Game of Thrones – And so my watch has ended

Written by Durai

WARNING: If you haven't read all the books yet, this fan fiction might contain spoilers for you. If this is the case, please do not read any further unless you want spoilers. You have been warned!

Chapter 3 – Safe haven

I remember that me and Vir spent the entire following day running away from the shadows. After all, three blasts of the horn means there's White Walkers coming. We never even really saw our enemies, except for their shadows. We just ran. We ran until we both fell face down in the snow.

Then, I woke up. I could see the roof of a small wooden house above me and there were blankets over my body. I shoved them away slowly, sat up straight and looked around. The house was small, but cozy.

A small hearth in the corner indicated that the persons living here weren't exactly poor people. I looked around if there was any sign of our saviors. But no trace. When I looked to my left, I saw another bed and Vir was in it. But I gasped.

Vir was wounded. A big cut was visible across his chest, but it wasn't deep. At least the people managed to get his body into a stable state before leaving. That was a good sign. It meant that these people weren't Wildlings.

I silently snuck out of the bed. I was nearly naked, I only had some underwear on. I looked around and found my clothes hanging over a chair close to the door. I snuck towards my clothes and reached forward…

At that exact moment, a sword came swinging in and stopped exactly above my wrist. I swallowed, that could have been my hand. 'You should mind your surroundings more, boy!' I heard a man's voice say. The voice was deep, but friendly, with a light tone of sarcasm in it. That was a voice I immediately took a liking in.

Then, the man came walking in. He was, without a doubt, one of the biggest men I've ever seen. Even Sandor Clegane wasn't as big as this man, let alone his brother Gregor. The man also had arms like a bear and the body of a seasoned veteran.

'Who are you?' I asked. The man sniggered. 'You wake up and the first thing you want to know is my name, and not where you are?' he said. 'Very well. My name is Grak. I have been living beyond the Wall for ages, now. So you Crows finally showed up?'

My first reaction was hesitation, then confusion. 'We finally showed up? What in blazes are you rambling on about?' I asked. Grak shook his head. 'I've been living here for ages, hoping that the Night's Watch wouldn't come after me for what I've done to them,' he said. I frowned. 'You did something to the Night's Watch?' I asked.

'Well, not exactly to the Watch,' Grak said, 'More something to the animals. You see, I was once infuriated by Mormont. I was so angry that I wanted to kill the entire Watch. So I made some poison and poured it into the animal pens. A lot of people died, but not enough, and they soon found out that I was the culprit. So they banished me.'

I nodded. I heard that story before. 'So you're that crazy idiot who nearly destroyed the Night's Watch?' I said. 'Heh. I guess I'll have to watch out for you, then!' Grak laughed deafeningly loud. 'I like you already, lad!' he said.

That was it for chapter three. Please let me know what you think of the story thus far and please leave a review, it'd be much appreciated. Thanks for reading!