The Eunuch
NED
The honorable Ned stark sat alone in the black cells of the red keep. The stink of dead men loomed through out the air, when he first arrived the smell had made him gag. With no light he felt alone in the world. He was hungry and thirsty, yet all he could do was dream of food. His belly had an empty pain to it, he dreamt of bread and meat. The chains he wore around his wrists cut into his arms, blood slowly leaked down his hands. The blood made his hands sticky, or it dried to him creating scabs. If he moved or clenched his fists pain spread up his arm. He looked into the darkness, blind. He wondered what his wife was doing, he did love her. It didn't matter that she was originally promised Brandon, his brother. Every time he saw her, he didn't see the woman she had grown to be,
He saw the beautiful, frightened girl he met on his wedding day. He knew that whatever would happen to him, he would love her until the moment he took his last breath, hopefully he wouldn't die. If Cat still held the queens brother, Ned knew no harm would come to him or his daughters.
His mind slowly wondered to the worst possible thing that could happen. He didn't care about his life, but he cared about his daughters. He loved his daughters, Sansa always being the lady, he felt bad about the situation with the wolves, she looked just like her mother, a true Tully. The queen would never let Sansa marry joffery now, at least he hoped, 'how could you let her marry someone like that,' aryas words echoed through out his head. He thought about Arya, his little girl, Sansa might survive the queen, but Arya in court would not go well. Would the queen harm her after what happened at the crossroads inn. His mind raced to his oldest son Robb, Ned just hoped he would make the right decision. Ned just hoped he wasn't following lanister orders, if Robb was then every thing would go wrong. The lanister's could not be trusted. He thought about his youngest sons, little Bran would never walk, the amount of time he had talked to Bran about being a knight, Bran wanted to ride horses with a great sword at his side, and give flowers to the pretty maidens. He wouldn't be able to do that now, he would never ride a horse again. Rickon was too young for his farther to be locked in a prison cell. Maybe Jon was safest at the wall. Even though Jon wasn't his son, he was Jon's uncle. If Ned died here he would never get to tell Jon about his true parents, Jon had the right to know.
A sudden light burned in the corner of his eye, a flaming tourch burned closer to his face, he couldn't see who it was for his eyes hadn't adjusted to this knew sudden burst of light. "You've seen better days my Lord." A voice echoed through out the caveman walls, he instantly recognised the voice 'Varys' he thought, why was he visiting Ned
"A visit." Ned said horse through his dry throat, "seems your my last friend"
"No no." Varys said giving him a flask. " many still love you." Ned drunk the wine, finally something to drink. " Your daughter, Sansa came to court this morning to plead for your life." He said pulling down his black hood. Ned pulled the flask away from his lips.
"On her knees begging for me, did you laugh with the other?" He said looking up at Varys
"Your wrong my Lord, your blood is the last thing I want." Ned didn't believe him.
"What do you want Varys," he shrugged "I've given up trying to guess." Varys bent down.
"I don't want to see you dead my Lord." Of course you don't varys Ned thought.
"Why not." Ned questioned
"You want to know what I want my Lord, peace" varys stood up "did you know my Lord that your son marches south with an army." This didn't surprise Ned he just hoped he would win. "I need you alive my Lord, if you die what can I say...chaos."
"You think my life is some precious thing to me." Ned said
"No my Lord, but what about your daughters lives." Ned swallowed. "I can't help your youngest daughter, she has escaped somehow. But I can help you and Sansa, "
Ned looked up at him, he hoped Arya was somewhere safe far away from here. He would do anything to protect Sansa, "how can you help me?" He asked Varys being careful about his tone.
"I can get you out of this cell and out of the city this day, but getting Sansa out my take sometime, but saving you both is possible."
Ned shock his chains "How am I to escape from here."
Varys then pulled out a set of keys and bent down next to Ned, he placed the key in the hole in the chains. Varys turned the key until the lock clicked, the chains feel of his wrists. Air rushed to his cuts causing them to sing, Ned winced at the pain. "What now." Ned said did he truly trust Varys.
"There are tunnels underneath the red keep, built by the targerian's so they could escape if the worst happened, today is the day they are used my Lord."
"And where will I go once I'm free." Ned wondered
"To your wife and son, you can end this war my Lord but only if you do the right thing." Ned took one looked around the dungeon, he got up. Ned just hoped that his family were okay.
CERCEI
Today was the day Ned stark would confess his treason. Ned stark was an honourable man, but honour never saved anyone. It may give you pride, but pride was not a shield you can use in battle. Cercei knew the day Ned stark confronted her was the day Ned stark condemned himsf. She sat in her son's room as he got changed, his hair shone in the light the came through the window. She loved her son, but knew deep in her heart he was...difficult.
"Are ready joffery, we need to be at the Sept of baelor soon." She smiled at him
"I know mother, I'm not stupid."
"I know son, I'm sorry if I offended you joffery." Joffery looked at her a flash of demonic rage blazed in his eyes, he turned back around and carried on dressing. Cercei quickly span her head as she heard knocking on the wooden door. She looked over at joffery, he stared back at her.
"Are you not going to get it." Her son said in an angry tone.
She got up from her seat and opened the door. It was one of her guards. " What are you doing." She comanded "I sent you to get Ned stark ready, what are you doing."
"I'm sorry your grace, but he's not there." Cersei was surprised.
"What do you mean he's not there." She said angry
"He's missing your grace."
She looked over at joffery, who looked just as surprised as she was. "Find him!" She shouted "send me varys." Who else but the eunuch would know where that traitor was. She walked over to where she was sitting, how could he have possibly escaped, he was chained.
Joffery looked at her angry, his finger pointing "I'll have his head."
"You can't have his head if we don't find him my son."
She heard another knock on the door, and yet again she walked over and opened the door. Outside the door stood varys. "You wanted to see me your grace."
She pulled him inside the room and slammed the door "Ned stark is missing." Varys looked at her surprised.
"Have you found him yet" he asked
"No, if he escaped last night then he would be out the city by now, maybe already on a boat away from this city as we speak."
"If they don't find him soon, what will we do." Varys said
"I don't know." Cercei said confused
"We could just tell them that we lost him"
Cercei looked at him liked he looked like the idiot he was being "what would people think of us, we let the little girl escape and man that was chained." Then it hit cercei "we
Will frame his death." She said "the Starks won't think us weak."
Varys looked at her surprised"your grace I don't think that's such a good idea. This will surely cause war."
Cercei laughed "there's already war varys."
"And what happens if the Starks find Ned stark." Varys questioned.
"We can deal with that then and there, but for now Ned stark is dead, now come on dear joffery let's go tell the people at baelor."
"But mother, Sansa I want her to feel pain for her farthers death."
Cercei sighed and rubbed her son's shoulder " I'm sure news of her farthers death will cause enough pain." She said as they left the room and made way to the Sept of baelor, she couldn't help but notice how reluctant varys was being.
SANSA
Sansa stood at the Sept of baelor watching the thousands of people that had turned up, she waved and smiled like a proper lady. She was glad her father was confessing. He would be okay then he would be able to be with Jon, and when Sansa was aloud to go home she could go visit him at the wall. Sansa knew the wall was filled with honourable men just like her father, he would like it there. He may not be at home but he would be safe. She saw as the queen, joffery and the eunuch, varys walked over to the centre of the stage, both mother and son were smiling apart from Lord varys who looked most solenm.
Joffery smiled looking handsome as ever and waved towards the crowd, he looked over at Sansa and winked. The men and women in the crowd waved back at their amazing king. Sansa loved joffery so much all she wanted was him. She started to breathe heavily as she watched him, she looked around reminding herself where she was and stopped, joffery took a step forward. He carried on smiling. "My people, as you know Lord eddard of house Stark was a traitor and tried to seize my throne for himself. My dear lady Sansa begged so sweetly for his life, but I am a king and as long as I reign treason will never go unpunished." Sansa suddenly felt scared, where was her father, what was going on. "On account of Lord Starks actions I had him executed." Sansa felt anger rise up inside her she stormed out forward towards joffery and stood in front of joffery
"My father was an honest man and you killed him," someone grabbed sansas hand and tried to pull her away from the crowd "no" she screamed then that person picked her up and carried her away "GET OFF ME, HE WAS AN HONOURABLE MAN AND YOU KILLED HIM." But
soon joffery was not in sight and doors closed, she heard joyful cheering from outside, tears flooded down the side of her face tears stung her eyes, she trusted him, she trusted joffery and now her father was dead. She felt something soft against her face it was a cloth, she knew the man holding the cloth it was the hound, sandor clegane.
"I'm sorry little bird but the king would have hurt you if you carried on." She kept crying, Sansa didn't know what to do she just felt numb Like her whole world had been ripped apart and moved far away. The hound them pulled her into his shoulder "I know it hurts now little bird but your young don't waste your time on revenge."
Sansa looked at him her eyes red and sore "I hate him, I want him dead."
The hound kissed her forehead "all in good time girl but for now let him have his play, and I promise you joffery will die."
ARYA
arya felt fear rise up in her like a volcano that would explode any second, she pulled out needle and ran through the crowd she had to do it she had to kill joffery, he was a lying idiot, her father wasn't a traitor her father was a good man, she kept running through the crowd until someone grabbed her. They held her tight around the waist and pulled her further and further from her revenge, arya kicked and screamed but no one saw or heard, joffery displayed a burnt body out on the Sept, was it her father. She was shoved against a wall, her head banged against the stone. Two men looked at her grinning with rotten teeth.
They had pulled her into a small alleyway far from the Sept of baelor. One of the men laughed as he pulled down his breaches, as soon as arya knew what theese men intended to do with her she screamed louder than she had ever Done before. The other man grabbed her breaches and tried to pull them down arya kicked him in his penis he recoiled back in pain. At that moment arya tried to make a run for it, but the second man grabbed her.
"Little bitch." He said as pressed his knife against her neck, she stopped moving then, she didn't want him to killher, how could she avenge her father if she was dead. She heard a quick noise and another man stood behind the one that held her, suddenly the man that held her started gagging and then let go of her as blood came pouring out of his mouth, she looked up she knew this man from somewhere but she couldn't quite recognise him, the man must of stabbed him in the neck, but she soon recognised him he was a brother of the nights watch the one that visited her father, his name was yoren. Yoren walked over to the man lying on the floor and cut his throat too. He looked up at arya.
"Come on boy, quick before anyone sees this." He pulled her away from the crime scene. And into another ally, he quickly grabbed strains of her hair and cut it with his bloody knife. Soon her hair was so short it was almost stubble.
He looked at her "boy I'm taking you home, from now on your Arry the orphan boy. I'll take you to your brother at the wall, he'll get you home to winterfell, " but arya didn't want to go home not yet, all she wanted was to stick needle through jofferys neck.
Please tell me what you think, should I carry on I have some ideas so this story will definitely get more interesting, sorry about any mistakes my English isn't very good and I am writing this on my phone. Please tell me what you think in the comments and leave kudos. sorry this chapter is so short next chapter will be much longer I for reading love you all XD!The Eunuch
NED
The honorable Ned stark sat alone in the black cells of the red keep. The stink of dead men loomed through out the air, when he first arrived the smell had made him gag. With no light he felt alone in the world. He was hungry and thirsty, yet all he could do was dream of food. His belly had an empty pain to it, he dreamt of bread and meat. The chains he wore around his wrists cut into his arms, blood slowly leaked down his hands. The blood made his hands sticky, or it dried to him creating scabs. If he moved or clenched his fists pain spread up his arm. He looked into the darkness, blind. He wondered what his wife was doing, he did love her. It didn't matter that she was originally promised Brandon, his brother. Every time he saw her, he didn't see the woman she had grown to be,
He saw the beautiful, frightened girl he met on his wedding day. He knew that whatever would happen to him, he would love her until the moment he took his last breath, hopefully he wouldn't die. If Cat still held the queens brother, Ned knew no harm would come to him or his daughters.
His mind slowly wondered to the worst possible thing that could happen. He didn't care about his life, but he cared about his daughters. He loved his daughters, Sansa always being the lady, he felt bad about the situation with the wolves, she looked just like her mother, a true Tully. The queen would never let Sansa marry joffery now, at least he hoped, 'how could you let her marry someone like that,' aryas words echoed through out his head. He thought about Arya, his little girl, Sansa might survive the queen, but Arya in court would not go well. Would the queen harm her after what happened at the crossroads inn. His mind raced to his oldest son Robb, Ned just hoped he would make the right decision. Ned just hoped he wasn't following lanister orders, if Robb was then every thing would go wrong. The lanister's could not be trusted. He thought about his youngest sons, little Bran would never walk, the amount of time he had talked to Bran about being a knight, Bran wanted to ride horses with a great sword at his side, and give flowers to the pretty maidens. He wouldn't be able to do that now, he would never ride a horse again. Rickon was too young for his farther to be locked in a prison cell. Maybe Jon was safest at the wall. Even though Jon wasn't his son, he was Jon's uncle. If Ned died here he would never get to tell Jon about his true parents, Jon had the right to know.
A sudden light burned in the corner of his eye, a flaming tourch burned closer to his face, he couldn't see who it was for his eyes hadn't adjusted to this knew sudden burst of light. "You've seen better days my Lord." A voice echoed through out the caveman walls, he instantly recognised the voice 'Varys' he thought, why was he visiting Ned
"A visit." Ned said horse through his dry throat, "seems your my last friend"
"No no." Varys said giving him a flask. " many still love you." Ned drunk the wine, finally something to drink. " Your daughter, Sansa came to court this morning to plead for your life." He said pulling down his black hood. Ned pulled the flask away from his lips.
"On her knees begging for me, did you laugh with the other?" He said looking up at Varys
"Your wrong my Lord, your blood is the last thing I want." Ned didn't believe him.
"What do you want Varys," he shrugged "I've given up trying to guess." Varys bent down.
"I don't want to see you dead my Lord." Of course you don't varys Ned thought.
"Why not." Ned questioned
"You want to know what I want my Lord, peace" varys stood up "did you know my Lord that your son marches south with an army." This didn't surprise Ned he just hoped he would win. "I need you alive my Lord, if you die what can I say...chaos."
"You think my life is some precious thing to me." Ned said
"No my Lord, but what about your daughters lives." Ned swallowed. "I can't help your youngest daughter, she has escaped somehow. But I can help you and Sansa, "
Ned looked up at him, he hoped Arya was somewhere safe far away from here. He would do anything to protect Sansa, "how can you help me?" He asked Varys being careful about his tone.
"I can get you out of this cell and out of the city this day, but getting Sansa out my take sometime, but saving you both is possible."
Ned shock his chains "How am I to escape from here."
Varys then pulled out a set of keys and bent down next to Ned, he placed the key in the hole in the chains. Varys turned the key until the lock clicked, the chains feel of his wrists. Air rushed to his cuts causing them to sing, Ned winced at the pain. "What now." Ned said did he truly trust Varys.
"There are tunnels underneath the red keep, built by the targerian's so they could escape if the worst happened, today is the day they are used my Lord."
"And where will I go once I'm free." Ned wondered
"To your wife and son, you can end this war my Lord but only if you do the right thing." Ned took one looked around the dungeon, he got up. Ned just hoped that his family were okay.
CERCEI
Today was the day Ned stark would confess his treason. Ned stark was an honourable man, but honour never saved anyone. It may give you pride, but pride was not a shield you can use in battle. Cercei knew the day Ned stark confronted her was the day Ned stark condemned himsf. She sat in her son's room as he got changed, his hair shone in the light the came through the window. She loved her son, but knew deep in her heart he was...difficult.
"Are ready joffery, we need to be at the Sept of baelor soon." She smiled at him
"I know mother, I'm not stupid."
"I know son, I'm sorry if I offended you joffery." Joffery looked at her a flash of demonic rage blazed in his eyes, he turned back around and carried on dressing. Cercei quickly span her head as she heard knocking on the wooden door. She looked over at joffery, he stared back at her.
"Are you not going to get it." Her son said in an angry tone.
She got up from her seat and opened the door. It was one of her guards. " What are you doing." She comanded "I sent you to get Ned stark ready, what are you doing."
"I'm sorry your grace, but he's not there." Cersei was surprised.
"What do you mean he's not there." She said angry
"He's missing your grace."
She looked over at joffery, who looked just as surprised as she was. "Find him!" She shouted "send me varys." Who else but the eunuch would know where that traitor was. She walked over to where she was sitting, how could he have possibly escaped, he was chained.
Joffery looked at her angry, his finger pointing "I'll have his head."
"You can't have his head if we don't find him my son."
She heard another knock on the door, and yet again she walked over and opened the door. Outside the door stood varys. "You wanted to see me your grace."
She pulled him inside the room and slammed the door "Ned stark is missing." Varys looked at her surprised.
"Have you found him yet" he asked
"No, if he escaped last night then he would be out the city by now, maybe already on a boat away from this city as we speak."
"If they don't find him soon, what will we do." Varys said
"I don't know." Cercei said confused
"We could just tell them that we lost him"
Cercei looked at him liked he looked like the idiot he was being "what would people think of us, we let the little girl escape and man that was chained." Then it hit cercei "we
Will frame his death." She said "the Starks won't think us weak."
Varys looked at her surprised"your grace I don't think that's such a good idea. This will surely cause war."
Cercei laughed "there's already war varys."
"And what happens if the Starks find Ned stark." Varys questioned.
"We can deal with that then and there, but for now Ned stark is dead, now come on dear joffery let's go tell the people at baelor."
"But mother, Sansa I want her to feel pain for her farthers death."
Cercei sighed and rubbed her son's shoulder " I'm sure news of her farthers death will cause enough pain." She said as they left the room and made way to the Sept of baelor, she couldn't help but notice how reluctant varys was being.
SANSA
Sansa stood at the Sept of baelor watching the thousands of people that had turned up, she waved and smiled like a proper lady. She was glad her father was confessing. He would be okay then he would be able to be with Jon, and when Sansa was aloud to go home she could go visit him at the wall. Sansa knew the wall was filled with honourable men just like her father, he would like it there. He may not be at home but he would be safe. She saw as the queen, joffery and the eunuch, varys walked over to the centre of the stage, both mother and son were smiling apart from Lord varys who looked most solenm.
Joffery smiled looking handsome as ever and waved towards the crowd, he looked over at Sansa and winked. The men and women in the crowd waved back at their amazing king. Sansa loved joffery so much all she wanted was him. She started to breathe heavily as she watched him, she looked around reminding herself where she was and stopped, joffery took a step forward. He carried on smiling. "My people, as you know Lord eddard of house Stark was a traitor and tried to seize my throne for himself. My dear lady Sansa begged so sweetly for his life, but I am a king and as long as I reign treason will never go unpunished." Sansa suddenly felt scared, where was her father, what was going on. "On account of Lord Starks actions I had him executed." Sansa felt anger rise up inside her she stormed out forward towards joffery and stood in front of joffery
"My father was an honest man and you killed him," someone grabbed sansas hand and tried to pull her away from the crowd "no" she screamed then that person picked her up and carried her away "GET OFF ME, HE WAS AN HONOURABLE MAN AND YOU KILLED HIM." But
soon joffery was not in sight and doors closed, she heard joyful cheering from outside, tears flooded down the side of her face tears stung her eyes, she trusted him, she trusted joffery and now her father was dead. She felt something soft against her face it was a cloth, she knew the man holding the cloth it was the hound, sandor clegane.
"I'm sorry little bird but the king would have hurt you if you carried on." She kept crying, Sansa didn't know what to do she just felt numb Like her whole world had been ripped apart and moved far away. The hound them pulled her into his shoulder "I know it hurts now little bird but your young don't waste your time on revenge."
Sansa looked at him her eyes red and sore "I hate him, I want him dead."
The hound kissed her forehead "all in good time girl but for now let him have his play, and I promise you joffery will die."
ARYA
arya felt fear rise up in her like a volcano that would explode any second, she pulled out needle and ran through the crowd she had to do it she had to kill joffery, he was a lying idiot, her father wasn't a traitor her father was a good man, she kept running through the crowd until someone grabbed her. They held her tight around the waist and pulled her further and further from her revenge, arya kicked and screamed but no one saw or heard, joffery displayed a burnt body out on the Sept, was it her father. She was shoved against a wall, her head banged against the stone. Two men looked at her grinning with rotten teeth.
They had pulled her into a small alleyway far from the Sept of baelor. One of the men laughed as he pulled down his breaches, as soon as arya knew what theese men intended to do with her she screamed louder than she had ever Done before. The other man grabbed her breaches and tried to pull them down arya kicked him in his penis he recoiled back in pain. At that moment arya tried to make a run for it, but the second man grabbed her.
"Little bitch." He said as pressed his knife against her neck, she stopped moving then, she didn't want him to killher, how could she avenge her father if she was dead. She heard a quick noise and another man stood behind the one that held her, suddenly the man that held her started gagging and then let go of her as blood came pouring out of his mouth, she looked up she knew this man from somewhere but she couldn't quite recognise him, the man must of stabbed him in the neck, but she soon recognised him he was a brother of the nights watch the one that visited her father, his name was yoren. Yoren walked over to the man lying on the floor and cut his throat too. He looked up at arya.
"Come on boy, quick before anyone sees this." He pulled her away from the crime scene. And into another ally, he quickly grabbed strains of her hair and cut it with his bloody knife. Soon her hair was so short it was almost stubble.
He looked at her "boy I'm taking you home, from now on your Arry the orphan boy. I'll take you to your brother at the wall, he'll get you home to winterfell, " but arya didn't want to go home not yet, all she wanted was to stick needle through jofferys neck.
Please tell me what you think, should I carry on I have some ideas so this story will definitely get more interesting, sorry about any mistakes my English isn't very good and I am writing this on my phone. Please tell me what you think in the comments and leave kudos. sorry this chapter is so short next chapter will be much longer I for reading love you all XD!