What is seen is not always shown,
Summary: Vahnya Targaryen, 5th born child of Viserys Targaryen really was a mystery, like her elder sister Helena, she spoke in riddles, only her riddles made you stop to think. She has seen how this all would unfold, she knew there would be an inevitable war coming, being born in this family really was a gift, but also a curse in so many ways. Maybe she can make some good out of this.
AN: I’m a really big fan of HOTD, if you guys like it, I’ll write a time skip chapter two😊 and as always, if you want to set the mood for this chapter, listen to “Skyfall” by Adele andddd or “Master of None” by beach house. I hope yall enjoy😊
Sharp brown eyes watched as everything unfolded, a conflicted expression on her face as she watched the scene play out in front of her, why did they have to do this.
Vahnya had woken up from her slumber with a jolt, her hands trembling unknown anxiety and the feeling that something had happened….something serious, something so serious that she needed to attend to it right away,
She got up out of her bed and quickly dressed herself, not even caring to call one of her maids to do it, she had no time to, she had to do something, she didn’t know what, but she just had to and she had to do it now.
Grabbing the candle from the bedside table, she then walked towards the door, slowly opening it and sticking her head outside to take a peek, “Nobody here” she thought to herself,
Some would think that maybeeee it wasn’t a good idea to leave a six year old princess in a room by herself without any guards nearby, though it seems nobody was thinking at all.
Taking the opportunity, she quickly snuck out of the room, her instincts leading the way as she continued walking, “Rhaenyra…I have to find her” though she didn’t know why, but she knew she had to.
It only took a few minutes before she was out of the castle in general, her bare feet mixing with the wet sand of the beachside as she continued walking, “Rhaenyra?” she said out loud, her instincts for some reason telling her that her sister was near,
“Rhaenyra, are you here” Her quiet voice said, her small hands pulling her cloak closer to herself as the night chill started getting to her. As she looked up from her cloak, she was greeted by a sight of two figures standing farther down on the shore,
“Maybe she’s there too” the six year old thought to herself, and without giving it a second thought, she began walking towards them.
“Elder sister, is that you” Vahnya said, her small form getting closer and closer to the two people, a feeling of relief spreading through her as she spotted familiar white hair on the two figures,
“It’s her” she said to herself, a pep in her step as she got closer and closer.
Damon was the first person to spot her, his brow raising in curiosity as the child’s form became more noticeable in the moonlight, he couldn’t tell who it was, but from the silhouette, they seemed very small,
“Who is that?” He said, gaining Rhaenyra’s attention completely, her heart skipping a beat as she remembered what she had just done and without looking at the person, she quickly began to brush herself off, fixing her hair and what not to try and look as presentable as possible to the incoming unexpected visitor.
When she felt she was presentable enough, she too turned around, her eyes looking down at the small figure, her brow furrowing in confusion as the girl now stood a few feet infront of both her and Damon,
“Hello” They heard the little princess say, both of Rhaenyra and Damon looking at each other in silent question then back down at the small girl infront of them,
“Hello..little princess..?” Damon said, his voice full of question on why she was there in the first place, Vahnya looked at him for a second, then without saying a word, looked at over at sister,
“Taking what is not yours…will forever haunt you” she said quietly, staring into the eyes of Rhaenyra, her left one to be exact, she didn’t small talk, she just went right into it.
“What?” Rhaenyra asked, a feeling of unease now sneaking up on her, “What really started it…?” Vahnya said, the wind suddenly picking up as it began softly blowing against her small body, almost as though it was whispering something to her.
Damon looked at this all unfold, his hand brushing the hilt of his sword on instinct as he too began to feel the rising tension, it was almost like something was about to happen…maybe it already has….
“A tale was told, but by who…the ones who know what really happened have no mouth to speak it…and even if did…would it be trusted?” A single tear ran down Vahnya’s cheek as she said those words, a look of pure desperation on her face as she suddenly looked to the sky’s.
Both Rhaenyra and Damon stayed silent, their eyes trained on the smaller figure of the princess as she suddenly stilled, her breath hitching as something came over her, her mouth opening as she let out a whisper,
“You must go to your sons…” Rhaenyra’s eyes widened at that statement, her heart dropping at the mention of her boys, “My sons??” She asked, unknowingly stepping closer to the little princess, Damon included.
“He has taken what was not his, and now, there is to be a debt” Vahnya had no control over what she was saying right now, her mouth moving on impulse, “Go to your boys now,” she said, turning her back to the two as she began to walk back to where she came from,
“Before it is too late” she whispered under her breath, her tiny form disappearing into the night. It was almost as though she was never there in the first place.
The view in front of Vahnya was a chaotic one, her brother was in a screaming match with her nephews, one side screaming about a stolen dragon, one side talking about getting attacked, one side talking about defending Jacaerys, her mother joining in in favor of her son, and it really was all too much.
“A dragon for an eye, but what is the real price”? She said quietly from her place beside Aemonds her eyes looking from Aemond to her nephews to her father and lastly to Rhaenyra,
“Children brought into wars that have nothing to do with them” she said, her eyes suddenly darting over to the quiet Aegon that stood in the corner watching everything unfold,
“A son for a son” she whispered, her eyes widening in horror as a those words escaped her mouth, they had no idea what they’d just done,
“Rhaenyra,” she said out loud, her eyes looking for her sister, who was too busy tending to her children, her rigid form kneeling down to hear what her sons were saying, and it must had been shocking because she immediately stood up, her body facing the side where Vahnya, Viserys and her mother were standing,
Viserys began talking, “Aemond, I will have the truth of what happened” he said, walking closer to the wounded boy, “Now” just from the tone of his voice, it sounded less like a worried father, and to Vahnya, more like a man trying to piece a tale together,
Alicent began to talk, defending her son and pointing the accusing finger back at Rhaenyra and her children, “This is something deeper” Vahnya thought, looking between her mother and Rhaenyra,
As Vahnya was in her thoughts, the argument went on, “It was my sons who were attacked, and forced to defend themselves” Rhaenyra said, her eyes unwavering as she stood her ground,
“Vile insults were levied at them” immediately that caught Vahnyas attention, her eyes now looking over at her nephews,
“What insults” Viserys asked, looking straight at Rhaenyra, “You know what” Vahnya whispered without missing a beat, taking her eyes off her nephews and now facing her father, she watched her fathers reaction for the next words her sister said,
“The legitimacy of my sons birth was put loudly to question” as Rhaenyra said this, Viserys had a shocked look on his face, “He called us bastards” the elder prince spoke, looking up at his mother as he said those words, Vahnya in turn looked over at her mother, rolling her eyes as she caught the downcast look in her mothers eyes,
“A wind will always spread seeds, be it seeds of weeds or seeds of wheat” Vahnya said in a mocking tone, walking more to the side and into the crowd, her smaller form and quiet demeanor causing her to blend in perfectly with the crowd.
Nobody seemed to notice her disappearance, their attention now on the two women talking, but to Vahnya, it began to get annoying after a point, she felt like she could fall asleep at any moment, and she almost did, if it weren’t for a single phrase her mother spoke,
“That is insufficient” A foreboding feeling slowly began to overtake her, her small feet unconsciously taking her more to the front so she could gain a better look of the situation,
“Aemond has been damaged permanently my king good will cannot make him whole” Alicent pleaded, her voice cracking slightly as the words came out of her mouth. “I know Alicent,” Viserys said, “Do you really” Vahnya retorted quietly, the whole ordeal wearing her out completely, and she wanted nothing more than to just head back to bed now.
The back and forth went on for a short period, everyone listening intently as the queen expressed how she feels that she is owed one of Rheanyra’s sons eyes in return for the one her own had lost, and while all this was happening, Vahnya found a piece of chicken to munch on while she watched it unfold.
After a while, it seemed like the whole ordeal was coming to an end, Viserys had said his peace and forbade anyone from speaking about the parentage of the Velaryon boys. Alicent looked down in defeat as all this happened, a million thoughts swarming in her head but none finding the courage to escape her mouth…
“Thank you father” Vahnya almost laughed as she heard her sister say that, “Now why would she say that” Vahnya said to herself, shaking her head in disbelief as she knew or more like had a feeling on what was coming.
Though it might sound like a tone of gratitude to the outside perspective, to those who REALLY knew Rheanyra, you’d know that it was a one of triumph, like a little kid who won an argument and had the support of the adults around them, though it seems that only Vahnya and Alicent caught onto it.
“Don’t do it” Vahnya said as she watched her mother, stepping a bit closer to where her sister was knelt at as she caught the look on her mothers face
“Stand up Rheanyra” she said, her eyes still on her mother, and a good thing she was, because not even two seconds later, her mother grabbed the blade from the waistband of her fathers pants, her eyes frantic as she turned around to face Rheanyra,
“GET UP NOW RHAENYRA” Vahnya shouted, gathering the attention of Rhaenyra and the others around them as Alicent began to charge at them, blade high in the air as she sought out the two Velaryon boys, not caring for anyone in her path,
Just in time, Rhaenyra spun around, her body moving on the instinct to protect her children as she hurriedly grabbed Alicent, swiftly her in her tracks without missing a beat, her eyes staring into the rear filled orbs of the queen, her once bestest of friends now turned foes
While the two were having a glaring match, everyone around them was in disarray, the guards were scrambling around, their objectives split between protecting the king, and dealing with the two women who looked like they wanted to kill each other,
“More like kiss each other” Vahnya thought to herself, seeing the unspoken tension between her mother and Rheanyra, though before she could see more, she was bumped out of the way by one of the knights, her body now forced to take cover where Rhaenyra’s boys were,
“Well this is awkward” She thought to herself, but deciding not to dwell on the placements too much, there were more pressing matters afoot,
“Where is duty, where is sacrifice, it’s trampled under your pretty foot again” Vahnya squinted her eyes at her mother at that statement, observing the body language of the two women, she really felt like it was something deeper going on here, but she couldn’t place her finger on it.
While Vahnya was lost in her thoughts, the quarrel continued, both sides speaking and trying to stake their claims on who is right and who is wrong,
“But now they see you as you are” Vahnya’s attention was immediately grabbed by that statement, her mouth opening as she started to say something,
“Mothe-” she was cut off by a sharp slice, the sound ringing through the air as both parties jumped back, a moment of silence floating through the room as everyone took in what had just happened…
Alicent stabbed Rheanyra, her mother sliced open the palm of the heir to the Iron Throne…The Queen has just assaulted the Princess.
Alicent let the blade fall out of her hands, her brain now catching on to what she just did as she watched the blood run down the palm of Rheanyra’s hand, a look of regret and sadness in her eyes as she looked at the result of her actions,
While everyone was engulfed in silence, the bruised Aemond slowly began to walk over to where his mother stood, a tired expression on his face as he began speaking, breaking the stifling silence that had taken over the room,
“Do not mourn me mother” everyone turned to look at the boy as he spoke, everyone but Vahnya, whose eyes were set on the young prince Lucerys, “It was a fair exchange.” Her eyes remained on the young prince “Speaking of fair in an unfair world” Vahnya whispered, looking away from the boy as she said those words,
“I may have lost an eye…but I gained a dragon”
An uneasy tension filled the air as he said that, the people felt as though this was where it would end, this would be where everyone just went on their own paths and drift away from each other, and this whole ordeal would just be something to whisper about,
But Vahnya knew, she knew better. This wasn’t the end, this wasn’t even the tip of the iceberg, if only the people knew that…
“Where did it really begin, who is the real enemy here” she whispered, not noticing the looks she was getting from the two Velaryon boys, their eyes filled with uncertainty as they looked at her smaller form,
“It’s coming” with that, she walked off, their eyes watching her as she did…what did she mean by that?
AN: Her warning Rhaenyra remains me of the TikTok audio “JAY YOU GOTTA MOVVVEEEEEE”🤣
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