought grimly pulling a dagger from his belt. He raised it high in the air taking a deep breath steeling himself for what he was about to do and the consequences that would come with this heinous act when her eyes snapped open.
Bluish Violet met Green and all of a sudden his resolve washed away.
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