Winter is coming

Tyrion couldn't believe what he was hearing. House arrest for his father? And him being the new Lord? Wasn't that what he always wanted all his life? What the hell was going on? He then looked at Jon, who smiled at him, and for some reason, his instincts told him that this Jon was the one behind this.

After a minute of thinking, Tyrion accepted the offer, and thus Fugaku led him to the dungeon. Fugaku wasn't kidding when he had said that his father looked traumatized. Every person that approached him made him flinch and scuttle away.

Tywin didn't even recognize his own son, and Tyrion had to calm him down after consoling him and approaching him slowly. He was finally able to take him out of the dungeon and bring him to his horse.

Fugaku gave Tyrion and Jon space since he could see Tyrion had questions.

"I don't think I have ever met you," Tyrion said, trying to be as casual as possible. He had multiple questions, and he could tell that this Jon wasn't the same Jon that left for the Night's Watch. But he wasn't sure what was going on.

"We did meet. In fact, we met multiple times," Jon smiled and replied. Tyrion didn't seem to understand and just looked at him with an open mouth.

"Are you Jon's long-lost cousin who lived in the North?" Tyrion jokingly asked, to which Jon replied, "No. I am the same bastard you met in Winterfell and gave advice that I still remember. But I have grown a lot due to some reasons."

"What? You found some magic that makes you old?" Tyrion jokingly asked. To which Jon just smiled and said, "You remember the motto of House Stark?"

"Something along the lines of 'something is coming,'" Tyrion said. "You didn't answer my question."

"Winter is coming," Jon repeated his words which he had always said once. "Someday you will know the answer but not now."

"That," Tyrion nodded and understood that he was in a power position to ask about what was going on.

"Go home, Lannister. Ready your men, because winter is coming," Jon said, and this time he wasn't smiling but looking deep into the eyes of Tyrion, which almost gave him the creeps. Tyrion wanted to ask more, but seeing how his father was behaving, it was better to just leave.

He was both happy and sad with what had happened. Happy because he had achieved what he had always wanted in life and sad because the Lannisters had 'paid the debts' they owed. This was at the end of the line, and if he didn't sail the ship properly, their whole House would be doomed.

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In the next few days, a new story and notice spread wildly in the Seven Kingdoms. Tywin had voluntarily given his lordship away to Tyrion, and the sons of Robert wouldn't inherit the throne of the Kingdom.

This made Stannis and Renly dumbstruck as they were expecting some kind of assault from King's Landing and the Lannisters, but nothing came. Instead, it was up to two brothers of Robert to kill for the throne. These two even expected the Northerners to rebel and take over as they had heard how one small Northern family just decimated Lannisters, but apparently, Ned had left the capital, and he would go back to Winterfell.

Suffice to say, a huge political and bloody battle would ensue, and one could already predict it from afar. Everyone was holding their cards very carefully, and one wrong move might really bring their kingdom to ruins now that no King was sitting on the Iron Throne.

While this was going on, Ned had left for the Greyjoys. He had remembered the words of Arya and had to make sure that these people would be put to rest, including that notorious brother. He had also given freedom back to Theon and told him that he could move to his old home and that the Greyjoys were pardoned.

This came as a surprise to Theon. He felt happy and sad simultaneously. Freedom had come to him, but was he truly happy? He had bonded excellently with the sons of the Starks, and leaving them felt like a betrayal. It was a dilemma for him, and he ultimately decided to go back and talk to his father.

After Theon left, Arya came one night to the castle of the Greyjoys and massacred the whole family, leaving only Theon alive. Ned arrived the next day only to see chaos, and thus he ordered that the Greyjoys would vanish forever and be under the rule of Winterfell from then on.

This happened within a span of two weeks. The Greyjoys were wiped away, and Winterfell forcefully took over. They couldn't hold a candle to the Northerners, who were again boosted by the Uchihas. The shambled army didn't stand a chance. And after the Greyjoys came the Boltons.

Arya and Jon chose the easy way this time instead of forcefully occupying their House. They simply massacred the family and let their bodies be fed to the dogs. The Boltons were headless, and soon it fell into a small civil war, with some of the other Houses nearby taking over their land and castle.

Winterfell simply watched the burns from afar and didn't move an inch. The Boltons deserved what was coming to them, and thus it was fine. Winterfell had also sent some guards to the Night's Watch to safeguard Jon (young).

The story had changed a lot, and thus some Uchihas who were skilled in fire jutsus were sent to ensure that they were alive and well. Basically, the story had changed a lot by then, but one thing was certain from the beginning of this drama: the Northerners and the Lannisters had given up their 'rights' to the throne.

But little did they know that Ned was getting ready to meet the Targeryan, his distant relative to see if the dragon girl was good enough for the Throne. He was accompanied by the lone Hyuga, as he was now done with his exploration of the Seven Kingdoms and wanted to experience a new place.

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