Day 2: Crown of Winter
It had been a week since Arya had returned. Among the tearful hugs of reunion and Arya's disbelief that Jon was not only her cousin but her brother-in-law and her king too, Arya had brought forth Robb's loss crown.
"Before coming home, I stopped by the Riverlands, and that's when I encountered her", Arya then bit her lip before continuing, "It was our lady mother, I swear, she was a living corpse and I...I had to give her the gift of mercy."
"And in return, she gave me this crown", finished Arya and she proceeded to give Jon the crown. Nothing but silence followed afterwards, and only Jon's "Thank you, Arya" ended it.
Since then, the three Starks spent the whole week catching up with each other and telling their own stories that would rival those of Old Nan's.
Towards the end of the week, Jon found Sansa in front of the fireplace, embroidering direwolf designs on Arya's clothing.
"I have a surprise for you", Jon said with a smile.
Sansa looked up, Jon was wearing the crown that Arya brought him. The crown suits him well. Like a king from the songs. She then wondered what he had done to the old one.
"What's the surprise?", Sansa asked with her own smile, "What does my king have in store for me?"
"A surprise worthy for a queen. Come now and let me cover your eyes".
And so Jon put his hands over Sansa's eyes and lead her away.
A few minutes passed and Jon stopped walking. He took his hands of her eyes and there in front of Sansa, stood the smith with a crown in his hands. The crown had the black iron pikes in the form of swords and the bronze incised First Men runes of the Crown of Winter, but what really distinguished it from Jon's crown were the iron roses painted blue to resemble winter roses, located just below the swords and above the runes.
Sansa blinked, "This crown…"
"...is for you", finished Jon.
Jon then added, "When Arya gave me Robb's crown, I didn't want to throw away the one that the smith made for me. Arya also felt that such a crown shouldn't go to waste. So we both decided that it should be remodeled."
"If the king can have a crown, why not the queen?", Arya stated further. Sansa turned to her and realized she had been too distracted by the crown to notice Arya was with them.
Nonetheless, Sansa remained speechless and all her courtesies had gone, "Jon...Arya...thanks."
Jon laughed and gave Sansa another sweet smile while handing her the crown, "Try it on my queen. Let's not let the smith's work go to waste."