Daenerys of Winterfell

Chapter Four

Winterfell

All the servants were busy preparing for the feast of today, which was to be held from early afternoon until late night and beyond, and Wylla was in charge of the kitchen part, while Countess Sansa was running the outside and visual part for the feast.

While she was making the cake dough, breaking some eggs, Wylla said " Osha, pass me the milk.

"Just a moment, Wylla, I'll finish this and help you," said the girl, while she prepared another ingredient part.

"Careful with those dishes," warned Wylla Jeyne, Grenn's sister, who was washing and drying them carelessly and boringly, that if she wasn't careful, she'd drop them for sure. When it was time for the feast, the servants always tried to overdone things and not to do them carefully.

"Put more elbow grease on that silverware," Wylla said to another servant, then more orders to the others, and Osha brought her the milk while she kept mixing the dough.

Hurry up with these tables and tablecloths. The guests will be here soon," Sansa said angry, stressed, and agitated. Always at the last minute with the preparations, she thought.

"Alyssa!" yelled Sansa, as her daughter ran wild here and got bothered of the servants who were putting the tablecloths on the tables, or those who were carrying the candlesticks, and the plates with the cakes.

"Where's Daenerys?" she asked the servants, who shook their heads. "Osha, where is Daenerys?"

"I don't know, my lady," said the servant trying to hide something behind the back, but Sansa had no time for their games. "It's possible no one knows where that girl is!" she added, sighing, angry.

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Wintertown

After the time spent with little Ned, Daenerys went to see Gilly, to tell her about the latest news, before returning back to the castle, which was surely in agitation for the feast of today.

"Throwing a stone into the lake, Daenerys, laughing, said," And then I kicked him on the foot. "But seeing Gilly's serious face, who replied, "You worry me, Daenerys. You're too cheerful."

"And what's wrong with that," Daenerys confusedly said.

"Nothing for now, but in the future?" she said seriously.

"Will you warn me too, Gilly?" she asked and then jokingly added, "One of these days he'll jump on you, and make you his."

Gilly giggled, and so did Daenerys, but her friend seriously said, "You don't realise, do you?"

And the smile from Daenerys' lips disappeared when she saw that Gilly was serious and continued, "You keep joking, but you don't realise that you' re falling in love."

"No," said Daenerys denying it, and looking towards the lake. How right Gilly was, but admitting it seemed so hard, and even hearing it out loud.

"Look at you, Dany. You're always smiling when you talk about him," said Gilly, but Daenerys shook her head, sighing, but still smiling, and said, "I'm telling you these funny stories to cheer you up," and then she added seriously, avoiding her gaze, "Anyway, I haven't..."

"Done nothing wrong," ended Gilly.

After a few seconds of silence, knowing it was pointless to deny it, Daenerys sighed and looked to her friend, "All right, I admit it. He's handsome, he's kind, he's strong, and he turns the heads of every woman in the castle I'm sure. So what? I didn't say I wanted to marry him."