Chapter 6
The feast was huge, the King and Queen had been seated at a special raised table above the others and the King was making a lot of noise, he had obviously had too much to drink. The Queen seemed to have permanent scowl on her face and he children were just about the same. I was sat between Robb and Theon and I felt slightly uncomfortable because I could feel Theon's eyes on me, scanning me all the time. I leant over to Robb and whispered in his ear "Can we swap sides it's just Theon won't stop staring at me." I gave him a small smile and he nodded. "Of course, but you do look extremely beautiful tonight." he touched my arm slightly and I blushed shamelessly. Before anything else could be said the band started to play a merry jig, Robb stood up and offered me his hand "May I have this dance?" I giggled and bowed to him "Of course my lord" he smiled and led me over to the dance floor. We danced for a while until it came to the part where we had to switch partners and I found myself in the arms of Jaime Lannister. My smile dropped and I slowed down. "Ser Jaime." He smiled and answered "Hello there Kayla, you look even better with a bit if colour in your cheeks." I didn't know why but I started to blush even more form his shameless flattery. "Umm thanks, I guess." I looked at the floor concentrating on the cracks in it. A small cough pulled me from my reverie "Kay? Do you want to dance with me?" I turned round to see Jon stood behind me, I smiled up at him and nodded my head vigorously "Yes please, thank you for the dance Ser Jaime." Jon took my hand and led me to corner of the dance floor away from Jaime. I let out a long breath. "Thank you Jon it was getting rather uncomfortable over there." He scowled over at Jaime and then spoke "No problem, I saw that you looked rather uncomfortable so I just thought that I'd be your knight in shining armour." A smile spread across my face and I laughed along with him. He pulled me close to his body and we just stood there swaying to the music. My head was resting on top of his shoulder and he had his head on top of mine. I smiled, utterly content for that moment. I don't know how long we stayed like but my inappropriately timed yawn broke us apart. Jon laughed "I think I best get you to bed before you fall asleep." He wrapped his arm around my waist and I rested my head on his shoulder as he led me to my room. I didn't realise that Jaime Lannister was stood in a corner of the hall watching us intently. When we arrived at my room, Jon opened the door then hesitated slightly. "What's wrong Jon?" he fidgeted slightly looking uncomfortable, "Umm well, I've got something to tell you." He looked down at the floor with a frown. "What is it?" concern edging into my voice. "I'm joining the Night's Watch." I was like a punch to the guts, my mouth dropped open to say something but nothing came out. "What? Why?" my voice was so small, it reminded me of when Ned rescued me. He looked hurt and ashamed "I don't belong here Kay, you see the way that Lady Stark stares at me. She despises me, and I'm fed up of having people look down their noses at me." he shifted his feet slightly, looking nervous. "What about us?" my voice got quieter and tears started to form in my eyes. "Please Kayla, I wish I could stay with you but you deserve so much better than some Lord's bastard." I shook my head not wanting to believe that he was leaving me. "But I love you Jon." he let out a deep sigh and started to walk away. "I'm sorry Kayla, it's just something that I have to do." He quickly strode off leaving me alone in the cold corridor. I opened my door then quickly shut it behind me, letting the tears fall freely. I fell into my bed sobbing my heart out, wondering why Jon would want to leave me. I obviously wasn't good enough for him. With that thought in my mind I fell into a restless sleep dreaming of flying across the sky like a dragon.
I awoke to something wet on my face. I frowned slightly and gingerly opened my eyes, fearful of one of Theon's practical jokes. I opened my eyes all the way and ways greeted by the golden dragon sat on my chest. It looked at me with curious golden eyes and squealed happily. I nuzzled closer to my face as if it was trying to comfort me. I smiled and scratched it under the chin, it closed it eyes enjoying the sensation. That was when I realised that the other eggs had hatched open and bits of them were littered on the floor. They were all sat on my bed watching me intently. There was a beautiful blue dragon that looked like cascading water, a sharp green dragon, a red one the colour of my House flag and a small grey dragon that hid under part of my duvet. I smiled at them all and gently touched each of them, letting them familiarise themselves with my scent. I quickly got dressed into a simple dress, letting the dragons perch on my shoulders and arms. As I walked towards the kitchens to find something to eat for my breakfast I got lots of terrified looks from the servants who were making their way around the castle. I arrived in the kitchens and approached the chef, "Y..yes can I help you my Lady?" he glanced anxiously at the dragons on my shoulders, watching as the golden dragon, that I had named Emrys after a close friend of mine, nuzzled my neck. I smiled at him and asked "I was just wondering if you have any food that I could give to my dragons?" He smiled slightly at my calmness, "Of course my lady." he handed me a large bowl full of scraps of meat. "Thank you." He smiled and I made my way into the dining hall, I situated myself in the corner of the room away from everyone and Jon and let my dragons hop onto the table. I took the bowl and started to hand each dragon a piece of meat, making sure that I gave the smaller one extra than his siblings due to his smaller size. I felt people's eyes on me whilst I was having my breakfast, it was slightly unnerving but I took no notice because I wanted my dragons to be accepted just like the wolves had. I lifted up my head at the sound of a chair being violently scraped back. I looked up and saw Jon storming away with an angry look on his face. Robb stood there looking very confused, he rubbed his hand over his face, in a gesture that was far too old for him. I had recently found out that along with my friend Emrys, I was the second to last Dragon Lord this meant that I could speak their language and communicate with them in a way that no one else can. I made a soft call to my dragons and they all looked up at me, I patted on my arm and they all grasped the meaning straight away, they hopped onto me and once they were all on I started to make my way towards the other table. I felt more comfortable going over there now seen as Jon had gone. Before I got close enough to say hello, one of Ned's guards drew his sword at me and started to mutter curses. The commotion caused Robb and Theon to look behind them, Robb almost fell off his chair and Theon practically chocked on his drink. "Hello boys." I looked at them with a smile and then turned my attention to the frightened guard, "It's okay they will not harm anyone, they listen to me completely." that seemed to calm him down slightly and he said sorry a few times and a few courtesies before he sat back down on the bench a slight look of wariness still in his eyes. By now Theon and Robb had managed to compose themselves and they were now looking at me with wide eyes and big grins on their faces. I spoke to the gold dragon, Emrys' mind telling him to jump on Robbs lap, he let out a small sound that sounded suspiciously like a laugh, before leaping on Robb and rubbing himself against his chest. Theon started to laugh at Robb's startled face, but before he could laugh too much I sent the blue dragon at him (I decided to call her Saphira after a tale I had read as a child), he let out a high pitched squeal at the little dragon that caused Robb and I to go into a fit of giggles. "Ha, the look on your face Theo, it's priceless." by this time Robb was much more comfortable with Emrys and he was stroking his chin, but Theon still looked terrified. "Don't worry Theo she won't hurt you, she just wants a tickle." I gently picked up and placed her on the table, I then let the others hop down off my arm and onto the table. Before I could stop them they started to eat the rest of everyone's breakfast with more gusto than I had ever seen before. "Wow their hungry little creatures, I think this one likes me." he looked down at the golden dragon and smiled, "What's his name?" I smiled and turned to him "His name is Emrys, the blue one is Saphira, the red one is Thorn, the green one is Shiala and the little grey one is Draco." Once I said his name Draco perked up slightly and started to make his way towards me, I picked him up and hugged him close to my chest where he nuzzled me appreciatively. "I think that he must be the runt of the litter because he's the smallest, but he is definitely the cutest." His little eyes looked up at me filled with what I assumed was happiness. Robb seemed to remember something because he gently placed Emrys with the others on the table and turned to me, worry in his eyes. "Are you okay Kayla?" it felt like Robb already knew the answer to his question so I didn't bother lying to him. "No, not really Robb." he pulled me a chair up and I gratefully sat down, by this point the dragons had finished eating and they were all now laid on each other fast asleep. Well all of them apart from Emrys and Draco who were asleep in my arms. Robb let out a deep sigh and moved his chair closer, he placed a hand gently on top of mine and looked deep into my eyes, a trait that him and his father seemed to have mastered so well. "Jon told us that he was leaving for the Night's Watch this morning, we tried to convince him to stay, to show him what and who he'd be leaving behind." he punctuated this with a squeeze of his hand "but he wasn't having any of it, he just shouted at us telling us to keep out of his business and then he stormed off without another word. I've never seen him so angry before." Robb looked down at our intertwined hands and sighed. "I'm going to be okay Robb, I .. I just need some time to think about everything, to think about how my life is going to go now that the only person that ever seemed to want to marry me is leaving. I think I may have to become a nun, it's obvious that nobody is ever going to want me." A small tear rolled down my face which Robb quickly wiped away with his thumb. "Don't be silly Kay, of course there's someone out there for you, their maybe someone who's closer than you think." Before I could ask what he meant a boy ran in and told us that Eddard needed us in his small council chambers. I carefully woke up the dragons with a word spoken to their minds, they all woke up quickly and clambered up my arms and shoulders.