Year 274 After Conquest

Half a Days ride away from Winterfell.

Eddard Stark known to family and friends as , Ned , is so excited he couldn't sleep . He was visiting home after three years after all . He is fostering in Eeyrie last three years since he is eight namedays old and he will continue his fostering till he reaches majority which is six and ten namedays old in Westeros .

He is visiting home because he received a raven from his sister six moonturns ago that his Lady Mother is with child again and he wanted to welcome new member to the Pack be they girl or boy , so he had taken leave of Lord Arryn for four moonturns to be with his family.

He missed his family so very much these last three years . Brandon his older brother and best friend , Lyanna and Benjen toddlers still when he last seen them . Mother with her gentle hands and sweet voice , Father with his quiet strength and slight smiles only for his family, Old Nan his nurse and greatest storyteller there ever was . And Winterfell with its solemn beauty and imposing might , Godswood a place for playing with his brother and quiet prayer and contemplation before the Heart tree , a Weirwood with a serous faced carved on it, thousands of years old even before Brandon the Builder laid Winterfells foundations . Even if Eeyrie has become a second home and Robert a close friend , He missed his true home very very much .

He will reach Winterfell by tomorrows midday and see everyone again , with that thought Lord Eddard Stark , second son to Lord Rickard and Lady Lyarra of Winterfell fell asleep , dreaming of home .