Chapter 3: Departure
Raziel Baratheon:

It was the day of his departure to Casterly rock and the Prince was both eager and anxious. Eager because he would get to explore new places and learn new things. Anxious for leaving Daenerys behind. Raziel was thinking about that while still lying in his bed, since he was still waiting for his mother to wake up. Last night Cersei went to his room like she often does and slept on his bed with him. Though the act annoyed him at times, he never had the courage to speak up. Raziel was at times uncomfortable with his Mother's touches. For the Prince's luck, his mother finally woke up.

"Good morning." Cersei whisper in her son's ear.

"Morning Mother." Raziel said in return.

Cersei stood up and was about to call the handmaiden.

"Mother?" Raziel called her.

"Yes sweetie?"

"Um mm... Can I take the harp with me?" Raziel asked while pointing on the harp with silver strings.
"Of course you can, I'll ask some men of confidence to put alongside the rest of the baggage we're taking." Cersei adored watching her son play the instrument, she though he looked beautiful while doing it.

"But before you do, I need to do something with it." Raziel answered.
Cersei walked towards her son and sat on his bed. "Let me guess, you're going to show it to the Targaryen girl?"

Raziel eyes widened a bit. "You know?" He asked

"Nothing that involves you happens in this Castle without my knowledge sweetie." There was a stern in her voice.

"Please don't tell father." Raziel begged a bit.

"Why would I do such a thing?" Cersei asked. "So that drunk can punish you just for being nice to that girl? I really don't think so." Cersei declared. "Do you like her?"

Raziel just nodded his head up and down to answer.

"Raziel listen to me," Cersei called. "Your father is a fool, and he doesn't care about what you do and don't do most of the time. ou shouldn't concern yourself with that buffoon's opinions or if he's going to be angry at you, cause I'll burn this entire castle to the ground with him inside if he ever attempted to harm you." Cersei declared.

"But -" Raziel tried to say.

Cersei put her hands on her son's cheeks and moved his head up, making his blue eyes stare at her green ones.

"But nothing Raziel!" Cersei interrupted. "You are a Lion! You may have the coloring of a Stag but you are Lion none the less and a Lion doesn't concern himself with the opinions of a sheep, and your father is a sheep." Cersei asserted. "Once you sit on the Iron throne, everything will be exactly as you want it to be. The Targaryen girl belongs to the crown and she will belong to you once you become king." Cersei remarked. "So you don't need to concern yourself with your father or anyone else's opinion on your relationship with that girl."

"I...I understand." Raziel responded.

"Good.". Cersei wrapped her arms around Raziel's neck and pulled him into a hug.

"Can I ask you a favor?" Raziel asked.

"Anything."

"When you come back, can you please watch over her, while I'm away. I don't want her to get lonely." Raziel implored.

"Of course," Cersei conceded. "You can write for her too, I'll make sure your letters arrive to her."

"Really?" Raziel returned the hug "Thank you Mother."

Raziel wore an outfit of Baratheon colors this time. He went to say goodbye to Daenerys before they departed.

He quietly entered her room and approached her bed. She was still sleeping.

"Hey Dany." Raziel whispered in her ear.

She slowly opened her eyes and smiled as she saw Raziel. "Morning Razi."
Raziel then moved closer and gave her a chaste kiss on the lips.

Daenerys smile grew wider but then her expression darkened. "It's today isn't it?"

"Yes."

Daenerys still wasn't ready but she didn't have a choice.

"I have something to show you." Raziel decided to change the subject.

He went to behind the door and pulled out the harp.

"A harp?" She asked.

"Yeah..." Raziel didn't know if he should tell that it belonged to her brother since she didn't need another sad reminder. "I've been learning how to play."

"Really? Can you play for me?" Daenerys asked with a lot of enthusiasm.

"Of course."

Raziel then sat down and started to play the only song he knew. He closed his eyes and let his fingers move on their on like the musician taught him. He managed to play the entire song without much difficulty. When he finally finished he opened his eyes and saw that Dany was sobbing.

"What's wrong, did I play that badly?" Raziel nervously asked.

"No!" Daenerys quickly said. "It's just that, it was so beautiful."

"Thank you."

Cersei Lannister:
It was finally time to depart to Casterly rock. Cersei couldn't wait to be away from her husband and to finally show the Rock to her son.

Raziel had never left King's landing, which Cersei suspected it was the reason why he accepted Jon Arryn's idea. The Queen still wasn't pleased with the thought of being away from her son, but she decided to swallow it for now. It was unknown to some but Cersei did know the real reason why Jon wanted to send Raziel away. Robert had a remarkable ability to turn enemies into friends, and Raziel didn't inherit this ability. However her special boy had a much more remarkable one.
They were setting the Royal carriage for her and Raziel. The Prince excelled in a lot of the things he did but he was a disaster at horse riding. He fell from his horse so many times that he gave up on practicing and always preferred to walk over riding. Robert himself was very displeased by it but he didn't say anything, not wanting to upset poor Raziel who already felt bad enough about it. Cersei had one of the horses killed when Raziel fell and cut his leg as a result.
Cersei stood there watching Raziel say his goodbyes to everyone. Robert won't accompany them to Casterly Rock since he still had some manners to take care of. Though she knew it was a lie since he never did anything that didn't involve fighting. So they would be accompanied by some of the Lord Commanders of the King's guard.

Robert lift him in a big hug up like he always did, Jon Arryn kneeled down and hugged him and told Raziel to behave. Stannis also gave him a hug. After he finished saying his goodbyes, the two entered the carriage and set off to the Rock.

Cersei lost track of time since they left the Capital. Raziel was sleeping with his head on her lap a while ago. Cersei gently stroke his black hair while thinking about Jaime.

When she lost Joffrey, she had written to him, asking him to come to King's landing to visit her. She needed him during those horrible moments, but he did not come for her. He was afraid that his wife might suspect something. Cersei became enraged by it and stopped speaking to him since that day. Months after Jaime sent some letters but she burned them without reading. Now she was going to have to face him.

She then kissed her son's forehead while he was still sleeping.

Tyrion Lannister:

It was a busy day at Casterly Rock, and everybody was preparing for the arrival of the Queen and the Prince. Tywin Lannister decided to throw an extravagant feast for their arrival and the whole castle was preparing for it. While most of the family were looking for it to their arrival since most hadn't met Raziel yet, Tyrion was not looking forward to his sister's return.

Ever since Cersei became Queen and went on to live at King's Landing, Tyrion had a peaceful life. He was also not looking forward to meet her son since he was expecting - at best, for him to be a spoiled brat or a worse male version of Cersei. Though he didn't really want to make any conclusions before meeting the boy.

Jaime was looking forward to her return, the same could not be said of his wife Lynesse. Their children Myrcella and Tommen on the other hand were looking forward to meet their cousin.
Myrcella was the spitting image of Cersei though she had skin the color of cream like her mother. Tommen was a full Lannister, though he had his mother's hair color. Though it was painfully obvious to everyone that Myrcella was Jaime's favorite child while Tommen was Lynesse's.
Jaime and Lynesse had a decent marriage but nobody believed they love each other.

It wasn't long before they heard the warning that the Royal carriage was approaching. With that, everyone made their way to the entrance in order to welcome the Prince.

Tyrion walked outside without much interest and just stood there waiting to greet them. The carriage finally entered the gates with some Knights riding in front of it. Tyrion was disappointed by the small number, he was expecting more. It didn't take long for his sister to leave the carriage, looking very pleased to be back at the Rock. Soon afterwards her son came out.

Tyrion took a good look at his nephew. He was a beautiful little boy though he already knew that by what he had heard. His hair, black as a raven, was brushed down with his bangs partially covering his eyes. His eyes were sapphire blue and he had a pale complexion. Tyrion was actually somewhat relieved that he didn't look too much like his sister. But he knew appearance didin't mean much since his niece looks like Cersei but fortunatelly had none of her nature.
Cersei and Raziel approached the rest of the family in order to give them their introductions.

Tywin just welcomed the two. Though Tyrion could see that the boy was intimidated by grandfather.

They then moved to Jaime. "Hello dear sister," Jaime said with his smug smile.

"Hello brother," Cersei replied with her voice sounding ice cold. "Sweetie this is your uncle Jaime." Her voice instantly changed from cold to warn when she started to talk with her son. Tyrion himself has noted that.

"Hello," the boy said with a sweet voice. "Is it true you killed the mad King?" Tyrion eyes widened since everyone in the Rock tried to not speak about it.

"Yes it is." Jaime tried to contain his discomfort on the subject.

"Let's not talk about this, darling." Cersei said with the most kind voice that Tyrion has ever heard her speak.

"Oh, sorry." The Prince apologized. Tyrion was instantly relieved that the kid at least had the decency of apologizing, since Cersei almost never apologized for anything.

They then moved to Lynesse.

"It's great to meet you aunt Lynesse." The boy said with a smile similar to Jaime's. Though his smile was more pleasant than Jaime's arrogant smirk.

"You too dear nephew." Something told Tyrion that Lynesse would really enjoy his presence. Cersei on the other hand, didn't seem to like what she was seeing one bit.

After that, they moved to Myrcella and Tommen.

"You two must by my niece and nephew." Cersei declared. "I'm your aunt Cersei." She spoke in a somewhat pleasant tone though Tyrion could tell that it was fake.

"It's an honor to meet you aunt Cersei." Myrcella bowed a bit which pleased his sister. "And you to my Pri-" She tried to say to Raziel but before she could he hugged her too. Myrcella face almost turned completely red when he did it

"Please call me Raziel." Myrcella was shocked but managed return the hug. Myrcella and Raziel were the same age, though Myrcella was a month older.

"Oh...Okay Raziel." Myrcella managed to say with her face red as a tomato. Jaime did not like what he just saw, Lynesse thought it was adorable and Cersei's expression was hard to read.
Tyrion on the other hand was holding himself, trying not to laugh at the situation.

He finally let go of Myrcella and moved to Tommen.

"The same goes for you." Raziel said to his cousin.

"Ok." That was all that little Tommen said.

And last but not least. It was Tyrion's turn.

"And this is you other uncle, Tyrion." Cersei said with a lot of distaste in his voice.

"You're very short. Mother didn't say you were a dwarf." The boy wondered.

"You caught me. And I was trying so hard to be taller." Tyrion jested.

"I know how you feel."

Something now told Tyrion that he was going to like the boy.

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