Chapter 1 : The Truth
(3rd person) changing to a (Jon POV)
Location : Winterfell
Jon had awoke and just like every other day, he got up , got changed , into the same basic leather tunic as he did most days , it was nothing special but it got him through the day.
He shut his chamber door and started to walk down the halls of the Winterfell. He was lucky to call this place home due to him being born a bastard , most noble lords didn't even acknowledge there bastards, let alone allow them to live in there own castles.
"Jon" A feminine voice called behind him
He turned to fine Arya. Arya often spotted him in the morning, he sometimes thought that maybe she waited for him to leave his chambers and then catch up to him to avoid walking the halls on her own.
she always loved Jon he was the easiest member of her family to speak to he never judged her for not wanting to be a good little lady like Sansa.
"Jon" . She called again he turned around to greet her with a warming hug.
They then started walked to the dinning hall to break their fast with the rest of the Starks and Theon Greyjoy.
Arya knew that Jon always felt like an outsider when he was with the rest of the Starks. Perhaps that is how she and Jon bonded so well because she too felt like an outsider. She wasn't like Sansa, she wasn't the perfect lady, the future dutiful wife of some great Lord. No she was just Arya, Arya horse-face as some of the girls called her.
They found there way to the courtyard and spotted Robb and Theon sparring like most days, they liked to start in the center of the courtyard in the early morning to make sure that no one else was around. So this way they had the freedom of the whole courtyard.
Jon looked to his left to see Bran climbing down a wall and onto the roof of hore stables, Bran loved to climb no matter how many times his mother told him to stop,you could always find him somewhere he was not meant to be.
When Bran reached the ground he called Jon to come over to see how much he improved with his bow, Bran picked up the bow, made sure there was no arrows already in the straw targets, pulled the arrow back, took aim and suddenly from behind them Jon heard Lord Eddard , Jons father, voice calling everyone to breakfast the sudden interruption causing the Brans aim to slip. The arrow flew way over the straw targets.
"Unlucky bran. You'll do better next time" Jon promised
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Eddard Stark was always the man to call the family to there meals. He believed his children would come straight away out of respect to him and the hunger driving them to the table.
Rickon was always brought by Catelyn, Bran normally walked with Jon and Arya and after that Robb and Theon would come in. They would always have a bruised right two from their sparring sessions in the morning.
This always annoys lady Catelyn as she she it's as unbecoming of young lords and lady's so come to any meal unprepared for guests. Sansa was always last in , she always had the need to look her best for everything .
Arya hated that about her sister. When everyone was around the dinning table looking at the food. there was always bacon in the mornings surrounded by bread,cheese,chicken anything they wanted really and ale for Ned, Catelyn occasionally had wine for the morning. the children had water although Robb,Theon and Jon wanted ale like Ned which he normally didn't permit except for at great feasts when he would allow them one cup, watered down.
Jon looked at his father and saw the his mind was elsewhere, but he dare not ask him what the matter was , after all Jon was only a bastard. He didn't fit in, Catelyn would always make sure he was aware of that.
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After breakfast Jon was walking towards the door when he felt a hand on his shoulder he turned his head to see it was His fathers hand.
"Come to my chambers in 10 minutes , i am in need of a word with you. don't talk to anyone about this meeting". He said turning away and waking swiftly make to the raised Dias that breakfast was just held at.
Jon slowly made his way towards Ned's chambers, not wanting to be late but also not wanting to be three to early and get in the way. At the appointed time he gave a simple knock on the great wooden door there was a brief quite before he heard
"Come in" He walked into see a shell of a man standing by the open fire.
Jon walks in to see Catelyn there as well, this shocked Jon normally she couldn't stand to be in the same room with him for no more than she had too although she didn't hid her discomfort to Jon being in there private chambers but she also looked intrigued as well to why she and the bastard was here.
Eddard took a deep breath and said
"Your both properly wondering why I called you both here"
"Jon isn't my bastard cat"
Catelyn looked straight at him with wonder in her eyes and muttered 'he isn't your bastard' as if reassuring that fact to make sure it was real. Ned gave a nod looking down at his feet this shocked both her and Jon to see Ned in such a vulnerable state.
"Jon is my dear sister and Rhaegar child".
"how could you not tell me this I am your wife and the mother of your children I deserved to know before now" Catelyn said with a fire in her voice
"I was the last one to see her before she died and she whispered in my ear 'brother this is my dying wish protect Jon raise him to be your bastard' "
Jon was speechless and tried to talk but couldn't summon the strength after what he just heard and he thought, so he was not a bastard. everyday this women , the entire world, has treated me like a stain , and after all the long years of mistreatment it was a lie.
'I must say something to her' he though.
He summoned enough strength to say something when Catelyn turned her gaze to Jon and said
"I know I have treated you as a bastard ever since Ned brought you home that day but I am sorry"
A tear began to come down the right side of her face and Jon knew he couldn't say what was on his mind but nothing prepared him for what happened next she hugged him and left there chamber in a hurry.
Ned then put his hand on Jon's shoulder and said
"I am sorry it took so long but you must know that I cannot protect you any more so I am sending you away"
Jon noticed a tear forming in Ned had finally build up the courage to speak.
"why was I to be sent away I do not want to go to the wall please Father"
He put his hand over Jon's mouth to calm him down "ssh" .
"I am not sending you to the wall Jon,I am sending you across the narrow sea to the man who is housing the last two Targaryen alive" Jon looked at him in amazement. "I thought they were wiped out at the battle of the trident and the sacking of Kings Landing"
"No these are the last two and in the event that Robert should die because as you know the Jon Arryn died a month ago and Roberts coming here so its important that you are gone before he gets here, I believe he will ask me to be the new hand I must protect my friend for winter is coming" Ned said
Jon nodded in agreement and said "when must I leave"
"On the morrow I will make the preparations and told Jon that he should go pack but before Jon could leave he told him if anyone asks you are going to the wall it will be easier to tell them that than the truth Jon left shutting the door behind him".
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Jon returned to his chambers after the talk with Ned and began packing. He got a decent amount done before he looked at his dresser and thought of the gift he got Arya.
Not to long after he heard a knock on the door.
"Come in" he said
It was Arya. she shut the door quietly not wanting anyone to hear her.
"Jon why do you have to go to the wall"
This was the excuse that Lord Eddard and Jon decided to use as it had been one of jobs ambitions to join the nights watch. Jon hated lying to her most of all out of everyone.
"I have my duty to perform. I am a bastard. I will never take a wife and father children and I will never bring more dishonour to family than I already have."
This made Arya sad. she never could understand why her father wouldn't have Jon legitimised so he could become a true Stark. she had thought about asking him herself but never felt the courage to do so.
"I have a present for you sister before I leave"
Jon moved over to his dresser and pulled out a thin sword and presented it to Arya and said
"remember little sister this isn't a toy not made for slashing but could put a few holes in people if your fast enough"
Once she took the sword from his hands she ran and jumped up at him to kiss him on the cheek, Jon chuckled at that he had never seen affection from Arya before but was happy to know that she would miss him once he departed.
" I will practice all day and night and I will be a warrior . Not a stupid lady".
Jon told her to make sure Ned never found her with it so he could organise some proper training. she nodded in agreement and then left his chamber not before giving him one final hug and opening the door and shutting it quietly almost like a assassin no one would ever know she was there Jon returned to packing the remainder of his things.
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Ned found Jon roaming the halls later that night and told him quietly
"The preparations have been made. You must leave at dawn if you are to make it there in time I will have Mikkon ready a horse for you all he knows if that you are heading for the wall don't give him reason to think otherwise"
Jon looked at him and hugged and said "goodbye" what he wanted to say was goodbye father but said
"uncle"
Ned gave him a odd look.
"Even though I am not your father I loved you as one of my true born sons"
Jon form a tear he thought how he how would never see Ned, Arya, Robb, Sansa again and everyone else who he loved with all his heart, but when he came back to reality he noticed his Ned was starring at him.
"Jon you okay" Jon replied " I have been here for the last 12 years of my life and now I must leave like some common rat"
Ned hushed him "you may have to go now but you wont be gone forever you may return later and I hope you are still the same honourable almost man i have raised you to be, don't forget Jon you are still a stark" and he took his leave and left Jon standing there.
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Jon awoke at dawn and picked up his bag and began his walk to the stables and saw Mikkon with the horse that Ned had provided he heard Mikkon tell him "its a honourable thing what he is doing going to the wall Ned would be proud"
Jon took that to heart and told Mikkon to watch over his brothers and sisters and Mikkon said will do Jon saddles his horse and began to ride out the gates of Winterfell.
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Location : White harbour
He headed to white harbour where the passage across the narrow sea organised for him.
When arrived hours later he noticed how there was only one ship left and he assumed that was the one heading for Pentos. He rode to dock and saw a man standing by the boat . Before he could ask a question the man asked
"you Jon"
"I am" he gave a simple nod
"we leave in an hour you cabin is ready and it will be a weeks journey to Pentos hope you aren't sea sick" and laughed and boarded the ship to show Jon to his cabin. The man appeared to be the captain as other men stumbled out of his way and paid there respects as he past them.
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Location : Pentos
Jon was on the deck throwing his guts up into the sea when he saw the harbour of Pentos. It was a huge vast expanse of brightly color ships and sail. The building were bigger than most he seen in the north. The place screamed wealth but also danger to those not prepared.
Jon thanked the old gods that he safely made the journey across the narrow sea. when they eventually made port at the dock there was a a fat man in fine silk robes waiting looking directly at Jon . Jon had never seen a man so fat in the north they always saved food for winter and wear never gluttonous as they were in the south for as his Lord father word said ' winter is coming'.
"Jon" the fat man called
no one around him gave him any notice or sign that the man was calling them so Jon came forward to meet the man .
Once close enough the fat man quieted his voice and said "I trust you been told why you are here"
Jon said quietly to match the fatman voice "to be with my family"
"who is your family"
Jon gulped at trying to say the next part "Targaryen"
"I am Illyrio I am the one who has been housing them for the past year we must make haste the Targaryen name is not loved as much here as it is in Westeros" they began to walk up the stone path.
Jon could tell this was the beginning of a big adventure
END OF CHAPTER 1
I hope you like it, giving thanks to Merlin's baggy bottom