The Sword Of The Morning
Kings Landing – 300 A.L
Jon and Ser Denys were riding up the road towards Kings Landing. They spotted a small woodland near the entrance.
They were dressed in riding clothes and cloaks with their swords attached to their hips.
"We'll tie the horses up there" said Denys pointing to the woodland.
"Keep them out of sight, we don't want anyone to see and take them" said Jon.
Jon and Denys dismounted their horses and walked them into the trees.
Once they were far enough in they tied the reins to a fallen log and walked out of the woods towards the gate.
Upon entering the city they noticed the Royal Party travelling on the outskirts of Flea Bottom.
"They're heading for the docks, I can see Sansa with them" said Jon spotting her next to Joffrey.
"Well we can't grab them now, lets follow them, see what route they take and look for an opening to take her" said Denys.
Jon nodded and the two set off after them.
They arrived at the dock and stood in the doorway of one of the buildings where they could see the rest of the Royal Party.
Sansa was sat on the dock with Joffrey, Cersei and Tommen surrounded by Lannister guards. Jon looked over to see what the Royal Party was looking at.
Myrcella Baratheon was boarding a small ship at the bottom of the docks. On the ship were soldiers with the Sun and Spear of House Martell on their armour.
"Smart move Doran" said Denys.
"Aye, smart move indeed" said Jon.
"She doesn't look too happy though" said Denys referring to Myrcella who looked rather scared.
"She can't be any older than 12 Denys, and everyone knows of the hatred between the Lannisters and the Martells, no wonder she's scared" said Jon.
"Doran will make sure she's looked after" said Denys.
"True, they should be heading back to the Red Keep some time soon" said Jon.
Once the ship was out of sight the Royal Party stood up and made their way off the docks surrounded by the guards.
Sansa looked in their direction causing Jon and Denys to turn to the side and walk away.
Joffrey noticed that she was looking at something.
"What are you looking at?" said Joffrey in slight anger.
Jon and Denys turned to look at the Royal Party upon hearing Joffrey.
Sansa whipped around.
"Nothing Your Grace" said Sansa sounding scared which made Jon feel angry.
"You were looking at something, what was it, tell me the truth now" said Joffrey sounding more threatening.
"Nothing Your Grace, honest" said Sansa.
"Liar" hissed Joffrey.
"Joffrey, don't threaten her in public, we'll deal with this later" said cersei in frustration.
Joffrey looked at his Mother in anger before calming down slightly.
"We'll deal with this later" said Joffrey.
Sansa nodded and the two kept on walking with the Royal Party.
Jon and Denys followed to the side of them walking through the crowd.
Suddenly something flew through the hair and struck Joffrey in the cheek leaving a brown stain.
"Who threw that, answer me, I am your king" snarled Joffrey.
Suddenly more cow pies and stones were being thrown at the Royal Party before some of the crowd attacked the guards.
The Lannister guards tried to cut down as many of the rioters as possible but were being overwhelmed in no time.
Jon noticed Sansa break away from the party unnoticed and run towards an alleyway followed by some of the rioters.
Jon turned to Denys.
"Go and get the horses ready" said Jon.
"Jon" Denys warned.
"Do it, I'll get Sansa" said Jon moving towards where Sansa had gone.
Denys drew his sword before turning around and running back towards the gate cutting down any rioters who attacked him.
Jon ran through the alleyways looking for Sansa when he heard someone screaming from a stable at the end of the next alleyway.
He ran towards the stable.
When he entered he saw a sight that horrified him to the core.
Sansa was being held down by two of the men who had torn at her dress and pulled at her hair while the third man was stood slightly to the side undoing his breeches.
Jon unsheathed Dawn and surged forward driving his sword through the back of the man who was stood up.
His screams casued the other two to turn around and get up trying to flee.
Jon swung his sword round at the second mans neck beheading him. Turning around he drew his knife and stabbed the third man through the heart killing him instantly.
Sansa was still breathing heavily and shaking.
Jon sheathed his knife and Dawn before walking towards her.
"Its all right Sansa, they can't hurt you anymore, come on" said Jon lowering his hood.
"Jon, it was you I saw earlier" said Sansa in shock.
"Yes, I'm here, put that on quickly we haven't got enough time" said Jon pulling his cloak off and giving it to her.
Sansa wrapped the cloak around her and pulled the hood up.
Jon took one of her hands and pulled her to her feet.
Sansa wrapped him in a hug.
"Thank, thank you, thank you" said Sansa almost crying.
"You can thank me later, come on we need to go" said Jon pulling her hand towards the entrance to the stables.
He and Sansa ran out of the stables back down the alleyway. They got back onto the side of the street and ran towards the gates.
As they exited the gates Denys rode up to them holding the reins of Jon's horse in his free hand.
Jon quickly climbed up onto his own horse and pulled Sansa up to sit in front of him before taking the reins from Denys. They set off riding at full speed up the road with Kings Landing shrinking further into the distance quickly.
"I'm free" thought Sansa.
They kept riding for hours until they approached a small cave where they decided to rest for the night.
"I'll check it out, wait here" said Denys.
He dismounted his horse and handed the reins to Jon before walking into the cave.
He was gone for a few minutes before he walked back out.
"Its safe come on" said Denys walking towards Jon and Sansa.
Jon handed the reins of Denys horse to him before dismounting. He helped Sansa down from the horse who clung to him before taking the reins of his own horse and following Denys into the cave.
After they had secured the horses at one end of the small cave Jon reached into one of the saddle bags on his horse and pulled out some riding clothes.
He walked over to Sansa who was sat on the ground leaning against a large rock.
"Sansa" said Jon holding out the riding clothes towards her.
Sansa looked at him and then at the riding clothes.
"Change into these, they might be a bit big for you but you can't stay in that ripped dress" said Jon.
"Where will I change?" said Sansa looking around slightly embarrassed.
"Over her by this rock, me and Denys will stand near the entrance with our backs to you" said Jon.
Sansa took the riding clothes from him and he walked up to the front of the cave to stand next to Denys.
"Don't turn around" said Jon.
Denys nodded.
After a few minutes Sansa shouted to them that they could turn round now.
Jon turned around to see Sansa dressed in brown riding clothes which were much too big for her.
He walked over to her and she handed him his cloak back.
Jon sat down with his back against the rock.
Sansa slowly sat down next to him.
"Thank you Jon, for coming to get me I mean, after everything I said to you as well, I know you probably came looking for Arya as well" said Sansa.
"I promised Father I would protect you if anything happened, and don't worry, Arya's safe, me and Denys found her and got her out the day Father" said Jon.
"You were there, how come you didn't get me then" interrupted Sansa.
"You were surrounded by guards, they would have killed you had I tried to take you" said Jon.
Sansa nodded.
"As for what you said, I forgive you Sansa, I know you were upset about Lady, I really am sorry about that" said Jon.
"I know you are Jon, I'm sorry I treated you like I did, it wasn't fair, you, Princess Arianne and Father tried to tell me how you didn't want to do it so many times, but I refused to listen" said Sansa.
"Its in the past Sansa, your my sister I love you remember that" said Jon wrapping his arm around her shoulder.
Sansa leaned into his chest.
"I never thought I would see you again, after Father died I thought I would be stuck there for the rest of my life, I didn't even believe it myself earlier when I saw you at the dock" said Sansa.
"I wouldn't leave you there Sansa, never" said Jon.
"Thank you" said Sansa yawning.
"Get some sleep, you've had a long day" said Jon helping her to her feet and giving her his cloak to use as a blanket.
She laid the cloak down on the floor and sat down before leaning back.
Jon turned to walk away.
"Jon" said Sansa.
Jon turned around to look at her.
"Please, stay next to me tonight, I don't want to be alone" said Sansa.
"All right, Ser Denys, wake me up when you need me to take watch" said Jon turning to face him.
"I'll take the whole watch tonight Jon, you get some sleep" said Denys.
"Okay wake us up just before dawn, we'll start early tomorrow" said Jon.
"Very well" said Denys.
Jon laid down next to Sansa.
"Goodnight Jon" said Sansa tiredly before closing her eyes.
"Goodnight Sansa" said Jon rolling over so his back was to her before closing his eyes.
Ser Denys shook Jon awake at the crack of dawn.
Jon gently woke Sansa up.
"Come on Sansa, we're moving on" said Jon.
Sansa nodded groggily before standing up and picking Jon's cloak up folding it and handing it to Jon.
Three days later they crossed the border into Dorne.
They managed to find an inn in a town half a days ride from Starfall.
They paid for a two person bedroom and a three hot meals of Dornish spiced fish for them.
They walked up to the room they had been given.
"Wake me up in 5 hours, then you can get some sleep while I keep watch" said Jon.
"No you can sleep till the morning" said Denys.
"No Ser Denys, you need some sleep as well, if we leave early we should be at Starfall by mid day" said Jon.
"All right, get plenty of sleep" said Denys.
Jon nodded and entered the room where Sansa was waiting for him.
"We'll be at Starfall by tomorrow afternoon" said Jon.
Sansa nodded but Jon noticed she had been crying slightly.
"Sansa, what's wrong?" said Jon walking over to her.
"Jon I need to tell you something and you'll probably hate me for it" said Sansa sounding worried.
"Sansa I could never hate you" said Jon.
"Jon, I told the Queen Father was planning to take us away from Kings Landing, I told her and then the next day Ftaher was arrested, its my fault he was arrested, its my fault he died" said Sansa sobbing.
"No Sansa, it isn't your fault, you mustn't blame yourself" said Jon. Wrapping his arms around her.
"It is though, I should have just listened to him" said Sansa.
"Sansa you couldn't have known what was going to happen, don't blame yourself, Father wouldn't want that" said Jon.
Sansa turned to him.
"Your not at fault Sansa, telling the Queen was a mistake but that's it, a mistake, we all make them, its what makes us human" said Jon.
Sansa smiled weakly at him.
"Get some rest, we're leaving early in the morning" said Jon.
"What about you?" said Sansa.
"I'll be on that chair" said Jon pointing to the chair in the corner.
Sansa nodded.
Jon went to sleep on the chair as Sansa slept in the bed.
Five hours later Ser Denys woke him up. Jon went to stand guard outside the door while Ser Denys slept on the chair.
Five hours later just after Dawn Jon woke Ser Denys and Sansa up.
Half an hour later they set out for Starfall joping to be there after mid day.