"My lord"-Elia Martell
I immediately drop to my knees in her presence because to me this is still the queen regent of the seven kingdoms and I will never disrespect a person of a higher station in royalty.
"Not a lord my lady but a ser is all as I have no wish to be a lord, only a guard that guides a dragon back to his rightful home with his enemies laid bare"-Michael
"Hahaha thank you ser but please rise I only wish to see and thank my savior and my families savior, you did the impossible and saved us and got us home Ser you have my upmost and sincere thanks and if you should ever need me don't hesitate"-Elia Martell (she's one character I don't know much about but from reading side bits she seems like a really genuine person)
"Of course my lady I shall let you know should I ever need your guidance"Michael
As I watch her walk away with only the gracefulness a woman of her caliber could I break myself out of this trance and start to make my way to my men and apologize for having them leave me behind against all of there wishes.
As a man amongst his brothers I never wanted to see harm befall them, to me they were my family and should any fall it would kill me but I would push on even if a part of me dies with them.
As a commander I failed them in the worst way possible, I put them in positions away from me so they could escape with the royal family but I didn't take into account how many men were willing to die for me in my place so I could leave.
Never again will I take that from them nor will I ever give an order like leave me again because I know full well there's no next time should it come and I see my life ending on a battlefield I won't be alone.
As I'm walking towards the rooms my men are being put up in I hear…..footsteps? At least I think so? It's like little taps taps taps and then I just start to hear "my prince! Please don't run it's dangerous!"-maid
Ahhhhhh so it's the little dragon huh? The least I could do is help the maids and sneakily snatch up the prince and hand him back to them.
As I hear the little footsteps get closer they just magically stop so I turn my head around the corner and nobodies there but when I start to turn around I hear little child laughs so I look and see 2 little feet behind a tapestry.
As I walk up he tries harder and harder to contain his laughs to the point when I move the tapestry he busts out in laughs until he sees it's not the maids who found him but I a one eyed brute looking of a man.
He looks at me up and down like a curious child except he doesn't look at me and cry like any other child of his age rightfully would because I hate to say it but I look like shit when I'm not cleaned up.
As he's looking at me curiously his maids see me and him and they immediately breathe a sigh of relief (I've decided to make GUTS known around sunspears castle? Or house? Idk but yeah if not a good idea let me know) and ask me if I've met the little prince yet and I tell them I have in a way.
The maids start to thank me and start to pick the prince up but he immediately runs from them and….. behind me? Huh? Why? The kids just looking at me like I'm some sort of fascination of the world.
"…..ride"-aegon
"Excuse me?"-michael
"….RIDE"-Aegon
"You understand I'm not a dragon correct little dragon"-Michael
*nods*"....ride"-Aegon
As me and the prince have a quite mini stare down battle which for some reason feels like the first of many many many…..but for some reason I don't hate it.
The boy has nothing here but his mother and sister and a family that either looks at him as a prize or something that could be discarded if the reign of Robert is good, I feel something in my stomach akin to a familiarity with the prince.
I pick the prince up and his smile only grows so I allow it for the time being and the maids just give us a smile and follow right behind us as we walk to our….destination? But where is the prince going?
"My prince I must ask but where are we going? Do you have any studies or anything to get to?"-michael
The prince just tilts his head as if I knew where to go so I just walk towards the training yard and push back the reunion with my men til later tonight over at a good tavern with good drink.
As we head towards the training yard I see a knight with two swords in his hand going against 3 other men while steadily pushing them back and him holding his own ground like he's playing with children and then I start to realize who this man is.
Twin swords, Armor that clearly looks to great to be made here or anywhere close to us and as he takes his helmet off I see a man I never expected to see again in my life.
Arthur Wayne, the sword of the morning who was missing all throughout the end of the rebellion and the man who everyone expected to either die or win by king chargers side and an emotion wells up in me….anger.
I dont see the man everyone sees. I see a craven, an oathbreaker, a man who abandoned his king, his friend and so when I realize he sees me and approaches me I believe he somehow felt my anger pulsing off me.
As he brings his hand up and tries to talk to me I immediately punch the knight in has face hoping to break his jaw or something close but surprise to me he falls and only spits out blood and just looks at me and gets back up.
"Ser, I understand why you hate me as you rightfully should, I'm a failure of a kings guard, im a failure as a friend and just recently I came close to being a failure of a brother but what you don't know is the circumstances of my disappearance so if it would help my case with you be cleared I wish to speak to you later tonight."-Arthur Dayne
I just stare at the man and look at the prince who seemed started by the sudden occurence of my fist hitting something unpleasant but he calms down and smiles again and that does something to me.
"If it is unreasonable I will do everything I can to kill you or send you to the wall"-Michael
As we part ways I can hear but a random compliment from the man I just rocked "That was the 100 man slayer? Are you sure he's not being underrated?"and I just smile from that.
As we walk away the prince still perched up on my shoulder I start to pick him up and bring him down in front of me and I kneel in front of him, I planned on doing this when he was older but for some reason I feel the prince would understand what I'm about to do.
"My king Aegon the 6th of his name, King of the Andals, the Rhoynar, and the First Men I make an oath to you to serve the rest of my life as your shield, guide, sword, executioner in the days to come and never again will such a tragedy occur and never again will traitors be rewarded for breaking oaths, I promise you the dragon will reign once again and you will sit atop the iron throne as your birthright claims you should"-Michael
As the prince just looks at me I fear I may have overestimated him and his intelligence but that's okay the oath can always be made again and I will never waver in this or if should the warrior himself should kill me.
"...shield"
Huh?
"You're my shield. From today til my or your last day"-Aegon
As he says that the maids we were with earlier find us and request the princes presence with his mother and sister and as he walks away I just sit there baffled….and excited.
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I've decided to go the route of guts not knowing the plot and I'm tweaking some parts along the story. It's going to be a AU but much much later around the time the show starts so after this we have a time skip.
Also yes clearly Arthur dayne is alive, he won't be a enemy, his dynamic with guts will be like Deadpool and Wolverine just ya know no Deadpool but I'll make Arthur the Deadpool part of the friendship tho haha. If you're wondering Ned stark is alive I'm biased he's my fav character lol
But yeah sorry for no chapter last 2 days had to sit with my grandmother but i will try to get one out either before or after work tomorrow or Saturday.
Thanks for the read, love you guys.