Chapter 4
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Sorry for the wait. I had finals and I got my first ever job. Also it's hard for me to focus on things but here is chapter 4
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Dany's face held a sly smile, her mind was totally focused on beating the snot out of him. She even forgot where she was and what position she was in with Sansa.
Now done laughing at what happened Sansa looked at Dany quizzically, 'she was just riled up why does she look so mischievous all of a sudden?' Sansa was just about to ask when Rhaella and Catelyn walked back in.
Noticing the precarious position those two were in Rahella laughed hard and said, "Aw Cat it seems Sansa was the one we should have been worried about getting physical." She continued to laugh.
Though still smiling from the funny position the two children were in Catelyn firmly said, "Sansa get up! I swear by the old gods and the new, you have some secret vendetta with that girl."
Sansa quickly got up and said, "But mom you didn't hear what she said!"
Rhaella chimed in and said, "Oh Sansa darling you must tell me how you got Dany pinned to the ground." She chuckled and said, "To think a sweet girl like you got my fierce little dragon on the ground."
"I'm afraid only on the outside is Sansa 'sweet.'" Cat said with a sigh.
Hearing her mom say she was pinned had Daenerys up with a start from her thoughts. "Mom Its not what you think! I wasn't pinned at all!" her eyes were wide and filled with determination to prove her mom wrong
Rhaella gave her daughter a rueful smile, "Oh so then what would call someone sitting on top of you, making you lay on on your back?"
Daenerys opened her mouth to talk but was cut-off by Sansa.
"Here's what happened. I had asked Dany to sit on the bed so I could braid her hair. She sat down and I got on my knees behind her. We were talking about where we came from, until Daenerys said the unthinkable!"
Playfully putting her hand over her mouth Rhaella gasped and said "What did she say?"
"She said snowmen were ugly! But wait mom before you get mad I gave her a chance to take it back and even invited her to build one with me." She smiled feeling certain that would take the blame from herself, she continued and said, "She refused and I did what anyone would do in my situation, I pushed her off the bed. But, I was off balance too, so we fell together and I landed on her stomach. I refused to get up until she agreed to make one with me."
Rhaella laughed even harder hearing their story. She went over to Sansa picked her up and said, "You are an absolute delight!"
Cat couldn't help but snicker a little, but quickly contained herself. She walked over to Daenerys and kneeled down, holding Daenerys' shoulder in a comforting way. "Its not funny, Dany could have gotten hurt," She said while looking up at laughing Rhaella and Sansa."Daenerys are you okay?"
Though she usually hated being pitied having Catelyn Stark look so caringly at her she couldn't help but feel warm inside. She smiled and said "No Lady Stark, I'm fine."
Catelyn smiled back and said, "I'm glad to hear it." Catelyn got up and looked at Sansa, "You've caused enough trouble for one day, its time for bed."
Rhaella kissed Sansa on the forehead and said, "Sweet dreams, little one." before gently putting her back down.
Catelyn grabbed Sansa's hand so she could go get her ready for bed. She smiled at the two dragons and said. "Good night to both of you, I hope you enjoy your first night in Winterfell, stay warm."
Sansa squirmed out of her mother's grip and quickly ran over to give Daenerys a gentle hug, which was returned by a surprised Dany. She ended the hug just as quickly as she began it and ran out of the room without a word, just a few chuckles.
Lady Stark smiled at them once more before walking out of the room in the direction Sansa went.
Daenerys' mouth was hanging open from surprise 'She was just mad at me for dissing snowmen and now she hugs me. What the hell is going on!?'
Rhaella looked at her daughter and noticed the surprised look on her face. She said "Well Dany you have had one hell of a day: engaged, had your first kiss, smacked, bewildered, pinned, and hugged. You deserve a good nights rest." She hugged her daughter and gave her a peck on the cheek. "Have a restful sleep."
Dany, too tired to get mad at her mom for bringing up all of those embarrassing moments, settled for kissing her mom on the cheek and walking out of her mom and dad's room. She walked over to her room ,which was next door to her parents, changed into cotton shorts and shirt and fell asleep.
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It was morning and both Rhaella and Drogo were up. Rhaella was tying the belly guard her husband wore and telling him what had aspired last night. "When Catelyn and I got back to the room we found Dany flat on her back with little Sansa on top of her. It was hilarious to see Daenerys trying to explain how they got there."
Count Drogo had a face of contemplation as he said, "Thats interesting, I never thought the Stark girl was that great a warrior. Was Dany hurt badly?"
Finally tying the last knot to secure Drogos stomach guard she went over to the wardrobe to decide what dress she would strut today. As she did so she explained, "My love you misunderstand. Its not that Sansa's a good fighter its just that Sansa's an aggressive little thing. And when Dany's around Sansa she might as well be a kitten.
The count chuckled and smiled. He had never heard his daughter described as anything close to a cat, he knew then that this Stark girl was a force to be reckoned with. Thats when his stomach began to growl and he looked at his wife imploringly, wordlessly asking her to hurry so they could attend breakfast.
She smiled and said, "It doesn't matter if we hurry dear, The Starks of Winterfell get up a lot later than the Dothraki who rise with the sun. Its much too frigid here to do much of anything until the sun is high in the sky."
The Khal quickly walked across the room easily picking his wife up by her hips until she was a head above him and questioned ,"Then why did you get us up so early?" he said with a stoic face.
She replied by wrapping her legs around his midsection and her arms around his broad shoulders. She then left a kiss so hot and gentle on his lips that would make anyone want more and said "Because I couldn't wait to tell you about what happened last night." she said in a matter a fact tone.
The count, beaten at this love game, gently set his wife down and fell onto the bed back first, eyes closed, trying to ignore his hunger.
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The sound asleep Robert Stark heard a knock at his door. Worried it was his Dad who would give him a secondary punishment of a grounding after the paddling he received last night. He meekly said, "who is it?"
"Hey Rob its me Viserys!" the 11 year old happily spoke as he walked in the room and set down what he was holding.
The oldest Stark child was annoyed, he was dreaming of the most epic battle with lions,wolves, and dragons before he was interrupted. Wiping his eyes he said, "oy! What do you want so early in the morning Viserys?"
Viserys smiled wide and said in a sing song voice, "To cheer you up! I figured you'd need it after what….um… happened last night. I brought you something cool too!" The young dragon looked around Rob's room and noticed all the decorative wooden swords and furs that hung on his walls. He even had a moose head on the wall above his bed. Viserys couldn't help but think 'what a man.'
His annoyance was calmed by the idea of what Viserys' gift could be. 'What if its one of those scythe swords the Dothraki carry?! Maybe its a shard of dragonglass, that would be so awesome!. "Well what is it?" His expression was quickly changing from groggy to a 1000 watt smile.
"I just know you'll love it!" Viserys said as he pulled out a thin vest commonly worn in the south. It was a golden bronze color and embroidered masterfully. "It was a little too big for me when I bought it a few months ago, but it was too nice to just throw away or give to just anyone. But you, you're the perfect size and you've probably never seen southern clothes so it a perfect match." Viserys rubbed his hand along the soft fabric and smiled knowing he has delivered the best gift possible.
Robb's mouth hung open. His happiness meter went from a 100 to 0 in the blink of an eye. 'He woke me up for a shirt…. a dumb shirt that if i'd ever wore id get ridiculed to death or freeze to death in!' He would have told Viserys this out loud but from the short time he had known him he felt that he was a fragile boy. It would probably break his heart. So instead he he returned his his facial expression to groggy and laid his head down and wrapped his covers around himself. From his comfy position under his bedding he muffly said "Go back to sleep Viserys, i'll look at it later."
Viserys blamed Robb's less than enthusiastic reaction on his sleepiness.'He'll probably be hugging me with joy when I show it to him later.' The young dragon boy smiled at the thought of that and returned to his room to catch some extra sleep.
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Now a few hours later, the Starks were up.
Cat had put on a beautiful green and black dress. She was currently applying lipstick at the vanity in the corner of their large room. She had seen through the mirror Ned had taken to dusting his sword as if he was done getting ready for breakfast. She sighed and said "Ned brush your hair! The way it is now you look more wolf than man."
He got up from the bed and walked behind her, he looked at himself in the mirror and ran a hand through his hair. "Oy, I do not. My hair looks good."
Cat "Yes dear your hair does look good," her voice went flat "If you were dining with Dire wolves."She handed him the brush.
Ned took the the brush and began brushing his hair into a tame state.
Thats when they heard a bustling in the hall. Ned opened the door to a frantic scene.
Sansa was running down the hall with a belt in her hand. Laughing and snickering. Robb was on her tail holding up his pants. The Dothraki/Targaryen couple were in the direction opposite of where the Two pups were running. Rhaella was laughing while Drogo held an amused smirk on his face. Viserys was next to his parents yelling words of encouragement at Robb. He was thinking of how annoying, in his case stubborn and angry, sisters could be.
Robb yelled "Come back here Sansa!"
Sansa looked back at him and made the blowing raspberries sound. "What was that you were saying about you being faster than me Robb? Why can't you catch me?" She said with a laugh.
Robb angrily yelled, "When I Catch you, you'll be in so much pain you won't be faster than a snail!"
Daenerys who had gone to the bathroom before this fiasco started was turning the corner to the hall where all the commotion was happening. She saw an angry Robb running after Sansa and that made her blood run hot. The idea of anyone trying to get at Sansa made her boil. The Stark children were fast approaching her and she picked the perfect moment to step in between them. She gave a hard stiff arm to the chest, of a surprised Robb. He didn't expect an 8 year old to stop him in his tracks. But this surprise didn't make him forget the anger and embarrassment he was feeling.
Sansa was right behind Daenarys. She felt safe there, as if no harm could come to her if Dany was in front of her.
Daenerys had a steel gazed scowl on her face. Ready to strike at any sudden movement.
Luckily or unluckily there were no movements made. Their parents had made there way to them ending the standoff.
Catelyn walked over to Sansa and grabbed the belt out of her hand, handing it to Robb to fix himself. She thumped Sansa in the head and said, "Why are you starting trouble so early? We haven't even had breakfast yet." Sansa excitedly says "But mom!" And the mother daughter pair continue down the hall. While Sansa explains her "perfectly logical" reason as to why she stole her brother's belt.
Rhaella put an end to Dany's concentration of staring down Robb by turning her daughter's head, making her body turn. They walked down the hall while Dany attempted to move her head from under her mother's grasp. Her mother snickered and said "You bring a whole new meaning to the word hot head little one." Dany made an indignant face at the joke.
Robb's arm was hooked into Viserys. He continued to walk making Robb come along. "Little sisters can be so annoying, we'll get them back later but for now let's get breakfast. My people made desserts that are only found in Essos!" Viserys smiled thinking that would perk him up, he guessed right.
Robb made a small smile as they walked down the hall together.
The two patriarchs of the houses looked at one another. Drogo smirked while Ned sighed. Ned had a feeling that this families Union would bring about dramatic outbursts more often than not.
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The families took their seats at the medium sized rectangular dining table. The windows were open and it set a beautiful natural light in the room. Ned Stark sat at the head of the table with his wife in the seat to the right of him. Drogo and Rhaella sat in a similar position at the other end of the table. The Stark children sat with their backs to the light, Robb on the left and Sansa to the right. The Targaryen heirs sat across from them, Daenerys in front of Sansa and Viserys in front of Robb. The sunlight hitting them caused their hair to shine beautifully. If anyone had been paying attention they would have noticed Sansa get captured by Deanerys' breath taking hair.
The table was lined with delicious foods, that came from both sides of the Narrow Sea.
"It is truly beautiful here, now if only the temperature could rise a few several degrees." Rhaella pointed out with a smile.
This brought smiles to the Stark's face.
Ned spoke up and said, "Once your body toughens up you won't mind the cold at all."
This elected a scoff from Cat, "Don't let him fool you, I've been here for 12 years and I still get shivers in the night."
"Oh my" Ray said with a laugh.
Sansa stopped enjoying her pancakes to enthusiastically say "But if it was hot there would be no snow! And no snow means no snowmen and that would be dreadful!" Her face looked a little sad just pondering the idea of no snowmen.
This made her parents and parents to be laugh at her plight.
Daenerys smirked and gave a little chuckle.
This reminded Sansa of how Daenerys and her had a forced date to make a snowman together.
"Oh yeah me and Daenerys are going to build one today. She called them ugly and I figured being the sweet girl I am id let her redeem herself." Said the little princess.
This made Ella chuckle remembering how this "sweet girl" pushed the other one. Sansa's statement made her mother roll her eyes at nothing in particular.
Dany scoffed at the word sweet she used to describe herself. "No way! They're ugly, they look like fat pieces of dough stacked up."
This made the other Starks burst into laughter. Knowing how Sansa had a borderline obsession with snowmen.
The look on Sansa's face had Robb chuckling hard. "You better do it, Sansa looks like she's ready to beat you up again!" He said with an outburst of laughter.
That was the last straw. Robb had not only brought back a moment she hoped to never think of again, but was the one that caused it. She was magma hot and ready to go. She squinted her eyes and scowled saying only two words "Fight me."
With a confident smirk Robb said, "Seeing how you took my sister on you might want to wait til you're strong enough to beat her before you try me."
She stood abruptly. Dany was ready to jump across the table. 'Fuck a sword, I'll fight him with my hands!'
"Hold on you two!" Said a worried Cat. Only the second day and their kids were ready to fight.
Ned spoke up in support of his wife, "No need to fight, Robb was only um... joking."
"Fighting, yes, they should fight. When the Dothraki have problems with each other we fight, and everyone is happy when it's done." Said the count with a smile wanting to see how they measure up to one another.
Rhaella was stuck between a rock and a hard place. She wanted to see them fight but she didn't want the family relations hurt. She settled for being quiet and watching.
"Here we do things differently." Said Ned. "Fighting leads to nothing but blood."
"Sparring then, they spar here don't they? Everywhere else I've gone in the Seven Kingdoms they sparred." Hoping this would make this fight come to fruition.
"Yeah let's spar. I want to know what it's like to fight a so called dragon, plus I wanna clash swords with that scythe thing they carry." He held a confident smile.
Knowing this wouldn't just blow over Catelyn sighed and said "Fine let them spar, but with fake swords and no hits to the head."
Content with the compromise The Count stood ready to walk to the training grounds.
Daenerys still seething began walking towards the training grounds remembering how to get to them from the last time.
Everyone followed her lead and began to go towards the training grounds.
Sansa was in silence at the verbal fight. Shocked by how quickly things went from from calm to chaotic.
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It was cold out and the sun was high. The participants were armored up, Daenerys less than Robb, the Dothraki carried little armor and she had never really learned the Targaryen fighting styles growing up in Essos.
Robb was smirking in absolute confidence. He wouldn't lose no matter what it took.
Daenerys' blood was still hot. She scowled at him, wanting nothing more than to knock the head off the guy in front of her. A small part of her was smiling at her getting the chance at payback so easily.
The other family members were seated on one long bench pushed to the far walls of the training ground. It was made for occasions such as this, wanting to see fighters duke it out for victory.
Sansa had taken a seat next to Viserys.
"Is she as strong as she looks?" Sansa implored Viserys. Wondering if she could take her brother, she seemed like she could go toe to toe with him.
Viserys who was previously caught up in looking at how cool he thought Robb looked snapped his attention back to Sansa. "She hasn't lost yet, and she doesn't usually fight kids her age because they're 'too easy'. But, Robb's such a man I don't see how he could lose." He said as he looked at the strength Robb appeared to have.
Sansa laughed at that one. "Robbs a dork not a man." She said as she continued to laugh at the statement.
She said it loud enough that the "man" in question heard. He rolled his eyes at the statement. "Maybe I'll look like one when I'm beating up your girlfriend!" He told her smirking.
Blushing at the title Sansa quickly said "Oh whatever Robb, I hope she breaks your -"
"Enough you two! Or I swear by the old Gods and the new you'll regret it." Said an angry Catelyn Stark who was sitting next to a fellow queen who was busting a gut at the interaction.
"Let's get this done, and over with" said Ned who would be reffing the fight. "This fight will last for 10 minutes or until someone forfeits. The only rule is no hitting in the head using your weapons. Are you ready?" He said looking to the right and left, at the fighters, who shook their heads in the affirmative. "FIGHT!"
Daenerys rushed him, jumping in the air with a karate kick aimed for Robb's face. He was surprised by this never seeing this fighting style. But, his quick reflexes gave him time to move his head out of the way causing the kick to hit him in the shoulder making him stumble. Almost loosing balance. She took this opportunity to punch Robb in the mouth. His lip bust a little but his head didn't move, he was tough. He swung his sword trying to hit her in the side, but she jumped back enough to where she only got hit with the tip. It knocked the wind out of her just from the end of the wooden blade. She knew then if she got hit with the full brunt of his sword she'd be hurt bad. Robb's next swing was a downward swing aimed for the top of her head. Before he could get it down she used the the short dagger like wooden sword she had kept in her holster to stab him in his gut in two quick stabs. This made him hesitate enough for her to roll out of the way. She tried to swing her sword along his shoulder but he blocked it and kicked her in the stomach sending her flying backwards, it hurt but it also awakened the fire in her. Her facial expression was a primal scowl. She charged again and once she was just out of range she turned her sword to where it was pointed straight at him. And released it making it fly into his nose causing blood to seep out. She quickly grabbed his head, pulling it down and sending her knee into his face. She had done it 3 times before he grabbed her by the leg and pulled making her fall flat on her back. From there he was attempting to stab her with with both hands on on the swords hilt for added force. He was able to hit her once in the shoulder making her yell in pain. Daenerys rolled out of the way of the rest of his powerful swings. Rolling backwards, forwards, and sideways until finding the perfect time to knock him off his feet with a side sweep of her leg. Now it was a scramble to see who could get from there back the quickest. Daenerys wearing less armor was able to get to an upright position the quickest. She pounced on top of Robb straddling his upper body viciously landing furious blows to his face. Left, right, left, right: Robs face was moving side to side. But in a quick last chance strike he grabbed on to Daenerys throat squeezing for dear life.
"Stop! That's enough, no more!" said Catelyn, who's eyes were brimming with tears.
