Sorry I took so long to update, I've been very busy. I just want to make it clear how Rhaenyra and Vijeks names are pronounced. Rhaenyra is ray-neera. Her nickname, Nyra, is neera. Vijek is vee-jhek. Also, another reminder, dialouge is in italics when a character is speaking Dothraki. Hope that clears things up! Enjoy, the wedding is in this chapter! Comments, questions, opinions, critique, and concerns welcome! I love all the reviews I'm getting, I read each and every one, and I love them all!
Rhaenyra's POV
Standing up from my chair, I push it in, and turn to my two companions.
"I'm done for today. I'm going to turn in now. Goodnight." I curtsey to Ser Jorah and Dany, then leave the library.
Ser Jorah, a traitor knight, has been giving Dany and I lessons in Dothraki. Since the day we met Khal Vijek, and Khal Drogo, we have had long lessons on speaking their language. The wedding is tomorrow, and the week has gone by quite fast. Viserys has been in meetings with the Khals most of the time, so we haven't seen him. Which is good, because it means he doesn't throw fits at us.
I want to go to sleep early, so I can get a good nights rest for the wedding. Despite my early hesitation, I am actually really excited for it. It means so many things to me. Freedom, hope, happiness, and my own life. I won't have to submit to Viserys anymore, won't have to deal with his stupid little tantrums, and I can actually live my own life. I won't have to fear him anymore.
Walking down the long corridors to mine and Dany's chamber, I hear footsteps behind me. I turn to see that Dany is following me, trying to catch up.
"Why did you leave so early? We could have had another hour of lessons." She falls into step beside me.
"I just want to get some rest, so I can be ready for the big day tomorrow." We reach our chamber, and I heave one of the massive doors open, gesturing Dany to go first.
As we get ready for bed, we talk quietly, and then lay down. This is my last night here, I think with nervous excitement. My handmaidens had been packing my things, which wasn't much, so that I wouldnt have to come back after the wedding. Though it will be scary not having a permanent home all the time, it will be exciting. Closing my eyes, I quickly drift off to sleep.
/Time lapse/
"Nyra, get up!" I feel someone laying on top of me, and open my eyes.
I look up and see Dany laying on me. Huffing I roll over, effectively pushing her off.
"Come on, get up!" She persists, poking me.
"The sun isn't even up yet, why are you waking me up so early?" I sit up, rubbing my eyes.
"Remember those things we hid? A long time ago? Well, I want to get those before we leave, and it would be best to get them before all the servents are up, and questioning us." Dany scoots off my bed, and grabs my hands, pulling me with her.
"Oh yes, those. I totally forgot about them! Lets go get them. Where did we hide them again?" I brush my hair out of my eyes.
"Where was our favorite hiding place when we were little?" Dany walks over to her nightstand and lights a candle.
"Oh yeah! Now I remember! Come on, let's go." I light my own candle, nd we leave the room and walk down the halls.
We finally reach our destination, the garden. I walk over to Dany, and we both go to out favorite plant, a big purple flower. I sit on the stone bench by it, and set my candle down. I reach my hand out to the left of the flower and start digging in the dirt, Dany does the same. About 7 inches down we reach a small wooden box. Pulling it up I smile at Dany. She sits next to me on the bench as I brush dirt off the top.
"Ready?" Dany asks, scooting closer to me.
I nod, and lift the lid, revealing our secret treasure. I pull out a necklace and a ring. They belonged to our mother, and we had secretly hid them when Viserys had sold her crown. The necklace had five purple gems in it, a large one in the center and two smaller ones on each side. Viserys said that our mother always thought it symbolized our family, since there was five of us, and five gems. It swirling silver patterns hodling the gems in place, giving it a regal look. The ring had a medium sized emerald in the center with a gold dragon wrapping around the finger, the emerald was the dragons eye.
"You should wear the necklace, since your dress is purple." I handed the necklace to Dany.
"And you should wear the ring since your dress is green." Dany replied, taking the necklace.
The sun was starting to rise, and I slipped the ring onto my finger, leaning my head on Danys shoulder, watching the sun rise. Dany wrapped her arms around me and leaned her head on top of mine.
"At least we get to stay together." Dany whispered as we watched our last sunrise at Illyrios house.
After about half and hour of watching the sun and chatting, Dany and I made our way back to our chambers to find our hand maidens had already drawn us baths. After bathing quickly, I slipped my dress on and walked over to the mirror. My bruises are so faded you almost can't see them. Almost. My hand maiden walked over and started doing my hair, twisting it into small braids so that some was pulled up and some was still down.
I walk out of the bathroom to find Dany trying to put the necklace on. I walk over to her and take the necklace from her. She smiles and pulls her hair to one side as I put the necklace around her neck and fasten the clip. She turns around and we smile at each other.
"You look beautiful." I say to her.
"As do you." She responds, pulling me into a hug.
I hug her back, and finally Viserys walks into our room.
"Are you ready to go? I have an army to obtain and a country to overtake." He drones, examining his nails, looking bored and unimpressed.
"Yes, Your Grace, we are ready. Sorry to have kept you waiting." I respond, not completely able to keep a sneer out of my voice.
"Was that disrespect I heard in your voice, sweet sister?" Viserys looms over me.
"I meant no offence, Your Grace." I bow my head, hoping he will let it slide.
He sighs and turns to leave, offering Dany is right arm, and me his left. We take his arms and walk down the corridor. The wedding is to be held in one of Illyrios outdoor yards.
/Time lapse/
I glace over at Vijek, who is sitting to my right. He is speaking to Drogo, and, while I've had some Dothraki lessons, I can't understand it all because of how fast they speak. Drogo is sitting to the right of Vijek, with Dany to Drogo's right. People had been coming and offering gifts to Drogo and Dany, and Vijek and I. Most of it was books, clothing, perfumes, oils, but the most interesting gifts came from Illyrio. He had given Dany three petrified dragon eggs, and me three petrified dragon eggs. My eggs were a light purple one, a white one, and a dark saphirre blue one. I wanted to look at them more, but I couldn't, because I could feel Viserys staring at me. He had told me before the wedding that if I didn't make this marriage work, then he would kill me. I believed Vijek could see the stress in my face, because he reached out and took my hand in his.
"What is wrong? Something is troubling you, I see it in your eyes." He searched my face, his eyes full of concern.
"Nothing. I am just worried about making my brother dissapointed." I replied, looking away from his eyes.
He reached out and gently grabbed my chin, forcing me to look at him. "How could you ever dissapoint anyone? Your brother is wrong to be dissapointed in you."
I smile at him, and rub my thumb against his.
"All my brother cares about is taking back Westeros. He has never cared about Daenerys and I. He only kept us around to use us as pawns." I glance down at Viserys, and feel anger bubbling up inside me.
"I understand that our marriage wasn't by love or choice, but I hope to make it work, and I will try to please you and give you a good life. I know your brother hasn't treated you well, but I promise that I will never hurt you, and if your brother hurts you again, I will gut him." Vijek promises.
"I am grateful to you, for trying to make this work, I promise I will try to make this work too. I am happy that I will not have to live with my brother anymore, and I hope to have a good life with you." I smile at him, and he squeezes my hand gently then gets up, nodding to Drogo.
"Come, Rhaenyra, it is time for my gift to you." He says, pulling me up.
I wrap my hand around his arm, as he leads me to the edge of the crowd. Dany and Drogo are right behind us. Vijek lets go of me, and walks over to two beautiful white mares. Drogo grabs one, and Vijek grabs one, taking them to us.
"Because you are sisters, we have decided to present you with mares who are sisters. Their bond is strong, as is yours, and they will be loyal to you until their deaths." Vijek explains.
"Thank you, they are beautiful." I say thank you in the Common Tounge, because I don't know how to say it in Dothraki.
Vijek smiles at me, and grabs me around the waist, easily lifting me up onto the horse as if I were a small child. I stroke the horses soft neck, and watch as Vijek expertly mounts his own horse. I look over to see that Dany and Drogo have done the same. I've never ridden a horse before, but it seems easy enough, as my mare immediatley follows Vijek.
We ride for quite some distance, when Drogo and Dany suddenly veer off in a different direction. I look at them, and then at Vijek, but he keeps going. When we finally stop, I look around. The ground is all rock, no grass or dirt, but there is a small river running through the rock. I glance at Vijek, and he dismounts and walks over to me. He lifts me off the saddle, then sets me down in front of him. He smiles, then takes my mares reins, and leads her over to the river with his horse.
I stand and watch him. I know what comes next, but I don't know what to do, or how to do it. I look at Vijek nervously, and hope I don't dissapoint him. Viserys would kill me if Vijek sent me back to him. I hope Vijek wouldn't do that but, I don't really know him all that well. Pulling myself out of my thoughts, I look up to see Vijek standing in front of me.
"You know what comes next?" He asks gently.
I nod, and look down.
"I know this is not easy, but I will try and make it as painless as possible. It is not my intention to hurt you." He caresses my cheek, and bends down to press a soft kiss to my forehead.
I close my eyes as he leads me to where he has layed down some furs so we would be more comfortable. He slips my dress off, and I keep my eyes shut tight, as he lays us down. I hear him remove his horseskin pants, and let out my breath, hoping it really won't be all that painfull.
Okay, that's as far as I'm going with that scene! I'll leave the rest up to your imaginations. Sorry, I don't want to write smut, because that's not the point of my story, and because my mom reads this story, so that'd be just a tad awkward. Again, sorry for such a late update, please don't hate me! I hope to have another chapter up by Monday or Tuesday.