Chapter Ten, Men for The Wall
Robb was angsty. Not because they were losing. No, it was quite the opposite. It was because he knew Morgana was due to give birth in a few months and he was stick here, in his grandparents home in yet another meeting.
"Your Grace." Sir Jorah called pulling Robb from his thoughts.
"I'm sorry." Robb apologised to his Council. "My mind is with my wife today. What was you saying?"
"She is due soon no?" Drogo asker I'm a thick heavy accent.
"Yes, in a few months." Robb agreed, sparing a look at Theon who also looked worried.
"No matter Your Grace. We all understand, my own mind has strayed up my niece more often than not." Oberyn assured. "Sir Jorah was asking what are we do up with the prisoners."
"We'll send them to The Wall. The Wall needs more ken to defend against the dead, and it had been Kings Landing's home to fulfil for years. Yet they have failed to do so. I will not let another one of Ana's visions come true." Robb said sternly, thinking on how his father had failed to listen.
"Does this include the Kingslayer?" Lord Karstark asker. Thanks to the Dournish troupe and the the Dothraki they had been able to help his sons when they hit into a bit of trouble when fighting the Kingslayer.
"Yes." Their answered. "Every prisoner was have or will have, ate to go to The Wall. They'll be taken under armed guard after being stripped of all weapons and bound in chains."
Before more could be said a sort of mirage appeared in the middle of the Council chambers startling those hadn't seen it before.
"Ana." Robb gasped seeing her for the first time in months. He noticed how tired she looked and that there was a tiny baby in her arms and the other two were in Daenerys and Ellaria's arms. "She had the babies, but... they're so small." Robb said fearfully.
"A pregnancy with more than one babe often results in smaller babes Your Grace." Lady Mormont assured. "They look perfectly healthy."
They watched as Arya, Bran and Rickon ran into the chambers followed by Nym, Allana, Osha and the Queens Guard making the chambers seem rather crowded.
~ Start of vision~
"Anna are you okay?" Arya asked as soon as she entered the chambers with Bran and Rickon, seeing Morgana sat up in bed with a tired but happy smile and holding one baby. Ellaria and Daenerys holding the other two.
"I'm fine little wolf. Come meet your nieces." Morgana assured smiling softly at Arya.
"Who is who, cousin?" Nym asked excitedly. "The baby I'm holding is Elliana Luna Stark." Morgana said showing the baby girl who looked exactly like her mother and grandmother with her dark black curls but she had her mother's violet coloured eyes and was the smallest out of the babies.
"My aunt Ellaria, is holding Raenessa Lilith Stark." Morgana said pointed the biggest baby, but not by much, who had Robb's red curls and blue eyes that had tiny flecks of violet in them. "And my aunt Daenerys, is holding Visenya Freya Stark." She said now pointing to the middle-sized baby girl who was a mix of both her parents and the Stark heritage as she had auburn brown hair and violet-grey coloured eyes.
"They're beautiful My Grace." Sir William said as he looked at the three baby girls all wrapped in soft black and grey blankets showing off both their heritage.
"Thank you Sir William." Morgana said happily.
"Are you and the babies going to be okay?" Bran asked worriedly.
"They're going to be just fine Bran." Daenerys assured kindly as the three babies started to cry.
"Looks like they want some feeding. Let's all give my niece some privacy, shall we?" Ellaria asked as she and Daenerys placed their grand-nieces in their basenetts besides the bed and kissed Morgana's forehead.
"Well done my darling." Ellaria said as she brushed some damp curls out of Morgana's face. "Your mother would've been so proud of you. As am I, I love you."
"As would your father. You have been so brave sweetheart, and I'll get Allana and Kelsie to draw you a hot bath for when you've finished. I'm so proud of you and I love you." Daenerys said now kissing her forehead.
"Thank you aunties I love you both too." Morgana said with a tired smile as she started to feed her children.
"We'll be just outside the door, call if you need us." Ellaria said as she closed the door.
~ End of vision ~
As the vision faded Robb was suddenly filled with such a fierce determination that he'd never known before. It seemed to seep into him and coil around him so tightly, that he'd never be able to escape it. Even if he wanted to. He wanted this war over and he wanted it over now, before he kissed all of his daughters' firsts. He wanted to be back in Winterfell with wife and daughters. Snapping out of his thoughts he started giving out orders.
"Send a raven to Jon. It's time he was on the Iron Throne, and it's time this war was over. I will not miss any of my daughters' firsts. I've already missed their birth I will not miss more. Stanis, send a raven to Renly and the Reach telling them to bend the knee. If the Lannister's have no one to support them they'll be forced off, hopefully without a war." Robb ordered, sounding very much like the King in the North they'd claimed him to be.
"Now, I think it's time to speak to Sansa." Robb said pulling the mirror out of his pocket (hoping she would actually pick up this time) - - once the meeting had been dismissed. Only Theon, Oberyn and his daughters and Lady Mormont stayed with him the rest leaving to fulfil the wishes of their King. All of them spurned on by the arrival of the three new Heirs to Fire and Ice.
