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Author's Notes:

This is where this part of the Story ends and Book 1 begins, hope you all enjoyed this part of this story!

Seven Years Later 289 AC Riverrun

"Greetings Lord Stark, how is the North?" A young man with dark hair and blue eyes looking quite a bit like Hoster asked as Ned dismounted his horse upon entry to Riverrun, causing the large company that was following behind him to halt.

"Rather well Edmure, how is your father?" Ned asked politely.

"He would be better if the filthy Iron Born had not attacked Lannisport and threatened our lands as well," Edmure said coldly.

"So I have heard, and that is why I brought 2,000 of my best Sea Faring men, so we can aide in putting down the rebellion," Ned said slowly.

"And the King is grateful, with the loss of the Lannister fleet we will need to crowd as many men on the Royal, Tully, and Baratheon fleets," Jon said calmly walking up to the two.

"Lord Arryn, when did you arrive?" Edmure asked shocked to see the Hand of the King.

"Not long ago, I came mostly alone except for your sister who wanted to be in her home when she has our child," Jon said kindly.

"Well, it's a good thing I had Catelyn and my children come with me, as I am sure they will want to meet their cousin when he is born," Ned said with a smile.

"Wait, Cat and Lysa are here?" Edmure said excitedly.

"Yes, young Edmure, why don't you go and see your sisters while we talk with your father," Jon said kindly as he saw Hoster approaching.

"Son, you are dismissed, go see your sisters and nieces and nephews," Hoster said when Edmure looked to him for confirmation.

"So Jon, you mentioned the Lannister fleet was destroyed, what exactly happened?" Ned asked kindly.

"Well, the Ironborn rebels decided to send a small convoy of men who attacked by the shadow of night and set the Lannister Fleet ablaze while they were all in the harbor. So since your men in the North managed to wipe out the Ironborn from Sea Dragon Point, the Ironborn will not expect the North to attack from the south, which will be a plus for us." Jon said calmly.

"Wait the Ironborn decided to anger the sleeping Wolf? Are they mad?" Hoster asked in shock.

"Probably, being they wiped out one of my Bannermen's houses the men of the North are begging for blood. Though the one remaining member of that family has decided to head north to the wall because once he witnessed his family's rape and murder he fears he would do the same to the Ironborn and he has too much honor to allow himself to do that." Ned said with a sad sigh.

"Well Ned, the North shall be able to say the North Remembers, as I will be dividing your men between a few fleets, some will join the Baratheon Fleet in attacking the Great Wyke under the command of Stannis Baratheon. Meanwhile, a different part of your army shall join the royal fleet under the command of Lord Commander Barristan Selemy in attacking the Old Wyke. A small portion, probably your least Seafaring men, will go and give aid to the Hoster's men at Seagard under the command of Lord Jason Mallister. Finally the remaining men and the residual Lannister fleet and any ships will begin a siege of Pyke under Robert's command and hopefully, we can corner Lord Greyjoy and make him submit, if not then we continue our attacks until the Ironborn surrender." Jon said calmly before a young boy with black hair and green eyes walked up to them.

"Father, would it be possible for me to go to Summerhall while you are away?" The boy asked cautiously.

"Harry, why would you want to go there?" Jon asked the boy confused.

"Well, you always talk so highly of Aunt Lily, I wanted to pay my respects to her," Harry said slowly.

"Harry that is quite a ways away, and it's not that I don't trust you, however, I do not trust other people. Don't you want to get to know your cousins better?" Jon said softly crouching to eye level with his nephew.

"I have no blood relation to them as Lady Lysa likes to remind me, all I am is a bastard," Harry said coldly.

"Jon, if you would permit it, I could take Harry with me to the battles. I was already planning to bring my two eldest sons, Robert and Jon, so they could see men fight. I mean I know my father took me when he went and fought against the Blackfyre Pretenders, and I was around their age." Ned offered to cause Jon to look at him cautiously.

"Lord Tully, could I speak to Lord Stark alone for a moment?" Jon asked slowly.

"Of course Lord Arryn," Hoster said quickly leaving the room taking Harry with him before Jon pulled Ned into a small side chamber.

"Ned, what do you know about Hadrian?" Jon asked carefully.

"That he is your bastard son, who you retrieved from Lord Velaryon after the Rebellion," Ned said confused by the question.

"Ned, do you know of any other Arryn who had a child during the rebellion?" Jon asked hoping Ned would understand.

"Your sister did, didn't she?" Ned asked still very confused.

"She did, and do you recall what she named her son?" Jon asked as a spark seemed to ignite in Ned's eyes.

"Oh, so Harry is your nephew, not son, but why are you hiding that fact?" Ned asked still slightly confused, but not as much as he had been before.

"Same reason why you are claiming your nephew as your bastard, because if the King ever learned of his true parentage he would be dead, like the loyalists on Dragonstone were once the Royal Fleet was assembled, though the two children of Rhaella managed to escape before the fleet arrived," Jon said causing Ned to glare at him before pinning him to the wall.

"What do you know about Jon, Lord Arryn, and speak the truth on how you discovered it or you may not live to see the Ironborn rebellion," Ned said coldly.

"At peace, my boy, I was told by Howland Reed when he came to the Vale almost dead, after being attacked by shadowcats, and he told me thinking he was going to die and so he needed to tell someone else that Jon Snow is actually Aegon the son of Rhaegar and Lyanna, who were in fact in love. No one else knows, or will ever know from me." Jon said and sighed when Ned released him.

"The one other person who was there where Lyanna died told you. But why would you be afraid of Robert discovering Harry's true identity, who was his father?" Ned asked still slightly confused.

"The greater question is who were his grandparents, his grandmother was Robert's aunt who died North of the Wall after having his father. His grandfather and his grandfather's parents died at Summerhall his great grandmother being the last person who escaped the hall before its collapse, though she died days later." Jon said cryptically.

"You are not going to tell me straight up are you?" Ned said glaring at Jon.

"I will tell you who his father was, but not his grandparents. His father was James the Potter of James of the Wilds." Jon said simply.

"I truly hate you, you know that right, father?" Ned asked irritably.

"I know, but that is what you get from being raised by me. To answer your initial question, Harry can go with you and your sons if he so chooses." Jon said as they exited the room.

Nine months later the Riverrun.

"Welcome back my Lord, how did the siege go?" Catelyn asked seeing Ned and Jon walking into the council chambers of the Riverrun.

"Rather well, my love, though you may hate me," Ned said sheepishly.

"So help the Father, if you brought another bastard child home I will throw it into the Trident," Catelyn said coldly.

"No, he instead got a Ward as a means of insurance of the Greyjoys not coming against us to war again," Jon said with a laugh.

"What do you mean?" Catelyn asked glaring at Jon.

"Well, when we managed to topple one of the main walls of the Fortress of the Pyke Balon surrendered and as insurance, he offered his sole remaining son to one of the Lords of Westeros to take as a ward, as a means to make sure that he will not wage war against us again," Jon said with a smirk as Ned looked at the ground.

"And pray, tell me how we managed to be given the Ward?" Catelyn asked glaring at Ned.

"Well being that it was Stark men who toppled the tower that killed his previous heir, Maron, I felt obligated to make sure that his men do not attack us as revenge," Ned said slowly.

"Fine, but do not expect him to be treated like family, what is his name and how old is he?" Catelyn asked coldly.

"His name is Theon and he is the same age as Rob and Jon," Ned said carefully.

"Very well, I think that he could serve under the Septon and become a Septon," Catelyn said with a smile.

"My Lord, you came home, how was your journey, good for you I hope." A woman who looked similar to Catelyn but having a longer face said walking in a baby sucking on her breast.

"It was well beloved Lysa, is this our new son?" Jon asked lovingly.

"Yes, this is Robert, or Robin to distinguish him from the King and his cousin," Lysa said before seeing Harry.

"Well since you mentioned Rob, where is he?" Catelyn asked before Rob and Jon Snow ran in with a boy she did not recognize following behind them slowly.

"Here, mother, the battles were epic. Father cut off like three hundred men heads." Rob said excitedly.

"And who is your friend?" Catelyn asked crouching down and pulling Rob into a hug.

"Oh Harry, I thought you already knew him, he is uncle Jon's son," Rob said confused by his mother's question.

"I think she means Theon, Rob," Ned said calmly.

"Oh, yeah that is Theon, he's a Greyjoy," Rob said dismissively.

"Ned, how did the boys behave?" Catelyn asked after giving Jon a very small hug before dismissing him.

"Very well, much better than I am sure King Robert and I did when we were their age," Ned said kindly.

"Catelyn how do you handle having your Husband's bastard around your children, I mean being filth and all. I personally plan to send my husband's bastard to Essos so he doesn't contaminate my son with his bastard air." Lysa said causing Jon to spin to face her.

"You plan to do WHAT to my son?!" Jon roared causing Robin to start crying.

"Send the bastard to Essos, maybe there he will become a whore like his mother surely was. I am sure he would be good at it." Lysa said as she began to sooth Robin.

"Lysa, that is my son you are talking about, my blood, who even gave you such an idea as to send my son away?" Jon asked angrily.

"I was planning on just leaving him on the street or throw him out the moon door, but the queen told me that if I sent him to Essos he could perhaps make money to repay us for taking care of him," Lysa said acting like it was no big deal.

"Lord Arryn, I have an idea, that Catelyn may not like, but I will bring it up anyway, why don't I repay the favor of yours of having me as your squire by taking your son as my squire, and then maybe in a few years he can join the nights watch," Ned said hoping to stop Jon from exploding again.

"For once Ned, I actually agree with you, the few times I have been around Harry he is quite well mannered and he seems to get along well with Rob and Jon, so as long as he does not bring me any dishonor, I have no problems with him returning with us when we go North," Catelyn said kindly.

"Wait really?" Ned said in shock.

"While I normally am not fond of strays, Harry I am okay with, just don't make me regret this," Catelyn said simply.

"Thank you Lady Stark, I will do everything in my power to bring honor to the Stark and Arryn Banners," Harry said bowing before Catelyn and kissing her hand.

"Lord Arryn, where exactly did he come from because I want to send Rob and Jon there so they can learn some better manners," Catelyn said shocked by the display.

"Well even though I was not originally going to agree to this I can see Harry is okay with the agreement, so I will not contest it. Be aware though that Jamie Lannister might get mad as he was talking about maybe taking Harry as his squire." Jon said with a smile.

"Wait, when did the Queen's brother say that?" Lysa asked with disbelief.

"During one of the small council meetings, he and his brother are both quite fond of Harry," Jon said coldly.

"So is that where he learned manors was in Kings Landing?" Catelyn asked with a smile.

"Yes ma'am, I spent a good amount of time with the Princess because Prince Joffery wanted nothing to do with me, which I did not mind he seemed like an incest born baboon to me and is too spoiled," Harry said with a smile until Lysa smacked him upside the head.

"How dare you speak like that about our prince, I am sure if King Robert heard you he would have you killed," Lysa said angrily.

"Maybe, maybe not, I have gone hunting with King Robert before and he seemed to be a good guy. He said I reminded him a lot of an old friend of his, who he can't remember the name of, but that he thought of as an older brother." Harry said with a shrug.

"When did the bastard go hunting with the King and how was I not made aware?" Lysa asked angrily.

"A few of the times when you went with the Queen to Casterly Rock," Jon said with a grin.

"Well, when we return to Kings Landing I am telling the queen," Lysa said matter-of-factly.

"Very well, she will probably more upset that he is gone to the North then finding out Robert took him hunting because Joffery didn't want to," Jon said causing Ned to look at him confused.

"What do you mean by that?" Ned asked.

"Well aside from Prince Joffery, Lord Baelish, and Lysa, almost everyone else in Kings landing likes Harry. That is why he was able to disarm the Ironborn who managed to board our ship and attempt to kill one of us when we were heading back." Jon said with a smile.

"You lie, the queen hates him, why else do you think she suggested I send him to Essos?" Lysa asked angrily.

"Maybe so he could learn to be a prostitute she could pay when he was a bit older," Jon said with a smirk as Lysa got even more angry.

"You dare insult the queen by saying she uses whore, she is as loyal to the king as he is to her," Lysa said irritably.

"So not all that loyal, at least if Robert is as bad as he was when he was younger," Ned said with a grin.

"Worse, he's worse then he was before or during the rebellion," Jon said rolling his eyes.

"You are insulting the King and making false accusations," Lysa said as Robin started to scream.

"Sister, even I know that King Robert was not the model of fidelity before becoming the king, because I have talked to some of the many women he has slept with, and while it is a general consensus that he is a good lover, they also know he is very open in who he sleeps with," Catelyn said causing Lysa to glare at her.

"And on that note, we shall get going, give punch Robert for me when you see him," Ned said as Jon gave him a look of please don't leave me with my crazy wife.