Keaira was upset when she found out that Tyrion was planning on leaving to start his journey to the Wall. Even though she was happy that Jon would have someone she trusted there, she didn't want to lose the only friend she had made in the Capitol.
"Are you not worried how your father will react when he finds out you've left?" Keaira suggested, as she watched a group of servant's pack for Tyrion.
"By the time he finds out I'm gone, I'll be halfway to the Wall" Tyrion replied.
"Why do you want to go there so much?" Keaira asked.
"I want to piss of the edge of it" Tyrion answered, as the pair laughed.
"You want to make your father angry, don't you?" Keaira realised, getting a shrug from him.
"I wonder how long it will take for you to be kicked out…maybe three days?" Keaira teased, a moment later.
"Don't be silly…more like four days" Tyrion grinned.
"Will you make sure that Jon has been getting all my letters?" Keaira questioned.
"I will personally see to it" Tyrion promised.
"He hasn't replied to any of them" Keaira pouted, resting her head on her hands.
"I'm sure he has a good reason for not doing so" Tyrion exclaimed.
"He better. Or you can slap him from me" Keaira told him.
"I'll have to ask him to kneel first" Tyrion stated, making Keaira giggle.
"I'll miss you" Keaira admitted, a serious tone in her voice.
"I'll be back within a few months" Tyrion brushed off.
"You better write to me too" Keaira warned him.
"With such a polite offer as that, how could I refuse?" Tyrion replied, making Keaira grin.
They both turned as Tyrion's chamber door was opened, and his older brother stepped through.
"Father will not be happy when he hears this" Jaime announced.
"I think you're missing the whole reason he's doing this" Keaira mumbled.
"I'd like to speak to my brother…alone" Jaime exclaimed.
"Well then…this is goodbye" Tyrion said, as Keaira stood up.
"Take care of yourself" She told him, as she kneeled to the ground and pulled the surprised man into a hug.
"Fear not, I'm far too entertaining to be killed" Tyrion answered, as he hugged her back.
A low cough could be heard from behind them, as Jaime was clearly getting impatient.
"I'm going, I'm going" Keaira rolled her eyes, as she pulled back.
She waved to Tyrion one last time, before exiting the room and closing the door behind her.
"There's no need to be rude" Tyrion pointed out.
"My apologises, I didn't realise I was interrupting something" Jaime raised an eyebrow.
"Keaira and I are just friends. There's no need to be jealous, brother" Tyrion responded, barely able to keep the smirk off his face.
"I don't see there anything to be jealous of" Jaime retorted, coolly.
"I have a favour to ask of you" Tyrion announced.
"I wasn't aware I owed you a favour" Jaime stated.
"You don't. But you'll do it anyway. I want you to look after Keaira" Tyrion went on.
"Why?" Jaime frowned.
"Because she's stubborn, and young. And I like her. And I know you do too" Tyrion exclaimed.
"She's trouble" Jaime rolled his eyes.
"Which is exactly why you like her" Tyrion smirked.
Keaira was strolling around the castle, not having much better to do then search her new surroundings when she noticed something odd. She could sense there was some sort of flame behind a nearby wall and reached out to touch the stone. There was definitely something behind the wall. She trailed her hand along the entire section but could find nothing. No hidden stone to open a secret wall like she had been hoping. She shook her head at her foolish behaviour and turned her back to leave. However, a thought suddenly popped into her head as she looked up and saw there was a suspiciously high torch at the top of the wall. With a flick of her hand she had extinguished the flame and suddenly, the wall opened revealing a dark passageway in front of her. Cautiously, she walked through the makeshift doorway and opened her palm to create a flame to help guide her way. She jumped when the door closed behind her and bit her lip. She wondered who knew about the secret passageway and what they do if they found out she knew about it. She turned her head as she heard a low mumbling sound to her left, and let her curiosity take over. She was surprised when she saw that there were small mirrors on the walls that seemed to allow a person to look through into every chamber of the castle. If she pressed her head against the mirrors she could even hear the conversations people were having. She looked in on people eating, arguing, sleeping, and wondered if there was a mirror to her own chambers.
"Jaime Lannister, son of the mighty Tywin..." Keaira could hear someone announce and stood on her tiptoes to see which room she had approached.
She was shocked when she found it was the King's chambers, and realised that he must not have known about the secret passageway. She could see one of the King's guards was in the room with him, Ser Barristan Selmy, a legend from what Keaira had heard. She noticed Jaime walk through the doorway, the golden amour he was wearing glistening in the sun.
"Forced to mind the door while your King eats and drinks and shits and fucks. So come on. We're telling war stories. Who was your first kill, not counting old men?" Robert mocked him.
"One of the outlaws in the Brotherhood" Jaime answered.
"I was there that day. You were only a squire, 16 years old" Barristan exclaimed.
The statement made Keaira wonder how Jaime must have felt on that day, being around the same age that she was. Did he feel good about it, she thought to herself.
"You killed Simon Toyne with a counter riposte. Best move I ever saw" Jaime said, with some awe to his voice.
Keaira could instantly see the respect on the Lannister's face, an expression which she had rarely seen.
"A good fighter, Toyne, but he lacked stamina" Barristan stated, as Jaime nodded, seemingly overjoyed to be able to have a conversation with the knight.
"Your outlaw...Any last words?" Robert interjected.
"I cut his head off, so no" Jaime smirked, manging to get an amused sound from Ser Barristan.
Jaime was clearly proud of this, a genuine smile on his face. It made Keaira think that the Barristan might have been one of the reasons that Jaime wanted to be a knight in the first place.
"What about Aerys Targaryen? What did the Mad King say when you stabbed him in the back? I never asked. Did he call you a traitor? Did he plead for a reprieve?" Robert went on, as Keaira could see a ghostly look come over Jaime's face.
"He said the same thing he'd been saying for hours...'Burn them all'" Jaime announced, with a far-off expression.
"If that's all, your Grace..." Jaime trailed off, seeing the shocked look on the King's face.
He nodded at Ser Barristan before leaving the room, having got the reaction he was looking for. Keaira stepped away from the mirror, a frown on her face. There was obviously much more to the story of what happened on the day he killed the Mad King, and she couldn't figure out why he wouldn't tell anyone.
Author's Notes: I hope you all enjoyed this chapter. So I'm back! I wonder who created the secret passageway? Please leave a review if you want to see more:)
SunshineBubbles: Aw, thank you for this review:) I'm really glad you like this story!