Dynasty / Arya Stark X oc Male

26. Power

"What are you doing?"

"Garrett isnt waking, the king is dead, we need a king." Joffrey answered. "I am next in line."

Everything happened so quickly, Ned was in a cell Arya was in a panic and the once happy moments of the past turned quickly into chaos.

"If garrett was awake this would not be happening." Vaera declared. " what do we do?"

" he's taking the role of King. I'm just a bastard. I don't know what you expect me to do." Jon countered

"you're a man just by being born with a cock you have more power than me." Vaera corrected as arya ran up.

" my bastard title takes away any power I might have. Besides, he's claiming himself to be the king. No one has power over the King." Jon corrected

" except he's not the king. Garrett isn't dead." Arya demanded. " he just won't wake up...."

"" he's going to wake up." Jon assured giving her shoulder a squeeze.

" what is he gonna do to father?" Arya whispered.

" I don't know... the queen has been talking a lot with sansa. Were you not involved in those conversations?"

" of course she's kissing up to the queen still." Arya scoffed.

" maybe she's trying to get our father free." Jon suggested

" I don't think she's doing such a great job." Vaera admitted. " I heard that they were sending Raven out to Winterfell."

" why?" Arya questioned

"Robb." Jon realized. " they're going to write to robb and tell him to bend the knee."

" but Garrett isn't dead!" Arya shouted.

"Joffrey doesn't seem to care." Vaera countered

" how are we going to get out of jail?"

" we are not doing anything." Jon corrected "father wanted you and sansa to go home so I'm gonna try and get you both out."

" what about you? What about Garrett?" Arya corrected.

" I do not hold my father's name. They don't care for me. You and your sister, however..."

" I don't wanna leave Garrett. And I can't leave father knowing he's in a prison cell." Arya objected before running off.

Every day sansa went to the queen and joffrey and begged for her father to be released. He was high on painkillers. Whatever he said, he didn't mean it. Joffrey didnt care. He was the king after all.

"Your father wants you to leave, you and your sister, to get safe." Vaera remarked. Jon hoped his sweetheart would be able to get through to his little sister because he was failing. " Garrett is a good man. He wouldn't want you getting hurt by staying here."

"No i cant!" Arya shouted as joffrey claimed the role of king even though the realms would have been off with garret Joffrey knew his brother would perish. "I cant leave... him."

Cersei was convinced that Garrett was awake because he needed to. He needed to resume his role as rightful king. But joffrey in a sense was right. The realms needed a king.

"Little lady. Its not safe-"

"Hes my friend. He will fix this once he wakes."

" and what if by the time he wakes it's too too late?" Vaera countered

" too late for what??" Arya demanded.

" too late for him to fix what his little brother has damaged."

As the days passed Cersei thought Garrett would never wake, was this the punishment for her sins with Jaime? To lose her precious boy...

As neds trial approached the maesters tended tirelessly to the true king, even though they knew that his head had taken serious damage from the boar. The cuts on his chest seemed like nothing compared to the bump on his head.  They said he could have brain swelling or brain bleeding.  Neither sounded like it was curable. Maybe joffrey was the only reasonable one. Knowing that his brother would die and that things had to keep moving forward. Cersei refused to believe that.

"Jon we have to do something." Arya begged.

" I don't know what to do. We need to get safe. You need to run you need to hide." Jon decided. " I'm afraid of what joffrey is going to decide fathers fate is."

" I need him to wake up." Arya stared down at Garrett. He looked like he was just napping.  " if he wakes up with this all ends."

" it doesn't look like he's waking up kid."

" he has to! He has to!" Arya demanded before running off. Jon chased after her, but she knew the tunnels and the secret passage way is better than him and he lost her among the chaos of everyone getting ready for the trial.

"Baelon!" Ned shouted as he was dragged through the crowd, Yoren followed his gaze seeing Arya. "BAELON!" he begged to get Arya free.

"Come on little lady, you dont want to see this." But Arya refused to be dragged away. She watched in horror as her father was killed.

"We have to go." Yoren demanded.

"No! Garrett will fix this"

Horror filled her as her father's head dropped to the ground.

"He may be the rightful heir but He cant stick your daddys head back on," yoren corrected grabbing her roughly.

"He will fix this". Arya begged breaking from his hold.

Cersei was surprised to find arya in garretts chambers. She had disappeared and now she was here in Garretts room. Like a trophy.

"He will wake wont he?" Arya begged sniffling up her tears

"I hope so." Cersei agreed sitting at the end of the bed. After everything, his little brother had done, she didn't know that Garrett would be able to fix it if he woke up   he was always her protector always stood up for the little guy. And now he was lying on his deathbed and she refused to lose her son, but she didn't know what to do how to save him and she was a wreck  

"You love him" cersei realized swatting at her own tears. Arya nodded. "He cares for you". Cersei realized thinking back to all their time together she was so foolish as to have not seen it before he didn't want the perfect little lady. he wanted this little wolf to be his bride.

"Why did joffrey do it?" Arya whimpered.

"I don't know."

But she didn't know   There was to show that he had all the power that he was the king and could do whatever he wanted, including killing Ned Stark