Jojen Reed One Shots

The Wedding in White Habour P2

I woke up utterly alone the bed cold and empty, I forced my eyes open and sat up in the bed holding the covers close as I looked across the room I saw Jojen just finishing getting dressed into considerably less regal clothes then I saw yesterday in fact I was almost convinced they were rags the greyish green material wrapped around him hiding the impressive body I was last name.

"Good morning" I smiled

He glanced at me before turning away again "morning. Get dressed were already packed we're leaving in an hour" he says

"Leaving?" I asked

"For grey water"

"Oh, I thought we'd -"

"weather's good. Surely you want to get settled"

"Yes jojen" I nodded, I climbed out of bed onto the cold stone floor and began slipping off my nightie. In Front of the mirror as I did I noticed Jojen for a moment uncontrollably watching me having stopped short to do so "yes?" I asked slightly blushing

He looked away knowing he'd been caught "I'll be in the courtyard waiting for you." He snapped before heading out of the room leaving me alone.

I got changed into my traveling clothes making sure I would be comfortable given the long road ahead. I gathered my things and headed down to the courtyard where the carts were being loaded with all my things, jojens things and his father's things. Both Jojen and his father stood overlooking the process.

"AHH good morning my dear" halon reed smiled to me taking my hand to give it a kiss

"Hello my lord" I smiled slightly dipping my knees to curtsy

"No no my dear your family now. No need to worry about pleasantries" he says "are you ready?"

"I think so" I nodded giving my horse tallia a soft pet on her soft brown nose

"Ahh my dear well" he began

"No horses in the marshes" Jojen snapped

"What?"

"I'm afraid so, once had to be quick and daglige living among the marshes we have no need for horses they would merely get bogged down in the mud. I'm afraid your horse could go to the neck and no further"

"Oh. But I've had her since I was a girl"

"I'm sorry but she's of no use in the marshes"

"Well. I guess she'll just have to go back to the dreadfort with my father. I was so upset but I hid my tears I didn't want to leave little tallia but I didn't really have a choice. I didn't want to kick up about it especially given it was clear Jojen already didn't like me. We finished loading my things and jojen went to the front of the party without another word, his father helped me up onto one of the carts beside a small driver man and without further delay we were off heading out of the white harbor keep down its cobblestone roads with the bite to our side, I did take times to walk alongside whenever my legs began to feel numb, I had tried to hurry to the front and speak with Jojen and his father but I never could. So I simply watched the world go by watching trees, listening to bird song, watching the sun follow us across the sky. We didn't stop to rest just carried on through the mud and grass of the southern most areas of the northern kingdom past moar calin briefly following the road until we headed into the swampy marshes. It was now twilight on our second day since white harbor, the carts has to move single file along the small walkable areas until even those disappeared.

I had to walk along behind the cart it slowly being pushed thought the narrow walk ways until even then the carts has to take a different path then us leaving me to walk along these rickety shifting jettis.

I honestly was frightened walking through the dense fog, the wooden walkways shifting and moving with the bog below often the swamp water coming up through holes in the wooden walkways, everything this merky green hue, the air thick, the sky blocked out, no bird songs or grass sounds all of it just this bubbling and belching of the swampy marshes. I could have sworn as I walked I saw faces in the marsh water looking up at me drowned men and women, I could see in the dark trees yellow eyes that seemed to watch me I wasn't sure of they were creatures of the earth or marshmen themselves. The whole place has a thick musky smell like black dirty water. I was about to ask how much further to the keep of greywater but I lost track of those infront of me in this thick fog "Hello?" I asked nervously unable to do anything but watch the jetti moving back and forth in the waters current I felt steps move the wooden walk until something emerged from the mists a large lizard lion two men tall, it crawled along jaw agape showing its six lines of razor teeth it snapped its long tail at me.

I screamed and tried to run the other way but it hit me with its tail knocking me off the jetti and into the marsh water. I was convinced it was coming after me and I'd be food in meer moments.

I felt my body being dragged out and back onto the jetti, I looked and saw I was back safe on the jetti and the lizard lion angrily moving away back into the marshes angry at the denial of an easy meal,

"Watch the fog. They move in the cover of the thick fog" Jojen told me as I saw it was him who had come after me to pull me out

"Right, Thank you"

"I won't do it again, symbol of my house. Bad luck to hurt them"

"Of Course. I'm sorry"

"Come on or it'll be dark before we get to greywater. Then you'll really have to fight" He explained

"Right, Okay" I nodded fixing my dress and headed down the walkways.