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Chapter Four: Every Rose Has its thrones

Kings landing

Queen Cersei Lannister continued to walk down the narrow hallway in the Red Keep with her half dozen Lannister guards following her every step. She knew Jamie would not be pleased that she had not come alone, but what say did he have in the matter? She was Queen now; she had made a lot of enemies with her stunt with Sept of Balor. But she was the Queen and Jamie was going have to understand that her life was in more danger than it ever was.

The Queen Regent continued on for another five minutes with multiple servants and members of the Court kneeling to her as she passed. But even Cersei knew that they were kneeling out of fear and not because she had the respect of her 'loyal' subjects.

She finally arrived at her old room where she agreed to meet Jamie, they knew meeting would be even more dangerous now that all of Kings Landing would be watching her every step.

"Captain, you and your men can leave. I think I know how to get around my own home without an armed escort." Cersei told the captain who was hesitant to let the Queen leave without any armed guards by her side but he knew what had happened to the man before him.

"Your Grace." He finally replied after a second's hesitation and the six red clad knights walked off in formation the same way they had just came from.

Once Cersei had saw the knights turn the corner she knocked quietly on the door and waited a couple of seconds for Jamie to open the wooden door.

Cersei looked at her twin brother's face and saw dry tear marks and his eyes were slightly red.

"Jamie?" Cersei asked as she pushed through and quickly closed the door. "Why are you crying?"

"Well, I think people call it mourning, since you know that I just lost my son, my last child." Jamie answered with his voice getting slightly louder with every word. Cersei was taken back; she didn't understand why he was getting so mad at her. "Or should I say my nephew?" Jamie asked his twin who started to step back at his sudden hostility.

"Jamie, I'm sorry, but you know why we still have to keep our relationship a secret. If the Kingdom ever found out-"

"FUCK THE KINGDOM! HE WAS MY SON, OUR SON AND YOU KILLED HIM!" Jamie yelled at the Queen who backed into the wall.

"I didn't kill him, it wasn't my fault that he couldn't see that, that bitch was using him, and it wasn't my fault that I was going on trial for fucking you!" Cersei yelled back with Jamie staring at her in disbelief.

Jamie just looked at her and calmed his voice slightly. "It wasn't your fault? Tell me, your Grace, how wasn't this your fault? First you put the High Sparrow where he was, you ignited the Wild Fire, must I remind you that I got my nickname for killing a man who threatenedto do the same thing?" Jamie asked the Queen who starred at her lover in shock.

Before Cersei could retort back the Hand to the Queen walked in not fazed by what he was hearing.

"I'm sorry to interrupt your Grace, but a raven has flown in from Casterly Rock, it deals with urgent business about the Tyrells." Qyburn interrupted not taking threat to the murderous look Jamie was giving him for interrupting his yelling match with Cersei.

Cersei took the letter from her Hand and read it to herself before reading it aloud.

"The Tyrells have started their advance earlier than expected, they've surprised our forces at Old Oak and at Lannisport. Our forces are also reporting that a Martell and Tyrell combined force is amassing at the Blackhaven and Summerhall boarder. We need reinforcements from Kings Landing if we are going to ever retake our southern holdings."

Cersei finished reading the report and threw it at the wall. She couldn't believe it, she had only been Queen for a couple of days and her reign is already coming crashing down. Going over to the corner of her old room she grabbed a left over bottle of wine and poured it into a glass before sipping it.

"I need to address the court on recent events, Jamie Lannister, I Cersei of the House Lannister, first of her name, Queen Regent of the Andals and the First Men, protector of the seven Kingdoms hereby instate to you the position of General of the West. I need somebody I can trust to lead our forces against the Tyrells. Once we knock Highgarden out of the game the Martells won't have the man power to take both the West and the Stormlands by themselves." Cersei told Jamie who just looked at his sister like she was insane.

"Cersei, my place is with you, and taking on the Tyrells and the Martells by ourselves that's suicide!" Jamie yelled. "Talk some sense into her Qyburn!"

"Your brother is right, maybe you should pull the men back to the keeps and force them to fight on your terms. The Tyrell armies are meant to fight on the open battle field. Use Casterly Rock to your advantage." Qyburn advised the Queen who took another long sip of her wine. Jamie as well poured a glass and took a long sip.

"Qyburn is right." Jamie admitted with Cersei giving a long sigh in response.

"Fine, but I want you to get to Casterly Rock as fast as you can, I won't lose our home to that wilted flower." Cersei ordered her brother who agreed and walked quickly out of the room and giving Cersei a kiss on the cheek as he went by.

Jamie quietly shut the door behind him. Qyburn looked over to Cersei realizing that Ser Gregor Clegane was not with her. "Where's our friend?"

"He's entreating my guest down in the dungeon." Cersei laughed and walked out not forgetting

the half empty bottle of wine.

'Sometimes I think she drinks like her brother.' Qyburn thought to himself as he eventually went out of the former Queen Mother's bed room.

Arya Stark finally managed to make it to Greywater Watch that was at the boarder of the Twins and the North. Arya knew that the Reeds were allied with her father, she hoped that the Frey's troops wouldn't dare follow her into the North. If she could get to the Keep she hoped she could ask for a horse to get her to Winterfell. If the rumors she had been hearing were true, that Jon had managed to retake Winterfell, then she did have a home to go to.

Arya stayed off of the main road in fear that some knights of the Crossing would catch up with her. She wished she hadn't dropped the face of that human trafficker she had killed when she snuck into the Twins but what can she say, she was in the moment when she fed Walder his sons and slit his throat.

After walking just off of the roads for a few more miles she started to hear the clopping of horses behind her. Running a few more feet to the right of the road she found a hollow log she could hide out in until the knights passed. Running towards it her foot got tangled in a root and she fell hard snapping twigs and larger sticks as she and she let out a scream in surprise to her sudden fall. Hoping that the horsemen had not heard her fall she continued to lay there. She lye as still as she could but the sudden snapping of twigs made her suddenly turn her head towards the direction it had come from. Standing about five yards away was a crossbowman flanked by two swordsmen who were trying to silently search for the sudden disruption.

"Come on, it was probably an animal." One of the swordsmen told the crossbowman who looked unconvinced.

"Didn't you hear the scream, the little cunt's out here." The crossbowman said scanning his surroundings.

He looked over to where she had fell and pointed and the three walked ever so closer to where Arya was laying. Not daring to look at where the three were going, Arya placed her hand on Needle and waited for the three to pass. The soldiers took their time to get to their destination and once their back was turned to Arya, she stood up as silently as she could and rammed her sword through the crossbowman's throat, the sudden noise of coughing startled the two swordsmen as they turned to see their archer with a sword through his throat. The left soldier swung his sword at Arya as she backed out the way and the second one slammed her into the ground. He drew his sword as Arya was to dazed to get up and saw him lift his sword up to strike her.

Flinching as the sword came down a loud snarl came out of the bushes that distracted the sword man for a moment and a giant white and brown wolf came charging out of the bushes and bit the neck of the soldier that had smacked Arya down. The wolf turned its head to look at the last soldier who backed up against a tree shaking his head pointing his sword nervously at the wolf.

Arya could only stare, she has never seen a wolf this big before, her father had told her that direwolves got to be about the same size as the wolf that stood in front of her but there was no way that a direwolf was this far south.

"Good doggy." The soldier cried as the magnificent creature growled at the man who tried to swing his sword at the beast but fell short and the wolf took its opportunity to strike at the soldier who screamed in agony when the wolf threw all of its force against the man. Arya could not take her eyes off of the scene.

After the wolf had killed the soldier the wolf turned its attention to Arya and started to walk towards her. Not sure if the wolf would be hostile towards her, Arya started to back up until she too was pinned up against a tree and the wolf started to walk towards her faster Arya not knowing what to do stood still hoping that the wolf wouldn't perceive her as a threat. Walking up till the wolf stood face to face to Arya starring her in the eye. At first she just stood there sniffing, then she leaned in and started to lick Arya's face, surprised by the wolf's actions Arya slipped down the trunk of the tree she was leaning on and petted the wolf, the wolf followed suite and laid her head in Arya's lap.

"Nymeria?" Arya asked the wolf, at first the wolf just sat there not fazed by the word but after another second the wolf turned her head and faced Arya giving a soft cry.

Trying to hold back tears Arya sat there hugging the direwolf tightly. "I knew that I would find you, I could have used your help." Arya mumbled as she put her face in the direwolf's soft fur.

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