Hello! My sweet summer children, I am back with a new chapter. I'd like to give all of you a big thank you for liking and following, and just reading my story. You have no idea what it means to me to have people actually like what I'm doing. I will say it again I am sorry for any spelling or grammar errors. I had my friend proof read the story so hopefully there aren't any. So without further Ado here is the next installment. and PS feel free to comment on anything. Just don't be super annoying about it, JK :)

Joella could tell right away that the two boys were very different. Robert was bold and unafraid, and Eddard was shy and a bit cautious. The whole time Jon Arryn spoke with them, they never looked at her, nor did they say a word to her after. Joella noticed that they didn't even see the two cubs by her side, which were the size of small house cats by now. But maybe it was a good thing, seeing as she was looking at them the whole time. Joella was studying them, try to read them as best she could.

When Lord Arryn took the two boys on the tour of the Eyrie, Joella slipped away to her room. Once inside, Joella walked to her desk that was by one of the windows and then went back to the letter Jaime had sent her. He told her that he was glad that she was enjoying herself and that he and Tyrion missed her. Joella's heart tugged, she felt bad for leaving her little brother, but she knew that her father would send her away, no matter what. She thought it would be better for her leave her brother when he was still little so that he when he was older, he is used to her absence.

Joella made plans to write her brothers at least once a week. Joella took the time to write her brothers a letter, and one to Catelyn, and one to Elia. When that was done Joella saw it was hardly midday, she looked over at her two cubs. Lynora was asleep in front of the fire, and Arra was playing with one of the ribbons Lysa had given her.

Joella smiled at the two of them. She loved them both dearly, but she knew very well that one mistake would get them killed. People often looked at her in foul ways, as if she shouldn't have them. The Targaryen's used to give their children dragons, of all things. A master once told her they put a dragon's egg in Targaryen babe's crib, and that egg would be their dragon. If Targaryen children used to have the dragons they were so proud of, why couldn't she have a lion?

Joella sighed and looked out her one of her many windows. Back at Casterly Rock, all she saw was the sea, at the Eyrie, all she saw was the mountains. Joella soon grew bored and hungry. Joella got up and changed into the black trousers and red tunic she trained in and fastened a brown belt around her waist. She then headed to the kitchens to see if there was something to eat. Arra and Lynora trailing behind. Joella found that she couldn't go anywhere without her cubs. Not that she minded, but others were less happy about it. She soon reached the kitchens and saw who she was looking for.

Anna was in her forties, with dark brown hair that was beginning to gray. Her only son had gone to the Stormlands to elope the youngest daughter of a small house there, so she lived with just her husband. It wasn't long before the women's brown eyes fell on the little girl. Anna laughed to herself before asking, " What is it, my little lady?"

Joella walked closer and asked, "Could I have just a small snack, please?" she asked, folding her hands and looking up at the woman. Anna smiled at the young Lannister, "Wait right here, I'll get you something," she said, before walking away. Joella took a seat on a nearby stool and waited patiently. Before long Anna came back with a small sack and two strips of dried meat.

"Here you are," she said, handing Joella the sack and giving the two cubs the meat she got for them. Joella opened it to find it full of lemon cakes and other sweet.

"How did you get lemon cakes?" Joella asked.

"A Dornishman came and delivered three boxes to the kitchens," Anna told her, "I heard from someone that you liked them, so I made a few. I hope they're good" Joella took a bite from one of them and smiled.

"They're perfect," she said. Anna smiled at her, "Good," she said, "Now go run along, now. And don't you eat all of them at once, now. You'll ruin your supper!" she called, as Joella and her cubs ran from the kitchen.

Joella knew where she was going next. She went down a few hall and walked outside, into the godswood of the Eyrie. It was more of a garden than a godswood, not that Joella had seen many. The only one she had ever seen was the one in Casterly Rock, and she just currently found out that there was one. Casterly Rock had a stone garden with a twisted weirwood tree for its godswood. All Joella's life she wanted to see a weirwood, and the whole time there was one close. But here there was no weirwood here. The soil was too thin and too rock for the white-bark trees to grow. Instead, there was a statue of a weeping woman.

Joella liked to come here, it was one of her favorite places in the Eyrie. It felt mysterious to be in a place of the Old Gods. She grew up in the Faith of the Seven her whole life. Even here her lessons with the Septa continued. But those gods were understandable, as much as gods could be, but the Old Gods were nameless and numberless. Joella found that things that couldn't be explained where more fun and exciting.

Joella sat down in front of the weeping woman. Arra and Lynora played on the edges of the wood as if they didn't think it respectful for them to be there. It wasn't long before Joella felt like she should go. She stood up and bowed her head in respect of the Old Gods.

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Joella made her way to the place where she and others trained with swords, spears, and bow. She picked up one of the small swords with a wood cover she trained with. She held it in her hands before she gave the air around her a swift, graceful cut. She practiced her movements with the sword for a long time. To anyone who watched her, she was clearly a young protege. She looked as if she was born to hold a sword. Arra and Lynora watched their mistress from under a nearby wagon. Joella smiled and just as she was in mid motion a voice said to her,

"You don't know how to use that."

Joella turned to look to see who said that to her. Her green eye meet the Baratheon's blue ones in a matter of seconds. Joella saw that the Stark boy was with him too. Joella growled and made the face she made every time someone said she didn't know what she was doing.

"I do too know how to use it," she said back to the boy. Robert laughed and looked back to Ned, who just looked a bit uncomfortable. While Robert wasn't looking at her, she shoved another sword into his chest. Robert looked at the at her annoyed.

"Let me show you," Joella spat, glaring at Robert. The stag glared back at the lioness.

"I don't fight girls," Robert said while greeting his teeth.

"And I don't fight morons, but here I am," Joella responded. She then looked away for a minute and pulled something out of her pocket. It was a white piece of cloth she had stitched with red and yellow flowers. Joella was a rather good sower, she just didn't like it all that much.

She walked over to Ned and handed it to him.

"Be good and hold on to this for me. You can consider it my favorite," she said, smirking at what she was doing. The boy let out a series of unintelligible sounds and his cheeks turned a slight pink, but he to it and looked down at his feet and looked back up when Joella turned back to Robert.

Joella raised her sword, Robert copied. They glared for a long time before Joella asked,

"Are you ready?"

"Yes," and it began.

The fight carried on for a long time. Both knew what they were doing, both were holding their own. Robert was powerful and strong but powered by anger. Joella was quick and skilled but still smaller than the boy. But she was planning. She knew that Robert could win, but she also knew that he was dead set on winning. She could use this, she did with Jaime all the time when the spare. He would get cocky and think he had won half way through, but then Joella would be able to find a to catch him off gear. And that's what she planned to do with Robert. Once Robert had made a bad block she saw his grip had loosened. Joella knew what she had to do. She kicked the sword out of his hands and raised her sword up so that she would hit him in the head with the wood-covered sword. But before that could happen Robert's fist collided with the left side of her face, having Joella fly back and hit the ground with a thud.

The two boy's eyes grow in shock, and they only got bigger when the two cubs came to added their mistress. Joella heard the boys yell, and quickly she yelled out,

"Arra! Lynora! Back!" she said, panting. The cubs stopped immediately, and Lynora ran to her mistress, and Arra stayed in front of the two boys, growing. The boys looked back to the girl. They were more shocked by the fact that Robert had hurt the girl, than the two cubs.

Joella laid on the ground, panting and holding her face. She was tired, her face stung and she was trying not to cry from the awful pain. The taste of blood was rich in Joella's mouth, but it felt like something else was in it. She pushed herself up and fished out what it was. It was a tooth, one that had been further back in her mouth and had been wiggly for some time. Joella held the tooth in her open palm. The two boy's eyes grew wider if it was even possible. Joella looked at them too, but not in anger or shock, just curiosity. Then she did something unexpected. Joella began to laugh. The young lords fear was replaced with confusion. Why was she laughing?!

Joella was laughing because this was the first time in her life a boy had ever been truly rough when she had spared with him. The only person she had spared before this was Jaime and he had always held back. Joella hated it. But even if Robert had not meant to he still did. Arra finally backed away from the two boys and joined her mistress. After Joella had stopped laughing and the Cubs backed away, Robert carefully asked,

"Are you alright?"

"Oh, I'm fine," Joella said taking the arm he had offered out to her, "You did good," she told him. Robert looked at Ned and back to her and said, thinking he should be nice since he knocked her teeth out,

"You too,"

"Thank you," Joella said smirking. She lost the battle, but she had won the war. Ned stepped forward and held out the cloth she had given to him.

"Here, I think you need this," Joella took it and gave her thanks. Those were the first words he ever said to her, and they wouldn't be the last.

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The three of them had been very lucky that no adult had seen them in their little sparring match. The lioness found herself spending almost all of her free time with the stag and the wolf. It would take some time the two boys to come and treat her as she hoped but good things came with time. Arra and Lynora however, would have to spend a great deal getting used to Robert being around Joella.

One day many weeks later the three children were once again going to have a little match between Joella and Robert. Ned stood on the side with Joella's little bodyguards close by.

"I hope you're ready to lose again," Robert said.

"We'll see," Joella replied, before walking over to Ned. She pulled out the handkerchief and gave it to the Stark boy.

"Here you are," she said smirking. Ned took it, rolling his eyes.

"Are you going to do this every time?" He asked her

"Yes."

Joella walked over to Robert again.

"Now, if you get hurt again, they won't attack me, right?" Robert asked.

"No promises," Joella told him.

The battle was much like the last one both the Lannister and Baratheon showed their skill and it was hard to tell who was going to win. But soon Robert became open by an accident, and Joella saw her chance. She spun, hit Robert in the check with the end of her sword. Everything seemed to slow down as Robert hit the ground. He spit out a little bit of blood and something else. Robert sat up and saw it was a tooth. His eye grew wide. Ned blinked a few times. Joella smirked.

"Hasn't anyone told you? A Lannister always pays her debts"