Arya Stark 294 AC - 2 Weeks Ago
She was making her way to The Great Hall, she wished he was there, he had been like this for a long time, barely staying in Winterfell anymore, in his home, why wasn't he staying here and read her tails or show her swords.
Arya was only 6 name days but even she could see the cold looks her mother gave Jon, she had yelled at her mother many times that it was her fault that Jon wasn't staying in his home anymore. At first she remembered him staying longer 3 years ago but now he even slept out there not wanting to have anything to do with any of them.
She begged and cried for Jon to take her with him in Wolfswood but both he and her mother would straight up refuse her.
' She was alone in her bed waiting for Jon to come and read her a story like always, she looked outside the window and holding the book in her hand. She was staring sometimes at the door waiting to open and for Jon to come inside. After long moments of waiting she could feel herself falling asleep "No, I won't sleep" she told herself loudly and determined.
'She waited and the door opens and Jon comes inside, "I'm sorry for being late" he apologized and sits close to her.
"Now let's see a story about Nymeria" Jon said kindly and kiss her cheek.
He opened the door and she rested her head in the pillow and looking at her brother Jon.
Shortly she closed her eyes to sleep'
She opened again just to find that it was morning and Jon wasn't there with her and the book was in her hands. She started crying.
In that day Jon had slept in the woods and not Winterfell, causing their father to think that he had run away. Only for Jon to come and act like nothing happened. Her father yelled at Jon and telling him to stay here in Winterfell in his home and she had nodded along with Bran and even Robb only for Jon to say something she didn't expect.
"Winterfell can be everything but not my home and you, Lord Stark and your wife made sure this was never my home, I don't know what Winterfell is to me but not my Home"
He said that emotionless like he was talking to a complete stranger, she had start crying and hug his legs begging him to stay here with her.
Jon had hugged her and kiss her cheek "I love you little sister" he whispered in her ear.
She smiled sadly knowing he only called her sister, she didn't remember him calling Robb or Bran 'brother', hell she couldn't remember Jon calling their father anything else but 'Lord Stark' .
She remembered last year, Jon had stayed in the woods for three days and came back like nothing was wrong with that, Father had yelled at him again but what made Arya furious was her mother.
She heard mother telling father to just let him go, he doesn't want to stay, don't force him to stay. Arya had cried loudly and telling her mother that she was a monster.
Now she reached The Great Hall and Jon wasn't there, she sigh sadly and looks at the others. Robb was talking with Theon probably about girls. Bran was just standing close to them trying to hear whatever they were saying.
Arya looks at Sansa and she was talking with their mother, she sit close to Sansa and sees her father eating meat with cheese. Arya looks at her food and starts eating. She drinks some water to help it go down.
"Father is it true, uncle Benjen is coming?" Bran asked with a tiny voice looking at father.
He nodded his head "Yes, Bran and he will stay here for two weeks" Father answered quietly and biting bread and some meat.
"Father, will Riverlands have any Tourney anytime soon" Sansa asked with her stupid voice Arya thought.
Her father looks at her confused "I don't know and why are you asking?" Her father asked kindly.
Sansa smiled "I would wanted to go to a tourney and see Prince Aegon, I heard he's very handsome" she answered happily thinking about the Dragon Prince as some called.
At that question father froze and his face darkened like he just saw his worst enemy.
"I don't know Sansa, I'm not the ruler of Riverlands and Prince Aegon is not your concern" her father responded coldly, like he was a wall of ice that was talking.
Arya had noticed before that her father didn't really like the Targaryens, despite that the king was talked to be a good king, his father always talked with hatred for them.
"But Ned, he's the crown prince, perhaps we should" her mother was interrupted by father slamming his fist on the table.
Everyone looked at him surprised, Bran was looking at him scared and Sansa was looking at him sadly.
Her father looks at everyone and they just keep doing their jobs. Arya starts eating again and wanting nothing else but to go outside and maybe find Jon.
She had tried many times to try and leave Winterfell and find Jon in the Wolfswood but the guards never let her.
"Ser Rodrik have you seen Jon, I would like to talk with him?" Her father suddenly asked after minutes of silence.
"No my lord, he left yesterday for The Wolfswood and hasn't return yet" Ser Rodrik responded.
"At this point, he's more animal than human" Greyjoy comment loudly and laughing at his own joke.
Ser Rodrik closed his fist "I need to remind you that it was your ass he kicked yesterday and not once you hit him" he responded with a smirk and Arya laugh at the red face of the Greyjoy.
"Ser Rodrik, I want you to send some man in Wolfswood and find him and bring him here, I want to talk with him" Her father ordered with a commanding tone.
Ser Rodrik nodded and left the hall.
After doing stupid needle work the whole day, she finally left the room where she wasted time with Septa Mordana and stupid Sansa.
She left the room and went outside, she opened the door and walks outside, she looks around and notices Jury training her brother and Theon but she didn't see Jon anywhere.
She walks as fast as possible with her tiny legs, she walks downstairs and walks towards them "Jury where's Jon?" She asked excited to spend time with him. She was sure Jon should have returned by now.
"Ser Rodrik hasn't returned yet" he answered and her smile disappeared.
"Don't worry, they will find him soon" he said trying to make her feel better.
She stood there and looking at Robb and Greyjoy as they fight.
Ned Stark
He was in his solar, waiting until Jury finds Jon, he needed to talk to him. Benjen was coming here, maybe now was the best time to send Jon with him to the wall. The sooner he leaves, the sooner Catelyn's complains about him ends and the danger of him ever being discovered are much smaller. After all when was the last time The Crown went to the wall or someone from the wall went to Kings Landing.
Yeh two birds with one stone Ned thought, he just hoped Benjen would agree with this, he might say that Jon was very young and not ready to come but Eddard Stark knew that wasn't true. He saw the way Jon fought with swords, he fought much better than Robb and that made Ned angrier.
If Jon wanted he could humiliate Robb in front of everyone, thankfully he hasn't done that. . . Yet.
The more Jon grow, the more he looked like Rhaegar, he had Lyanna's hair and eyes but his face and build was all Rhaegar and that irritated him even more.
To see his face, reminded him of Lyanna and Rhaegar Targaryen.
Sometimes Ned Stark would see Battle of The Trident in his dreams, in his dreams they always won, Robert smashing Rhaegar's chest with his hammer. He becoming the King of The Seven Kingdoms. Sometimes they would kill him together but No, the gods were cruel and he would wake up with a reminder of Lyanna's mistake in his own castle every day.
The servants of his keep would tell him about what Catelyn did to Jon's food, making very salty, not even a starving man would be able to eat that without vomiting.
He let it all pass, Ned didn't care, sometimes he had tried to love Jon, to truly love him but No, that face and his eyes always reminded him what happened to his father, brother and Robert.
Ned now filling some papers when the door opens and Ser Rodrik comes inside with a worried look, looking at his face Ned knew something was wrong.
He gets up "We didn't find him my lord" Ser Rodrik said with a worried tone.
"Have you checked all places where he could be?" Ned asked raising his tone.
"Yes my lord, even further but no sign of him" Ser Rodrik responded.
Ned gritted his teeth "Find 50 soldiers and check the whole Wolfswood" Ned commanded, hoping Jon hasn't run away.
I might Go South
Ned remembered what he said, what he wanted to do with his future but Ned hoped he hasn't truly left.
No, He should not leave Ned thought afraid.
I should send a letter to White Harbor Ned thought and started writing a letter, he made sure to write Jon's features, long dark hair with curls, dark grey eyes, wears black clothes and is not very tall.
He wrote the letter as fast as possible, he knew to get to The White Harbor, might take at least 10 days even if you're alone and a raven was much faster than that. He gets up and leaves the solar. He make his way to master's room and knocks.
"Come in" Ned heard him say and Ned opens the door, Master Luwin was sitting on a chair with a book on his hands.
When he saw him "My lord, what can I do for you?" He asked kindly.
Ned gives him the letter "Send this to White Harbor" Ned said with a commanding tone and the old master nodded.
Ned looks at the many books in the table but one of them catches his attention, he walks closer and brushes away a book and grabs a book.
"Warging" Ned read and found it strange for a master to read such book, he opens it and just looks at the pages.
Before he could ask "Young Jon, read them, he would read a lot about this . . . Warging" Master Luwin said.
"He did?" Ned asked surpised and thinking why would Jon read this. It wasn't a book, children usually read. It mostly was told as a tale to children, read by servants to help them sleep.
"Oh yes, he had read many books like this one, I just wanted to see if he has returned the book, he took yesterday" Master Luwin responded collecting the books together.
"What book, he took?" Ned asked giving him the book about Warging.
"An old book about dragons my lord?" Master Luwin responded and Ned felt his blood run cold as ice.
He felt like he couldn't talk, like he couldn't find his voice to say anything, after tries "Why about Dragons?" Eddard finally asked and fearing the answer.
Master Luwin turns to him after placing the books "I don't know my lord, he said he was just curious" Master Luwin responded calmly and slowly walks to his chair.
"There it is" Master Luwin said and Ned sees a book on the far table, he walk to the book and reads the title.
"Dragons of Old Valyria" he read it and grabs the book.
First few pages were just about Balerion The Black Dread. He shuts the book and left it in the table.
"Send the letter to White Harbor, Now" Ned said raising his tone at the end.
Ned left the room and his mind was racing, I hope he didn't go south Ned thought afraid and decided to ask Arya and Robb maybe they knew something.
He reached the training yard and to his luck Arya was there watching Robb and Theon fight against Jory.
He walks downstairs, Arya notices him and gets up, he looks at her eyes and notices she has been crying "Father have you found Jon?" She asked with a tiny voice, Ned knew Arya knew nothing where Jon might be so he focused on Robb.
"No Arya but don't worry we will find him" Ned said kissing her head.
"Robb, do you know where Jon might be?" He asked but Robb shook his head and returned his attention to Theon.
Ned knew Robb didn't care that much anymore since he started hunting and barely spending any time inside Winterfell.
He sigh angry "Jory, I want you to find 10 good soldiers and find Jon" he ordered.
"Yes my lord" he responded sharply and left.
Where are you Jon?
Catelyn Tully Stark - 12 Days Ago
She couldn't remember the last time she was so happy, it has been 2 days since the bastard disappeared and they had already searched the whole Wolfswood, but no sign of him.
Her husband had send letters to the other banners to search for The damn bastard. She hoped and prayed to the seven for years for the bastard to disappear and now the gods finally has answered. But one thing she noticed and hated was her husband being tense all the time. She couldn't understand why, he was a bastard, so why so worried for him.
All these years, he never showed much care for him and that made her happier but him being here always made her angry.
Each time he won against Robb, she fought the urge to throw him in the dungeons and throw the key somewhere. Sadly the bastard never tried or did something to give her enough reason to lock him in the dungeons.
When he started to stay more in the woods, she hoped a wild animal would take care of him but that never happened.
But now he seems to have disappeared, hopefully dead somewhere, she didn't care where he went, as long as he never returned here and her children were safe from him.
In the beginning Robb had tried to become friends with the bastard despite how many times she told him to stay away but thankfully, he became friends with Theon Greyjoy, not that he was a better, his people were known for rapist and brutal man. She didn't wanted him to spend too much time with the Ironborn either but Ned said everything was alright.
And thankfully her precious Sansa understood the risk of bastards and stayed away from him but Arya was a whole other deal.
She was wild and the bastard reading inappropriate stories and showing her how to fight didn't help, despite how many times she told her to stay away from him. She never listen. And now Arya has been a mess since the bastard disappeared, crying out loudly for the bastard to return.
She felt bad to see her cry but soon she would forget about him and move on and become a lady.
She just hoped that her Sansa would become Queen like she deserved.
Howland Reed - 12 Days Ago
I did the right thing, I did the right thing I did the right Thing Howland kept telling himself.
It has been two days since he send the letter, since that day he made sure to spend every moment with his wife, Meera and Jojen.
He would watch as Meera trained with her sword and Jojen was good at warging. He often caught himself with tears in his eyes, when he was watching. He knew he would be executed for his crimes, he just hoped that the king would leave his kids alone.
They have done Nothing old gods, I'm the one who should be punished he said to himself as he prayed in front of a Weirwood Tree.
After so many years he just couldn't stay put anymore, he would very often see nightmares of Lyanna.
' He was standing in a very cold place, it was so cold that he couldn't even move. He didn't knew where he was, it was all dark.
"Is this hell" Howland asked looking around.
He then heard a voice "You Lied" he knew that voice very well, it was Lyanna.
He then saw himself in the crypts of Winterfell in front of Lyanna's tomb.
He was breathing heavily and it felt it was getting harder to breathe, the air was so cold, he thought his throat would freeze.
He tried to move but couldn't move "You Betrayed Me" he heard the voice from Lyanna's tomb.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry Lyanna" he said crying and his tears freezing in his skin.
He looks at his right and sees her standing there, her eyes closed but she was as beautiful as ever.
She slowly opened her beautiful eyes but her eyes starts bleeding and she was holding a baby in her arms.
"He's beautiful isn't he" she said quietly, he looked closer at the baby and noticed he wasn't breathing, his skin pale and Dead. "You Did This To Him" she screamed at him.
She walks closer and he couldn't go away "YOU DID THIS TO HIM" she screamed at him showing him her boy and he couldn't look away.
"All Men Must Pay" '
He would wake up sweating and his wife Jyana would ask him what was wrong but he would always say that was a bad dream.
The more time passed the worse his nightmares got and his guily of what he had done grow.
Sometimes he would dream of Jaehearys calling for help, him being locked in a room left to starve.
' He wrote and rewrote the letter at least 15 times, until he thought that this was good enough. He grabbed the letter, his hands trembling, like he was holding a glass and he was afraid that he would break it.
"I'm sorry Lyanna for Everything" he said quietly and a tear roll down his cheek.
He made his way to the master's room.
He knocked and entered "What can I do for you my lord?" The old master asked.
"Send this to Kings Landing" he said with a commanding tone. The master looked surprised but nodded and taking the letter away from him. He stood there as the master give the letter to a raven and waited until the raven fly away. He released a sigh of relief, he didn't know he was holding.
"I did the right thing" he said quietly and left the room. '
"Father" he escaped from his thoughts when he saw His daughter looking at him with a concerned look.
"How are you Meera?" He asked quietly and with a kind voice.
His daughter smiled sadly "I'm fine, but you're. . . Are you alright?" She asked standing in front of him.
He sigh and took her hand on his, and made a sign to sit close to him.
"Listen to me, . . . Whatever happens I want. . . I want you to know that I love you . . . You and Jojen and your mother Jyana . . . I . . . I" he couldn't hold back the tears. He cried and his daughter Meera asking what was wrong.
Looking at his daughter, he leans closer and kiss her forehead. She looks at him very concerned.
"Father what's wrong?" She asked afraid and concerned, he could see she was about to cry.
"Listen to me, whatever happens to me, whatever happens, never try to avenge me, try to live your life and be Happy" he said quietly and hugging her.
Next Chapter will be longer so will probably take 2 days to publish.