章節 2: Journey To Nowhere
As we walked along the beaten down dirt path, we would occasionally past some merchant carts. To which my father would always ignore.
" Father, when Robb spoke of the mad king, who was he talking about? " I inquired
"A man I used to know, a good fella. Although he had a few screws loose, might've been due to the inbreeding. However when I spoke with him, he was a good fella after all he granted me the position of Master of the hunt to me. As well as allowing me to escape up north, after he heard of the rebellion rising against him." My father spoke reminiscing about past memories, he seemed to have a smile on his face as if remembering a friend he dearly missed.
" Then why aren't you being hunted, if you were friends with the supposed mad king? " I tilted my head asking him that.
" Our friendship wasn't known to many. Only trusted members, and there long dead now. One got his head smashed in by Robert in a duel, and the other probably died trying to cross over to Essos." My father spoke with a frown on his face, " Why don't we leave this grim topic behind us and talk about that friend of yours, Rosie was it."
Hearing this, I didn't know much to say after all I didn't even know her, " It's not whatever your thinking, we're just friends. " I tried to make something reasonable up.
"Sure you are, Just friends, that's what I said when I found my first love, didn't last long, 4 moons I think. "
"I'm telling the truth, it's not like that. "
'At least I hoped it wasn't "
" Whatever, you say boy." The man was starting to sound more like Kratos by the minute.
Suddenly, I felt a change on the road, causing me to stumble. And my father to burst out in laughter in front of me.
"It's not funny, I wasn't ready for the road to change in height."
" You must be ready for anything, after all nature is never the same, It changes every now and then and you must always keep your eyes peeled, but I must say that was hilarious. The Great son of Jakob the hunter, Eating dirt because the road change in height. " The man once again burst in laughter
Causing me to turn my head in anger and dust myself of the dirt, "Where are we even headed."
"Wolfs wood, of course. Filled with large elk and deer. As long as we don't head that deep inside we should be able to steer clear of the wolves. "
" How long until we arrive? "
"At least a week or two at this pace." My father spoke with a finger on his chin.
"That's so farrr. "
"Stop whining, you'll get used to this after all, you're a hunter, you walk long distances to hunt game to feed you and your family. Nothing else, it is better than sitting in a stall doing nothing all day. " My father rambled on
"I guess, Will we stop off anywhere? " I questioned looking at my father.
"We'll be stopping off at Winterfell, I have a old friend I must meet there. "
Nodding, I looked ahead of me and saw long winding roads, sighing to myself, knowing this will be a long journey. I steeled myself for what is to come.
"What are you getting in Winterfell? " I questioned him as the walk became unbearably boring
" A dog, A new breed he calls the gaze hound, strong and powerful hunters, he only has one and he has offered it to me " The man spoke with a smile.
Hearing him I couldn't help but smile, why its a dog. Man's best friend and the only creature you can truly trust with your life.
"Good to know your happy about that, Its only seven moons old apparently. It'll have plenty of room to grow. "
As we continued to walk on the path more trees started to form on our left side to which my father pointed out saying it was the Wolfswood. Seeing it in person really shocked me the trees were massive, they were like the Siberian Taiga with a mix of multiple trees. All of which were dense and really tall.
"We'll setup camp here, the sun is starting to set. Go find me some dry wood. so we can get a fire going."
"Hearing him I ran off, and started picking up the twigs that dry while leaving the others. I also collected some moss as that would be good at starting fires I think." I Walked back to where my father was setting up camp, a bit further in the forest away from the road. Unseen by the travelers.
"Father I got the sticks and moss."
"Why did you bring moss, There is no need, it will be to damp." My father spoke with a hint of disappointment in his tone, " However it is fine, as I have not taught you any of this. "
"First off you'll need tinder, I always carry some as it helps to start a fire, then you place the small sticks and start the fire. Watch me."
My father placed the tinder, in the hole he dug and placed the sticks around before grabbing two rocks and striking them close hoping the sparks would light it off. To which it did, He then started to blow on the fire gently, to give it oxygen so it could burn larger.
As the intensity of the flame grew, he tossed in some of the larger sticks.
"This flame, will help keep the animals away, meaning we must always keep it running do you understand. "
"Yes, father. " I spoke with a yawn
" Good, you go to sleep, I'll be on watch and then I'll wake you up when its your turn, you understand. " My fathers spoke sternly
"Yeah, I understand. " I spoke before lying down and closing my eyes to get my first night of sleeping in the world.
"Alright then, goodnight lad."
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