Bab 34: Chapter 34

Vary's little birds found Tommen Stark as soon as he left Arya and Joanna. They led him to the deepest bowels of Flea Bottom. He couldn't regret his decision now. His sisters were better off with Gendry. The prince knew Flea Bottom and would get the girls on that boat to Dragon Stone.

He met with the Spider in a brothel of very ill repute. "Your father will be sentenced to death in three days."

The young man paled, "Surely the court does not believe the accusations against my father."

The spider got closer to him. "It does not matter what they believe in. The new Hand of the King has deemed it necessary that your father die."

Tommen grew impassive, "there is nothing to gain with his death. My brothers and I will start a war if that happens." He felt his temper rise.

The eunuch shook his head. "Your eldest brother marches South as we speak. Lord Tywin Lannister will not stay put for long. Your uncle and brother will wreak havoc in the Eyrie. The war is here boy."

"I need to rescue my father." Varys nodded.

"Perhaps it is not too late for Lord Stark." The man said pondering aloud.

"We'll need men. If I could get some lords on my side." Tommen said quickly.

"No. There will not be any lords willing to help your cause young man. You need men from here. He swept his hands around the place. "You have got to trust no one. Keep your eyes open boy and listen to all I say."

"The queen will appeal to the masses and make sure your father is seen as the ultimate traitor. You did well to leave your sisters with the prince." Tommen's eyes rounded but he remained quiet.

If he learned anything from mother it was to deflect attention from a topic he did not want to discuss. "Why did the queen tried to kill Gendry? The princesses cannot inherit the Iron throne." He thought about beautiful princess Cassana.

Varys whispered softly. "Did you know in Dorne the eldest child, be it male or female inherits their father's titles?"

He nodded. "The queen plans to decree Princess Lyanna as Queen of the Seven Kingdoms once she marries Quentyn Martell of Dorne."

Tommen shook his head. "She cannot. The laws of the Seven Kingdoms are clear. Women cannot inherit the Iron Throne. The lords would never accept it."

Varys smiled, "They accepted Robert Baratheon. The realm does not need another war. Dear boy, you underestimate the devastation of war and the power the new Lord Hand has over certain lords in King's Landing and its proximities."

The boy did not want to get into politics. He wanted to plan his father's escape from the dungeons and travel North to find Robb and Jon. Once he rescued father they would go North, along with is brothers, back to Winterfell.

Varys did not offer much help. "Your father will be killed tomorrow. The queen will not offer him to the Night's Watch. Your brothers grow too powerful. The Riverlands have been plundered. Your grandfather and eldest brother are to meet in the field. While your uncle and brother wait for reinforcements. They plan to storm the Eyrie and take your dwarf uncle."

"We need my father if he dies my brothers and I will raise hell." Tommen said forcefully.

"Your brothers already have." The eunuch said dismissively.

"You have seen nothing yet." The boy said and demanded Varys put him in contact with the men that would help him rescue his father.

Three days later he was outside Baelor's Sept. The men he commanded were ready at his post. He listened to the queen and her accusations and saw father for the first time in weeks. He looked dirty but not broken. They hadn't broken him. He saw as Ilyn Payne unsheathed Ice and a fury came over him. He gave the signal and all hell broke loose.

He grabbed a knife and plunged it inside a golden cloak. Two of his men hit father on the head and dragged his body way from the makeshift stage. Barristan Selmy and other members of the Kingsguard escorted the Queen and her children away from the bloodied stage.

Tommen felt a knife twist by his arm and let out a howl. He swung back and stabbed a lesser lord in the eye. The boy felt his arm on fire and took out the knife and ran away from the mob that formed. He ran through the streets and went to the meeting place he and the Spider had agreed on.

He was out of breath and kept bleeding but he would be fine. He saw father struggle and kick one of the men who kidnapped him. "Father." Tommen said.

Lord Stark stopped his struggles. "Where are your sisters?" He asked as he approached him

Tommen stood quietly. "They are to reach Dragon Stone in a week." He replied and looked at his arm. He would need a maester to stop the bleeding. Father embraced him quickly and then let go.

"We have to go." Tommen said and gave the gold to the men. He rushed father and helped him climb into a cart. "We have to leave the city now. Varys found a ship. It will take us past the Riverlands. There are reports that claim Jon and grandfather are there."

Father nodded. "Your brother marched South. Where's Robb?"

They were inside the cart hidden by bails of hay and knickknacks of all kinds. "Outside the Eyrie, waiting for resources to storm it and take uncle Tyrion."

"Tyrion is likely dead by now. Lysa would have acted by now." Lord Stark drank some water his son offered. Tommen nodded. "She wants Lyanna to be proclaimed queen of the Seven Kingdoms."

"She's not Robert's seed. The throne belongs to Stannis. He is the next in line." Father stated and tried to clean his face of some of the filth.

"The Prince is alive. My sisters and him will reach Dragon Stone soon." Tommen saw father's reaction and realized he would not just march North. He planned to help Gendry back in the Throne.

By the time they reached the port Tommen felt lightheaded and shook. He still bled but not as profusely as before. He used a cloth of some sort to cover his face; father did the same, the boy breathed easier when he felt the ship move away from the Blackwater.

One minute he was telling father about Prince Gendry's escape with Arya and Joanna and the next he fainted. The wound in the boy's arm stained the wood on the cabin's floor.