Chapter 4

A few minutes later.

We got to the castle and I saw my brother Robb and half brother Jon in the shooting range. I heard my father saying how they should hold the bow, as I looked up to see my father on the balcony with my mother and younger brother Bran who is four.

As I lowered my head I saw my twin sister Sansa and several girls sewing with Septa Mordane helping them. I turned my head and saw my brother Robb stringing the bow and arrow and releasing.

I look at how the arrow hit the center of the target, suddenly I feel eyes on me and I raise my head towards the balcony and see my father looking at me, while next to me my younger sister exclaims.

"wow that was awesome bro." Arya says running towards him as I just shake my head at her antics and head towards my father.I came to my father and I heard him speak.

"Septa Mordane told me that you didn't come to her place for a few days with your sister and the other girls."he said as he looked into my eyes and I looked into his eyes and answered.

"I didn't come because it's boring, and I learned everything anyway," I said casually while my father looked at me to see if I was lying.I heard my mother tell me.

"Daughter, even if you have learned everything, you must at least go and listen and be like a lady."she said as I rolled my eyes myself and then looked at my father and said.

"Father, I want to practice swordsmanship" I said as I thought 'even though I have the skill of mastering all weapons, I have no combat experience so it's best to ask my father to teach me.'

Before the father could answer, the mother exclaimed.

"NO you can't, you should be a lady, not a knight!!", she exclaimed, while everyone turned to see what was happening, to which I calmly replied.

"Mother you can't always protect me, that's why I want to learn swordsmanship, I want to be able to protect myself and not have someone else protect me." I said while looking into her eyes.While my mother fell silent and lowered her head, I turned my head to look at my father and waited for his answer.

"Okay, I'll train you in swordsmanship, although I'll only train you for two years, how much you can learn is up to you," he said. While I could only sigh and nod.

"Okay, starting tomorrow I will train you, better get ready," he said as he left with mother, and I went downstairs with my younger brother Bran.

"Sister, can you ask father to train me too?" Arya said as she pulled my hand, I could only shake my head and say.

"You know what father is like, you can ask him when you grow up a bit," I said while stroking her head.She didn't say anything, she just lowered her head, I could only sigh seeing her like this.

As we all gathered we talked and laughed until my twin sister Sansa came up to me and asked.

"Sister, why did you want your father to train you in swordsmanship when you can be a lady?" she said as everyone waited for my answer. I see everyone looking at me waiting for me to answer so I just said.

"I want him to train me to be able to protect myself because I don't want to put my life in the hands of others." I said as I thought of an answer and then continued "I'd rather go on adventures and experience combat than be a lady waiting to die."

When I finished speaking, I see that everyone is silent and looking at me.A moment later I couldn't take it anymore and said "why are you all looking at me like that."

"I never thought you'd say that, I thought you preferred being a lady." Rob said as they all nodded in agreement with him. I could only laugh at what they thought of me, as we continued to talk and laugh.

POV Eddard Stark

As we separated from our daughter we headed towards the room and I heard the woman say "why did you agree to train her."

"Maybe she's right because we won't always be there to protect her" I said as I slowly turned to the woman and continued "after all if she doesn't want to be a lady I can only train her to be a knight."

"but..." I stopped the woman from saying as I said "Doesn't Sansa want to be a lady even though we won't be there to protect them so I want to teach Lyra swordsmanship to protect my siblings."

"I want them to have someone to protect their back, since Sansa wants to be a lady, then let Robb and Lyra be knights" I said as I walked towards the room.

"As for Arya and Bran, we'll see when they grow up," he said opening the door to the room as he turned to see the woman.

Seeing her husband look at her, she sighed and walked into the room as she said "Maybe you're right."

POV end.

Tomorrow day.

I got out of bed and got ready for today's training with my father.I went to the yard and saw my father waiting for me.

"Are you ready for today's training." said my father while I just nodded my head.

"Okay go get the sword" he said as he showed me with his hand where the swords were, I went to get the sword and came back and said.

"I'm ready" as I raised my sword in front of me, which father did as well.