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°•°•𝔗he throne room was filled with witnesses as the two families were divided into two sides, rhaenyra and jaelys stood together infront of their children with luke beside rhaenyra. jace, laenyra stood beside each other behind their parents with jaenor and jaenys standing on each side of their elder brother and sister. visaeria and aemeria had stayed in their chambers with rhaenyra's handmaiden°•°•
°•°•the greens stood on the other side as alicent stood beside a dazed out aegon, aemond stood beside helaena and daeron as his one eyes stared jaenys down trying to intimidate the princess but jaenys rose her brow at the look as she could feel jace, jaenor and laenyra's dark glares directed to the one eyed prince—daring him to do something to their sister°•°•
°•°• helaena looked sadden for all of this happening as she felt bad for luke, her half sister and jaelys. she wished this would all be over and nothing bad would come their way°•°•
°•°•daeron was rolling on the heels of his feet as he eagerly wanted to be by his sister, the boy had grown a deep bond with rhaenyra as he saw the elder woman as a mother rather than his own who paid him no mind at all. he grew attached to rhaenyra like how he grew deeply attached to helaena°•°•
°•°•his eyes landed on luke as he sent the boy a bright smile with his eyes lighting up, luke sent him a nervous one back as his anxiety was eating him up to much to focus on anything. daeron could see that as he gave the boy a small thumbs up with a smile°•°•
°•°•otto had settled himself on the throne as if he was king, that alone made both jaelys and rhaenyra annoyed at his audacity "though it is the great hope of this court that lord corlys velaryon survive his wounds, we gather here with the grim task of dealing with the succession of driftmark" the hand said , jaelys jaw ticked as she took ahold of her wifes hand to calm her oncoming anger°•°•
°•°•"as hand, i speak with the king's voice on this
and all other matters. the crown will now hear the petitions. ser vaemond of house velaryon" all eyes snapped to vaemond as he came forth, the man could feel the heated gaze of his niece burning the side of his face°•°•
°•°•"my queen, my lord hand. the history of our noble houses extends beyond the seven kingdoms
to the days of old valyria. for as long as house
targaryen has ruled the skies, house velaryon has ruled the seas. when the doom fell on valyria,our houses became the last of their kind. our forebearers came to this new land, knowing that were they to fail, it would mean the end to their
bloodlines and their name. i have spent my entire life on driftmark defending my brother's seat" vaemond said , jaelys didn't even bother to hide her scoff°•°•
°•°• "the true, unimpeachable blood of house velaryon runs through my veins" he directed the words to luke , the boys breathing quickened as he discreetly held rhaenyra's arm "as does my son, if you cared so much about your house's blood ser vaemond,you would not be so bold as
to supplant its rightful heir. no, you only speak for yourself and for your own ambition" rhaenyra said to the man with a harden tone°•°•
°•°•"you will have chance to make your own petition, princess rhaenyra. do ser vaemond the courtesy of allowing his to be heard" alicent nipped in, jaelys silver eyes snapped to the green queen as she narrowed it daring the woman to ever address her wife as if she was some child again. alicent felt a shiver run down her spine at the look as she quickly looked away°•°•
°•°• vaemond gave rhaenyra a disgusted look before continuing "this is a matter of blood,
not ambition, i humbly put myself before you
as my brother's successor...the lord of driftmark
and lord of the tides" the man finished off , otto nodded "thank you ser vaemond" the man went back to his place feeling satisfied°•°•
°•°•oh you won't be for long cunt thought jaelys as she planned different ways to kill her uncle in her head°•°•
°•°•otto looked to rhaenyra "princess rhaenyra, you may now speak for your son, lucerys velaryon" the princess let go of her sons hand as jaelys inturn placed her hand on the boys shoulder keeping him close as jace took his mothers place beside his younger brother°•°•
°•°•rhaenyra stood infront of the hand with her hands placed infront of her as she started speaking "if i am to grace this farce with some answer, i will start by reminding the court
that nearly years ago in this very..." she was cut off when the doors opened°•°•
°•°•and in all his glory, viserys stood there with the help of his cane with four guards infront and behind him "king viserys of house targaryen,
the first of his name, king of the andals, and the rhoynar and the first men, lord of the seven kingdoms and protector of the realm" ser harrold announced as viserys walked in the throne room°•°•
°•°•otto stood up in shock at the king as he snapped his eyes to his equal as shocked daughter and vaemond , they thought the king was asleep due to otto giving him milk of the poppy yet her the king walked up to his throne—to defend his daughter and grandson°•°•
°•°•viserys glanced to jaelys and his grandchildren before looking to his daughter°•°•
°•°•the king walked up the steps breathing heavily as he stopped for a moment, a guard tried helping him but viserys refused as he mustered up the strength to walk. at the last step viserys felt his chest heave as his crown slipped from his head°•°•
°•°•he felt someone trying to help him as he was going to refuse but when he met rhaenys violet eyes "come cousin" she told him quietly as she helped him sit on the throne before she picked up the crown and placed it back on his head giving him a smile before going back to stand by baela and rhaena°•°•
°•°•"i must... admit... my confusion. i do not understand why petitions are being heard
over a settled succession. the only one present...
who might offer keener insight into lord corlys's wishes is the princess rhaenys" viserys said breathing heavily as he turned his eye back to his cousin°•°•
°•°•rhaenys stepped forward "it was ever my husband's will that driftmark pass through lady jaelys as she is soon to be queen consort to their trueborn son lucerys velaryon. his mind never changed nor did my support of him" said rhaenys coming to the defense of her grandson°•°•
°•°•"as a matter of fact, the princess rhaenyra and my daughter has informed me on many occasions of their desire to marry their son luke to lord corlys's granddaughter rhaena. a proposal to which i heartily agree" rhaenys glanced to her daughter giving her a quick smile before looking to the king°•°•
°•°• rhaenyra smiled as she clinged on lukes hand, rhaena had shyly looked to luke who was just as shy as the two blushed deeply before turning their attention back to viserys "well... the matter is settled, again. i hereby reaffirm prince lucerys of house velaryon as heir to driftmark, the driftwood throne, and the next lord of the tides" viserys announced for all to hear°•°•
°•°•lukes anxiousness seem to disappear as happiness at his grandsire defending him filled his body—but vaemond being the bitter man he is sneered at the king stepping forward with nothing but rage in his eyes°•°•
°•°•"you break law... and centuries of tradition
to install your daughter as heir yet you dare tell me who deserves to inherit the name velaryon?
no ...i will not allow it" the man seethed glaring at the king°•°•
°•°•viserys gave him a stern look "allow it? do not forget yourself vaemond" the king warned the man, but vaemond scoffed "that is no true velaryon!" the man shouted pointing to luke who stepped back abit in fear "and certainly no nephew of mine" jaelys looked at the man as if he has officially gone off the rails—which she is certain he did°•°•
°•°•viserys let out a light chuckle "lucerys is my trueborn grandson and you...are no more
than the second son of driftmark" said the king making vaemond even more rageful than he already was°•°•
°•°•"you... may run your house as you see fit...
but you will not decide the future of mine" hissed the man "my house survived the doom and a thousand tribulations besides and gods be damned i will not see it ended on the account of this..." he cut himself off as jaelys stared at him°•°•
°•°•"say it..." her voice eerily calm as her eyes menacing, vaemond smirked narrowing his eyes as he looked to luke with nothing but hate "their son is a nothing but a freak!" he shouted with nothing but hate and disgust in his eyes before looking to the king "and your daughter is nothing but a useless fat whore!" he said with such venom in his tone as gasped rang through the room°•°•
°•°•jace tightened his hold on his sword ready to kill the man , the twins stared almost evilly at the man as they too plan to slice the man into many pieces, laenyra glared coldly at the man as she wishes nothing more but for her dragon to eat this man alive , luke even if he was surprised at the insult thrown at him felt angry at the man for insulting his mother°•°•
°•°•helaena was shocked at his words as she stared at vaemond—even if she wasn't a violent person, she wishes to let her dragon burn the man alive for saying those foul words to her sister and nephew. daeron glared at the man as he was about to run forward and attack the man but helaena held his arm°•°•
°•°•viserys stood up taking out his dagger "i..will have your tongue for that" the king hissed even sick and all, he wanted to rip his tongue for daring to even insult his daughter and grandson°•°•
°•°•but suddenly as quick as vaemonds sharp tongue uttered those words, his head was sliced in half with his tongue still attached to the bottom half of his face and the blade who ended his bitter life was moonlight and jaelys wielding it as a dark look casted her face°•°•
°•°• "he can keep his tongue" she looked down to his dead body with disgust, even more gasped rang through the hall "disarm her!" yelled otto as the kingsguard sheated their blades, jaelys rolled her eyes cleaning her blade with the bottom of her cloak "no need" she answered calmly walking back to her wife°•°•
°•°•all stared at the dead body of vaemond, though he was jaelys uncle...she did not simply care and was waiting for the moment to kill him. her silver eyes looked to otto and alicent as a warning for what's to come to them°•°•
A/N: i know this was daemons part with the whole helping viserys thing but i replaced it with rhaenys because even after years in my mind i feel like viserys feels bad for taking the throne from rhaenys because they was besties when younger, but here rhaenys has clearly accepted the fact and forgive her cousin and see him as the king even if she was to become queen
a lil deep meaning moment ya know, and ofcourse jaelys was finna kill vaemonds stupid ass cuz how he gon insult nyra and luke without any consequences 🙄 glad he dead asf now