A/N: I just relised that my last chapter was trimmed by something so I will give you events from last chapter - Lyanna after the conversation with Rhaegar and Jaaeherys went with her father to smithery (I think that it is how you call this place) to make her sword. There they met Jeremy Smith, one of the line of smiths that made many swords of Snow family. Later, the girl went asleep amd met R'hllor. I hope it helped a little and thank you for all of the comments (even the negative ones) as they help me to understand what people think about my work. Please comment more as it will allow me to improve!
Lyanna was tired. It was two days since she met R'hllor and for next few nights, her 'godly meetings' did not stop. One night after The Lord Of The Light (TLOTL), she met the Drowned God of the Iron Islands, the place in Westeros where there was no trees and vegetation but people still lived there, paying the iron price. The God of the Seas just looked at her for few hours in silence and said only 4 words to her.
"You should be honored." And he left her standing there confused in the middle of the dark blue room. After this meeting, Lyanna decided that this was one of the weirdest thjngs that happened to her in her entire life.
Next night, Lyanna found herself in the forest. There was nobody else there so she decided to sit down on the rock. She sat there and listened to the sounds of the forest, slowly inhaling the clear air, better than the one in the Dragon Valley. She was there for what seemed like hours and suddenly she felt as if someone else was there. She opened her eyes and saw a child-like creature, somehow similar to the house elves but the creature before her seemed more civilized than the servants of wizarding families.
"Hello." Said Lyanna. "May I ask who are you?"
"I am Leaf, one of the Children of the Forest. I could give you my real name but you would not be able to repeat it so I give you one that is similar to the one in my language." Said newly named Leaf just as if she was talking to a child."
"Hello, Leaf. My name is..." Started Lyanna but she was quickly interrupted by Leaf
"I know who you are, human. The Old Gods know you and the Brandon told us about you. You have our magic, magic of the First Men in you, child. Your family has it too but you are the only one that is able to access it. The Nameless Ones decided that you should have these powers."
"The 'Nameless Ones'? Whom they are?"
"They are the Old Gods of Westeros. They have no names but they are there, in each of us and each stream, tree or rock."
"So they are similar to Pagan gods?" Asked Lyanna who was curious about Old Gods (well, she was like that about most of the things that happened to her in last few weeks)
"No, Pagan Gods are the weaker version of Old Gods. The Gods of the North have many powers but they do not give them to everyone. They do not give them to only one person. If the whole family is loyal to them for centuries, they reward the generation which could be the most troublesome. They allow people to live their lives, but there is always a shadow above them to remind them that one day, they will die. They don't have many rules like other gods, no matter which one. One of the few is the Guest Right and Kinslaying. These are the two things that if someone did or broke them, then they would meet the same or even worse fate."
"So there were many people who did these things?" Asked Lyanna. She knew that both of these things were important in wizarding world but not as much as Leaf was talking about them. But if she would be honest, if the rules like that would be in her world, everything would be better.
"Not many, only fools. Lord Walder Frey. He killed most of his guest and his king due to being greedy. Targaryens, children, and grandchildren of Viserys the first fought for stupid Iron Throne, killing many of members of their family. The cook who killed his King's son and gave him to the King himself. You know how the Gods 'rewarded' them?" Asked with sarcasm clear in her voice and a smirk was there on her face. "The first one was killed along with all of his sons that helped him killing the King, were killed by the King's younger sister. All of them. Second example? Old Gods killed all of their dragons and they did not come back for next 100 years. Third? The Old Ones transformed the cook into a rat and made him hunt all of his rat-children. You may think that they are harsh but they are just."
"I understand," said quietly Lyanna. She knew about the first two accidents. Lord Frey killed Robb Stark (whenever she heard his name she thought about her cousin Robb and shivered) because he did not marry one of his many daughters. The fun fact was that Tully family came from Roslin Frey, the woman that was to marry Stark King but instead she was a mother of Hoster Tully – the first Lord of House Tully on Earth. He did not have magic at the beginning but his child had this gift. He was the legendary founder of House Tully.
After few minutes of silence, Lyanna and Leaf started talking about their lives. Lyanna spoke about her school while Leaf talked to her about other children and their history which were more interesting than what the book said. It seemed as if they talked for days and when Leaf was starting to get up from her rock, Lyanna looked scared as she thought that she was asleep for more than one night.
"You do not need to worry, Lyanna. In the realm of dreams, the time is not powerful. You will learn that you slept just for few hours." Chuckled Leaf at the look of worry on the young girls face. "Goodbye, Dear and I wish to see you again soon."
With these words said, Leaf left Lyanna in the middle of the forest. After few minutes of standing in silence, the girl decided that it is the time to come back home so she laid on the forest floor and fell asleep after seconds of hesitation. When she woke up, she found out that she is back in her bed.
Lyanna stood up from her bed and looked at the clock. It was 6.30. Nobody would be awake at this hour except House Elves, thought the girl. Lyanna decided to go to the toilet and then dress up. After she done her morning routine, she went in direction of the main keep, passing portraits of her ancestors as she was walking for her breakfast. She said hello only to Daeron IV, Maegor III (Damien's/Peeves' friend) and Aemon II as they were the only ones who did not have very extreme views about Muggleborns. Lyanna found out that almost all of the portraits hated her when they learned that she is friends with Hermione, Muggleborn. Some of them hated her even before due to her being placed in Ravenclaw. She still remembered that she could sometimes chat with some of them just a few months ago but that is past.
The young heiress decided to go in direction of the smallest dining room that could be found in the castle as she knew that firstly, nobody would look for her there. Secondly, in all other dining rooms, there were at least one or two portraits and she did not want to listen to them if it was not needed.
As she sat there, a bowl of cereals appeared before her. She started eating them just a few weeks ago after her conversation with Hermione where the other girl mentioned what Muggles usually eat for breakfast. After Lya tried them for the first time, she started to eat them whenever she could. As she was slowly moving her spoon in the bowl, Kermit flew through the doors and sat on her shoulder. She gave him silently a piece of toast that she asked House Elves for.
Lyanna and Kermit were slowly finishing their breakfast when the door, which somehow was closed after he flew in, opened, revealing Daria Snow.
"Good morning, Mother." Said politely Lyanna. She looked at her mother and wondered why she seemed so happy. It was somehow unsettling.
"Good morning, Lya! Do you know what you are doing today?" Asked overly excited Daria.
"Staying in the castle?" Guessed the girl.
"No. We are going to take your sword from Jeremy Smith!"
'Oh yeah, I forgot about it. Well, today is the day when I get my sword.' Thought the girl as she was processing information from her mother.
"So... When are we going there? Now or later?"
"Of course, we are going now! Why should we wait? Your father wanted to go with you but he was asked by Minister for an advice about a new law so he will not in-house for the majority of today."
"I will just get my normal robes and I will join you next to the main Floo, Mother." Said Lyanna and she exited the room.
After few minutes, Lyanna and Daria Snow stood next to the Floo. Both of them shouted the address of their destination and disappeared in green flames. As they exited the Floo, they saw that Jeremy was waiting for them with a smile on his face.
"Good Morning, Ladies Snow. Your sword, Miss Lyanna is ready for you. Would you like to see it?" He only received a nod as a reply.
The group was walking through his workplace, passing many of unfinished swords, maces or other weapons. They finally reached their final destination. Lyanna was only in this room once, when her father was collecting his own sword – Green Wolf. Jeremy opened the door, allowing both Lyanna and Daria to enter the room before he could go there himself. He showed both women that they can seat on the chairs while he went to storage for the sword.
After few minutes of waiting, the man came back with a sword. He gave it silently to Lyanna and waited for her comment.
Lyanna smiled when she saw her sword. It was a bastard sword, the same size as Longclaw was. Its pommel was a golden, seven-pointed star, a sign of the Seven Gods. The grip was made of black wood with 4 golden roots of a tree coming from the star. In memory of Old Gods, roots of Weirwood tree. The crossguard was dark brown and on the side, it was transformed into tentacles which were made of wood. For the Drowned God. In the middle of a crossguard, there was a small fire. It was gold in colour. For the R'hllor. Lyanna smiled as she looked at the whole sword. As she raised it, she felt a power in it, something similar to what she felt as she experienced when she got her wand but it was different at the same time. She felt complete and powerful.
Lyanna and her mother said goodbyr to Jermeny and went in direction of the Floo. Both of them shouted 'Snow Castle' and they landed in the main Floo room in the castle.
"Lyanna, would you like to eat lunch with me today?" Asked Daria, wanting to spend as much time with her daughter as she could.
"Of course. I will just change my clothes and I will join you in...?" Started Lya but then she relised that she did not know where they would meet.
"We will eat in the same dinning room that you used this morning. Will it be good for you, dear?"
"Yes, I shall meet you there in about 10 minutes." Said Lyanna and she made her way towards her room, with sword attached to her hip.
As she walked through the hals of the castle, she heard portraits comenting on her new sword.
'It looks good.''She does not desrve it, she is Blood Traitor.''I had better.''If I would be her father, I would not allow her to have it.'These were the most common comments but she did not care. She was a Slytherin inside, as Sorting Hat said to her. Suddenly she halted as she relised something.
The prophecy already started. The Hat sorted her to one of four houses, causing her to follow one of the paths. All of the houses were having their sterotypes. Gryffindors followed path of Light while Slytherins decided to be Dark. Hufflepuffs were neutral but they did not break any rules, following the Ministry. Ravenclaws made decisions that were smart.
Lyanna thought about the whole prophecy. She is already heiress of seven houses - Gryffindor (through her mother), Ravenclaw, Slytherin, Hufflepuff, Snow, Smith and Hogwarts. She knew from her book that title of 'no one' was given to Faceless Men. Lady title would be obtained after she would be recognized as adult. Queen was a tricky part. There was a possibility that she could become a Queen of Ravenclaw but how to become the Queen of Muggles when there already is a Queen? This was not known to her.
As she reached her room, she changed her clothes and left a sword. 'A Hope' She thought. The sword was something more powerful than what many people thought. Of course, she wanted to add many enchantments to it so it would be even more powerful but she needed to wait as she did not have the knowledge neccessary for it.
After few minutes, Lyanna entered the dinning room and found that her mkther was already there.
They ate in silence as if both of them were waiting for another person to start.
"Mother," Started Lyanna after they finished their lunch. "I have one question for you. Does father ever told you about the prophecy?"
Daria looked saddened by the question but amswered nonetheless.
"Yes he did and I know the whole content of it but we both agreed that you will learn it when you will be older."
"The girl will achieve the greatness like no other. Born from the Third of that name and the one that name means 'the Queen'. When the day of truth will come, she will rise. Heiress she is from birth, of the great Seven. When the day will come, she shall leave everything which is dear in her life but she will be back, harder and stronger as a Lady. When all the Hope shall fade, when the winter shall freez the land, she shall come with Light like no other, achieving greatness like no other." Said slowly Lyanna looking at her mother.
Daria looked terrified as she heard her daughter speaking the whole prophecy to her. She was sure that Rhaegar did not tell her anything as they agreed many years ago (just after they learned that their daughter could be the one) that she will not learn about it until she will be older but there she was, saying the whole content of it.
"H-h-how do you k-know it?"
"Mother, I will not tell you how I know it as it would sound scary but from your reaction I can assume it is true. Now can you tell me, why you told me the whole thing? Why you left out me becoming 'no one' even if I do not know what it is? What if it is something bad that could hurt me?! You would care?! OR WOULD YOU TURN YOUR BACK ON ME!!! DURING SCHOOL YEAR I ONLY RECIEVED 5LETTERS FROM MY PARENTS, ONE BEING THE HOWLER! DO YOU UNDERSTAND HOW I FELT?! IT WAS THE TIME WHEN I NEEDED SUPPORT FROM SOMEONE. WHEN I LEARNED THE PROPHECY, I DID NOT UNDERSTAND IT AND I STILL DON'T but I have a faith in myself. My friends are there for me but I can't trust anyone with my life because even my parents lied to me." Cried Lyanna as she spoke, tears flowing on her face as she spoke what was on her mind.
"We did it for your own good, Lyanna." Tried Daria but she was quickly interupted.
"My own good?" Chuckled Lya. "You lied to me, I could die any moment. What would you do about it, mother? Cry? Laugh? I don't know and I hope I will never do."
"Lya, you cannot say that. I will never leave you, never. You have my word."
"I don't need any wordssss." Hissed dangerously Lyanna. "I need actionssss."
With these words saud, Lyanna left the room, leaving behind crying Daria Snow who did not know when her daughter changed so much.