A/N: Sooo I went along the idea of that the soul remembers it's last life and that the mark will apear based heavely on what that person believed and knew at the moment of their death, they shall dream of their past lives starting small things such as impresions things they once saw, etc up until they can see whole memories as they grow older, but most won't be able to discribe nor their soulmates from those dreams:they gotta meat in rl for that.
Chapter 1: The Lannisters.
When Tyrion Lannister the third was born his mother felt despair for him: what broke Joanna's heart wasn't her son's achondroplasia, it was his soulmark. Normally any mother would be happy to have birthed a child with a soulmark: they were destined for greatness by the seven, they were wise as this hadn't been their first life and there was someone out there that would die for them. But not for her baby boy it was too small for her to make sense of, if he grew they might learn who he might have been once or who his soulmate was, but its smokey color told her all she had to know… It was unrequited love: his soulmate had rejected him in their last life. How could anyone grow up happy knowing that the one the gods had chosen for them had foregone them?
Tywin wasn't sure how he felt about his youngest: his soulmark told him and the world that the babe was destined for greatness, but also that his life shall be marked by tragedy. He had never been an overtly religious man, but after the birth of Tyrion he cursed the gods both the seven, the old, the drowned one and R'hollor: if they wanted to punish him they could, but they should leave his sons out of it. After brooding for a while the Lord Paramount of the West returned to his wife's bedside and found her crying in despair.
"Please Joanna, don't cry." He begged his beloved.
"Why Tywin? Why? Who could be so cruel as to disavow their other half?" The man knew that there was no answer to what she asked him so he pulled her close carefully as he looked at their son in the crib.
"Don't despair my love: he shall be loved. He is ours, he is a Lannister and we will teach him that the mark on his skin doesn't decide everything in his life. Yes he is destined to be great, yes by being marked he shall be the next Lord Lannister, yes there is someone that the gods believed to be his that wasn't, but we weren't marked by them do you think I love you any less because of it?" He asked his wife who shook her head.
"Of course not! I love you as you love me: I don't need any mark to tell me it!" Joanna said passionately, causing her usual stoic husband to smile at her.
"Let us show him that a mark isn't final." Tywin whispered to his wife who nodded and he held her until she fell asleep.
He stood up and gently lifted his son from the crib where he laid asleep and took him into his arms. "You are my son: you shall be great, you are a lion, a Lannister: a mark won't have the final say in your life. You will have it: let the world hear you roar." He whispered to the baby as he caressed his sandy blond locks with some gold, silver and even black peppered through the tuft of hair, and then Tyrion yawned in his fathers arms before accommodating himself and signing contently. "We shall work on your roar little one."
Jamie at 11 knew that his baby brother would be special from the moment his parents told him he would be a big brother. He was surprised when his parents took him aside to give him the news, but he was happy he would protect the baby from anyone who would try to harm him! Just like the knights of old! He would even work extra hard with his teacher so that he could read the baby bedtime stories and when the baby was older Jamie would show them the best games and the best places to hide: they would be best friends!
He was very excited to share the news with his cousins and aunts and uncles! His parents allowed him to tell the rest of the family: while his parents congratulated his parents he went to his cousins to talk to them and tell them how happy he was. His cousins congratulated him well; those his age, Gerion, Tyrek, Cinthia and Tyrish didn't really understand what was happening, only that there would be a new baby. He was happily speaking with Lancel, Tion and Martyn about becoming a big brother when Cersei, his favorite cousin, interrupted them.
"You can't be seriously happy can you Jamie?" She asked him with a sneer.
"Why not? I'll be the best big brother there is in all of Westeros! We'll be the happiest family ever!" Exclaimed Jamie, confused at his favorite cousin's anger.
"You are really naive if you believe that for even one second Jamie, that or you are still a baby yourself!" Screamed the blonde.
"What? Why?" Asked the boy with tears in his green eyes.
"Because it's obvious that the baby is an accident! I haven't heard the adults talk about Uncle Tywin and Aunt Joanna wanting another baby!"
"Cersei!" Exclaimed Kevan, embarrassed by the scene his daughter was causing. He saw his brother clenching his fists and jaw in anger, but he relaxed under Joanna's touch.
"Kevan, Tygett, Genna I believe it's best if you leave for now. I can see that some of the children are getting cranky due to lack of sleep. And Cersei: just because we never spoke about our desire for another child doesn't mean we didn't desire one. It's very arrogant to assume you know what me and your aunt want and it's bad manners to listen to the conversations between your elders." Declared Tywin with a voice colder than any winter in the true north. "Jamie, come with us son, you may choose our deserts." he added in a gentle manner. Jamie just nodded while he cleaned any tears with his shirt before running towards his mothers arms.
After that dinner Cersei apologized, but Jamie felt it to be false and he never forgot what she said even if he forgave. Half a year after telling the family about the baby Jamie was 12 and he was staying with his aunt Genna because his parents were at the hospital waiting for his siblings birth. He was anxious, his parents had told him that they would stay at the hospital a few days with the baby after it was born and that he had to be good to his aunt Genna wile he stayed over and help her with Tion and Cinthia, his father would call him once the baby was born and the next day his father would come to take him to meet the baby. Jamie jumped up from where he was playing mario kart with Tion when his phone rang and the ID called said dad.
"Dad!" Exclaimed the boy happily.
"Hello son, how are you?" Asked his father, he sounded tired.
"I'm good! You? How are mom and my sibling? Do I have a baby brother or a baby sister?" Asked the 12 year old boy.
"Hold your horses son. I'm good, thank you. Your mother and Tyrion are healthy, you have a brother as you must know due to his name." He heard his father's answer before he started celebrating jumping up and down while his aunt looked amused at the scene and Tion jumped up and down with his older cousin.
"Jamie! Jamie! Jamie!" Came from the phone.
"Sorry dad…" Apologized Jamie feeling embarrassed.
"Don't worry son, can you pass me your aunt? I need to talk about some things with her."
"Sure! Bye dad, love you and mom and Tyrion." Said Jamie before giving his mobile phone to his aunt who gave him a smile and a kiss on his forehead accepting the phone.
The next day Jamie saw his father, he looked tired but that didn't bother the boy much his aunt had explained that babies were loud and needed much attention and Tion had complained about how Cinthia would keep him awake when she was little, he didn't realize how the serious conversation his father and aunt where having stopped abruptly. Once Jamie was in the car with his father, his father started explaining him about Tyrion: how he would never be as tall as other children or adults, how he was born special he had a soulmark and all that came with it Tywin also explained how this meant that the next Lord Lannister would be his baby brother (which was fine by him he didn't want the castle nor the responsibilities that came with being lord it was bad enough that dad wanted him to be the next head of LannisCorps) he was told the his brothers other half had rejected him in their last life and how it would probably happen again in this so he made Jamie promise to help his mother and him and show Tyrion that the mark didn't show if he was worthy of love or not.
When Joanna showed little Tyrion to Jamie the older brother couldn't understand how anyone could decide that he wasn't worthy to be loved and he vowed by the seven that he would be Tyrion's best friend and protector and he'll show him how worthy of love he was!
Jamie celebrated every single milestone of his brother even more so than his parents! He was Tyrion's first word: well the word had been Jay, but it's still counted. The rest of the family was very happy with his baby brother, except Cersei who told him that Tyrion was a monster and how couldn't he see it? The baby had already usurped his place as lord of the rock: what did it matter to her that Jamie never wanted to be lord of the rock nor that Tyrion was the rightful heir by the laws of the seven… Trouble with Cersei aside, Jamie was proud of his baby brother: Tyrion was smart and clever and it seemed as if being smaller than normal didn't bother him. Until his fifth birthday Tyrion was a happy boy ,even if when he was smaller he claimed to have dragon dreams, extremely smart for his age, but after his fifth birthday Tyrion changed not much, but Jamie noticed and their parents too. Jamie suspected what might be happening: Tyrion was dreaming of his last life and shortly his suspicions turned true… one sunday morning Tyrion came into the living room crying and asked him and their parents why they loved a monster like him. Once Tyrion was calmed by their mother he told them what was wrong, in his dreams his father and siblings hated him because he had killed his mother when he was born: their parents explained to him that his last (?) family were wrong, sometimes a mother dies giving birth and that it wasn't the fault of the baby and whoever believed so was stupid.
As the years went by Jamie noticed slight changes in his brother: he slept only the necessary, he was smarter by the day, he knew things he shouldn't at his age and his manners were impeccable, but even if Tyrion would always smile and joke and be his happy self it looked as if something weighed him down. Their parents told him that it was normal: Tyrion could remember another life and from the things they had been told his last life had been long ago, before the north became part of the seven again!, and in those times children were not children for long, not even nobles.
Tyrion had known his whole life he was different: he was cursed by a mark that showed the world, if he ever decided to leave his wristband off that is, that he wasn't worthy of love or at least not true romantical love. His family, this one, had shown him nothing but love and they praised his work and efforts, even his father.
But he knew better due to his dreams he knew what he was capable of and that scared him. The soulmark alone he could live with even if it taunted him, not even the one the seven had chosen for him was able to love him, but the dreams they haunted him. He knew that he wasn't the same Tyrion as the one from his dreams yet he was ...and much of with they had done was due to external pressure and the social norms of that time: his parents made sure to sit him down and explain nature vs nurture to him in detail once they realized how much he struggled with his dreams.
When he was twelve name days no years old he decided that he would take the reins of his destiny: he would use what he learned from his dreams and use it in his favor. None told him what to do, except his parents and maybe Jaime. But even after he took that decision and swore that he would never look for his soulmate his mark wouldn't stop burning: most of the time pleasantly and others it hurt… Even if he wanted to deny it he wouldn't go looking for his soulmate because she would reject him or she had done so already in their last life, but because he loved her he could never make out what she looked like, but she was beautiful ethereal and deserved much more than a dwarf.
A/N: Still no beta and I hope ppl can forgive the darkness of my first fics end. Please leave a review!