Few people complained about the quality of chapter, I've done my best to correct it, tbh I forgot to check previous to uploading as I was uploading many fics at the same time, it slipped my mind.
The Stark Army kept crushing the Lannisters battle after battle, with the added bonus of a Dragon and two new deathly fighters their numbers stopped from dwindling, but they could only hide the fact that Eddard Stark had survived for so long. Robb grew restless as he thought of his sister Sansa being kept hostage in the Red Keep. He even toyed with the idea of exchanging Jaime for her, but Alexandra had stopped his thoughts.
"Joffrey does not cares for Jaime, and will most likely have Sansa killed if you try to bargain" Alexandra told him softly while they dined.
"But I need to get her, Arya is nowhere to be mentioned in Sansa's letters" he said, Alexandra smiled softly at him and grabbed his arm when she next spoke.
"From what I've heard of your sister Arya, she is a strong young woman who most likely escaped, perhaps she's making her way to us now" she said, he leaned into her touch and she smiled at him.
"I pray that you are right my Lady" he said sounding tired, his parents and a few of their knights were preparing their trip to Winterfell.
Theon Greyjoy approached Robb and Alexandra.
"Robb, if I may ask permission to seek my father's help, maybe we could use his army" he said, Robb seemed to consider the idea, but Alexandra knew better.
"Perhaps Lord Theon, you would like to accompany me to retrieve Lady Sansa" Alexandra said drawing the attention of the two men.
"Excuse me?" asked Robb, Alexandra smiled at him.
"Ser Gerold could retrieve your father easily, and we have been devising a plan to get Lady Sansa, but we fear that she does not knows me or him, a friendly face like Lord Theon's will be surely helpful in our plans" she explained, Robb and Theon exchanged glances.
"And you would retrieve my sister?" he asked Robb, Alexandra nodded.
"I would, and Lord Theon could come with me, the ironborn can wait as they are not threatened, your sister Lady Sansa may be living in borrowed time" she pushed softly, Robb nodded.
"You will go with princess Alexandra, Theon, once you return we will discuss the ironborn" Robb declared, Theon nodded, Alexandra stood.
"I shall inform Ser Gerold and we will leave immediately, Oberyon is easy to hide if we fly at night" she said, Theon and Robb both nodded.
Alexandra walked outside of the small keep and started looking for Ser Gerold, she found him taunting Jaime Lannister, she cleared her throat when she approached him, Ser Gerold turned and smiled at the princess.
"My Lady, I want you to meet the youngest man to be named kingsguard, honorable Ser Jaime" mocked Ser Gerold as Alexandra went to stand next to him, Jaime looked up to see the newcomer.
"And who might you be, my lady?" he asked; Alexandra smirked.
"So you are the man who put my grandfather to death, kingslayer, the one who was responsible of keeping my mother and siblings safe" she said, Jaime felt a cold stir go down his spine as she spoke "My father trusted you Ser Jaime, but it seems that instead of a golden lion my gradfather named a street rat as a knight, but worry not Ser Jaime, my plans for you are worthy of a Targaryen ending, quite fitting, is it not, Ser Gerold?" she asked, Ser Gerold chuckled darkly.
"Of course my Princess" he said, she motioned for him to join her and once they were far enough, she explained her plan to him, he wanted to refuse but she assured him that Theon would be enough and that Oberyon could at most carry three people, he walked back with her to the keep where Theon was waiting for her. Robb was standing next to him.
"Ser Gerold is staying back" she said, Robb raised his eyebrows.
"Don't you need him?" he asked, she smiled at him.
"No, you should send him and a few of your men south of the riverlands, following the kingsroad, I heard from your father that Yoren of the Nightswatch is making his way North, if I am not wrong he would be pleased to have your help, and who knows, perhaps you can send a few of the Lannister soldiers to the wall as punishment" she said, Robb seemed to consider her words and nodded.
"Will he go if I command him?" Robb asked; Alexandra nodded.
"Ask him nicely and he will go, the Darkstar is one of Dorne's most ferocious warrior and a honorable man, I dare say that the stories of the Sword of Morning have nothing on him" she said, someone cleared its throat behind her.
"You will make me blush princess" said Ser Gerold coming to stand next to her, she looked up at him and smiled.
"I am merely stating a fact Ser Gerold" she said, then she turned to Theon "Come now Lord Greyjoy, dragon flying is a blessing one should not refuse" she said.
Theon followed her to where Oberyon had marked territory, Grey Wind stood close to the dragon and Alexandra couldn't help but to smile at the sight. The direwolf allowed her to pet him as she walked towards her dragon.
"Go with your master Grey Wind, I'm sure that he will find your presence most welcome" she said, the direwolf looked at her and at the dragon before he made its way to Robb, she then turned to her dragon "Now Oberyon, this is Lord Greyjoy, he will be riding with us today" she said patting the dragon's muzzle.
She got up and offered Theon her hand, he took it and got on behind her, Oberyon stretched its wings and took off. The ironborn held onto Alexandra for dear life as Oberyon soared, her laugh could be heard in the wind as they flew. They reached King's Landing while it still was dark. Oberyon flew low enough so the guards of the Red Keep wouldn't see him, Alexandra got off first and helped Theon down as they entered the keep through a small window.
"Come now Lord Greyjoy, even though I've never been in this castle, my adoptive father Prince Oberyn had maps of its structure, thus I know the place like the back of my hand" she whispered, Theon nodded, she then turned to her dragon "Wait for us near and remain unseen, I shall call for you once we are done here"
Alexandra and Theon moved like shadows around the keep, the Hand's Tower was not particularly near to the spot where they had to dismount, but with Alexandra's extensive knowledge of the keep, as her granduncle who had been a kingsguard often reported back to Dorne with all the passages that he could find in the keep. That permitted Doran to create a very accurate map of the red keep that he and Oberyn had Alexandra memorize.
They reached the tower with no delays or surprises, before opening the door that Alexandra believed to be Sansa's she turned to Theon.
"Once we have Lady Sansa with us Lord Greyjoy we will have to run back to where Oberyon left us" she informed him, he nodded "I trust you Lord Greyjoy, do not make me regret my decision"
"You won't my lady" he said confusedly, she nodded. Alexandra opened the door softly and she and Theon walked in, they walked quietly towards the bed, a girl was sleeping on it, she turned to Theon.
"Is this Lady Sansa?" she asked, although she knew the answer, Theon nodded, Alexandra prodded the girl and she awoke with a gasp, Alexandra was fast to clasp her mouth with her hand "Be silent Lady Sansa, I am here to rescue you" she said then proceeded to remove her hand, Theon came to view and Sansa looked relieved.
"Theon?" she asked softly, he smiled at her.
"We have to leave now, come Lady Sansa" Alexandra ushered helping her to her feet, Theon quickly helped Sansa with her boots "Take anything of yours that can't be replaced my Lady"
"All can be replaced," said Sansa, Alexandra nodded and moved to stand by the door. The coast was clear.
"The sun is still down, let us move now" Alexandra said taking Sansa's hand in hers and tugging the girl out, Theon followed closely, they made it halfway when they encountered a guard, Theon held Sansa to stop her from screaming and Alexandra fastly unsheathed a dagger and killed the guard soundlessly. She moved the corpse to the side. While Theon and Sansa watched with shock stricken faces.
"You just killed him" murmured Sansa, Alexandra rolled her eyes.
"He would've ruined our escape Lady Sansa, or would you rather go back to your rooms and act like this didn't happen?" Asked Alexandra, perhaps a bit harshly; she had to remind herself that this Sansa was still young and not the fierce Northern Lady that she had seen in her dreams of another life. Sansa shook her head and Alexandra prompted them to continue, they reached the window and Alexandra whistled.
A few moments later Oberyon could be seen flying next to the window, Sansa took a step back bumping into Theon, who steadied her. Alexandra turned to smile at the northerners.
"Our ride is here" she said stepping out the window, she got on Oberyon and offered her hand to Sansa "Don't think about it Lady Sansa, come and we shall see your brother soon" Alexandra said trying to encourage the girl, Sansa took Alexandra's hands and got on behind her, Theon jumped behind Sansa and Alexandra prompted Oberyon to rise high, dawn was upon them and they needed to hide "Make for the clouds dear" she said patting the dragon and so he obeyed.
During the trip Alexandra realized that she had saved Sansa from being stripped and hurt by Joeffrey. It was a small victory in the great scale of things. Flying through the clouds was a hard task as clouds were filled with water and most of them left them feeling cold, also the air was extremely thick making them feel tried and sleepy. Alexandra ordered Oberyon to descend once she was sure that they were far from king's landing, they landed on a small plain. If Alexandra's sense of direction was right they were near Harrenhall.
Alexandra helped Sansa off Oberyon while Theon jumped on his own, Theon offered his furs to Sansa as she was shivering, Alexandra ordered that she sit next to Oberyon as the dragon was a great source of heat, while she and Theon scouted the area.
"It has been surreal Princess Alexandra" Theon said once they were out of earshot.
"We were flying a dragon Lord Greyjoy, we left the land of real a long time ago" she said with a small.
"Why do you call me Lord Greyjoy, princess, I am no Lord" he said, she raised an eyebrow.
"I have dreams Lord Greyjoy, since before I met you or King Robb I saw you both in my dreams, your lives were both forfeit, I saw Robb dying because he trusted the wrong men, and your fate Lord Greyjoy was worse than death itself, that its why I left Dorne in the first place, to save the life of an honorable man and to help you find a path worthy of you" she explained, Theon listened with all the attention he could muster.
"You saw me betraying Robb?" he asked, she nodded grimly "And yet you decide to give me an opportunity"
"All good men deserve one Theon Greyjoy, you have not yet committed the sins for which you suffered, and while you would've redeem yourself in the future, only a shell of the man that walks with me today would've stayed" she said, they both stopped walking and she faced him "Like I said before, I trust you Theon Greyjoy so don't go and let me down"
"Thank you my princess" he said, she smiled at him.
"Let us go back Lord Greyjoy, we have a journey ahead of us" she said turning.
When they reached Sansa and Oberyon, both the girl and the Dragon were still sleeping, Alexandra roused them gently and they got on and took flight again, they reached Robb's camp nearing midnight as they had stopped several times.
Robb couldn't help but to smile when he saw the now familiar dragon descend in his camp, Sansa ran off to her brother the moment she saw him, he hugged her close to him, Alexandra and Theon approached him next, he brought Theon in for a hug and then Alexandra, who placed a kiss on his cheek.
"Is Ser Gerold back" she asked once he let go of her, Robb shook his head.
"We just took another part of the Lannister army" he said, Alexandra nodded, Theon excused himself and took Sansa to Robb's tent so she could eat something.
"We just need to find one more Stark to have your family complete" she said as she walked with Robb, he smiled at her.
"I cannot begin to thank you for what you've done, you have risked your life for my family" he said, Alexandra smiled softly at him.
"I will only ask one thing for you, my King" she said, Robb raised an eyebrow "I wish to be the one who pass sentence to Jaime Lannister, your sisters are safe and you are close to winning this war, the kingslayer deserves to suffer for what he allowed to happen to my mother" she said, Robb stopped walking and stood in front of her taking her hands in his.
"Then he shall be yours to judge my Princess," he said as he kissed her knuckles she smiled at him "Once this is all over I wish to marry you in Winterfell, under the hear tree" he said, she grabbed his face with her hands and pressed a chaste kiss to his lips.
"It is a promise then my King" she murmured against his lips, he leant in and kissed her again.
She smiled all the way back to the keep, they found Sansa and Theon still dinning and decided to join them, Sansa kept stealing glances from Alexandra who seemed to be having a hushed conversation with Robb.
"Excuse me my lady, but I do not know your name" said Sansa, Alexandra smiled at Sansa.
"I have seem to forget my manners back in Dorne, Lady Sansa, my name is Alexandra Targaryen, first of her name, princess of Dragonstone and heiress to the iron throne at your service" she said with a smirk, Robb laughed.
"And future Queen in the North" said Robb from her side, both Sansa and Theon looked at the pair in surprise.
"Once we have your sister back Lady Sansa, I will personally deliver you two to Winterfell where you may return to your Lord Father and your Lady Mother" Alexandra promised, Sansa looked at Alexandra confusedly.
"My father is dead, your grace" she said, Alexandra exchanged glances with Robb and smiled.
"He is not my Lady, the man you saw being beheaded in the great sept was a loyalist of House Targaryen, my knight Ser Gerold Dayne rescued your father that same morning" Alexandra explained, Sansa looked at Theon for confirmation, he nodded.
"My father is alive" she repeated softly, she started trembling and Theon hugged her close, Alexandra smiled knowingly at them.
"You are safe now Lady Sansa, surrounded by your family and those who would kill anyone who seeks to harm you" Alexandra said softly, Sansa looked up to the Targaryen princess and nodded.
"Thank you, your grace" she muttered, Alexandra offered her a small smile.
"Call me Alex, wolfling, we are to become family one day after all" Sansa smiled back at Alexandra.
That night, both girls shared a tent, Sansa had warmed a little more to the princess, Alexandra was arranging her makeshift bed when she noticed that Sansa was staring at her, she looked at the redhead who was sitting on a pile of fabric. Alexandra motioned for her to join her and they both fell asleep with Sansa curled against Alexandra.
They woke up to noise, Alexandra quickly stood and walked out of the tent, Sansa closely behind, she and Sansa made their way to Robb and Theon, she looked up expectantly at him.
"They have returned" Robb announced, Alexandra frowned but smiled as soon as she saw Ser Gerold's particular hair, Gerold seemed to be taking to a man who identified himself as Yoren of the Nightswatch. Alexandra approached them and hugged Ser Gerold who in turn smiled at her.
"Doubting me my Lady?" he asked in a taunting tone, Alexandra laughed.
"Never, uncle Gerold" she said, he ruffled her hair, Arya came running from behind him launching herself towards Robb, Sansa joined the hug and the three Stark children were reunited again. Alexandra noticed a black haired boy who kept staring at Arya; she smiled.
"Your knight managed to get there just in time to rescue us from golden cloaks" Said Yoren, Alexandra nodded "Tywin Lannister is currently stationed in Harrenhal, not far from here"
"Thank you Lord Yoren for keeping Arya safe" said Alexandra.
"I thank your knight for saving my life my lady" he said back, she nodded and noticed the cage that the men had.
"If I may ask something of you, Lord Yoren" she said her eyes locked with on of the man that were caged.
"Anything my lady" Yoren said; Alexandra nodded.
"I ask for the liberty of the man Jaqen, Lord Yoren, for I believe that he was wrongly imprisoned" she said, that caught the attention of the men reunited.
"He's an assassin milady" said Yoren, Alexandra shook her head.
"He's not ours to judge Lord Yoren, release him and bring him to me" Alexandra noticed that the bars of his cell were slightly burned; Ser Gerold presented her with Jaqen. "Jaqen H' ghar, many say that you are a criminal, yet I believe you to be a man of honorable word, am I wrong?"
"It is you who believes my Lady" he answered cryptically; she nodded.
"Your cage was burning and you were either saved by my knight or by Arya Stark, who was the one who saved you and what is that you own?"
"Arya Stark saved my life my lady, three lives must be given back to the Red God" he said, Alexandra turned to face Arya.
"Will you Lady Arya Stark allow me to collect your debt?" she asked, Arya looked at her brother Robb and nodded, Alexandra nodded back at her and turned to face Jaqen again.
"Three lives my lady," he warned; she nodded.
"Tywin Lannister, Gregor Cleagane and Petyr Baelish once you complete your task you are free to return to Essos" she said, Jaqen nodded and moved to walk away to start his task "And Jaqen if you ever are in need of help, you can count the Targaryens as your allies, just try not to get yourself in much trouble" she said with a sincere smile, Jaqen smirked.
"Of course Princess"
