Her Knight - Sansa Stark FanFiction (GirlxGirl)

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Isabelle's POV

"Your Grace." I called out to Cersei as she hurried down the corridor, loud sobs escaping her body. "Your Grace." I repeated, this time breaking out into a jog, pressing a firm hand to my stomach as I did so, both to try and contain the pain and to also make sure my bandage didn't come loose. "Cersei." I said louder, causing her to stop and turn around.

"Leave me alone." She said without looking at me.

"I'm afraid I can't do that." I said once I was stood in front of her.

"You have no business with me right now. Go."

I shook my head and reached out, wiping a tear before it fell from her cheek. "I just want to make sure that you're alright."

Cersei looked up at me and scoffed. She pushed my hand away and turned round, resting her hand on the smooth, stone rail of the balcony, looking out into the distance of the city. "Do I look alright?" I lowered my head as she continued to speak. "My husband, is dead. While I was out, riding a bloody horse, he was out getting attacked by a wild boar. I'm a Queen, I shouldn't have been with you. You are merely a servant."

"Excuse me? A servant?" I asked rather hurt. "I'm a knight."

"Do grow up." Cersei looking at me. "You should have stopped playing pretend a long time ago."

I clenched my jaw, trying not to let her words affect me. She was grieving , she had overcome the sadness and now she was angry and she was taking it out on me.

Cersei turned her body so she was fully facing me and she looked me up and down, a look of disgust on her face. "It's pathetic really. You think you're this great fighter. A mighty knight, but all you do is make a mockery of yourself."

"You don't know me."

"And you don't know me, and how could you? We have known each other for only two days. You say that you are a knight but you have done no such thing to prove yourself as such. So you can use a sword, but have you put it to use? No? You're just playing pretend with a real weapon, does it make you feel strong? Does it make you feel invincible? Does it make you feel like a man?"

Cersei had gotten closer to me, my nose and eyes began to sting, her words cutting deep into me. Reminding me of all the times I had been laughed at and judged for wanting to be a fighter, for wanting to be a knight, for wanting to be like Brienne.

Cersei pouted and pushed a strand of my hair behind my ear. "You're nothing and you always will be."

"And you're cruel but I hope one day you change."

With that, I turned around quickly and wiped my eyes. I walked back to my room to see that everyone had disappeared, thankfully my sword was still there. I just stared at it, unsure about what to do next, all I wanted to do was prove Cersei wrong...Hell, I had an urge to prove something to Brienne too. I quickly grabbed my sword and turned around, not sure what I was doing or where I was going...I ignored the many people I passed who gave me strange looks, I had no time for them.

Before I knew it, I was out in the woods. Surrounded by many trees, there was nothing but wilderness around me. I was confused. I couldn't remember walking here, I must have been completely lost in my head, thinking about Cersei, thinking about Brienne, thinking about all the times I had been judged and laughed at. All the times I had been told I would never be a knight.

I was angry. I could feel my blood literally boiling under my skin. The grip on my sword tightened and I let out a loud, frustrated scream. The sound of birds escaping from the trees I had scared them out of, was the only reply to my scream...Until I heard the snap of a twig.