Chapter 1
Summary:
Yes, there are two paths you can go by, but in the long run, There's still time to change the road you're on' , that is taken from the song ‘Stairway to Heaven Led Zeppelin’s 4th album , circa 1971.This song by far outshined all of the other songs that I enjoyed back in the early 70s. This very verse I took quite literally when I quit drinking alcoholic beverages ,smoking cigarettes and doing drugs.It was when I asked Jesus Christ to come into my heart and forgive me of my sins at Rivers Barracks while walking guard duty at 3am in 1976. I soon realized the power of the love of Jesus Christ as he took away my addiction and gave me hope.For that I will be forever grateful.Funny how anti-rock n roll hypo-christians hate this song.Nuff said this story is about powerful choices people can make in GOT. We will begin with Bran and Meera .My narration is just me being crazy .Enter the madness Read on :)
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- Jon Snow -21
- Daenerys -20
- Sansa & Meera -19
- Bran -18
- Osha -30
- Leaf -1700
- Rickon -14
- Shereen was 11
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Leaf ,ok readers what does she look like ? Well I gave that some thought. Imagine a leprechaun with olive drab colored skin pointed ears like a vulcan. then imagine the said lil humanoid with big cat like yellow eyes ,long spindly limbs and deep brown colored hair braided into dreadlocks .Then check out the hands they have freaky long fingers with sharp nail like talons used for climbing all over weirwood trees.All that at 4ft 5in. Now the particular Child of the forest named Leaf isn’t any little kid ,no ,she has lived for 1700 years.
Leaf has wisdom and magic ago-go.She and her kind have an old system of tunnels connected to every full grown heart tree’s roots all over the continent of Westeros .For 100 years now she has lived in the biggest Heart tree north of the Wall.Safely away from humans except for one pain in the ass Three -eyed Raven.
This tree trunk is like a small cave , 50 feet around.Its white bark was contrasted by bright red leaves on wide branches .The walls have red veins that carry sap.On the trunk of the tree ,about 4 foot up is its face.
The face of this huge Weirwood Tree seemed to be well carved or perhaps was really the tree’s own human-like face.The eyes looked sad , the nose was hooked,aquiline and sharp .Its mouth was open as if it was saying “wow !” or maybe howling like a direwolf.
Permanently part of the tree itself was that evil old parasite , the three Eyed Raven, Bloodraven aka Brynden Rivers . Who fled the Wall to become the three eyed nincompoop.
The cavern-like structure was down in the center of the tree . Part of the roots were flat against the white bark walls.The tunnel on both sides to the west and east leads to long subterranean tunnels .The entrance to the western tunnel was halfway closed off by heavy wood branches a few layers thick.the east tunnel was open wide.The only way to the outside world was where Bran and Meera entered the first time.This place is not for claustrophobic people.
Physically it was impossible for the old villain to leave the tree.The Children of the Forest,no fan of his , made sure he was stuck. Raven was immovable and frustrated. The tree sap made sure he was stuck to the branches that seemed to grow tighter around his torso and bigger throughout the years.By now he could barely breathe.In time he knew would suffocate.
The bitter old man had no intention of suffocating.He planned to get his revenge. While stewing in his contempt for his Children of the Forest captors ,Starks and any Targereons still alive He got an idea. He found a cripple among the Starks with burgeoning green sight ability . Now that he was here the old troll of a man planned to take his body for his own soon .
The Three- Eyed Raven remembered how he had searched the North and found Bran Stark the second born son of Lord Eddard Stark.He grinned figuring a second son won't be missed .He began to psionically communicate with Bran telling him he will teach Bran to fly .
He saw Bran climbing one of Winterfell's towers. The evil raven’s plan was set in place. The corrupt bunghole raven got inside Jaimie Lannister’s mind who would have just scared Bran away.
Now the three eyed raven controlled Jaimie’s body which took all the effort and energy he had to force the otherwise good knight to push the boy instead. This was something Ser Jaimie would never have done . Though Ser Jaimie was morally bankrupt when it came to screwing his twin sister he still took the rest of his vows as a knight seriously. The shame and guilt would nag at Jaimie for the rest of his life.
Then Bloodraven had more sap that renewed his energy so he could make sure the sick Crannog Green seer Jojen Reed would have dreams the three Eyed raven would torment him with. The Raven was cruel ,selfish ,narcissistic and was delighted to provide the lad with images of his death.No matter how sick it made Jojen. It was The Three Eyed Raven's way to smash someone's world without a care.
Bloodraven was happy, for soon Bran would be smashed as would be the realm that rejected Brynden Rivers. Oh he had been watching the realm and did NOTHING to prevent wars, nothing to interfere and that was by his own choice.Ravens in the past helped more people and yet died one by one in service to the realm.Not Bloodraven he would not die off he had a master plan.
The day would come that he would be their king.Nobody was wise to his plans and he was so close and unstoppable.So far away from the realm safely hidden away in that huge Weirwood tree. Nobody that is but the Old Gods.
Speaking of those slap happy old gods.The Wardens knew all about it. This happened before .These Old gods were humans with massive super powers and given to serve the people of Westersos in every version of Planetos.They call themselves Wardens .Every cluster of Wardens serve 3 different worlds before they can choose one to retire in.they lost the last world they were in when Bran/Bloodraven was king.They had to cause an earthquake to swallow the red keep taking the Blood raven king with it.it took them a lot of time to fix that version of Planetos.Now they knew what must be done in this their third assigned wold.
Liz the Warden of Reality said “Fool us once shame on that old parasite fool us twice shame on us.”
So this time they watched a Led Zeppelin concert followed by a comedy marathon and laughed till their bellies hurt. Liz Bran and Bloodraven smirked folding her arms seeing what was happening .Liz looked at Cinnamon and nodded.Cinnamon said ,”Enough of that old creep.I have an idea are ya with me?” They set about and hoped they could get rid of the Raven without interfering with anyone’s free will. Tastok and Dexter joined their wives as they prayed for power .Free will is something old gods don't interfere with so they humbled themselves ,grateful for the eternal Sovereign of the universe's help.
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Bran Stark follows the Three Eyed Raven , he was curious to see the Night King. It was The Three Eyed Raven's intention to have the evil leader of the host of undead meat puppets mark Bran Stark on his face or arm.
Then the Three-Eyed Raven would take over Bran's body knowing it would kill Bran in a few moons.
The young body would keep The Three Eyed Raven alive longer than the tree. The Night King would be drawn to the Tree and kill all the Children of the forest .The selfishness of the Three-Eyed Raven was unparalleled.
To meet his goal he would murder a boy ,massacre a group of humanoids older than him and anyone else who would stand in his way from ruling as king over all of Westeros.
Now Bran is the oldest true born Stark male .They would prevent Bran’s death .
Outside The Heart tree’s white trunk glowed bright red and stayed that way as the Old gods went to work .Hodor saw it and said “Hodor.” as he placed his hand on the tree bark that changed from white to red.
Bran was unaware of the significance of his standing in The North .His elevation of status was in place because of the sad death of his Father and his older brother Robb .Jon Snow was a Targaryen and not in line to be Warden of the North.
At once a choice was given. The old Gods left it up to Bran Stark and yet pulled out all the stops so they could persuade him of the seriousness of the matter.Bran was bombarded with old Nan's stories ,they used to fascinate him but now he began to feel the reality by seeing the wights.
The Night King scares the hell out of Bran ,it was all too real . Bran was at a powerful crossroad between a power he craved and life itself .Now Bran understands that his own life as Bran Stark was at stake. He had to make a choice.
Then Bran heard Led Zeppelin .The music sounded to him unusual music strings ,percussion and a singing voice that said his name and then sang .Tastok smiled as he played that song.He played the same riffs that Jimmy Page had for this song.
The music stopped and he heard a voice, many voices at once it wasn't Brynden Rivers' voice . Everyone in the tree heard those voices.Bran Stark was now free of confusion and able to make an honest choice.
All four wardens spoke, one was the voice of Lord Eddard Stark "Bran Stark there are two paths you can go by but in the long run there is still time to change the road you are on. " " Bran Stark only you can choose, do not let that choice be made by anyone but you. Flee lad flee.Brynden Rivers is not your father.My son I , Eddard Stark loved you. Have a care while there is still time to stop .You are now the Stark of Winterfell and the North needs you . Have a care young Bran beware the Night King wants to touch you.”
Bran saw one future where he was King ,but looked closely .He saw all that lead up to that point.He saw it wasn't him at all and it scared the hell out of him.It made him sad to see how Meera Reed was treated by the Three Eyed Raven . Bran calculated his options then he knew what he wanted. It all happened in a nanosecond.
Bran saw a horde of undead people with strange ice blue eyes in various stages of decomposition. Bran saw a few Snow bears ,some shadow cats, a giant ice spider and it made him sad to see a few Dire Wolves all with the same ice blue eyes.
The Night King walked through the midst of them ,paused and as he slowly turned his head in the direction of Bran Stark, Bran chose his path and fled away screaming as he sat up, eyes no longer white. The Three Eyed Raven gasped. “NO- NO - NO!” was all he said then he began to cough because it was hard for him to breathe.
Bran turned to the side, the memory burning in his mind of all those dead men, women, and children and he threw up. Liz downloaded the full plan of the raven in Bran’s consciousness and it made him want to puke all over again .
Bran held up his hand,pulled up his sleeve and sighed with relief to see he wasn't marked by the Night king.
Meera was standing just outside of the tree talking with Hodor about the red bark.When she heard Bran scream.She ran to him, slid on her knees and crashed into Bran’s side.Bran was crying and so Meeera held him. Bran buried his head in her chest and shook as he wept .Bran knew The three Eyed Raven's intention to kill him. "I chose my path now the road , it-it is your road Meera , our road please listen closely ."
Whispering it in her ear.He told her of the three Eyed Raven's plans ,of the voice he heard ,the music and the words of the song he would never forget and kissed her cheek . Jojen's death was unnecessary. It chilled her to the bone and hot anger bubbled up in her soul. That made her feel mad with rage !
The audacity and evil of this wretched old man ooh! why don’t the tree vines consume that scary old bugger !
Meera remembered Jojen and how sure he was about Bran's calling. When Jojen bought the lie of the Three Eyed Raven,she realized now exactly what this old Brynden Rivers was responsible for .”You old man ,you bloody liar.This is for Jojen and Bran ” Ravens gathered outside the tree and squawked a warning.The Three Eyed raven was so stressed he passed out .
Meera saw black.She had hatred she had never felt before. She looked hard at the Three Eyed raven.First of note was that he had only one eye,the other was an empty socket with a very thin twig sticking out.Parts of the tree had wrapped around him like an octopus’ .tentacles.One went right through his belly.His body had no skin and Merra was sickened once again .Meera noticed his rib cage which rose and fell slowly.He looked gross and his plans made him look more evil to her.Scary like a spider with its mandibles open ready to bite.
“ MONSTER!” She yelled,his one eye opened wide ! Meera took her frog spear with three very sharp prongs and looked defiantly at the old man wrapped in the tree.
The three Eyed Raven blinked his eye. A split second later Meera with hot anger and strength fueled by adrenaline speared the three Eyed Raven like she would a frog in the water. It was a dead shot aim.
The razor sharp prongs went through the vine in one of his eye sockets and into his opened eye straight into his brain. Black blood poured from them like morbid tears. Outside the dozens of Ravens fell to the ground dead.Summer sniffed one and sneezed.Then sniffed the bark of the tree his eyes glowed red.New life infused into Summer so that direwolf was instantly full grown and laden with supernatural senses.telescopic vision,night vision and infra-red vision all good for hunting.
Meera had to put her foot on one of the massive vines to pull out her trident from the very dead Three Eyed Raven.The Three Eyed Raven’s then corpse then crumbled to the floor, a mix of ash , black blood covered the dead man and seeped into the roots of the tree.The tree was fed on his corpse not wasting any of it.Blood Raven’s soul was sent kicking screaming into the afterlife .
The threat was stopped dead and cold.The Three Eyed Raven took his well earned space in the 7 hells.
Leaf watched it all, she too, heard the rock song Stairway To Heaven by Led Zeppelin and the voices as did everyone on the cave. She saw what scared the hell out of Bran .She could see clearly now the clouds were gone .Gone was that dark magic that had her blind.Leaf finally knew what lay ahead and it looked bright .
Leaf had wielded psionic magic for centuries, she has always been the most powerful Child of The forest. However ,for the last 100 years she was stymied by the Three Eyed Raven.It was easy for her to see and hear it all now. She knew why she should never have trusted the Three Eyed Raven .She felt his influence no more.His forcing her to bend to his will stopped once Meera killed him.
This time ,his very spirit was purged from the world by a Crannog girl’s frog catching trident. No more would any three -eyed ravens ever plague mankind again.Meera was a heroin.
Meera did not know that the spirit of the Three Eyed Raven resided in Bloodraven's eyes.Meera unwittingly prevented a return of the evil being. Any and all three-eyed Ravens ceased to exist.
Leaf liked the crippled human as soon as she met him . This was the day they all broke free from the old man in the tree. It went better than she had ever dreamed . Now she was so free it made her happier than a loose cat in a tuna fish factory .Leaf was a nurturer and though Bran was human she made Bran a son in her heart.She was going to use that magic of hers to heal Bran .They would celebrate freedom this day.
Her daughter Sap joined her , the Children of the forest gathered around .They sang and danced in a circle. They were in a celebratory mood .Sap had learned magic from Leaf over the centuries. Leaf could trust her to keep everyone safe in her stead.It was the Three Eyed Raven that time traveled and in the dark past,it was he that led Leaf’s ancestors to create the Night King.
Leaf said "Crannog girl, your valor will not be forgotten. Our people thank you, owe you . Bran was almost touched by the Great Other so good he chose to flee, chose a good road. Night King our creation, our mistake would have found us ,would have killed us. All my people , you ,Hodor and Bran and Meera saved me and my people."Summer padded in and sat by Bran and Meera.
Instantly Bran has his own green sight returned with a finer edge that allows him to take up to 20 humans and children of the forest with him when he sees the past ,present only he can no longer warg into humans nor can he see into the murky future.He won't miss that.
The Children of the Forest huddle and then turn to smile at Bran and Meera and Leaf points at them saying "Meera and Bran wait"
Chapter 2: Bran's group travel to the wall
Summary:
Dig it, hope you liked how I dispatched Blood Raven:) That freed Leaf to use the full force of magic that she lost 100 years ago.Now many would benefit because she is a benevolent humanoid. I like to frustrate and then get rid of antagonists.In real life I never resort to violence.This is fantasy and ‘a game of rowdy’ more good things to come.
Now Bran and Meera are free to be together and their relationship can blossom into a marriage.They are of age .Many good things ahead.Read On!
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The rest of the little people walked down another tunnel laughing and chatting in the old tongue of the first men .Leaf returned smiling with a bowl of hot thick vegetables glowing red and said "Now Eat for strength "
It was root vegetables ,onions,beets,small potatoes halved ,some moss with a sticky red sap soup base from Weirwood trees.
Bran,Hodor and Meera were very hungry so they ate ,the unusual soup had a sourness that was strong yet turned sweet once chewed. As they ate, the other Children joined hands with Leaf and chanted.
Bran,Hodor , and Meera finished the bowls of stew and froze at the last bite .Their eyes glowed bright red then Bran slowly,shakily stood up his spine and right hip healed. Meera gasped and stood up with him . Bran stole a kiss as she hugged him. Meera giggled and kissed him back. The boon that Bran,Hodor and Meera received was the ability to heal. It's why the Children of the forest live so long.instantly from any injury . Hodor smiled and said ,”the fear is gone ,I am Willis at long last.”
Meera received control over Hornets and Bees.They make for good weapons in a fight. Willis received super strength and the ability to communicate psionically with horses ,mules,donkeys and Zorses.Bran was now taller than Meera and one more boon from the bowls of magic stew , the couple have a telepathic link between themselves.
Summer was in there wagging his tail.Summer from ears to paws was 6 foot.Full grown and super durable.Bran was 5 foot 11 Meera was 5 ft 5.
Leaf too was given her own greensight back and more durability. Leaf patted the full grown direwolf then walked over to Meera and smiled then she spoke in her usual broken Westerosi that she was comfortable with "You are one now in hearts I follow, not leave your sight.Bran you son to me always."
Bran was smiling wide ,he knelt and hugged Leaf tight,eyes stinging with tears Hodor patted Leaf on her shoulder. “You need to stay with us at Winterfell when we take it back.”Summer pads after Bran and sniffs Meera’s hand then makes her giggle after licking her face .Then Meera reaches to pet Summer who had grown to the size of a pony .Hodor smiled and said “We need to go soon.”He smiled at everyone.Leaf climbed up on Hodor’s shoulder and giggled.
Summer the direwolf ,Bran ,Meera Leaf and Hodor all had a look at the possible futures that could have been.Leaf showed them. Bran was glad that his path would lead to life . Then once done they made plans for the immediate future.
Find Rickon,Find Arya and Sansa and visit Jon. Make sure they all meet at Castle Black.Take back Winterfell.Very important to become allies with The Dragon Queen.
Leaf used magic to reach certain people that would help . The message was in the form of dreams meant to save them and prepare them. These were vivid , realistic, memorable and relentlessly shocking dreams . Leaf pulled no psionic punches she sent them every night for a moon. Then the group journeyed south ,since Bran was not touched by the Night King they were not threatened by wights on the way.
Benjen Stark met them on the way to the wall. “Bran !! Hodor!”Benjen leapt off his Elk and walked to them.
Hodor said “Benjen Stark tis good to see you mi Lord .” he smiled as he said that.
Bran walked up and embraced his Uncle. Leaf looked up at the familiar ranger.Benjen said “Nephew you can walk?”
“Aye ,Leaf’s magic is good Uncle.”Bran smiled wide.
Now they were standing in a small cluster by the huge elk.
Leaf held up her hands and chanted over them for a few seconds. Benjen saw a glow of red upon them. Leaf smiled at him and took out a small red ball and handed it up to the former Night Watch Ranger.
"Stark more alive than not ,be all alive, take one , eat”.Benjen smelled it then bit it in half .
“Return to wall with us."
Benjen did eat it ,it was like a sweet tart yet chewy like a tootsie roll ,not that he would know what any of those two sweets taste like.
Benjen said” Aye I need to see Jon Snow ”.
Leaf also gave one to Benjen's huge elk, 'Snowrunner ' and patted his nose.They all fit on Snow Runner’s huge back . Summer walked alongside the huge tamed Elk who now would live another 30 years .
Benjen was whole again, he was no longer bound by his vows to the Brothers of the Night Watch.Since he died and was brought back by the Children of the Forest his watch was over. He still has the scar on his chest from the wight axe.
Unbeknownst to them , Jon Snow was murdered and brought back to life the very day Meera killed the three Eyed Raven.
The weather was still quite cold.The could run for a few minutes and then trot fast so it would take a few days to get back to the wall.They camped at night.
Summer helped them catch snow hares.Though the rabbits white fur made them well hidden, Summer could see their body heat.
Along with roast rabbit ,the group ate tart snow berries and some greens. Leaf found the greens while climbing up a certain evergreen tree with edible leaves.
After 4 days they were at the gates of Castle black.They had with them some rabbit and fox fur.They also had a dozen hares for the watch to make stew.
Chapter 3: Two Roads 3
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This chapter deals with choices once again. Jon ,Rickon,Shereen and Sansa .What happened to Stannis and Selyse is in keeping with The Boltons way of dealing with their enemies.(violence warning! )First let;s have Bran and his group welcomed into Castle black.Read on :)
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Jon Snow had just executed the traitors who killed him.He was now walking back to his old solar feeling kinda numb,when Ghost howled.Another howl answered outside the gates of Castle Black.That got Jon’s attention.Jon was surprised and intrigued.He wondered if the other howl was by a dire-wolf or just a regular timber wolf.He intended to get quite drunk.
Now he abandoned his mug of ale and walked outside.He saw Freefolk ,Wunn Wunn and his brothers of the watch all busy.He was glad he was free of his vows but the uncertainty of the future was very stressful.
Jon told the guard”My last order was to make Edd Lord of the Watch then I hung those cunts that betrayed me .As a free man on Edd’s behalf ,open the bloody gate !”
In walked a huge Elk and at his side was Bran’s Direwolf Summer. Both dire wolves greeted each other as K9s.They sniffed each other.Ghost and Summer ran around the training yard.Both direwolves marked the pyre where the dead traitors corpses were burning.
Edd poked his head out of his office ,he grinned when he saw everything happen.Jon was surprised and he walked slowly up to the Huge Elk.Then he noticed this elk had a collar and reins.
,p>Benjen got off the Elk .Then Bran slid off ,turned, and helped Meera disembark safely.Leaf was on Bran’s shoulder .Bran squatted so Leaf could stretch her legs.
Jon embraced Benjen in a bear hug“Uncle Benjen!Gods , I thought you were lost!”
Benjen smiled “So I was Jon.I died at the hands of wights.Children of the forest found me in time.Vines and Blossom’s magic gave me my life back.”
Jon pointed to the pyre “I was murdered by those brothers of the watch and by some magic which I know not ,was brought back to life.They are ash now.”
Leaf smiled, “Vines my great ,great ,great grandson, Blossom his wife.” Bran hugged Jon, noticing he was taller than he.”Jon you shrunk .”
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Jon shook his head and chuckled “Bran you're walking ??!”
Bran smiles, “I know that .” He teased.
Meera smiled wide as she reached for Bran’s hand. ”Bran was healed by Leaf’s people.I am his betrothed.”
Jon could not wipe the smile from his face ,he bent down so he could talk to Leaf.”Gods I never expected to meet a Child of the Forest ,erm well met Leaf.”
Leaf said “Jon Snow peace.You office ,we all ,hold hands ,show you your mother.”
WHAT!!??” Jon shouted
A brother of the watch settled the huge tame elk in the horse stables with plenty of hay. Jon then pointed to the stairs and said this way. To Edd’s office.” Bran,Meera,Benjen ,Hodor and Leaf ,who was now on the big guy’s shoulder, followed Jon up the stairs.
Dolorous Edd looked at them all.“What can I do for you lot?”He looked around and Leaf said.”Join us, Lord Commander .” They all sat cross legged and held hands making a big circle .
Greensight took them all first to Lyanna and Rhaegar’s wedding.Jon noticed how happy Lyanna looked .Then to the Tower of Joy and Meera Gasped “Father “ when she saw Howland Reed stab Ser Author Dayne in the back to save Eddard Stark's life.
Then they all were inside the Tower . “Protect my son .His name is Maeterys.Protect him ,Ned , promise me.”
Ned said “Aye.”
Then Jon wiped a tear from Lyanna's dying face and said”Mum.”
Lyanna then died in peace with a smile on her face.She heard her son and knew he would be fine.
Once they were back Jon wept out loud .They gave him time .Then they were taken to Essos and saw the life of Daenerys Targaryen .Jon saw how in the future he treated her when he found out his true heritage from Samwell Tarley.
Then Jon saw how his Aunt was poisoned by Varys.he was sad when he watched her burn down King's Landing .The Jon saw him kill her.Jon was horrified .He retched . He then wondered if he could in any way prevent what he saw from happening .
Jon could hear the music and the verse of the led Zeppelin song played .
Jon sighed “Now that I am free of my vows I will pursue my Aunt Daenerys Targaryen to wed her.”
Then Dolorous Edd led them to the dining hall for some rabbit stew.
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Cinnamon changed history so that Rickon Stark ,Shaggydog and Osha went to Scagos instead of Last Hearth.
The Umbers were expecting them and were at a loss as to what happened to The youngest Stark.For a while they had forgotten about the youngest Stark.
On Scagos the people live from the sea, fishing boats and lobster traps are normal .Over time the wild Stark garnered a reputation for being a daring and impulsive lad .He watched the lobster traps being made.Then helped make a few.He then watched how they trapped lobster.
Rickon had a lobster trap that was stuck in some underwater rock.Before he could be stopped he dove down into the icy cold sea and freed the rope.Rickon swam up coughing and held up the cage with a lot of lobsters.He slammed it on the floor of the boat. “I DID THIS !!”Rickon was 9 years old .The other trappers got a kick out of this brave albeit foolish kid.He took home 3 of the lobsters and the remaining 5 went to the village collective.
Osha was mixed about the affair.Rickon never dove again only because he did not want to scare Osha. Rickon trapped lobsters for a few years.They were sitting by the fire when Rickon turned 12 the Elder of the Village and many of the men sat with him.Elder Skagosi Millar the Mighty smiled “This day we proclaim Rickon Stark to be Scagosi.”
He gave Rickon a mug of warmed ale ,Rickon chugalugged it down.They all had a time retelling stories and bawdy jokes.Over time Rickon had made a complete necklace of red lobster claws.He gave it to Osha who was like a mum to him.
Across the North from the wall to Scagos Leaf gave dreams to both Osha and Rickon Stark.Leaf has a love for the legacy of Bran the Builder .Osha always knew she made a mistake and should have headed south but they were slowly building a life in Scagos.
Rickon was 14years old and very much like a son to Osha .Not only had he learned to be an excellent Lobster trapper but also an all around hunter. She often thought he was one of the free folk at heart.Then one night they both were dreaming when they each heard Stairway to heaven .Then loud words that said “Choose the right road, flee to the wall!”
The next day at sunrise they each had a bowl of oats .Osha told Rickon that she saw herself die in Winterfell at the hands of Ramsay Snow .Rickon told her he saw himself running and an arrow shot by that evil man called Ramsay shot him in front of Jon Snow .
They quickly packed ,Rickon had a dagger with a red lobster claw design on the hilt ,it was useful for skinning kills and descaling tuna.He had a lobster hammer to crack shells and a claw necklace painted yellow gold ,it is for whichever girl he would marry. Rickon,Osha and ShaggyDog got to a boat at night and sailed to the shore undetected .They walked across the frozen north and after some weeks later made it safely to Castle Black they were tired and hungry. In their haste they hunted little and slept less.
Small Jon Umbers and Last Hearth militia arrived at Skagos with orders from their Liege lord Ramsay Bolton. They were not in time to capture Rickon .The Scagosi hated that the Umbers .The Scagosi were not welcoming and refused to allow them to land on their port threatening the Umbers. The Umbers left ,they decided to return to Last Hearth.They would stay rather than return to Winterfell empty handed.
Jon met Rickon and then Osha with a welcoming hug. Shaggy collided with Summer and all three direwolves had a ball chasing each other then went off to hunt like a pack.They downed a moose.Ghost took off like a shot from a gun and got Jon’s attention.The watch enjoyed moose meat .
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Shereen Baratheon had a dream given to her . She woke as tears streamed down her face so sad her father would do such a thing.The throne meant more to him than his only child.She chose the right road and would flee in the wee hours of early morning .
It was still dark out so she easily snuck out of her tent and ran with all she had into the woods .She was met by Children of the Forest who guided her inside .There was a vast tunnel to the weirwood network.Davos had been sent to the Wall that morning.Stannis and his men could not find Shereen.He was sad .
Melisandre demanded a sacrifice so Stannis figured he could get another wife had Selyse tied up to be burned.The fire leapt up and roasted Melisandre alive.Selyse was untouched,There was chaos in the camp.
Ramsay and his army attacked Stannis and his men fought bravely but lost.Stannis and Selyse were captured, tortured and then flayed.Sickening I know,Ramsay wanted to please Roose the Moose Bolton.
Meanwhile in the tunnels Shereen Baratheon had an intense education for a week .Smart person , she learned every bit.Pine cut her hand and mixed that blood from Shereen in a bowl with werewood tree sap and red leaves into a paste.The paste was poured onto a yellow dragon egg.Then with a branch of were wood leaves it lathered on thick.Then into a small fire.
The fire blazed hot for a few seconds then burned down .There was no more egg in its place was a baby dragon with bright yellow scales ;on its tail,back head and top of wings. This dragon’s underbelly was grey as were the underwings leg, and neck.The dragon’s eyes were bright ,ruby red .
Shereen giggled when her dragon climbed up to her shoulder.She was amazed.Pine smiled “You blood of the dragon .”
Shereen said “Oh right, my grandmother was a Targaryen.”She looked sideways to her left shoulder “You are mine ,Stormy .”
The next few weeks she trained ‘Stormy ‘ Sheereen squealed with delight with each lesson Stormy learned.Like Shereen ,Stormy was a quick learner for Dragons are wise creatures.Shereen with Stormy on her shoulder walked down a tunnel that led to a cave which was 5 miles away from Castle Black.
She went outside and fed Stormy with a red sap covered rabbit sausage.Shereen gasped as she saw a miracle.Stormy grew to full size in seconds.
Stormy slapped the ground with her huge wing .Shereen knew what that meant.She happily climbed up and held on to some bumps on Stormy’s bright yellow back.They flew to Castle Black in minutes. Liz and Cinnamon high-fived each other
---------------------Sansa’s choice—--------------------------
As Sansa found an abandoned shack big enough for 3 people.She went in first ;layed out a huge blanket she took from Winterfell and dreamed of her fathe.All three scrunched together to keep warm.
Leaf found Sansa telepathically and peered into Sansa’s soul she then saw all the bad influences that stuck like glue to Sansa’s soul from her formative years.Then leaf gave her a dream of a future that might be .Sansa saw herself being crowned ,Queen of the North. Then saw that her people were starving .She saw how ill she treated Daenerys and her allies.She saw herself break her oath to the Weirwood Tree. A burning fiery red letter that spelled “cursed” obscured her vision.The word appeared bright and thick, each letter a blazing red fire .The north was in bad shape due to her curse and finally she saw her own end. It was a year after she was crowned .Word got out that she was an oath breaker she was beheaded by Lord Flint.
Sansa woke up screaming and rubbing her neck..Then she wept.The other two remained asleep. Then Sansa had heard the song by Led Zepplin .Then Sansa heard the unmistakable voice of her father, Ned Stark “Choose the right road daughter .”Sansa rejected all the teachings from Cersie,Baelish and Ramsey she felt dirty all over. They melted into nothingness as Leaf was finally able to peel them off Sansa’s subconscious deep in her soul.Sansa chose the better path.
Leaf was not finished ,she was thorough.Leaf showed Sansa the life of Daenerys from her exile ,running from assassins.Her force marriage and rape by Khal Drogo and all the attempts on her life.Every good and bad decision Daenerys made .A kinship was felt now by Sansa and an eager desire to welcome the Dragon Queen.For the first time in so many years Sansa felt clean.
That morning Brianne and Pod found Sansa fishing from a creek just as she caught a big catfish . They grilled it .The trio left for the Night Watch after the catfish breakfast .They had no idea of what awaited them there. They would be in for a pleasant surprise.
Chapter 4: nightmare turns to victory for Daenerys
Summary:
This time frame is not the same as the one in A Game of Thrones.Changes I make are for this story alone.In all my stories I take the cannon of GOT and kick it far out into outer space man LOL.
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In Vas Dothrak the kidnapped Dany roasted every Khal gathered alive. Then emerged unburned and proclaimed to be Khaleesi.She returned to Mereen with Drogon all grown up and surpassing the size of Bealeron.
Tyrion freed Rhaegal and Viserion and watched with amazement as both dragons grew to full size before his eyes to a size equal to that of Drogon. Daenerys arrived at that very moment and saw her other two dragons so huge. Daenerys was happily surprised.
They defeated the rest of the masters in Meereen. In no time Daenerys and her allies landed at Dragonstone a month later .
Daenerys had a complete nightmare the first night at the place of her birth ,on which she could not wake from.
It was horrible ,she saw every event leading up to her death in vivid living color .Saw the two surprise attacks of Euron Greyjoy.Saw The attack on High Garden and empty Casterly Rock which was used as a decoy.She wept at the loss of her allies .She saw the loss of both her ‘children.She saw how she and her allies would be treated in the North.Then saw how her nephew killed her when she went mad and burned down King’s Landing.Daenerys was furios .Daenerys was also both afraid ,sad and angry a tangle of toxic emotions tormented her. Khaleesi struggled in vain to wake up.
Her dream shifted once again
This time she saw herself seated at the chair in an empty Dragonstone .She could not stand or move but looked around.Nobody was there but her.The loud music of legendary classic rock band Led Zeppelin began to play. There was no such thing as fast music in this world. It was something she had never heard before.Rock N Roll that was dynamic and fast.The voice of Robert Plant ,the guitar and drums all of it.If she could move she would've tapped her in time to the beat.She closed her eyes and listened to that song. The verse that was for her she felt the meaning deep down in her bones.She knew it was all about choices.
“Yes, there are two paths you can go by, but in the long run There's still time to change the road you're on.”
That verse shook up Daenerys so much that she woke up immediately and sat up covered in sweat. Then she had made her choice .“I am a dragon none of this will happen.” she growled .Daenerys remembered every bit of her dream.
Dany walked out to the ship deck and when she saw her translator she embraced Missandei with a tight hug and whispered in her ear.”You my dear are a sister to me ,never doubt that sweet girl.”
Daenerys decided what to do to be safe.It was complicated, some of it had to do with aiding her nephew.
She made changes right away.
“Tyrion what I am about to do is not open to debate.Right now as we speak ,Euron Greyjoy has not been given any scorpions on his ships the time is right. Despite what you may have been told Casterly Rock is empty. I wont waste my Unsullied on an empty castle.Your sister it seems has outwitted you .”
Tyrion looked lost for words “How do-you erm know this?”The Lord Hand was hoping that she wasn’t mad.
Daenerys smiled like a shark, the smile not reaching her eyes.It was as if she was daring Tyrion to argue.”Dragon Dream , like the one that saved our family from the Doom.” Tyrion wanted to say that she was not Daeneys but kept quiet.
Daenerys left no stone unturned as she said”I may not be Daenys the Dreamer but Lord hand,am I not the last of my house?”
Tyrion scratched his chin.”Hmm ,of course you certainly are.”
Daenerys then said with a wry smile.”Even if there is another of my family hiding somewhere it is I that the Gods gave the dream to and I will act on it as I see fit.”
She walked away as Missandel patted Tyrion “Come Lord Hand I have a new bottle of wine Torgo is willing to let me share it.Arbour Gold to your liking?”
Tyrion loves Arbor gold so he eagerly waddles after Missandei “Quite, lead me to the wine if you please.”
Daenerys found all three full grown dragons lying on their bellies ,they had just eaten. She spoke to her sleepy dragons. She told them everything she dreamed.The dragons perked up listening well .This was the most information their munah had ever shared.Now each dragon knew what to do.
Viscerion roared and flew out to Highgarden landed there blowing smoke and growling ,he alone was now waiting for the Lannisters. Dany herself took flight upon Drogon and Rhaegal was flying at their side.
She chose to take so her emerald and gold child Rhaegal so he could get payback. The Iron Born were roasted to ash their whale oil soaked ships ,even the Silence was flammable .Rhaegal her swiftest dragon dive bombed down and took Euron Greyjoy in his jaws flipped him in air and roasted Greyjoy to ashes.Then both Dragons concentrated ,their fire which was nearly as hot as the sun.The vessels and crew all gone leaving behind a sea that bubbled and boiled from the heat of dragon fire.
The Lannister troops thought they would have fun sacking Highgarden.
Viscerion burned most of them but left only Jaimie Lannister and the Tarleys alive.
Bronn was burned alive while manning the one scorpion.The Tarleys were captured by the Tyrells and sat in Higarden’s cells awaiting trial .The Lion of the Rock was literally in the clutch of this huge dragon. Viscerion and flown North with The Kingslayer.
Daenerys knew that Viscerion was taking Jaimie to Castle Black .She had a feeling that Jaimie would be coerced into fighting with Jon to retake Winterfell from the Boltons .On Drogon ,Dany smirked as she flew back to Dragonstone then flew north taking Rhaegal with them .
Will my child Rhaegal choose my nephew this time .Now that he knows what he did to end my life .Why is my heart such a traitor,why do I want to help him ?
Yes Daenerys felt a pull emotionally and boy oh boy was she fighting it.The only solution would be telling Jon of her dream including what he had done to her. To see his reaction.Tyrion her Hand was privileged to fly with her.
-------- —------------------Arya—-----------------------------------------
Arya wiped out house Frey. Then she was not finished .She snuck into Riverrun and took more faces.She spent all night on the grim task of wiping out the Lannisters.Arya with no sleep ,yet was able to slaughter all the Lannisters at Riverrun.She gave the God of death a lot more .
She freed Riverrun from Freys and Lannisters.She took off the final face and collapsed on a bed ,Arya finally slept with blood on her hands.
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Arya and had a dream she heard the rock song Stairway To Heaven as did all those who the Old Gods had chosen and dreamed. She saw her brother Jon Snow and what he went through,saw Bran walking once again,saw life in full of Daenerys Targaryen .There was no warning, just an important information dump that was crystal clear and in vivid color.
Waking up she had miraculously changed.She was now a fan of Daenerys and eager to meet her as she would have been when she was a little girl .Arya had also a full blown bond deep in her emotions for her long lost friend .She longed to see Gendry and knew that he was hers and she was his.
The morning light revealed every red Lannister tent to be a type of morgue.There laid each and every Lannister soldier poisoned,some actually had their throats cut in their sleep .
She poisoned Genna Lannister and her Frey husband .She was remarkably successful . Then she freed Great Jon Umber ,Edmure and his Wife Roslin Tully .Arya saw Roslin as no threat.
Arya headed North With The Great Jon Umber .The great Jon was shocked at what she became yet was both amused and grateful to be heading home.
Arya told him what she had seen about Small Jon Umber .
“My own son did what !?? That bloody cunt betrayed my house and yours .Small Jon is no son of mine .”
Arya told Great Jon about Jon Snow's murder ,his alliance with the Wildlings and the war to come with the Boltons.
Big Jon raged about the Wildings then calmed as Arya said nothing more.
Arya then told Great Jon about dragons and Daenerys . Along the way Great Jon decided to give Jon Snow and his wildings a chance.Nymeria joined them along with 5 full grown Direwolves though part Timberwolf they were each 98% Direwolf.12 Timberwolves followed as well. They made The great Jon look at his missing fingers and wince.
Arya was in good company and with her reasoning, The Great Jon was on board with the former Lord Commander of the Watch.
Chapter 5: delusional bastard bolton
Summary:
Ah yes this story indeed happened as I listened to Stairway to heaven on youtube.Once again that one verse jumped out at me and the plot bunny caught it. Oh, the wascally plot wabbit is still hopping and not sure how far it will go.Have the different scenarios I have written for the Long Night make it overdone? Will that be the stopping point? Shrugs this chapter Dany meets Shereen ,enjoy my friends,I welcome reviews :)
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-----------------------------------Ramsay Bolton—----------------------------
Ramsay went to sleep.He always slept better after a so-called ‘hunt’. He too was shown the future.He saw 3 different scenarios . One was from another planet where ASOIAF took place.The other was from the current Westeros he lived in.The other was the warning, to completely change his ways or perish .
He woke up, shrugged it off as a nightmare and went about his daily routine .The Old gods noted his indifference so they screwed with his head.This was bad,for Ramsay he was usually wise in his own conceited and evil ways.Now he was more confused and delusional than a dementia patient at a nursing home. He was thinking that he was in the ASOIAF world where he had Mance Rayder in a cage.He took a parchment, had an artist draw a flayed man and took human blood and smeared it on the drawing as it soaked into the parchment the scroll turned pink.
,Your false king is dead, bastard. He and all his hosts were smashed in seven days of battle. I have his sword. Tell his red whore. Your false king's friends are dead. Mance Rayder was first to die .Their heads upon the walls of your former home. Come see them, bastard. Your false king lied, and so did you. I will have my bride back. If you want Rickon and his wilding whore back , come and get them . I want my bride back. And I want my Reek. Send them to me, bastard, and I will not trouble you or your black crows .Keep them from me, and I will cut out your brother’s heart and eat it.
Ramsay Bolton,
Trueborn Lord of Winterfell.
Ramsay went down to the dungeon expecting to see Lady Tahlert and her bastard son in chains.They had been there for 24 hours hd took delight in torturing Lady Tahlert in front of her bastard son .Now they were gone.Only a dead old man was left in the dungeon,the one he starved for calling him ‘Snow’.He went back up the stairs to the outside and forgot what he saw. Ramsay did not know that Iron Shanks saw his own future so he rescued the Tahlerts and headed to the wall to find refuge for them.
500 Frey’s awakened quite scared ,each having their own dream .It was mass confusion and anger .The Freys are not very bright.They woke up and began to slaughter each other and when the smoke was cleared the 5 of them left alive rode like the wind back to the twins.
Stopped at full speed they ran into an angry wall.The ‘angry wall’ were Arya and The Great Jon Umber with a hidden host of Crannog men .One Frey had his horse buck throwing him in the water he became a meal for a Lizard lion. 2 were shot with poisoned arrows from somewhere in the swamp. One had a fire hornet's nest hit him in the face ,he was stung to death.The last Frey met the Great Jon’s sword.The direwolves and Timber Wolves growled.It all happened fast. Back at Winterfell Ramsay Bolton killed Lord Karstark when he said ”Can’t keep your bloody Freys can you Bastard?” Ramsay smiled at him,the dangerous look .Karstak had no time to think , and the bastard cut his throat. The majority of the Karstark host fled to the Karhold as did the Umber forces. This left Ramsay with a 1000 man army.Not once did Ramsay understand that the Old Gods sealed his fate.
At Castle Black Jon read the letter and laughed .”Rickon ?That bastard is mad .I thank the Gods that you , Sansa and Osha are safe with us here.How does he not know that I shot an arrow through Mance years ago?” Jon shook his head .
A horn blew once and Edd let a large Knight ,a Meister, some men carrying a frail woman on a stretcher. A skinny young man that would not leave her side,in .It was lady Talhert and her son.Castle Black had become a default city of refuge.
More horn blasts ,Commander Edd shook his head and said “What now ?”
4 ,count em’ dragon roars said it all.
As if timing was on their side, they reached the Neck in no time. They stopped north of Moat Cailin and camped out, Arya ,Great Jon Umber with some huge wolves including Nymeria.They spent the night there and In the morning they ate fish before they continued North. Weeks later they were at the gates of Castle Black looking up as they heard dragon roars.In the courtyard 4 dragons landed .
Daenerys and Tyrion dismounted . Tyrion was eager to be on solid ground so he dismounted first, he tripped and rolled down Drogon’s wing .Dany stopped ,midway . doubled over and cracked up laughing at the sight . Then she got composure back and walked down the wing.
Ser Jaimie stood , dusted off and sneezed. Then he walked a distance and threw up.Then he walked over to speak with Tyrion.
“I see you flew better than I brother.”
Tyrion smiled”I convinced her grace to spare you,I must look after you now.You owe me some wine ”
Materys/Jon walked out wide eyed as if in awe of those huge creatures ,Ghost was at his side. Daenerys was surprised to see a great yellow dragon land .Its yellow scales glistened in the light of day ,it was beautiful. The flap of the wing was quickly on the ground .Dany thought she saw a little girl no more than 10 or 11 years old walking down this pretty yellow dragon's wing, her face beaming with joy. Dany noticed how she was dressed .Shereen was dressed in her green blouse ,brown leggings made by the crafty Children of the Forest and on her head a special friendship garland of flowers made by Pine . It adorned her head like a crown .
Shereen walked over to her dragon,leaned in on his jaw and kissed the huge creature.Her dragon purred.”I love you ‘Stormy’.
Daenerys walked over and stopped in front of her “Erm Stormy is it?”
Shereen saw Dany at the corner of her eye ,smiled at her so she reached out her hand and walked over to the breaker of chains,Stormy watched Dany like a hawk.
“Yes, I named her what are your Dragon’s names I see three of them.”
Dany smiled wide at the girl. “Give us a hug, fellow dragon rider” They embraced.
Shereen said “I am Shereen Baratheon .I escaped from my father. Who was going to burn me at the stake for a sacrifice at the behest of The red witch Melisandre .”
Dany gasped and took both of her hands .Daenerys said “I am glad you fled .We are both survivors. I too had to run often on the streets of Essos when I was your age.Your father sounds like mine. How did you birth your child ?.”
Shereen smiled at Stormy “Look at you Stormy go ahead meet them.” Loud happy roars and trills were heard as the four dragons took to the sky.Such magnificent flying creatures looping the loop,giving chase and having a lot of fun. ”Sorry she was watching us then looked up. I could feel her desire to greet her fellow dragons. Stormy was from an egg underground where my rescuers, the Children of the Forest trained me,”Shereen explained .
Shereen shook her head”I heard an odd music in my dream,a fast paced melody with stringed instruments .The singer had a high voice and sang a song,’Yes there are two paths you can go on but there is still time to change the road you are on’.”Dany nodded “Gods me too !same song ,did you see a vision?
Shereen shuddered “yes ,I saw myself screaming as I was lit on fire tied to a stake.”
Dany nodded “We both saw our deaths cousin! I saw myself stabbed after I burned down all of King’s Landing .I woke up sweaty and shaking all over. I was determined not to do as I was shown.The man who stabbed me in my dream is here.”
Shereen shook her head”You mean to confront him,it won't happen now that you know.”
Daenerys giggled “No I am here to help him take back Winterfell from the Boltons .I will be the one to tell him who his mum was and be there for him. .”
Shereen and Dany walked to the main building of Castle Black ,Jon ,Ghost tall as a horse Hodor ,Summer ,Bran who was standing on his own,Meera,Sansa ,Osha,Rickon,Shaggy Dog equally tall as his pack mate Ghost ,Leaf,and Dolorous Edd were looking at the sky watching the dragons play.Arya and Big Jon joined them.
Dany, bold like a dragon and outspoken as ever ,exclaimed “GODS LOOK AT YOU ALL !”
Shereen squealed with joy, ran to Leaf, skidded to a stop,crouched “Leaf?” she asked as she held out her arms bowed her head saying “Vine is my rescuer and teacher great one”Leaf hugged her “Yes my great great great niece ,she has a soft spot for humans.”
Jon was there in a heartbeat “Daenerys I saw you in Essos ,saw what you’ve been through .See here pretty woman I am your nephew Maetereys.”
Daenery placed her hand on her heart feeling relief”So I need not tell you who your mum is then ?”
Jon /Maeterys smiled “You were ready to tell me ?”
Ghost poked dany in the shoulder with his nose .Dany gasped and reached out to Ghost .Ghost let her run her hand through his thick soft fur.
“God’s your beautiful.”Then Ghost licked her face and she laughed..
Mat/Jon said “Leave it to Ghost to steal kisses from pretty women.”
Bran who had his arm around Meera’s shoulder said “Daenerys I have seen the other life .I no longer have that parasite named Brynden Rivers the three eyed -raven .We all joined hands and saw your tragedies and triumphs.”
Meera said “Your dragons look majestic Daenerys.”
Shereen stood and smiled at Meera “The one that had scales that are bright yellow like the sun is my bond-sister.”
Dany smiled at Shereen, “Well said cousin.”
Arya finally spoke “Bright golden yellow ,you must have dragon blood Shereen is it?”
Shereen said “yes ,my grandmother was Targaryen.Its still magic one i am so grateful for..Your direwolf is pretty Arya and I am so glad to meet the sister I remember Jon talking about when he was Lord commander here in Castle Black.”
Osha folded her arms studying Daenerys and then Shereen “Four giant dragons ,are they on our side ?”
Rickon stood hair unkempt ,yet a handsome face with bright blue eyes Shereen definitely noticed as he asked “Can I ride one?”
Shereen said “Come with me Stark .I need to ask my ‘sis’ permission for you to ride with me.”
“My brother Rhaegar gave you a rare name, Maeterys.”
Aye as you are called Dany for short do call me ‘Matt’ or even Jon .”
“Very well Matt, come greet my Children with me.”
Chapter 6: Ser Jaimie chooses his path
Summary:
I like ol Jaime ,he has done some bad things yet he had a redemption arc in the show.One that seemed forgotten in crappy season 8 .In my stories I love to make that feller a good guy.read on:)
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-----------------the Imp and ‘Leaf’—-------------
Leaf walked over to the steps leading up to the dining hall and sat next to Tyrion. She had a mug of ale she held with both hands .
Tyrion noticed her. He could see that she was a bit shorter than him but not by much. “Here’s to whatever the Gods are doing.” He took a drink noting that she was proportional with longer arms and short legs ,three long fingers and opposable thumbs on each hand .Her face was thin ,sharp chin ,small nose ,big cat like yellow eyes and long brown hair.She wore vines,branches and leaves that covered her .
She said “Yes, much magic ,old gods , favor us ,favor you .”
Tyrion smiled held out his hand “Tyrion Lannister Lord hand of Queen Daenerys “
She wrapped her long fingers around his hand and shook it”Leaf long time alive am I hundreds of your years.Ale not strong .”
She pulled out a sap ball from the dozens she still had in a pouch and gave it to Tyrion. “Eat wise one .”
Tyrion took it “Wise you say ? I merely drink and know things.”
He took a bite and noted it was bitter and yet to be polite he ate the rest as he chewed it was sweet.Then he felt better than he ever had as long as he lived .His face was warm and when he ran his hand over his face the scar was missing ,”What have you given me?”
Leaf said “Sap from Weirwood tree is older than me, Mixed we with ancient magic.Benjen Stark lives because of that he joins us soon.”
Tyrion asked “Do you see any scars on my face ?”
Leaf laughed “You have no scars ,healed are you.”
Tyrion bowed “I dare say I must consider you a friend .”
Leaf smiled “Like you I do young man.
Have more sap balls for Dragons .Make them unkillable . “
They sat together there and chatted for hours as time got away from them.
-------------------------Ser Jaimie dreams—---------------------------
Ser Jaimie had a vivid dream showing two possibilities ,Jaimie dying in King’s Landing with Cersei and Jaimie building a life with Brienne of Tarth . Jaime chose his path ,he chose Breanne. A second later he hated Cersei.Jaimie knew her for what she really was . The scales of self deception and lust dropped off his eyes permanently. He woke Knight of honor. Then Jaimie woke up
Up here at Castle Black far from King’s landing the cold crisp air seemed to clear his mind .Jaimie remembered how sad he really was when he saw the fate of Elia and her children. Jaimie felt that fleeting desire he had had from time to time to flee his post ,and sail east to help Rhaella’s daughter.Now he was her prisoner.
Jaimie walked up the stairs for some night watch gruel and ale. Everyone heard the loud horn blast announcing more people .Tormund turned his head to its direction and watched as most of the people ignored it.
Sansa Stark ,Brienne of Tarth and Podrick Paine .Sansa stopped as she saw four dragons up in the air circling the sky above Castle Black .
Then she noticed Arya chatting with Meera Reed who was sitting in Bran’s lap ,his arms supporting her as she stayed in place.
Sansa noted at how much he had grown and then looked in the direction of the loud thud and saw Drogon landing as well as a gorgeous gold-yellow dragon landing a bit more gracefully .Sansa watched as Rickon ran down Stormy’s wing laughing a lot followed by Shereen who was cracking up laughing .
Jon was walking down Drogon’s wing hand in hand with Daenerys.
Brienne was stunned and she said “Gods!”
Sansa was overly flabbergasted.She was wide eyed as she said “Aye!”
Pod shook his head “Just when I thought I had seen everything.”
Tormund shouted “Look at the big women I want to make babies with.”
Tyrion showed Ser Jaimie the so-called ‘idiot letter’ by Ramsay Snow . Leaf was drinking a cup of tea with honey.Tyrion had no idea that Jaimie had changed.
Jaimie said” I shall help Jon/Mat and Rhaella’s good daughter .”
Tyrion did not expect that ,he looked at his brother quizzically to see if he was being sarcastic.<
Tyrion said “If I did not know better I would say ,her grace has won you over.”
Ser Jaimie smirked and then nodded at Leaf who was being quiet just watching.She could feel the magic all over Jaimie .Jaime saw Rhaegar in Jon and was amazed that he had never recognized it the first time when he sarcastically mocked Jon who was heading to the wall.
To Jaimie Dany was the spitting image of Rhaella and he felt bad about attacking her bannermen.
Ser Jaimie stood up , walked over and dropped to his knees right in front of Dany and Jon .”As a Knight of the realm I bend the knee to the only King and Queen who I see fit to serve . “
Jaimie took off his gold hand, placed it on the ground and bowed low .”My sword and gold hand is your’s.”
Dany who captured him was surprised “ Ser Jaimie, have you by chance had a dream with music and given a choice ?”
Ser Jaimie said “My eyes are open ,you are Rhaella’s only daughter. I failed to save Elia and her children. I want to make sure I can protect you and Rhaegar's son.”
Then Daenerys smiled, looked at Jon and back at Ser Jaimie “Very well rise Ser Jaimie. I accept you as a bannerman now . There will always be a place for you at my hearth,meat and mead on my table.Will you fight with us to retake Winterfell ?”
Jaimie nodded “Yes, any war you must fight I will be there with you.”
Leaf gave Ser Jaimie a sap ball .”I -erm thank you.”It was sticky and red .” “Tyrion ate no scars now,”said Leaf triumphantly.
So Jaime ate it and the bitterness wasn't much then it turned very sweet.Ser Jaimie felt heat in his right stump under his gold hand. Bright light shone from his hand as he gasped .Leaf just smiled. She was being a blessing to the humans .She felt the favor of the old gods too.
Ser Jaimie’s right hand was all gold now filled with muscle sinew and bone ,the gold was flexible and 10 times as strong as a regular hand .He now had his right hand back only encased in flexible gold.
Jaimie dropped to his knees and held out his hands.Leaf embraced him .”You are welcome young man, you make this old one happy and be a better man now .”
She patted him and walked away towards the dragons.Ser Jamie gripped his sword and laughed with unadulterated happiness as he walked to the training yard .
Brienne scowled at Tormund and quickly followed Ser Jaimie to the training yard.
Jon went to Sansa and hugged her ,then Rickon followed suit. “Sister, you look like our mum!” Said Rickon who never thought he would see his big sis again.
Sansa then said”Gods ,you and this girl rode that pretty dragon?I saw her land almost lady-like.”
Shereen smiled at Sansa “Yes she is my Sister , Stormy.I found her egg in the underground tunnels as my life was saved by the Children of the forest.”
“She -she is tame?”Sansa asked, hoping that this pretty dragon was.
”Well yes Stormy is a sweet heart Sansa. As long as I am with her she will allow you to ride her with me.”
Rickon was hand in hand with Shereen as he said “Oy it's like nothing I have ever experienced ,it far outways catching lobsters.She purrs and roars when she is happy.”
Osha sighed her head “Rickon my wild son I saw you up there ,my heart was in my mouth ‘little lord’ .”
Rickon shook his head “Osha she has bumps on her back that we grab .Tis easy you see.Stormy won’t let us fall.”
Jaimie sparred with Brienne who held her own .Afterwards Jaimie confided in her telling her everything about the dream he had.
Leaf visited the Meister who was seeing Lady Talhart and he led her to the bed where she was recuperating .
Lady Tahlart was medicated but still awake,she rolled to her side and winced from the pain. “Your a -a magical one aren’t you ?” it was more a statement than a question.
Leaf nodded affirmatively, took her hand gently and patted it . ”Lady Tahlart suffered much evil. I bring you good magic that works I give you ,eat and see.” Lady Tahlart took the sap ball with a shaky hand.
She was so weak.She nibbled on it and was surprised that she could keep it down.Then she ate it all.Then she felt warm all over,she stopped shivering.
Every place where she was ruined by unimaginable torture was healed.She gasped as she sat up on her own.Her bastard son Torren Snow came into the room to look in on his mum and was surprised to see the child of the forest sitting at her side .
“Mum !?”
Lady Tahlart looked vibrant,healthy and was no longer skin and bones emaciated.She reached her arms and Torren embraced her now the young man had a tear rolling down his cheek. It was a tearful and joyful reunion.
Chapter 7: mammoths and dragons oh my!
Summary:
In this chapter we will have the battle of the bastards.
I built up Ramsay Bolton to be incompetent and delusional.The old gods in this story can give people a chance to change their lives by way of a vivid dream and music from another world.
Ramsay refused to change .Since he has ,how much more can the old gods mess with the mind of someone unredeemably evil like he is?
They drove Ramsay mad .Hope some of you are enjoying this strange tale.Shout out to lovers of classic rock :)
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------------------------------The path of war—----------------------------------
Jon had decided it was time to visit houses in the North to convince them to lend a hand with the retaking of Winterfell from Ramsay Bolton. Sansa ,Arya ,Bran, Meera soon to be a Stark and Leaf the 3 foot olive skinned child of the forest with ancient magic all came along.Ghost,Shaggy ,Summer with the recently returned Lady padded along too.Each house promised to help as much as they were able.
They traveled for a while .They journeyed all the way to Bear Island ,the Flints of the mountains and to White harbor.When they went to The Manderlys,Ser Davos sailed to King’s landing and smuggled Gendry out to his boat.They sailed to Davos keep and spent a week there so Davos could cheer up his wife.
Bear Island was the last place they went .Lyanna Mormont looked at Leaf,a smile on her face ”You lot are real ?”
Leaf smiled back looking her in the eyes “Yes fewer we are ,yet live we do.Sorry for your loss lady Bear.”
Lyanna Mormont turned to Jon and lost her smile, replaced by a serious look of grim determination. ”We have 60 who can fight ,each one better than two of your best.I agree to send them only because of you Leaf .I am the last house you petitioned for help?”
Jon said “Aye.” Lyanna looked at one of the guards.”Show them to guest rooms ,draw a bath for each .”
Sansa said “Thank you lady Lyanna.”
Lyanna said”I am a bear not a Lady .After you all have freshened up we shall feast. We have plenty.”
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Ramsay Bolton was met by Maeterys,Great Jon Umber with Arya behind them.
“Where is my wife, bastard? Bring her to me and I will leave Castle Black alone.”Ramsay smirked.
Jon had already received a letter from Alys Karstark that she was able to sneak by her own brothers. The scroll told him that the Karstarks and bannermen were all back at Karhold. She confessed that her brothers were not fans of the Starks however they would keep their troops out of the war.
Arya said “A girl sees a bastard who is eager for the ‘gift’ .” She twirled her sword needle.
Great Jon laughed “Open your fookin eyes, evil one , you have no Umbers with you. Small Jon is in the bloody black cells at Last Hearth.” He spat
“Small Jon will be there for a while.You lot will face the full brunt of my angry bannermen,rapist.What you have done to The Stark’s daughter,(He shook his head sadly ) is fookin horrid .”
Ramsay never lost that smile as if he knew things ,which he didn't,he was delusional and psychotic.
“Mock me as you like tomorrow you all will face 30,000 men.”
Jon kept his cool ,he knew that Ramsay only had 1000 fighters.Jon said “See you there arsehole.”
Freefolk with 3 dozen mammoth riders and their huge tusked monstrosities were Jon’s calvary.
Four fully grown fire-breathing Dragons made up the air force against Ramsay .
With Riverland troops,Freefolk axe men ,spear wives ,Northmen and Vale Knights led by Harold Hardying combined to give Jon 45,000 plus troops .
At Castle Black Sansa ,Lady Talhart broke their fasts.Jaime and his little brother Tyrion stayed at Castle Black they ate with the rest of the group.
Torren hugged his mum tight ,he was going to fight with Maeterys. His mum wasn't happy but she would not stop him. Sansa found a heart tree and prayed .Torren Snow was given a battle axe and a huge mammoth offered his trunk to him.With that Torren climbed all the way up to the top of the tusked monstrosity’s head like the Freefolk riders do.
It was morning for the troops , anyone who could hold down bread,stew and ale broke their fasts.Horses and Mammoths were fed and the Dragons hunted. Stormy flew over the mountains to the sea and had some seaweed and half a school of red snappers.
Jon was wide awake and quite eager to get this battle over with.Bubbling under the surface was dark anger as Ramsay woke the dragon.
Shereen had never used Stormy to kill; it made her kind of sad to do so..”Dany, we must get our hands dirty with our enemies' blood today . ”
Dany nodded “Our house motto is blood and fire.Thier blood our fire,your house is Ours Is the fury ,get angry Shereen and Stormy will know what to do.When you want her to burn say under your breath ‘dracareys.I shall fly Drogon you follow !”
Shereen felt more confident from Dany’s reply .She mounted Stormy and took to the sky .She followed Dany circling just under the clouds.waiting .Viserion and Rhaegal followed.Full grown dragons the size of Baeleron cast a moving shadow on the ground.
Ramsay looked at the 200 hundred man cavalry and saw 20 columns more which were not there.
He smiled 2000Horsemen ,wave after fookin wave YES!
Ramsay turned to look at his 800 troops of Boltons ,some Freys and some sell swords waiting to be paid.What ramsay saw was 30 thousand troops with Karstak Banners ,Umber banners and more which made him laugh. ”Great Jon you lost Last Hearth and today ,oh today you will be flayed.”
Ramsay licked the flaying knife.”Our Blades are Sharp.”
Ramsay watched for Mat’s approaching troops with absurd confidence. . As soon as the horn was blasted the front line of Boltons were trampled to death by horse and rider.The Mammoths were led by Torren Snow.
The mammoths stopped ,The Free folk riding them shouted raising their axes then they all made a 360 and rode back to Jon’s line. Bolton arrows flew missing them , Mat’s troops were a safe distance away.
Ramsay smiled wickedly seeing a lot of dead among Mats group.That too was a hallucination the evil man believed. No casualties at all ;this was a lop-sided slaughter in favor of Mat and his warriors.
Ramsay licked his lips thinking of what he would do with Sansa and Arya until he heard roars from the sky! He looked up and his eyes were wide.The scales of delusion had dropped.This was no hallucination .Ramsay was stunned and now frightened ,these creatures were huge!
The 4 dragons dive bombed with precision, breathing fire on the fleeing troops.Burning in their path and looping up to dive again.The rows of fleeing Bolton troops were all barbecued by the fires of four angry dragons .Like flaming lawn mowers cutting grass, so was the dragon fire. Soon all that was left was only one individual ,Ramsay Bolton. He was standing alone ,pissing himself.
Jon/Maeterys rode up ,got off his horse.Ramsay stood looking at the sky ,then at Jon. “Bolton I am going to count to 3 ,--One.”
Jon grabbed Ramsay and forearm smashed him as hard as he could ,with his steel forearm guard .
One forearm smash and Bolton was laid out groaning with his jaw shattered and hanging . Ramsay was about to be hogtied and put on his horse. He was on the ground rolling in pain when a black ,brown and white blur streaked across the snow and tore out Ramsay's throat. Ramsay choked and bled to death as Lady shook herself like a wet dog.
Mat/Jon laughed “Did ya dirty yourself killing that fool girl.?”
Sansa had seen it with the far eye and smiled . That's where Lady went she deserves a lot of treats.
Sansa hugged Lady Talhart.”Gods! your son led the Mammoth Cavalry .”
Lady Talhart smiled “He’s a good one ,I always knew it.I will adopt him. He's a Talhart now and always .”
The dragons flew to Winterfell.The only guards left were all on Winterfell’s walls.8 of them to be exact.They heard the roars first .Hands on bows gripping them so hard their fingers were white .They had no time to fire any arrows.Full grown dragons have large tails .2 gate houses were no match for them.They were pulverised and hit the courtyard crumbling killing any who were inside.The 3 lucky enough to be on the ground running to the back were flame roasted .
Dany and Shereen were whooping it up shouting as the Dragons got rid of the last Bolton men in Winterfell.Dany and Shereen were like sisters now.
Dany walked over to Maeterys and they embraced.They smooched.Dany pulled away “You have bonded to Rhaegal so has this ‘dragon ‘ bonded with you.“
Dany kissed Mat again.”We shall continue this erm conversation for I will return with Unsullied and Dothraki to help make Winterfell ready for the coming winter.”
Mat looked around seeing people going to and fro ,hustle and bustle of fixing this and that and smiled. Mat looked Dany in the eyes”When next we see each other Marry me muh Queen ,I can't see me living without you.”
Dany was taken back a bit ,happily so ,< i > This is not the distant Jon Snow no this is Maeterys who knows just what he wants ,he knows his parentage and is in love with me. “Yes Mat a thousand times yes.”
Jon laughed and lifted Dany up and spun with her ,both cracking up laughing.
Sansa and Lady walked by and heard Daenerys . She stopped “J-Er Mat and Daenerys. I have a request .”
Daenerys smiled at the fellow survivor who now faces her as a friend."Of course what is on your mind my Red Wolf of the North.”
Sansa giggled at that nickname”Marry here in Winterfell."
Dany said “Once I gather my allies aboard ship to come here and help. I fly here on Drogon so we can marry here.”
Sansa grinned and said”Good then I shall have time to make Cloaks ,Mat with a Stark and you with the three headed Dragon.”
Daenerys said “Mat I have an idea too ,do you mind taking the name Stark so there will be a Stark on the throne and a Stark here as Queen of Winter?”
Sansa was surprised that “What ? you shall grant us independence?”
Daenerys said "Absolutely Sansa . For l Iove Mat. When I marry him that fulfills the song of ice and fire made law by Cregan Stark during the Dance of Dragons.”
Sansa nodded “I don't know history that well.I trust you do ,you are sure about that .I will need to learn history too.”
Dany said with a happy smile “We make good allies and better sisters don't we Sansa?
Sansa embraced her and said “Aye” Dany embraced Sansa and kissed her cheek”I lost almost all of my family ,thank you making me your’s”
Sansa grinned “Daenerys you are ‘pack’, sister.”
Chapter 8: Two Paths : Epilogue /Happy ending
Summary:
This story has reached its conclusion.I envisioned the main event to be the so-called ‘Battle of the Bastards’.
I get big ideas and then write,they are like young poplar trees. Once the idea is written the tree is planted then the process of writing may take it in different directions.
Some trees grow a little bigger than others.Chapter-wise my stories tend to be short.I read a lot of stories by other writers with 30,70 ,100 chapters and feel inadequate, sometimes.
Then I remember that its not a competition, it's a hobby ,my stories are my hobby. Therefore ,long or short I don't care . Read my friends , hope you enjoy:)
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Bran the oldest Stark standing stood tall .He was made Warden of the North. Meera smiled up at Bran as he said to the crowd that gathered ,
”I erm ,will do my best to serve the North .”
Bran turned to Benjen who was smiling at him .
” Will you be my Lord hand?”
Benjen smiled “Aye and it's good to be home .”
.Now he was fully alive again and like Jon, Benjen’s watch was officially over.
Benjen’s Elk shared a stall with the horses which he towered over . Hodor/Willis took good care of Snowrunner and was amazed that such a tall Elk could take an apple slice from his hand gently.Everyday Hodor brought an apple which was a treat for Snowrunner.
Jon Snow was soon to leave for Dragonstone and Rhaegal was staying behind with him.Jon got a crazy idea and this time it was not a dream.
It was anger,excitement and a faith that he would have success.
Matts' thought that since the battle to retake Winterfell was entirely too easy then the Gods were with him.Under the Old gods favor how much more would they help him in this crucial talk.
The day before Matt fasted a whole day staying at the heart tree.This day he would fly under the covering of the Old god’s favor.
He mounted Rhaegal and took to the air he had Long Claw at the ready.
Over the wall they flew high above the clouds.Jon had a sonic link with Rhaegal .
Taking hold of the spine bumps on Rhaegal’s back Jon said..”Ok my emerald friend its time to make history.”
Rhaegal responded with a happy roar. “I see it a man of ice ,Matt I can feel it’s evil up here.”
Matt/Jon asked “How does that make you feel ?”
“ANGRY”
Rhaegal replied with an outward show of puffs of smoke out of both nostrils and a shake of excited expectation of good.
Rhaegal has telescopic vision .The full grown emerald dragon had tight scales not even armour piercing rounds could get through!
Jon raised Long claw and it caught fire
Rhaegal dive bombed flying faster then sound
Jon leapt off Rhaegal and landed a red hot fiery blade first on The Knight King’s head .
Split second later the evil humanoid was cut completely in half and then exploded into dust.White Walkers exploded to dust everywhere .All the wights dropped lifeless.
The Long Night was stopped in its icy tracks for good.. This time the great other ,thanks to the new Azor Ahai , is gone from existence forever.
Rhaegal landed ,Jon mounted his faithful dragon once again feeling the happiness of victory . They flew back to Winterfell.
The winter storm that was generated by the Night King beyond the wall had cleared. Beyond the wall it was warmed by 50 degrees. That made it one degree above .South of the wall it was a warm 33.People noticed the difference right away.it was warm enough for People to hunt for food now.
Bran decided to await Jon’s return before making such a positive announcement .He only told Meera who would keep it mum . Jon returned to cheers and Bran happily called for a hunt ,there needed to be meat for the celebratory feast.
A huge momma direwolf wandered into Winterfell.There will be pups born soon.
Since Jon /Matt the song of Ice (Lyanna) and fire (Rheagar) the Azor Ahai killed the great other the change was global. December was over now it was January .In the North Winter which would have lasted for years was now short. It would warm up by April which was the new norm .The world once again would have 12 months in a year .
.South of the Neck winter will end in March .The Citadel was sent ravens from the North and one from the Red Keep.
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The same day Jon was fasting at the heart tree
Shereen on Stormy and Dany on Drogon flew south. Viscerion flw at their sides to King’s Landing.
2 weeks before that the boats carrying the Dothraki Cavalry and Unsullied Spearmen arrived south of King’s Landing and waited.They saw above when they heard the dragons roaring and knew it was time.
The dragons and the ground troops took The red keep in one day.Cersie drank poison rather than submit to defeat.10 Unsullied stabbed the mountain with spears. The Mountain was stuck unable to move he tried with all his might to bust through ,the spears held him still.
Viscerion burned the evil behemoth to a crisp.the dragons burned the throne down to liquid metal. In its place will be 2 thrones .
Dany and her crew unlocked the food stores and began a feeding program straightaway.The starving people of King’s Landing were given chicken soup with vegetables and ham sandwiches. A raven was sent North asking Matt to join her .
The reign of Jon and Dany was the best there ever was.They are remembered to this day 7 hundred years later as the Just Queen and the Honorable King.