You're Losing Me / Ned Stark / Sandor Clegane

8. John Shelby

Tyanna agreed with joffrey for once. She hated the wails of women -and men it was just pathetic.

Tyanna yawned out. Yes she felt awful about what happened to Bran. He was a sweet kid but she wasn't going to sit around waiting and wailing for him.

When tyanna was young about seven years old she had her first boyfriend. She had told tyrion that she loved this boy. John shelby. She was going to marry him. Tyrion knowing his twin thought well hell tyanna always gets what tyanna wants and she wants John shelby.

By age eight she was getting ready to marry him. Had her best dress picked out and jaime was going to walk her down the aisle because her father couldn't know until after the wedding. She was all ready and but then something horrible happened.  john died.

Tyanna didn't really know if death. Her mother died but she was too little to understand. Cersei and jaime told her about the death of their mother but being told of death and their mother in the clouds was different from seeing john laying motionless before her. Bleeding out.

Tyanna had screamed and ran to her father crying and sobbing. Tywin held her for a week as she confessed her plans to marry the boy the now very dead boy.

It was always trouble getting into business with a Shelby, Tywin had told her honestly.

So seeing bran laying there brought back those memories and tyanna turned cold at the sight. The good thing about johns death, it was quick. Brans death would linger. So she hated this in between if nothing but for the boys sake. He didn't deserve to suffer.

"You worried?" Sandor questioned pulling tyanna from her thoughts

"About?"

"I don't know stuff."

"I'm fine thanks for checking in Sandor."  Tyanna assured. "Where is my favorite little girl?"

"Chasing around Sofia." Sandor answered.

"I'm sorry ned. Any news from the maester today?" Sofia questioned.

"The same. But i suppose the same is better then worse." Ned answered

"I brought the herbs and broth and a clean cheese cloth." Sofia added. 

"Catelyn will be glad of a break." Ned agreed. "Thank you Sofia." He wrapped an arm around her as he led her into the room. She let out a shaky breath when she saw bran. Catelyn rose up wiping at her eyes.

"Hello catelyn. Might i sit with bran a while let you bathe or eat..." sofia offered

"That is kind of you but-"

"Catelyn please." Ned begged. She had been making demon catchers since bran fell. That was what ned deemed them. Twine and sticks and hung them up like a witches trap.  Her hair unchecked and oily. And the smell was ripe to be kind.

"Take care of yourself. I will take care of bran," sofia requested. Catelyn finally gave in heading off. Sofia kissed brans forehead before sitting on the bed beside summer.

Ned sighed sitting beside her and she grabbed his hand bringing it to her lap. Leaning into him stealing his warmth. Summed army crawled over their legs until she could reach Sofia and lick at her chin.

"He will be alright." Sofia whispered. "I know it."

"I hope so." Ned agreed glancing back at Bran motionless. "Sofia what if he isnt? Am I doing the right thing... your brother wants to leave..."

"I know." Sofia agreed. "I can't hold him off a while longer, you shouldnt have to worry about Bran while you are trying to rule the seven kingdoms." 

"I agree but the kingdoms need a leader, robert doesnt want to leave the realms without guidance for long."  Ned added. She chuckled. 

"You really forgot what my brother is like." Sofia countered. 

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"Please." Cersei said coming to console Catelyn, gesturing her stay sitting.

" I would have dressed, your Grace." Catelyn countered.

"This is your home. We are your guests." Tyanna assured. Cersei moved closer to Bran examining him carefully for signs of life. Die, she thought, she hoped, just die. 

" Handsome one, isn't he? I lost my first boy, a little black-haired beauty. He was a fighter too... Tried to beat the fever that took him. Forgive me. It's the last thing you need to hear right now." Cersei admitted. 

"I never knew." Catelyn countered, finally seeing Cersei as human instead of a queen. The queen.

"It was years ago. Robert was crazed, beat his hands bloody on the wall, all the things men do to show you how much they care... The boy looked just like him. Such a little thing... A bird without feathers." Cersei recalled softly. Tyanna's face fell, she was young when cersei became queen but she remembered that pregnancy, she kept asking where the baby went, why they didnt bury him among the royal family. She never got a straight answer out of them.  "They came to take his body away and Robert held me. I screamed and I battled, but he held me." Cersei recalled. "That little bundle. They took him away and I never saw him again. Never have visited the crypt, never. I pray to the Mother every morning and night that she return your child to you."

"I am grateful.." Catelyn whispered.

" Perhaps this time she'll listen."

" I came to say goodbye to Bran."

"You've said it." Catelyn snapped. Jon moved forward anyway ignoring her.

"I wish I could be here when you wake up. I'm going north with Uncle Benjen. I'm taking the black. I know we always talked about seeing the Wall together, but you'll be able to come visit me at Castle Black when you're better. I'll know my way around by then. I'll be a sworn brother of the Night's Watch. We can go out walking beyond the Wall, if you're not afraid." Jon added, sofia smiled softly from the doorway, Jon was such a good boy, wasted on the wall. Ned ran a hand down her back as he moved past her. 

" I want you to leave." Catelyn seethed as Ned came in. Jon pressed a kiss to Bran's forehead. 

"That was harsh." Sofia remarked, Jon shrugged. 

"She only sees the sin my father committed to have me," Jon countered. 

"She never took the time to get to know you." Sofia realized. "I already love you." Sofia assured. Jon smiled softly back at her. 

"You are special lady Sofia." 

"Just Sofia, how many times must I tell you honey?"