Over the next few days, Scillia and Sansa both grew closer, walking down the garden as they reveal more about themselves to each other,
"I really love your House's sigil, it's really beautiful, it looks like some kind of.. bird?" Sansa smiled, staring at the hair ornaments embedded into Scillia's braids,
"it's a Phoenix, a long-lived mythological bird that is cyclically regenerated or reborn. It symbolizes resurrection and eternity or eternal Life." Scillia stated, proud of her House's sigil.
"It's very wise of your family to have Phoenix as the Hildegard's sigil then, it's very mesmerizing! And having an eternal life is wonderful!" Sansa admitted, she couldn't take her eyes of the hair ornaments for a seconds.
"Phoenix doesn't only mean having eternal life, my grandfather once told me that Phoenix is often used to describe someone who has suffered hardship or trouble and will try to rebuild their life to be better than before." Scillia added, striking Sansa hard about how hard her life was back then, "I'm sorry Sansa, I didn't mean to bring up your painful past." Scillia immediately apologized after seeing Sansa's expression.
"It's ok, how I wish I could be a Hildegard, your sigil at least have some meaningful symbol, not like mine." Sansa said forlornly, keeping a weak smile on her face,
"every sigil has a meaningful symbol, your House must have chosen direwolf as its sigil for a reason, a direwolf is meant to bring us protection, loyalty and companionship, a direwolf is there to guide you, to be your protector as you make your journey on a new unexplored path." Scillia tried to cheer Sansa up when she gave Scillia a look, "I know how much you've suffered since the death of your father, I'll always respect Eddard Stark as an honorable Lord. I've heard through the grapevine that ever since your father's death, you've been tortured, abused and played around by Joffrey, I feel your pain and I admire you for your courage to continue living despite the pain you've been through!" Scillia confessed before Sansa tried her best to not shed a tear in front of Scillia, "he's a monster isn't he?" Scillia asked again, looking calmly at Sansa for an answer,
"he is! He's a monster! He betrayed my love and loyalty for him when he decided to take my father's head, I thought no one knew how much pain I was facing, I thought this was my fate, my destiny to be tortured by Joffrey till I married his uncle, Lord Tyrion might be a nice man but..." Sansa pursed her lip,
"we both are women Sansa, happiness is the one thing we can never have, especially when we're born to a noble family." Scillia held Sansa's hands, smiling comfortingly at her, without any warning, Sansa ran to hug Scillia tightly, sobbing onto Scillia's shoulder,
"I'm really sorry Scillia, it's just that, I've never felt better till I met you, I never had any real friends while I was in Red Keep, having someone to talk about my problems really makes me happy!" Sansa half sobbed, half laughed while breaking away from the hug,
"I'll always be your friend Sansa, I'll always be around for you to have a company, a friend to talk to!" Scillia gave an assuring look to Sansa before they both continue walking down the garden before reaching a fountain, taking her seat next to Sansa, Luella straighten Scillia's dress before joining Jeanne, Militsa and Sansa's lady in waiting by the side. Looking over the horizon,
"Has Joffrey ever done anything to you that makes you feel uncomfortable off?" Sansa suddenly asked,
"not at the time being, but the way he speaks to his mother scares me!" Scillia admitted, dipping her hand slightly into the water,
"never show your fear Scillia, it's because I've been here long enough to know how he plays his game, he enjoys cruelty as much as the Mad King does. He often enjoys slaughtering people for sports, torturing his prisoners for fun while he cackles on, boasting about how high and mighty he is, that he is the greatest king of the seven kingdoms." Sansa telling Scillia about Joffrey.
"I see you're doing well with my wife!" a voice called out, causing them all to turn, only to see Lord Tyrion and Randel walking together, side by side towards them. "Your family has been invited to have dinner with us this evening, you might as well sit beside my wife if you'll like to talk to her, it's been a while since I've seen her smile this willingly!" Tyrion kissed the back of Sansa's hand, they four were walking back to their respective chamber, not realizing that someone was eyeing on them from afar. Scillia was already all prepared to head to her destination of intent when she saw her grandmother standing outside the door, greeting her,
"Scillia, my sweet darling, look what I've brought for you!" Dragoslava smiled, opening a red box before Scillia,
"it's beautiful!" Scillia exclaimed, admiring the shape of a lion engraved on the ring,
"Lord Tywin has been wanting to see you to give it to you, he wanted to present it to you as a gift, he's such a gentleman! Come on, put it on, you can show everyone how well the Houses of Hildegard and Lannister are doing at dinner!" Dragoslava helped put on the ring on Scillia's left index finger before leaving for their dinner with the Lannister, upon reaching the hall, Scillia immediately put on a smile when she saw Sansa sitting with Tyrion, smiling back at her.
"you look beautiful Scillia! I like your dress!" Sansa complimented Scillia on her turquoise dress, draped with a black lace corset before she could take her seat. The hall was alive with music being played and the chatters of conversation but all that soon died down when Joffrey arrived with Cersei, Tywin and a young man, probably his younger brother as they share the same blonde hair. Scillia slowly stood to curtsy to Tywin when he was accompanied by Aedelric by his side,
"ah, the lovely Scillia, where have you been? I haven't seen you around for the past few days!" Tywin smiled at Scillia,
"your Grace, forgive my absence if you've needed my presence around, I was busy admiring the beauty of Red Keep that I wasn't aware that I was being needed!" Scillia admitted, Tywin stared at her calmly before his eyes went down to her hands, taking the same hand Dragoslava had put on the ring for her,
"I see you've received your gift, I hope you like it! It's our house's sigil!" Tywin stared at the ring,
"I will surely treasure it till the end of my life!" Scillia answered, nodding as a sign of agreement.
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Fated
RomanceScillia Hildegard was the illegitimate child of Lord Philip Hildegard although she was officially claimed as his legitimate child, the first Lady being ever born to the Hildegard after 7 generations of being famous with only having Lords. When Tywin...
