The King and his group were suppose to arrive either today or tomorrow, we were all ready for them well the Starks were ready. I on the other hand was busy finishing up with a small project that I have been working on for the babies. They were using their magic a little too frequently so I created some special jewelry that will curb their magical abilities until they are old enough to learn how to control it. As I was working the metal and dealing with the gems that were needed to dampen their power.
I was pouring a drop of squid ink into a mixture of gold when Robb walked through the front door. He had gotten shaved and a trim for the arrival of the King.
"Rose are you getting ready for the King and his court?" Robb asked as he picked Anastasia up from the high chair that she was in. She squeaked happily as her daddy tickled her tummy.
"Robb you know I could care less about the so called King besides I am in the middle of creating these pendents for the children. They are more important than some fat man with a crown." I told him as the ink settled in the vile in my hand.
"We have to show respect for the King." Robb stated as if this was life or death.
"Robb dearie you keep forgetting, Dark One's don't care about kings or queens. If we are not being forced by the dagger then we are above the crown. If anyone should be showing respect it should be him to us." I stated as I froze the mixture and then placed it in a cauldron that had gold string melting in it.
Robb shook his head and took Anastasia with him. I rolled my eyes at his behavior and continued on with my work. Making sure that the children were safe was more important than anything else in my world. So if I was going to be here for the next three hundred years then so be it. Hours went by and I had gotten at least half way through the binding process when I heard Lil Eddard wake up. I smiled and picked him up from the bassinet that I had him in.
"How was your sleep my little mage?" I asked him and walked over to his changing table and changed his diaper and bodysuit. I cleaned him up and put him in a deep blue suit and sat at the dining table and gave him some infant snacks to chew on. While I was sitting with him Robb came back and took Anastasia to her changing table.
"They will be here within an hour, you need to get ready for their arrival." Robb said and presented a cloak for myself and some small cloaks for the children.
"If the pendents are done by the time they are here I will be there if not well then you know where to find me." I told him and gave Anastasia some snacks as well. l looked at both of my children, similar and yet so different. Anastasia with her red Tully hair but brown eyes then there's Eddard with dark brown curly hair and bright blue eyes. They both looked like their parents and they were little angels.
He nodded and went to finish getting ready. I was left to finish tending to the children when I heard a little pop from the table. I approached and saw that I didn't have a lot of time, I needed to mold the pendents now or I would have to start over again.
*Outside in the Courtyard*
"Your Grace." Eddard said hoping to the old gods and new that Robert Baratheon did not ask about Robb's wife.
"You got fat." Robert said to him, meanwhile Eddard looked at him implying that if anyone got fat it's you.
They laughed and almost everyone was relaxing, the King embraced Cat and rubbed the crown of Rickon's hair.
"Nine years, why haven't I seen you? Where the hell have you been?" The King asked.
"Guarding the North for you your grace. Winterfell is yours." Eddard said while seeing the Queen come out of the wagon that she was in.
"What have we here? You must be Robb, we have heard that you got married to a beauty like none other. Where is your wife?" Robert asked looking around. Robb sighed and looked around until he spotted Baelfire. He was walking around with the parent direwolves that were named Mor'du and Regina and in his arms was his daughter Anastasia.
"Your grace there is my good brother Baelfire he should know where my bride is." Robb said and pointed Bae out.
"Baelfire a good strong name, an who is this wee beauty? Your daughter Baelfire?" Robert asked and tickled her cheek a little. Mor'du growled at the king because he didn't know who this man was.
"No your grace this is my niece, she is Robb's and Rose's daughter. Meet Anastasia Stark first in her name." Bae said and did a mini bow. Robert looked at her again and could see the similarities between Robb and the little girl. He could see that the little girl had a golden necklace with an opal hanging off of it.
"Bae where is Rose?" Robb asked.
"Lil D got sick so she needed to change him." Bae explained.
"Lil D? Who is that?" Robert asked.
"That would be my son your grace." I told him holding a now clean Lil Eddard.
"Oh where did you get a beauty like this young Robb?" Robert asked as he pulled my hand away and kissed the back of it.
"She came to me on a dark stormy night your grace." Robb said and took Lil Eddard from my arms and smiled down at his son.
Robert smiled at the family and went back to the line and kept looking over the children. As he finished the line the golden hair woman walked up towards Eddard. I watched as my father in law tried his best to be polite and say my queen to her. Oh this woman and her brother was going to be a problem. I nudged Bae and we continued on our way to the brothel. Now that the pendents are done I needed to continue with my delivery of meds to the brothel. We and the direwolves were on our way when the King growled out.
"Ned take me to your crypts." Robert said.
"We have been riding for a month my love. The dead can wait." The queen said.
"Ned." The king said and walked away from the people of Winterfell.
"Where's the imp?" Arya asked her sister.
"Where is our brother? Go and find the little beast." She said to a man in golden armor and blonde hair. Jaime Lannister, a man who needed more help then most but didn't even know it.
"Come big brother let us get our job done and return home." I told Bae as we continued on our way with the direwolves.
*The feast at Sundown.*
I was so not going to the feast, these people were worst then Cora and I barely let the woman live. Instead I decided to stay in my chambers tending to my children. They both were in the porto-crib while I was making a blanket for the both of them. I was knitting the blanket out of some of the gold I made and some of the softest black cotton you could get your hands on. I was enjoying the quiet until a very short blonde person walked into the room.
I looked at him with an arched brow and waited for him to realize that I was here.
"My lady I would like to introduce myself I am..." He started but I stopped him.
"You are Lord Tyrion Lannister son of Tywin Lannister and little brother to Jaime and Cersei Lannister. Welcome to Winterfell, I am Rose Gold-Stark wife to Robb Stark future Lady of Winterfell." I told him and sat my knitting needles down. I was hoping that nothing magical was happening, I did not need a man from the south knowing about magic.
"Well Lady Rose the tales of your beauty have been greatly understated." Tryion said as he approached me and the children.
"I have never been known for my beauty Lord Tyrion so it does not bother me at all." I informed him and gestured for him to sit in the chair next to me. He took the seat and just looked around, meanwhile I was trying to see if there was anything that he could see that would suggest that I was from another world.
We would have continued talking if it wasn't for Robb and Bae walking in. I breathed a sigh of relief when they entered the chambers.
"Sis you are missing dinner, that Hound guy is really liking all those chicken dishes you made." Bae told me as he saddled up next to me and then turned to Tyrion.
"Baelfire this is Lord Tyrion, Tyrion this is my older brother Baelfire." I introduced them to each other and watched as Robb handed me Anastasia.
"Shall we go to the feast Lord Tyrion?" I asked and tried to lead him out of the room and we would have made it if it wasn't for the damn magical broomstick. Tyrion almost saw it if it wasn't for Eddard started to play with Tyrion's hair distracting him just enough for Bae to grab it and throw it back into the kitchen.
"Yes let's join my sister the queen." Lord Tyrion said and we all walked off to join the feast. We got into the feasting hall and we took our seats. Things were going well until I was told to go before the queen. I rolled my eyes and walked to where the queen and Catelyn were sitting.
"Hey Catelyn do you want to see Anastasia?" I asked her totally ignoring the queen.
"Well hello little dove." The queen said.
"Hello Cersei Lannister how are you enjoying Winterfell?" I asked her not acknowledging her title.
"It's lovely. I hear you are not from here. Where is it exactly you hail from?" Cersei asked me.
"Oh somewhere far and somewhere that you wouldn't know. Besides that is all behind me, I am the future lady of Winterfell and a mother of twins. They are my future." I tell her while smirking.
"It would explain why you and your brother didn't bend the knee when we arrived." Cersei started.
"We have lived through many a king and queen. Bending the knee to them gets old after a while, besides keeping the low born happy is important to the future lady." I told her and saw that Catelyn looked mortified.
Cersei smiled cruelly and did a nod to dismiss me. I reached for my little girl and we walked back to our table, I was about to say something to Robb but was interrupted when a shriek was heard from another table and Sansa had food on her face. I watched as Robb got up and picked Arya up to take her to her room. Oh little Arya what a little spitfire.
Bae and I just shrugged it off and we finished our meals, we may not have been together long but we got along really well. Bae knew that I wasn't going to cowtow to some blonde bimbo who whore a golden circle around her head. Especially if her oldest son is going to be a pain in my magical ass, I could sense something was off with that boy but what?
"Bae what do you think about that oldest Lannister boy?" I ask him quietly.
"If it wasn't for the fact that I know you are the only magic user here I would say that he has gone mad with dark magic." Bae explained while taking a drink.
I nodded in agreement, you could tell that something was going on but what I couldn't place my finger on. I will just have to sit back and let certain things play out.
