House of the Lion

Disclaimer : All Characters are owned by George RR Martin and HBO. This is a fic where Tywin Lannister finds all ASOIAF books written by Martin in his solar.

Chapter – 1

Lord Tywin Lannister – 296 AC

The lord of Casterly Rock left his court in the golden gallery after a long day of hearing petitions and punishing the guilty. The old lion walked towards his solar to retire for the day and ordered his meals brought to his rooms.

He saw the ever loyal captain of his guards Vylarr follow him with six of his men before standing guard outside his solar. He entered his solar and got rid of his boots before walking towards his table. A large leather bundle on his desk catches his attention as he rings the bell summoning his guards.

The guards entered his solar and he questioned them regarding the package and asks the details of the servants who entered his room. The guards looked baffled by the leather package as they swore all the servants entered and left with only food and empty plates.

Tywin ordered his guards to question all the servants who entered his solar and find out who sent the package. He waited till the guards are gone and asked a guard to open the leather wrappings. He suspected the Dornish or his enemies to send poisoned gifts to kill him, so he waited till the guard opened the leather wrappings and surprised to find some queer colored books along with a letter.

He sent the guard away once he touched and tested all the books and looked at the colorful tomes. The texture and thickness of the color and the art work had stunned him, no these books are not from westeros. He was surprised by the names and images on the books as well. Whomever this George RR Martin is, these books have queer titles and art work which seemed tobe wrapped in some new kind of material so as to not damage the parchament.

He was surprised by the length and quality of the white parchament and wondered if it from Yi-Ti who use some queer parchaments and inks based on his knowledge. There are a total of seven books and some separate parchaments which read "Sample Chapters – The Winds of Winter" and have titles reading 'Theon, Mercy, Alayne, Arianne I, Arianne II, Barristan, Tyrion, Victorian and The Forsaken'. The name of his son caught his attention as does the names of Barristan Selmy and Arianne, 'is the martell heir not named Arianne Martell ?'.

There are seperate parchaments which are highlighted in red ink that have the titles 'TV Show Spoilers' and 'Reddit Fan Theories' which baffled him as he never heard these queer names before. For a moment he felt this was a prank by his son Tyrion to antagonize him but doubted his son is this clever to create these new parchaments or will go to this length without him knowing about this.

He saw the blue coloured book which had the image of the sword's end and pommel which read 'A Game of Thrones' and other titles such as 'A Clash of Kings' , 'A Storm of Swords', 'A Feast for Crows', 'A Dance with Dragons', an orange coloured book whch said 'The World of Ice and Fire' and most of all he was shocked to see a book with red cover bearing the image of a white flag which has the Targaryan sigil and the title read 'Fire & Blood'. He saw three smaller coloured books which have images of a man which read 'The Hedge Knight', 'The Sworn Sword' and 'The Mystery Knight'.

He was overwhelmed by these books and decided to read the letter before calling for the maester Creylen and his brother Kevan. He opened the letter and read it's contents.

To Lord Tywin Lannister,

These books are gifts from a true friend and wellwisher of House Lannister. These books contain the details of the next eight years worth of future events in Westeros and Essos and a separate page predicts possible future events beyond 304 AC. Please read the books carefully and know the fate of your house and all of westeros, if you do not change your behavior. You should curb your pride and haughtiness to save House Lannister from utter destruction and forge your Legacy, else your house will become the most hated and pathetic house than it is in your father's rule.

Your admirer and loyal fan,

Random Omnipotent Being .

The contents of this queer letter both intrigued and angered him. This imposter claims to be a friend of his house and says these queer books predict the future of his house and westeros, outrageous lies and madness, this admirer claiming to be an omnipotent being instead of a mad man. But he felt unease looking at the colored and detailed books.

Yet he felt a curiousity about what these books say about his house. What mad person will go to these lengths creating these queer books and 'pages' as he said claiming to predict the future and risking his ire. He did not feel this is a trick by the Dornish or another enemy and decided to verify these claims of said loyal 'fan' whatever that is. Besides what did he lose reading these stories beside some time, and if the letter lied he can burn them after reading.

He poured some wine and looked at one of the smaller books which read 'the Hedge Knight' and surprised to find it is in perspective of a false knight called 'Dunk' and his breath caught in his throat as he read that this Dunk referred to his dead master as 'Ser Arlan of Pennytree', "No Impossible" he spat dumbfounded to find that he was reading about 'Ser Duncan the Tall' who had died in the tragedy of 'Summerhall'.

Doubts filled the mind of the warden of the west "Can it be, did the letter tell the truth" he wondered to himself. He quickly read the first book to confirm his doubts and by the end of the book where he read the historically accurate event about Ser Duncan the Tall taking on prince Aegon as a squire he was convinced that these books did tell the truth more accurately than any history book he read about the seven on seven trial at 'Ashford meadow' except one bit of ironic information which brought a smile to his face "Ser Duncan was never a knight" he said to himself before reaching for the next book.

By the end of the third book , where bloodraven stole the dragon egg and the second blackfyre rebellion was crushed before it began, he was sure the letter was true although he was yet to read the main books.

He got up and hid the books in a chest locking them safely before realizing it was almost night as the candles were melting. He decided to keep the books a secret for now and test the information for himself before revealing it to his brother. He felt excitement as he knew if the books are true then he has access to events that will happen in the future and take advantage of this knowledge and rise his house to be the true power in Westeros.

He felt a child like giddyness and excitement but there was also fear of this unknown future when he thought of why this loyal 'fan' warned him that his house will be hated and weak even worse than when his father was ruling. What did his children do that his house was in ruins.

This brought again sad memories of his disappointing children he loathed to admit have failed him. He could see none of himself in Jamie or Cersei though his daughter believed herself more clever and imagined herself the true queen of Westeros.

His Son Jamie refused to give up his white cloak and the his place as the rightful as his heir and future lord of the rock. Loathe to admit but Tyrion is the only one of his children who has his wits and knowledge to rule the West but the wretched dwarf reminded him of his dear Joanna and his weak father Tytos too much to ever consider making him his Heir.

Tywin felt a headache coming and rested for the night as he eagerly awaited the next day he will uncover the future of Westeros. The last thing he remembered was

Note :- This is a 'What-If' story i wanted to write where instead of 'Starks' reading George's books and changing the future, Tywin Lannister gets the books, Winds of Winter leaked chapters and some spoilers from the GOT TV show ending in form of a warning. I am thrilled to write a story where Tywin knowing the future will change the course of history as the Old Lion shows no mercy to his foes. Thank you for all the support and reviews make me write faster.