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Important: Sorry for the long wait, but exams and group projects have been killing me (especially group projects). Anyways with summer starting soon I hope to get more done soon.
Chapter 6
The Kingdom of the Shivering Sea pt 1.
290 A.C.
Avalon
Tiberius Peverell sat behind a large oak desk as he read the latest report from his informant in Kings Landing.
"Looks like the Iron Bank got to the Iron Throne after all," he mused as he took a sip of crystal fruit wine.
Out of all the powers that rose after the destruction of Valyria, the Iron Bank was perhaps the most dangerous. From assassins to sellswords, the Bank had a variety of resources to ensure their debtors kept their promises. One way or another the Bank always gets its due, and it's not always gold they ask for.
If the trend were to be believed, they would turn their sights onto Avalon soon. A knock pulled Tiberius out of his musings.
"Your grace, the carriage is ready and the children are saying their goodbyes." Percival said.
"Right, it's time for the kids to see the kingdom they'll inherit."
A small crying Nymeros clutched desperately onto Harry's leg as tears slid down his face. Harry softly unlatched his little brother from his legs before going down on his knees enveloping in a small hug. The quiet boy tried to stop crying, not wanting to get his brother's clothes wet.
"Hey come on now, it's not going to be forever," Harry reassured him, "we'll be back in two moons."
Another pair of soft hands grabbed Harry's arm. Harry glanced over to see his baby sister with tears glistening in her usually gleeful eyes.
"Don't go," she whimpered. Diana had only recently begun talking this year, so it broke Harry's heart hearing her talk in such a sad tone.
Harry opened up his arms inviting Diana into the embrace, which the little girl gladly accepted. He squeezed his youngest siblings tightly as he heard them sniffle into his shirt.
"I'll be back, I promise," he whispered softly as he painfully pulled away.
"You're the man of the house now," Harry smiled to Nymeros, "take care of mum and Diana will you?"
The little boy nodded puffing up his chest a bit, while also rubbing away the tears from his eyes.
"I know you don't like being alone, so I got you a present," He smiled as he saw gleefulness in his sister's eyes. As he said those words Ser Gerold Hightower, a Kings Guard that had defected after Robert's rebellion, came from behind the carriage with a small box with a blanket on top.
"Be gentle now little princess," Ser Gerold smiled as he gently placed the box in front of Diana. The little girl slowly lifted the blanket and gave out a delightful screech at what she saw inside. A small grey kitten with big green eyes poked its head out of the box. Diana gently picked up the cat, squeezing it ever so slightly. The kitten was very relaxed with its new master, nuzzling its head on her cheek.
"His name is Midnight, I got him at the local market yesterday," Harry smiled as he watched his sister dote on her new pet.
Elia couldn't help but feel proud at how her son took care of his siblings. Without a doubt, Harry was the most caring out of all of his siblings. Always wanting to make everyone around him happy.
"Can we keep him?" Diana turned towards her mother.
Ever since the near death experience, Elia was very protective of her children. All of the children, whether they be hers or Ashara's, they were all her children. And her youngest, Diana, had a very interesting nature that seemed to attract animals to her. She remembered on Diana's third name day, her little princess found a small garden snake in the palace garden. And though the snake wasn't at all poisonous she still didn't want anything dangerous so close to her daughter. This time however, she didn't have the heart to deny her daughter her older brother's parting gift.
"Of course you can sweetie," the joy on her daughter's face was worth it.
The family would be taking two closed top carriages for their trip. The first carriage would hold Ashara and the kids while the second carriage would carry their belongings. Three horses were provided, one for Tiberius, another for Ser Gerold Hightower, and the last one for Rhaenys.
Tiberius and Percival arrived just as the sun began to peak over the horizon. Harry looked back into the city he was raised in before breathing a deep sigh. This would be the first time he had ever gone past these walls.
His father kissed his mother, before picking up both Nymeros and Diana and placing a kiss on both of their cheeks. Tiberius climbed on to lead horse in front of the carriage.
"Father can I ride on a horse?" Harry asked as he stared at Rhaenys' horse.
"Absolutely not! He's too young to be riding a horse Tiberius," Elia cried out before Tiberius could respond.
"He could ride with me mother. My horse is not as tall as father's and I can control him very well," Rhaenys said as she stood behind her brother.
"Please mum! I won't be able to see anything in the carriage," Harry begged.
"Princess Rhaenys, is an excellent rider, my queen. Prince Jaeharys will be in good hands." Ser Gerold assured her as he mounted his horse. Elia looked towards her son as he tried to give his best puppy dog look. She sighed knowing there was no way she was going to win this.
"Fine fine, just be careful and stay close to your father alright," Elia sighed. Harry immediately ran and hugged her waist tightly, thanking her repeatedly.
"Hey Draco you want to ride with us?" Harry cried out to his brother.
"On top of a smelly horse for gods know how long?" Draco muttered as he entered the carriage as Aegon and Hermione said goodbye to their siblings.
"Besides, she'd probably push me into the first stream we cross," Draco muttered and looking at the small smirk on his older sister's face he couldn't help but feel that she would drop him.
With that, Rhaenys helped her brother up on to the horse before getting up behind him. She wrapped her left arm around Harry's stomach while her right arm grasped the reins tightly.
"Hold on to the reins tightly alright," she whispered in his ear and he nodded quietly in response. Had she looked closer she would have noticed the blush that had appeared on Harry's cheeks. This was the closest they had ever been and Harry couldn't help but feel embarrassed as he noticed a few new things about his eldest sister.
"Alright let's be off!" Tiberius cried out, signaling the convoy to move out.
From what they're father told them, Harry knew that they would be stopping by the five major cities and castles that made up the island. The first would be Dawnstar castle, a stronghold on the eastern coast held by another defector of Kingsguard and Draco's uncle, Ser Arthur Dayne.
The second would be King's Rest, the eastern port of Avalon, the second biggest city and the main trade port for the merchants from Lorath, the only free city that really liked Avalon. However, their father told them that King's Rest was not held by one family, but by five clans as the city's occupants were descended from the free folk.
The third would be Giant's Tear, the name of both the settlement and the lake it was raised around. The city was raised around Avalon's largest body of water under the shade of Avalon's largest mountain. Here is where most of the Giants do their trading. The Giants were a proud, solitary race that in past times avoided interactions with mankind. Recently however, the Giants of Avalon have begun to interact more with their smaller neighbors, though they still avoid major cities and prefer to trade around the Giant's Tear. Their goods on the other hand are well sought out luxuries. The giants would trade the products they would get from their domesticated mammoths, tusks, fur, cheese and trade them for fruit, meat and tools.
Inside the mountain however, lay the Crucible. The main base for the Order of Iscariot, founded by his Uncle Anderson. Both the order and the city's inhabitants were descended from slaves that his Uncle Anderson had liberated.
The fourth would be Frost Port, the third largest city and the only port Avalon has on its west coast. The city lies on the body of water that separated Avalon from the lands beyond the wall. The occupants of the city were by far his father's strongest supporters, the Thenns. The Thenns believed his father as a sort of god, due to his immortality and magical abilities. The Thenns were not like the other free folk clans and isolated themselves from them.
The last would be Nightwood Hall, a castle raised inside the second largest forest in Avalon which where it got its name. The Nightwood forest was the kingdom's only source of timber, Avalon's largest forest has been forbidden from being cut for that's where the Children of the Forest and the Giants made their home. Nightwood Hall is actually held by another defector from Westeros, House Whent. The former lords of Harrenhall fled Westeros after the Rebellion, due to the fact one of their own was a member of the Kingsguard and they were also a royalist house. The occupants of the Nightwoods however, was a free folk clan that had the ability to transform into beasts!
Harry couldn't wait to see them all.
Draco rested his head on the side of the carriage trying his best to try and catch some sleep. He hadn't gotten much sleep last night all because of some weird dream he'd have every other night.
He would find himself trapped onto a stone floor, but he saw no chains binding him. A series of runes and magical symbols were etched onto the floor with candles burning along the outer perimeter. The largest snake he'd ever seen would slither around him until it finally settled just above his head. And two strange men standing at his feet would always have the same conversation. A tall pale man and a blonde one standing right beside him.
"My lord please, there must be another way,"
"Did your family not swear everything they had to me, Lucius?" the pale man glared at the other. The man now known as Lucius backed down and looked at the floor towards him.
"Besides your family lost me one of my great treasures, it's only fitting that you replace it," the pale man addressed the snake, "stay right there Nagini it will be over soon."
"Father please!" Draco yelled. The pale man smiled as Lucius turned away.
"Take comfort Draco, knowing that you will serve your lord in death more than you ever could in life,"
"Avada Kedavra!"
"Sweetheart are you alright?" Draco quickly turned to his mother who was looking at him with great concern.
"I'm fine mother," Draco replied wiping the sweat off his brow he looked around and noticed his other siblings, Aegon and Hermione, were also asleep.
"What's the matter sweetheart?" Ashara asked leaning forward to take his hand.
"It's nothing just a bad dream," Draco replied.
"You can talk to me if you want to sweetheart, Hermione's been having the same problem." Ashara said as she addressed her slumbering daughter. "she's been having the same bad dream for weeks now."
Draco turned towards his sister and noticed a thin layer of sweat on her brow, her eyes clenched shut and her breathing heavy.
"I'm sure it's just a bad dream,"
Dawnstar Castle
Tiberius looked up at the new castle of House Dawnstar formerly known as House Dayne. After Arthur Dayne and Ashara left Westeros they exiled themselves from House Dayne to save their family from Robert's wrath. After she had formally married him, Ashara had taken the name Peverrell and legitimized both Hermione and a new born baby Damien. Arthur on the other hand had chosen the name Dawnstar, in honor of his family's legendary sword. And so Tiberius decided to honor him with a castle with his new family name.
The castle was strategically placed on one of the few areas where ships could dock in Avalon. The lands around Avalon were mostly raised well above the water level making it near impossible for people to land anywhere, but the four ports, King's Rest, Last Haven, Frost Port, and Dawnstar Castle.
The castle itself was designed to repel any invaders from the east with high walls and strong fortified walls. In addition, the castle was meant to hold Avalon's fleet, which, to Tiberius's dismay, was quite small. Barely 100 ships in total compared to Westeros' over 1000.
Tiberius turned around to check on his kids. Tiberius smiled as he saw Harry's awe struck eyes as he gawked at the castle. Harry would often turn towards his older sister as she continued to whisper in his ear. No doubt Rhaenys was telling Harry about how he was able to build castle of this size in only one month, which was the castle's only piece of history. Rhaenys brought their horse next to his.
"Father did Uncle Alucard really kill a giant three headed sea monster here?" Harry asked with excitement as he pointed towards the sea in front of the castle.
Tiberius's smile twitched.
"…Yes," Tiberius wondering if he should tell his son that the creature that his uncle Alucard had killed had actually been beached by a storm the night before and was well on its way on dying.
"That's so cool, do you think we'll be able to find the bones?" Harry cried out.
"nope," Alucard had consumed the creature, thinking he'd be able to summon it once he had.
The family pulled up in front of the castle and waiting for them by the entrance was the castle staff with two people standing in front of them. The man, whom Harry assumed to be the lord of the Castle, Lord Arthur, stood nearly a head taller than his wife, with short black hair, piercing purple eyes, and broad shoulders, Harry would have been intimated had he not lived with his Uncle Alucard his whole life.
The man would always try to scare Harry and his siblings ever since they were old enough to understand the concept of fear.
The woman next to him had long black hair, with a soft purple eyes that were a lighter shade than her husband's, and a pleasant smile on her face. A small bundle gently slept in her hands.
Tiberius got off his horse first, then helped Harry and Rhaenys off their horse before going off to greet their host. The immortal king laughed as he shook Arthur's hand and hugged the woman gently, trying not to disturb the baby.
"My friends, may I present my children," Tiberius said before gesturing to them, "Princess Rhaenys Peverell, Prince Jaeharys Ignotus Peverell,"
Harry bowed as to the lord and lady while Rhaenys did a simple curtsey. Tiberius turned to Ser Gerold to open the carriage to get the rest of the family out. Ser Gerold unlatched the carriage door and immediately out fell a slumbering Aegon, thankfully he was caught by Ser Gerold before he hit the floor. The fall actually woke him up.
"Are we there yet?" Aegon asked as his eyes adjusted to the light. His eyes popped out as he realized that they were already there. He straightened himself out, wiping the drool off his chin. Rhaenys sighed in embarrassment as she watched her brother act like a fool in front of their father's important guests. Harry couldn't help, but snicker at his older brother's misfortune.
Thankfully the others were able to get themselves out in a respectable manner. Tiberius sighed as the rest of the family lined themselves up next to him.
"I'm sure you don't need me to introduce my wife," Tiberius said gesturing to Ashara. Arthur laughed as he hugged his sister and the woman next to him greeted her with a kiss on each cheek.
"Where's Elia?" the woman asked Tiberius.
"She's decided to watch over the little ones, while the two of us watch over these five." Tiberius gestured to the rest of his children.
"This is Hermione Peverell," Tiberius introduced, Hermione gave them a pleasant smile before curtseying.
"My eldest son, Aegon Peverell," Aegon bowed though his cheeks were still red with embarrassment.
"Last, but not least, my son Damien Ragnar Peverell," Draco bowed with a small smirk on his face.
"His favorite," Draco smirked which caused his brothers to reply.
"Doubt it,"
"Only if you were the last one remaining,"
Draco glared at his two brothers and before any of the three could say anything else, Hermione, Rhaenys, and Ashara quickly covered their mouths.
"Would you all like to morning meal with us? I'm afraid you all arrived very early in the morning that the rest of us haven't had the chance to eat yet." Arthur asked to which all they all gladly accepted.
As his family laughed and chatted around the table, Harry couldn't help but feel excited for the rest of the trip.
However, he couldn't help but feel like they forgot something.
Last Haven
"They forgot about me?!" Alucard cried as Elia watched Nymeros and Diana play with their new cat in the palace gardens.
"How, could they forget about me?!" Alucard whined to Elia, either not seeing that she annoyed with his incessant whining or not caring at all that she was.
"It's a very important trip, no doubt Tiberius had other things on his mind," Elia stated as she continued to help herself to the arrangement of fruit in front of her.
"But me! I'm his most powerful frie- servant!" Alucard cried out. "I've been protecting these kids since they were born!"
Elia just sighed and ignored the distraught vampire lord. She looked up and noticed Percival walking towards her with a note in hand.
"Alucard take care of the children," Elia said, which she immediately regretted. The once distraught vampire lord immediately hopped off his chair and took the kids and their cat in his arms.
"Hey kids want to see a dead body?" Alucard smiled. Diana nodded with curious eyes while she held on to her cat. Nymeros on the other hand looked like he was on the verge of crying. And with that he ran into the castle before Elia could protest.
"Damn it," Elia said, grimacing over the fact that she let the vampire traumatize another set of her children. Percival merely chuckled at the display.
"Two letters from Westeros, your grace," Percival handed her the letters one was sealed with the dire wolf of House Stark and the other was unsealed. Elia took the unsealed letter and looked at Percival.
"A letter from the Spider to one of his informants," Percival stated, "I found it off of a merchant from Dorne."
Dorne was the only kingdom in Westeros that were allowed entry into Avalon. In fact, Dorne was the only trade partner that Avalon had apart from Lorath.
"It would seem that King Robert has regained interest in our little kingdom in the shivering sea," Percival said as Elia read over the contents of the letter. Elia felt a slight panic run through her. Had Robert decided that Tiberius' word was no longer enough? As she looked through at the letter she noticed something odd.
"What would Euron Greyjoy be doing here?" Elia asked.
"My contacts have told me that Euron Greyjoy had evaded capture and has taken over half of his fleet north towards the shivering sea, to us." Percival replied. "Reasons are not known, however, I've received word that he's stopped at several Free Cities before sailing north."
Elia sighed and closed the letter, planning on showing this to her husband once he had returned.
"What of the informant?" Elia asked as she folded the note into her pocket.
"The informant has been silenced," Percival said with a bow. Elia had often forgotten that behind his gentle persona, Percival was a trained killer loyal to House Peverell.
She opened the other letter baring the seal of House Stark.
"It seems Ned Stark wants to open negotiations with us," Elia read through more of the note, "it would seem the Tyrell prices are getting too high for the North and he wants to seek alternatives."
"Is it wise to accept, your grace?" Percival asked, "we start supplying the North with food and not only will we get the ire of House Tyrell, but also bring more attention to us."
Elia folded the note into her pocket, "I won't do anything this major without Tiberius and Ashara here,"
She sighed once more, "Besides, we're not exactly the lost kingdom anymore."
Author's note: Thank You! Hope you enjoyed!
*Next chapter, which I can hopefully finish soon, I hope to answer as to why Harry's siblings are who they are and as to why they are chosen. And of course I'll be changing what had happened at the Deathly Hallows seeing as how most of these characters did not die. For Draco, he was used as a sacrifice to turn Nagini into a Horcrux, in the book it was Bertha Jorkins. While this doesn't explain much, I will explain more next chapter.
Locations of Avalon (all of these may change depending on where I take the story):
Last Haven (Capital): House Peverell
Dawnstar Castle: House Dawnstar
King's Rest (Major east port): Council of Five
Giants Tear/Crucible (HQ of the Order of Iscariot): Grand Paladin Council
Frost Port (Major West Port and gateway to the lands beyond the wall): Magnar of Thenns
Nightwood Hall: House Whent