Rhaenyra’s No Good Very Bad Day
The work Rhaenyra has been sent to was much different than her own, here no longer were women held back on the status of their gender. Instead, everyone followed a hierarchy based on their second gender, those being Alphas, Betas, and Omegas. It was a surprise for Rhaenyra when she saw who her family was this time around, Rhaenys the woman who had died for her cause, was now her sire. She was unsure how to feel about that, as she watched how the woman doted on her mother Aemma, showing far more care than her father Viserys ever did. That was another shocking change, as Viserys was just her parent's cousin, and had a family of his own as well. Rhaenyra had nearly jumped out of the window of her room when she found out who her father’s new family was, Viserys was an omega in this life. This reflected his passive-soft nature in their last one, and he was the mate of Lord Otto Hightower.
Rhaenyra wanted to scream at the thought of the man who had stolen her best friend in her past life, raising that same girl as his daughter. It was discomforting to imagine her father and his husband's relationship, especially when she realized that Alicent and all three of her brothers were the children of those two. It was as if Syrax was punishing her, placing everyone most responsible for her downfall in one family and giving them the dragon’s blood in this life. Her only comfort was that none of them currently possessed dragons as Rhaenys was careful about who was allowed to claim a dragon. She was much more proactive than Viserys had been, and much more fatherly as well. As she took time out of her busy schedule to bond with Rhaenyra and even had taken her atop Meleys quite a few times. While Aemma in this life was much happier and healthier as well, Rhaenyra was glad that her mother would not have to suffer as she did before.
The changes were strange indeed, but some were almost pleasant, Rhaenyra no longer felt so alone with her new parents there to guide her. But, some changes were just absurd, as Corlys Velaryon had taken Daemon as his mate in this life. The thought had Rhaenyra laughing in her room late at night, her uncle, her husband was the Sea Snakes alpha in this world. And Corlys had birthed both Laena and Laenor with Daemon, gods Rhaenyra wished she was old enough to drink. At least in this world, she and her uncle would never be drawn back to each other, as he seemed content with his omega and she had no interest in the man who had abandoned her in her darkest moments. Maybe it was cold to say, but Rhaenyra wished to never see him again. She may not have been perfect in her last life, but that doesn't change all how he had failed her, how he chose a child over her.
Was Rhaenyra so undesirable in her final days that Daemon saw the girl as a better option? Or was her Rogue Prince always a faithless dog who had used her and left when it was convenient? Had she been a fool, placing her hopes and dreams in his hands and ignoring how it hurt? She was once a girl who dreamed of marrying a loyal Prince, but as her last life showed her, she deserved better than that. She wanted so much more than a loveless marriage, she wanted passion and romance, and she wanted her kids to be born out of love not duty. And yes it was selfish to wish for that when she was the daughter of the Queen, but she was only human. It was fine for her to wish for happiness, even if she knew she would have no say in the matter either way. But, that would be years away, she hoped… As of right now, she was only a girl of ten-name days, and her mother was pregnant once more.
Rhaenyra would finally have the siblings she had dreamed of in her last life, but her fears for her mother still lingered. Would this be another Baelon, would her hopes be crushed once more, as this world shifted to match her own? The question kept her at her mother’s side, she accompanied Aemma all around the keep, forgoing her usual mischief and instead reading with her mother. In her prayers to Syrax, she begged, that she was allowed to keep her mother in this life. And merciful Surax granted this request and even blessed Rhaenyra with a younger brother as well, but when she saw the babe she wanted to curse out the goddess once more. As her two mothers cooed over their newborn son, Aegon.