Wolf Queen

chapter three

Arya and Mycah were sword fighting with sticks. I stare at the river, admiring the ripple of the light waves.

"Lyanna, why don't you try?" Arya turns to me.

I shake my head. "I'm tired and I want to watch." It was partially true.

"How are you supposed to get better at sword fighting if you don't practice?" She asks.

I sigh. "It's not that hard, Arya. All you have to do is stick them in the gut. I am small and fast, so are you, so it should be easy."

Arya shrugs and goes back to sword fighting. Out of the corner of my eye, I see Sansa walking with Joffrey.

I ignore all four of them and stare off in the distance.

"You dare hit my betrothed's sister?" Joffrey asks with a gasp.

I look up, noticing that Joffrey had his sword to Mycah's cheek. There was now a cut on Mycah's cheek.

Arya hit Joffrey over the head and Joffrey points his sword at her. I stand up quickly.

"Guys, quit!" I shout.

Sansa shouted the same things.

Nymeria, Arya's wolf, attacks Joffrey, biting his arm. Arya picks up Joffrey's sword. She stares at him for a money before throwing it in the river.

"Come on, Lyanna." Arya says.

Nymeria, Arya, and I run off. We run until we think we are safe from Joffrey.

"You should go back," Arya says, "so you won't be blamed for anything."

"What are you going to do?" I ask.

Arya shakes her head. "Just go."

I step back and I look at her. She shoos me away and I run off.

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A guard came to my door. Ash lifted his head off of the ground. I get out of bed and I open it.

"Your father wishes that I get you."

I nod slowly and follow him. He takes me to the King and queen.

"Lyanna, darling," Father says and pulls me into his arms, "Joffrey says you were there, with him, Sansa, and Arya."

I nod. "I was."

Father looks at the King and queen. "Lyanna is my most honest child."

I look around for Sansa. She is not here yet.

"Who knows, she may lie to keep her sister out of harm's way." Queen Cersei says.

The King ignores Cersei. "What happened, child? And be honest. It's a great crime to lie to a king."

"Arya and Mycah were sword fighting with sticks. Sansa and Joffrey walk up and Joffrey taunts Mycah, cutting him on the cheek with his sword. Arya hit Joffrey so he would quit hurting Mycah. Nymeria bit Joffrey because he swung at Arya," I say, loud enough for everyone to hear, "Nymeria was only protecting Arya."

King Robert gives Joffrey a dirty look and Joffrey looks down guiltily. Cersei stares at me. She thinks I am lying. Of course she does.

I then look to Arya. She smiles at me, happy that I told the truth.

"Bring Sansa." Robert orders. One man leaves to get my sister.

He comes back moments later. Sansa looks guilty already.

"What happened?" Robert asks instantly.

Sansa looks down. "I don't know. It all happened so quickly."

"Liar, liar, liar!" Arya shouts as she hits Sansa.

Father pulls Arya off of Sansa. He yells a few words to her, then calms down.

"You deal with your children, I will deal with mine." King Robert says.

"What's to be done with the wolf?" Cersei asks.

"I'd forgotten about the damned thing." Robert grumbles.

"You cannot let it go unpunished."

Robert rolls his eyes. Cersei wanted him to kill it.

"Where is it?"

A guard speaks up. "It's nowhere to be found, your grace."

"You have more than one," Cersei says emotionless.

Robert looks at Father.

"You don't mean Lady, do you?" Sansa looks at Father, "Lady's good, Lady didn't bite anyone. Ash is more likely to bite someone."

"No, he's not!" I yell in her face, "he had been in my room all day! He only does what I say!"

"Stop!" Robert's voice roars and I snap my head at him, "Lyanna's wolf was nowhere near the scene."

Sansa gives me a dirty look through her tears. I give her a look that says, 'I'm sorry' but that was not good enough. It wasn't enough to keep Lady from being killed.

"Go to your rooms." Father says.

The three of us exit the room and I stop at the door. Sansa stops as well.

"It should be Ash, not Lady." Sansa says, he tone hard and serious.

Arya looks back at her. "No, it should be Nymeria. But since you lied, this is what you get. Lyanna told the truth. Her wolf gets to live."

Sansa storms off and I sigh. I felt horrible. Maybe it should be Ash, but I could not bear to part with him. He's the only friend I have in King's Landing.

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It kinda sucks, I'm sorry, but I'm working on my writing skills. :)

I will try my hardest to make it better and to where people actually want to read it.

-Chloe