Everybody Wants to Rule the World

A Hawke Becomes a Stark

Everybody Wants to Rule the World

Chapter 4 - A Hawke becomes a Stark

Over the past weeks Robb and I have gotten close having rode horses together, walked together, and trained together. I have fallen in love with little Arya and her playful disobedience. Her and I spend what time I am not with Robb or preparing for the wedding together. Sansa is more excited for the wedding than I am trying to play every detail perfectly. Bran asks me daily to help him shoot a bow while Rickon likes me to chase him around the courtyard. Lady Stark and Lord Stark have taken me into their home and treat me like their own child which I greatly appreciate. Here in Winterfell I can breath but the lingering feeling of death gives me constant nightmares. At times I fear falling asleep and I would hardly rest.

“Morgana are you alright?” I heard Robb ask pulling me out of my thoughts.

“Yes, I’m fine really,” I said giving him the best smile I can.

“If you need to talk you know I am here for you, I know you have barely been sleeping, sometimes I can here the scream in my room but I know mother will tend to you when I am not aloud to see you in an indecent state till the wedding,” Robb sighed touching my hand lightly making my neck hair rise.

“I’m sorry My Lord I do not mean to wake you or disturb you,” I sigh looking down at our hands.

“Don’t be sorry it isn't your fault but if I may ask what are the dreams of?” Robb asked cautiously.

“How I could have simply saved my whole family if I could have used magic but then the Queen would have found out and I would have been put to death for my crimes against the crown,” I spoke softly as we reached a place to sit.

“You aren’t allowed to use magic?” Robb asked in disbelief.

“I see you didn’t study your history much,” I joked lightly, “but yes when the mad king was killed and King Robert married Cersei Lannister, she made the King write a law saying that if any person was caught using magic they would be put to death for their crimes. As I grew up I was taught simple magic to hide easily and we were also taught healing but that is very tricky to do without potions and the right ingredients. As the Hawke children grow the power inside them also grows becoming more and more destructive if not used. That is why we were taught little things like moving objects without holding it and it would help us build strength without being obvious or destructive,” I explained.

“Can you show me?” Robb asked curiously. I nodded as I looked over at the candle seated in it’s holder. My eyes flew yellow as the candle lifted carefully from its holder and towards Robb. “That’s beautiful,” Robb said as he reached to touch the candle making me drop it to the ground.

“Sorry,” I blushed picking the candle up in my hands and placing it back in it’s holder. “It is hard to concentrate on it sometimes and for big spells I have my book of magic which teaches me the way to command it.”

“And you are train in sword and in archery, you are like the full package of a bad ass,” Robb said as he took my hand in his and lead me outside where people were setting up for the wedding tomorrow.

“Are you happy?” Robb asked suddenly.

“What do you mean?”

“Are you happy marrying me? Do you want to be with me or is this just all for the arrangement,” Robb said looking away from me.

“I wouldn’t have it any other way, I am marrying my best friend someone I care about and someone who will take care of me,” I smiled at him.

“I’m sorry I’m just nervous that you won’t like me or want to be with me, I mean we’ve known each other since we were babies and I shouldn’t be worried about that but it’s different now we will have to be intimate and-,” Robb’s words were cut short by my lips in a kiss of silence.