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An angry voice called out, "If you live that long!"

2 Jousting

I slowly turned to the voice, behind me stood, I guess this must be Rhaegar and a bunch of Kings Guards. Did those two go to Rhaegar and complain about me like spoiled kids?

I shrugged, "I can't see myself dying soon, Ser, in fact, I plan to live to a respectable age. But Ser, why are you angry at me? We never met before."

Princess Elia's voice came from behind me: "Lord Potter, you are speaking to my husband, Prince Rhaegar. Husband? Why are you mad at Lord Potter?"

Rhaegar glared at Elia, "This boy insulted the honor of the King's Guard. They demand satisfaction."

Elia frowned: "I did not hear any insult, Rhaegar. In fact, after every duel, he properly apologized for his taunts."

Hmm? I like her! She just made my list of people I want to save. To be honest, she is as pretty as Lyanna, even prettier if they were of the same age. Birthing two children left some marks on her health.

I took a small bow at Rhaegar and said: "Prince Rhaegar, I did explain my motives to my opponents during our bout. And as your lovely wife just said, I apologized afterward. Why are they still mad? Were some of my taunts too close at home? If they still want satisfaction, then I will be happy to face them in an Honor duel before the Stranger… until they are satisfied, or dead."

I turned to the King's Guard and asked: "Was it necessary to go crying to your boss like spoiled children after losing a fight? Is that your Honor, Sers? Who wants that satisfaction first? COME FORWARD!"

At the last line, I let my Dragon intimidation seep through.

Arthur Dayne stepped forward: "I demand Satisfaction!"

Selmy did too, "As will I, your foul mouth needs to be closed permanently."

I looked at the audience and spotted Ashara, I called out to her, "Lady Ashara? In how far can I damage your idiot brother without you getting angry at me?"

Ashara glared at her brother and said: "That fool needs a lesson, Lord Potter, but I love him, keep him alive, and don't cripple him please, although he deserves it."

Alright, she made my list too, if someone dares to rape this girl he will lose his pecker, among other body parts.

"Prince Rhaegar, I feel that this can not be stopped, so is it alright that I kill Ser Selmy first and beat some sense into Ser Dayne after?" I asked with a friendly voice, "Why do they want to let it escalate this way? It was just a friendly spar."

Rhaegar shook his head, "You made the challenge and they accepted it, boy. We settle this right here and now."

I shrugged, "If you say so, Prince Rhaegar. Let me first change my gear, I saw they brought their regular weapons, so I will do the same. Hermione, my Greeny please."

Hermione came with my Greeny, she handed the blade to me and said: "You could have kept this blade's name as Rhunon-Elda intended, you know. Greeny is an embarrassing name for a blade."

I took the blade out of its scabbard and studied it, "Why? That name Rhunon-Elda gave this blade was impossible to pronounce, Greeny works just fine for me."

Hermione rolled her eyes, "Whatever, don't drag this too long, we are hungry."

Selmy was listening to our conversation and got worried, this was not a taunt, this was indifference, they did not acknowledge his skill as something to be scared of.

I went to the center of the field, the spot where I kicked both their asses and called out: "Selmy the Nutless, you are first. That was what you were angry for, wasn't it? That I kicked you in the Nuts? Do you still want this to be to the Death?"

Selmy slowly entered the field and faced me, "I do, you fought without Honor and you insulted the King's Guard."

Softly, so only he could hear me I commented, "Can I insult a group of men that allows their Queen to be raped by a madman? No, Selmy, even maggots have more honor than you, spineless creeps. Tell the stranger I said hello."

I raised Greeny, pushed my Magic in it to activate my enchants, and waited on Selmy to make the first move. Selmy paled when I rubbed his face in his shame, guarding the door of the room where that mad King was brutalizing his wife was a sore spot, and I pointed it out to him.

I egged him on, "Come on, I haven't all day, the wives are hungry."

Selmy started his attack, waving his swords around to impress me… or to kill me, I am not so sure. I slashed out with Greeny, it went through Selmy's swords like a knife through butter I enchanted Greeny with a cutting spell that can go through everything. Speechless, he looked at the stumps in his hands, just the hilts and a few inches of steel.

I asked: "Do you want to die now? Or do you want another set of swords? How does your Honor feel now, Selmy? Is it still to the Death?"

Softly I asked: "Do you still want to guard that madman while he is raping his wife, Maggot? Yes, I know all about it, Do you want to die honorable or live as a spineless maggot?"

Selmy looked at me: "An honorable death, Lord Potter, if you allow me to get another set of swords."

I nodded, "Go get them, Ser Selmy."

Selmy returned with Valyrian swords, I bet he borrowed them from his friends. With renewed confidence he faced me again, when I nodded to signal I was ready, Selmy attacked. The man was skilled, I give him that, I had to use my Magic to save me from harm… don't judge! I am bloody seventeen and only started sword fighting as foreplay for Imira. As a thousand-plus-year-old High Elf, she got a kick out of it when she crossed blades with me and whooped my ass, the sex after our bout was steaming hot though. I never dared to ask her actual age, a thousand-plus was the closest she wanted to admit.

Two slashes later, Selmy's head rolled on the ground next to two broken Valyrian blades. Everyone was slack-jawed, they all expected a desperate battle, not two slashes to dispose of the best swordsman in Westeros.

I looked at Arthur Dayne and said, "You are in luck that your sister is friendly with my wives, Ser Dayne, I will have to get my Satisfaction by destroying your precious sword. Come forward, Ser Dayne."

Dayne got a determent look on his face, gripped his sword tight, and faced me: "You slandered the King's Guard and questioned my honor, I demand satisfaction, Ser."

I laughed: "Brave words from a man who knows his little sister just saved his life. Get on with it and if I were you, I would look at the books that describe what True Honor is."

Greeny made quick work of Arthur's Dawn, piece by piece Dawn got shorter, until only the hilt was in Arthur's hand, and the field was littered with what was left of his Great sword. Dayne looked fearful at my sword, his Valyrian sword was reputed to be the best in the world and yet a boy chopped it up as if it was made of paper.

I made two quick stabs at his upper arms and said: "That will be enough for today, don't you think? If you are convinced that Honor belongs to the better sword wielder… Ugh, why am I even trying."

I turned to Princess Elia, "My Princess, thank you for your kind words in my defense. Only your character shines more brightly than your beauty. Your husband is a fortunate man."

I looked at the King's Guards and said: "I'm willing to leave this as an isolated incident."

Lord Stark's voice boomed, "Enough of this! Remember that Lord Potter was my guest in the Seven-Sided-Melee as part of the North, are you willing to start a conflict? We all witnessed the fight and found no fault in it. I even heard worse insults on this field from others today. Now you lost one of your own over some imaginary insults."

He stood up, "Lord Potter, Your lovely wife said it all, we are hungry."

Xxxxx

In the dining tent, we celebrated our victory, first and third place was for the North, Selmy fought for the Stormlands and Dayne for Dorne, although I found that to be cheating, they were supposed to be impartial.

Brandon could not control his curiosity: "What is that sword made of, Ser Harold? It went through Valyrian steel like it was chopping wood."

"It was gifted to me by a group of people as a reward. It was made by a legendary female blacksmith centuries ago. Those people bonded that blade to me, only I can wield it, others that try to steal it won't survive the attempt." I explained.

It is true, we spelled our swords so if any other than us take the hilt in his hand will get zapped. Ashara joined us at the table next to my wives, "Thank you for sparing my brother's life, Ser Harold, I am in your debt."

I shook my head, "No, you're not, Lady Ashara. My wives are enjoying your company and would be upset if I killed your brother. It would cause you to stop visiting, they value your friendship highly."

Hermione commented: "He is right, Lady Ashara, we don't have many friends and treasure the ones we have."

She turned to Lyanna: "As we treasure yours and your handmaiden's friendship, Lady Lyanna, you made us feel welcome."

Daphne added, "Lady Ashara if your brother collects all the pieces of his sword, I can make it whole again. Only if every last piece is there or it won't work."

Ashara froze up for a moment and rushed outside.

Lyanna asked: "Can you do such a thing, Lady Daphne? Only a few Blacksmiths are skilled enough to work on valyrian steel."

Daphne nodded, "It is not that hard, we all can do that, it is a secret technique that is passed down to our families."

Lord Stark asked me: "Another skill of yours, Lord Potter? You are full of surprises. I wonder why we never heard of you before."

I smiled and answered softly: "Maybe someday you get to hear the whole story, Lord Stark, it is too soon now. Some secrets are meant to be kept."

After ten minutes, Ashara came back with a bag filled with sword parts, "My Brother said he collected every piece, I will be grateful if you can restore Dawn."

Daphne took the parts and went into our tent, Luna stopped Ashara and Lyanna from following, "She needs to be alone to do this. I hope you understand."

Daphne is a bit of a drama Queen, all kinds of sounds came out of the tent for an hour, when it finally got quiet, Daphne came out with a fully restored Dawn, she presented it to Ashara and said: "It is done, I made the blade a bit stronger, Harry's Greeny will have a harder time cutting it from now on."

I protested, "Hey which side are you on? What if I have to face that fool again?"

Ashara said: "He will not, he has to take a vow before I give him Dawn back, Ser Harold."

Lord Stark asked, "Lady Ashara? May I inspect that sword?"

Lord Stark tried to detect the cuts I made, "Remarkable, not a trace of damage to be found, it is as if it was brand new. I am impressed Lady Daphne, you are very skilled."

The North celebrated the victory, I finally strong-armed the sobering Spell from Madam Bones away and regularly dispelled the alcohol from my body. I doubt these people would appreciate a good orgy anyway.

Xxxxx

That night we went over our options again, I said: "If we are going to reveal our Magic skills, then we have to settle in the North, the other regions are influenced by the Faith of the Seven, we would have to watch our back every minute."

Susan pointed out: "Then we have to give them Village Trunks, Lord Stark was drooling all over the one we showed. possibly for every Lord of the North, that are plenty of Trunks, Harry. They have to be maintained regularly when they are being used for food production. the water level will drop rapidly, so we need a bigger lake and a place close to a stream for refilling."

Hermione agreed, "That will keep us busy all year round unless we train some locals. That will cause its own set of troubles."

Daphne added, "Our new home must be easily defendable, once we show our Dragon Animagus, some will send assassins or armies to dispose of us."

Luna closed her eyes, "It is difficult to see a clear path, it is in the Noth, but there are too many directions our future can go into, each with its own hazards. A big part will be defined at the Joust. that is all I can see, the Stranger is blocking most of my sight."

I sighed: "Then we will take it a day at a time, we settle in the North somewhere. There are several options to choose from, but we have to see them first to decide. Enough with the serious talk, I need to have some pussy on my Dong and some lips on mine."

Xxxxx

The next day started with a buzz, the rumor that Barristan Selmy was killed in an honor duel got around like wildfire. The King was not happy that I killed Selmy until he heard Rhaegar was involved, then he blamed Rhaegar. Meh, both are batshit crazy.

I bet Lord Stark was secretly pleased that the King's Guards were taken down from their high horse, and shown that they are not unbeatable. Keeping me as a friend is important to him I noticed that after Daphne repaired Dawn, we became even more valuable to him.

The Joust was all that was left, I changed canon already, Jaime Lannister was not a King's Guard yet and is competing in the Joust. The Stag was out, permanently. His hand is only going to be able to hold his wine cup, and his other arm has problems holding anything heavier than a whine bottle. For now, he is being tended by the Maesters. Maybe it is time for Stannis to be the next Storm Lord… I just know the right Spell for it, the poor bloke will drink himself into an early grave in a few months.

We watched the Joust, it was impressive when a knight fell off his horse, which could be compared to a car crash, The Blacksmiths have plenty of work to do, denting the armor back in shape was not easy and expensive.

Who are we going to let poke Rhaegar from his horse? Ah! The Bronze Knight Royce will do. A few spells later, Rhaegar made a nasty tumble, I think he broke something inside. I bet there will be some complications in his recovery, I am certain that he will walk with a limp, probably needing a cane… Yeah, probably.

The Mad King was cackling with joy… now that I am at it, why not go all the way? He does look a bit sick, brain damage perhaps? That should be a fitting ending. With those three players out of the way… there are going to be plenty more of those. Crap.

The Joust lasted for a couple of days, I placed a bet on Royce the first day, and made sure… I cheered him on when he was beating his opponents, Brandon got his ass kicked by him too.

Every evening Ashara joined us at our table, we shared our food with the Starks and had some exotic dishes on the table for Lyanna and Ashara to enjoy. On one of those evenings Daphne gave Ashara a vial, "Lady Ashara, let Princess Elia drink this and tell her to get another Maester. The one that is treating her has not her best interest in mind."

She whispered in her ears: "The stuff the Maester is feeding her is bad for the baby and makes her weak. This will eject all the poison from her body through her bowels and skin, keep a chamberpot and a bathtub ready, Lady Ashara. Have no fear, our husband likes your Princess, she spoke up for him at the Melee and he feels it should be rewarded."

When Ashara left, I pulled with my Magic the small boy that was hiding under the table closer, "What do we have here? A small bird from Varys? Open up boy, ah, no tongue. Let's see what is on your mind… ten of you are here? We can't have that. Stay still for a bit… and done. Here boy, give each of your friends one of these silver coins, they deserve that."

That took care of the birds, they will ignore me and the wives completely, Varys is not a fan of Magic, and we need to stay under his radar for a bit longer.

Where were we? Ah, letting Royce… cheering Royce to victory. The King's Guard got their asses kicked, yes, I am that petty. Jaime? Meh, that piece of shit got seriously dented, ribs cracked, a bit of spine damage… it was a very nasty fall.

People will call it the Tournament of Doom, Rhaegar, Selmy, The Stag, Young Lannister, all of them had incurable damage, Dayne got his ass kicked by a young Noble, and the King got sick after he returned from Harrenhall. What did I forget? Ah! Daenerys, she will not see the light I am afraid, the King will kick the bucket long before that.

Xxxxx

Royce won the Joust and made me a bit of money. We transfigured our Galleons into Dragons, and Sickles into Stags. Cheating you say? That is only if you get caught. The victory party was a bit subdued by all the accidents, I made several thousands of Dragons and paid for the after-party.

I woke up in my bed with… five? WTF? How did Ashara end up here? I poked Hermione and asked: "What did we do? Weren't we supposed to guard her maidenhood instead of taking it? More importantly, who canceled my sobering spell? What happened with 'Don't sweet talk them in our bed'?"

Ashara heard my question and said: "It was of my own choice, Harry. Daphne restored Dawn, she gave the cure for Princess Elia, You spared my brother's life, my Maidenhood is a small price to pay. We in Dorne are not that focused on that anyway. You made my first time unforgettable. It made me regret not doing it sooner. Tomorrow we leave for Kings Landing."

With a wave of my hand I made sure there were no kids made last night, Daphne woke up and heard the last words of Ashara, "We had fun too, Ashara whenever you want to join us, you are welcome. We already showed some of our secrets.."

That was when I noticed we were in one of the Mansions of our trunks, I groaned, she is loyal to Elia and surely will tattle on us. It got worse, one of Lyanna's Handmaidens came into our bedroom and asked, "Lady Hermione? Are there more towels? Oh good morning Ser. Thank you for your hospitality."

Whut? Daphne stood up and went butt naked to a closet and handed a stack of towels to the girl. At my look, she shrugged: "She saw me naked a few times when we showered on the way here, it is no big deal."

It got me a boner though, Daphne is a 19 on a scale of 10 and she knows it. Susan, Luna, and Hermione are close too, 18 on a scale of 10 in my opinion, Ashara is way up there too. Susan saw the boner and straddled me, "We are not done yet, Harry, get ready for round two."

Xxxxx

I bet we gave a lot of pointers to the Stark girls. An hour later, a well shagged Ashara ate breakfast with us and the Starks in the Stark's private tent. Lyanna was gushing over the mansion and the wonders in it: "It can not compare with anything Father, warm water at a turn of a handle, life-size mirrors, lights, a bed so soft and comfortable that you want to lay in it for hours, it was incredible, Thank you for inviting me, Lady Hermione."

Hermione chuckled: "It was Luna suggesting it Lady Lyanna. She said it would be a night to remember for the rest of your life."

Ashara nodded: "Just seeing the inside of that trunk made it unforgettable for me."

Lord Stark asked me: "What are your plans now, Lord Potter? Can we invite you for a visit to the North? If it lands you are after, we have plenty of lands that need a new Lord, I am certain we can come to some kind of agreement."

I looked at the girls, Daphne said: "We said that we wanted to settle in Westeros, and the North seems not to have problems with us compared to the Faith of the Seven in the other lands."

Hermione nodded: "The North has my vote."

Susan shrugged, "As long as we are with Harry we are happy."

Luna said: "We will, where ever we end up."

"You will love the North," said Benjen, "There is a lot of territory that needs a new Lord, as Father said, I am sure we will come to an agreement."

"You have to visit Winterfell first, Mother will surely love to meet you," commented Brandon.

I said: "Alright, we will visit Winterfell and see what the North has to offer us."

Lord Stark smiled: "You will not be disappointed, Ser Harold. If you follow me, I'll introduce you as a possible peer to the other Lords, a lot of them had questions about you. Your duels with Selmy and Dayne gathered their respect, I doubt one will oppose you joining the North."

We spend the day socializing with the Lords, they are a bit weary of me, being good with swords is not a good enough reason to get a slab of land. So they kept their reservations for themselves.

Xxxxx

We spend the last night in our Mansion with Ashara in our bed, with the Stark girls in the room next to ours. Ashara got the main attention until she almost passed out. A pepper-up potion made her ready for another round. Magic rules!

At last, she sighed: "I wish I could come with you."

Hermione comforted her, "We will keep in contact, Ashara, we prepared some presents for you that will allow you to have a conversation with us. And some trinkets that will keep you safe."

In the morning, Hermione presented Ashara with a small Dragon Leather bag. With a drop of blood the bag was bound to Ashara, Hermione explained: "This is a bottomless bag, we put some stuff in it, five Vials with the antidote for your Princess; when someone else opens this bag, they will see a normal bag with the usual items for females, only for you will the bottomless bag open."

Susan gave her gift: "This golden bracelet is enchanted with a locator. If your stress levels are too high it will alert us and we will come to you, wherever you are. It has other features too."

Daphne presented a Journal and a ballpoint: "With this, you can write to us, we have its twin and we can write back. When the book is closed, the writing will disappear."

Luna gave her present: "This is a two-way mirror. Use it only when you are certain you are alone and can't be heard."

My present to Ashara was a ring, I explained: "This ring will be invisible to others, if you are in trouble and there is no way out, turn it three times and you will travel to us. It has a range of 8000 miles, so it will cover Westeros and a big part of Essos."

Speechless, she looked at the gifts, Hermione hugged her, "You are one of us now, Ashara, we take care of our own."

Xxxxx

We said our goodbyes and left Harrenhall, the Stark hosts kept together, on the second night, we showed the Lords our Manor trunk, we kept the four others a secret for now.

Lord Stark explained the benefits, "With these trunks, we won't depend that much on the Riverlands and the Reach, managed properly, it can let you harvest all year round it will let us survive the harshest Winters."

Bolton asked, "What is the catch? There is no such thing as a free meal. A Lordship is hardly enough for these boxes if every Lord is to get one."

Hermione spoke up: "An alliance. Mutual aid when in trouble, and no comments on our marriage situation." she looked at every Lord and continued, "As you have guessed we are Magicians, these trunks are only a small part of what we are capable of. We also know new ways of farming and commerce. We know better ship models and new ways to navigate the oceans."

I raised a stone wall with a wave of my hand, "We can build in hours that others need months to do. What we need is a safe place to raise our children without getting stabbed in the back. As you said, Lord Bolton, it is not a free meal. Every Lord that has a child on their land that has Magic, be it for warging or Greenseer has to send them to us for training. That way we don't need to travel all over the North to maintain the Trunks."

It will take some time, but with these, our reputation will soar, Magic will be more accepted in the North, which will be important for the kids, more so when they will find out about our animagus. We are still young, so our dragons are not impressive enough. For now, we need the North, even that creep Bolton.

We passed the Twins, Walder Frey was his usual bright personality and offered to take some of my wives over, a week after our visit, five persons paid a visit to the Freys, after looting every coin, the twin castles were burned down to a crisp. We had perfect alibis, of course, we didn't leave our tent all night.

We arrived at Moat Cailin and surveyed the lands and the ruins. Luna commented: "This has promise, we can repair this easily, we can even dig a channel to the sea and have a harbor here, that will also drain some of the swamps."

Hermione nodded, "You are right, Luna, it is easily defendable too, let's keep this one in mind, we still have to visit the rest of the North."

One by one the Lords split to travel to their lands. I bet the Three-eyed Raven has a nervous breakdown, our trunks and bodies are protected against scrying and Magic interference, any animal that came too close lost his connection with the Warg.

Xxxxx

We finally arrived at Winterfell, in his Solar, Lord Stark offered bread and salt and offered his hospitality, "We traveled many weeks together and we profited from your skills, be our honored guests for as long as you want. Now, meet my lovely wife Lyara. Lyara, these are Lord Potter with his wives Hermione, Susan, Luna, and Daphne. They will be our honored guests for the next couple of months."

While Hermione completed the greeting ceremony with Lady Stark, I said to Lord Stark: "I am afraid we don't have that long, Lord Stark, soon it will be winter, so we need to prepare."

Lady Stark interrupted, "That can't be, it just turned to Spring, a winter that fast will be devastating."

I nodded, "And yet it will happen. You better buy food from the Reach and Riverlands now that they think summer is coming, they will sell it cheaper to get rid of their old stock."

That was something I remember, the Tournament happened in the year of the false spring. So I guess another winter will cause a famine in the North.

Lord Stark asked: "Are you certain another winter will come? We can not afford to buy food when we don't need it, we are on a tight budget as it is."

I nodded, "I am certain, that winter will give the Riverlands the leverage to force an engagement between your oldest and what was her name again… Catelyn Tully. That will sour the relationship with the Ryswells, on our trip here I heard Brandon talk about Lady Barbrey, they are sweet on each other and went all the way, if you know what I mean. That will be messy, isn't it? Wait, this is what we propose, if the winter doesn't come, I will carry the cost of the food you bought."

Lady Stark groaned: "That is exactly what will happen, Ricard, Old Hoster started to promote his daughters already. With a new winter, they have a knife at our throat, if Brandon sullied Barbrey, that will cause us a lot of problems in the long run."

Susan added: "With a Tully as Lady Stark, the Seven have a foot in the door, raising Starks devoted to the Seven will convert the North or cause a civil war, either way, the Seven will win."

Lord Stark looked surprised: "I haven't taught of that, it is certainly possible that it would happen that way." Lord Stark made his mind up and said, "I will take you up on your offer, Lord Potter. If Winter comes, you can have Moat Cailin. Lyanna told me you were interested. Normally we won't give such a strategic position to a new Lord, but if the winter you predicted comes, you helped us more than we can repay."

Daphne chuckled: "Don't worry, Lord Stark, we will think of something."