AN- Hey guys another chapter here. I just want to thank everyone for the support so far as I definitely appreciate it. Anyways remember to always R&R and I hope you enjoy!

Awakening

Wolfswood, 285 AL- Pelinal worked quickly to put himself into his armor, pulling on the Divine relics as he constantly glanced out the window. In his first life twenty poorly armed and trained men and women wouldn't be too hard to defeat. Now though, he would have to be much more careful.

"Damn, they're surrounding the cottage." Pelinal as he strapped his shield to his back, and grabbed his mace in his left hand and sword in his right. Just then a barrage of arrows came through the windows, hitting one of the guards in the leg. Pelinal rushed over to the man and tied a piece of cloth round his leg and above the wound.

"What do we do now, my Lord?" Another guard asked. Ned thought for a moment and then sighed.

"We'll have to face them before they decide to burn this place down." He said, drawing his sword. Pelinal was silent for a moment, before he flipped the table onto it's side and put it so it was facing the door. He then handed his bow and quiver to the injured guard, before dragging the man behind the table.

"You will cover us from there archers, while staying in cover yourself. I will open the door, but no one leave through it until I give the signal. Does everyone get it?" He said, glancing outside and seeing the encroaching wildlings.

"Got it, but what's the signal?" Ned asked. Pelinal smiled wickedly before putting his helmet on.

"You'll know it when you see it. Now everyone hide so they can't see you" He answered. Eddard nodded and he and his men hid in the cottage. Pelinal then stayed to the left side of the door as he slowly opened it. As soon as the door opened multiple arrows flew in, striking the flipped over table. The wildlings, confused since they could not see anyone, moved in closer, and tried to glance through the door and windows. Suddenly, Pelinal crashed sword first through the window closet to himself, and into the wildling in front of it.

"Now!" He screamed as he parried a strike from another wildling with his sword, before striking her in the chest with the mace. An arrow flew out of the house and struck one of the wildling archers in the neck. Eddard and the uninjured guards rushed out of the door, taking the wildlings by surprise, cutting them down with ease as Pelinal acted like a whirling vortex, slashing,stabbing and smashing anything in sight, and the injured guard continuously shot arrows at the wildlings. As the fight continued, Ned noticed the wind pick up, along with thunder and the feeling of freezing rain on his skin. Before he could order his men inside, one of the guards turned to him.

"Look out my Lord!" The man yelled. Eddard turned around, and saw an archer about to loose an arrow in his direction. Ned blinked, and when his eyes opened the tip of the arrow was in his face, along with Pelinal's left hand grasping the shaft. The Crusader threw the arrow to the ground, and pulled his shield off his back and onto his left arm.

"Thanks, do they teach you that in Essos?" Ned said, finding himself back to back with Pelinal as he parried a stab from a wildling spear.

"No, they don't. I don't mean to brag, but I was born to fight." Pelinal said with a grin as he blocked a wildling's axe with his shield, and thrust his sword through the man's neck.

"I can see that. What happened to your mace?" Eddard asked, as he slashed the gut of a wildling. Pelinal turned to the Lord, with a mad glint in his eyes.

"Currently it rests in the chest of that wildling that tried to shoot you." He said, as he dodged an attack from a wildling with a dagger, and brought his shield down on her head.

"Wait, did you throw it?" Ned asked, a bit baffled by the idea. Pelinal shrugged, as he parried a strike from a wildling, and Ned finished him off with a stab through the chest.

"Yes, why do you ask?" Pelinal responded, as he put his sword through the knee of one wildling, and his shield into the face of another.

"Most people wouldn't throw a mace." Eddard stated, as he finished off a downed wildling.

"No, but I'm not most people." Pelinal said, as he blocked an arrow with his shield, before bringing his sword down to a wildling's shoulder. He grabbed the spear the man used, and through it at the archer, hitting her in the gut. Ned couldn't help but have a small smile.

"No, you are definitely not." He said, as he looked over the wildlings, who were now running away.

"We won my lord!" One of the guards exclaimed, more than happy to still be alive.

"Yes, we did. Thanks to our gracious host. I'm sorry about the damage to your home." Eddard said, pointing to the house, which had lost both windows and was riddled with arrows and blood stains.

"Thank you, my lord, and don't worry about the house, I'll think of something to do." Pelinal said, walking over to a dead wildling archer and recovering his mace, before looking over the damage to his new home.

"Pelinal, you saved the lives of me and my men twice over now. I feel you deserve a reward." Eddard responded. Pelinal turned to face him, now a bit curious.

"What type of reward?" Pelinal asked.

"I would like to knight you, as well as offer you bed and food at my castle for as long as you live." Ned said, greatly surprising Pelinal.

"But, don't I have to follow the New Gods to be knighted?" He asked, as that is what he had read in his books.

"In wartime, soldiers whose deeds rise above and beyond expectations may be knighted, regardless of their religion. This may not be war, but you have shown courage and fighting prowess above anything I would have expected from a stranger. You have earned this, more so than many knights of the South." Ned answered. Pelinal thought for a moment, before removing his helmet and kneeling down.

"I accept, my lord." He said. Eddard unsheathed his sword, and laid it on Pelinal's right shoulder.

"I have to admit, I don't want to stay in the rain too long, so I'll make this quick." Eddard said, chuckling.

"As you say, my lord." Pelinal said with a smile.

"Do you swear to defend the weak and innocent?" Ned said, moving the sword to the other shoulder.

"I do." Pelinal answered.

"Do you swear to protect women and children?" Eddard recited, moving the sword back to the right shoulder.

"I do" Pelinal said again.

"Do you swear behave fair and honorably?" Eddard said, moving the sword to the left shoulder.

"I do." Pelinal replied.

"And finally, do you swear to obey your liege lord?" Ned said, moving the sword one last time.

"I do" Pelinal respond.

"Then I dub you Ser Pelinal Whitestrake. Rise now Ser, and let's retire for the night." Eddard said, with a chuckle.

"Agreed, my lord." Pelinal said, as he and Eddard walked back into the cottage. Before they could get comfortable and ready to sleep, Pelinal walked over to the wall, and pulled of the amulet of Kynareth, and handed it to the guard who was using the bow.

"That was good shooting. It is said that Kyne favors the archer, perhaps her hand was guiding a few of those arrows." Pelinal said, before leaving the guard to his thoughts.

Next Day, Gates of Winterfell- A heavily pregnant Catlyn Stark looks out into the open fields in front of her, searching for even a glimpse of her husband. She became quite worried when Eddard had not arrived the previous day, as he was meant to. Because of this, she spent most of the day waiting on the wall for any sign of Eddard. She was broken from her thoughts when Ser Rodrik Cassel, Master-at-Arms of the castle, walks up to her.

"My Lady, you should be resting now." He says, trying to convince her to come inside.

"I will rest when my husband is safe and home" She says.

"My lady, your lord husband is one of the toughest men I know. A storm won't stop him from coming home." Rodrik says. Catlyn smiled at this, feeling a bit reassured. Suddenly a guard from one of the turrets yelled.

"My Lady, I see horses approaching!" He said. Catlyn turned to face the field again, and could see figures in the distance.

"Thank the gods. Ser Rodrik, tell the boys their father is home." She said, going down to the front gates.

"Of course, my lady." He responded, leaving to find Jon and Robb.

Winterfell Gates- Eddard, Pelinal, and the guards, arrived in front of the gate, and dismounted their horses. Eddard quickly was hugged by Robb and Jon, while Catelyn waddled behind them due to her pregnancy.

"Gods, what happened to you Ned, and who is this man?" She said, noting how tired and grimy he looked, as she pointed to Pelinal.

"Wildlings ambushed us, if it were not for Ser Pelinal here, I may have not made it home." Eddard replied as his sons hugged him. Cat turned to face Pelinal.

"Thank Ser, you have my gratitude. If my husband hasn't already, I would offer you a bed and food." She said, looking over the strange man.

"There is no need to thank me, my Lady. I did as any man should do." He replied.

"That is still more than many men do. I will have servants bring your belongings to your room. After you have changed into more comfortable attire, you can meet us in the dining room and discuss what has happened." She said, calling for a servant to grab Pelinal's belongings, as she turned and left very quickly in the direction of the dining room.

"For a pregnant woman she sure does move fast" Pelinal thought to himself as he followed the servant who was walking to his room.

Winterfell Dining Halls- Pelinal was in heaven, as he sat at a large table, filled to the brim with venison, boar, sausage, and any type of meat he could ever dream of. After changing into a quilted doublet and some pants and telling Cat and the rest of the castle members his story along what had happened with the wildlings, he found himself staring at his food like he was some type of predator and it was his prey. Pelinal hadn't had a meal this good since before he joined the war, and he wouldn't let it go to waist. As he chowed down, he couldn't help but forget his tact, though he was not a horrible brute at least. Pelinal looked around the hall, and noticed all the eyes on him.

"Sorry, been a while since I ate so well." He said sheepishly.

"No need to apologize, Ser. You are free to live here as long as you need to." Eddard responded.

"Thank you, my lord. I can only think of one way to repay you for your kindness." Pelinal replied, pushing his plate aside.

"And what is that, Ser?" Catelyn asked. Pelinal stood up from his seat, before walking over to Lord and Lady Stark. He kneeled before them, and laid his sword across his knee.

"I offer my service to you. My sword, my shield, and my life, if necessary. All of them are tools at your disposal." He said. Eddard thought for a moment, before smiling.

"I accept your service, Ser Pelinal. As long as you hold to House Stark and the people of the North, you shall be welcome in Winterfell. You may not follow the Gods of the south, but I would count you as equal to any of the southern knights." Ned said.

"You do me honor, my Lord. I will retire to my quarters for the night, my lord and lady." Pelinal said. After Ned nodded, the knight turned and left the room

"Cat, is something off about this?"Ned asked his wife, who nodded.

"Yes, something is different about him, and he is certainly mysterious." Cat replied.

"Not just that, but I feel changes are coming." Her husband said.

"What do you mean?" She asked.

"I don't know how exactly, but I can tell that the Seven Kingdoms will never be the same." He said, looking in the direction of Pelinal's room. Unknown to all, forces unlike Westeros had ever seen watched over.

"Well, isn't this an odd one. This idea of putting someone who was torn to eight pieces back together in a new word is just ...crazy! Ha! And that's saying something coming from me." An entity appearing to be an older gentleman with a cane and an exaggerated Scottish said.

"Pelinal was a thorn in my side during his time on Nirn, perhaps now I can pay him back?" Another entity spoke, this one being a woman surrounded by a blinding light.

"Perhaps, but soon the others will know as well, we just were the first to take notice. No matter, all that can be promised is the only inevitabilities in any world. Destruction, and change." The final, devilish entity spoke, as he stared down wickedly at the Seven Kingdoms.

AN- And this chapter is done. I had you all thinking this chapter was happy, then I went "BOOM BITCH!" and brought in Daedra. To be honest, they were the first three Daedra I could think of, so yeah... Besides that I know those aren't the correct knight's oaths but Ned is being a top bloke and not making Pelinal do anything about gods he doesn't follow. Anyways, I know this took a little long, sorry for that, but remember to leave a review, and I hope you enjoyed!