AN- Hey guys, another chapter here. I am really happy with the feed back so far, so I just decided to pump theses out as fast as I can. Anyways, R&R, and I hope you enjoy.
Family Drama
Small Council room- Eddard Stark could not believe what he was hearing. Robert had just told him that the Targaryen girl was pregnant, but that he wanted to have her killed. Unfortunately, the entire council seemed to agree.
"Robert, your talking about murdering a child." He says, trying to convince the king.
"Then what do you suppose we do when she has a child? He will be a Targaryen at the front of a Dothraki horde!" Robert says. Ned slowly walks up to the council table, and takes off his pin, placing it in front of the king.
"I followed you into war twice without question. I will not follow you now." He says with resolve, and begins to walk out. Robert's anger is evident, as his face is red as a tomato.
"Go then! Run back to Winterfell you honorable fool!" He yells. Eddard leaves the council room, and then heads for the exit of the keep. Before he can leave, Petyr Baelish runs up to him.
"Lord Eddard, before you leave, I believe I have something, or should I say someone, you have to see." Littlefinger says. Ned turns to face him. He had been working with Baelish, since he was a long time friend of Cat.
"And who is that?" He asks in an irritated voice.
"I have located another one of our king's bastards" Baelish says. Eddard nods, and gestures for Littlefinger to show him.
"Lead the way." He says, as Petyr begins to escort him out of the keep.
Meanwhile, in the Catacombs- Arya runs through the old keep, chasing a cat, just like how Syrio said. As she runs, she notices the old dragon skulls from the days of the Targaryens. She manages to grab the cat, and pulls him in tight.
"Ha! Got You!" She thinks to herself. She turns to leave, only to stop when she hears strange voices. She slowly approaches them, making sure to keep herself hidden behind the larger skulls.
"There you are! How did the meeting go?" one of the voices says.
"Not good, both the king and Lord Eddard are dead men if they continue to fight the lions." The other answers. Arya leans in a little closer so she can hear better.
"Well, it doesn't matter, soon Khal Drogo will invade. By the way what does our...friend, demand in return for his help?" The first voice asks.
"He wants the Reach, Stormlands, and Westerlands." The second voice answers. The first one sighs.
"Fine, but he should remember that Dothraki don't share well. Anyways, I should leave so I can catch the ship back to Pentos." He responds. Arya slowly backs away as the secret meeting comes to a close.
"I have to warn father!" Arya thinks to herself as she runs out of the catacombs and to where her father is.
Tower of the Hand- Atticus was walking towards his betrothed's room. He had a spring in his step, but stopped walking when he sees Jon Snow standing in the main room of the tower.
"Hey Jon, aren't you supposed to be with Arya everywhere she goes?" He asks. Jon sighs and looks at his future good-brother.
"Well, she found out she can order me to do what she wants. I may have made a joke about her being in love with you, so she ordered me to stand here." He says. Atticus cocks an eyebrow.
"For how long?" He asks.
"Until she comes back, and I thinks she has her dancing lessons all day." Jon says, causing Atticus to chuckle. They are interrupted by Sandor Clegane.
"Oh, hello Sandor." Atticus says. He may not like Gregor, but he did consider Sandor to be a good man, once you get passed how much of an asshole he can be. Sandor also had a high amount of respect for Atticus, since he openly denounced Gregor for his actions.
"Hello Atticus, I came to tell you that Catelyn Stark has taken your uncle Tyrion captive. She thinks he tried to have her son Bran killed." Sandor says, shocking Jon and Atticus. Sandor explains the whole story for them.
"What? Wait, who else knows?" Atticus exclaims. The Hound thinks for a moment.
"Well, your aunt knows, so your father probably does too" He says. That is all Atticus needs to hear.
"Come on Jon, we have to keep our fathers from killing each other." He says, as Jon nods and follows him.
Street of Silk- Eddard finds himself with more questions then answers. Another bastard of Robert's, and another parent or guardian visited by Jon Arryn. As Ned steps out of Littlefinger's brothel, he surprised to see Arya in front of him.
"Arya? What are you doing here?" He asks. Arya takes a few moments to catch her breath.
"I was in the catacombs, and I heard men talking about you and the king dying, and that they had a friend on the council. They also talked about someone invading. They called him Carl Drago, or Cal Drogo or something." Arya says. Ned's eyes widen.
"Wait, do you mean Khal Drogo?" Ned asks. Arya nods her head. Before their conversation can keep going, they are interrupted by over twenty Lannister guards, along with Jaime Lannister himself. Petyr Baelish walks out of the brothel, and looks at the Lannister men.
"I'll go get the city watch." He says, and goes back into the brothel.
"What a small pack of wolves. Hello Lord Eddard, I came here to ask if you know where my brother is. You remember him, he is a bit short." Jaime says, as he dismounts his horse. Ned looks at his own guard, consisting of around six men. He slowly pushes Arya behind his back, using himself as a shield for her.
"Aye, I remember him well. I ordered my wife to take him as her prisoner." He lied. Jaime sighs at this.
"That's too bad Stark." Jaime says, as he pulls his sword out. Ned and his guards do the same, while Jaime's men point their spears at them.
"Stop!" Atticus yells as he arrives on horseback, with Jon right behind him.
"Atticus, do you know what he has done?" Jaime asks. Atticus nods and dismounts, standing between his Father and Ned. Jon goes over to his sister, and stands by her.
"Yes I do, but attacking Lord Eddard in the street won't help." He says. Jaime looks at his son questioningly.
"Stark had his wife take your uncle, does that mean nothing to you?" Jaime asks.
"No, it does mean something. Lord Eddard, if my uncle attacked your son, do you think he would be dumb enough to point out Catelyn in the Riverlands? My uncle is the smartest of the Lannisters, and the one who taught all I know about the game, do you think I would be that stupid?" Atticus says, ignoring the indignant "Hey!" from Jaime. Eddard ponders the question for a moment.
"No, you wouldn't." Ned answers.
"I think someone is pitting our houses against each other." Atticus says. Jaime sheaths his sword, and gestures for his men to back up.
"He's right" Jaime says. Before anyone else can talk, they are once again interrupted by more guards, at least another twenty or more, this time led by Cersei, who arrives on horseback.
"You would dare attack my family?" Cersei says. Atticus can tell she is talking about Jaime, not Tyrion. Cersei's men pull their swords out, causing the Stark men to do the same. Atticus slowly puts a hand on the grip of Brightroar.
"Cersei, we aren't going to fight them." Jaime says. Cersei looks over at her twin.
"Yes, we are. Men, take Lord Eddard alive, kill the rest of his household." She says. Her men slowly encroach.
"Men, I order you to leave here right now, and return to the Red Keep." Atticus says. Surprisingly, more than half of the Lannister guards leave, including a lot of Cersei's and ,most Jaime's men.
"I see this is the loyalty you were talking about." Eddard says. Atticus just grins and nods. Cersei, angry as hell, turns to her remaining men, which still outnumber the Stark forces.
"Guards, attack!" She yells, and rides off as her men follow her orders. Atticus quickly pulls out Brightroar and begins to hack down guard after guard. Jon, Jaime and Ned do so as well. Arya, who was told to go hide by Jon, slowly backs toward the brothel. She opens the door, only for someone to push her back out very roughly. She lands on the ground, and looks up, and sees one of the Lannister guards. He raises his sword, but is stopped when Jaime thrusts his blade through the guards body. He extends his hand down to Arya and picks her up.
"No one hurts my good-daughter." He says. Arya smiles, and thinks of something to say.
"I think I know where my mother is taking your brother." She says. Jaime kills another man, and looks back at her, surprised.
"What, where?" He asks.
"The Eyrie, my mother's sister was married to Jon Arryn." She answers. Jaime nods, and files it away in his mind for later. Meanwhile, Jon and Ned fight back to back.
"Is this how all fights are?" Jon asks, as he hacks a soldiers hand off.
"No, usually I have Ice, but it's in my room right now."Ned answers chuckling, and so does Jon. Their moment is ended when one of the guards thrusts a sword into Ned's leg.
"Father!" Jon yells, and goes to Ned's side. Eddard drops to one knee, before darkness comes over him and he passes out.
Casterly Rock - Tywin Lannister was a man who was rarely happy. He found himself more often than not believing things to be either "bad", or "satisfactory". He now currently sat in front of his army's commanders, and was in one of the bad situations. His youngest son Tyrion had been taken captive, and even though he had no love for him, he was still a Lannister.
"Kevan, how long is it until our host can be gathered to a useful size?" He asks. Kevan Lannister, eldest of Tywin's younger brothers, fiddles through some papers.
"They should be ready in a week." Kevan says and, Tywin nods.
"I want ten thousand men to stay in the Westerlands so we can have them for reinforcements. Ser Gregor, I want you to take three hundred men and terrorize the Riverlands, now." Tywin orders
"Yes, my lord" The Mountain says, before standing up and leaving to gather his men.
"Now Gerion, I want to ask you a few questions." Tywin says. He turns to face his youngest brother.
"Yes my lord?" Gerion says.
"You said you gave my grandson Brightroar, correct?" Tywin questions.
"Yes, I did. He seemed to use the blade well." Gerion answers.
"And you saw him during the Tourney of the Hand?" The Lord of the Rock asks.
"Aye, and after he won the damn thing he crowned his betrothed as his queen" Gerion responds.
"Well, he is already a smarter man than Rhaegar Targaryen. Tell me, do you know about how he actually feels about the girl?" Tywin says. Gerion sighs at his brother's ways.
"Well, the only way their love could be more obvious is if they were connected at the hip." Gerion jokes.
"Good, since she cares about him my future plans might just work." Tywin says. The members of the meeting all look at him, puzzled.
"My lord, what are your plans?" Kevan asks.
"While we wage war, Atticus will be acting Lord of Casterly Rock. I want to make sure his future wife is loyal to him." Tywin says, causing Gerion to laugh.
"What we need to worry about is Prince Joffrey doing something stupid and pissing your grandson off. I rather not have him lay waist to the royal house." He says, and Tywin sighs.
"Yes, I heard about the incident at the Crossroads Inn. Hopefully Cersei can rein the boy in before he becomes king. Well, this meeting is over, I want everyone to prepare for war." Tywin says. Everyone stands up and leaves, except Gerion.
"What are you still doing here?" Tywin asks impatiently.
"Well, I am not part of your army, so I don't see the need to hurry." Gerion says.
"Then what good are you in the war?" Tywin says angrily.
"Well, I now control most of the new ships in your navy." Gerion says. Tywin looks at his youngest brother, confusion on his face.
"What new ships?" Tywin asks. Gerion gives him a gigantic grin.
"Well, spending eight years looking for a sword, a side project such as rebuilding a navy after the Greyjoy rebellion is bound to happen." Gerion answers.
"How many ships do you have?" Tywin says.
"Two hundred, all stored in Essos, but close enough so we can call on them if we need them." Gerion says, standing up and making his way to the door. Tywin stands still for a few moments, deep in thought
"Who else knows?" Tywin asks. Gerion stops at the door, and turns to face his brother.
"Well besides the hundreds of men on said ships, it's just you, me, and Atticus." He says, and leaves the room, leaving Tywin to his thoughts.
AN- Another chapter done! To be honest, as I finish this chapter up, I am tired as hell. Anyways, I hope you enjoyed, and remember to R&R.