"Hey, Jaime." Stuhlinger said to Jaime Lannister, who was about to go to Tarkin in the forest."I have a question for you."
"Yeah?" Jaime looked at him.
"You and Tarkin are going out hunting boar everyday, right?" Said Stuhlinger.
"What about it?" Jaime asked.
"That's cool, except, how come you're not coming back with any? We haven't had fresh pork on a plate in about a week."
"It's not like they're domesticated animals." Said Jaime.
"Maybe you guys aren't trying hard enough?" Stuhlinger said.
"We're hunting, alright?" Jaime said to him, annoyed.
"I hope so. Because people and ponies need food. Solid food. This isn't a game." Stuhlinger said before he left. Jaime then looked at Cersei. He thought about his love for her...and his love was disappearing.
"She's been fucking Lancel and Osmund Kettleblack and Moon Boy for all I know..." Tyrion had said to Jaime.
Jaime walked into the forest and saw Tarkin."Tarkin, people are talking about what we're doing out here every day, especially since we never come back with anything." Jaime said.
"You mean boar," Tarkin said.
Jaime nodded."Yeah."
"Plenty of fruit and fish to go around. What we're doing here is far more important." Tarkin then uncovered the metal hatch that they had found when they were looking for Jeela. The hatch also had a little glass window, but they couldn't see through it."Right now, this is our priority."
"So, Vanto?" Said Stuhlinger as he and Vanto walked in the forest at night.
"Yeah?" Vanto looked at him.
"I haven't been feeling so great." He said.
"What's the matter?" Vanto asked him.
"Well, It's kind of like, uh, my stomach. I've been having some, um, major digestive issues."
"What have you been eating?" Vanto questioned.
"You know, the usual. Bananas, papayas, mangoes, guava, passion fruit, coconut. Some of those weird star-fruits from up on the hill. Someone said they might be good for digestion. Let me tell you, they lied."
"Well, it might help if you had a little bit more protein in your diet," Vanto suggested.
"What can I do?" Stuhlinger asked."There's no boar. No boar, no protein."
"You can eat fish. That pony, Doctor Whooves, has been catching a lot of them." Vanto told him.
Stuhlinger shook his head."No way. I hate that pony. He reminds me of Marlton and I hate that guy."
"Who's Marlton?" Vanto asked.
"Just this annoying nerd," Stuhlinger said before he grabbed a big leaf.
"You're not eating those, are you?" Vanto pointed at the leaf.
"I'm not eating them. Excuse me." Stuhlinger said, going into a bush.
When Luna saw Vanto, she told him that she and Derpy had been working on something. Vanto followed Luna into a small garden of fruit."When did you do all this?"
"I wandered into this place and thought it would be a good place for a garden. Derpy knows how to grow some stuff thanks to some friends of hers in Ponyville." Luna said.
Derpy saw Vanto and waved at him. Vanto smiled and waved back."Smart. With the boar running out, we're going to need as much food as we can possibly get." Vanto said.
"Maybe it's not running out," Luna said.
Vanto looked at her."What do you mean?"
"Maybe Tarkin's just decided not to catch it for us anymore," Luna told him.
"Why would he do that?" Vanto asked.
"A lot of mouths to feed. If the boar's thinning out, then why should he feed everyone else at his own expense?" Luna said.
"The glass isn't breaking and the door's sealed shut," Jaime said after he tried using the ax on the door."What is that?" Jaime asked Tarkin, who was mixing something in a bowl.
"Hmmm?" Tarkin looked at him.
"The stuff in the bowl. What is that?"
"It's for later," Tarkin said.
Jaime sat down next to Tarkin."How are we going to open this thing?" The knight asked.
"Well, that's what we have to figure out. I mean, how do you open a hatch that has no handle, no latch, no discernible way of opening it?" Tarkin wondered.
"Hey, Whooves!" Stuhlinger said to the Earth Pony, who was going to the beach to catch some fish."Uh...can I catch some fish with you?"
Whooves smiled."Sure. I don't mind."
Jaime and Tarkin were walking through the jungle."You know, we're going to have to tell them." Jaime said.
"Tell them what?" Tarkin asked.
"What we found. You know, they're not going to keep believing that we're coming out here hunting. We never go back..."
"They're not ready." Tarkin said."They won't understand it."
"I don't think I understand it," Jaime said.
"That's the problem," Tarkin said to him.
"Look, at least let me tell Cersei."
"Why?" Tarkin questioned.
"What do you mean, why? She's my sister."
"Why do you care about her so much?" Tarkin asked him.
Because I've been fucking her. Because Joffrey, Tommen, and Myrcella are our children. He thought."I care about her since she is family." Jaime said."She's been asking me about this. I can't keep lying to her."
"You mean you can't keep lying to her or you can't stand the way she makes you feel because you're lying to her?" Tarkin asked.
Jaime was silent for a moment."Both. Listen, she can keep a secret."
"You're sure?"
Jaime nodded."Yes, I'm sure."
"No, I mean, are you sure you want to do this?" Tarkin asked.
"I've got to get her off my back. She keeps asking me about this. She keeps asking me about you, about the whole thing."
"You're sure you've thought through the ramifications?" Tarkin asked.
Jaime nodded."Yes."
"So be it." Tarkin said before he used the knife handle to hit Jaime on the back of his head. Jaime then saw nothing.
When Jaime woke up, he saw that was tied to a tree. He also saw Tarkin mixing something into a bowl.
"Tarkin, what is this?" Jaime said."Do you hear me? Untie me right now?"
"Or what?" The Grand Moff asked.
Jaime sighed."I swear by the old gods and new I won't tell anyone about the hatch, okay? I promise."
"I'm doing this, Jaime, because it's time for you to let go of some things. Because it's what's best for you. And, I promise, you're going to thank me later." Tarkin said.
"Hey, I don't think this is best for me," Jaime said. Tarkin then smeared some of the stuff he had been mixing on the back of Jaime's head. Jaime grunted in pain when it touched the wound that Tarkin had hit him earlier."What is that?!"
"An untreated wound, out here, is going to get infected," Tarkin said.
"You're not going to just leave me here!" Jaime yelled at him.
"Whether you stay is up to you. The camp is 4 miles due west." Tarkin then threw the knife in the ground in front of Jaime."You'll be able to cut yourself free once you have the proper motivation." Tarkin then left him.
"Tarkin!" Jaime yelled as he struggled in the ropes, trying to grab the knife."Help!"
"Fuck!" Yelled Stuhlinger, missing the fish when he threw his net at the water.
"Do you need some help?" Asked Whooves, who already had some fish in his net.
Stuhlinger looked at him."Yeah." He said. The stallion then showed him out to catch some fish.
Eventually, Jaime had decided to get some rest. He opened his eyes when heard someone yell.
"Somebody help me!" Yelled a familiar female voice.
Jaime looked around."Who's that?"
"Jaime!" Jaime realized it was Cersei.
"Cersei!" He yelled."I'm tied up!"
"What?!"
"Can you get over here?!" He asked.
"I'm tied up, too!" Cersei yelled.
Did Tarkin tie her up? Jaime wondered. He then heard the sound of the monster in the jungle.
"Jaime!" His sister yelled.
"Hold on, Cersei. I'm coming!" Jaime tried to grab the knife with his hand.
"Jaime! It's getting closer! Somebody help me! Jaime!" Jaime was getting close."Please, help!" Jaime finally grabbed it."Jaime!" The knight quickly cut through the ropes and started running to Cersei.
When he saw Cersei, he saw that she was tied to a tree."Jaime, help me! Hurry, please!" She said when he tried to free her.
"I'm trying!" Jaime yelled as the monster was getting closer.
"Please hurry!"
Jaime finally freed her and they started running away."There." Jaime pointed to a stand of trees. They went to hide in there.
Birds flew away as the monster got closer. They heard the sounds of crashing when the monster tried to get them.
There was silence for a moment. The monster was still but it then started to leave.
Jaime could have sworn he then heard laughter and a man say the words, "Bye-Bye."
The two stayed kept hiding in the stand of trees for nearly five minutes before they finally left."What did you do to him?" Cersei asked Jaime.
"What did I do to who?" Jaime asked, confused by what she meant.
"Tarkin. What did you do to him to make him do this?"
"I didn't do anything to him," Jaime said.
"What? He just did it because he was bored? Look, I know you guys are-"
"Let's go back to camp." Jaime interrupted her and they kept walking.
On the beach, Wilhuff Tarkin was sitting down on the sand, staring at the ocean. Vanto walked over to him."Any ship?" Vanto asked with a smile.
Tarkin, to Vanto's surprise, smiled back."Not yet. But I'm patient."
"Mind if I join you?" Vanto asked. Tarkin nodded. Vanto then sat down next to him."It's been awhile since you and I have talked, Tarkin."
"Well, you're a busy man," Tarkin said.
"So are you." Vanto said."Where's Jaime?"
"I haven't seen him all day," Tarkin said.
"Yeah? You two seem to be hunting a lot."
"We have." Tarkin nodded.
Vanto stared at the Grand Moff for a moment and remembered what Luna had said about Tarkin."How's the boar hunting going?"
"Between you and me?" Tarkin asked.
Vanto nodded."Always."
"I'm afraid they're beginning to migrate outside our valley. They're smart animals and smart animals adapt quickly when a new predator is introduced into their environment."
"You mean us?" Vanto asked.
"The most dangerous predator of all." Tarkin smiled.
Later, Vanto helped Tucker carry some firewood at the beach."How are you doing, Tucker?"
"How am I doing? With week 2 of heroin withdrawal? Or how am I doing with Jeela being abducted by the freak who tried to kill me?" Tucker said.
"Nurse Redheart gave you the aspirin for the heroin withdrawal," Vanto said. He then looked at Tarkin."What do you think of Grand Moff Tarkin?"
"Is he from your world?" Tucker asked Vanto. Vanto nodded."Well, he's alright. I mean, he did help me stop doing heroin and he gave me back my sword." Tucker said.
"So you trust him?"
"Of course," Tucker said.
Vanto looked at the Grand Moff again, remembering when he heard how the Death Star blew up Alderaan.
"Are you sure we're going in the right direction?" Cersei asked Jaime as they continued walking through the jungle.
"If you don't want to follow men, don't," Jaime said, annoyed.
"I wouldn't have to follow you if you weren't best friends with the man who brought us out here," Cersei said. She looked at Jaime."You and Tarkin weren't hunting, were you? You were doing something else."
"Haven't we been over this before?" Jaime asked.
"You're a horrible liar, Jaime." Cersei said.
"We weren't doing anything."
"Why are you keeping secrets for this man?" Cersei questioned.
"This man is smart," Jaime argued.
"He tied us up, Jaime. Why?"
Jaime looked at his sister and sighed. He knew he had to tell her."We found something."
"What?" Cersei said.
"While we were out looking for Jeela, we found this...this piece of metal buried in the jungle. We've been trying to open it." Jaime said.
"A piece of metal?" Cersei was confused.
"A hatch, buried in the dirt," Jaime said.
"Like a door?" Cersei asked.
Jaime nodded."Yes, Cersei, that's what a hatch is."
"Where does it go?"
"I don't know. But I told him I wanted to tell you and that's when he did this." Jaime said to her.
Suddenly, they heard the sound of the monster. They saw trees get ripped straight up out of the ground.
"Run!" Jaime yelled and they did. Jaime then saw Cersei get picked off the ground as she ran."No!" He saw that the monster and Cersei were gone.
He ran around to find his sister but stopped when he saw some blood. He followed the trail of blood. His eyes widened in shock when he saw his sister laying on some rocks. He quickly ran over to her.
"No..." He said."Cersei...Cersei?"
Cersei didn't open her eyes. He knew that she was now dead.
Jaime then heard laughter again.
"Bye-Bye."
It was night when Jaime walked back to camp and saw Tarkin near a fire. Jaime had the knife in his hand."It killed her!" Jaime yelled, attacking the Grand Moff.
Tarkin dodged the slash from the knife."You made it back." He said, impressed.
"That thing killed my sister. It's your fault. You drug her out there."
"You're sister?" Tarkin raised an eyebrow. Tarkin dodged a stab from the knight."Jaime, calm down."
"She died in my arms," Jaime said.
"Why is there no blood on you?" Tarkin asked.
Jaime looked at his arms and saw now blood. He stared at them, surprised and confused."What the hell just happened to me out there?"
"I don't know, you tell me." Tarkin said."But your sister..." Tarkin pointed at Cersei, who was walking to her tent.
Jaime stared at her."Sh-she was dead."
Tarkin looked at him."Is that what it made you see?" Tarkin questioned.
Jaime looked back at him."What made me see?" Jaime then realized something."That stuff you put on my head. You drugged me."
"I gave you an experience that I believe was vital to your survival on this Island."
"It wasn't real?" Jaime asked.
"It was only as real as you made it." Tarkin told him.
"I saw here-I saw her die." Jaime said.
"How did you feel? When she died?"
Jaime was silent for a moment."I felt...I felt...I felt relieved."
Tarkin nodded."Time to let go." He said."Follow me." Tarkin said, going into the jungle.
Jaime looked at his sister one more time before he followed Tarkin.