Warrior

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Benjen Stark fell to his knee, bowing at the Princess while Jon merely looked at the young woman he loved, shock clear in his features, "Please don't. I should be the one bowing to you for protecting us in the wall." Maeriana replied, bowing her head at the Night's Watch member, "I beg your pardon, we did not know you were standing there." Benjen tried to start but Maeriana raised her hand "I should be the one apologising, I should have made my presence known." She countered, making Benjen nod slightly before replying "Well I'd better get inside. Rescue your father from his guests. We'll talk later." sending his nephew a look before walking away and inside.

"Care to explain to me why you were just about to drop everything and leave for the Wall?" Maeriana inquired, walking closer to the man she loved and crossing her arms over her chest, "Care to explain how and why you are engaged to Robb?" Jon countered, "Not by my request. Jon, Robb knows as much as you and I that this marriage will never happen for obvious reasons. I love you, I have loved you for the longest time and you know that. You've known that from the moment we began courting." Mae said, cupping her hands on Jon's freshly shaved cheeks, looking at him, tilting her head slightly back to be able to look at the black haired bastard completely.

A sigh left Jon's lips as he moved his arms around Maeriana's waist, pulling her close to him and allowing her to wrap her arms around his shoulders, embracing for the first time in a year,  "I'm sorry..." Jon whispered against her neck and as a reply Mae pulled back slightly and connected their lips in a sweet and caring kiss.

Unfortunately their moment didn't last long because it was ruined by the Princess's step-uncle making his presence known by inquiring "Your uncle's in the Night's Watch." this made Maeriana and Jon groan lightly against each other's lips and detach, Maeriana glaring at her Dawrf step-uncle as he stepped out of the shadows. "What're you doing back there?" Jon inquired, "Preparing for a night with your family and watching you kiss the life out of my niece, who should be inside." Tyrion Lannister stated taking a gulp from his drink.

"I've always wanted to see the Wall." Tyrion added, looking at his step-niece and the North's bastard, "You're Tyrion Lannister. Mae's step-uncle. The queen's brother?" Jon inquired, looking at the dwarf in front of him and his lover, "My greatest accomplishments." Tyrion replied, winking at his step-niece cheekily before continuing "You're Ned Stark's bastard, aren't you?" His seemingly innocent question made Jon's face cloud with anger and Maeriana's to show utter desbelief before Jon walked away from the dwarf, pulling Maeriana with him, gently by the hand.

"Did I offend you? Sorry. You are the bastard, though."Tyrion called out to the black haired man, who sighed and replied "Lord Eddard Stark is my father." prompting the famous Imp to reply "And Lady Stark is not your mother. Making you a bastard." deciding that her uncle had done enough Maeriana turned her body to her uncle and said "That's enough! You've clearly had too much to drink, go join the party and leave us be uncle!" her cheeks turning red with anger while her eyes looked like icy embers.

Tyrion glanced at his niece once more before adding once more "Let me give you some advice, bastard. Never forget what you are. The rest of the world will not. Wear it like armor. Then it can never be used to hurt you."  prompting the bastard from the North to retort angrily "What the hell do you know about being a bastard?" earning the reply "All dwarves are bastards in their fathers' eyes." as Tyrion began to walk away.

Angrily Jon grabbed the sword he had dropped to greet his uncle and slowly began to get ready to fight the dummy once more when Tyrion's voice rang through the courtyard once more "One final advice, don't let the King and Queen find out that you're courting my niece, they'll have your head and balls hanging from the gates at the Red Keep." Maeriana rolled her eyes while Jon merely stabbed the dummy in the place where the heart is meant to be.

"Ignore him, he's just a drunk imp." Maeriana stated as she sat on the fence around the training dummy, the thin clothing making her smile as the cold wind blew around them, as she felt nothing but comfort in the cold, "The drunk imp was telling the truth nonetheless." Jon replied making the brunette young woman frown at him, "About your father and the Queen cutting my head and balls for courting you." Jon explained as he stepped closer to the raven haired woman.

"And yet we have been secretly courting for 3 years, since we were 14 going on 15." Mae teased, wrapping her arms around Jon's neck and leaning forward, Jon smiled softly before connecting their lips and picking the princess up in his arms, leading her back inside the castle.