Robbs mother had been gone a week and I was already missing her presence.
We had also been expecting a letter from Theon but none ever arrived.
Robb was pacing in his tent.
"Why has Theon not written to us? Has he been waylaid or killed?" He asked pacing.
"I'm sure he is busy with his travels, or convincing his father, the gods know how stubborn Lord Greyjoy is." I tried to reason, knowing Theon was weak in his heart. Especially for his family.
Later that evening Robb had planned an attack on Lannister forces. I was involved in the healing forces, my first septa had taught me how to dress injuries, so making myself useful I changed into an old dress, and gathered all the supplies I had, and waited. Waited to lose and die, waited to win and live.
When word came that the attack had been successful I gathered up my courage and the other healers and we left for the battle field. When we arrived the sound of men screaming in pain assaulted my ears and the smell of death was heavy.
I watched Robb walk through the bodies of the dead and dying, I came across a man that would need his leg from the ankle down cut off he knew this also and was pleading with me not to.
"Please don't, please" he said as I pulled away his shoe to see a mangled foot.
"The rot's set in" I said pulling out a piece of chord from my cover.
"No, don't, no don't" he fumbled with me to try to stop me, I shushed him.
"It'll get better, it doesn't even hurt" he tried to convince me.
"The rot will spread, and kill you, if we don't take the foot now" I tried once more to wrap the chord around his ankle. Robb walked up to us and watched what I was doing, he moved forward and pulled the man down so he was lying on his back.
"Sir, please sir, I can't loose my foot." the soldier tried to reason with Robb.
"You'll die if she doesn't"
"I don't want to be a cripple, please?" the soldier pleaded sounding distraught.
The lord that walked with Robb spoke up.
"Our men need your attention, more than this cub" he spoke cruelly.
"your men, their men, when all is said and done, they are all the same." I said tying the chord.
Robb passed the man something to bite on.
"Put this in your mouth and lie down, you wont want to watch." he tried to push the struggling man down.
"no you can't." The man shouted as Robb held him down. The mans screams were muffled by the cloth as I began to saw away his foot, holding my stomach contents down I continued until the job was done and I left another healer to dress and cauterise it.
I watched as the injured were loaded onto a cart and taken away, wiping my hands on the cover I was wearing I noticed Robb staring at me, and I turned and walked away, he walked upto me.
"I never knew that you could do something like that." I looked at him.
"Not all women sat locked up in a tower sewing or reading a book, my first septa taught me in the healing ways." I said cleaning my tools
"That boy lost his foot on your orders Robb, I will not sit back and be useless, when I know I cant do something to help." I said scowling.
"They killed my father." Robb said looking down to me.
"That boy did?" I questioned.
"The family he fights for did." Robb reasoned.
"So that is reason enough for everybody who sides with the Lannister to die? Do you suppose he knows King Joffrey? That boy probably never held a weapon before in his life before today, and what does he have to show for it?" I argued.
"I have no hatred for the boy." Robb stood rigid as I stood.
"Well that makes it all better now doesn't it. His foot will magically return." I walked away.
"Would you have me surrender, stopping all of this bloodshed, and denounce what I believe in, all for peace?" he caught up to me. I poured some water on my hands to clean them.
"Are you going to kill Joffrey?" I asked.
"If the Gods give me strength." Robb replied.
"I don't know" Robb admitted. "We'll go back to Winterfell, and marry. I hold no desire to sit on the iron throne."
"So who will? If you don't"
"I don't know" I shook my head.
"Well at least we know you have thought this through. You are fighting to over throw the king and you know nothing of what to do after?"
"First we have to win the war." I smiled.
"Well there is that." I walked back to the camp and made to change out of the bloody healers dress.
I am so sorry about the wait, i have had no laptop since late april, so i have had no way of updating my stories
thank you for those who have stuck with my crazy updating schedule