Author's Note:
I do not own Game of Thrones.
Rickon had got used to Robb being gone away. Sometimes he forgot his face. But now Father said Arya and Bran must go too, to foster with on Bear Island for a year. Mama cried and said he was sending all her children off to live with barbarians.
"They're not barbarians. They're my bannermen, and we–"
"Need to keep strong relations," Mama said. "You keep saying."
The Mormonts came to collect Arya and Bran, bringing with them a gaggle of children to accompany her back north, and for a few days Rickon's play group was huge. Little Lyanna Mormont peered about curiously and asked if the monsters were here, but the Stark children denied it.
Then they all left and it was just him and Meera and Wylla, until Jon and Sara and Cregan came to play.