Long Night

by Starlight Sprite

I didn't like how The Long Night ended so I'm rewriting it (hopefully with fewer shortchanged main characters). Obviously major spoilers. My first time writing for GoT so I hope you enjoy! Please review.

1. Arya I

A/N: The first part is recap. I didn't look up the dialogue as I wrote it so apologies if it's not verbatim.

Arya stared at the red woman. "I know you."

Melisandre smiled. "I know you too."

"You said we'd meet again."

"And here we are."

Arya thought. "You said I'd shut many eyes forever. You were right about that too."

Melisandre nodded. "Brown eyes, green eyes." She paused. "Blue eyes."

And with that, Arya suddenly knew what she was meant to do.

Her list had just gotten much, much longer.

The first white walker was easy. It walked, unsuspecting, under the ledge where Arya was crouched, a group of wights trailing behind it. She waited until it was right beneath her and then vaulted off onto its shoulders, plunging her dagger deep into its neck. It shattered beneath her, and she dropped and rolled on the ground as its wights exploded around her. She got up and dusted their fragments off herself. And for the first time since the battle started, she smiled.