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(Steffon's Thunder, Royal Fleet, The Stepstones, The Broken Arm of Dorne, The Narrow Sea, The Seven Kingdoms of Westeros, Westeros, GoT Universe)
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(Cassandra Blackstark POV)
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Was this the end for her? To die by drowning? Oh Barthogan she was sorry for making him worry so much.....
No, if she was going to die she'd die willing, but never while she had a Baby in her belly. She'd not give the Golden Company the satisfaction of it.
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Rising from the water With violent coughing fits, Cassandra looks around and noticed Lyanna's Lament nearby and struggled to swim towards it.
She needs Barthogan to know she's alive....
''Look! It's Queen Cassandra she's alive!'' Someone yells.
''Your Grace!'' Cassandra hears. She's quickly grabbed and feels a pair of lips on hers.
''Barth!'' Cassandra mumbles through the kiss.
''Your never fighting again! End of discussion!'' Barthogan growls as he pulls her back to the Ship.
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(POV Shift: Barthogan Blackstark)
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Cassandra was alive. but.....their baby was not. The Maesters aboard said she took a Bit of Debris to the stomach. It killed the growing fetus. Not that was a viable pregnancy either. In his old life it would be called an intrauterine pregnancy or IUP for short.
The Maesters said that provided the wound didn't become infected and the cuts she had were not too deep she'd make a full recovery.
Now Barthogan had to figure out a way to tell her the Baby didn't make it and it wasn't going to make it anyway.
He sat by her bedside holding her hand. Waiting for her to wake.
''How is she?''
''She's fine Robert. The baby didn't make it. Wasn't going to survive the womb anyway. Not sure which feels worse. It having no chance or not having a chance to fight for it's life odds be damned.'' Says Barthogan.
''This cannot be allowed to stand. I never loved Stannis and Renly. Ned was the Brother I chose, you chose Cassandra as I did Lyanna, now we've both lost a piece of our girls. All because of Aerys and Rhaegar. What do you want to do? Do we bathe Bloodstone in Fire? Or do we sail home?'' Asks Robert.
''We finish the Job, the Child will be taken to send ultimately buried in Winterfell. When Cassandra wakes, and has finished mourning, you and I will lead the Assaults. We will burn Bloodstone into Ashstone and we will...Get a Maester Quick!'' Barthogan yells as Cassandra starts convulsing and thrashing.
''What's happening?'' Robert demands.
''Help me stop her from tearing her stitches!'' Barthogan yells as he and Robert try and pin Cassandra in an attempt to stop her wounds from reopening.
The Maesters quickly arrive and begin to act.
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''She Drowned in her own fluids temporarily, but we were able to stabilize her Condition, we call it secondary drowning. It is common among victims who have Drowned but survived. We'll keep a close watch on her condition, but there's not much to be done for her.'' The Maester Explains gently.
''Guess that leaves us the job of getting some payback. Let's go Robert Let's Rain fire on them....'' Barthogan decides, having no desire to have to sit back and watch helplessly, instead wanting to do something productive.
The Stepstones would feel his anger and grief. His anger at what had happened to Cassandra and his grief at what had happened to the baby. One of those two on it's one was terrifying when channeled into a battle, but both of them together was another feeling altogether. If Robert Baratheon was Anger personified then Barthogan was an Avatar of Grief.
The Starks said ''Winter is Coming'', and The Baratheon's said ''Ours Is The Fury''. Stannis once said in the Show he'd show his enemies that Fury Burns, Barthogan would show them his Words: ''Fire, Blood, Fury, Steel, and Ice''. But He'd also show them another saying: ''The Black Wolf Never Forgets''....
And with that, the Curtain on Barthogan and Cassandra Falls. As told last time I'll be taking a break to rest, recharge, and rewrite my Arryn and Baratheon Stories and continue my Shinsuke Hyūga story.
As of now my Blood Infection has healed, and no I'm not gonna tell you who died by drowning. Gonna leave that for a Interlude Arc that will Fully transition itself from Barthogan's to Cregan's POV.
First Chapter will serve as a recap/time-skip, after that a gradual shift will occur.