The Kingsroad:

I decided to rewrite the ending of this chapter because I think I may have rushed it a bit.

As soon as the King and the royal party heard about Bran's fall, they immediately road back to Winterfell. Martin was in shock as he knew that Bran climbed all the time and he never fell, he was thankful that Alessia had been able to catch him otherwise he would be in worse condition. Bran was unconscious but alive, Martin sent Colette to assist Maester Luwin with trying to care for Bran. Master Luwin was an old man but he had been the Maester of Winterfell for years. Luwin was also one of the few masters to have the Valyrian steel link on his Maester chain which meant he studies magic and the occult, a study which most Maesters frowned upon, only one master in a hundred had the Valyrian Steel Link. Colette was a good healer but for something like this, she suggested that Dancia would be better so Martin sent word to the Temple of Kynareth to send for Dancia, she arrived quickly and was able to give her results.

Eddard and Catelyn were inside Bran's bedroom with Dancia and Luwin; they just finished checking over Bran. "Well the good news is that Bran will be okay" Luwin said
"We're lucky that Princess Alessia was able t catch him otherwise it would have been worse. He won't be crippled, thank the Gods, although because of his head injury he will likely not remember what happened. He will soon make a full recovery over time but he will need help to get the strength back in his legs as his legs will be quite weak."

Catalyn and Eddard sighed in relief that Bran was going to be okay. The Stark other Stark children were with them in order to hear the news of Bran. Rickon and Arya had been in tears when they heard about Bran's fall, Sansa was in shock while Robb and Jon were scared but now all their fears were gone. Martin and Alessia had joined them as many of them were thankful for Alessia for saving Bran. When they heard the good news, Arya hugged Alessia to say thank you and Catelyn went inside to see her son, the other members of the Stark family followed while Martin and Alessia left to give the Starks some time alone.

The next day, Alessia went off to find Myrcella and Tommen and was amused to find uncle Tyrion sleeping in the Kennels with the dogs. Alessia chuckled at this and Tyrion groaned as got up. "Had a nice sleep with the dogs' uncle" Alessia joked
Tyrion was not amused "Well, with Bran's fall I must have gotten drunk again. Anyway, people are saying that you're a hero for catching Bran."
"I was only trying to do good thing." Alessia said.

"The Stark boy is a fool, he shouldn't be climbing up those walls in the first place" came a voice and Alessia groaned to see Joffrey coming over with a smug look on his face.
"Have you seen Lady Stark and said how sorry you are about her son?" Tyrion asked.

"The Stark boys means nothing to me" Joffrey laughed "I can't stand the wailing of women, besides she should have looked after her son better, she's a poor mother." Joffrey was awarded with a hard slap from Alessia and Joffrey stared in shock
"Say something like that again, and I'll hit you again." Alessia growled
"I'm telling mother!" Joffrey cried and was awarded with a slap from Tyrion.
"Go on tell her" Tyrion spat "But first you will see Lord and Lady Stark, you will go on your knees and say how very sorry you are."
"You can't!" Joffrey roared and then someone tapped his shoulders, Joffrey turned around to see an angry Martin who then punched him hard on the face.
"You will!" Martin growled "And I don't care if you're the crown prince, it's high time that this reckless and sadistic behaviour stops brother! I'm fed up with you always complaining. You will go to Lady Stark and apologize, and if you do one more rude act like this, then you can walk with the soldiers back to King's Landing and I don't care what mother says because she coddles you too much."

Joffrey just glared and then stormed off with his sworn shield, Sandor Clegane, known as the hound. "The prince will remember that" Sandor said
"I hope so" Tyrion said "Would you be a good dog and remind him."

Tyrion then walked inside to the Great Hall of Winterfell where his siblings, his niece and nephew were sitting. Martin came with him "Look out Tommen" Tommen giggled as Martin picked him up playfully and sat him beside him. Tyrion joined the table as well.

"Beloved Siblings" Tyrion said simply.
"Uncle Jaime, mother" Martin added
Myrcella was sitting next to Tommen and she looked at Martin "Is Bran going to be alright, people are calling Alessia a hero."
"Thanks to Alessia, Bran will be fine" Martin said "Dancia and Luwin said that he will be all right but he will likely not remember what happened. At least he won't be crippled though he will have to regain the strength in his legs."

"I heard you're planning to go to the wall brother" Jaime said to Tyrion "Not thinking about taking the Black are you" Martin and all his siblings stared at Tyrion.
"No, the whores from Dorne to Casterly Rock would cry if I did that" Tyrion laughed "I'm just going to take a look at the wall, then climb up to the top so I can piss at the top of the world." Myrcella and Tommen giggled while Cersei glared
"The Children shouldn't hear that filth, come along now!" she spat.
As they left, Myrcella looked at Martin "Keep an eye of Septa Mordane" she said "I don't like her." She whispered

Essos, The Dothraki Sea.

Daenerys Targaryen rode on the beautiful white mare which her husband, Khal Drogo had gotten her for the wedding. To her shock, Drogo was not as violent and aggressive as she thought she was going to be. Drogo had been gentle towards her at the bedding and he had dried her tears when she started to cry. Now Drogo and his hoard were riding towards Vaes Dothrak, the city of horses and they most sacred place to the Dothraki. Dany rode alongside Ser Jorah Mormont who had sworn himself to Dany at the wedding feast and had gifted her several books on Westerosi history. She had also been gifted with three large Dragon eggs from the Shadow lands. One black egg, one green and the third a whitey gold colour. Her brother liked the eggs as he believed that he was a dragon in human form.

As they were going along the road, she saw the other members of the Dothraki hoard using sticks t hit the slaves. To the Dothraki, if you were walking, then you were beneath them. Dany wished she could stop them; she needed to get away from this. Daenerys thought she saw something nearby "I think I'm going to go over there."
"Be careful" Jorah added as she rode off

Daenerys rode ahead until she was in a clearing from the tall grass like bushes she had been riding in. She needed some time to think. Viserys had sold her off to the Dothraki so he could have an army. He was now complaining that Drogo was leading his army the wrong way. They were heading East instead of West. Daenerys groaned, if her brother wasn't careful, he would get himself killed. Ever since the death of Wilhelm Darry, the two of them had been wandering around the free cities and people often mocked Viserys as the begger king. One time, they had dined with the Golden company, one of the best sellsword companies in Essos, the Golden Company had been the soldiers that the Blackfryes used during their rebellions and now they were a disciplined fighting force. Viserys hoped that he could convince them to invade Westeos, but their leader was a member of house Toyne who had lost his family power and seat thanks to the Targaryens and the leader had laughed in their face. The two of them even had to resort to selling their belongings just to stay alive, even their mother's crown. And then Viserys had used the money for pleasure and left her in the streets.

Daenerys soon found something she did not expect, it was a small wooden house. Dany didn't think that anyone would live this far from the Free Cities as Essos was a dangerous place and outlaws, slavers and Sellswords looking for easy money were able to attack and loot places. Dany knocked on the door several times. "Hello" she said "Anyone home?" There was no answer, Dany knew that he should just leave now before someone saw her but something told her that she should go in. She gave into her feelings and she slowly pushed the door open. The house was just one large room with a small bed and dresser at one corner of the house and several barrels of food and a small cooking fire. What the house had a lot of were books. There was a large bookshelf filled with books and many of them looked well read. There was a large table with pieces of parchment and a quill and ink set. Dany looked at the books and she was shocked to see that many of them were about the Dragons. Some were in a language that she didn't recognise. Whoever lived here must have been some kind of Scholar. Dany then saw something else on the table. Dany managed to get a look and there seemed to be some kind of bones and scales as well as a dagger made of a orangey yellow metal with a curved blade. Dany then saw that the bones were not of any animal she had seen. She then widened her eyes when she saw the book that was open on the table, the book showed all of the bones of the Dragons, the bones were dragon bones.

"It never hurts to be curious young lady" Dany jumped when she heard a voice "Oh it's okay, there's no need to be scared."
"I'm sorry sir" Dany apologized "I didn't mean to intrude in your home."
"It's perfectly alright." The man said "I don't tend to get many visitors here." Dany now got a better look at the man, he wore a dark blue hooded robe so Dany couldn't see much of his face though Dany could see that he had a shaved face. "Oh maybe I should introduce myself, the name's Farangar, Farangar Secret Fire."

As soon as Dany heard that name, her eyes widened "That was the name if the author of the book she had been reading about the Dragons. "So you wrote the book about the Dragons?" Dany asked
"Ah, I see you've read my books then" Farangar said "I've travelled all over the world in search of history about the Dragons. I collected books written by the Freehold to learn information. But I always found the remains of Dragons fascinating. In fact, buried right below us are the remains of an ancient Dragon that died thousands of years ago. I been doing studies on this place to learn more."

Dany was fascinated with Farangar's story, she then looked at the dagger "What's with this strange dagger?" she asked
"Ah, that my dear girl I had to get the help of the Blades Sellsword Company to get. That is the dagger belonging to the Dragon Priests."
"The Dragon Priests?" Dany questioned
"There was a time when mortals worshipped the Dragons as gods. The Dragon cults gave their priests special masks. These cults were all whipped out and the remains of the temples were lost. I was able to uncover the location of one, Ragnvald, the home of Otar the Mad. I couldn't go in alone so I got the help of the Sellswords in order to get what I needed. The Dagger became an excellent part of my research and I was able to get Otar's mask as well." Farangar then pulled out a strange looking mask which seemed to be a green colour, the mask almost looked like armour and was indeed powerful."

"Are there anymore of those Masks?" Dany asked
"Only the strongest priests had the masks. But most of the locations have been lost. There is only one other location I know of. Forelhost, the home of the dragon priest Rahgot and where the final battle against the dragon cult took place. The only problem is that the location is way beyond the Wall in Westeros. But there is so much history there, that was where the ancient general, Harald was able to defeat the last remains of the Dragon Cult and then he went on to become a legand even today in Windhelm where the Stormcloak family claim descend from this warrior."

Dany was fascinated by Farangar "I wish I could stay with you, I could learn so much."
"Well you can't stay here but I could come with you." Farangar suggested.

Winterfell, the day the King leaves:

Back in Winterfell, King Robert was preparing to leave that day, Eddard Stark had agreed to become Hand of the King and now he was bringing his daughters with him and Robb would be staying in Winterfell as acting Lord of Winterfell. Jon was planning to come with them so he could travel to Fort Dawnguard and join the Dawnguard, he would be travelling with Tyrion and Gunmar who was returning to Fort Dawnguard. But before Jon left, he had one last thing he wanted to give to Arya. He and Arya had always been close, maybe it was because Arya was rebellious and refused to be a lady much to her mother's irritation. Jon was at the Blacksmith of Winterfell, Mikken. Mikken was forging a small sword he could give as a gift to Arya before he left. It was then that Martin's uncle, Jaime Lannister came to him.

"A Sword for the Wall?" he asked
"I already have one" Jon said as he turned "And I plan to join the Dawnguard instead."
"Good man" Jaime added "Have you swung it yet?"
"Of course I have." Jon replied
"At someone I meant" Jaime corrected "Fighting a man for real is different than in training as they will be trying to kill you. It's a strange thing when you first cut a man, you realise that we're nothing more but sacks of flesh and blood and some bone to keep it all standing"
Jon stared at him as he walked away.

After Arya's gift was finished, Jon thanked Mikken and he went to Arya's room where she could she a frustrated Arya trying to stuff her clothes into her bag. She looked at Jon when he came in and she explained to him. "Septa Mordane says I have to do it again. 'Your things aren't propely folded' she says. Who cares how their folded it's not like the Queen's going to look through my things and they're going to get all messed up anyway."

Jon looked at Arya's Direwolf Nymeria who was nearby "It good to see you've got help."
Arya smirked "Watch this. Nymeria, gloves." Nymeria didn't move and just stared at Arya.
Jon smirked "Impressive."
"Shut up" Arya growled "Nymeria, gloves." Nymeria tilted her head to the side hand winced Jon spoke up "I have something for you and it must be packed very carefully. Close the door."

Arya did and then Jon set the sword down on Arya's bed and he unwrapped the cloth that it was in. Then he showed the sword to Arya who grinned like she had just received the best birthday present ever. "This is not a toy." Jon warned and then he pulled the sword from the scabbard and then he handed it to Arya "Be careful you don't cut yourself."

Arya grinned and then she held the sword in her hands "It's so skinny."
"So are you" Jon replied "I had the Blacksmith make it for you. If you want to be any good with swords you must practise. Here's the first thing, stick them with the pointy end." Arya smiled and then he tried to hug Jon. "Careful." Arya still had the sword in her hands.

Arya placed the sword on the table and then she wrapped her hands around Jon "I'm going to miss you when I go South. Sansa can keep her needles, I have a needle of my own."

Later, the king and the royal party rode out of Winterfell with Lord Stark and his party in tow, Martin road near the back with his Blades as he wanted to stay away from Joffrey. There had been an argument between him and mother before they left.

Flashback

Martin was preparing to mount his horse and he brought Storm with him when he heard Storm growling. When he turned to see why Storm was growling, he saw his mother walking towards him. "Oh what is it." Martin groaned
"Son, I would like a word with you." Cersei said
"If it's because you want me to apologize to Joffrey for slapping him before, you can forget it. I had it with his behaviour."
"He's the future King." Cersei said
"That doesn't give him the right to do whatever he likes." Martin argued "I had enough of him getting away with everything. If he does one more stupid action, then there will be consequences. I mean it."
"You should still give him some respect." Cersei added
"Respect?" Martin spat "He thinks that everyone should respect him."
"Well they should, he the future King." Cersei said
"Respect is earned, not given; all he's ever done is complain while I have been doing something. Maybe if you stopped coddling him all the time he would stop this behaviour. I don't have time for this; let this be a warning to you." Martin said and then he walked away.

Later:

As the party travelled south, they decided to stop for a while and Robert and Eddard decided to speak together. "Gods this is country." Robert said as he finished pissing on a tree and he sat down with Eddard at a small table where a feast had been set up "I've half a mind to leave them all behind and keep going."
"I've half a mind to go with you." Eddard added
Robert laughed "What say you, the two of us riding through the hills, swords at our side and a few tavern wenches to warm our beds."
"You should have asked me 20 years ago." Eddard said
"We had jobs to do Ned." Robert said "Women to marry. Trust me that's not the worst of it." He pulled out a letter "There was a rider in the night."

Eddard read the letter and narrowed his eyes "Daenerys Targaryen has wed some Dothraki horselord what of it." He said "Should we send her a wedding gift."
"A knife prehapes a good sharp one and a bold man to wield it." Robert said grimly.
"She's little more than a child" Eddard insistend
"Soon enough that child will spread her legs and start breeding." Robert added
Eddard glared "Tell me we're speaking of this." Eddard hissed

"Oh it's unspeakable!" Robert hissed "What her father did to your father, that was unspeakable, what Rhagar Targaryen did to your sister, the woman I loved. I'll kill every Targaryen I get my hands on."
"And what would your son think" Eddard added "Martin told me that he hates child abuse and rape. What did he think about whe Gregor Clegane and Amory Lorch murdered Elia Martell and her children."
"That was one thing he never talked to me about" Robert said "But I didn't do it."
"No" came the voice of Martin who was standing nearby "You didn't order it, but you didn't punish them either, if it were up to me, Clegane and Lorch would die horrible deaths and I would make sure they screamed. They're no better than that Graverobber or abusive old woman." Robert knew who Martin was speaking about but then Martin just turned around and left.

The North

Jon was sitting next to Tyrion Lannister as they sat with Gunmar and several Night's Watch members who dragged several men with their hands tied up "Ah rapists, they were given a choice, castration or the Wall, most choose the knife." He then saw Jon's look "You glad you chose the Dawnguard now then. The Watch, you swap your old family for a new one."
"The Watch isn't a family" Gunmar said "Most of them are just criminals escaping a crime. Only a few like Lord Commander Mormont and your uncle Benjen are good men. There are some skilled men like the Master of Arms Ser Alliser but he just bullies recruits but he is a loyal man to the Watch."

The hooded woman who had come with them to Winterfell was with them "There was a time when the Watch was an honour where lower sons in families could gain some honour but now no one sees that the Watch is needed and it's become a dumping ground for criminals." She said

Jon sighed, if the Watch was like this, what would the Dawnguard be like."

Winterfell

Back at Winterfell, Robb as acting lord was having problems. Lord Poole, Winterfell's steward had gone south with Lord Stark, the royal visit had cost them a fortune and now they needed someone to be able to see how much money was spent. But Bran was still unconscious and Catelyn was still at his bedside, Robb came into the room to talk to her
"Mother, Bran is not going to die, Maester Luwin and Dancia say that they're going to be alright."
"But what if they're wrong." Catelyn said "Bran need me."
"Bran's not your only son, Rickon needs you" Robb said "He's six, he doesn't know what's happening, Father and his sisters have gone, his mother is in here, I'm busy and Bran's here. He follows me around all day clutching my leg, crying, crying for you."
Then there was the barking of Winterfell's hunting hounds as well as Grey Wind and Shaggydog, these barks were annoying Catelyn "Close the Window I can't stand that racket, please make them stop."

Robb looked out of the window where the dogs were barking, then his eyes widened with fear as he saw why the dogs were barking "Fire!" he said shocked and Catelyn stared at him "You stay here I'll come right back." Robb added and then he ran out of the room. Catelyn then got up from the chair she was sitting on and walked over to the window where she saw that there was indeed a fire in the courtyard.

However, she didn't she a ragged man appear behind her "You're not supposed to be here" the man hissed and Cat turned around "No one's supposed to be here." The man drew a dagger "It's a mercy. He'll die anyway." Catelyn knew that this man was here to murder Bran.
"No!" Cat yelled and he launched herself at the man and tried to stop him. But the man grabbed her mouth only for Cat to bite him and then the man growled and threw her aside and went for Bran again. But there was a loud growl as Bran's Direwolf charged at the assassin and grabbed his neck which caused the man to collapse and there were more growls and then silence as the Direwolf tore the man's throat out.

The next morning, Catelyn decided she would check out the place where Bran had fallen, the ruined tower of Winterfell, one of the oldest structures in the castle. Catelyn looked and she could see that there was blood on the floor and she found a long strand of blond hair. Later she gathered Robb, Theon, Luwin, Dancia and Rodrik in the Godswood. "I suppose you are wondering why I brought you all here. I don't think Bran fell from that Tower I think he was thrown."
"The boy was always short footed before" Luwin said to Dancia
"Someone tried to kill him twice" Cateyn said "Why? Why murder an innocent child? Unless he saw something he wasn't meant to see."
"Saw what my Lady?" Theon asked
"I don't know, but I would stake my life that the Lannisters are involved, we already have enough reason to expect their loyalty to the Crown."
"You must be careful my Lady" Dancia said "Tywin Lannister won't take well to these accusations without evidence."
"But did you notice the dagger our assassin used." Rodrik added "It's too fine a weapon for a common assassin. The Blade is Valyrian Steel with a dragonbone handle. Someone gave it to him."

Robb looked angry "They come into my home and try to murder my brother!" he growled "If it's a war they want, it's a war they'll get."
"And you know that I'll stand by your side" Theon added.
"You going to go to war with the Lannisters without evidence" Dancia said "I know Martin, he may not be on the best terms with his mother's family but he still cares for them. He won't allow a war to engulf the Kingdoms and the Legions will come to end the war."
"She's right" Luwin added "You're angry I know but we must be careful, Martin will not just allow you to accuse his family without evidence. We must find the whole truth."
"I will go to King's Landing then and tell my husband."

"Mother no, I'll go" Robb insisted
"It's not safe for anyone" Catelyn said "I'll take Rodrik with me, we'll send no raven as it could be intercepted but we must travel quick."

...

The South. The Kingsroad.

The Kingsroad was one of the largest roads in Westeros. It connected the city of King's Landing and went through the Crownlands and Riverlands and through the North before it ended at Castle Black. Most of the trade between the North and South came along this road. But now the royal party were travelling along it. At Martin's request, the royal party stopped at the fortress which Martin had constructed as the Headquaters and training grounds for the Legions, Cloud Ruler Temple. Built on the remains of an ancient fortress, the fort itself has many hidden secrets as much of the castle is built into the mountains between the Riverlands and the Vale. The land is considered royal land so the King is in charge of the land though King Robert gave most of the power to Martin as he was able to get the funds to build this place. Cloud Ruler looked to be a great fortress by itself with walls made of the best stone around and located on the top of a hill made sieges difficult. With hidden tunnels which allowed supplies to be smuggled in, Cloud Ruler could be considered nearly impenetrable. The fort was not the only place on these lands, in recent years; a small town had been built after the discovery of Silver in the mountains. Martin had wanted to stop here so he could check how the town was doing and how the Legions in training could do.

Sansa looked around the royal party as she walked her Direwolf Lady on a lead. Lady was the most gentle of the Direwolves and was almost like a dog. Myrcella said she remained her of her Jaguar Midnight. As she was walking she saw people staring at her and the Direwolf, many of them were thinking why she had a pet like Lady. Then she saw the a stern looking man appear in front of her, the man's face was grim and it fightened Sansa "Pardon me Ser" Then she gasped as someone tapped her on the shoulders, she turned to see Sandor Clegane looking at her.
"Do I frighten you girl?" he asked "Or is it him? He frightens me too, look at that Face."
Sansa turned to the man "I'm sorry if I offended you Ser." The man said nothing as he walked away "Why won't he speak to me."
"Well he hasn't been very talkative for twenty years" Sandor replied "Not since the Mad King had his tongue ripped out for saying a comment claiming that Tywin Lannister was the true king while he was a powerless puppet. Though he's not as scary as them." Sandor pointed to five men dressed in strange armour, they had their faces covered up with helmets though their skin was red "They're fine warriors the Unsullied, Prince Martin got their service on their trips, don't tend to talk but they don't fear dying. That's what makes them dangereous."

"And that man is meant to be scary" called a voice as Sansa smiled as he turned Crown Prince Joffrey looking her "Ser Ilyn Payne, the King's justice" Sansa looked confused so Joffrey confirmed "Royal Executioner." Then he stared at the Hound "You are scaring my Lady dog so move." Sandor glared and left.

...

Meanwhile, Martin had gone to the small town so he could meet with the people he placed in charge. He gathered the Silver-Blood Family to them. The Silver Bloods were just Silversmiths but were quite skilled in trade, they weren't considered nobles as they didn't rule here but they were in charge of the Silver Mines since they knew more about Silver. Martin didn't appoint someone from the Westerlands like Cersei wanted him to do as he feared that the Lannisters would take the silver for themselves, this was royal land not Lannister land. Most of the money made went to building the Legions. The main members of the Silver Blood family were two brothers, Thonar and Thongvor. Thonar was the younger brother but he handled most of the money with the mines. Thongvor had joined the Legions and had been posted at Cloud Ruler and he managed the soldiers which guarded the town against raiders. The mines made the town a victim of raids.

"So I see the mine is doing well then" Martin said
"It is my Prince." Thonar said "It seems that this mine could be bigger than we original thought, in fact, we have just found traces of Gold ore and maybe even quicksilver." Quicksilver was a rare metal, it was worthless as currency but it could be used to make fine types of armour when mixed with other metals. If there was quicksilver in these mountains, then Martin may be able to make more money and extend the town even more. When this place had first been set up, it was just a garrison for the miners, but as more ore was found more people moved here to find work. Now the town had its own inn which the Silver Blood family built and owned. There was also a Blacksmith to make the mining tools and now the town had its own garrison of soldiers. Soon, this place could become a new city in the coming years as the mines were extending more.
"Although there have been some more raids the last few weeks" Thongvor said "Last week an outlaw raided one of our caravans though we did fight them off, the amount of money we get from these mines makes Outlaws want some of it."
"Well then we'll need to send out more armoured caravans to try and frighten them off" Martin said "I'll invest more money in this town as soon as I get back to King's Landing."

After finishing with the Silver Bloods, Martin next went to the fortress itself in order to speak with Tullius and Delphine. He needed to see how the Legions that had finished training were doing. Tullius was in the main hall of the Keep and he saluted Martin when he came in "My Prince" he said

"General, how are the Legions doing?" Martin asked
"Ulfric Stormcloak has become commander of the First Legion stationed at Fort Snowhawk in the North, Adventus Caesennis has taken command of the Second Legion at Fort Greenwall in the Northen Reach, Constantius Tituleius is in command of the Third Legion at Fort Fellhammer in the Westerlands, Gonnar Oath Giver is commanding the Fourth Legion at Fort Amol in the Vale and the Fifth Legion is stationed at Fort Sungrad in the Stormlands. Though Alids is getting old and may be forced to retire soon. The Sixth Legion will be completed within the week and will be assisened to the Riverlands so we can deal with these bandit attacks on our Caravans. I have also just finished recruiting for the Eighth Legion and the Seventh Legion is in training." Tullius said

"That is good." Martin said and then he went to see Delphine and the Blades. He found Delphine along with Fultheim, Esbern and Samwell Tarly. Esbern had been teaching Sam a lot about the Blades and their history Sam was really interested in the History and Esbern had been training him to become the new Loremaster when he died. Sam really loved looking at the ancient artefacts of the Blades though Esbern said that he still wasn't ready to see the dangereous artefacts in the second vault as some in there were very dangereous. Sam could handle simple self defence using a crossbow and dagger but his swordsmanship was terrible and Delphine said that he couldn't fight. Fultheim was still quite old and he would need a replacement to forge the Blades arms and armour but forging Blades weapons wasn't like forging normal weapons. The Blades Katana was very different from a normal sword, they looked thin but were sharp and deadly as even the best castle forged steel. The only weapons more powerful than Katana's were Valyrian steel blades. But forging a Katana was difficult and could shatter at the first hit if it's forged wrong. But they were struggling to find someone who could get it right, several apprentices had already tried and they failed to forge it right, though they were still skilled they couldn't forge a Katana right. Martin promised that he would find someone who could help and he think he knew someone, the question was, would he old master allow him to try.

Before Martin could leave, a Baratheon messenger came "My Prince, you must come quickly. There's been an incident."
"What's happened?" Martin asked
"It's your sister, she sent me. There's been an incident with your older brother, he's saying that the youngest Stark girl attacked him." The messenger replied "your twin is saying it's a lie and that you need to come quick and sort the situation out before it gets worse."
Martin was now fuming, he had warned Joffrey not to do something silly and now he had done it. 'Oh that idiot is so in for it now' Martin thought angrily.

...

Alessia was with the Lord Eddard Stark and young Arya Stark, she was very angry with her mother and bother. She had seen that Joffrey thought he could do what he liked and cut the poor butcher's boys cheek and Arya hit him with a stick, then Joffrey launched himself at Arya and then her Direwolf Nymeria bit his hand. Alessia had brought Arya and Nymeria back to the Starks and sent a message to Martin. Joffrey was now saying that Arya and the Butcher's boy attacked him with clubs and Arya then set her Direwolf on him. Mother was defending him and Sansa said that she didn't remember. The Stark household was angry and Martin knew that they needed Martin before a fight broke out. Alessia remembered what happened clearly.

Flashback, by the river.

Alessia sat by a tree near a river. She was reading a book about the history of the Targaryen Kings. Near the stream, Arya Stark and her friend, Mycah, the butcher's boy, were playing swordsman and were hitting each other with sticks. The two of them were laughing as they had fun, "I'll get you" Mycah laughed. Alessia smiled at the sight but then it turned to a frown when she saw someone come. "Here comes trouble" Alessia thought as she saw Joffrey walking with Lady Sansa.

"Arya!" Sansa gasped
Arya turned and glared at her sister "What are you doing? Go away?"
"Your sister I presume" Joffrey said smug "And who is this?" looking at Mycah
"He's the butcher's boy" Sansa said
"He's my friend!" Arya growled glaring at them
"A butcher's boy wanting to be a knight" Joffrey laughed "Pick up your sword boy"

It was then that Alessia made herself known "All right that's quite enough brother!" she growled "Get going before you cause an incident and Martin gets angry at you, again."
"Oh don't worry, I won't hurt him, much" Joffrey laughs and cuts his cheek with his sword and then Arya got furious and hit him on the back with her stick.
"Leave him alone!" Arya roared and then Alessia knew that there was going to be trouble.

"I gut you little cunt!" Joffrey roared and lunged at Joffrey and then Nymeria charged from the woods to protect her master. She leaped at Joffrey and bit hard into his hand causing him to cry out and drop his sword. Arya managed to pull Nymeria off Joffrey and Sansa tried to help Joffrey, only to get pushed away. Alessia glared at him.
"See what you done?" Alessia growled "Now you've done it, you got yourself bitten because you threatened the Wolf's master. These wolves are like our pet Jaguars, they protect their masters. Now Martin is going to be angry at you for causing trouble again. I'm taking Arya and her wolf back to father and you are going to get that hand treated, and as soon as Martin gets back from Cloud Ruler, you've got some explaining to him about what you did. And don't lie otherwise you'll be in even more trouble." Then she picked up Joffrey's sword "And I think I'll be taking this"

Flashback end

But sadly Joffrey had gone and claimed that Arya and the butcher's boy had attacked him with Clubs and Arya set her wolf on him. Now Cersei had ordered her guards to bring the Stark girl to her and Alessia refused to allow them to take them. Now she was currently arguing with three Lannisters.
"The Queen ordered us to bring the girl to her" the head Lannister said
"Well the Princess is ordering you to leave now before I chose to fire this bow at you" Alessia snarled as she held a bow in her hands with an arrow notched in it. Nymeria was snarling at the guards and Arya was behind her.
"The Queen is ordering the girl to answer for attacking her son." The guard said

"Well then the Queen will have to wait!" a voice growled and Alessia smiled when Martin arrived looking furious "Now you three will go back to my mother and if you don't, I'll have your hand cut off for threatening my sister."
"The Queen gave us an order" the Lannister guard said again and then Martin grabbed the Lannister man's throat
"Listen here!" Martin snarled "My brother is in a lot of trouble with me now and if you don't leave now, they you'll join in the punishment that he's about to get." That caused the guards to leave. After they left, Alessia embraced her brother "Thanks Martin, I was worried that I would have to shoot them."
"It's okay sister" Martin replied "What happened. I know that Joffrey's lying because he claims to have been beaten and the only wound he has is the wolf bite"
"I was on a walk in order to keep an eye on Joffrey after I learnt that he went for a walk with Lady Sansa, I knew that he would cause trouble at the first chance he got so I found him being rude to Arya and then when he cut the butcher's boy's cheek, Arya hit him with a stick and Joffrey attacked her and was bitten by the Direwolf. And now that bastard has lied to mother who now wants Arya punished."
"Well, that's not going to happen." Martin said "That Bastard's gone too far this time, I don't care what mother says now, I'm going to teach him a lesson!"

...

Later, Martin had gotten his five Unsullied Guards to come with him along with Eddard, Arya and Alessia. They went into the Silver Blood Inn which was the Inn at the small town Martin had built. They heard Joffrey shouting again.
"Where is that Bitch, I'll have her head for attacking me!"
Martin snapped, he'd had enough "Enough now Brother!" he roared
"You should address me as Prince!" Joffrey snarled
"I'll address you how I like because I've had it with you!" Martin roared at him "I know what really happened with the wolf!"

"That Stark girl and the butcher's boy attacked my boy with clubs and then set her wolf on him!" Cersei growled "It nearly tore his arm off."
"That's not true!" Arya roared "She only bit him a little!"
"Joffrey told us what happened!" Cersei growled "You beat him with clubs and sent your wolf on him."
"That's not true!"
"Yes it is!" Joffrey snarled "I have bite marks to prove it!"
"Liar!" Arya shouted
"Shut up!"
"Enough!" Martin shouted "Alessia was there and she told me what you did! You thought you could cut the butcher boy's cheek because he and Arya were having fun and Alessia warned you to stop!" Martin's voice was full of anger which no one had even seen before. It was clear that Martin had finally snapped and was angry at Joffrey "I've had it with you and your behaviour. This behaviour is unacceptable and out of control! Why is it you can do whatever you want."
"No one respects me!" Joffrey whined "All I hear is people saying that you would be a much better king than me."
"Do not blame this me!" Martin roared "All I did was make people's lives better and let's not mention that I prevented the crown from falling into debt! I do that because it's the right thing to do, not because I want to, all you do is complain about everything and act reckless like that time when Hearteater bit that young noble, I was the one who saved it and you never thanked me for it, you just carried on acting like a selfish spoilt brat! And you think you know everything and you could hardly write or do simple numbers. And don't say that a King doesn't need to do those skills because you're wrong as you need to be smart, and a king must be able to defend himself which your very bad at. Well, this behaviour has gone too far, you've bullied my siblings before I put a stop to it, well, I'm going to put a stop to this behaviour once and for all" Martin turned to his Unsullied men "Take him" he ordered and two Unsullied grabbed Joffrey's shoulders."

"What are you doing?" Joffrey demanded "As your Prince, I demand you release me!"
Martin laughed "They don't listen to you because they only obey my commands and they don't speak common tongue, they only speak Valyrian which I'm fluent in."

Cersei then saw the woven belt in Martin's hands, she knew what was about to happen "Martin no, he's your brother" she begged
"I warned you to stop coddling him years ago and you ignored me, now this brat has caused enough trouble, it's time he learns a lesson." Martin growled and then he brought the belt on Joffrey's back causing him to cry in pain. Martin hit him 5 times and then he stopped. Joffrey was now sobbing and Martin leaned down close to him "Now understand this brother, I don't care if you're my brother, or that you're the crown Prince, but if you act like this again, I'll hit you again and if you are still like this when you become king, you may find yourself facing a full scale war and don't except me or Tywin Lannister to help." Joffrey was crying as Martin ordered the Unsullied to release him.

Cersei stared in shock at the anger Marin had, she never seen him act like this. Robert was also in shock and then Martin glared at his mother. "I will never forget this mother!" he snarled "It's your fault this happened because you didn't listen to me when Joffrey started bullying my younger siblings. Now I will not hesitate to do this again if Joffrey acts like this again. But right now, I need to relax but I'm not speaking to anyone until we get back, until then, goodnight."

"What about the wolf" Cersei asked
"Alessia brought the wolf back with her to the Stark Camp." The Lannister soldier from before said
"Good" Cersei said "Bring me its pelt."
The Lannister guard was about to leave but stopped by Martin stepped in front on him "Touch the Wolf and you'll lose your head" he snarled "Nymeria will not be punished for defending her master."
"A Direwolf is no pet" Cersei said
"That's what you said about our pet Jaguars" Alessia said "And they turned out to be loyal guardians, well the Direwolves are just like that."
"Still perhaps it would be better if they went back North" Robert said "It would help ease Tensions." Arya wanted to argue but she knew that the King was right
"Now get my son to a Maester" Cersei order "And get that healer to heal my son's back."
"No!" Martin order "Colette has better things to be than waste time by healing an idiot, and also, I want Joffrey to have the scars, maybe they will help him learn a lesson. And then he will remember what I said to him and my warning." With one last glare, Martin left the Inn along with the Stark men. They intended to find Nymeria and Lady in order to make sure they got back to Winterfell safely.

But sadly, it was not over yet as when Eddard and Martin went to find the Direwolves, they saw Sandor coming into the camp with a dead body on his horse, several arrows in its back. Eddard recognised the body "The Butcher's boy?"
"What happened?" Martin asked
"The Queen's soldiers happened" Sandor said simply.
Martin realised that his mother and brother had sent the soldiers to find the butcher's boy and he had been killed in the chase.

Martin found Lady tied to a post and Eddard brought Nymeria with him, Martin then untied Lady from the post and then gave Lady and Nymeria over to a Stark Guardsman as well as Fortis, a Blades' Knight "Take these wolves back to Winterfell" Martin said "Do it tonight to prevent any Stark Guardsmen from trying to harm them. If any Lannister soldiers tries to stop you, kill them but quietly."
"Understood" Fortis said.

Then Fortis and the Stark Guardsmen left the camp with the Direwolves in tow, though not before Sansa and Arya gave their wolves one last hug.

Chapter end: Well this is episode 2 of Game of Thrones. I'm thinking of future content on what will happen next but I'm still thinking of a romance option for Martin. A review asked me to show more of Alessia and we will be seeing her a lot more in season 2, I also have a romance planned for her which we will see in the next chapter. Reviews are appreciated.