Jaeherys Targaryen, Heir to the Iron Throne, Prince of Dragonstone, Andals and the First Men, Lord of Moat Cailin, rider of dragon Rhaegal was having his ears pulled out by Severus all the while Rayne and Sirius sat on the bed watching him get scolded by Sev.
'...can't even tell how irresponsible the two of you are being. What if it was a maid who had entered your room or god forbid Jae what if your uncle and aunt had entered the room or Cassana and her mother. Cersei would have had a ball with your actions.'
While Jae was being scolded Rayne smiled at him and winked.
Seeing the amused look on Rayne's face Severus sighed. he knew the kids had grownup and were capable of making rational decisions but these two often got lost in the moment. Having the entire nobility of Westeros in such close quarters was taking a toll on his sanity. While he was glad Rayne had found love he was always scared for her safety and of her beau.
Those two had a war in their future and Severus couldn't imagine Rayne sitting safely in a castle if Jon was out fighting a war. All it would take is a single arrow and the light of his life will be lost, Sev did not want to think about it.
Seeing that his words made little difference to the kids Sev sighed and exits the room Sirius following him.
'I worry Sirius, they are too young. The war is coming, it is at our door. I fear for her safety, safety of all the four of them. They are not prepared. Having dragons will surely help but unless they are ready to burn down millions of people they need to know that they are facing some strong people. I had a talk with Varys he told me of how Tywin Lannister has gained control of the seven kingdoms. He is marrying the right people to his people. The has the control of the West, Riverlands and the Crownlands. Joffrey is to marry Shireen and thus they even have the Stormlands with them the Vale is a tossup, if Arryn had been alive, they would have supported the Baratheon but they say Lysa Tully is mad and the only one she listened to was Baelish and we all know that Baelish is no friend of ours. I worry Sirius I worry all the time.'
Seeing the troubled look on Severus's face Sirius tries to comfort him but he too is worried. While they were busy, making plans and raising dragons Tywin Lannister was busy gathering allies in the Westeros. Varys told them that Baelish had managed to become the Lord of Harrenhal and was going to become the husband to Lysa Tully. There was no scenario in which Targaryens would pardon Baelish or let him live and him being the husband of The Lady of Eyrie meant that the Tywin had the Vale behind him.
As the sun turned the Old Lion had gathered allies, powerful allies. The West, Vale, Stormlands and the Crownlands were all under the Old Lion. Jae had the North, Reach and Drone with him along with the entire Essosi empire behind him along with dragons but being a military man Sirius knew that the numbers don't matter, what matters are the people leading those numbers and Tywin Lannister was not a man you trifled with.
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Walking on the streets of Myr Catelyn had a sour look on her face. Everywhere she looked she could see she saw people live and hearty, smell of fresh bread wafted the streets. There was a stark difference in the way of living of the common people in contrast to Kings Landing. Everyone was peaceful and happy. This was the testament of the power of the new King. His common folk were happy and satisfied. Oh, how much she loathed that the bastard would marry the only princess of this grand kingdom. What was so special about him Catelyn could never understand, he had always had a way of making people love him, all but her understood that this was due to the skills bastards had. They made ways and then used those ways to take what was rightfully of the true born. How much she wished that Moat Cailin had been given to one of her sons, had it been her Bran's today Starks would have been the richest family in all of Westeros but no that honor had to be of the bastard.
No one but her could see what he was doing, he had created huge cities where there were once just wastelands, had formed a huge army, virtually all major trade took place in the port of the Moat. All of her husband's banner men sung the bastard's praise, how he had helped their house and increased their income even the stony Lord Bolton had nothing but praise for the bastard, he had even sent his heir to be his friend and companion. No one but Catelyn saw how he had claws in all of the important bannermen of the North. The Umbers, Glovers, Karstarks, Manderlys, Bolton, Mormonts all of them liked him. He had increased their prestige all the while taking no help from the South. They respected him and thus they were a danger to Robb. If Bran had been the Lord of the Moat today maybe Robb would have been betrothed to the princess, surely her father would have helped Bran be a better Lord than that Snow.
Lady Catelyn was a very disillusioned lady and soon she would have her due. She was a vindictive and sour lady. She loathed Jon but had no qualms in enjoying the new money they had just because of him. Under the Northern tax laws all the houses were to give fifteen percent of their income as taxes and due to the increased income of all the houses today Winterfell was a rich keep. She was so lost in the hatred that she did not once think that the only innocent in the matter was the little motherless child. She thought herself above others, looked down on the Old Gods claiming her Seven to be the true Gods, disdaining the Ladies of Bear Island because of their fighting skills, she thought herself to be above all of them but she will fall, higher she thinks she is greater will be her fall.
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Cassana was sitting in front of a huge glass window gazing at the sea. Tomorrow she would marry a Prince. At first all she had hoped was for respect and kindness but as time passed by kindness turned to friendship which turned to love. The six months she had been in Myr had been the best days of her life. She was free from Joffery and his cruel ways and of her mother and her overbearing nature. She knew her mother and father had never loved one another and had resigned herself to a loveless marriage to a Lord where she would be used for making an alliance with the Crown and bearing his heirs, she would be seen but would not be heard. But here in Myr she was not only heard but was asked to speak her mind. The King and Queen were beyond kind and the Princess was the only true friend she had ever had. Prince Draco was like how a brother should be, he would joke with her, listen to her and had even helped her become a strong woman. Dudley had been an enigma; he was a warrior and it showed the way he moved but he had a kind soul. The best thing that happened to her was the independence she had. Here all that was expected of her was to be kind and respectful which she already was.
The King and Queen had given her a great gift. A new type of silk was made her in Essos which was owned and manufactured solely by the Royal family. Cassana was given ownership of it, all the profits made form the trade and sale of the silk belonged to her and her children after her. She took great care of her new business with the help of Rayne, Draco and Dudley she quickly learned the ins and out of the trade and was very proud of her accomplishments.
She was lost in her thoughts so she missed Dudley's entrance. His hand on her shoulder took her away from her thoughts.
Seeing his face made a shy smile appear on her face, he gave a small peck on her lips as he took her small hands in his.
'Are you ready for tomorrow?' he asked with a small smile.
'Yes, my love. I am ready.' she assured him with a kiss.
Seeing that she no worries and was really ready for the wedding made him relax. He had two boxes in his hands.
'These are for you.' he says as he hands her the boxes.
She opened the small one first. It had a pair of earrings in it. They were made of a silver like metal and had diamonds and sapphires, they were beautiful. The big box contained a tiara. It was exquisite. It was made of sparkling diamonds and was topped with beautiful pearls. She grazed it lightly with her hands afraid to touch it. She had never seen a more beautiful piece of jewelry, no not even her mother the only daughter of Tywin Lannister and the Queen of the Seven Kingdoms had a piece of jewelry as beautiful as this crown. It was not overly huge and ostentatious; it had little flowers that had small sapphires in them. The Queen of Westeros did not wear a crown but it looked like the Princess of Essos did. King Sirius treated his wife and Queen with the respect and grace she had seen no man treat his wife with except for how Arthur treated Lia (Rhaegar and Elia).
To her a crown symbolized that the person had power and here in her future family she knew she would have the respect and power to make choices and be the person she wanted to be. Holding the crown in her hands her eyes welled up with tears, in her entire life never had she been so happy as she was now, tomorrow her wedding would mark her transition from a Baratheon to a Gryffindor. From tomorrow she would be happy for the rest of her life.
Seeing the tears in her eyes Dudley pulled her in an embrace and moved his hand over her hair, slowly she calmed down and pulled away to look into his eyes.
'Thank you for these gifts. You have no idea how much they mean to me, today I make you a promise to always love and respect you and our family.'
'You are welcome. It is customary for the groom to give the bride jewelry to wear on her wedding in my family. It is a tradition that has always been carried out for the weddings. These two belonged to my mother, my father gave her the earrings as she had the bluest of eyes and the tiara has been in my mother's family for generations. I had Rayne help me pick the tiara, she said it would go nicely with your sapphire eyes.'
She blushed at the compliment of her eyes and gave him a big hug.
She carefully closed the boxes and placed them in her chest which contained her wedding dress.
She was surprised by the thoughtfulness of both her husband to be and her future sister. Living here with the family she had learned that Dudley, Rayne and Draco were not siblings but cousins. Dudley and Rayne's mothers were sisters and Draco's mother was the King's sister. Rayne was the only true child of the King but he had still made Draco his heir and Dudley the second in line to the throne. All three Gryffindor children were of the same age with only weeks of difference between their ages. They had told her so that she would enter into marriage with the truth. It did not matter that they were not all related by blood, they were family and everyone could see the love they had for one another. She did not tell her mother or god forbid her grandfather because she knew they would do something drastic and truth be told she did not want to go back to Westeros. She was happy and she knew that this family would love her and cherish her and now several months later she was both eager and thrilled to be part of a family that loves one another and takes care of all its members.
Wishing each other goodnight with a kiss Dudley left the room with the promise to see her at the altar.
That night she had the best sleep of her life.
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The next day Cassana's room was full of activity with servants flitting in and out of the room all the while the girls were busy getting ready.
The wedding dress was made under the strict eyes of Queen Visenya. It was made with Myrish lace and the new Essosi silk. It was A line dress with long sleeves made of lace with small pearls and crystals sown in, it had a v neckline and a small train. Rayne helped in doing her hair, her waist length black hair were pulled back with the help of pins and with a little magic the tiara was fixed on her head. She was wearing the earrings Dudley had given her and on her neck was a small ruby necklace which had once belonged to her Grandmother, her father's mother the one she was named after, her father had given it to her yesterday and wished her a happy marriage.
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Cersei had visited her daughter early in the morning, to see her daughter's face full of happiness and eagerness to be wed to the Prince did nothing to quell the bitterness in her heart. The day she had married Robert had started the days where all she was good was to bear heirs. Her marriage was not a happy one although it was not only her husband's fault. She was promised a crown when she was eight, she had dreamt of being the queen of the Dragon Prince but he had married a Dornish whore seeing that she was only a girl when he had married the Martell she could understand why see was overlooked as a potential bride but surely the Prince could have waited, she was considered the most beautiful maiden of the Seven Kingdoms, no one was near enough beautiful to give her any competition. But he married and had children, the prince and princess that should have been hers but no he married a weak woman who could give him only two children, had he married her Cersei would have given him many strong sons with Lannister blood but no that was not meant to be but the worst insult was that Rhaegar ran away forsaking his wife with a Northern barbarian. The Stark she-wolf. Oh, how she cursed that woman, what was so special about her she did not know but the realm went to war for her. Her Dragon prince fell by a brute's hammer and then she was married to that same brute, the one who went to war for another woman. She got the crown but it was a figurative one, the queen of Westeros did not get a crown it was only worn by a man, a King.
All she wanted was to gain power, some power but her husband gave her none when her first child was born her black haired prince Robert was kind to her, they built a fragile companionship he treated her better, he was only seven moons old and she was pregnant with Cassana when he fell ill and died whatever the queen and king had between them fell apart. Her daughter born with black hair became a permanent reminder of the child she had loved and lost. She ignored her, how would a girl give her any power over her husband. When she had Joffery she began to groom him to be king from the very start. He trusted only her and listened to her alone. She could control her son and one day she would control the kingdom through him.
Seeing her daughter happy all Cersei felt was envy her Prince loved and respected her. He had given her a crown before she was even married to him. That boy gave her daughter power and this family gave her means to be independent. Her daughter had more power in her hands that too before her wedding than Cersei had had in her entire life that too after becoming the Queen of the Seven Kingdoms.
All around the room she saw the Queen Visenya and Princess Rayne both of them dressed their best. The Queen was wearing an exquisite dress made of the new silk dyed in red, she too had a crown on her head but hers was made of rubies and gold something that Lannister should have. Her silver hair were tied up in a complicated looking bun. The princess was wearing a green dress that made her green eyes glow. Both the princess and the queen were wearing beautiful jewelry, the queen favored gold with rubies and the princess diamonds and emeralds. The princess had an emerald and diamond crown on her head leaving her raven black hair loose in long curls around her hips.
Every time Cersei saw them, they looked absolutely perfect. All she wanted was to destroy this perfection but she stopped herself thinking of the consequences. Today she had worn he colors of her husband's house gold and black.
Seeing her daughter being fussed over by others she left the room without a word.
Her this action might be biggest gift she could have given her daughter, had she said anything to upset Cassana she would have found her hair turned black by Rayne. (A.N. I think having her hair turned black would have upset her more than anything.)
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Jon sat at the very first row in the garden in front of him was a man, well an elf that now looked like a man. The wedding was to resemble the one that took place in the magic world, muggle world and in Westeros.
Sitting with him was Severus who still glared at him for yesterday and Sirius who made fun of him and Rayne for getting caught. Draco was standing as witness with Dudley at the altar, Rayne would stand for Cassana and would enter with her. He missed Rayne; she had even roped Arya into the wedding ceremony. She was to be the flower girl; Arya loathed the name while Sansa loved it. His free-spirited sister wanted adventure and despised any and all lady like pursuits. This had been a main point of contention in her life, her mother loathed her un-ladylike pursuits. He was always at loss as to what he should say to her, he thanked the gods that he had Rayne.
She had explained to Arya in no uncertain terms that a woman could be both a Lady and a warrior. She told her a woman should know both the art of fighting with a sword and the art of fighting with words and wit. She explained to her of her own experience as both a trained archer and swordswoman and a lady who knew all the courtesies. She was patient with Arya and told her how it was not mandatory that she be one or the other, she can be both a warrior and a lady like her favorite warrior queen Nymeria.
Arya had taken her word to heart and had brokered a deal with her father, she would pay attention to her lessons and do all the lady like things in return she asked for sword lessons. To his wife's surprise he agreed. More Arya excelled in her sword lessons harder she paid attention in her lady lessons.
Today she was ready to walk the aisle as a flower girl with all the grace a lady should.
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The music began and all the guests stood up from their seats. The first one to enter was Arya, she walked with grace throwing small flowers petals on the ground she did this with a small smile on her face. Catelyn was proud of her daughter; she was part of the royal wedding. She was wearing a sky-blue dress with a crown of red roses. She looked beautiful.
Next was Rayne, seeing her made Jon's breath hitch along with half the audience. She looked beautiful. Her green dress hugged her body, her eyes sparkling with happiness for her brother, she had bouquet of lilies in one hand, her other hand held the small hand of Cassian Lannister. The little cousin of the bride was the ring bearer, he was dressed in a crimson coat and golden pants. The little boy was waving happily to his parents, uncle and grandfather blowing them kisses oblivious to the warmth and smiles his own smile spread in the room. Even his grandfather had smile on his face, seeing his grandson always made him proud and happy.
Cassian and Rayne stood in front of everyone. Next entered the bride escorted by her father. Seeing the bride and her dress all the females made plans to find the seamstress who made the dress. Looking at the happy smiling bride made Sansa wish for her happy future.
Dudley had big smile on his face. She looked beautiful. He took her hand into his from her father and placed a kiss on hers and held them in front of them.
Seeing Dudley waiting for her at the end of the altar made Cassana happy, he looked at her like she was the moon, the sun and the stars. His tiny kiss on her hand made her shiver with anticipation.
The elf officiating the ceremony was Hoppy, Dudley's elf. He had served the Evans for many years. He was proud to be the one to marry his master, the Last Evan heir.
Dudley cloaked Cassana in the Gryffindor cloak. The dragon and grim sparkling and the blue color making her look ethereal to him. Hoppy bound their hands in a long ribbon made of silk as they pledged themselves to one another, Dudley's magic bound their oaths to each other; protecting her. Last were the rings, Draco handed Dudley the ring, he placed the ring on the ring finger of her left hand. It was a simple band of gold with a single diamond in the center. Cassian made a big show of taking the ring out of his pocket and handing it to her cousin with a smile as his father had taught him prompting a litany of aww from the crowd.
She placed the ring on his ring finger seeing the ring his eyes widened and filled with tears, it was the same like the ring of his father. He had buried his father and mother with their wedding rings but Cassana had had made a ring similar to the one his father wore. He glanced at Rayne and she gave him a little nod.
As soon as they were pronounced man and wife, he kissed her lightly on the lips and they faced the applauding crowd.
Together.