When i first started i thought it would not be more than 12 chapter but here were are at chapter 18. There is four or five of this story left. I know sad but i want the this story to end as well as the war. There will be a sequel as well to this and i am planning it as we speak. I know we will see how the realm is after the war and how our couples are fairing. Thank you all for your kind reviews. I cannot express how much they mean to me. I never thought my fic can get so many reviews so thank you and i am sorry about my rambling hehe. Please enjoy the chapter.
Chapter 18: Surprise
King Landing
Tywin was furious. He just threw his chair at the wall and screamed.
"That treacherous little mongrel. I want his head on a pike. I will cut it myself." He shouted and Cersei looked at her father in confusion.
"What has happened father? Why are you so angry?" She asked
"You little brother ran away and took his whore of a wife. He thinks we are losing the war and he wants to be on the winning side. That ungrateful monster." Tywin said and leaned against the chair. He was not a young man anymore and his nerves got him a litle lightheaded.
"That little piece of shit. I told you father that we should never give him so much power, he should have been exiled when he was born or killed. This is all your fault you let him roam freely and do whatever he want and now he betrayed us." Cersei said staring daggers at her father.
"What you tongue Cersei or i might not control myself" Tywin said in a dangerously low voice.
"What will you do strike me father. I am not afraid of you. We might as well jump from the keep. We have lost the war already. The Starks have Jamie and now they will have Tyrion and he will sing all of our secrets to stay alive." Cersei shouted at her father. She cold not hold in anymore.
"This was would have not happened if you could control you idiotic son. You are a useless mother. You let him do what he want and now here are the consequences. I should have taken care of him a long time ago." Tywin said
"Watch your tongue father. You are talking about my son and the King. Do not threaten his life again." Cersei said
"Or what, you will kill me please go on. I wonder what will you do without me. How will you win this war? You are weak Cersei, your brothers were also weak. You will not do anything. Now get out if here and do not show yourself to me." Tywin said sitting down and Cersei stormed out of her fathers solar.
Stannis's Camp
The screams pierced the Night as the flames engulf the a man and many watched at him. A woman dressed in all crimson with red hair hanging down to her waist looked at the burning man and raised her arms to the sky.
"Lord of light! Come to us in darkness. We offer you this sacrifice of non believer. Take him and cast your light upon us. For the night is dark and full of terrors." The red priestess shouted over the man's screams.
At the front of the people watching was King Stannis and his wife. Both looked like they were in a trance. All were praying for winning this war making sure that the true King that is Stannis.
"Lord of light please bestow us you honour and help your follower to be stressful in this battle." She shouted and the crows cheered. They all wanted to win the battle they were planning.
Later that evening Ser Devos and Stannis were in his tent with the Red Woman looking at the map.
"We have to win this battle or we will lose this war." Stannis said and Melissandre stood nest to him and taking him by the arm.
"We have made a sacrifice for the Lord of Light. He is with you and he will help you win this battle. I have see vision. You will be successful and you will kill both Usurpers." She said.
"If what they write is true then the Stark boy is the rightful heir. Can we compete with that." Ser Devos asked the two.
"He is just a Targaryen bastard nothing else. I am the rightful heir and i will sit on the Iron Throne. I will kill both Stark boys if they do not want to side with me." Stannis said and leaned over the map.
"Can we beat them now that they have sided with the Tyrells?" Ser Devos asked.
"The numbers do not count. We have the Lord of Light by our side and they have the false Gods. Nothing more." Melissandre said.
"They are both at Riverrun and because of that they have made it easier for us to kill them. They will not expect us and we can use it to our advantage. They will not be expecting us and we will win this battle." Stannis said with a ghost of a smile in his face.
Riverrun
"I still cannot believe how handsome he already is." Sansa Stark was holding her nephew and was at awe at this precious little think she was holding. She was in Naida's solar with Queen Margery. Sansa has been home for a fortnight now and it still felt surreal to her that she was home. She still thought that it was a dream and that when she waked up she will still be in Kings Landing and in the claws of Cersei.
"You look well with a child Sansa. Soon maybe you shall hold your own child." Queen Margery said with a smile and Sansa looked her frightened.
"Please do not make me marry anyone so soon after i came back home." Sansa said with small voice.
"Sansa listen to me. You have time for that. You will not be forced into something that you do not want to. I promise you Sansa. No one will force you to marry someone you do not desire." Naida said and Sansa nodded with a grateful smile.
"I did not mean anything by it Sansa please forgive me." Margery said and Sansa smiled at her. She really liked Margery.
"I have taken none Margery. I just want to be Sansa for now. I haven not been myself for almost two years now and i need to focus on myself." Sansa said putting little Ned in the cot. He was fast asleep.
"I believe we will have another Prince or Princess soon as well." Margery said with a watery smile. Both girls looked at her and smiled.
"I am so happy for you Margery." Naida said and hugged her best friend and planted a kiss on her cheek.
"I ma also happy for you. Have you told Jon yet?" Sansa asked and Margery nodded her head.
"No i have not told him yet. I just found out yesterday. Is it not too soon." Margery asked.
"We are at war Margery. He needs something good like that. Tell him and make him happy." Naida said.
"I will tell him tonight. He wanted a child as soon as possible. It was something he thought he would never have and now that he has he wants as many as we can." Margery said with a smile on her face.
"You love him do you not." Sansa asked with a smile.
" It is hard not to not love him. He is just so honourable and kind. He can be quite at times you know and brooding but he is coming out of his shell little by little and i believe that this child will bring a lot of happiness in his life." Margery said.
"You are just the woman that he needs you know. He is very much like our father. Jon resembles him the most in looks and personality and because of that my mother was not a big fan of his." Sansa said. All the girls continued to talk and laugh when a hurried handmaiden came to the room.
"Stannis Baratheon is attacking the castle. We need to get to the underground and hide."The girl said in a panicked voice and Naida's heart stopped. She took her son and hugged him close to her chest to protect him at all cost.
"How are are they?" Margery asked and the handmaiden cried.
"They are at the gates already. They will kill us all." She said.
"Do not panic, we have a lot of good men here and two Kings now let us make our way to the underground how. Sansa you keep close to me. Do not let go of my hand." Margery said.
"My mother, where are they and my sister." Sansa asked panicked.
"I do not know my Princess. I am sorry." She said.
"They are probable there already. Let us make our way there as well." Naida said and she hugged her son even closer. He was fast asleep in her arms.
They hurried to the the undergrounds through corridors and stairways and they have met Arya and Catelyn there.
"There you are i was so worried." Catelyn said looking relieved.
"I want to go and fight mother. I am good." Arya said and her mother gave her a stern look.
"You are not going to fight and i do not want to hear anything more about it." Arya looked down but she was fuming.
"When will you understand that i am not like any other Ladies. I will never marry and i will never birth children. I want to fight and you cannot stop me." Arya said giving her mother a death glare.
"You will not fight until i am alive young lady and until then you will listen to me an fallow my other. I gave birth to you and i own you now go down. We have no time for any of that." Catelyn said and Arya wanted to say something back but Naida stopped them.
"We really have no time for this right now. We really need to hide. Arya i am the Queen and i order you to go down with us and i do not want to hear anymore from you." Naida said and Arya looked down and moved angrily after the women and children of the Castle.
Soon they were underground in a special place built for hiding when the castle was under attack. They could here the clashes of swords and shout and screams of men. Naida looked at the ceiling of the room and prayed to the Old Gods and New that they survive this.
Robb was fuming. He was attacked by complete surprise. If not for his scout he would not know anything until he was attacked. He was so focused on Kings Landing and how to win this that he completely forgot about Stannis and his cause for the Iron throne. That was a foolish mistake and he will pay for it now. He just prayed that his family were safe and hidden well.
Robb looked at crowd that was coming at them and he decided to meet them at the field. They will not bring this castle down. They will not destroy this home. He commanded his men and they were all in the right places. There were arches at the top of the gates and he was leading one division and Jon another. They have to win. There was no choice. He had to keep his family safe.
Naida was holding her crying son to her chest. He was awake now and crying his little eyes out. She could not stop his crying no matter what she did. She looked at Margery who was walking around the room asking everyone of they needed anything. Sansa was doing the same. With them was also Tyrion who sat next to Naida.
"What is wrong with the little one." he asked and Naida looked at him. He was here for a fortnight yet she still did not know if she trusted him or not. He was still a Lannister and you can expect anything from them.
"Do not look at me like that. I will not try to kill you in your sleep i promise you." Tyrion said and Naida nodded.
"I know. My expierences just made me cautious." Naida said.
"I cannot say that is wrong. It is a valuable trait to have." Tyrion said looking at Sansa who looked at him and gave him a little smile. Naida saw that.
"Are you sure that you want this marriage annulled. I can speak with Sansa if you want." there was a fondness between them it was plain to see.
"Yes i really do. Sansa is a very beautiful young woman and she deserves better. Besides i like her but i do not desire her. She is a child in my eyes." Tyrion said and Naida smiled.
"Thank you for bringing her back." Naida said as her son was calming down now.
"I was trying to save us both. My nephew is a little monster and he hates me. He would find a way to kill me and Sansa was just their little puppet. I needed to take her away from them she could be hurt worse then she already was." Tyrion said.
"You are a fine man Tyrion Lannister." Naida said and Tyrion gave her a small smile.
Robb was walking toward Stannis who just killed one of his men. When he turned around and saw Robb he gave him a little sneer. Both men were injured, both men were tired. This battle was taking too long.
"Give up little boy, you will never win this war. Bend the knee and i will let you keep your precious North." Stannis said and Robb chuckled.
"There will be no bending Stannis. I will not bend my knew and neither will you." Robb said.
"Then it will be the old fashioned way. The man that stays alive wins." Stannis said and charged at Robb.
Naida was sitting her son was in Catelyn's arms. She stood up and began pacing. It was taking to long. There was no news for too long she could not take it anymore. She needed to know what was of her husband.
Soon they could her footsteps and they all stood up. One of the Tyrell bannermen came into the room and said with a smile on their face.
"We won, Stannis is dead." he said and they all cheered.
"What of the Kings?" She asked.
"They are both alive my Queens." Naida looked at Margery and they both smiled with relief.
Okay this chapter is very short and it is not the best one of mine and i really apologize for that. I just needed to do something with Stannis but i had no idea of what to do with him and this is the only think i came up with. It did not help that i have a bad cold and my brain is all fuzzy. I promise the next chapter will be much better and Catelyn will be going back to Winterfell and we will see Bran and Rickon and how they are fairing. Yet again so sorry about this chapter and i hope that you will not stop reading this story because of it.