"The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one."

– Elbert Hubbard

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Chapter 2 How to play a game

Boudicca Lannister

Boudicca Lannister, the daughter of Tywin Lannister and Melody Redwyne. She stood over the fields on her horse. She went out hunting and caught few rabbits to have for dinner. Her horse is being impatient as he is prancing his hooves around the ground.

"Alright, alright, I know. Let's go home." She told him. She reins her horse to turn around and made him ran to return to Casterly Rock.

A stable boy came to take her reins and lead her stallion into his stable. She took the rabbits and enter the back door where the kitchens to drop off the rabbits she killed on the tables.

"Rabbits served for supper."

She ordered the cooks and nodded their reply, "Yes, my lady."

Boudicca went into her chambers to take bath. The water is already warmed up and the sunlight aims the position of her tub.

She removed her clothes and the scars of her scourging and red lines. They are reminder that she will never be helpless ever again.

Walking towards her bath, slowing dipping her feet, then leg and finally her other feet followed. Slowly, her waist followed and laid her back on the edge of the tub.

Boudicca hummed herself and sighs gently.

Letting her body filled her skin with water and playfully cup her hand in water and pour it.

Boudicca is mentally analyzing what is happening around the seven kingdoms.

First is Jon Arryn deaths.

She met him few times when she went to visit the capital to deliver the documents and merchant agreement. She heard from Grandmaester Pycelle that he has been sneaking around and asking too many questions about the royal family. She simply ordered him to keep his ears and eyes out because she doesn't want Cersei Lannister to do anything to him yet. Now he is dead. She asked that was he truly dead by illness or poisoned. Pycelle believes that someone had given him something to drink because he is too trusting of the person he knew.

That gives her suspicious about his death. True, that would spell out Lannister did this, but everyone knows that King Robert will never name her father, Tywin Lannister as Hand of the King. And King Robert will never name anyone like his brother Stannis Baratheon. So, if she was Robert she will have to name someone he can trust and be his ally against her family. It will be Eddard Stark, Lord of Winterfell and warden of the North.

Second is Eddard Stark being Hand of the King. Boudicca is skeptical about it. Everyone knew that he is too honorable and not much of a politics that can help him. She has been hearing from her spies that Roose Bolton is waiting patiently to take Winterfell and rule the North. She had met him before when her father was asking about a possible marriage between his son and heir, Domeric Bolton and herself. It was a good friendship between them and Boudicca enjoys listening to his music when he plays them and he was not like anyone she had met before. He wasn't handsome, but he was kind to her and smart. Sadly, he died. No she believed that he has been poisoned by his bastard son, Ramsey Snow. It wouldn't surprise her. He gives her the creeps and his smile looked like he spilled blood of his enemies. Anyway, back to the Lord Stark.

He holds high on his honor and duty, but he depend it too much. Boudicca knew that there is no honor or duty exist in Kingslanding or the South. No marriage proposal for his children either.

'What is that man thinking?' Boudicca thought. The whole idea is stupid. Eddard should at least find arrange marriage among the Northmen houses. Or else they will believe that house of Stark is weak and Bolton would gladly seize it.

Third is the Royal family. Robert Baratheon, who was once, the greatest warrior that ever lived is now a waste a space, whoremonger and drunken. He has no patient and abilities to be a king. A King who had still clings to his hatred of Targaryens and Lyanna Stark mysterious death. Cersei Lannister or Baratheon is short-sighted, arrogant, and cold that hated the King her husband and loved only her children that she suffocated them. Boudicca already knew the truth; she sired bastard children from someone behind her back. She doesn't who, but she will have to kill the father who fathered her children if she has to. Joffrey Baratheon is a sadistic, cruel and coward of a crown prince and probably the second coming of the Mad King. He will destroy the kingdoms if Cersei doesn't rein him his leash. Myrcella Baratheon a sweet girl, but she has potential of politics if given the chance. The second prince Tommen Baratheon is a gentle, sweet boy, but he is too trusting and eagerly pleasing to people.

The fourth is Targaryens survivors. Viserys Targaryen is just as mad as his father was. His sister, Daenerys Targaryen is meek, weak –will and soft of a girl. No good of them and she doubts that anyone would want them back because of the bad history in the seven kingdoms. Boudicca knew that there is a small chance that they will come across the sea and blood will be spilled by them.

The real question; is this, who is going to win the Game of Thrones.

Boudicca doesn't know what or who is going to start the game.

But War is coming and it is coming like a storm.

Boudicca looked into her hands that his roughed by her trainings and sweats of enduring pain. She wonders if there is a role for her in this life and the world.

Boudicca knew there are so many choices and very little option to make.

'This is stupid,' Boudicca told herself so harshly. Many are too proud, stubborn or bad blood between everyone. They will always judge anyone who is their families, status and race.

Nothing is going to change.

No matter how much that person create and think differently. There is always going to be that someone is standing in your way.

Boudicca realized that she has been lying in the water and believed that it is time to get up. Her hands reach the towel and covered her body with it.

She needs to get ready and no doubt her daily lesson with her father.

I hope you like that chapter. How Boudicca is trouble because there is so much problems happening and she doesn't know what to rely on. Next chapter, the war begin!