Out of the woods // Ned Stark

28. Shift

 'I'm alive?'

'you're alive.' bronn agreed

'Did we win?'

'we wouldn't be having this conversation if we didn't.' Bronn reminded him

'how did our tribesman do?' bronn nodded over to the tribesman beating an opposing soldiers already on the ground 'well its nice to see them getting along.' Tyrion noted.

'You're wounded' Tywin noted riding up to Tyrion.

'How good of you to notice... I hear we won,' Tyrion said laying on a wagon

'The scouts were wrong they were 2000 stark banner men not 20,000' tywin said atop his white horse.

'Did we get the stark boy at least?' Tyrion questioned

'He was not there' tywin spat.

'Where was he?'

"With his other 18,000 men,' Tywin said riding off

'And where are they?' Tyrion called after him.

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"Go time." Maelia told Sandor as Ned was being brought up.

"What do you want me to do?"

"Don't let Cersei leave." Maelia told him.

"What?"

"Don't let her run like a cowardly lion." Maelia told him.

"What are you up to, you going to get yourself killed girl!' Sandor hissed. He liked Maelia she treated him like a person, he didn't want her to lose her head to.

"Just keep her put." Maelia instructed running off.

"Truth." Ned whispered kissing her.

"Truth." She confirmed as he was pulled away from her.

'I am Eddard Stark. Lord of Winterfell and Hand of the King." Ned looked to Malia and she nodded backing off the stage. He took a deep breath, he trusted her. 'Joffrey, tommen and mycella baratheon are not baratheons at all. They are the product of incest between cersei and jaime Lannister.' ned declared and the crowd gasped but Maelia had already planted the seed in their minds, it had been spreading since Robert's death. 'They are not your rightful rulers. They killed the last hand-'

'Payne.' cersei declared

'Because he found out the truth now they are threatening me and the safety of my children to silence me as well.' Ned went on. Sansa looked to her father confused. Arya stood behind the statue of baelon the blessed peering through the legs, baffled. Maelia was no where in sight.

'Lies!' Joffrey spat 'bring me his head.' Ned let out a deep breath. But a wolf jumped forward lunging at illyn payne, Maelia lunged. She ripped at his throat as he bleed out blood dripping from her fangs she moved to joffrey he squealed terrified he stumbled back and Maelia snarled at him, he screamed and screamed but a claw through his chest, deep and harsh silenced him.

Sandor stood perplexed. Sansa knew that Maelia wouldn't hurt her she moved to Ned hugging him tight through his bindings.

Maelia let his blood drip from her fangs as she looked to Cersei. cersei couldnt breathe as Maelia approached her as well. She tried to move but sandor held her put.

''Let me go,'' cersei demanded 'I am the queen, get your hands off of me!" but sandor didn't budge. ''Let me go I demand it!'' Sandor pushed her down before Maelia. Maelia snarled down at her and cersei saw the shift in her eyes a moment before it was too late.