You have made your bed, now you must lie in it
A silence falls over the throneroom, the court holding a baited breath. Eleonora and her ladies are black from sooth, ash and dirt, Balerion's roars still heard in the distance.
Rhaenys is pacing, her disapproving gaze is mirrored in Visenya's icecold glare. Eleonora would be death if looks could kill.
'We gave you one rule.' Rhaenys says, voice deadly silent. 'One rule! Never go into the pit alone without one of us. The most important one that you decided to ignore!' Rhaenys snaps, voice growing louder. 'What gives you the audacity, the right to even go there?' Rhaenys asks, furious gaze locked on Eleonora. 'What gives you the right?' she hisses, the ladies behind Eleonora flinching at the fury in her voice.
'Well, we wanted to see the dragons and since you were not here, we...' 'SILENCE!' Visenya's voice is like a whip, effectively silencing everyone. 'You are lucky Balerion didn't eat you. You are lucky Daenys was there to calm him down. Balerion's fondness for our sister is the only thing that saved you.' Rhaenys continues, finally sighing and sitting in her throne.
Visenya, who is sitting on the Iron throne, looks with a furious gaze at Eleonora. 'And what gives you the right to disrespect our sister? Your king's wife and queen?!' Daenys looks up in shock; this is the first time Visenya, hell even one of her siblings, has stood up for her. 'Well, she was not exactly wearing the garb and...' Visenya growls and hits her hand on the side of the throne, hard, the sound reverbating in the room. 'And that gives you the right to disrespect her?! Do not think because our brother has given you some attention that you will take Daenys' place.'
Eleonora shuts up at that and goes red. 'You do not exactly get along great, Your Highness.' Eleonora's brother points out in the crowd, seeing everything they build starting to crumble. Visenya snaps her gaze on the young man, and even Rhaenys is fuming now. 'How we get along with our sister is none of your business. The fact of the matter is that she is your third queen and that you will respect her! Do you understand?!' Visenya snaps again, the silence in the room deafening.
Aegon slithers out of the shadows, walking to the Iron throne, Visenya moving so that he can sit. His head is put in his hand, a silence falling over the court. 'Daenys.' he finally says, 'Come here, sister.' Daenys swallows but walks up, still in her simple clothes. 'Do enlighten us. What happened?' Daenys is unsure, but she sees no mockery in Aegon's eyes, only seriousness. 'Lady Argella and I went out of Aegonfort. We went for a walk in the fields.' A collective gasp goes through the room again, Visenya glaring at the crowd. 'Daenys.' Rhaenys sighs. 'I felt locked up in here. I wanted to go out, since it was a beautiful day.' she goes on.
'Ofcourse. You always have loved to go outside.' Aegon answers. 'Than...' 'When we came back, Queen Daenys saw Eleonora and her ladies in the pit. Queen Daenys tried to get them to go away, since she knows how the dragons hate to be disturbed by anyone but you.' Argella interrupts. 'Eleonora made some unkind comments, that Queen Daenys was pretty much worth nothing. Queen Daenys tried to push Eleonora towards the exit, Eleonora pushed her back. Queen Daenys fell.' Argella continues.
'You know that pushing or even touching a queen without her permission is punishable by death?' Visenya interrupts, Eleonora swallowing. 'Yes, Your Grace.' 'Balerion came and got angry. What however disturbed me the most is that Eleonora refused to curtsy for Queen Daenys and when reminded of etiquette, implied Daenys was not important enough.' Rhaenys is silent, Visenya gives of a furious vibe but Aegon is by far the worst. The king is silent, a deadly vibe coming off of him. 'Daenys?' he asks, his youngest sister growing more uncomfortable by the minute.
'I'm sure Lady Eleonora did not mean it like that, Aegon.' Daenys answers. 'Daenys.' Aegon hisses this time. 'It is true.' Daenys sighs. 'That is what happened.'
Daenys closes her eyes as Aegon stands, and so do her sisters. 'Treating Queen Daenys as if she is worth nothing is the same as implying me and my sisters are worth nothing. Eleonora, you will be stripped of any favours you got, including that necklace you got. Your brother will be demoded to his previous position. I do not want to see your face here for the next month, do you understand?' Eleonora looks up and sputters. 'But Your Grace!' 'Do not finish that sentence or I'll add two more!' Visenya snaps again. Eleonora is silent. 'As for you five, you will be Daenys' new ladies-in-waiting. If I even hear a whisper that you are defying her, you will answer to me, do you understand?' Aegon says again, the five ladies nodding with shame and embarassement. 'The hearing is over for today. You may leave.' Rhaenys finishes, clapping in her hands.
'You are coming with me.' Aegon mutters, grabbing Daenys by the hand. 'I trust you will lecture Lady Argella, Orys?' The hand of the king nods and steers his wife the other way. Aegon takes Daenys to his office, Rhaenys closing the door behind them when they are all in the room. 'As for you sister...' Daenys looks up, wringing her hands nervously. To her shock, Aegon grabs her chin and makes her look up. There is only gentleness and a certain tired fondness in his gaze. 'Promise me you will not go outside of Aegonfort again without telling anyone, yes?' Daenys sighs. ' I wanted to feel free. The walls were making me feel as if I was locked in a cage.' she admits. 'We can understand that, Daenys.' Rhaenys answers. 'But what if something happened to you? You are still a queen.' Rhaenys finishes, a small smile on her lips. 'Promise us you'll tell someone when you leave and you will take a guard with you. It will make all of us less worry.' Visenya asks, her fury and anger gone.
Daenys is quiet for a few moments and than nods. 'I will, I promise.' Aegon finally smiles and lets her chin go. 'You may leave than, Daenys. Have a good night.' Daenys nods and smiles, whispering a good night to her siblings. And to her surprise, they all answer.
It confuses her, what happened. But she figures that it is a start. For the first time in a long while, she feels enthusiastic about the future..