I'm back with a new chapter. Sorry for the long wait. I had some trouble with finishing it, but now it's all done.
I hope you'll enjoy it, and please let me know what you think.
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Not even a fortnight later, House of Sparr was packing their belongings to venture home to their land. That was a seven-day long journey away.
They were packing the carriages, wanting to leave as soon as possible, because they wanted to leave before the cold was becoming too much. It was going to be hard, but with the help of the gods, they hoped it would be a peaceful journey.
Brianna sat on the floor in her chambers next to Jon. He didn't understand why she was so sad.
"I do not want to leave." Brianna said quietly, making Jon look at her strangely.
"But you have to go back, your father said so." Jon responded, not getting why she didn't want to leave.
"I know that!" Barked at him, before her lips started to tremble.
"I just have a feeling that I will never see you again, Jon." Brianna told him.
"Don't be ridiculous. We're going to each other soon. My father said I could join him when he's going to your Fort next." Jon told her with certain, but Brianna wasn't that sure.
A knock on the door interrupted their playing and the two young children looked up simultaneously. Kiara looked down at her daughter, and she melted when she saw how close she was to Jon.
Too bad they would grow in two different worlds, but she hoped they would always be friends.
"It's time to go, sweetling." Kiara said softly. She could see the tears in Brianna's eyes, and it broke Kiara's heart. How was is possible that a five-year old was so connected to someone. It wasn't normal.
"I want to stay here." Brianna said with a low voice. Kiara let out a breath, and walked into the room.
"Jon, come with me for a moment." Ned said as he stood by the door. Jon let out a sigh, knowing better than to go against his father. "We need to bid our farewell to our other guests."
Jon got up from his spot and walked out of the room but not without looking back at Brianna one last time.
Kiara sat down on the floor, pulling her daughter onto her lap.
"My darling, Brianna. I know that you don't want to leave, but I promise you that you'll see Jon again. And I'll make sure to help you with writing letters to Jon, in the meantime." Kiara told her.
Brianna looked up at her mother with fresh tears in her eyes.
"You promise?"
Kiara kissed her forehead lovingly.
"I promise, my little dove." Kiara said, using the same pet name her own mother used on her when she was a babe.
A few minutes later, Kiara carried Brianna out of her chambers, making her way towards the yard. Brianna was hiding in her mother's neck, suddenly feeling a little shy. Kiara looked at the party standing there waiting for them, including the Stark family, to see them off.
Robb stood beside his mother, who was holding his one-year old sister, Sansa. Ned stood next to her, with his hands onto Jon's shoulders. Robin joined his wife and daughter to say goodbye to their friends.
"Thank you for your hospitality, my friend." Robin said, shaking Ned's hand.
"I wish you safe travels, and do not hesitate to reach out if you need us." Catelyn replied with a smile.
Jon on the other hand, looked rather lost in thought, despite only being five summers old.
"Go ahead, Jon." Ned encouraged his son, giving him a gentle push forward. Jon took a few steps more, taking something out of his pocket. Brianna looked up at her mother, who gave her a smile and put her down on her two feet.
"I got this for you." Jon told her a little embarrassed. He held up a neckless with a tiny wooden wolf attached to it. "Father helped me make it."
Jon wanted nothing more than to hide behind his father's cloak, while he waited for Brianna's reaction.
Brianna accepted the neckless, but still unsure what to do.
"Just say thank you, my love." Kiara told her, and Brianna surprised everyone when she took a few steps forward and threw her arms around Jon's neck, pulling him in for a hug.
The little boy wrapped his arms around her awkwardly.
"Thank you… I'll keep it forever." Brianna told him. "Always and forever."
Kiara picked up Brianna again, and made her way to the carriage which was going to bring them home to Whitefort.
The house of Stark watched as their friends and bannermen ride out of Winterfell. May the gods be with them. Jon suddenly felt bad. He missed his friend. He wanted Brianna to come back. His train of thought was interrupted by laughter. Jon turned around quickly only to find his brother, Robb, and the blacksmith's son standing there snickering.
"What?" Jon asked angrily.
"Jon and Brianna, sitting in a tree." The two boys sang, and it made Jon see red. He ran after them around the yard. Ned watched as the boys ran around the yard, how they playfully taunted each other. He just wished that Jon could have an easy upbringing, but he knew that wasn't the case. He hoped that he would always have a friend in Brianna. That she would never leave his side.
Kiara watched her daughter carefully. She had done that for a while now. They had been on the road for about four days, and they would soon be home. Brianna have barely spoken a word until this point. She just kept to herself quietly, and it dawned on Kiara how much of an impact little Jon Snow had on her daughter. She could see them getting married when they come of age. Too bad Jon's linage will prevent that from ever happening.
That evening, they entered the fifth night on the road, and they had set up camp within the premises of Dreadfort, and the House Bolton. Which also was one of Winterfell's bannermen. They have camped here before, feeling rather safe, or safer that they would feel other places. That was because of the Wildlings that would venture over the walls, to hunt, slaughter and pillage everything they got their hands on. Except Whitefort. They never tried to go there. As if they have some kind of unspoken agreement or something.
"Come on, little one. Time for bed." Kiara said to Brianna, who was falling asleep with her head on her father's lap near the fire. Robin ran a hand through her hair and kissed the side of her neck.
"I love you, sweetheart. Never forget it." Robin whispered before Kiara took her into their tent.
Kiara's handmaiden, stood up quickly as she saw her lady and their little princess walk in. She was a good woman, been with the family for years, her mother a handmaiden before her.
"Your services is not required tonight, Vilka. You can take the night off. Get some food, have a drink." Kiara told her.
"As the lady commands." Vilka said with a curtsy.
"But I expect you to be here first thing in the morning, helping us before our departure." Kiara added with a smile.
"Yes, my lady. Goodnight Lady Brianna." Vilka said, looking down at her.
"goodnight." Brianna mumbled, not really up for talking right now.
Kiara placed Brianna on her cot, covering her with blankets, making sure that she stays warm throughout this cold night. The snow had started to fall that very afternoon, and it would only continue on as the got even farther north.
"Momma? Will I ever see Jon again?" Brianna asked suddenly.
"Of course, sweetheart. We'll visit them once a year, and they'll drop by whenever they feel the need to." Kiara told her, but the little girl just didn't seem to believe her.
"I just… I have this feeling that something's going to happen. That you're all going to leave me." Brianna explained and it pained Kiara's heart that she would ever think that.
"Listen to me, Brianna Sparr. I swear by the old gods and the new, I will never, ever leave you. I will always be there for you, no matter what. I love you, little dove." Kiara said, kissing her forehead.
"Love you too, momma." Brianna said, closing her eyes. The little girl was asleep within seconds. Kiara didn't know what to do about Brianna's fears. She just hoped that her words were enough, because she would never want to leave her, she wanted Brianna to stay with her forever.
Brianna woke up to screams and terror. She sat up quickly, trying to get her eyes to focus. The screams only got louder, and the sound of horses and hounds made her terrified. Brianna could also see fire. Something was on fire.
"Momma!" Brianna screamed, terrified. "Momma!"
The flap on the tent suddenly ripped open, making the little girl scream. Kiara stood there, covered in blood, eyes full of fear.
"Brianna, get up! We're under attack." Kiara told her, grabbing the warmest cloak she could find.
"Is the wildlings attacking us?" Brianna asked, thinking back on the stories she had heard.
"No, it's not the wildlings… this is someone I thought to be our friends and allies." Kiara said hastily. "We need to get you out of here."
Brianna was scared when she saw the tears in her mother's eyes. She had never seen her mother this scared. The sound of a man being stabbed to death outside the tent, made Brianna scream in fear.
"Hey!" Kiara said, placing her hands on Brianna's face. "When we leave this tent, I want you to close your eyes, do you hear me? I don't want you open your eyes. Not until I say so."
"Momma, I'm scared." Brianna cried.
"Swear to me!"
"I swear, I swear." Brianna said, tears streaming down her face.
"Close your eyes, sweetheart. Now!" Kiara yelled and Brianna did what she was told. The cold hit her body within seconds, and the screams was even louder out here. Something smelt funny, something Brianna has never smelt before. It was as if she could taste it. Like metal.
Brianna held on for dear life, afraid that she would lose her mother. Kiara ran with all her power, and Brianna could tell she was terrified.
"We're almost there, we're almost by the woods, sweetheart." Kiara soothed her daughter, and Brianna believed her. But the she did something she wasn't supposed to. She opened her eyes. Every tent was on fire, and men on horses killed everyone in sight.
A man on a horse was following them, raising his sword, nearly catching up with them.
"Momma!" Brianna screamed, as her mother was struck with the sword. Kiara let out a scream as she fell to the ground. She practically threw Brianna as far away as she could. Brianna hit the snow with a thud.
"Momma! She screamed again, as more and more men came towards them.
"Run, Brianna. RUN!" Kiara screamed. At first, Brianna didn't want to leave, but something in her mother's voice made her take a few steps back. The man on the horse jumped off and stalked towards Kiara who was already coughing up blood.
"RUN!" Kiara screamed again and the last thing Brianna saw, was her mother being murdered and the banner with an X on it.
Brianna ran through the woods, in the dark, in the cold. She had no idea where she was, but she never stopped running. She didn't know if she were running north or back to Winterfell.
She ran for what felt like forever. But finally, her legs gave out. Brianna was tired, frozen and scared. She sat there in the snow, trying to figure out what to do next. She looked up and saw a light somewhere on the horizon. But her legs wouldn't carry her any longer, so she started to crawl.
"Please. Help me. Jon, help me." She whimpered. Brianna tried to get herself moving, but it was too hard. She tried to grab a branch, but it snapped under her weight and the ground wasn't there anymore. She fell down a cliff, screaming as she fell. Her little body hit rocks, and she hit her head, getting scrapes and other injuries. Brianna just wanted it to end, and then the spinning and the falling stopped. She hit the ground hard, almost knocking the wind out of her. She laid there, trying to breathe, but it wasn't easy. She heard some muffled noises, and she tried to see where it came from, but she couldn't make their faces out. With her last ounce of strength, she held her hand out for them.
"Please… Help… Me… Jon." And then everything went black.
"Please… help… me… Jon."
"Brianna!" Jon woke up in a terrifying scream. A scream that was heard all over Winterfell. He kept on screaming, screaming for Brianna.
He could faintly hear someone running towards his bed chambers, but all he could concentrate on, was the screaming, and the pain. The pain was unbearable.
Ned Stark ran through the door of Jon's room, thinking that someone was hurting his son. He didn't even stop when Catelyn asked him what's wrong. He needed to get to Jon.
He found his son sitting in bed, holding his head while screaming.
"Jon!" Ned tried to say, but with no luck of getting through to him. Ned jumped into bed and held him. Jon tried to get away from him, only screaming out Brianna's name, over and over again.
"It's all right, Jon. It's all right. I've got you." Ned said as the hysterical boy finally managed to calm down a little, and he quietly sobbed.
"What happened, Jon?" Ned asked his son.
"Something's wrong with Brianna. She's hurt, badly. I think there's something wrong. Something terrible happened." Jon explained between sobs.
"I am sure everything is all right, Jon. They're not that far from home. I am sure she'll write you the seconds she returns to Whitefort." Ned tried to comfort him.
"You don't understand! Something's wrong!" Jon shouted, making Catelyn gasp by the door. She stood there with Robb, who was crying, not understanding what was wrong with his brother.
Suddenly, they heard someone run quickly down the hall. Maester Luwin came running around the corner, practically out of breath.
"My lord Stark. We just received a raven from Dreadfort, from Roose Bolton. There's been an attack." Luwin said, and Ned quickly got off the bed. He grabbed the note from Maester Luwin and red the note.
It said that the Sparr's had been attacked by wildlings, and that they needed all the help they could get. Robin was dead.
Ned practically ran into the yard, waking everyone up.
"Get the horses ready! We're leaving for Dreadfort tonight. Our bannermen needs us!" Ned barked, and everyone turned around quickly.
"Ned! What is going on?" Catelyn asked terrified.
"I need you to stay here with the children. I need to ride for Dreadfort tonight. Robin and Kiara were attacked. Robin's dead and I have no idea what happened to Kiara and Brianna." Ned told her, and Catelyn eyes filled with tears.
"You find them, do you hear me, Eddard Stark?" Catelyn ordered. "One way or another, you find that little girl."
Ned didn't know how to answer that. It was a four-day ride to Dreadfort. But if the packed lightly and rode hard, maybe they would be there within three days.
"Catelyn. Take extra care of Jon. He needs it." Ned said as he mounted his horse. He heard commotion from the second floor. Jon was hysterical again, and nothing seemed to calm him down.
"Father! Father, what's going on? I want to come with you, please!" Jon pleaded, trying to get away from the guard's grip. Ned looked up at him once, feeling a pang of guilt, but he needed to bury that away.
"Please. He needs someone." Ned pleaded again, knowing that Catelyn wasn't very fond of Jon.
"I promise. Be safe, my love." Catelyn said as Ned Stark rode out of the gates. He didn't know what to expect when he arrived at House of Bolton.
Catelyn turned around, watching how heartbroken Jon was and it broke her heart. They boy was in emotional pain and she found herself, wanting to help him.
"Please escort him back to his chambers." She told the guards. "Maester Luwin, please give him something to calm his mind and soul."
"Right away, my Lady." Luwin said, running back to his quarters to get what he needed.
A three days ride was all the Starks used. They barely got any rest and only stopped to get something to eat and change horses along the way. It had been three days since the attack, and they didn't know what they would see. Smoke rose to the morning sky, clearly from burning the corpses. Ned just hoped that they hadn't burned Robin's corpse yet.
They broke through the trees and was met by a battlefield. Things were destroyed, no one from their party had survives, or so it would seem. They rode towards the smoke, and they saw Roose Bolton riding towards them.
"Glad to see you here, my Lord." Bolton said. "We couldn't wait, we had to start burning the bodies."
"I understand." Ned said, looking around in horror. This was his friends. "Did you find Kiara?"
Roose Bolton looked like a broken man, and Ned understood why.
"Come with me."
Ned jumped off his horse and followed Bolton into a tent. Ned's insides froze when he saw them. Kiara and Robin Sparr, laid there, still covered in blood. Ned walked towards them slowly, as if not to wake them. He tried his best not to cry, but it wasn't easy.
"What about their daughter?" Ned asked Bolton.
"Well. We found Kiara just by the beginning of the woods, as if she was trying to escape. But there was no sign of Brianna." Bolton told him. "But there was no sign of Brianna anywhere."
Ned turned to his men.
"Prepare them for departure, we are burying them back at Winterfell. They deserve to be buried in the crypt." Ned commanded them before leaving the tent.
"What are you going to do?" Bolton asked worried.
"I made a promise to my wife. I am going to find Brianna." Ned said galloping towards the place they found Kiara, along with his best men.
They made it to the trees but had no idea where to go. So, they split up. Ned brought Jory with him, and they rode north, hoping she would towards home.
They searched for hours, but they couldn't give up hope. Maybe they went the wrong way. Ned really hoped so.
"Lord Stark!" Jory yelled out, jumping off his horse by the edge of a cliff. Ned rode quickly towards him. When he reaches the edge, he too jumped off his horse.
"What, Jory. Did you find something?" Ned asked him. Jory pointed down below, and there they found a small cloak. Which could only mean that it must have fallen off as she fell of the cliff. They looked further down and saw frozen blood. Too much for someone to just get up and walk off.
"No one could survive a fall like that." Ned said sadly. "Her body must have been carried off by animals."
Ned couldn't hold his tears in this time around. Kiara was dead, Robin was dead. And by the looks of it, little Brianna Sparr was also dead. It was a devastating loss, that would affect everyone, but not as much as Jon Snow.
How was he going to tell his son that he would never see his best friend ever again?
Brianna Sparr… is dead.
There it is. I hope you enjoyed it. I decided to end the chapter like this, but I promise you, this is not the end for Brianna. Just be patient with me on this, ok?
I also have a poll going on, and I want your help to decide the motto for House Sparr. Like house of Stark has "Winter is coming" I have 10 alternatives, but I don't no which to use, so just comment or PM me which number you want, and the one that wins, will be it.
1. "Death to the Lost"
2. "Ours is but half the story"
3. "Steel over Ice before you"
4. "The last word is an Oath"
5. "Live pondering death more"
6. "Steel over Ice before fire"
7. "A warrior's bane, a warrior's heart lies not"
8. "A nightmare to oblivion"
9. "By the land are the death to kill us"
10."Crush your enemies, see no-one."
Let me know what you think about that.
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