The Littlest Lion

Chapter four

Casterly Rock, Two weeks after of the birth.

Colonel John Sheppard walked threw the long corridor, along the walls hung pictures, huge pictures, in them stood tall golden haired people, the corridor was called the picture gallery, it was over two miles long.

He had walked the gallery quite a few times in the last two weeks, he paused before one of the last few huge portraits.

In the portrait was a beautiful woman with thick golden hair, a warm green eyes, and a soft warm smile that seemed to be threatening escape, the first time John saw the portrait he was sure he had seen the woman before, there was something familiar about the woman.

It wasn't until later that same day John realised where he had seen the smile, the woman seemed to have Tyrion's smile or Tyrion had her smile as it turned the woman was in fact Tyrion and Jaime's late Mother Joanna Lannister.

John looked at the last few portraits, he saw Cersei standing tall and proud in what John assumed always Kings-Landing, beneath her was a large portrait of a dark hair man, man looked like a much beefier Henry the eighth, in three separate portraits were three golden haired children who John discovered were Cersei's children Joffrey, Myrcella and Tommen.

Joffrey had an arrogant sneer on his face, which made John want to give him a slap, next to Joffrey was Myrcella who was as beautiful as her Mother and long dead Grandmother, John could see that the young girl had none of her Mother's bitterness, beside her holding a grey and black tabby cat was Tommen who had a smile on his young face.

Next to them was Jaime dressed in armour looking very much John thought like Prince Charming from the Shrek movie.

Below him was a more recent portrait of Jaime's very young wife Sansa, besides Jaime hung a new portrait, this one was of Tyrion.

John looked at the portrait of Tyrion, it was of him sitting in a comfortable chair, in his hands he held an thick open book, behind him out of a window was a battle, off to the side near the chair sat a helmet and a double headed axe.

"Good morning Colonel" Said a voice Sheppard spun around and saw standing behind him was Ser Kevan Lannister's Jaime and Tyrion's Uncle who had arrived a few days before, Ser Kevan was older and grey haired.

"Ser Kevan" Said John with a nod.

"I hear you are leaving soon" Said Kevan, John nodded "Yeah we have to get back, The IOA is moaning about something or other" He said as he looked up at the older man, Kevan raised a eyebrow.

"Tyrion and one of the Twins will be going with you I assume?" He asked John again nodded "Jaime thought it was best to get one of them away from here after what happened the other day" He said.

Kevan shook his grey head "It is shaming that Cersei would try and kill one of her babes, I hope her actions do not colour your view of our House Colonel" He said.

John looked up at the older man and shook his head "I meet you guys before I meet her, I figure she has a screw loose or something" Said John, Ser Kevan looked at him with a confused look but simple nodded having gotten used to the odd phrases from the Atlantians.

A week after the birth of the twins, Cersei had gone to see her babies their wet nurse not thinking anything of their Mother visiting them had gone to the privy for a few moments.

She returned a few moments later to hear one of the babies crying loudly, when she re-entered their nursery she saw Cersei bent over the crib at first the wet nurse though that Cersei was trying to comfort one of the twins but had soon realised that in fact she had placed her hand over the Dwarf babies nose and mouth and was trying to smother the baby.

The wet nurse had tackled Cersei away from the crib and had began to claw at Cersei's face screaming and yelling.

The guards had charged in and pulled the two women apart, Cersei screeching for the wet nurse's head.

After a few moments the wet nurse tore her self out of the guards grip and ran to the crib and picked up the baby, he was screaming with fear after a few minutes he calmed enough to take a breast into his mouth and suckled, the wet nurse softly rocked the baby as he suckled.

Once in awhile the wet nurse would glare at Cersei as she feed the Dwarf, by this point Jaime had entered he looked at his twin, he was shocked to see her face was seemingly slashed, blood dripped down her face from thin lines down her face.

After that it was decided that neither twin would be left alone, Cersei was placed back in her rooms and forbidden from leaving the room until she had fully recovered, so she could leave for High Garden.

Cersei had demanded the wet nurse's head for attacking her but Jaime told her that the wet nurse only did what was expected of her to protect his Son.

Cersei had been stunned when Jaime publicly acknowledged the Dwarf as his own, the other had been acknowledged as Tyrion's.

The Dwarf was given the name Gerion while the other twin was given the name Tygett, after their dead Grand Uncles.

John had been very surprised when he had heard that Cersei had tried to smother one of her babies.

Carson had been equally surprised and horrified he examined Gerion to make sure that there was no long term damage, thankfully there was none other then a slight bruise around Gerion's mouth.

The bruise had faded now, John and Ser Kevan walked to one of the dinning halls.

John could see Lady Sansa, Ser Jaime's wife was holding Gerion, John could see Lady Sansa's Mother off to the side not looking to happy at the sight of her Daughter holding Ser Jaime's supposed Bastard.

Wither that was because the baby was a Bastard or because the baby was a Dwarf he didn't know.

Sansa looked like a natural Mother, as she rocked the baby softly in her arms.

Next to Sansa cooing at the baby in her arms was her Brother's wife Talisa the two young women seemed to get on very well.

Robb sat off to the side looking unsure what to do.

Very much like an older Brother or a new husband.

John could see Ser Jaime seating besides a very large woman, who was holding the other twin, John would think that on Earth the woman would be considered morbidly obese.

This was Lady Genna Frey of House Lannister, Ser Kevan's younger only Sister, whom John had discovered was married to a weasel of a man who seemed intimated by every one in the Rock as every one seemed to call Casterly Rock.

John could see Rodney off to the side fiddling with something or other, Teyla sat next to him looking a little lost as he explained how the Ancient device worked though John suspected Teyla understood every other word.

John sat next to Teyla "Rodney eat!, We're leaving in an hour" He said Rodney looked up he blinked a few times "We are?, Why?" He asked John sighed deeply "We have to get back to Atlantis and you have a department to run with an iron fist once more" Said John with a grin.

Rodney blinked a few more times before he looked at the meal before him, it made the large portions served in America look like small portions.

John was sure every one who had come to planetos as the world seemed to be called now as the continent they were on was called Westeros, had put on a few pounds.

John shook his head a began to eat, the food was like what you would get at one of those high end restaurants.

John looked up as Creylen entered, he whispered something to Jaime who gave a nod, he stood it was then that he noticed two middle age men, a woman around the same age and four younger people.

John noticed that Robb noticed the new comers too, for a while Jaime and the new comers spoke the two older men bowed their heads.

After a few minutes, Tyrion stood and walked over them.

A few more words were spoken, then one of the younger women took a step forward her head bowed.

John wondered what was going on.

He watched as the older of the young women gave a bow of her head and allowed Tyrion to take her hand, he gave it a kiss.

A few minutes later it was announced that the Lady Jeyne Westerling was to marry Lord Tyrion in a few weeks.

John looked at the young woman John was sure that she was at least sixteen which to John was still too young to marry, Tyrion was in his early thirties.

It turned out that Westerlings had been followers of Robb Stark until a few months ago but it seemed before that the Westerlings had been Bannermen to House Lannister for centuries.

So in order for House Westerling as well as House Spicer not to loose their lands, titles and what little wealth they had left they would join House Lannister in marriage.

What John heard muttered from one of Lord Robb's Bannermen was that it was just a more permanent form of holding a hostage.

He ate some food, he decided to thoughly enjoy the food as there was little chance of them getting such good food for a good long time.

John watched as Lady Jeyne was escorted over to Lady Genna.

The young woman looked at the sleeping baby, Jeyne blinked as Genna handed her the baby, she held the sleeping baby a little unsure what to do "He's name is Tygett Hill" Said Tyrion.

Jeyne looked at Tyrion then at the baby who was fast asleep, she smiled softly at Tyrion "He is beautiful My Lord, I think he has your eyes" She said softly as she gentile rocked the baby.

Tyrion smiled, he nodded "Yes it has been mentioned he's eyes are Lannister green, I hope my Lady having my Bastard living at Castamere will not be a problem for you?" He asked Jeyne looked down at the baby she then looked at her betrothed she shook her head as she smiled "I hope in time I will give him siblings" She said softly.

Tyrion smiled at her "We don't have to rush My Lady, there is plenty of time, we hardly know each other, you don't have to share my bed straight away I can wait" He said Jeyne looked at him and gave him another soft smile.

Slowly the baby woke to reveal green eyes, the baby blinked a few times a confused look crossed his face, Jeyne gentile rocked him to prevent him from screaming for his wet nurse who was hovering off to the side.

A few hours later.

The Westerlings sat in their temporary rooms at Casterly Rock, Lady Sybell paced back and fourth once in awhile she glared at her husband "It was all planed!, We would have gotten Castamere, instead we get it threw marriage, I could have married Jeyne to a real lord instead of a half man!" She vented as she took another turn of their room.

Lord Gawen Westerling sighed deeply, he had been horrified when it was revealed to him that Robb would have been killed at his Uncle's wedding at the Twins, he had been stunned in to silence as his wife went on about how their Son and heir would be married in to the Lannister's as would their other children.

Gawen knew his wife was ambitious, she always had been he sometimes wondered if the woman cared at all for her children, he was sure that she only saw her children as means of her getting more power and wealth.

Gawen sighed deeply as his wife built her self up to another around of complaining.

"And expecting our Daughter to help raise his bastard is an outrage!, The bastard shall be sent away at once" She said nodding, Gawen sighed again he hated to think how she would become after their Daughter's marriage, no doubt she was already envisioning her rule of Castamere as well as her rule over the land surrounding Tarbeck Hall.

Jeyne sat quietly off to the side, she was used to her mother making the decisions, though she had always been taught by her Septa's that a wife was mistress of her Husband's home not her Mother.

Jeyne had already fallen in love with Tyrek despite him being a bastard, she didn't want him to be sent away, she looked at her Mother, she wondered did she think that after she was wed she would live at Castamere with her Daughter and her Husband .

From what she had learned of her betrothed, he was master of Castamere as well as the surrounding lands, she highly doubted that her Mother's interference would be tolerated.

"When are we to be wed Father?" She asked Gawen smiled at his oldest Daughter "At month's end it will not be a large ceremony, with the King marriage coming up the crown can not afford two large weddings" He said.

Jeyne looked at her Mother she shook her head at the supposed outrage of her Daughter's marriage being small and not at the Great Sept at Kings-Landing, though Jeyne was glad she had always hated being made the centre of attention mostly threw her Mother's urging.

Jeyne sighed deeply, she unlike her Mother was not hugely ambitious all she had truly ever wanted was a good marriage, a good and kind husband and a nice sized keep, though her Mother hadn't cared whom her Daughter's were married to as long as the man in question was far richer then they were and had a lot of power.

Luckily due to their family being near improvised none of the more powerful families had been interested, not even the families that were slighter richer then them had been interested.

Jeyne sighed softly, her mother had intended for her to marry Robb Stark and become the Queen of the North, Jeyne was sure she had seen the look of naked ambition dancing threw her Mothers eyes.

Jeyne had found Robb Stark handsome, but he didn't seem to have a sense of humour at all, though she not experience with court but she knew that Robb had made several mistakes one of them had been when he executed Lord Karstark after he had killed the three Lannister hostages in revenge for his Sons death.

It showed Jeyne that the young man had no control of his Bannermen, she knew that none of Lord Tywin's Bannermen would ever contemplate ever doing anything like that.

Jeyne had spent some time in Lord Tyrion's company, she found him smart and kind and she found that despite his size and his physical appearance he was actually quite handsome.

She had seen the new portrait, and she found that it was a very good likeness.

Jeyne sighed again, in a few short weeks she would be Lady Jeyne Lannister, Lady of Castamere.

Lady Sybell continued to pace back and fourth.

Jeyne just sat there, she had been mildly surprised that she was to marry a Lannister, a Lannister of the higher branches of the family no less, Jeyne found that she could over look her betrothed shortness, she hoped in time an affection would develop between them.

Gawen massaged his forehead trying to easy away a growing head ache, it was a much better match then he could ever had hoped for, though to hear his wife, someone would think that Jeyne was marrying a third son, of a third son from a House as improvised as his own.

He closed his eyes to try and will his headache away.

It was going to be a long month.

Next morning, a large court yard Casterly Rock.

John was certain that he would have to drag Rodney out of the Lannister Vault as there was a lab deep with in the vault.

Tons of stuff had been taken out, including many of Janus's notes on various experiments that he had conducted over the centuries.

The Atlantians had been invited to Tyrion's wedding in a month, John had told both Jaime and Tyrion that they would try and attend but there was no guaranty that they would be able to.

John was sure the IOA would have a collective coronary when they discovered that Ser Jaime's pretty wife was only just fifteen years old and that his younger Brother was due to marry a young girl who was about a year older then his Brothers very young wife.

Also the fact their older sister had tried to smother one of her children just because he was a Dwarf, would really set them off.

No doubt they would question whether an alliance with people who were technologically less advanced then most of the people in the Pegasus galaxy would be of any value.

John turned around and saw Jaime and Tyrion walking towards him, the two Brothers stood next to each other "Well we're off, we might turn up for your wedding but it depends on where we are and what is going on". He said Tyrion nodded and grinned at the messy haired Colonel "I understand your people do not approve of marriages with such young women" He said.

John sighed "Sorry but to us a fifteen year old or a sixteen year is not old enough to marry, but I understand that to you it's more or less normal, hell a couple of hundred years ago it was almost considered normal for young girls to marry so young" He said with a shrug.

John had offered to fly Tyrion and a few of his party back to Castamere but Tyrion had told him that it might be a bit much and he didn't trust his betrothed's Mother not to keep silent about the Jumpers.

John looked off to the side and saw Rodney walking slowly with Teyla behind him as though to prevent him from running back to the massive vault.

"McKay! Get your ass in gear!" He yelled McKay glared at him as he trudged in to the Jumper, Teyla stayed near the entrance as though expecting Rodney to try and make a dash for the Vault.

John looked back at the two Brothers, despite everything John found he actually liked the two men as well as the family members that he and his team had met, he smothered the idea of an over bearing arrogant member of the IOA seating at a table with Genna Lannister or in fact any of the higher members of the Lannister's, they be lucky to be to leave the room with their clothes still on their backs.

With a sigh he stepped forward and shook first Jaime then Tyrion's hand "Well see you guys later, as I said I can't promise will be able to attend the wedding but we'll try" Said John, Tyrion nodded and grinned at him "That's all you can do Colonel, you and your people are always welcome at Castamere, from what I have been told of the festivities is there is going to be a tourney not a big one mind you but big enough" Said Tyrion, John raised an eyebrow "A what?" He asked the two Brothers looked at each other "You people don't have Tourney's" Said Jaime sounding absolutely shocked, John shook his head "There's jousting, melee's and archery" He said John blinked a few times before he spoke "We did have things like that centuries ago but now it's all done in re-enactments and Renaissance fairs, maybe I can convince Elizabeth to allow a few of us to come back, I'm sure the archaeologists will love to see a real joust" Said John thinking he might want to see a real joust him self.

After a few more words John stepped in to the Jumper and clocked it after a few moments dirt and leaves blasted every were as the Jumper took off and flew towards Castamere.

With a sigh the two Brother went in to the Rock, a few hours later Tyrion was on his way to Castamere with him travailed his betrothed and her family.

Tyrion knew that the next few weeks were going to be long, he had to make sure that Lady Sybell did not get the impression she was staying at Castamere after her Daughter's marriage, he shudder at the thought of that woman living with them.

He had to admit he was a little excited at the prospect of marrying Jeyne in the short amount of time he had spent with her, he found her to be very kind hearted towards both him and his 'Son' Tygett maybe in time some form of affection could develop between them.

Done!

I struggled with this, but it's finale out I shall try and conclude this in the next chapter, Tyrion and Jeyne marry and the Atlantians attended a Tourney and the IOA turn up and stick their nose's in.

I will update my other stories I have abandoned none of them I promise, I'm not sure when I will update them but at some point I will update them.

Please review no flames.

Any one have any ideas where Roar and Fire, A Lion still has Claws and Time Rewinded should go I'm a little stumped right now.

Anyway enjoy!