Desperate Measures

Chapter 4

"Myrcella, Tommen hurry up!" I commanded my little brother and sister. I helped them onto their horses and then I mounted my horse and rode behind my brother and sister so I could see if anything would happen to them.

We had rode for about an hour when we went to have a rest from riding. There was a rustling in the bush it was probably just the wind but you could never be too careful after all it was kings landing.

I looked around and luckily nobody was there. So I walked back to where I left Myrcella and Tommen when I heard Myrcella scream. Dammit. I ran the rest of the way and I smiled sweetly at the men who were holding my child siblings threatening them.

"You expect them to carry money or jewels you thugs can steal? they won't they are eight at most you idiotic fools and if I don't kill you right now you'll die a much more horrible death for treason!" I screamed at them none of them would live to see another sunrise. Poor them.

"What are you going to do little girl? You don't have a blade and we outnumber you and your poor little siblings are defenceless Princess." One of the ugliest men I had ever seen in my life told me in an antagonising tone.

What a silly creature. I couldn't even call him a man, he was almost animal but he was so ugly he almost made my eyes bleed. His crooked teeth were rotting and you could smell his breath from miles away and it would still make you gag. Him and his friends smelt like they rolled in shit and didn't take a bath afterwards. All of them probably fought as horrendous as they smelt which gave me hope that I could beat them all.

"How do you know I don't have a blade?"

"Carrying a blade is not lady like Princess the queen or king would never let you weild a sword."

"Whoever said I was lady like?" I smirked at the thugs before pulling out my sword Valyria. I named my sword Valyria after the steel as it was made a long time ago with Valyrian steel one of the most lusted after steels to make swords with.

I began to fight the thugs one-on-five but more thugs were coming. I heard a dozen horses coming and that gave me hope that maybe some of the knights were out hunting. The thug who was holding Tommen let him go and joined his friends who were all trying to get a piece of me. The thug holding Myrcella though wasn't as nice. The thug stabbed Myrcella in the chest and I knew I would take him back to the castle for my king father and his court to take care of.

Robb Stark and his bastard brother Jon Snow emerged from the trees along with my father,my fathers two brothers, Uncle Stannis and Uncle Renly, four knights including my Uncle Jaime and a healer who always went on hunting trips incase anything happened.

Everyone jumped off their horses my father and the healer attending to Myrcella and my uncles and the knights helping me kill the last few thugs that were remaing. "Uncle Renly stop! that's him! the one who stabbed Myrcella!" I shouted at my uncle.

Uncle Renly turned to my father to see what my father wanted done with the bastard who hurt my sister. "Behead him Renly, I will hang his head in Kings Landing." When my father gave his final word Renly was about to chop the bastards head off but I swung my sword before he could. I smiled innocently at my favourite uncle and he picked the head up by its hair and put it in one of the boxes they carried with them.

My father saw that it was me who decapitated the bastard and sent me an impressed look and turned to the knights and my uncles. "Nobody will speak a word of this or I will kill you for treason against the king!" My father spoke mainly to the three knights who had nothing to do with my family.

All of us got back on our horses to ride back to kings landing. My father, Uncle Stannis and the healer with Myrcella rode up front going as fast as their horses could go as Myrcella's life was in danger. Shortly behind them were Jon and Robb who were talking as they were riding. A little behind them were the knights and Tommen and Uncle Renly and I were at the back of the group.

"Uncle Renly if you wanted me to I could tell everyone you decapitated the bastard so nobody knows a girl of almost fourteen got in there before you because you hesitated." Renly glared at me and I smiled sweetly at him.

Uncle Jaime let out a laugh once he heard mine and my uncles conversation and I smiled brightly at him. "You did great today Alys if it wasn't for you all three of you would probably dead."

"No. No I did not do great uncle Jaime I didn't do almost near as good as I should've! Myrcella could die and if she does it will be all my fault!" I told them angrily but quietly so the others couldn't hear me. I should've brought guards with us infact I should've never came this far into the forest with them.

"Not even the bravest men I've met would take on that many people on their own Alys, you don't give yourself enough credit." Uncle Jaime told me softly while touching my shoulder in a comforting way. I barely saw this side of my uncle, hardly anyone did but it was my favourite side of him.

"As much as I hate to admit it Alys he is right most men would've ran." Uncle Renly interjected.

"Uncle Renly that is hilarious." I told my uncle and it was obvious that I did not like what he said. "Because last time I checked I am not a so called brave man. Nor am I child who needs help as I am a woman. A strong, resilient woman and as for brave men; if they were really brave they would fight until their last breath not run. And how dare you even think I would leave my siblings to defend themselves Tommen has only just passed his seventh name day and Myrcella has never even touched a blade. Running is a sign of cowardice and no one with Lannister blood like myself will ever show signs of cowardice."