Chapter 4: Into the Lion's den (3/5)

Jaime Lannister:

Jaime was having a bad feeling about the entire ordeal.

After the end of the archery competition. They decided to continue the melee on the next day. As soon as Jaime had woken up, he was summoned by his father.

Right now he was making his way to his father's solar, probably to discuss the northmen's audacity. While making his way there, he bumped into his sister.

"Let me guess, Father has summoned you," Cersei spoke.

"Yes, where are you going?" Jaime decided to ask.

"I wanna see how this is going to play out." Cersei articulated with a smirk.

"Or maybe you just wanna see if I was Ok?" Jaime pointed.

"I'm just a little annoyed that a northman thinks he can come here and insult our house like that," Cersei stated.

The two twins kept walking down the hallway. Jaime finally had the opportunity to ask his sister all he had been meaning to ask since she arrived.

"Is the King still claiming his rights?" Jaime was actually asking if Robert was still fucking her.

"It used to be frequent but now is just once a year," Cersei replied with a neutral expression.

"So what do you do on lonely nights?" Jaime was actually curious.

"My cub keeps me company," Cersei spoke with a smile on her face, which disturbed Jaime a bit.

The two were almost in Lord Tywin's solar, but before they got there, Jaime decided to ask another question. Which is something that he'd been suspecting for some time but he was hoping to be wrong.

"That must be boring. I'm sure you miss someone making you feel good from time to time." Jaime suspected that she had a lover or something in King's landing.

Cersei just moved her head and two stared at each other's green eyes.

"Nothing had ever felt so good as Raziel's mouth around my nipple," Cersei answered with a smile before entering the solar.

Jaime himself was paralyzed by what he just heard. He was seriously hoping that she meant that she felt good while breastfeeding her child, but now that he thought about it, he did notice something strange the other day when she was bathing. Whatever it was, he entered the solar before his father called for him.

Raziel Baratheon:

The Prince didn't know what was going to happen but whatever it was, it wasn't gonna be pretty.

He was currently in a room with his cousin Tommen, who was playing with his pet kittens Boots, Lady Whiskers and Ser Pounce. They were both waiting for Myrcella and Joy to call them in order for the goodbye. Apparently Uncle Gerion was going on a quest to find House Lannister's ancestral Valyrian steel greatsword, Brightroar, and any other treasures that might have survived the Doom of Valyria. He requested Lord Tywin to allow his daughter to stay at Casterly Rock until he returned which the old lion reluctantly accepted. Raziel was happy that Joy was going to stay which means he got one more person to play with.

"Do it again," Tommen said.

"Again Tommen?" Raziel already did it three times.

"Please!Please!Please!" Tommen begged while jumping.

"Alright. Get the Kittens away." Raziel ordered and Tommen grabbed the kittens and stood back.

Raziel went to the wall and prepared. He then ran a bit and made a cartwheel, followed by a back handspring.

Tommen started to clap his hands really fast when he finished. While he clapped, Raziel remembered the day where he learned to tumble.

It was the same day when he met his cousin Joy and Uncle Gerion. While he was playing with Joy and Myrcella, Gerion appeared to check on them and asked if they wanted to see something fun. When they all nodded their heads, he started to do a bunch of acrobatic moves that impressed them. He then gave a few instructions on how to do it before leaving them to go speak with Lord Tywin. The moment he left the room, Myrcella attempted to do it but she couldn't because her dress didn't allow it. Joy then suggested that she took it off, which was what she did when her father showed her how to do it. Myrcella then took off her dress and started to try it on her small clothes. Raziel couldn't help but laugh when she felt on her first attempt. Myrcella got mad and told Raziel to try it, but told him to do it in his small clothes as she did. The Prince refused at first but then Myrcella made a bet.

"If you manage to do it, I'll give you one of Tommen's kittens," Myrcella said knowing that Raziel liked the kittens.

"Really?!" Raziel said not believing what she was saying.

"But if you fall like I did, you'll have to..." Myrcella was thinking. "You'll have to kiss me."

"What?" Raziel asked in confusion.

"Yes, you heard it right, if you fall like I did you'll have to kiss me," Myrcella spoke like Raziel's mother just now. "You'll have to kiss Joy as well."

"What?! Why me?" Joy protested in deep confusion. Myrcella then whispered something in her ear which calmed her. "Oh."

"Ok." They actually made surprised faces when he accepted so quickly

He took his clothes off and attempted to do it on his small clothes like she did. Unfortunately for him, he fell flat on his back in the attempt. Myrcella laughed out loud and Joy gave a small chuckle. But then they stopped laughing and their faces turned red because they knew what would happen next.

"Raziel." The Prince was broken from his thoughts by Tommen.

"Yes?"

"Why did Myrcella and Joy stop playing with us?" Tommen asked.

"Well..."

After his failed attempt, Raziel kissed the two of them in the lips which caused the two of them to run away embarrassed afterwards. Raziel still laughed when he remembered Myrcella quickly putting her dress back on while she ran and they have been avoiding him since then. Yesterday during the tourney for his nameday, the two sat as far away from Raziel as possible which really bothered him. Even though they were all surprised after that man named his aunt his queen of love and beauty, which Raziel was asking himself what exactly was going to happen. His Grandfather was furious and he couldn't tell if his mother was laughing or frowning at the situation. His Uncle Jaime looked very angry. But the most strange was his aunt Lynesse.

Before Raziel could give an answer to Tommen, they heard a knock on the door. It opened without bothering to knock twice. It was their uncle Tyrion.

"Hello my dear nephews." He greeted them with his usual smile.

"Hi, Uncle Tyrion." Raziel and Tommen both spoke at the same time. "Is something wrong?" Raziel asked.

"Oh no, Myrcella asked me to call the two of you to see uncle Gerion off." Tyrion explained to them. "Joy, Myrcella,Lynesse and Gerion have already left."

Now Raziel was really annoyed by that. Were Myrcella and Joy going to avoid him for the whole year?

"C'mon Tommen." He called his cousin.

Tyrion,Tommen and Raziel were all sitting on a mare on their way to Lannisport with two Lannister guards following behind them. Lannisport was located less than a mile south of Casterly Rock.

"Hey Uncle Tyrion," Raziel called his uncle.

"Yes?"

"Do you know where my Mother or Uncle Jaime are?" Raziel hadn't seen them all day, which was strange since his mother would usually woke up right after he did.

"They were... discussing how to deal with a problem." Tyrion tried to say.

"Does it have anything to do with that man crowing aunt Lynesse his queen of love and beauty?" Raziel asked.

"Yes," Tyrion confirmed.

"But Mother is beautiful." Tommen pointed out.

"Yes. But you see, crowing someone else's wife is considered inappropriate." Tyrion tried to explain to his nephews. "And your grandfather is not exactly a man that you want to insult, especially in his own land."

"But, where is mother?" Raziel asked again.

"She's in my father's solar discussing the situation with Jaime and Lord Tywin," Tyrion answered.

"Oh, okay."

The three were almost at Lannisport but before they arrived Tyrion asked another question.

"Did you and Myrcella fight or something?" Tyrion asked. "You were inseparable just two days ago."

"Myrcella is avoiding me for some reason. I don't understand, it was just a kiss." Raziel explained which made Tyrion lose control of the horse for a second.

"Wh- What?" Tyrion asked in confusion.

"Uncle Gerion taught us how to do some acrobatic moves, Myrcella tried but she fell on her back. Then she challenged me to try but if I failed, I would have to kiss her." Raziel explained leaving out the part where she was in her small clothes and that she promised one of Tommen kittens if he managed to do it. "I fell on my back and then I kissed her and Joy."

"Ummmm." Tyrion was trying to say something.

"Gross. You kissed Myrcella and Joy in the mouth?" Tommen asked his cousin.

Cersei Lannister:

The Queen was currently in Lord Tywin's solar, just listening to the conversation between her father and brother. Tywin was not pleased with the situation and Jaime was angry at it. Cersei was only watching in amusement, but she herself was annoyed at the northma'sn disrespect at her house. They were discussing how they should proceed with this insult.

While they were talking, there was a knock on the door.

"Come in." Her father said.

The one entering the door was a huge and heavily-muscled man. The right side of his face was gaunt, with sharp cheekbones and a heavy brow, while the left side was burned and ruined with scars. Slick black flesh waspocked with craters and deep cracks that ooze red and wet, his left ear was only a hole with a stump, and a hint of bone showed on his jaw. The scars extended down to his throat. There was a twisted mass of scars around his left eye, which was still good, not harmed by the fire, but he had no lips on the left side.

"You called for me." The man said.

"Yes," Tywin said in an uncaring manner.

"What have you called him for?" Jaime asked in confusion.

"Nothing that you need to concern yourself with," Tywin assured Jaime. "Go prepare for the Melee, we'll continue this conversation later." It was more of an order than anything else.

Jaime stood up and left. Cersei was about to follow behind him, more to find her son than to follow her brother, actually.

"Not you," Tywin spoke again.

Cersei turned around not knowing what her father wanted with her. She then moved to the chair where Jaime was sitting down.

"Two weeks ago, you requested me to find a competent sworn shield to Raziel." Tywin explained. "This is Sandor Clegane. He is the younger brother of Ser Gregor Clegane."

Two weeks ago. The Queen had an awful nightmare about her son getting killed by a random assassin. Later that same day, she went to her father and requested him to find a fierce warrior to protect her son in the years of fosterage. The Mountain was a very deadly and dangerous man but had someone else in mind. Her brother might be a little more obedient.

Raziel Baratheon:

Raziel,Tommen and Tyrion arrived at Lannisport and continued the rest of the way on foot. Raziel held Tommen's hand the entire way, while Tyrion kept walking in front of the two to show the way. Arriving closer to their destination, Raziel spotted a ship from afar.

"Is that Uncle Gerion's ship?" Raziel asked Tyrion.

"Yes, The Laughing Lion. Isn't it beautiful?" Tyrion said with a smile.

"It's so big." Tommen pointed in curiosity.

The three continued to walk until they saw Gerion, Myrcella, Joy and his aunt Lynesse.

"Ah finally, I thought you might have forgotten about me." Uncle Gerion greeted them.

While they approached them, Raziel noticed Myrcella and Joy looking away, avoiding eye contact.

"Can I go with you uncle Gerion?" Little Tommen asked.

"Ho ho ho, as much as I would love your company, I don't think your grandfather or your father would approve." Uncle Gerion explained while Tommen looked down in disappointment. "Besides, I'll need you and Raziel to look after Joy while I'm gone." He said while looking at Joy.

When Raziel moved his head to look at her, she looked red in embarrassment.

I didn't take long for them to finish the preparations for sail. Gerion was now ready to go inside but not before saying his goodbyes.

First was Tyrion.

"I'll see if I can find you that book you were looking for in Essos," Gerion assured him.

"Why thank you," Tyrion spoke in return.

Then he went to Joy."Now Joy remember. Be a good girl and don't cause any trouble for them, I'll be back before you'll notice." Gerion reassured her.

"I...I will." Joy responded. Raziel could tell that she was trying not to cry.

"I know you will," Gerion added before hugging her.

He then went to Myrcella, Tommen and Lynesse.

"Now my favorite golden nephew and niece. Take care, I'll bring a gift for the two of you when I return." Gerion promised before hugging the two of them at the same time. "You too my Lady." He spoke with Lynesse.

Then he went to Raziel last.

"We didn't have much time to get to know each other. But I hope we can see each other again." Gerion spoke while messing Raziel's hair. "Oh and keep practicing what I taught you, you'll never know when it might come in handy."

"I will," Raziel replied.

Gerion then turned around and entered the ship. It wasn't long before they finally sailed away, as the distance was increasing Gerion was waving off to everyone. But as soon as the ship was far enough,Joy started to sob. As the tears started to come out of her eyes, she quickly tried to wipe them but they wouldn't stop coming. It wasn't long before the others noticed but they only stayed still letting her by herself.

But Raziel didn't like to see her cry because it reminded him too much of Daenerys. So he approached Joy and wrapped his arms around her like he did with Dany on his goodbye. It only took a few seconds for Joy to stop trying to hold her tears and completely start crying. Any of the embarrassment she had early seemed to be gone since she fully accepted Raziel's embrace by putting her head on his shoulder. Raziel could feel her tears wetting his shirt but he didn't care, all he did care was to hold her. But out of nowhere, he felt someone else wrapping their arms around him.

It was Myrcella.

"Sorry for avoiding you." Myrcella whispered in Raziel's ear.

"Me too." Joy also whispered between tears.

"Don't worry about it," Raziel assured them. "Just don't do it again please." Raziel begged.

Raziel was getting lonely without them. He liked playing with Tommen but he got along more with Myrcella.

"As much as seeing the three of you hugging is pretty adorable, we need to go back now," Tyrion spoke up.

The three let go of each other and started to walk the way back to Casterly rock. But before they did Raziel pulled Myrcella and Joy close.

"I fell on purpose." He whispered into their ears before running off. Leaving his two cousins with their surprised expressions.

He was lying. He didn't fall on purpose.

Jorah Mormont:

The Lord of Bear Island was currently preparing himself for the upcoming melee.

"That's a nice sword." Jorah heard a man saying from behind him.

Jorah was sitting in a tavern in Lannisport, drinking a nice cup of ale and cleaning his family sword.

"So is yours," Jorah complimented the sword that was on his hip. "What do you want?"

"I have a proposition for you."

"Whatever it is, I don't have time."

"Even if I could give you the one thing you want?" The man spoke with a tone that Jorah did not like.

"Speak." He decided to give him the benefit of the doubt.

"My name is Denys Drumm of House Drumm of Old Wyk and I have a proposition for you." Jorah was surprised. House Drumm of Old Wyk was a noble house from the Iron Islands.

"What kind of proposition?" Jorah didn't like where this was going.

"What kind things would you be willing to do to have that woman you crowned in tourney?" Denys Drumm spoke with a smile.

Jorah paused a bit and stared the man in the eyes before finally answering. "Anything."

A/N: Some questions that I received that I decided to answer.

Q: Is this story gonna have more than one OC?

A: Yes, but the number will be as low as possible.

Q: Is this story gonna have a time skip?

A: Only of weeks or months. Each fostering will take it's time.

Q: Are you making any more changes to the overall plot?

A: This entire story is gonna be composed of What If scenarios.

Q: Why is Raziel going to be out for 8 years if there are only Seven Kingdoms.

A: Dragonstone with his uncle Stannis.

Q: Is Essos going be a part of the story.

A: Someone has to deal with Viserys.

Q: How is he gonna go to Dorne if they hate his family.

A: Sorry, It's a spoiler. It will be answered at the end of his stay the Lannisters .

A special thanks to my beta writter (SpiceHoney) and to everyone that follows and favorites my story.