Jojen Reed woke Brandon Stark from his deep slumber. All of the time he spent honing his ability took a toll on him. Bran forced his eyes open and asked, "What's wrong, Jojen?" Jojen replied in a hurried tone, "I had a vision and it involved your brother. We need to get to Castle Black." Bran called to Hodor to get the cart ready, to which the giant bellowed, "HoooooooooDOR!" Meera took off to find some form of sustenance for the four of them.
Once the girl and the giant were gone, Bran asked Jojen, "So, what's happening to my brother?" Jojen shook his head and said, "There is too much going on to put into words. Better to get there and see for yourself." Bran grumbled to himself, "Gods, I wish I could have your visions." Jojen shrugged and said, "There's no changing that. The sooner we get there, the sooner you can see what the vision was all about."
"Here!" shouted Meera cheerfully as she brought the boys roasted rabbits. There was barely time to take a bite of meat when everyone heard a loud and deep, "HODOR!" as Hodor ran up to them with Bran's cart. Jojen and Meera lifted Bran into the cart. Bran called for his direwolf and off they went towards the Wall.
The trip began in silence, save for the sound of footsteps and the creaking of the wheels of the wagon. Bran simply laid there in his cart watching the grey sky above him, grim and unchanging as ever. He wondered what a place like King's landing might be like, aside from the conflict. Surely there would be sunshine and warmth, not this constant state of cold and gray. With nothing much to do, he warged into his wolf to pass the time.
The freedom of running about was definitely Bran's favorite part. It made him feel like his old self again, before Father went away, before he lost both of his parents and siblings. Inside Summer's body, he could forget about the current state of his life and focus on wolf things. It was the closest thing Bran had to peace.
He found himself back in his body when a large black dragon screeched above them, and lashed them with a whip of fire, and every tree set on fire, causing burning branches to rain down on them. Hodor was panicking and repeating his name over and over as he tried to run from the fire, and he tripped which saved him from the fire. Another column of fire rained down on Jojen, and he exploded into flames. He knew that this would happen, and calmly lay there to accept his fate. His sister ran for him screaming, and held the dying boy in her arms and tried to save him as a burning tree landed on them.
The commotion caused him to fall out of his cart, but all Bran could do was go into his warg state. He rolled his eyes back into his head when all of a sudden, he felt himself flying high. He noticed that flame was coming out of his mouth and he stopped it. He made his way to the ground and went back to the other two dragons and a girl with silver hair. When he opened his eyes again, he was back in his own body as the girl and a bunch of other people stood over him. Exhausted by the endeavor, he fell unconscious as men carried him into a tent.
When he came to, he found himself on a bed of some sort. The girl with silver hair sat in front of him. "Who are you and what are you doing to me?" asked Bran. The girl said, "I am the rightful queen of Westeros, Daenerys Stormborn Targaryen. I saw that you did something to tame my dragons, something I could not do myself." Suspiciously, he asked her, "Why did you come to the Wall?"
Daenerys explained the whitewalker war that was soon to come to the Wall. She told him she had come to aid Jon Snow and how the dragons would help the men destroy the whitewalkers. Bran's eyes went wide and he said, "He's my brother! I was told to come here for the same reason." She asked him, "If I promise you a safe return to your brother, will you help me in my cause?" When Bran nodded, Daenerys called to a man outside of the tent, "Jorah, fetch a new cart for the boy."
