The Biggest Lie of All

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters of the Games of thrones universe they are the sole property of their creator George R.R. Martin.

Summary: The king is visiting Winterfell with his family and some of his court and he is unable to take his eyes off Jon Snow, Ned's bastard son or is he? As a result of Ned's actions 17 years earlier the truth about who Jon really is, is about to be revealed.

A/N: I don't know who Jon's mother is, no one really does except George R. R. Martin, which has not been revealed yet, if it ever will be. I do have a few theories as most people do and this is just one of them.

I decided to redo the first chapter as there were several things I wanted to change about it but specifically one thing, the last line just infuriated me in that it did not make grammatical sense, I had missed out a word or two and there were other errors I wanted to correct.

It had been several days since the king, his family and half his court had arrived at Winterfell and soon it would be time for them to leave, and return south to Kings Landing. It was another night of feasting and all were seated at the tables, servants bustling here and there carrying platters of meat and other delicacies, serving those who sat at the high table with wine, mead and other drinks as well as food.

In the shadows, at one of the lower tables sat Ned Stark's bastard son Jon, in amongst the men-at-arms and guards that called Winterfell their home, he was a quiet lad and a somewhat sullen one who was used to being in the background despite being Ned Stark's son, but as a bastard he knew he was lucky to be at the feast at all, if Lady Stark his stepmother had had her way, he would not have been there at all but Lord Stark had been insistent that all his family attended.

Jon sat quietly, watching the crowd around him as people drank and ate to their hearts content, the roughness of the men around him did not bother him, he was used to their crude words, as they spoke about the whores they had bedded. As he let the words wash over him, he once more felt the prickling feeling at the back of his neck of being watched, a feeling he had felt several times since the royal party had arrived, and he glanced up to find the eyes of the king upon him again.

Several times since the kings arrival, Jon had found himself being scrutinised by the man, with an intensity that unnerved him and he ducked his eyes down once more to the rough surface of the table, trying to hide from the kings intent gaze upon him but a commotion at the high table had Jon glancing up again and he saw that the king had drunkenly risen to his feet.

The king looked grim, as he swayed a little where he stood, his goblet in hand as he stared at his good honourable friend Ned Stark, the Lord of Winterfell and Jon zoned him out as he started to speak, Jon had heard more than a few speeches in his lifetime from men who had toasted the Starks. So intent was he upon not listening to the king's words that he was unaware of those sitting around him turning their eyes upon him, as they took in the words that the king had just spoken and was still speaking.

"Really Ned, did you honestly think that I would not know the moment that I looked at Jon Snow and saw her in him, that I would not recognise the boy straight away for who he is? He has his mother's looks and her eyes Ned, and when I return to Kings Landing, I am taking him with me and no one will stop me, no one you hear me, he is mine to take."

The queen had sat up straighter at his words, annoyed at the spectacle her husband and liege lord, the king was making of himself, and in the process embarrassing her and her family with his drunken rant. A rant he was still shouting now at Lord Stark, not that she cared for any of the Starks especially Ned. The servants were no longer bustling about the hall and like nearly everyone else present had fallen silent, as they watched the scene unfold before them.

"My lord, I do not think it is wise that you insist you have a right to your friends bastard and certainly not any right to take the boy to King's Landing ."

Robert Baratheon, King of the seven realms, gave a sharp laughs at her words and glared at the woman who shared his bed.

"You stupid woman, he is not Ned Starks bastard son, he is Ned Starks nephew, his mother was Lyanna Stark and before you open your mouth and say another word, bear this in mind, not only was she the only woman I have ever loved, she was married to Jon's father in secret before she was taken from Winterfell, and stolen from me, which makes Jon a bastard….NOT!"

Fevered whispers started up at the king's words, and Jon could only stare in shock at the man who had just claimed before all that he was not a bastard, not Ned Starks baseborn son, that he was Lyanna Starks son and that she had been married before she gave birth to him and that his status as a bastard was untrue, if what the king had said was true. He felt more eyes upon him as more and more people in the room stared at him and he saw Lord Starks face lose all colour as the truth about Jon was revealed.

Lady Stark, his stepmother was staring at him with hard eyes but he could see the shock within them, as well as the shock in the eyes of most of the Stark children at least the older ones, those he had always regarded as his siblings but now it seemed were his cousins instead and it shook him to his core. Slowly Catelyn Stark turned to her husband and demanded in a voice that brokered no argument, the question that was in everyone's minds and eyes now.

"If Lyanna was Jon's mother as the king claims, and she was married to Jon's father, then what is Jon's name if not Snow, to which house does he belong to?"

Ned looked at his wife and felt everyone's eyes turn to him but before he could utter a single word, the king standing tall and still staring at Jon uttered the words that were about to change Jon's life.

"Baratheon…..he is Jon, first of his name, of the House of Baratheon."

A/N: There finally I have redone the first chapter and I hope you like the changes I have made. If not too bad!