Third's Pov

Shantae stood with Luce, Jace, Baela, and Rhaena as they looked over at Vaegon, who swooned Aemond's eye shut. The children cuddled at her legs as King Viserys questioned Ser Harrold.

"How could you allow such a thing to happen? I will have answers." Viserys told Ser Harrold as he looked at him or any of the Kings' guards around him.

"The princes were supposed to be abed, My King." Ser Harrold defended himself as he stared at the King.

"Who had the watch?" The king asked before Ser Harrold could answer, and Ser Criston answered.

"The young prince was attacked by his cousins, Your Grace." Ser Criston answered.

The King looked at him, anger expressed on his face as he looked at Ser Criston. Shantae wondered what Viserys was going to do.

"You still didn't answer my question. Who was on watch?" King Viserys asked again as Ser Harrold now looked at Ser Criston.

"Me, Your Grace." Ser Criston stated it with a straight face.

"You! Where were you?!?!" King Viserys demanded.

"I was abed in your grace," Criston replied.

"Abed, he says," Viserys laughed before out of character punching the Kingsguard. It shocked everyone who had never seen his grace act like this. Ser Criston's head shook from the force.

"You swore oaths to protect and defend my blood!" He yells as the children, scared, hold Shantae. 

"He's very sorry, Your Grace." Ser Harrold tried to diffuse the tension.

"The Kingsguard has never had to defend princes from princes," Ser Harrold continued. Viserys walked over to his great-uncle.

"Uncle, It will heal, will it not?" Viserys asked him.

"The flesh will heal. But the eye is lost, Your Grace." Vaegon told him with a sad look. Viserys looked over at Ser Criston.

"Ser Criston, you are hereby stripped of your titles as kingsguard and banished from King's Landing or any houses in Westeros. Any moment you step foot on my land, you will die a painful death." Viserys told Ser Criston as Ser Harrold hanged his head.

"Your Grace," Ser Criston stuttered.

"This wouldn't have happened if you were at your post. That will teach any of you that the royal family is the main priority over anything else." Viserys stated. 

"Someone get the rest of my family; tell them what happened. We need to settle this now. You may all go to bed." Viserys tell the maids as many go to look for the rest of the royal family. 

"Shantae, please! Help me!" Criston cries as he tries to walk to Shantae, getting stopped by his brothers. The look of betrayal across his face to her and his brothers.

"Shantae, please! Those times we were together, please!" Criston outed as Shantae shook her head. He brought this upon himself. But she knew that this was meant to happen. Aemond now had his dragon.

"Guards, escort Ser Criston out and away from Driftmark. And remember to never step foot on Westeros again." Viserys told the guards as his family started to come. Corlys and Rhaenys are the first, along with Laenor and Ser Quarl.

"What is the meaning of this?" Corlys questioned as Rhaenys rushed to Baela and Rhaena, who rushed to their grandparents.

"Baela, Rhaena! What happened? What happened?" Rhaenys fussed over her girls as she looked at their faces.

"Jace! Luce! What happened?" Laenor said as he went to his boys, bringing them into a hug as Lucerys cried, saying again, 'he was sorry and how he didn't mean to.' Rhaenyra and Alicent came next as Daemon slowly came in, standing by the corridor. Saera came in with Rytos and her 4 oldest children, leaving her youngest with the nanny and their cousins. Maegelle showed up with a sad look on her face, followed by Aegon and Helaena, who were found in Shantae's room. Daeron followed after rubbing sleep away from his eyes.

"Jace! Luce! What happened?" Rhaenyra rushed to her children, looking at Luce's nose. She wiped Jace's face as she asked him what had happened. Alicent went over to Aemond as she started to cry.

"My sweet boy, what happened? What did you do?" Alicent said as she stumbled over her words. She tried not to touch his face.

"Who did this to you?" Alicent cried.

"They attacked me!" Aemond pointed to Rhaenyra's and Daemon's children.

"He attacked Baela!"

"He broke Luke's nose!"

"He stole my mother's dragon!

The children shouted in unison as Shantae watched. She knew she was going to blow everything away. Helaena went over to her as she held her hand. Shantae rubbed her head softly as she could hear the yelling around her.

"Enough," Viserys stated.

"He was going to kill Jace!"- Luce 

"I didn't do anything!" Aemond shouted.

"Enough," Viserys said again before Alicent cut in.

"It should be my son telling the tale!" Rhaenyra looked at Alicent, hurt.

"He called us..." Jace started before Viserys yelled.

"Silence!" 

"He called us bastards," Jace whispered sadly. Laenor looked up at Rhaenyra with an angry look. They were done hiding now; they would explain this to everyone. His children were hurt and there would be hell to pay.

"Aemond, I will have the truth about what happened," Viserys questioned Aemond, facing him.

"What else is there to hear? Your son has been maimed. Her son is responsible." Alicent angered. Rhaenyra was sad that it came to this. Is their relationship going to be okay? Are they going to be Okay?

"Your Grace, May I speak." Shantae stepped up as everyone looked at her.

"Yes, Lady Meeks, please. I'm sure you could tell me what happened." Viserys said to her:.

"In the altered timeline..." Shantae told them what happened before she told them this one. Rhaenyra and Alicent stared at each other as she revealed the fraction in their family. She walked close to Aemond, who stared at her through his eye.

"Prince Aemond, do you remember when you came to me after Aegon, Jace, and Luce gave you a pig for a dragon?" Shantae asked as everyone watched. Her fingers are underneath his chin.

"Yes, lady Meeks," Aemond replied.

"When I told you that one day you would get your dragon, but at a cost,. A debt must be paid." Shantae revealed that Alicent gasped at the thought.

"And what was your answer?" Shantae whispered with sadness as she looked him in the eye.

"Anything; I just wanted to belong," Aemond confessed as Daemon looked on with interest.

"And so you shall. Belong." Shantae stood up, holding out her hand, as Aemond hesitated before grabbing her hand.

"Come, children, you are going to apologize to each other for all your hands in this." Shantae urged the children over as the adults watched.

The children slowly came close to where they stood. Daeron watched, wanting to see what would happen. Luce was first, as he stood in front of him with sad eyes, looking at his feet.

"I'm sorry, Aemond. I didn't mean to. You were going to hurt Jace, and I panicked." Luce apologized to Aemond. The adults could only watch as each child apologized to Aemond. They waited for Aemond to accept their apologies, and with a nod from Shantae, he apologized too.

"I'm sorry for bonding with Vhagar; I should've waited to see if you could claim her before getting my chance to," Aemond said to Baela and Rhaena.

"I'm sorry for calling you bastards." Aemond started before Laenor cut him off.

"We'll have to talk about that." 

"I'm sure that can be done after," Corlys stated to his son.

After he was done, Viserys walked over to the children.

"We are family. We will not hear of this anymore. This goes for you too, Alicent. Anymore." Viserys finalled. The children nodded. Shantae sighed in relief, as she was happy that she stopped it before Alicent asked them about Ser Criston.

"And what happened to Ser Criston?" Alicent questioned.

"Ser Criston has been stripped of his titles as Kings Guard and banished from Westeros." King Viserys tells Alicent, who is shocked at the revelation. 

"But he didn't maim my son," Alicent said.

"He could've prevented it." Viserys stood his ground.

"Guards, please take Alicent to her room," Viserys stated as they took Alicent to her room. Visery watched with sad eyes. 

"Aunt Maegelle, please take the children to their rooms," Viserys said as he looked at Laenor and Rharnyra.

"Of course, come, children," Maegelle said softly to him before urging the children to come with her.

"Before we leave for King's Landing, everyone must be on the same page," Viserys told the adults in his family.

"And what page is that?" Daemon asked.

"You need to tell me the truth, Rhaenyra. I pushed past it because you birthed my grandchildren. Are Jace, Luce, and Joffery? Ser Harwin's?" Viserys questioned.

"Your grace, it's my fault. I was too distraught about Joffery to complete my duty. We both came up with a plan to try and birth heirs and we'll go do our own thing." Laenor told Viserys to take up for Rhaenyra. 

"So is They Ser Harwin's?" Viserys asked again.

"Yes, Father, it's Harwin's," Rhaenyra told him.

"They will always be my children, your grace." Prince Laenor told them.

"He wants to provide heirs now." Rhaenyra stated as she put a hand on her stomach.

"You're pregnant," Viserys started.

"I am." She said it with a smile before Corlys and Rhaenys congratulated her.

"Congrats Rhae." Saera and Shantae congratulated her.

"Tomorrow we are leaving back to King's Landing; we are starting the ideas that Shantae showed. We do not need any more bad eggs in our way." Viserys told them before he left to get some sleep. Shantae looked at Daemon, who was watching her in her nightgown before she wished them a good night before she too went to bed. Ser Quarl gave him a look.

"He kept looking at Shantae like he didn't threaten her." Ser Quarl told Laenor as he nodded. 

"He wants to marry her," Saera told them.

"What?" Rhaenyra questioned.

She was shaken as they left her there before leaving herself. Shantae and Daemon. That's a crazy pairing.

A/N: Ser Criston is gone but might return, idk yet. Next is back to King's L:adding. Alicent gonna be mad at Rhaenyra for a while. Daemon Ass needs to just step up and ask Shantae already. He just staring, like he wants to bend her ass over or something. Get in line; it's a long, small line. LOL