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Cassandra
That had been the longest, literally the longest month of Cassie's life. She and her family with, more or less, everyone from Kings Landing had been traveling to the North. Banners with the crown stag of the Baratheons and the roaring lion of the Lannisters were moved by the cold wind of the North. Sometimes Cassie stared at those banners.
I thought our name was Baratheon, she couldn't stop thinking. Her father had might be the King but her grandfather Tywin Lannister had seen it through, he had been able to put a golden lion everywhere in the Capital. Banners and people. Most of the guards were Lannisters' guards, Kings Landing was full of them. Sandor Clegane had been her mother's personal guard, when she was still young, Cassie thought with a smirk; and now Sandor was Joffrey's personal guard. Moreover, they couldn't make a move without being followed by Sir Jaime Lannister, her uncle and her mother's twin brother.
Cassie didn't understand her uncle quite well. He was handsome and strong, a lot of women would have killed to be with him, but he chose to be a Kings Guard. He was the youngest men who had ever joined that order and even if it was something to be proud of, she was sure that her grandfather fainted when Jaime had told him. Another member of the Lannisters who was traveling with them was Tyrion Lannister. The youngest of the Lannister brothers. He was known as the Imp and he didn't share his brothers beauty. He was a smart man though, very smart, too smart for Cassie's liking.
"Are you always this quite during your journeys to the North, dear niece?" dear... sure, she thought looking at her uncle.
"Talking has become so boring these days, dear uncle" she answered kicking lightly her horse with her heels, immediately fastening its peace. They all knew how happy she was to travel North, it had never been a secret to anyone even because Cassie had never let it be a secret.
Honesty is everything, she thought heading at the head of the cortege.
She couldn't wait to be in Winterfell, not only to see Ned and his family again, but even to get away from everyone. She still remembered her first arrival in Winterfell, everything was so dark and cold, but the people were so different from the Southerners. Her mother have always said they were strange people, once she even called them savages.
"You will be surrounded by them soon enough" Cercei said to her, before Cassie's departure from the capital "Good luck" her words had been echoed in her head for all her journey, she had never admitted it out loud, but she was so nervous. None of her family had gone with her, they just let two guards accompany her. Robert strangely had sensed how uneasy she was, so he wrote his old best friend Eddard Stark to let her stay for a few days at Winterfell.
The nicest thing he had ever done for me, Cassie thought looking at her father.
That visit should have been just a one-time thing, but Ned told her that she would have been welcomed anytime she wanted. He even wanted to take her to the Wall himself, but she refused.
"I'm a Baratheon, I'm not afraid" she answered with confidence. She was five at the time, and she remembered Ned and his wife looking at each other.
It's good to be afraid sometimes, she remembered Ned's words still, but she had never understood them.
How can it be good to be afraid?
"Cassandra!" Cassie rolled her eyes hearing the piercing voice of her younger brother Joffrey.
"What do you want now, little boy?" She answered with a fake smile, that she wasn't try to hide. Little Joff had always hated that name, actually every name that Cassie ever gave to him.
Here he was the future King, on a white horse and a perfect clean sword on his waist. He always acted like he was already a ruler, it was so annoying but so funny at the same time. Well it was funny just for her, he couldn't be a bully with her, Joff had always denied it but he was scared of her. Indeed he just bothered her when her hands were covered with her gloves. It was better for Keepers of Light to wear their gloves as much as possible, to not be a danger to anyone.
"Mother said that you are stupid if you think that this place is beautiful" at his words she nodded.
"Said the woman who thinks that you are a beauty, or a good fighter for the matter" Joff looked at Sandor next to him. Sandor Clegane was the tallest man that she had ever seen and now he was even taller set on his huge black horse, Stranger. He always looked everyone in silence, people were usually scared by him because of his burnt face. Not all the face, just one side and it wasn't pretty, but still it wasn't the ugliest thing that she had ever seen, but maybe because she grew up with him always around. He was the one who taught the two brothers how to fight, with Cassie it had been easier, everything came so natural for her, with Joffery it was a different story, everyone knew that but no one ever told anything. Joff always wanted to prove how strong he was, especially to Sandor, sometimes Cassie thought that he wanted to impress him more than he had ever tried to impress his own father.
"Watch your tongue Cassandra!" now she was smirking.
"Oh! What are you going to do, baby prince?" Cassie could see his face became redder and redder "Bore me to death?"
"I'll tell mother" Cassandra started to laugh, typical.
"Do it, please" she said leaning towards her brother "I was waiting for a good reason to argue with her, today. I was getting bored" Joffrey turned his horse around and she laughed looking at him running to mommy. Between laughing she noticed Sandor glancing at her.
"What?" She asked with a smirk, but he remain still "Come on, it was fun" Sandor had never shown his emotions, but she didn't expect him to. Not everyone could say what they wanted and Sandor was one of them. But she was sure he had a lot to say to that little child who constantly called him Dog.
Cassandra looked ahead of her and finally she saw the shape of Winterfell. It was huge, truly huge, so huge that its castle could have hosted its every single citizen.
"I'm warning you now, Cassandra" her father was next to her, he was huge on his horse and in fur coat.
"What?" She exclaimed looking in his blue eyes, the same as hers.
"I promised to your mother that you would have behaved, i don't want to hear her whine about you, not even once" Cassie rolled her eyes, how could he made a promise that stupid?
"You wouldn't have to make any promise to her, if you had let me leave when I had to" her plan was simple, leaving King's Landing completely and sweetly alone, spending four days with the Starks and go to the Wall. As simple and perfect as it had been for nine years.
"This is an official business, Cassandra" an useless business. Her father wanted to ask Ned to become the Hand of the King. Sure the two of them were friends, but she was sure that the man would have never left his family and his precious North to follow a man he probably won't even recognize. That meant that she had spent a full month with her brother and her lovely mother for absolutely nothing.
"And even if you like it or not, you are part of the royal family. Whatever you do at the Wall can wait" she almost laugh. He was talking like she didn't have any duties there.
"Family…" Cassie said with a smirk "If I remember correctly we should be honest with our lords and people, Father"
"Aren't we always?" He asked after studied her for a moment. Cassandra took breath.
"I think that this family couldn't be honest with anyone even if the Seven themselves obligate us to be" at this he laughed. It was almost a roar and Cassie followed immediately. There weren't many of those moments between them, but she was the only one of all her brothers who made him laugh once in a while.
"My daughter" the King said when he stopped laughing "Sometimes I forget how happy you are to be part of all of this"
As much happy as you are, Cassie thought shaking her head and without realizing it she had passed the Winterfell main gate and people were already kneeling at their passage.
The first meeting with the Starks had went well, she had never saw her Father smiling so wide and Ned seemed happy to see him too. Lady Catelyn had greeted Cassie with a welcoming hug, like she usually did and soon Ned did the same. Their children had been all there. The Queen her mother gave a huge fake smile to the lord of Winterfell, accepting their greetings, but predictably the King hadn't even introduced his family when he asked Ned to accompany him to the crypts. Her mother's face has been priceless, pure hate on her face. The Stark brothers had run to Cassie, Arya had been the first to hug her and one by one did all the others, even Cyel Sand and Jon Snow. Cassie had seen Catelyn look at them. Cassandra knew that her friends would have been busy with her family arrival, but she didn't want to be stuck with her brothers.
"Come on Snow, let's have a walk" that's how Cassie escaped from them, she wanted a quiet moment and no one was able to calm her like Jon Snow.
"Look at you" she exclaimed ruffling her friend's dark hair while they were walking in the gardens "I've never seen you all dress up like that" all the Starks were and it was so strange for Cassie to see her friends so formal. He laughed lightly pushing her hand away.
"It's good to have you back" Cassie smiled gaving Jon a light punch on the shoulder.
Lady Catelyn had worked hard to make everything look perfect, wreats of flowers were hanging around all the gardens, it was pretty, but it was a shame that her mother surely didn't even noticed them.
People of Winterfell were accomplishing their duties but they greeted her at their passage. She knew more or less everyone in there thanks to the Starks. And not only because she used to play with lot of children, noble and not, but even because the Starks used to have dinner with their people every evening, and there was always a different man sitting next to Ned. It had been so strange to her the firsti time she saw it. Cassie had been used to eat alone in her chambers or with her family, when her father wanted, so it happened very rarely, let alone eating with the poor. But she had liked how people were happy to spend time with the Starks and just because they smiled at them. Even because of that she decided to spend more time in Flee Bottom and indeed her people were always happy when she went there.
Jon and Cassie were talking when they entered the Godswood. She got quiet looking at that place. It was full of pools of hot water and the light mist that seemed to never go away. Countless times she and all the Stark children had played there, even with the Greyjoy boy and the little Sand. At the center of the garden there was a Weirdwood tree. Those trees were strange with a white bark and deep red leafs. There weren't any in the South because those were the trees of the Old Gods and in Westeros only the Northners believed in them, they deeply believe in them, especially the Starks. In the south they most believed in the New Gods, or the Seven, the others lost their believes a long time ago, like Cassie. Even at the Wall people prayed the Seven, there weren't Weirwood trees. She didn't get why still praying someone who would never answer thought, she had never done it and probably she would have never will.
Suddenly she felt something pulling her cape and turning around her eyes widened. At her feet there was a little white puppy with her cape in its mouth. It was looking at her with strange red eyes. But it wasn't a dog nor even a wolf. She knew exactly what it was, though.
It can't be, she thought looking at the creature, you shouldn't be here.
"Ghost!" Jon Snow's voice made her looked up to him "Ghost leave her alone!" The puppy immediately run to Jon's side. It was so white that it was almost impossible to see.
"I'm sorry Cassie" the young man said with a smile, but she didn't even pay attention.
"Where did you find it, Jon Snow?" He looked at her surprised, indeed it was the first time she had been so serious with him, but she needed to know.
"We found these puppies on the way back from..." Jon looked at her sorry.
"The execution?" She finished for him. She knew how it worked and she knew that that was the fourth man of the nights watch who had deserted in the last period.
"Did you know him?" Jon asked.
"Of course I did" she replied still looking at the puppy, but then she looked up and saw her friend nodded lightly with his sorry face. Cassie didn't get why, the man new what would have happened, he made his choice.
Still even that was strange. He has been the fourth to desert in a short period, Cassie wasn't at the Wall when he made his choice but her friend Rose wrote her that it was like he went crazy, but she would have told her in person. First people went crazy and now they found direwolf puppies in the snow...
Puppies?
"There is more than one?" Jon Snow nodded again looking down to his puppy who was sniffing his leg.
"There are six more"
Six?
One was already strange but seven direwolves in the south of the Wall... She didn't have any words. How was it possible?
"Cassie are you alright?" Jon ansked with worry in his voice, she looked at him. She was very confused, but there was no need to scare Jon, she would have looked for answers once at the Wall. Maybe Maester Aemon would have had answers.
"I was just thinking..." She said looking at the puppy "Ghost, really?" The boy smiled rolling his eyes "Come on Jon Snow, why do you hate him?"
"I knew you would have said something about it" she raised her hands, in a surrender pose.
"I'm just try to save him, my friend" Jon laughed silently.
"He is the quietest of all of them" he explained, thinking that made his choice more reasonable.
"Call him, I don't know, Shadow or something" she said, but he shocked his head.
"He is white" Cassie smiled rolling her eyes. The old, quite, predictable Jon Snow. He and Robb were the ones she was more attached to, they were special to her, they had always been, since the first moment they've met. She remembered that they immediately played together and never once they treated her like she was dangerous or evil.
"Plus Shadow is Antea's direwolf" With Antea Stark it had been another story. Now they were great friends but the first times she visited Winterfell Antea had been very jealous of Cassie, she was afraid that the new girl would have took her brothers away from her, especially Robb.
"How was your journey?" Jon asked while they set on the ground next to each other.
"Just a journey" she answered scrolling her shoulders looking at the pool of water in front of her.
"You are strange today, you know?" Jon said while his little puppy set on his lap, Cassie eyed the boy encouraging him to go on.
"You always tell us something about your travels, but today you left before we all could talk" Cassie licked her lips, there wasn't anything fun to tell.
"I usually travel alone" she said "I need to talk when I see you, but this time I had company for all the way" and what a company, she thought looking at Jon "Plus I thought that you would have all been busy with my family" Jon Snow didn't seem convinced and he was started to study her like usual. Cassie always hated that, It was like sooner or later he would have figured out something about her that she still didn't know.
"Can I ask you a question?" Here we go, she thought at his words.
"I've just realized you've never talked about your family, why?"
"Because there is nothing to talk about" Cassie answered simply and Jon's eyes widened in confusion.
"Come on" she exclaimed jumping on her feet to changing the subject, she didn't want to spend all her time talking about her family "Let me see if your skills are better than the last time" they had always trained together since they were children. It was very fun and the two Stark boys were good at fighting, but usually Robb trained with Greyjoy and she always made sure to be far away from them. Cassie had always have hard times with that boy.
"How long will you stay?" Jon asked once she gave him a long stick of wood while she took another.
"Less than my family that's for sure" Cassie answered moving her stick for him to block.
"I thought you would have stayed longer this time" he said attacking, but she step away before attacking again.
"Nope" Jon blocked her attack again "I had a schedule you know" she said swinging her weapon to prevent Jon to hit her "I can't do what I want"
"The Wall" he said "I really want to see it"
"I have to admit that it is pretty cool" she answered "Huge and made of ice, I'm sure you would love it"
"How many are you?" Jon asked suddenly.
"Us girls? Not many. But boys countless. You know there are lots of criminals in Westeros and too few of volunteers" Be a Night's Watch used to be an honor and sometimes brave men decided to leave everything to protect the realm. But those times were far, now the only men send to the Wall were murderers, thieves and rapists… all the scum in the Seven Kingdom had become a member of the Night's Watch.
"Father told me about volunteers" She was sure. Ned Stark's little brother was one of them "There is an age for that?"
"There is an age for that?" She repeated laughing at his words "There isn't even a rule, no one do that anymore" Cassie with a last move disarmed Jon "Good men are dead Jon Snow" then she tossed his stick back and he catch it "You got skills" Cassie saw her friend gave a little smile, but she could tell something was off. Maybe he was hungry, he always had a strange expression when he was hungry.
"Cassandra!" She was shocked when she heard Joff voice.
"What the hell do you want now?" she shouted, while he was making his way towards the two of them.
"Mother will be furious at you when I'll tell her that you were fighting" then he looked down at her hands "And without your gloves" Cassie didn't even realize that she wasn't wearing them. In Winterfell she has never been oblige to take her gloves on. Cassie looked at her brother with a smirk.
"Hold this" she said tossing her stick to Jon who catch it with his free hand and without stop smirking she took Joff by the shoulder with a firm grip "You really think I won't kick you in your royal ass just because mother will be mad, little one?" She whispered so low that probably Jon couldn't even hear her.
"You can't touch me!" He exclaimed trying to hide his fear. Useless attempt.
"But I am and I am still alive" she said smirking "So be a nice little brother and tell me why you came all this way" she let Joff get free from her catch and angry he said:
"You better start to get ready for the feast for tonight, or you'll have two reasons to be scared of mother"
Shit, the feast, she thought closing her eyes, she had totally forgotten about that. Cassie never liked feasts, but honestly if Ned and Cat had organized it she wouldn't have miss it.
"Why thank you, little one" she said in a loud voice then Cassie turned to Sandor who was close behind them "Sandor, take him away, please. The winds of the North are too cold for our little King" then she looked at his brother with a smirk "We don't want him to catch a cold" Sandor bowed his head, sometimes he did that to hide a little smile. On Joff face she could see the hate, it was always there every single time they spoke. Cassie had lived just one year in peace. The year before little Joffrey's birth. What a beautiful and peaceful year, or at least she believed it was... She couldn't remember any of it.
Joff left, after a poor threat, she was sure, but Cassie was so used to those that she didn't even listened to him anymore and in that moment she was too busy to think about the feast, that she didn't have time to listened to him.
"Shit!" She exclaimed turning to Jon. The boy though was glancing at her with a strange look, but Cassie shocked her shoulder.
"I totally forgot about the feast" she didn't have anything to wear, she hadn't brought unnecessary things.
"You don't have a dress, do you?" Jon asked already knowing her answer.
"Do I ever have one?" She answered resisting the need to bit her nail "Listen I have to go, but I'll see you for the cortage" she started to walk away when she heard Jon say "I won't be there"
"What?" Cassie asked walking closer to Jon again "Why?" Her friend had a sad smile on his face, it was obvious that he cared about that decision.
"Father said that it's the better decision" she knew what he implyed by that "I won't enter with you in the courtage and I'll sit at the end of the hall"
"I can talk to Catelyn" Cassie had noticed the coldness in Lady Catelyn's eyes looking at Jon, he was the proof of Ned's bethrayal during the war after all, but at least she let him stay in the castle, her mother threatened to kill Mya Stone, the King's bastard, if she had ever shown her face in King's Landing. Cassie was sure she would have been able to convince the lady to let Jon spend the night with them. She needed Jon beside her, she hated parties and she needed her best friend to be with her.
"No there is no need"
"But Jon" she argued "I'm sure I can.." He put his hand on ther shoulder "I appreciate it Cassie, but don't worry" she pouted at his words, she had already thought how they could have had fun together between drinking two cups of wine and make fun of Theon Greyjoy. Now that evening would have been endless. Even the Stark children would have been busy making company to her little brothers.
"Then I'll sit with you during the dancing" he looked at her with wide eyes, like she had just cursed.
"But your family" she shock her head not understanding "I'm sure they want for you to spend the evening with them" Cassie let a small laugh escape her lips.
"I don't think they'll mind" his lips curved in a small smile and in his eyes there was gratitude, but she punched his shoulder to make him stop looking at her like that, and both of them started to laugh.
"It's time for me to go" she said turning around leaving Jon and his little pup in the Goodswood. She decided to go to the only girl she knew she had dresses her size and who was happy to help: Sansa Stark.
Cassie was near the entrance of the hallfast when she heard Arya Stark calling for her. The little girl was running towards her with another pup on her heels, though this one had light grey fur.
"Hey little Stark" she said with a smile. For that little wilde thing she had always had a soft spot, maybe because she saw a bit of herself in Arya, the most rebelius among the Starks.
"Want to go horse riding?" Arya asked with a wide smile.
"I wish I could" Cassie said massing her own long dark hair and the little girl punted "It's not Antea going with you?" Usually the older Stark loved horse riding. But Arya shock her head "She is helping Robb" then she pointed in the direction of her older siblings not far from them "He have to dance with your sister at the feast".
Now Cassie understood why the two twins were dancing an laughing together. She observed them, cassie had always observed the Stark brothers. They were so close and nice to each other that they seemed fake sometimes. They didn't insult one another and there wasn't a day they spent apart. She didn't understand that fully sometimes, why they feel the need to be together, Cassandra had never felt that need with any of her siblings, but looking at the two twins in front of her she couldn't help but think that maybe if she had had a twin she would have felt that kind of bond with him, or she.
"Nymeria, stop that" Cassie looked down and saw Arya's pup with her cape in it's mouth. Again, she thought looking at the direwolf.
"What is it with these puppies and my cape?" Cassie asked more to herself than Arya. "So you've met Ghost" the girl giggled "Don't worry you'll get used to them" the little Stark looked down at the pup "She is mine, Nymeria" Cassie wasn't surprised she knew how much her friend loved the story of princess Nymeria of Dorne, the one who didn't bow her head to the Targaryens.
"Grey Wind and Shadow, Robb's and Antea's" Arya pointed at two puppies, one dark grey and the other black, which were playing together like thirs owners "Sansa's is Lady" of that Cassie was even less surprised "Rickon's is called Shaggydog" Cassie frowned, she wanted to meet this one "And Bran had no idea how to call his" maybe Sweet could have been good, but thinking it through probably that would have been the perfect name to Bran.
After her little chat with Arya she went to Sansa and the girl had been very happy to help her to get ready. She choose for her a white and golden dress and she started to brush Cassie's hair. The princess was feeling uneasy, no one had made her hair in ages, it was strange to spend so much time to get ready.
"You are perfect" Sansa exclaimed "I hope it's good for a princess" Cassie had never seen the girl so entusiastic.
"I don't know" Cassie answered looking at herself in the mirror "But I think that you made a great job, that girl doesn't even seem me" she liked the girl who she saw in there, maybe she should have started to think a bit more about her appearence, but her life didn't let her to do so. She turned to Sansa "You are really good at that, thank you" then she got up "If you were my sister I would use you for this, you know" Sansa's laugh sounded like a song "I would love to be your sister" Cassie looked at her surprised by her words, but it was nice to hear them.
The two girls arrived together at the cortage. Everyone was there, all the Starks and all Cassie's family, who looked at her with wide eyes, even her mother was looking at her strangely, there was something in her eyes but Cassie couldn't give a name to that, but it wasn't pride, that was for sure.
The first to enter had been the lords of Winterfell accompanying the King and the Queen. Then Robb and Myrcella followed, Cassie saw her sister red cheeks while she was entering the hall. Then had been Joff and Sansa's turn and Cassandra couldn't understand the girl happiness during her walk with the future King, who would have been happy to walk with him? Arya and Tommen followed them and Cassie almost smiled looking at her little brother, he was a funny little thing, she had alway thought that. Then arrived her turn. She entered alone, she was the eldest but she was a Keeper of Light, it usually was an honor to a Keeper's family. After Antea and her little brothers made their entance, followed by Cassie's uncles, the first shining like a lion, the other shorter but with the same attitude. The last had been the two wards of the North and Benjen Stark, lord Ned's little brother and one of Cassie's closest and coolest friends. In fact Benjen was a brother of the Night's Watch and even First Ranger so he and Cassie spent a lot of time together. She hadn't seen him before the courtage but maybe she would have had the time to talk to him later.
Before they all started to eat Ned gave a speach in honor of the royal family, Cassie didn't listen to it, she knew they didn't deserve the majority of the nice things the lord was saying, so she focused on finding Jon in the crowd, but there were so many people that she couldn't find him with her gaze.
The dinner had been good and pleasent, Cassie talked finally with Robb and with Ned, and she wasn't ashamed to admit that she had missed the lord of Winterfell with his rare smiles and kind words. But something had ruined her perfect Winterfell moment, she had heard her mother and lady Catelyn talking about an arragnement, Joffrey and Sansa's arrangement. Apparently if Ned had accepted to become Hand of the King, Sansa would have married the little worm. Why? Why would they want to do such a thing? They had no idea of what would have ment to be his wife, Sansa would have been stuck with him forever and no crown would have make it better. It was a real shock for Cassie, she didn't want for the Starks to be in King's Landing or mix with her family, they deserved a lot better. The dancing had started and she saw Robb and her sister at the center of the hall. Robb was smiling down at her and predictbly the girl was falling for his charm. Not far from them Antea was dancing twirling Rickon around and Greyjoy was looking at her drooling like usual. Everyone knew the idiot liked the young lady, except said lady. But in her defence, Theon Greyjoy was such a man whore that it was impossible to think that he was serious about her. Cassie didn't think he was serious. Dancing and laughing there were the little Sand girl and Bran too, Cassie smiled looking at them, it was nice to see how much fun they had together and she even noticed lady Catelyn looking at them from the table, like always. Arya was running around the hall with little Palla, while Sansa was talking with her friend Jayne Pool. Everyone seemed to have a great time and Cassie decided that it was time for her to look for Jon.
She searched for him but it was like he had disappeared.
"Cassie!" The girl turned hearing Benjen's voice, and she saw the man walking towards her "Hey Ben!" She exclaimed with a smile. Ben was very important to Cassie, she grew up with him, he teached her a lot at the Wall and he had her full respect. He was smiling at her but there was something strange in his eyes.
"Is everything alright?" Cassie asked a bit concerned, there was something off in his eyes.
"It's just something Jon said" the man said after taking a breath. Her eyes bliked twice, so Jon was in the hall.
"You've seen Jon" it wasn't a question and she was talking more to herself, then she looked at her friend "What did he say?" Benjen put his hands on his hips before speaking "He wants to become a brother of the Night's Watch" Cassie eyes widened "What?" She exclaimed "Have you told him he is an idiot?" He scrolled his shoulder "He didn't want to listen to me" Ben took another breath "He wants for me to talk to his father" Cassie shock her head looking at her feet, what the hell was in that idiot's mind?
"I'm sure he was just angry" at his words Cassie looked up. Jon was angry, she then looked the hall. She thought she knew why he was angry. Stupid idiot, if he had let her talk to the lady now he would be at the table drinking and laughing.
"You know where he is?" Cassie asked to her friend, the man nodded.
"He went out" the girl immediately exited the main hall. If he was drunk and upset she would have brought some sense in that head of his. Usually when Jon Snow was angry he walked in the gardens of the castle, if she was lucky in an hour she would have found him and maybe he would have been more reasonable. It hadn't passed a lot of time when she heard Jon's voice, she was coming out the shadow when she heard her uncle Tyrion's voice.
"All dwarfs are bastards in their fathers eyes" Cassie's back was aginst the warm wall of Winterfell and she listened closer. Like she had immagined Jon was upset becuse of his last name and she wasn't happy he had met her uncle "Remeber. All dwarfs may be bastards, yet not all bastards need to be dwarfs"
"Shit!" She coursed. It could have been taken as a good advise, but it wasn't.
"Congratulations, uncle" she said once he walked pass her "Now it will be impossible for me to change his mind"
"Cassandra" the man turned looking up at the girl with surprise eyes "Is that care that I heard in your voice?" his lips turned in a little smirk. Cassandra ignored his comment.
"You have no idea of what you have done" the princess said.
"What have I done?" At his words she shock her head.
"He wants to become a Night's Watcher"
"And let him" she laughed at that point, that man had no idea of what he was talking about "Maybe it's the time for him to think about his future" Cassie looked his uncle dead in his eyes "Not all fathers are like Tywin Lannister" Ned was nothing like her grandfather, he loved all his sons.
"You can't understand what it feels to be like us, dear niece" he said "Look at you. You have the name, power and respect" he smirked like he had made a point "You have everything" Cassie look at her uncle and took a breath.
"And you have money and respect, and you always talk like your name isn't Lannister" he looked at her with his different coloured eyes, he didn't like her answer, but he didn't have the time to say anything back because she walked away from him. No one knew what the Wall was like, they couldn't judge and her uncle couldn't compare someone like Tywin Lannister to a good man like Ned.
She walked to Jon who when noticed her presence turned fully towards her.
"I've met your uncle"
"Don't worry you'll get over it" at her words he frowned not understanding "Are you serious about the Night's Watcher thing?" the young man took a breath, he wasn't pleased with her words, but she wasn't pleased with his eather.
"Why shouldn't I?" He argued.
"Because you have a life here" she was starting to get angry.
"Cassie.." But she interrupted him "Have you any idea of what it means to become one of them?" Jon rolled his eyes "Yes, Cassie. Thak you very much"
"Oh really?!" She argued nearly yelling.
"It means I'll have a chance" he answered "I'll have a future" Cassie looked at him for a moment before getting closer to him.
"You are not that stupid, Jon Snow, to give up all your life just because you are a bastard" she spoke softly, she hoped to talk sense back in to him, but the boy step away from her.
"You have no idea, Cassie!" Jon exclaimed " You have no idea of what it feels to live like me"
"Yeah" she said "You are leaving an awful life behind you, sorry Jon, how insensitive of me" he shock his head and she almost laugh at his attitude "But you are right" Cassie continued "I don't have any idea of how it feels to live like you" then she got closer again, this time he didn't step back "You want to end your days alone in the cold? Do it" her voice was almost venomous, she had never talk to him like that, then she turned her back at Jon and started to walk towards the entrance again "I don't give a shit about you anyway" Cassandra didn't turn to look at him, she walk straight in the castle. She and Jon had never argued before and she was feeling strange being mad at him, but he had no idea of what it ment to be at the Wall, nobody had it.
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