The Lost Stag

I'll Make A Warrior Out Of You

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                    A small boat carrying three cloaked figures moves through a watery passage of a cavern that leads beneath Storms End. As the boat reaches a lit dock, the figures remove their hoods, revealing Juno, Robb, and Talisa. Juno steps onto the dock and ties the boat to it as Robb helps his wife onto the pier. "Robb!" Sansa yelled, running down the steps that lead from the castle to the dock. Robb turns around just in time to catch his sister as she leaps into his arms. Tears of joy run down Sansa's cheeks as Robb hugs her back. Valen walks down the steps and nods to Juno, who bows and then leaves. Grey Wind slips out from a sheet in the boat and leaps onto the dock staring at Valen. She kneels and offers her hand to him. Grey Wind stares into her eyes for a few seconds as if looking for something. He suddenly moves forward, licking her hand. "Where's mother and father?" Sansa asked in confusion as she pulled away from her brother and looked for her parents. Valen sees the sorrow in Robb's eyes at the mention of his parents. It starts to register in Sansa's mind causing her breath to quicken and more tears to fall. She turns and runs into Valen's arms, hiding her face into the Baratheon's neck as she cries.

                    A few minutes later, Valen opens a door leading to a bed chamber. She moves to the side, allowing Robb, Grey Wind, and Talisa into the room. "I hope this is to your liking," Valen said.

                    "Thank you....for everything. My father....he told me how you helped him in Kings Landing and what you did for my sisters," Robb said.

                   "Like I told you're father, I was just doing the right thing," Valen explained, then looked at Talisa. "Should I call for the Maester? I'm sure the travel here might have been difficult on your wife, and some milk of the poppy would help her rest," she pointed out. Robb looks at his wife, and she nods her head.

                    "Thank you," Robb said once more. Valen nods her head and then walks away. Robb walks over to his wife and sits with her as Grey Wind lies by his feet.

                    "Your sister is lucky to be married to such an honorable woman," Talisa said.

                    "She reminds me of my father," Robb admitted as tears filled his eyes. Talisa pulls him into a warm embrace running her fingers through his hair as he cries.

                    Valen enters her bedroom chambers, causing Sansa to turn toward her, revealing a wet and swollen face from crying. Valen walks over, pulling Sansa into her arms, "Roose Bolton and Walder will pay for their crimes against your family. You have my word," she vowed.

                    "We must take Winterfell back before the Bolton's ," Sansa said as she pulled away from Valen.

                    Valen nods, "You're right, but with your father gone and the Northerners losing faith in your brother, it will take time to gain the Northern house's loyalty, considering I'm a Southerner," she explained.

                    "I am Sansa Stark of Winterfell, and they will answer my call," she proclaimed.

                    "You'll have to be smarter than your father and brother if you choose this path, Sansa. I know you love them, but they both made stupid mistakes," Valen explained.