The Red Queen and The Blue Princess

by 215helen

The Winter Child, she was called. Perhaps in a different life, Gael Targaryen would be destined to be forgotten. Forever regulated to a mere name on a tapestry of Kings and Queens. This is not that life. For she is a woman, a dragon, the Blue Princess. And she will serve her Red Queen.

10. Rhaenys III

Rhaenys III

90AC

Not a strand of hair fell into Rhaenys' eyes as she floated above King's Landing on a sunny day without a single breeze. Had Rhaenys been another woman it is possible that she would have seen such perfect weather as a sign. A sign that the Gods approved of her marriage, approved of her betrothed and that she and Corlys were destined for a marital bliss that most of the nobility could never even dream of having. But instead Rhaenys felt uneasy.

In the light of the sun, Meleys's bright red scales resembled blood. Like the blood that had given the title of her father's Caraxes. A blood like color that clashed with the white of her wedding gown. A reminder, Rhaenys thought, of the blood that will stain her gown and her sheets, by the time this day is done.

The sept looked small from above, too small to house all of the Seven Kingdoms' most important Lord and Ladies, and quite a few from across the Narrow Sea. More names than Rhaenys could possibly remember were present just to witness the marriage of the heir's heir to the wealthiest Lord in the Realm. A man who has risen further in two decades than most houses do in two centuries, Gael's voice warned in her mind.

I love you, Corlys had proclaimed so many times.

Who could challenge your reign if you had Viserys by your side? Her father had shouted when she told him of her intentions. Think of your future son, Rhaenys! No one, even in a family like ours, would ever argue against his claim, against his Targaryen name, if Viserys was his father! Baelon and Alyssa's grandson. In the eyes of the Realm, regardless of what you do or say, Corlys Velaryon's son will always be seen as a Velaryon of Driftmark and never as a true Targaryen.

I will never betray you, Rhaenys. I will always be by your side, Corlys promised. And it is much too late to turn back now.

Rhaenys spotted where she is supposed to land. The large clearing her grandfather had ordered to be created after Rhaenys had insisted on flying to her wedding on Meleys' back.

Rhaenys was lost in her thoughts when closed her eyes as she ordered Meleys to begin her descent. But she did not see darkness. Nor did she picture her wedding.

She saw herself sitting on the Iron Throne.