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Chapter – 2
Boros
The feast is in full swing and the lords drank merrily when he entered the kings weapons privy. The guards were drunk and no one was watching. He retrieved the infamous dragonbone dagger made of valyrian steel and pocketed it.
He calmly made towards his room and packed his things. He will not change anything in winterfell lest cersei will have him killed. He can kill Joffrey and run away but he won't get far. He will let events run it's course till they reach the riverlands, then his plan will be set in motion.
He stole some silver coins from the little shit's room when the hound was away which will take him towards his destination. Already cersei had chastised him for acting like a fool near the inn, but he bluffed that he felt ill because of the dour northern food and the stale wine and praised cersei and the westerlands which earned him a reprieve.
Lucky for him people knew he was one of the queen's lickspittles and a lannister man which will make his next task very difficult but it needed to be done. He started training and cut down on food but still winded on every jog he tried and even the stark household guards beat him in a friendly spar, well so much for dignity.
He needed to be discrete and away from the eunuch's little birds. He still have some time to change events but he needed allies. The next day he accompanied the king on his hunt and everything played out exactly like before, bran was pushed from the tower and lady stark was overcome with grief, jon snow is bound for the wall and within a week the royal party left the north.
They reached the riverlands and stopped at castle Darry where he knew Joffrey will be humiliated by Arya. Once ser Barristan and prince Renly arrived with a honor guard, he waited till night as he excused himself to room and sent a message to his family in the crownlands through a rider. He changed his clothes and packed very lightly.
He took his armour and left the castle on a horse as men were being feasted by darry. The riverlands were filled by bandits and thieves so he armed himself with a short sword, an axe and a crossbow. He rode hard for the crownlands by the time the sun rose up. He made sure to avoid the woods lest he be food for the rogue wolfpacks. He had disposed of his clothes near a lake along with his helm a few miles far from the Darry castle.
By morning he was riding towards the stoney sept where he asked his would be allies to meet him. He rested his horse and tied it near a stable and entered the sept. He saw the two men he hired and nodded to them. He offered his own prayers and joined the knights as they left the sept to speak business.
"Tell us true ser boros, why the secrecy in hiring us ? what need does a kingsguard of hedgeknights" the older man spoke. He motioned for them to follow him and they walked as the other knight asked more irritably "have you abandoned your oath ser ? why aren't you with the king ?".
"ser Illyfer and ser Creighton, I am on a secret mission to protect the king from enemies. As of now I cannot disclose the mission ser but I swear by the seven, that I need your help to stop the kingdoms from plunging into war. Can I count on you loyal knights to protect the king and his family ?" he answered with a serious expression on his face.
The two older knights looked unsure but they agreed to help if the mission was noble. So I brought them supper and asked them to hire a dozen loyal men from the holy hundred led by ser bonnifer hasty. They are thrilled to be part of an honourable mission and got to business. Little did they know that if something goes wrong all our heads will roll.
So I waited patiently in the riverlands disguised as a merchant and worked my arse off to shed some weight and improve my sword skills which was mediocre at best. I warned the dozen men to not talk about this holy mission as I send secret word to lord stannis and waited for a reply. In the meanwhile I have heard gossips of a dead kingsguard by the trident and an injured prince.
Better to have the element of surprise while I can. Ned Stark will reach the capital and by the time he discovers the incest scheme his plans would come to fruition. He wanted to go to dragonstone but cannot risk being burned alive by that red witch.
So they waited and slowly reached their destination and saw the small group riding towards the Inn. He got information that lady stark and ser rodrick are inside the inn and asked his group to intersect the new arrivals. He saw the night's watch recruiter Yoren and Tyrion lannister along with a couple of guards alarmed by their sudden arrival.
"My lord of lannister" he immediately shown himself "I bring dire news from the capital from your father's spies. Treason was committed my lord to set house stark against house lannister" he quickly spoke to the surprise of the dwarf.
"ser boros , I am surprised to find you hale and healthy as rumours of your death filled the riverlands" said the imp looking suspiciously at me.
"No my lord, I am indeed alive but I have an urgent message for you. Can we talk in private somewhere far from this Inn" he pointed towards the inn.
"We are famished ser, I need to rest before I want to hear anything" the imp replied with doubt.
"We have set up camp my lord wine and food awaits you, can we speak my lord ?" he asked again. The imp agreed and followed them into the woods near a camp where a stag was being cooked and a tent was set up.
Once the group had eaten and tyrion drank some wine, he noticed the imp trying to keep a watch on him. He led the imp to the tent and closed the flap. He had no weapon on him to keep the drarf at ease and offered him a drink and a seat.
"So ser boros, will you tell me what this mummers farce is ? I do not believe you faked your own death to meet me suddenly near the riverlands with some hedgeknights talking about treason and leading me into the woods for my own safety. Did my sweet sister put you to dispose of me ?" he asked with doubt in his face.
"My lord you misunderstand me, as I told you before you are blamed for a crime at winterfell wrongly and there are some looking to apprehend you for it" he hinted and looked as the gears turned in the dwarf's head as he deduced what crime I was talking about.
"And who exactly are these northerners trying to arrest me ser ? not yoren certainly ?" he asked acting coy. He looked at me with additional interest as I fell silent to increase the suspense.
"Lady catelyn Stark is in the cross roads inn freshly back from the capital meeting with lord stark in secret after some assassin tried and failed to kill Brandon stark" he said grimly.
The imp was surprised and fell silent as he verified my story after noting the lady's absence in winterfell. "then pray tell me ser who gave lady stark the notion that I am the culprit behind her son's misfortune" he asked feigning surprise.
"Petyr Baelish, the master of coin" I answered slowly to imply the brothel keeper. The little lord was stunned for a moment before asking "Why ? why would littlefinger blame me ? and why should I believe you ?" the imp asked.
It is time to cut loose "because your nephew Joffrey tried to kill the boy using a catspaw and failed. Littlefinger wants the starks and lannisters at each others throats and lied to the lady you sent the assassin. Has it not been for me you would have walked into that inn and she would have captured you and taken you to the vale which will start a war".
Again the imp was taken aback as he started imaging the scenarious and looking even suspiciously at me. "How did you came to know this ser" he asked. I smiled and replied "come now mylord we both know how young bran fell from the tower. I was guarding the queen for a long time to know who enters her chambers reguarly and what happens thereafter".
The dwarf looked pale and shivered before recollecting himself "those are treasonous words ser accusing the queen and her brother . My father will not take it lightly" the imp threatened.
"neither does our king, lord hand or lord stannis for that matter. Can we speak truths now my lord ?" he asked feeling impatient and tried shock and awe he added "if I show them proof".
"Are you threatening me ser ? A lannister always pays his debts" tyrion accused him. "Not if they are dead and rotting" I gave him a cruel look which meant I was dead serious. The imp backed down and looked at me with something akin to respect for the first time.
"You are not what I have believed ser" the imp replied to which I smiled and said "neither are you lord tyrion, you are truly your father's heir". The imp snorted and I continued "so what say you my lord shall we go to the capital and make sure the hand execute a man lusting after his wife and killed his foster father ".
"What ?" tyrion almost dropped his wine. "Oh did you not know. Jon Arryn was poisoned by his own wife lysa who was sleeping with littlefinger and whelped his bastard" he said without reacting which caused the imp to throw his wine glass in frustration and laugh.
"oh did I also mention that he made lysa send lady stark a letter accusing lannisters of killing lord arryn thus flaming the fires of war between the north and the westerlands" he nonchalantly added.
The imp was flabbergasted by all the information and fell silent for a while and then he asked "what do you want from me ser boros ? do you want me to betray my family ?".
"No my lord I would never ask you that, I know you love your brother , tommen and myrcella and asking you to save them. Ned Stark knows the truth of their birth" he told the imp without betraying any emotions.
The imp looked at him suspiciously and asked "how come you know all this ser since you are also on the run since two moons". He smiled and replied "oh I have a few friends in the capital and baelish has been leading lord stark to visit all of robert's bastards and the hand was looking into a little book called 'The lineage and history of great houses of the seven kingdoms'. Lord stark should look through the last five generations of the baratheons to know the truth about robert's children which was staring him in the face for the last six moons" he finished.
He saw murder in the dwarf's eyes before he controlled himself and sighed before taking a deep gulp from his drink. He looked at me with awe as if seeing some imposter and finally spoke "who are you and what did you do with ser boros".
"I wised up my lord and I wanted the best for you" he countered . The imp smiled and said "what would that be ser ?".
"For you to be made lord of casterly rock and warden of the west , your brother pardoned along with your favourite niece and nephew. I wanted my life to be spared as well " he replied and saw the imp have a wicked smile on his face.
"How do you propose we do it ser boros" he asked and they discussed for a long time before the bargain was struck between the lion and the stranger.
Their group rode for the capital with tyrion gaining a new sworn sword who he himself knighted, ser Bronn of the blackwater.
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