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Sorry for keeping you waiting, my college classes begin… well, I began in October but my evaluations, the real thing, two weeks ago. So, I have barely time to write the story, and also I'm finishing another story, a Twilight fic in Spanish. Luckily, I have this story REALLY advance; to tell you the truth, I'm on the second book 'A Clash of Kings' or the second season of Game of Thrones. Of course, it all depends on you if I keep writing and updating the story. The only thing I have to do is correcting or adding certain details before updating.
Well, I don't bother you anymore, I know you are anxious. As always, I don't own A Song of Ice and Fire books and Game of Thrones show, except for my OCs and part of the story. English is my second (foreign) language, Spanish is my first. Sorry for the typos.
Enjoy!
Chapter 6
"You should train with me one last time. Please." Jon pleaded.
Yesterday, the next day of the King's feast, mother lectured me to let Jon sit on the royal table and shame the family, but my father didn't say anything to me about that. So, my father was on my side, but...
"I should act as a lady while the King is here, remember." I remind him.
"Please, Lily." Jon begged me using that sweet look of his when he wants to convince me.
Definitely, he is my weakness and I'm going to miss him for that…
"Fine, I will train with you." I agreed and he beamed with happiness. "But let me change first." I informed him. "I see you in the yard." I replied finally. Ghost was licking Luna's fur when Jon call him, he stopped and went to his master.
I take off my dress and change to a cotton shirt with a leather jerkin, some dark pants, and boots, and finally, I braided my long hair. Luna and I made our way to the yard.
Luna was my direwolf. That name was chosen because when she was under the sun, her grey and blue eyes became so colorful and bright, making an amazing contrast with her black coal fur. Like two moons in the dark night.
When I arrived in the yard, I've felt all the eyes of Winterfell over me, including the King, his family, and the Kingsguards.
"You came." Jon said near me, but then he gave me a half-smile and the happiness he had a few moments ago, disappear.
"What happened?" I ask him.
"I can't train with you while the royal princes are in the yard." He said disappointed.
"You will train with me, they like it or not." I muttered.
"I never thought you will practice while the King is here." Theon jested while I was getting nearer. "It wouldn't be me if I stop practicing." I replied to him. I look back at Jon. "Let me practice with those green boys a little while and I come for you." I jested and Jon smiled as he nodded.
I stepped closer to Ser Rodrik asking for a sword. "You shouldn't practice while the King is here, my lady."
"I'm only will practice this day, Ser. I want to take a good memory from here if I go to King's Landing." I told Ser Rodrik. For a moment, he was hesitating but finally, he gave me a sword with blunted edges.
"Are you sure about this?" Robb ask me worried.
"Yes, brother." I reply to him while I got myself in a combat position.
We began to practice swords and at the same time, I was telling Robb how to move or what he should do. "Don't focus on the offense, focus on your defense.", "You can move faster if you do this.", "Stop moving your sword like that, you'll get hurt." After some fights, I began with Theon, telling him the same things as Robb.
Bran was practicing with Prince Tommen (who was losing. Poor prince); Robb, Theon, Prince Joffrey and I take turns to practice –or I better say, Robb and Theon take turns to practice with me or Prince Joffrey, the Prince didn't dare to practice with me. When I saw Prince Joffrey fighting, definitely he IS a girl, he doesn't know how to fight, even Arya can defeat him. He should born as a woman.
I stopped fighting to give a turn to Robb and Theon. "You shouldn't be with your sisters, my lady?" Joffrey commented while he was getting nearer to me. I saw behind him as a shadow The Hound getting nearer too.
"I should, but I don't want to." I reply to him.
"Swordplay is not for ladies." Joffrey said.
"Your Grace, Northern women are very different from the South ones. On North, every man and woman is a useful hand to hold any weapon for the dark things that may come." I explain to Joffrey.
Prince Joffrey was about to reply but we heard a shout, we saw Prince Tommen on the ground moving like a turtle on its back and Bran ready to fight again as soon as he gets up. Ser Rodrik stopped the fight and ordered to other men to take off Tommen's armor. "Prince Joffrey, Robb, will you go another round?"
Robb made a step forward eagerly. "Gladly."
Joffrey moved forward with a bored look. "This is a game for children, Ser Rodrik." I rolled my eyes for his stupid comment.
Theon bark in laughter. "You are children." Theon said derisively.
"Robb may be a child, I am a prince." Joffrey said. "And I grow tired of swatting at Starks with a play sword."
"You got more swats than you gave, Joff." Robb said. "Are you afraid?"
"Oh, terrified." Joffrey said. "You're so much older." Some of the Lannister men laughed.
"But I have to inform you, my prince, that because of your height and body makes you look older." I pointed out. "You even look older than my brother Robb. So, there are more chances to defeat my brother, but what I could see…" I sighed before speaking again. "You need more practice. I can show you how, I don't have any problem with that." The Lannister man stopped laughing and Joffrey look at me with an annoying smirk.
"I saw you fighting, my lady. I should say you are not a good fighter. I recommend you to return to your lady activities." Commented Joffrey as Lannister men laughed again.
"Are you sure I'm bad at fighting swords? Or are you scared of me, Your Grace?" I defied him. "I have to remind you that your Lord Father at your age was a good fighter. You should do the same." I saw how my comment made him get furious.
"Come Tommen, leave the children to their frolics." He said bitterly, while he was leaving.
I look around and many people watched the show. Every look show surprise in their eyes, including my brothers, Arya, Theon, and Ser Rodrik.
"You can get killed for that." Commented Robb worried.
"I have to put him in his place to that Prince." I muttered. I saw Jon with Arya on the balcony. "Don't you think I've forgotten you. Come down." I jested to Jon and he smiled at me.
Once he was in the yard, he grabs a blunted sword. "Let us see if I finally can defeat you." I said while I was returning to my combat stance.
"I will not let you." He jested.
Both of us were faster, smart and good with the sword. Every time we practice, both of us teach Robb and Theon, and when we practice with them, most of the times we win, but when Jon and I practice there is no winner, ends in draw.
We began to move cautiously in circles, looking at each other to every movement we were doing. Until I decided to run towards Jon and throw the first blow; Jon dodge it and made a counterattack, which I could prevent it quickly.
Our swords were crashing over and over. Sometimes he falls to the ground and recover himself quickly and sometimes I fall to and recover myself quickly. We both laughing and exchanging opinions.
I knew we were making a show in the yard, because of the cheers and shouts fill the place. I didn't care if I had a disapproval look towards us or me, I was doing what I liked most with my brother and best-friend. I will miss doing this with him.
*.*.*.*
Just as I thought, my father accepted being the Hand of the King and Jon will join The Night's Watch, my family will get separated. Jon to The Wall; Father, my sisters, Bran and myself to King's Landing; Mother, Robb, and Rickon will stay in Winterfell. But the thing I didn't expect was my marriage with Jaime Lannister or Loras Tyrell.
"Why I have to marry a stranger, father?" I question him angry.
"I will not be able to be with you all the time with my duties as the Hand of the King, but under the protection of the King and myself, no harm befalls you." My father explained.
"You could come to me and have a proper discussion about my betrothals-"
"It would help me to sleep better knowing that you had the protection of, not just our house, but also House Baratheon and House Lannister or House Tyrell. Understand that the world is far more dangerous than you know and I am trying to protect you by doing the right decisions for you." He explained and I was still angry at him. He got nearer to me and put his hands over my shoulders. "King's Landing is full of politics and murders and mysteries, lies and secrets, I want to protect you from all that."
At the beginning, I didn't want to accept his decision by me getting married against my will, but once my anger was gone, I think better and I could understand him. He only wants to protect me under two important houses. He took the same decision for Sansa, my sister will get married to Prince Joffrey when both have the proper age. And with Arya, she will still learn the ways of the court until she became a lady and have the proper age to get married.
There is still time for my father to change his mind about my betrothals until we arrive at King's Landing. Meanwhile, I have to try to get along with 'Prince Charming', just in case. If I'm going to marry him (which is possible), I have to get my marriage tolerable.
The King wanted a wild boar for one last feast before leaving. Today was the hunt, I get up earlier and dressed quickly in clothes I use for practice swords and riding, I left Luna with Arya and I went to my father and the King for asking if I can join them. The King immediately accepted to join with them.
When the Southern men watched me, they were surprised and have confused looks, I just ignore them. I grab a sword and began to prepare my bow and arrow, and following my horse.
After I woke up in this world and recover myself, father went hunting a boar with my brothers and his men, I wanted to join them to experience that but father didn't want me to ride a horse again, not after my fall. But after pleaded so much he finally accepted with the condition to be close to him. Since that day, I love doing it and I'm good at finding preys.
"A hunt is not a place for a woman, my lady. It's a bloody sport." One of the Lannister guards said while he was playing with an apple.
Quickly, with my bow and an arrow, I shot to the apple. The man cried out, thinking that I tried to kill him, but he saw his apple pinned to one of the wooden columns of the stable. And I smirk at him.
"If anyone has any objection with my going on this hunt, I will go myself and leave you behind." I informed to all the men.
"Lady Lylian will join us, have you all got that?" The King's voice boomed and all the men silenced. "We need that skill of yours to find a good boar." He sentenced. I knew that besides of my good hunting skills, it was because I remember him of my aunt Lyanna. "Come on boys, let's go kill some boar!" the King announced and turn his horse towards the gates. "Lady Lylian, ride next to me."
I smiled at him for courtesy, but I was feeling bad because I wanted to ride with Jon and Robb, I want to enjoy with them the last hours before departing to different ways.
"So, your father told me you fall from a horse and lose your memory." Commented the King.
"Yes, that's right." I nodded. "But I'm fully recovered and little by little I'm remembering everything."
"You should stay near me to prevent any accident with your horse."
"Don't worry, Your Grace. Nothing will happen to me, I will be more careful." I smiled at him. I could see a glimpse of something in his eyes that I couldn't identify, but it was something good. "So, Your Grace, I've heard you were a great warrior in your youth."
"And still I am." He commented laughing.
The King kept me entertained with stories of his youth as a warrior. Also, he gave me compliments about my fighting skills, and he said the same thing as other people told me, if I were born as a man, he would give me a position on the Kingsguard.
When we get deeper into the Wolfswood, the hunt began. I decide to separate myself from the group and went on my own. According to my memories, I knew perfectly where the boars are. They were near the waterholes, one to the northwest and the other to the southeast, near a river. I decided to go to the closest one, the southeast.
Another thing I knew was that boars are very dangerous and territorial, so I have to attack them while I'm on my horse. However, the stags I have to attack them both on foot and by horse, quietly and quickly, stags are fast.
On my way to the southeast waterhole, I found a boar. Quickly, I aim to the animal and shoot, hitting on the head and soon as the big animal fall, I saw afar a stag and immediately I run with my horse to the animal and shoot.
Just at that moment when the arrow hit on the stag's head, I began to have headaches and flashes came to my mind.
…Bran was pushed by him through the window and the first episode ends when the boy gets to the ground.
"…he's an asshole. He killed a fucking kid, he throws Bran through the window." Commented Emma.
"I know he deserved to die and everything, I hate him too. I can't stand his arrogance." Supporting Emma's opinion. "But sadly, he has to do it. It was a royal matter."
"Why you have to be cold sometimes?" asked Emma as if I was crazy.
"Is not being cold, Emma. Is logic, is not convenient." I responded. Emma saw me even crazier. "I am surprised too. It's not common to see a kid being killed."
I come back to the present when I heard the galloping of horses coming closer. I turn around and the men were getting nearer to me. All the men stared at my preys. The King was beamed with pride along with my family, and the King's men, including Prince Joffrey, saw me with admiration and lust.
As a way to call my attention, two Lannister men dismounted from their horses and help me with the animals.
What was that thing I just saw?
Something will happen to Bran?
"Something wrong, Lily?" the voice made me flinch. I turn where the voice was and Jon look at me worried. When I was going to answer, we all began to hear the galloping of horses and we saw a raider come to us.
"Lord Stark! You have to come back to Winterfell." The rider said anxiously. "Bran fell from the tower…"
Bran… I just saw Bran falling from the tower…
