THE BATTLE FOR THE NORTH
To All Lords and Ladies
Let it be known that within the next three weeks minus the time it took for you to receive this message. The Night King will strike, please make all take all steps to sure up your defenses…We will hold them for as long as possible
With Regards
Lord Robb Stark
KING'S LANDING
Aegon walks the battlements near the Gate of the gods. "Three weeks! Now we only have eleven days." It had taken ten days for the Raven to get to King's Landing. He looks at Jon Connington, "Any word on my Aunt?" The Sand Snakes walk behind them.
"No my King."
"Your Grace!" A man says running up.
"What is it?"
"Another ship with Dragonglass weapons has arrived."
"Send a Raven to Dragonstone…Tell them to ship the Dragonglass here and will forge it. It will save time."
"We have more time than others your Grace." Lemore says, "The dead will attack the wall in eleven more days. It takes an army more than a month to march from the wall to King's Landing."
"Depending on how fast the dead move." Serella says, "Also they do not need to stop and rest."
"Any word from Moat Cailin?"
"The Tully, Lannister, and Tyrell forces are in place and ready. They also got reinforcements from Lord Howland Reed."
"Good. Is Lord Frey Cooperating?"
"He is, his entire army is at Moat Cailin."
MOAT CAILIN
The Raven arrived from Winterfell within three days. "Three Weeks and now we have eighteen days left. May the gods old and new help us." Brynden Tully is in charge of the forces at Moat Cailin. Jaime Lannister is second in command and Garlan Tyrell is third command. "Are we finished with the trenches?"
"Aye my Lord."
A horn, sounds, "My Lord! Riders coming." The riders fifteen hundred strong are a mix of men of the Watch and Free Folk.
"We came from Castle Black, Lord Commander Snow thought we would be of better use here then at the wall. My name is Edd Toilet and this is Rattleshirt…I command the men of the Watch and he commands the Free Folk."
"Ser Loras is in command of the Calvary forces report to him."
"I think we should send all the food we are not using to White Harbor. Just in case." Garlan says.
"No the men will need to eat and fight, if they make it this far."
"I hate all this waiting. Why don't we just take the fight to them." Jaime says.
"If they make it pass the Watch and the Free Folk. Then we will be here to greet them. And what a greeting we will give them." The army at Moat Cailin works tirelessly building catapults, traps, barricades, and anything else that will slow the enemy down. They also have Wild Fire bought from King's Landing.
CASTLE BLACK
Jon meets with his commanders in the main hall. The Raven had arrived two days after it was sent. Jon reads it before them, "We have done all we can…Made all the preparations we can…But we will keep working up to the last minute. Because of certain circumstances…My brother's army will remain at Winterfell." There is grumbling among those gathered. "It is for the best. His Calvary will be of no use here and it has started snowing. We will have to hold the dead for as long as possible…Dismissed."
"May I speak with you in private?" Mance Rayder says. He had returned North to lead his people and help Jon keep the peace between the Watch and the Free Folk.
"Yes what is it?"
"I know you are the Prince."
Jon frowns, "How do you know that?"
"Your brother or should I say cousin told me. I kinda already knew. Anyway I think you should leave."
"I am the Lord Commander I can't leave."
"And you are the key to stopping the White Walkers. If you die we are all doomed."
"No I am not leaving…My place is here." And before Mance could say another word Jon walks away. The days are shorter and the nights longer. The snow falls and piles up and the defenders remove as much of it as they can to keep the trenches clear. They hold off to the last minute before dumping the Wild Fire in the trenches. The army is stationed a mile from Castle Black. All food and useable items had been removed. There are a few men on the wall to signal the arrival of the White Walkers.
"They will attack at Night." Leaf says to Jon and Mance. Sunrise of the last day of the third week. As the sun sets, the torches are lit. "They are here." River says. No sooner had the words left his mouth that the horn sounds from atop the wall; three blasts.
"Get ready!" The order is echoed throughout the army. "Get Ready!"
The men on the walls use rope to get back down to the ground. There is a rumbling sound, then great chunks of ice fall off the wall revealing the stone beneath it. The stones on the wall start glowing in the crevasses. A crack appears on the wall and splits in three ways. One goes up and the other two go down.
"The Wall is cracking!" A man yells.
"No shit!" Mance says from Jon's side.
"Steady!"
"Hold your ground men!" Stannis yells.
Two more cracks break off from the one that went up. They spread out from the halfway point. And then more spread out from the two going down. Then the wall starts to fall. Down it comes in a loud crash that produces shockwaves and huge debris cloud. Leaf and River raise their hands and dispel the debris cloud. The gap in the wall is fifty feet wide and the debris from the wall is twenty feet high. Then River walks up to a small line that had been drawn in the dirt. He takes a dagger and cuts his hand. He drips the blood in the line that he and Leaf had drawn.
The blood starts to glow, spreading left and right around the gap. That is when a fog rolls in and the wind blows, but it does not get pass the barrier. Soon they hear screeching and wailing. "Archers Nock!" Jon commands. The dead come running over the debris and castle black which is buried underneath. They screech and whale, but when they hit the place where River and Leaf made they shatter and die. They stop and stare at the living.
"Fire!" Mance yells.
"Fire at will!" Jon says. A hail of Dragonglass arrows is shot at the Wights. They fall down dead again when hit. Soon the Wights start running back up the debris and through the gap. The defenders cheer as they run. "It's not that easy." Jon says.
"No it is not." Mance replies.
A scaffold had been built for four men. They have spyglasses and are commissioned to write important things down and send it by Raven. They have four Ravens. "There coming down the wall." A man screams looking through a spyglass. The Wights had climbed up the wall from the other side and are now diving off the top beyond the barrier Leaf and River made.
"Shit!" Jon says as the dead hit the ground to the left and right of the gap. "Archers Fire!" Once again a hail of Dragonglass arrows are fired into the falling dead on the ground. Then a huge stone is thrown from atop the wall killing dozens of archers.
"They have Giants on the…" The man is cut off as the scaffold tower is struck by a huge boulder. That is when the Giants fighting for the Free Folk fire their large Dragonglass tipped arrows at the Giant Whites on the wall.
"I think it is time we light trenches." Stannis says.
Jon nods, "Light trench number one!" A green flame sprouts up cutting off the dead as they charge the front lines. "Catapults!" Barrels of Wild Fire are flung at the Wights. The fuse had to be lit at the right moment for the barrel to explode. Thousands of Wights die burning from the green explosions. "Catapults hold!" Jon commands. The dead stop dropping from the top of the wall.
"Now what?" Mance asks.
That is when River and Leaf start shaking and fall to their knees. "What's wrong?" Jon asks.
"The…N…ight…King…is using…the horn." It sends waves of pain through River and Leaf. The ground starts shaking again, as a mile east of the gap, another gap is made by the Horn of Winter. River and Leaf stand up at the same time. "He will attack us from the east…" Leaf says.
"Shit!"
"Perhaps we should sound a retreat." Mance says.
"Not yet." Jon says, "Defensive formation b!" Jon yells. The army shifts to face east, as the fog rolls towards them "Fire at will!" Screeches and whales echo from the fog as it gets closer. In the flashes of explosions figures can be seen bursting into flames and dying again.
"Light the trench!" Mance commands. A mile-long trench bursts into flames halting the dead. But then a White Walker appears and makes a gap in the fiery wall for the Wights to swarm through.
"Spears!" Jon yells. The command is echoed through the ranks and the Wights run into a wall of Dragonglass spears.
"Push them back!" Mance yells.
Inch by inch the Wights advance. That is when the Giant Wun Wun and the other Giants run to the front lines. They carry the trunks of cut down trees, they ignite the ends and wave the flaming logs at the Wights burning dozens at a time. No one notices as the Night King appears at the top of the rubble in the gap. He aims his ice spear and throws it. It flies through the barrier towards Jon. At the last minute Mance notices. "No!" He leaps in front of the spear. It impales him and sends Mance flying into Jon. He two is impaled and they hit the ground.
"Mance!" Karsi yells, "You fool! You damn fool. What the hell did you think you were doing."
They yank the spear out and separate them. "Burn me. Burn me now…I don't want to be one of those things."
"Stand aside." River says. "We can save them."
"If you intend…" He spits up blood as he talks, "…to make me like cold hands. No thank you."
"Leaf save him, I will save Jon Snow." As they get started both men die.
"What are you doing?"
"Bringing them back to life. They are both important."
They shove a small sliver of Dragonglass into their chests. Then they take a flask of sap from the weeping tree and pour into the hole. It closes and their veins start to turn black beneath their skin. Suddenly Jon and Mance sit up screaming.
"What the hell!" Mance says.
Jon touches his chest, "I was dead."
"And now you alive…"
"Sound the retreat!" Stannis yells.
By now the Wights have overwhelmed four ranks of the defenders. An ice spear flies across the battlefield and strikes Karsi killing her. That is when Cold Hands rides up on his Great Elk. "Jon Snow it is time to leave."
"Uncle Benjen! What are you doing here?"
"The Three Eyed Raven sent me. Jon it is time to go."
"I can't…" That is when Mance hits him over the head.
"What the hell do you think you are doing?" Stannis asks.
"He is the Prince that was promised, and if he dies again we are all doomed." Mance says.
Cold Hands lifts an unconscious Jon up with one hand and places him across the Elk in front of him. I can take ten more. And pull them by sled. A makeshift sled is made and Mance along with Stannis a several others are placed on the sled. "The two of you are not coming?" Cold Hands asks Leaf and River.
"We will remain here and help as many as we can." Cold Hands rides off south with Jon and ten people dragged by the sled. Meanwhile two more trenches are lit and the survivors retreat west and south. There are ships waiting at Shadow Tower to take people to Bear Island. Some flee to Deep Wood and Last Hearth. River and Leaf make it possible for them to escape. With a victory the Night King raises his hands and reanimate those that died in battle. A flock of Ravens fly overhead. Bran uses his power to restore their memories and the recently risen dead turn on the Night King. The Night King King takes away his power and they fall back dead again. The Night King looks up in anger at the Ravens flying overhead and they stare back at him. With a wave of his hand the fog covers the Night King and his army.
