13 Chapter 14
12 DAYS LATER:
the king's entourage was returning to king's landing, the king and Ned were in the head of the entourage while Arslan was in the middle, riding with Arya.
Arya: so since when have you been training like that?
Arslan: 4 years, it was very painful at first, but with time I got stronger.
Arya just nods with a look of understanding.
Sansa in the back who was riding with Joffrey, was looking at them with sorrow as she didn't have anything in common to talk to Arslan about, unlike her sister Arya.
Arslan: so I heard that you want to train in the way of the sword, is that so?
Arya: yes, but mother doesn't let me, saying that it's not how a lady should act.
Arslan: maybe you can ask your father to send you to the Eyrie, I can train you myself.
Arya head a happy expression on her face hearing that.
Arya: you'd do that for me??
Arslan: yes, but you need your father's permission.
Arya: I will ask him when we get to the inn at the crossroad.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHH"
he suddenly hears the cry of men at the front of the entourage.
Arya: FATHER!!
she says as she gallops away.
Arslan then follows her.
when they get to the location, he can see that the king's and the Lannister's soldiers were fighting a big brown bear, double the size of the soldiers( its the berserker from the witcher 3) their swords and spears and arrows were not even penetrating him, that was not a fight it was a massacre.
he went to the king and Ned's side.
Arslan: are you alright??
Ned nod.
the king: currently, but what are we going to do about this thing, it's killing more and more soldiers by the minute.
at that moment you could see Jaime Lannister Galloping on his horse towards the big bear, after he reached him, he got down from his horse, took out his sword, and arrogantly walked to the bear.
the bear looked at him like he's some kind of idiot.
the Lannister attacked but the bear didn't even move.
the attack landed but did nothing, Jaime's face turned from arrogant to one that says 'im fucked'.
the bear then hit Jaime putting him to the ground.
Jaime had a face of despair.
the bear raised his hand( leg?).
the bear strikes down.
Jaime closed his eyes, waiting for the inevitable.
"TIIIIIIIIING"
instead of feeling pain, he hears the beautiful sound of clashing steel.
he opens his eyes, to see Arslan holding the strike using his sword.
Arslan: WHAT ARE YOU DOING, GET UP.
Jaime quickly gets up and backs away.
Arslan then pushes the bear's hand away.
only to cut it a second later.
the bear groans in pain.
and attacks with his other hand for it to be cut too.
everyone was watching how the massacre turned into a one-sided battle.
the bear fell.
Arslan went and stabbed the legs of the bear.
rendering him crippled.
the bear just cries in pain.
Arslan then stabs his sword at the bear's head.
puts his sword at its sheath.
turns to his soldiers.
Arslan: we are taking this thing with us, its leather can be made into very good armor.
he mounts his horse.
goes near the king.
Arslan: something is happening, this is the second time we encounter something like this, and I don't think that these are the only ones, and if they are this strong, then just one of them is enough to destroy entire villages, we have to do something about this.
Ned: he's right, if even Jaime can't do anything against them, then this is very dangerous.
the king: well, what do you suggest we do?
Arslan: well, we'll have to investigate where they are coming from.
the king: and how are we going to that? till now you are the only one who can defeat them, even if we send an investigation party, they will most likely never return.
Ned: maybe Lord Arslan can lead the party.
Ned said, the king then turns to Arslan.
the king: what do you say?
Arslan: I can do that, but I can't leave the Vale without leadership, let me take care of that first.
the king and Ned nod.
meanwhile, he didn't notice Arya's eyes that are filled with admiration.
3 DAYS LATER:
AT THE INN AT THE CROSSROAD:
ARYA ATTACKS JOFFREY JUDGEMENT:
Ned enters the room, pushes his way through to his daughter, puts his hands on her shoulders, she then says in a panic.
Arya: I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
Ned raises his hands and puts them on her cheeks.
Ned: you hurt?
Arya: no
Ned: it's alright.
he says as he hugs her.
he lets go of her and walks a step closer to the king.
Ned: what is the meaning of this?? why was my daughter not brought to me at once?
the queen: how dare you speak to your king in that manner?
the king: quiet woman.
he turns to Ned.
the king: sorry Ned, I never meant to frighten the girl, but we need to get this business done quickly.
the queen: your girl and that butcher's boy attacked my son, that animal of hers nearly tore his arm off.
Arya: that's not true, she just...eh, bitt him a little, he was hurting Mickel.
the queen: Joff told us what happened, you and that boy beat him with clubs while you set your wolf on him.
Arya: THAT'S NOT WHAT HAPPENED.
Joffrey: yes it is, they all attacked me and she threw my sword in the river.
Arya: LIAR.
Joffrey: shut up.
the king: ENOUGH, he tells me one thing, she tells me another, seven hells, what am I to make of this?...where is your other daughter Ned?
Ned: in bed, asleep.
the queen: she's not, Sansa come here darling.
and Sansa enters, accompanied by a Kingsguard.
the king: now child, tell me what happened? tell it all, and tell it true, it's a great crime to lie to a king.
she looks at her father, then at Joffrey.
Sansa: I don't know, I don't remember, everything happened so fast, i didn't see.
Arya: LIAR!!
Arya then attacks Sansa from the back, dragging her hair and yelling 'liar', just as ned separates them...
the queen: she's as wild as that animal of hers, I want her punished.
she says with a smile.
the king: what would you have me do? whip her through the streets? dam it, children fight, it's over.
the queen: Joffrey would bear these scars for the rest of his life.
the king paused for a second before he turned to his son.
the king: you let that little girl disarm you.
the prince stayed quiet and just broke eye contact.
the king: Ned, see to it that your daughter is disciplined, I'll do the same with my son.
Ned: gladly your grace.
the king then got up.
the queen: what of the Direwolf? what of the Beast that savaged your son?.
at that moment, the hound enters the room and stands in front of the queen.
the queen: are you done with the butcher's boy
Arya looked at him scared for her friend's life.
and Ned looked confused.
Ned: you sent someone after the boy?
the queen and the hound ignore him.
the hound: No, I was stopped by one of Arslan's soldiers
the queen: one? you couldn't defeat one?
the queen asked, starting to get angry.
the door opens again.
and Arslan enters followed by two of his soldiers.
and everyone looks at him.
the queen: what is the meaning of this?
Arslan ignored her and turned to the king.
Arslan: your grace, it seems one of my men was there, and he saw everything.
the queen: is that so? then why did he not stop them from attacking my son?
Arslan: first of all, he says that is not what happened, and he didn't want to interfere between a prince and the daughter of a lord.
the king: let's just get this over with.
the king returns to his seat.
Arslan nodded and motioned for one of his men to step forward.
the man comes forward and takes his helmet off.
the king: speak of only what you saw boy.
the soldier: your grace, Lord Arslan sent us to make sure there are no monsters roaming around...
the king: good thinking, continue.
the soldier: as I was passing through that place, I saw Lady Arya and the boy named Mickel playing with wooden swords, then prince Joffrey and lady Sansa came, lady Sansa called 'Arya', and lady Arya turned around for the boy to accidentally hit her with the wooden sword, Lady Arya then said 'what are you doing here, go away', prince Joffrey turned to Lady Sansa and said 'your sister?' Lady Sansa nodded, the prince then went to the boy and said 'and who are you boy', the boy dropped the wooden sword and said 'Mickel, my lord', lady Sansa said' he's the butcher's boy', lady Arya intervened and said' he's my friend', the prince said ' a butcher's boy who wants to be a knight then', the boy said nothing and looked down, the prince took out his sword and said ' pick up your sword boy, let's see how good you are', the boy panicked and said 'she asked me to my Lord, she asked me to', the prince looked at him and said 'im your prince...not your lord, and I said pick up your sword', 'it's not a sword my prince, its only a stick' said the boy, the prince said 'and you're not a knight, only a butcher's boy', the prince put the head of the sword on the boy's cheek and said 'that was my lady's sister you were hitting, do you know that?', lady Arya said 'stop it', and lady Sansa said 'Arya, stay out of this', lady Arya just looked at her sister before the prince sais ' i won't hurt him...much' slowly cutting the boy's cheek, the boy just groans in pain and does not fight back, lady Arya not able to take it anymore hit the prince in the back with her wooden sword, for the boy to run away, the prince then gets up and starts swinging his sword at lady Sansa who just kept dodging, lady Sansa then started yelling 'stop it, stop it, both of you, you're spoiling it, you're spoiling everything', at that moment lady Arya fell, the prince then puts his sword at her neck and said 'i got you, you little cunt', at that moment when the Direwolf saw lady Sansa was gonna get hurt attacked and bitt the prince in the hand holding the sword, lady Sansa started yelling 'Arya' and lady Arya started yelling 'Nymeria' and trying to ge thim off the prince, after she did, lady Sansa then took the prince's sword and directed it at him, the prince started begging 'no, no, please don't' and lady Sansa yelled 'Arya, leave him alone', lady Arya then threw the sword at the river, before she ran away with the Direwolf.
Arya had a smile on her face.
Sansa looked sad because of the cold look Lord Arslan was giving her whenever she looked at him.
Ned and the king had a look of understanding on their faces.
the queen and her son had ugly looks.
Joffrey: HE'S A LIAR, HE'S A LIAR, HE DARES TO LIE TO HIS PRINCE, HE NEEDS TO BE PUNISHED.
Arslan: HEY, I ALREADY LOST 4 BRAVE MEN TO YOUR STUPIDITY, DON'T YOU DARE CROSS THE LINE OR I WILL NOT REMAIN POLITE.
the king, the queen, Ned, Sansa, Arya, the guards, the Kingsguards, everyone had a shocked face, he just yelled at the prince, the heir of the throne, in front of the king.
Arslan then turns to the king.
Arslan: your grace, please put your wife and son under control, I only have so much patience.
he then turned and left with all of his soldiers.
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there you go 2026 words, my longest chapter yet.
if you have any ideas about where the monsters come from, please comment it.
thank you for reading and bye.
