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James woke up with Talia's petite form wrapped around his body. A commotion could be heard outside, and James carefully got up and dressed in his armor before leaving the room. Once outside, a girl with golden-orange hair rides up to him with a white shield with a black star in the middle slung on her back.

"Hello, sister" James says

"Hello James, you've grown" Melissa says

Melissa was a few years older than James, and had the beauty of their mother. Their mother was supposedly a part of a noble family, and Marcus and her had met when they were at the young age of 17. She had very little interaction with her parents, especially after her mother had died giving birth to a son, and a friendship blossomed between the two. Unfortunately they had to part ways, but not before she gave birth to two children, James and Melissa.

"Bring your men with you?" James says as they both walked to the Great Hall. The sun was starting to rise, so the smallfolk and soldiers should be waking up.

"Yes, I did, and from your return letter, you should warn the Whitehill soldiers. My men are getting itchy for a fight"

James and his sister stood in the Great Hall and were surprised to see Rodrick sitting in a chair by the round table.

"If you're wondering, I saw you both through the window" Rodrick says

Melissa kneels down and says, "My Lord"

"Rise" Rodrick responds, "I'm honored to meet another member of House Winter"

"The honor is mine, my Lord. I was informed of recent events by my father, and I was sent down here to enforce this position"

"The help is appreciated, thank you for your support"

"It's no problem whatsoever. The bastard can't just get away with his crime"

"Agreed"

The two elder siblings continue talking

The sound of swords banging against shields can be heard outside.

"What is going on?" Rodrick says

Talia runs into the Great Hall with a worried look on her face.

"Rodrick, Lord Whitehill's son is here"

The small group of people leave the Great Hall and walk outside to see Whitehill soldiers with slamming their swords against their purple shields with a mountain in the middle. Rodrick approaches a mountain of a figure holding a torch with Lady Forrester, James and Melissa flanking him.

"What is this" Lady Forrester asks Ser Royland

The large man tossed the torch onto a pile of things and laughed as they burned.

"What is the meaning of this!?" Rodrick yells

The soldier continues laughing. A voice could be heard from behind the large man as a blonde haired man steps out.

"Strong words, for a cripple who can't carry a sword" Gryff says

"All of you, show your respect to Gryff Whitehill. Fourthborn son of Lord Ludd Whitehill and commander of this garrison" The giant says

"Cocky Rodrick we used to call you," Gryff says, walking around him, "Swinging your p**** 'round, lording it over my family. Now look at you, eh? Rodrick the Ruined" Gryff stops behind him, nearby Melissa.

"Hardly recognize you. But the name fits, don't it? Pathetic"

Gryff looks at Melissa and roams her body with his eyes. Melissa snorted in disgust and placed her hand on the hilt of her sword.

"Get your men out of my sight!" Rodrick says, gaining Gryff's attention, "This is absurd Gryff"

Gryff walked back forward, standing in-front of Rodrick.

"That sounds like the old Rodrick, beating his chest every chance he got," Gryff looked at the giant, "I don't think he gets it"

"No, my lord, I don't think he does" The giant says

Gryff started a rant about how he was in charge, and if he wasn't happy then no one was, blah blah blah. James tuned him out a while ago, until he mentioned him taking taking over the Great Hall. James nodded towards a few Winter soldiers and they positioned themselves at the stairs discreetly. Soon Duncan came riding in, and Gryff was pushing his luck.

Gryff mocked Rodrick about an 'army'. Obviously the Winter forces had hidden themselves very well. Gryff started towards the stairs, and Rodrick nodded to James, who nodded back. James and his men block the way, and keep their spears pointed downwards. James un-sheathes his spare sword, since Rodrick still had the other one, and pointed it at Gryff.

"Just try, and see what happens" James says

Gryff looked about ready to kill James, and says, "You dare threaten me!? Who is this man!"

Rodrick says, "He's not one of my men"

"Then who the bloody hell is he!?" Gryff says, not even look at Rodrick

"Men" James says, signalling them to brandish their shields. The Winter soldiers sling their shields over their shoulder which displayed the Winter emblem.

"So you're the little snot that killed my men" Gryff says

"Aye, and what are you going to do about it?"

"We out-number you" Gryff says with a cocky smirk, "So I suggest you move"

James laughs and says, "Apparently you haven't studied House Winter. You may out-number us, but are you as skilled as us"

"Obviously" Gryff says

"Then let's settle it. Right now. I choose one man to fight, and you do the same"

"If it'll get you out of the way, fine. I'm getting tired of this"

Gryff has his giant take place a few feet from the blockade. James nods to a soldier to his left. The Winter soldier slings his shield over his shoulder and hands his spear to another soldier. He unsheathes his sword as the giant does the same. Melissa walks into the middle, but not directly into the center, of the two warriors, and lifts up a heavy looking axe with ease. The axe swings down, and the battle commences.

The giant charged the Winter soldier and swung his large sword horizontally. The Winter soldier leaned his frame at a 90 degree angle backwards and lifted himself back up. The giant swung the sword back around vertically, and the Winter soldier stepped to the side. The Winter soldier swung down at the sword and knocked it out of the giant's hands, surprising some of the people watching.

The giant grabbed the sword, and the Winter soldier tried pulling it loose, but the giant had to firm a grip on it. The giant tosses the sword away and grabs the Winter by his visor. He pulls the helmet off his head and punches him on the side of his head, knocking him into the Winter Phalanx. The Winter soldier was thrown back at the giant, and slid down onto the ground.

The Winter soldier kicks the weak point in the legs of the giant, causing him to fall down. The Winter soldier pulls out a dagger from his pouch and aims it at the larger man's throat. The Winter soldier looks at James, who raises his arm up slightly. A few Whitehill soldiers that witnessed the execution looked a bit nervous.

James lowers his hand slowly, and the Winter soldier retracts and sheathes the dagger. The Winter soldier then walks back to the Phalanx and was given a pat on the shoulder from James. He stopped and turned to face the on-lookers with one side of his face black and blue.

"This man, just took down your best soldier on his own. Do you really want to face us?"

"Fine, we can just make ourselves at home you your barracks then. But this will have repercussions, I promise you that" Gryff says

"You know, you should really learn to fear the cold" James says, as a chill went up the Whitehill people's spines. Gryff took the barracks and kicked the Forrester soldiers out, of course they were allowed to use the barracks. The Winter and Forrester soldiers slept in the Great Hall, sleeping on whatever they could. James took a seat at one of the windows, and held his hand on the hilt of his sword. Rodrick was given his father's sword, so James' sword was returned.

Talia was walking around, seeing if the soldiers were settling down ok, and saw James leaning his head against the window for support. She quietly approached him and saw black rings around his eyes. It had been a busy day, and he was obviously tired. Talia also saw Melissa walking towards him as well, and vise versa, and they both nodded to each other.

Talia got to him first and lightly touched his arm.

"James? You need to get some rest" Talia says

"Talia, I need to stand guard, I don't trust the Whitehills not to try something"

"I think that you got your point across when your soldier won"

Melissa approaches the two and says, "James, I can take watch. Go get some rest"

James nods to his sister and gets off of the small space. Talia directs him towards her quarters. Luckily he was already falling asleep, otherwise he would be curious as to why they were going to Talia's room (A.N. No, don't even think that). Once they got there, Talia took off James' armor, leaving him in his tunic. She then laid his tired form down onto the bed and curled up next to him.

"Rest well James, it's been a long day" Talia says, giving him a kiss on the cheek

As the two fell asleep, Lady Forrester closed the door quietly with a smile on her face. Rodrick walks up to his mother and asks, "You seem happy for some reason"

"I'm just happy that my little girl has found someone"

"What? You mean James?"

"Of course. You've seen the two together. They love each other, but they won't tell each other, not yet anyways"

"When this is all over, maybe they'll get a chance to. But until then, we all have to be cautious"

The two Forresters separated paths and went to attend to different tasks.


The next day, James and Talia are looking at the training ground from the watchtower and see the Whitehills demonstrating some "impressive" fighting moves.

"These men wouldn't be able to fight a child" James says

Talia laughs a bit at James' words, and leans her head against his shoulder.

"Maybe you should show them how a real soldier fights" Talia says

"You know, maybe I will"

James and Talia walk up to a few Winter soldiers and talk about doing some training. They readily agreed and went into the training ground with James. A few Whitehill soldiers sneered at them, what fools. James had two of the Winter soldiers show him how they were going in terms of strength, speed, and stamina. They pulled out their shields, but not swords.

One Winter soldier ran at the other while he lifted up his shield. The runner jumped and kicked the shield, and soldier, a good foot away. The shielded solder picked up a spear and dropped the shield. The other soldier took the shield off his arm and held it up. The soldier holding the spear threw it, catching some wind, before piercing the shield, with the tip almost touching the other solder's forehead. The soldier discarded the shield, and both looked to James.

"See those dead weights?" James says, pointing at the Whitehill soldiers, "See how many you can take down"

The Whitehill soldiers looked a bit nervous and held up their shields and swords. The two Winter solders nodded to each other and walked up to the scared group of soldiers. One tried to swing his sword down at one of the Winter soldiers, who just caught the blade with both his hands. James just stood and laughed asthe Whitehill soldiers tried climbing out of the training ground. Maybe things would get better.


A.N. And CUT! That's it for now. I'm having my finals so wish me luck everyone. And for the record, I know that I could easily have James kill off the Whitehills, but I want to follow the story line. Plus it would be to easy for them to take over. Until next time

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