"Lyanna-"
The man began and ended with those words, his eyes having caught something else that made colour return to his face. A very angry shade of red. Robert was angry, as evidenced by the growl that left his lips.
"Rhaegar Targaryen" the man roared and rushed towards Rhaegar, who stood with a young girl. Ned moved faster than Lyanna had ever seen him move, faster than she'd seen Father or Brandon move, to intercept Robert halfway.
"Get out of my way Ned! Let him cave his chest in once more!"
"Robert stop. The man said he's needed."
"Fuck the man! These freaks don't deserve to be here! Neither of them do!"
"He's angry because Rhaegar kidnapped you" Lyanna turned to see Catelyn standing behind her. "The hatred's never died it seems."
Lyanna blinked a few times and digested what the woman just said. She ignored the way Catelyn was looking at Brandon, too busy to even consider it since she was starting to grow angry. How dare Robert think she was abducted? What the fuck did they think she was? Some fragile flower?!
Lyanna lifted the dress she wore and marched towards Robert, who was still struggling against Ned. She stood behind Ned and before Robert.
Robert stopped struggling.
"Rhaegar did not abduct me" Lyanna informed him bold and cold. "I ran with him on my own accord!"
Robert stared at her for the longest time, blue eyes wide and disbelieving.
"What? No, you're lying. No, that bastard brainwashed you into thinking you went with him. Yeah, that's what-"
"No!" Lyanna cut in sharply. "He did nothing like that! I went with him because I wanted to."
"But.. why?"
Robert sounded so... hollow. So broken. But Lyanna hardly cared.
"Because you're a whore monger who fucks anyone that catches your fancy!" the woman exploded. "My marriage to you was fixed without my consent. Everyone expected me to be just okay with the fact that you'd fuck anyone you want and make as many bastards as you want! Fuck you already had one by then in the Vale! I felt trapped, I did not want to marry you!"
She then looked at Rhaegar.
"Rhaegar and I talked and unlike you, he seemed to want to know the real me. He was kind, he was considerate and he did not have a fucking whoring problem! He was attentive and loving."
"He had a wife already" Catelyn spoke, close enough that she'd heard her whole rant. Then again, Lyanna was screaming, everyone present heard her.
"And? Aegon Targaryen had two wives did he not? Besides Elia knew. Elia knew and she gave her consent!"
All eyes turned to Elia who nodded.
"The Doctrine of Exceptionalism stated that any child of the blood of the dragon could have more than one wife, as was the custom of Old Valyria. Rhaegar informed me beforehand and I had no issues with it" the woman confessed. It surprised even her brothers who were looking at her with wide eyes.
"Then why not marry before the eyes of the public? Why go to such lengths at all?" asked Olenna Tyrell, who had been silent till now.
"My father. I did not want him to know about it before I deposed him as King. He was already growing paranoid and if he learned that I was taking a second wife, he'd have surely thought I was making a move against him."
"I could have changed..."
Angry grey eyes turned back to Robert, who looked as if the fight was knocked out of him. Lyanna felt ever so slightly bad for him. So she spoke gently.
"Would you have? Would you have changed your ways for me? Because I don't think so. You'd have stayed faithful for the first few years, one year at worst, and then you'd go back to your old ways because you'd grow bored of me. Because that is the kind of person you are Robert."
"Lyanna enough" Ned cut off anything else that she was preparing to say. He was glaring at her and she was glaring right back.
A flash of bright light interrupted the argument that was about to break out and the voice of the system returned
"Time is up. You will all now introduce yourselves and sit to watch"
"Do we need to? I believe we already know everyone here" stated Renly Baratheon.
"Not all of you do. Think of the dead"
"Very well" the Queen of Thorns sighed. "I am Olenna Tyrell, and this is my granddaughter Margaery Tyrell."
"Jon Arryn."
"Yara Greyjoy... And this is my brother Theon I suppose."
"What do you mean suppose? I am Theon!"
The look Yara threw at him made him want to bash her head in.
"Doran Martell. This is my brother Oberyn and sister Elia."
"Varys. I serve as the Master of Whispers."
"Rhaegar Targaryen. This is my younger sister Daenerys."
The young girl was looking at her brother with an awed smile, but her brother was staring narrow-eyed at Varys.
"Jaime Lannister. My mother Lady Joanna Lannister and my brother Tyrion Lannister."
"Stannis Baratheon. My brother Robert and Renly, my daughter Shireen, my niece and nephew Myrcella and Tommen."
"Gendry."
"Mya."
"Ned Stark. My wife Catelyn Stark, my children Robb, Sansa, Arya, Bran and Jon, my father Lord Rickard Stark, my brother Brandon Stark and my sister Lyanna Stark."
"Now take and seat and watch what you future would have been. Answers the questions and earn the rewards that can make any living envy. Remember right answers get you rewards while wrong answers punishes you by stopping you from answering the next two questions so only answer if you are sure to be right."
As the Q&A system's voice disappeared. Slowly they all took a seat, families sitting together while Gendry and Mya sat beside Varys. The room dimmed when the last man standing sat and the dragon glass wall glowed with an eery glow.
Q. What is the reason for all of you to be here?
A. Olenna Tyrell knows Everything
B. Stannis Baratheon knows Everything
C. Jon Arryn knows Everything
D. Jon Snow knows Everything
E. Varys knows Everything
The first one to answer correctly gets the reward.
"Huh! So we are answering before even watching anything" Robert said
"E. Varys knows Everything " Renly said locking his answer
"Shit! Renly you bastard how dare you answer before me" Robert growled at him.
Renly shrugged his shoulders, "There are only 5 choices and I don't want someone else to get it correct by luck and get the reward so I chose before anyone else."
Wrong answer Renly Baratheon losses the chance to answer next two questions.
"Hahaha that's wha you get for trying to be smart you dumb idiot." Robert Baratheon laughed loudly
"Hmph! Atleast he helped us reduce one of the choices" Olenna Tyrell stated
"That's true but I am a little surprised that it isn't Varys after all as a Master of Whispers isn't it's his Job to know everything." Margarey Tyrell stated
Varys shook his head and said "I am but a small person my lady how can I know everything, I just make sure to find out everything important about the realm but even I have my limits."
"True most likely the correct answer would be the person who knows somethings that no one else knows" Stannis stated
"So who is that person than" Robert asked
As they all talked among themselves Jon Snow gave his answer, "D. Jon Snow knows Everything "