Okay this is the last chapter before the epilogue. All i want to say is thank you to all of you who read and reviewed my story. I really appreciate it. It makes me sad that this story is finishing but i have a sequel in mind and i hope that you will read and enjoy it as much as you enjoyed this story. Now on with the chapter, please review and let me know what you think.
Chapter 24: A a wolfs time
5 Moons Later
Robb rode at the begging of his company. They were all going home now. Back t the North. The war was finished and all of the Lord bowed down to Jon and accepted him Jon Stark the First of his name, the King of the South, the King of the First men and the Andals and the protector of the Realm. There were no seven Kingdoms as Robb was the King in the North, the Trident, the Riverlands and the Iron Islands.
Robb was glad that the war was over now but he still wore a burden of all people that lost their lives because of that war. Many people were left homeless. It was his job to take care of them and he will. He will be a good King, like his father was a good Lord. He had Naida right there with him.
"How long will it take to get to Winterfell." Naida's head popped up from the window of the wheelhouse. Robb chuckled at his wife. She was getting inpatient and wanted to get out of that damn wheelhouse. It was like a prison for her.
"It will not be long my love. To hours at the most." Robb said and Naida smile at him.
"Thank the Gods. I need to stretch my legs soon and your son is becoming very cranky." Naida looked at her son who is shirt 2 moons will reach the first year if his life. He was so big now.
"Well he gets it from his mother." Robb said and dogged a vial that his wife threw at him.
"I am not cranky, i am tired and i cannot wait to see your mother and sisters again and meet your brothers and see our home for the first time." Naida said and Robb gave her a smile.
"Our home. I like the sound of that very much." Robb said and Naida nodded.
"Me too my love, me too. I just want us to be happy and fill the castle with our children." Naida said and Robb smiled
"Yes i cannot wait for our second child to come to this world. I hope it is a girl this time. I want a little Princess." Robb said and Naida smiled. She was two moons pregnant again. She was so happy but she was very scared that she will lose a child once more. She did not want to go through that again.
"Naida stop thinking about it now. It was not meant to be and now we have a child on the way. Please be happy about it. Our son will have a sibling to grow up with." Robb said and Naida smiled.
"You are right Robb, i cannot wait for this child. I hope she has your hair and your eyes." Naida said and Robb smiled.
"So you want a girl as well." Robb said and Naida chuckled.
"i would not be opposed to a little princess." Naida said and at leaned back and looked at Shireen who was sitting opposite her and was asleep and her her son who was wide awake and making beautiful noises. Naida let him be and looked upon his happy face and smiled and took a breath of relief. She now did not have to worry about her sons future. She did not have to worry if her so would have to grow up in a country that was torn by war. She did not have to worry of her child would grow up without knowing his father. They were all safe and they were returning home where she wants to grow old with her husband by her side and many children and grandchildren. Naida leaned back and and closed her eyes and smiled. Everything will be fine.
Jon heard another scream if his wife and he winced at the sound. His wife is having his child right now and he would give anything to be there with her and hold her hand.
"Your wife is doing well You Grace." Jon looked down and smiled at the half man Tyrion Lannister.
"I really wish i was with her right now Tyrion." Jon said and Tyrion chuckled and shook his head.
"i believe that there are some things that cannot be unseen your Grace and that is one of them." Tyrion said and Jon laughed.
"I believe you are right my friend." Jon said
"I am always right and that is why i am your Hand of the King." Tyrion said.
"How are your niece and nephew i did not ask about them." Jon asked. He let them live and keep the name Baratheon. Jon was not a cruel man and he did not want another family to be wiped out because of the war. Through Tommen the name Barathoen will continue.
"Tommen is at the Twins right now with my uncle Kevan and he is teaching him how to be the Lord there. He is a smart boy and he will learn quickly and Myrcella is sad about her mother but she went back to Dorne, she still will be wed to Trystane Martell next year." Tyrion said. He was glad that his family bend the knee to Jon and at least some of his family were alive.
"I am glad. I am still surprised that Robb let Tommen be the Lord of the Trident. He is the King there." Jon said shaking his head.
"Robb is not a cruel person and he sees that Tommen was innocent in this." Tyrion said and winced at another scream could be heard.
"When will this be over?" Jon asked and Tyrion shook his head
"I cannot say Your Grace. It depends on when the babe is ready to arrive to this world." Tyrion said. There was another scream that cam from Jon's wife before another scream came this one was softer smaller.
The Master came out of the bedchamber with a smile on his face.
"You may come in now your Grace." Jon nodded and walked into the room. There he saw his wife on the bed looking at him with a tired smile. He eyes were closing on their own accord and her hair was stuck to her sweaty face and neck. Jon rushed over to his wife and kissed her forehead and hand.
"Thank you my love for the gift you gave me." Jon said and Margery smiled and touched his cheek.
"No need to thank you Jon." Margery said and the handmaidens helped her sit up more and they put a baby in her arms.
"Meet your daughter Jon." Margery said and Jon looked at the perfect little creature in front of him and smiled at tears rolled down her face. The babe was a combination of them both. Jon never saw a more beautiful child then his daughter. She was perfect in every way. Jon kissed her forehead gently before looking at his wife.
"What should we name her my love?" Jon asked and Margery smiled before speaking.
"I wan thinking Lyanna, after your mother." Jon nodded and laughed. Was was a father to a perfect daughter. She will be so loved. She will never face what he has faced when he was growing up. She will be a Princess
"It is perfect. Thank you for her." Jon said and Margery smiled. Jon took his wife in his arms and both looked at the perfection that they had made.
"Come on Arya can clean and you too Rickon you are both filthy and your brother will be here in a short time." Catelyn said to her youngest daughter who was dirty from playing in the mud with Rickon. Catelyn long gave up trying Arya to act like a lady. She had accepted that her daughter is different and there was nothing that she can do to change that. Her son Rickon just ran passed her and laughed at the top of his lungs as Sansa was running after him and scaring him that she will throw him in the hit springs. Catelyn looked at her oldest daughter and how happy she was now at home. She had seen a glimpse of her happy little girl who always had a smile in her face. Before she was old enough to know what a lady should or should not do. Before her little girl grew up. She was more mature but she happy. Bran was now taken by Hodor to his room to get dressed. He wad growing so fast that made her a little sad as she missed quite a lot of that. She will not miss anymore of it now. She will be with them as long at the Gods have let her be with her children.
The Stark siblings stood in the line and Catelyn looked at them with pride. Sansa was a true lady and a beauty and Arya was a force to be reckoned with. Bran was so smart and Rickon was full of life and adventure. They were all so different yet all alike. They had Ned's sense of honour and Catelyn's sense of family. Ned would be so prod of them all as she was. Catelyn stood next to her children and waited for her first born anxiously. She had not seen him in moths and she missed him terribly. And her beautiful grandbaby is probably so big now. All she wanted was to hold him close and hug his mother to welcome her home.
When the gates opened she was jumping on the balls of her feet and holding her hands together with tears brimming in her eyes. She could not wait to see her son.
As she had seen her son ride into her house proud and with a crown on his head her body shook with silent sobs. When Robb saw his mother he jumped of his horse and ran over to her and hugged her close. He even picked her up in his arms and span her around making Catelyn laugh like she had not laugh since his fathers death.
"My son welcome home." Catelyn said as Robb put her down. She looked at her baby boy, her first born who became a man. She was so proud of him and she could not express it with words.
"It is good to be home mother." Robb said and hugged her close. He was so glad to be home, somewhere where he thought at times that he will never return to.
He looked at his siblings and saw his two youngest brothers and he fell to his knees and hugged them both close.
"You did well as Lord of Winterfell i am glad that i left our home in your hands." Robb said and marvelled how much his brother looked like a man now.
"I am glad that you are home brother. Winterfell has been waiting for you." Bran said with a smile. Robb hugged him once more before moving to Rickon who looked at him with distrust.
"Rickon it is me Robb. Come over to me." Robb said and Rickon hid behind his mother who held him. It hurt Robb but Rickon was so young when he left. He even rufused to say goodbye.
"Come on Rickon it is your brother Robb. It is okay." Catelyn said and Rickon went over to hug him slowly. Rickon started to cry when he hugged Robb.
"It is okay Rickon. I am here and i am not leaving you anymore." Robb said trying to console his hysterical brother.
Out of the wheelhouse stepped Naida, she looked around her and was in awe at the sheer beauty of this place. She now knows why Robb and his family loved this place so much. It was so calm so peaceful so beautiful. She looked at Catelyn and she walked up to her and hugged the only woman who she considered mother. Both women cried at when they were in each others arms.
"I am so glad that you are finally here. So so glad." Catelyn said while still hugging a woman who she considered at daughter for a long time now.
"Thank you it was a long time coming but we finally made it." Naida said and looked at Catelyn who had a smile on her face and tears in her eyes. Catelyn let her go and went over to her handmaiden who was holding little Ned.
Naida went over to to hug the girls who were more beautiful then she remembered.
"You two look very good." Naida said looking at her sister.
"Well thank you i always knew i was a beauty." Arya said and acting like a lady. Sansa just shook her head at her sisters antics but she had a small smile.
"You look well also Naida. Glad to have you home." Sansa said and Naida pinched one of her rosy cheeks.
Robb stood over next to Naida and put his arms around her waist and looked at his brothers.
"This is my wife Naida, Naida those are my brothers Bran and Rickon." Naida smiled at the two boys who she heard a lot about. Bran return her smile.
"It is nice to meet you two. I heard a lot about you." Naida said.
"Welcome home Naida i hope you like Winterfell." Bran said. Rickon did not say anything but gave her a shy smile. Robb looked around his home and took a deep breath, now he was where he belonged to with the people he loved the most. He looked at Naida and gave her a small kiss.
"Welcome home my love." Robb said and Naida smiled at him.
"This is where our lives truly begin." Naida said and she looked around the courtyard and saw people who were coming over to see them. They all looked at them and began to chant: The King in the North! The King in the North! The King in the North!
Well and there is a wrap on my story. Everyone is happy and where they should be. Robb is happy with his family at Winterfell. The next chapter is the epilogue and there will be a chapter after that to give you an idea of what the sequel will be like. It had been a blast writing this story and such a pleasure. Your reviews gave me inspiration and even when i was a little blocked i always pulled through to give you a chapter. I hope that you enjoyed it as much as i did and thank you again for making the writing of this story so enjoyable.
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