#the beauty of starfall: allyria dayne threads

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semi-plotted starter with @russetwolf

It wasn’t often they shared the same lessons.

Robb was going to be the Lord of his home when he returned so he was often in lessons with her brother Allem while she was with Septa’s learning how to be a proper woman. Every so often they were paired together for lessons that they both needed. Today was one of those lessons, though it was also one of the more boring lessons. While history was important it also was taught by a maester who droned on and on. Half the time Allyria fell asleep and would have to suffer a scolding from Allem later.

They were sat together as he maester droned from behind a large tome, Allyria tucking her head against Robb’s shoulder to keep herself upright. Today was the worst lesson, the maester hadn’t even looked at the two of them. “I am so bored.” She whispered to Robb, tilting her head to mask her conversation with him. They still had another two hours of this, sitting and listening to this man do nothing but talk and talk. It was a beautiful day and they would have to spend most of it with this stupid lesson.

Looking at the maester again she tilted her head to the door, mentally calculating if they could slip out before he thought to look at his charges. “I think we can slip out the door. He hasn’t looked at us since we sat down.” It wouldn’t be the first time they slipped away from their lessons, and she knew they could possibly spend half the day before anyone came looking for them.

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"I will fret." Allyria pouted "Allem says he'll be arriving any day now and the marriage is already set." She didn't get a choice in the matter, Allem had shown her the papers already signed and had sent her to her rooms when she protested loudly. It was his right as the lord of their home but she still figured he would've let her meet the man before he signed the papers.

"It's not fair."

A concern many young maidens share, in her not-so-long-ago youth she also was scared to her teeth of being married and being sent away from all she knew. Ashara gave her sister a reassuring smile, fingers caressing her young cheeks. "Do not fret little one" She wonders if Allyria's heart pounds heavily to the point she voices her concerns. "you think we, your family would anyone hurt you? -- Allem would rise armies in your name, Arthur would gallop his steed and I will run to our just and dear prince so he can hear my plea and rescue you from a cruel husband" A smile adorned her lips. ash lowers herself to meet her young sibling's gaze. eyes so pretty, just like their mother -- " So do not worry, no man would ever touch you dear one"

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my love for you remains as infinite as the stars asked by @ashccra for Allyira

Allyria didn't immediately answer, head still cushioned on Ashara's lap and eyes closed. For a moment she wondered if she could pretend she wasn't waking up and this wonderful dream. Part of her knew it had to be a dream, Ashara was gone and had taken her sweet scent of sea salt and honey with her.

"I wish you were still here." She couldn't help the small whisper, nuzzling into the fabric of her dress. "Why couldn't you stay and be my mother?"

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Allyria bounced her leg, jittery from energy that she had tried to get out earlier with a long horse ride. But it was no use, whenever Beric was coming her energy levels soared and she couldn’t sit still no matter what. Her servants had learned to deal with it, though some of the older female ones always tutted at her and told her that she needed to act more like a lady. She ignored them though, knowing that once Beric was actually at Starfall she’d relax again and spend her time with him as a proper lady should.

Her was bringing her cousin back as well, Edric traveling with him as a squire but needing to come back to Starfall every so often so he could get any news about the home that would effect him once he became lord. Edric was being taught to be a lord by Beric while Allyria had to learn quickly and take over after her eldest brother’s death alongside his wife. Before he died Allem set up the marriage between herself and Beric and while she had been nervous at first now the two of them were able to sit and talk together without her spending half of the conversation stuttering and red in the face. Beric always had interesting stories for her and Allyria was reminded that she knew very little of the world since she never left Starfall truly.

Lunch was being set up for them and Allyria kept moving between the table and the window, leg still bouncing when she sat and fingers twisting around themselves when she at the window. Finally one of the guards appeared at the doorway and informed her that the two had come in, and she could find them at the stables. Before he truly finished speaking she was already off, racing out the doors and down the stairs. Her shoes had been kicked off at the start of her run, preferring to move without them. The sands didn’t bother her as she ran across them and into the stables. Her mare whinnied when she saw her, but Allyria saw Beric first.

“Beric!” She said happily, coming over to the man.

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@lcrdfall asked “ smile, sister, you are a burning star “ ( For Allyria ) 

She tried to smile, but it came out weak and shaky. It was her first meeting with the lord that was to be her husband and while Allyria was normally so chipper and ready to face the world she rarely left her home. New people always made her so nervous and this was someone who she would leave it when they finally married.

What if he didn’t like her? What if she didn’t like him? Would her brother listen to her worries? Her smile fell again and she buried her face into the folds of clothing on his arm. She was old enough to be considered for marriage, but for a moment she wished to be a child again.

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“Hold still my lady.”

Allyria tried to be still as her maid did her hair, another one fussing over her shoes to make sure they would stay tied on and not be easy for her to kick off. But it was hard, she was always wiggling away from them and some had taken to whispering about what a handful she was going to be for her poor husband. But she didn’t listen to those whispers, Beric knew her in ways the maids didn’t, and he loved her all the same.

“I want to be at the gate to great our guests, not standing here being fussed over.” She was regent until her wedding, and she was not going to be lazy in her work just because she was going to be off to the Stormlands. The Dayne’s were always great hosts to their guests and one of the first things about it was being there to greet them instead of the steward.

Finally getting away from their hands she hurried out to the courtyard, pausing only to untie and loosen her shoes from the vice grip that the maids had done. Once in the courtyard she greeted her gardeners who were attending to the fountain’s flowerbeds and told them that the guests were approaching. She didn’t mind people seeing her servants working, it was their home to, and she would never ask them to hide away.

At the sight of her guests arriving she approached them easily, hands folded into her lap and a bright smile on her face. “Lady Ellaria!” Allyria’s voice was cheerful and loud, and she bounced in her steps. She was unsure of why Ellaria was coming to see her, last she heard the woman had gone North with the Prince to the royal wedding.

There was a hope that she may have news of her nephew and fiancé, both she hadn’t heard from in a long while.

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Allyria hurried through the halls of Starfall, dodging servants and hopping over people cleaning the floors. A few of them called after her, either in laughter or scolding after her about being more ladylike. She didn’t hear them truly, more focused on her running. She had kicked off her shoes a long time before, probably back in her bedroom if she was honest to herself. Ducking under two servants who were folding sheets, sending one of them cursing after her.

Truly she didn’t have enough focus on anything but her reason for running.

Allyria loved Starfall, even with her upcoming marriage she couldn’t imagine leaving. And truly her siblings and cousins all traveled but Allyria stayed home, not that she minded since traveling would just make her miss home. The only downside to all of that is that when they were gone, she missed her siblings and cousins, and spent days writing them constantly. The ravens at Starfall loved her though so she didn’t think they minded to much with how much she made them fly.

But when one of them came home Allyria was the most excited creature in the whole home, and let the entire house know. The guards opened the doors leading outside quickly when they saw her coming, one of them laughing loudly and the outside guards called to her to check the stables. She shouted off a thanks to them and continued running, seeing the cause of her excitement as she entered the stables.

“Brother!” Of all her family Arthur was the one she saw the least and the one she favored the most. Not giving him truly a chance to register that she was there Allyria practically threw herself into his arms, hopping up so she could wrap hers around his neck and balance herself better.

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Allyria pouted slightly as Robb refused to just leave. "He will?" She questioned, looking back at the maester who still hadn't bothered to look up at them. She knew that they were in the middle of a lesson regarding his own family, so he was going to be gushing and adding in different stories that were not in the books. "I think you're overlooking how in love he is with this part."

But he was right about dinner, if they got caught ditching lessons they would be punished. While they wouldn't be starved they would be told to eat in their rooms and it would be a bland dinner instead of the feast they usually had. Sighing she tilted herself more into him, closing her eyes.

"Fine, but I'm going to fall asleep." She told him, folding her hands into her lap. The maester still hadn't looked over at them and was droning on and on. Allyria cracked an eye open, checking on the progress. "He's not even halfway through this chapter."

Robb would never, ever claim that history lessons were his favourite. If he had the choice, he'd be outside with the horses, riding through the shallow water on the banks of the Torentine with the warm breeze in his hair. Lessons with the blade would be preferable too, even just the boring footwork or endless repetitions.

Robb would never admit it though. No matter his personal preferences, he knew that this was important, and if his father knew him to be slackening during his history lessons, Robb knew he would be in for an earful.

All sense of duty and diligence, however, couldn't change the fact that sometimes, he simply couldn't bring himself to do as he should.

When Allyria's head nestled against his shoulder, Robb let out a long, soft sigh and leaned his cheek on her hair.

I know, he wanted to say, blinking to keep himself a little more awake. "He'll know though," Robb whispered back, trying to figure out what this particular Tarbeck the Maester was talking about was relevant to the story. "And I'm hungry. I don't want to have to miss dinner."

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Allyria had been running through the halls when she was caught up by Ashara. Laughing loudly she nuzzles up into her older sister as the other kissed her forehead. At the reminder of her upcoming marriage she did settle a little, turning her gaze to the ground. She hadn't even met her soon to be husband yet, he would be arriving in two days.

"I...don't know how I should feel." Allem would ignore her, but Ashara would listen. "What if he is cruel? Or if he's just wanting an 'exotic' woman for show and plans on taking lovers instead of being my husband?"

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"Oh precious sister" the chirping tone in her voice echoes through Starfall's halls "Must I remind you that you are a lady, soon to be wed?" Ashara was not inclined to approve of her young sister's marriage. She was yet too young for that type of life but their eldest brother had spoken and Allem was not a man to go back on his words. pressing her lips upon the girl's forehead the eldest of the girls offered her young sibling a kind smile "Behave... you'll have a whole life to make your husband miserable" A Jest, what does she know of marriage or love? merely what the septa lets her read or the soft gaze Allem gives to his wife or the maids who giggle when they see a handsome man pass by.