Upon the sands of Dorne, in a tower made of stone labor, Lyanna Stark, daughter of Rickon Stark and wife of Rheager Targeryn. In the heat of the tower, she was screaming in pain as she labored her baby. She should have known better, she thought if she asked Rheager to help her cancel her marriage to Robert Baratheon, then she would have to marry him. However, Rheager and Lyarra married, and when she heard of her father and brother months after, she wanted to return but Rhager refused.
Now, here she lies laboring the child she had conceived with Rheager. She had fallen in love with him, but his love became possessive as if the dragon were hoarding gold. Lyarra prayed for Elia and her babes, she prayed for the dornish woman she became friends with to be safe.
However, she heard shouting, and the midwife stood in front of her. Lyarra prayed it was Ned, her beloved quiet wolf brother, but appeared to be someone else.
He was an older man, maybe around her father's age before he was killed. he was wrapped in blue silks, from the ports of Pentos, Esso. He had silver hair from age, and his dark skin reminded her of almonds.
For unknown reasons, Lyanna Stark, reached her hand out to him, "Please...help.."She cried out, and the man ran to her, he began to order the midwife."Prepare hot water and wraps, I shall elevate her l."He said as he got behind Lyanna lifting her to sit up.
The pain was coursing through her as she cried out, the midwife sped her łegs to calculate to see if she was ready. As hours passed, it was time so the midwife instructed as all past midwives would tell soon-to-be mothers as they bring new life...to push.
Lyanna screamed as she pushed, and the man didn't once comply as she squeezed his hand, probably with enough strength to break his hand or draw blood. As the pain came through waves so did the final release.
When Lyanna finally heard her baby cry, she felt the tears run down her face. The midwife proceeded to clean up her baby after, cutting the umbilical cord. However, there was distress in her voice, "I can not stop the bleeding, her blood vessels were too thin, and they ruptured."The midwife said with bitter tears as she cursed the Gods, Old and New along with Rheager.
Lyanna turned to the man, and he helped her hold her baby, "Please..take her...to my brother..Ned Stark *crying* please...protect her..."She says as she feels her heart sink, as tears fill her eyes, "Please..promise me, promise me to protect her..."She says with a small amount of strength, as the man holds her in a kind and gentle embrace, "Alright... what shall be her name?" He asked her, and Lyanna looked down at her beautiful baby. Her baby looked stark, including her grey-blue eyes, and Lyanna knew Rheager wanted to name their daughter after Visneya Targaryen...but Lyanna knew she could never subject her child to that fate, "Alyanna...Alyanna after the Good Queen, My sweet Alyanna, I love you and always will."She says kissing her baby girl's forehead.
As time passed, Lyanna lay in bed, her body covered with a blanket as her baby cried for her mother.
The man looked down at the babe, he wanted to take her to Ned Stark, as promised but...he knew the honorable Ned Stark would take in his sister's child under the cloak of bastardy. He met Ned, and Robert as a knight back at the Vale before he left for Esso. When he heard about Lyanna's kidnapping and the Rebellion, he decided to search for Lyanna. He had two of his men help Princess Elia and her children when Ned sent word of the Lannister's soon-to-be assault on the Capital.
He looked at the babe, could he truly do as Lyanna asked, he knew even with his cousin, Reed, greater powers, she would live with no true home. So, he order the midwife to secrecy, to lie if asked that Lyanna's baby was stillborn. That no one, not even Ned Stark was to know of the babe. "What shall her name be then?"Askef the midwife, after washing Lyanna's body and taking care of her baby. "Lya, Lya Nott."He said before leaving the tower.
He left the unconscious Kingsguards behind, the sands of Dorne, and towards their new home.
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Winter Hood
Fanfiction[Robin Hood au] [Female Jon Snow] [Elia and her children live] What if instead of Ned found Lyrra but a mercenary who was a former Kingsguard and of old Valeryon? What if Alyanna was raised with honor, but honor to steal from the rich to feed the p...