The Northern Mermaid

Ten

I've been avoiding Jon, Theon and Robb since they've been trying to get me wet for the last two weeks. During the last two weeks I've been more discreet and making Sansa and her friend pay for how they bully Arya. So far shit, piss, mud and so many more things have covered Sansa and her friend. It's so funny.

Right now I'm walking through the hall when I'm hit with water from one of the dogs who shook—why was a wet dog inside? Aren't they always cleaned outside? I quickly run to a room and lock the door as I fall transforming into a mermaid. "Seven fucking hells" looking up I see Jon, oh I ran to his room.

There is a knock on the door and I whisper "Please stay silent" I cloak myself and Jon comes over before touching me "Jon!"

"Okay" he pushes me aside before going to the door and I pull myself under the bed to hide.

I see Robb and Theon come in "We saw Lya run in here" they look everywhere "where did she go?"

"Might have been another room" Jon says, I wait before I hear footsteps leave and I uncloak myself. Coming out I see go to open the door but hisses since I made the door handle hot.

"Sorry" I say as he looks at me "but please, can you help me onto the bed" he stares at me before picking me up, he sets me down onto the bed.

"I have so many questions" he says

"Are Robb and Theon there?" I ask

He checks after I cooled the handle down and shakes his head no "How" looking at me "are you"

"A mermaid?" I ask as I dry myself off "I've always been one, remember my letter about not being a true born Stark?" He nods his head "well my mother...she too was a mermaid"

"How is this possible?" He asks

"Remember when we were nine and some hooded person took me" never knew who that was no matter how much I looked "well he took me to a place where the spell that kept my tail hidden, it removed the spell"

"Does father know?" He asks

"Only about my powers" I explain to him "yes, I have powers. Father sent me away so that other mermaids could teach me how to properly use my powers"

"What can you do?" He asks

"Control the weather" I tell him "the air, water...yeah I can do a lot of stuff"

"Can you breathe underwater?" He asks

Shaking my head "I can hold my breath for about an hour"

He is silent "Whenever you touch water"

"I have about ten seconds before this happens" when my legs come back after I dried myself off "please don't tell anyone Jon"

Nodding his head "Of course...Robb and Theon won't give up about this whole water thing"

"Then say I don't like being wet" I say "I don't know...I need a nap"

~Time Skip~

"How" Jon asks "do you use the bath?" It's been a month, Robb and Theon haven't given up on their whole wet quest. Jon and I have talked more about being a mermaid.

"There's plenty of ocean" I tell him, he makes a face "I'm going to tell father..."

"Really?" He asks

Nodding my head "He deserves to know, also maybe he can get Robb and Theon to stop trying to get my wet"

~Ned's POV~

I'm going over the reports for the harvests in my study when Lyarra storms in slamming the door and falls down having an orange tail. "Jon let us through" I hear Robb order "what is Lyarra hiding?"

"Fuck" Lyarra breathes as she pulls herself away from the door before becoming invisible.

The door opens and in comes Theon, Robb and Jon. "Father" Robb walks before tripping over Lyarra "what the"

"It was the rug" Jon lies

"Lord Stark?" Theon asks looking around "have you seen Lyarra?"

I want to say yes but instead I say "No, why have you boys bursted in here?"

"Didn't Lyarra come in here?" Robb asks "what are you doing Jon?" We see Jon bent over.

"Stretching" he lies "seeing if I can touch my toes, oh look—father is busy"

"Everyone but Jon leaves" I order, Theon and Robb are still before I order again "Leave" they leave and I close the door looking back as Lyarra becomes visible. Jon helps Lyarra into a chair "how" I ask going to her side crouching to look at her "is this possible?"

"I was born this way" she says "father...I know Lady Stark isn't my mother" I gulp, I feared this would happen.

"Jon" looking at him "could you give us a moment, keep anyone from coming inside especially Lady Stark" he nods his head leaving.

"You both can't go in there" I hear Jon tell someone.

"Where's Lyarra?" Theon asks

I look back to Lyarra "How did this happen?" I ask

"You remember Nerissa?" Nodding my head wondering how she knows the name "she used a spell to keep my tail from being shown, for the last some years I've lived amongst mermaids father"

"But how" I ask

"When I was nine that man" she reminds me of that time I nearly lost her "he removed the spell that kept me from turning whenever water touches me skin"

"Did Veridia and Rita know?" I ask, she looks at me "their mermaids aren't they?"

"Rita wanted to tell you" she says "but Veridia being apart of the mermaid council forbid it, I'm sorry"

I hug her "You have nothing to be sorry for, though it does explain your birth mother wanting you to be born in the water" Carina always tried to get back to the water "what else do you know?"

"What do you mean?" She asks

So she doesn't know about Brandon, she has a right to know "Lyarra...your not my daughter"

She furrows her brows "What?"

"Brandon Stark" I tell her "my older brother, your his daughter"

Her eyes widen "What?" She soon turns back into a person with legs "did he...did he know about me?"

Nodding my head "He loved you unconditionally, from the moment he found he couldn't want to be a father"

"Do I look like him or her?" She asks

"You have your mother's beauty" I tell her "but your father's eyes...you also have his spirit to being there for the north" I have so many questions but I assume so does she.