A/N: This chapter follows the books rather the show as Jon Connington and Young Griff/Aegon do not appear in the show. The next chapter will be in Aegon's POV. This AU in which Arya meets Aegon when they are docked in Bravvos and when she leaves the Faceless Men she sails back to Westeros with Aegon/Griff, Connington, Co.

JON CONNINGTON I

"Lyanna."

That was the first thing Lord Jon Connington had said when he laid eyes on the girl that Aegon had brought onto the ship, believing to be a runaway girl living on the streets of Bravos named Cat, who was trying to get home to Westeros.

Before anyone knew what was happening, she held a knife to the old Stormlord's throat.

"No."

But the former hand of the King holds her icy gaze without flinching. "Lyanna Stark is a hard woman to forget. My best friend died for her. As did thousands of others."

She withdraws the knife a bit, so it is no longer biting into the man's throat but still poised to slice his jugular open if he makes one wrong move.

"You're Jon Connington. You were Aerys's hand and Rhaegar's friend. You were exiled." It's phrased to be a question, only it doesn't sound like one. She had rumors that the former Hand of the Mad King was across the narrow sea. Any doubts she had of his identity were confirmed by the false name he was using. Old Griff for the former Lord of Griffin's Roost, how fitting.

"Aye, I am. And you're a Stark."

The girl says nothing, her face as cold and unforgiving as the land she hails from.

"You look far too much like Lyanna to be anyone else. You're one of Ned Stark's girls, aren't you?" Like hers, his question is more a statement than anything else.

The girl nods and finally lowers her knife. "Arya."

"Then I am sorry for your loss, my Lady. You father was a good man."

A look of sadness far too great for someone so young settles in her stormy eyes. "He was. And they killed him for it."

"They always do."