If you had told Riley this was her last day here in our world, she would've have told you, you are crazy and an idiot. But if only she knew.
The insistent blaring of an alarm was heard as the sun filtered through the curtains. Riley groaned, green eyes opening and glaring at the source of the sound. She sat up and took her cellphone, putting the alarm off. She stretched and scratched her head, putting on woolen socks and going towards the curtains. As she opened them, a smile grew on her lips. There was a watery sun shining, the morning mist slowly dissipating. Riley looked at the time and saw it was almost seven o'clock, causing her to sigh and go to the shower.
After having taken her shower and dried off, Riley put on some comfy clothes and went towards her miniature kitchen. She took a bowl and put some cornflakes in it, all the while sipping from her coffee. As she ate her breakfast, she looked at the weather forecast. It was still cold, since spring was only now slowly starting to show itself. "I better put on my coat with fur than." Riley muttered to herself after washing off her dishes and going to shut down the television. She grinned when she saw the new episode of season 6 of Game of Thrones would be on tonight. She only recently had gotten into the show, having gotten the first five seasons as a birthday present from a friend and gotten hooked on it a few weeks ago when she had been ill for a few days.
"Something to look forward to." she thought, going towards her bathroom. Riley hummed along to a song as she brushed her teeth and put on some make-up. She put her hair in a high bun atop her head and walked into her room to put on clothes. About twenty minutes later, Riley looked at herself in her mirror, happy with her result. She had a long knitted sweater and black jeans on, uggs finishing her look. She put small earrings in her ears and took her scarf and coat with fur as she walked out the door.
Riley shivered when she entered work, thinking that the bus was still as crowded as ever. 'Good morning!' she muttered to her colleagues who were standing by the coffeemachine, Riley herself making her way over to her desk. She turned her computer on, shrugging of her coat at the same time. 'How was your weekend, Riley?' Aislin asked, her coworker and friend bringing her a cup of coffee. 'You're a livesaver!' Riley exclaimed, sipping the warm beverage. 'I went to the movies with one of my friends on Friday and on Saturday I went to a birthday lunch. I didn't do much besides that.' she grinned, taking her headset and plugging it in her computer. 'Well, it was much more eventful than mine. I just stayed in all weekend with my boyfriend and cat.' Aislin grinned, Riley laughing as she opened the programmes she needed to work with. 'Those weekends are needed as well ofcourse. Sometimes you just need to unwind, especially with this kind of job.' Riley answered, smiling at Aislin who went back to her desk.
Riley worked at the customer service of a large company, everyday from 09:00 o'clock until 17:30 o'clock. She was called customer service consultant, but it was a just pretty word for call agent. She answered phone calls and treated the cases of customers, which could go from simple questions to problems with orders, packages, products and so on. It was not always the easiest job, but the coworkers were great and the hours weren't too bad either. The pay in itself was high enough for her to be able to live a comfortable live on her own. This was not the job she had envisioned doing at this stage of her life, but her last living relative whom she had lived with had died right after her eighteenth birthday. She did not have money to go to college so she just straight up started working. She was however saving money to start evening classes at the local college next year to become an accountant.
The day flew by like nothing as Riley was more than busy with her cases. When the clock finally said 17:30, she was happy she could log off. 'Phew, I'm beat!' Aislin said, as they both walked out the door towards the elevator. Riley nodded, sighing as they waited for the elevator to come back up. 'I'm passing by your neighbourhood, want a ride?' Riley nodded. 'Is it okay with you if you drop me off at the grocery store? I really need to go foodshopping. I have nothing left in my apartment.' Aislin laughed and nodded, taking her carkeys. 'I'll drop you off there.' Riley smiled back at her coworker as she sat down in the car. 'Thank you anyway, it saves me still at least half an hour when I go by car.' Aislin hummed as she revved out of the parking lot and drove down the street.
'Here you are. I'll see you tomorrow?' Riley nodded and thanked Aislin, wrapping her scarf closer around her. 'Have a good evening and thanks for the ride! Bye!' she waved at her friend and than walked into the store. She nodded at the clerk behind the register, taking a basket and starting to fill it with products. 'Why don't we take some spaghetti for tonight?' she muttered to herself, also taking the other necessities for the rest of the week. With two bags full of food and drinks, Riley walked to her apartmentblock which was roughly ten minutes away. She did sigh in relief when she could put the bags and her handbag down, closing the frontdoor behind her. Riley quickly put her groceries away, going towards her room and changing into comfy clothes. As she cooked her dinner, she could not wait until Game of Thrones came on. She was sitting on the edge of her couch as she watched episode nine, her mouth falling open. 'Yeah, show them Daenerys! You kick ass!' she exclaimed, giggling when she realised she might have screamed a bit too loud.
The next morning she could barely keep her eyes open but she was still jittery about yesterday's episode. Samantha came walking over and both girls gushed about the episode, Aislin listening with one ear inbetween calls. 'And that part with the dragons when they burn the ships. Wow, I'm still blown away!' Samantha gushed as they both walked out of the door that night. 'Me too, that was one of the best episodes this season!' Riley laughed, as she looked at the undergoing sun. 'Well, I see my bus coming. I'll see you tomorrow!' she waved at Samantha as she ran towards her busstop. She groaned as she saw it was once again full. 'Great, the pains of public transportation I guess.' she smiled at the driver and managed to squeeze herself into the bus, smiling apologetically at the man next to her.
When her bus finally stopped at her stop, it was almost empty. She waved at the driver in thanks and looked around to see if their was a lot of traffic coming. It had started pouring in the meantime and it was difficult to see. Being pretty sure there was nothing coming towards her, Riley quickly ran over. She did however not see the marble stones of the hotel which had been cleaned earlier that day making them extremely slippery. While she ran over she heard a car honking, Riley running even faster to avoid a collision. But that had been a mistake. Riley stepped on the sidewalk, still running. Her eyes widened as her foot slipped on the marble, Riley feeling herself falling sideways. She heard someone scream as she saw the edge of the sidewalk coming closer and closer and heard a thud. Before she blacked out she could only make out blinding pain in her right temple and feeling as if she couldn't breathe, as if she could not move her body. The darkness was a welcome relief from the pain.
'We're losing her.' 'There's nothing we can do!' 'She has a collapsed lung, a fractured jaw from hitting the edge of the pavement and a cracked skull.' A voice said, monitors beeping around her. 'Poor thing, it's maybe better she does not wake up. Who knows in what state she'll be.' another voice muttered. 'There will be brain damage that's sure.' 'What the hell is going on? The machines are going haywire!' 'She stopped breathing! We're losing her! We...' The beeping of the monitor flattened out, making the doctor sigh. 'She's gone. Time of dead 19:25 o'clock.'
Riley groaned as she heard birds chirping, the sun warming her skin. 'Can someone close the curtains?' she muttered, turning around. She felt something breathing in her face, making Riley open her eyes. Her mouth fell open as she looked into the black eyes of a horse, said animal breathing in her face. 'A horse? Where am I for crying out loud?' Riley whispered again, turning her head and looking around. 'No, this cannot be. This is not possible!' she whispered, feeling her panic steadily rising. She looked around, seeing she was in a camp. The voices she had been hearing were speaking Dothraki! 'I have to be hallucinating.' she whispered again, shaking her head in disbelief. Her breathing picked up, her hands started shaking.
As Riley felt she was going to have a full-blown panic attack (who wouldn't in this situation?), a hand on her shoulder startled her. 'Are you allright? You seem pale?' she heard a gentle voice ask, causing her regulate her breathing. 'I'm fine...' she whispered, getting her panic under control. 'You're one of the first people I've heard speaking common around here.' the voice said, still squeezing her shoulder. 'Most people speak dothraki...' Riley shook her head again and finally looked up. A girl, about her age with long black hair and brown eyes smiled at her. 'Where are we?' Riley asked, not knowing what else to say. 'We're in the camp of the former slaves of Astapor. We're on our way to Meereen I recon.' she answered. 'I'm Damotra, a former slave. And you?' Riley swallowed, trying to clear her head. 'My name is Riley. I don't remember how I got here.' She settled for that, she could not say she was from another world. For all she knew she was in a coma or sleeping and having the most realistic dream ever. Though this seemed too realistic. You don't feel a horse's breath on your face in your dreams, do you? 'You don't remember? You have amnesia?' Riley shook her head. 'No, I remember who I am and my past. I just don't know how I got here!' Damotra nodded. 'Well, until you remember you can stick with me since you don't speak dothraki or any other language. It will make your life easier to ask for food, shelter, water to wash and so on.' Riley smiled and thanked the girl.
As she prepared to ask more about life in the camp and life in general in Westeros, she heard a screech. Her mouth fell open as she saw three dragons flying overhead, but they were not so big as in season 6. This should be about season 4 than, Riley figured. 'Amazing!' Riley whispered as Damotra laughed and helped her up. 'I would say you get used to them, but you never really do.' A smile broke on Riley's face. Since she was in the universe of GOT, she might as well make the best of it. And by that she meant, getting Daenerys on the Iron Throne.
And if later she woke up or by some coincidence came back to her world, she would at least be able to say she did what she thought was right. Riley looked over the camp as her resolve returned. 'Meereen, here I come.'