Chapter 5: The Dragon Marches to War
Castle Black
Lord Commander's Quarters
Naruto was inside the Lord Commander's quarters, with his 4 dragon children on the table. He had 4 pieces of meat on the table.
"Alright, let's try this again," Naruto said. He looked at his dragons and said with absolute conviction, "Dracarys".
At long last, after trying for nearly a whole hour, all four finally breathed dragon fire on the pieces of meat. Naruto smiled and said to his children in High Valyrian, "Eat up". All four of his children dug into their first meals.
Naruto stared at his dragons as they dug into their first meals. He remembered from watching Daenerys through Greenseering that her dragons were much smaller when they were first born. He knew that it was because, instead of using one sacrifice to hatch 3 dragons, he used 12 sacrifices to hatch 4 dragons. Naruto knew his four draconic children would reach full maturity much faster than Daenerys's own dragons did. Speaking of that, they needed names.
"So what should I call the four of you?" He wondered. The dragon with blood red scales crawled forward, to which, Naruto petted her head. Something else he had checked was to see what gender each one was. The blood-red scaled and white scaled ones were female, while the other two were male. "I've got it. You'll be called Khalamet. How do ya like that, my daughter?" The newly named Khalamet screeched in approval. Naruto chuckled and said "Yeah, I thought you might."
The female dragon with white scales crawled toward him. In the hour since they had been born, this dragon was by far the most well behaved of the bunch. "Hmm, well-behaved and white scales." He thought for a moment before saying, "Athuisa, which a derived from Athu, which is High Valyrian for 'Pure'." Athuisa rubbed her head against his hand, to which he gently stroked her head with affection.
Next came the dragon with reddish-gold scales. Naruto tickled his chin, which the dragon seemed to like and then he accidentally burped up a fireball. Thankfully, it didn't land on Naruto. "You're a fiesty one, aren't you." Naruto stated. The young dragon looked at his Valyrian father. "You'll be called Midhir." Midhir screeched in approval.
Finally came the black dragon. This dragon, even by his own dragon's standards was unique. The black dragon had an entire upper body covered in black, round, scales, which, in turn, are decorated by spiraling, dark blue markings. His lower body, specifically his chin, chest, stomach, inner tail, thighs, and arms, are gray in color, and appear to be rather smooth. His eyes are white, though they still possess the slit pupils every dragon has, and his head is round and blunt with four, large, elongated plates extending backward. The dragon's mouth is full of razor-sharp teeth, and, attached to his chin, is a protrusion that resembles an arrowhead. His large wings are feathery in appearance, akin to a birds. The scales disappear at the end of his tail, which, in itself, ends in a stinger-esque shape. "You will truly be a terror to behold once your fully grown." Naruto thought a few moments before saying, "I'll call you Acnologia, Heaven's Terror." Acnologia screeched in approval at his new name.
By his feet, Ghost was laying down, looking bummed. "Ah don't be a downer, Ghost." Naruto said. "We're all family here. They are my son's and daughter's just as much as you are their uncle." Naruto beckoned Ghost to come forward, to which he did.
"Now, all of you." Naruto began addressing them. "I don't want any fighting between any of you. As I just said, we are all family here. I expect you all to get along. Understand." The five creatures seemed to understand, so Naruto sat back in his chair.
"So, these are the dragons," came Val's voice from the door as she closed it.
"Young ones, at any rate," Naruto admitted as she sat down next to him. He turned to his new children and spoke in High Valyrian, 'Do not eat her.' The dragon's acknowledge him with bobs of their little heads.
"Stick out your hand. They won't bite now." Naruto offered and Val looked at him skeptically but then looked at the small dragons before taking her smooth hand and turning the palm towards the ceiling. The dragons crawl over to Val and sniff her hands. Midhir, Acnologia, and Athuisa turn away but Khalamet snuzzled her head against Val's hand. Val suddenly felt a little warmer.
"What's that mean? And why do I feel warmer, all of a sudden?" Val asked.
"Means she's bonded with you. Basically, you'll be able to command her with High Valyrian words, she'll be friendly toward you, and she let you ride her when she's big enough. It's basically like the relationship between a pet and their owner, except this pet will grow to be a giant fire-breathing, flying weapon of mass destruction." Naruto said as Acnologia did the same to him and he smiled as he felt the bond take hold.
"Aye, she will be a powerful companion, then. Once she's full grown" Val said as she stroked Khalemet's neck.
"More or less." Naruto said as he stroked Acnologia's chin.
"Will they be able to aid us against the White Walkers?" Val asked curiously.
"Depends on a lot of things. They're growth rate is heightened since I used more sacrifices than necessary, and If I let them gorge on flesh…I might just be able to get them big enough within the year." Naruto said before he looked at Val. "I heard about what happened to Dalla. I'm sorry." Dalla was Val's sister and the wife of Mance Rayder. She had advised Mance and gave him good counsel. She died giving birth to her and Mance's son during the Battle beneath the Wall. The boy did not survive.
"Your sympathies are wasted on me. My sister and her son are still dead," Val said. Val was not some willowy creature who sat up in a tower, brushing her hair and waiting for some knight to rescue her. She was a warrior, intelligent, capable, fierce and brave. Secretly though, she did appreciate the sympathy, since Naruto's was genuine.
They sat silently for a moment before Val spoke as she stood up. "You and I never broke words with each other before. Not like this."
"Something I deeply regretted as I lay dying." Naruto said as he stood up and eyed Val. The warrior princess strongly reminded him of Visenya, with her strong spirit, her desire to go after what she wanted, her ambition, and her skill. "The truth is, I was so busy drowning in my own sorrow and melancholy, that I couldn't see that Ygritte would have wanted me to be happy and move on. That, and I have this need to keep my promises and oaths."
"Didn't sound like you wanted to hold those oaths up earlier," Val mentioned coyly.
"Well, I'm not the same Jon Snow that came back. Hell, turns out my name wasn't Jon Snow, so I technically have no oaths to uphold. I'm not the same man." Naruto said with shrug as they reached the door.
"And yet, King Crow," Val teased as she turned around to face him and locked the door behind her. "still no Queen for you."
Naruto saw the look in her eyes, the same lustful look he had seen many times over from his wives and knew what she wanted. Honestly, he knew what it was like to mourn for one's love, but come on. Jon must have been wolf-blooded and had been suppressing it, because ever since Naruto took over this body, he had been burdened with heightened lust, from both his dragon side and his wolf side. He couldn't stop himself as he realized what Val wanted, not that he wanted to.
LEMON
He grabbed ahold of the dress she was wearing and tore the dress in two. He took her breasts into his hand's and began to play with them before she drove her fist into the side of his face and then tried to deliver another punch. "So you want me to do this properly?" Naruto asked huskily as he caught her arms and locked them both together of her head against the door. "You want to be stolen like a proper Free woman, Val?" he purred as he kissed and bit all over neck as she made a show trying to squirm out of his grip, stomping her feet on his own, biting him and squirming like a trapped animal.
Naruto threw her onto the bed in his quarters and crushed her underneath his own weight, his left hand seized her long blonde tresses in a tight grip while his right removed his belt and trousers, releasing his 10 in long, 3.5 inch thick cock from it's confines.
Naruto forcibly put her on all fours and spread her legs and positioned himself between them, his cock rubbing against her cunt, preventing her from closing them again. He lowered his hand between Val's legs to caress her cunt. There was no need, she was already wet with anticipation.
Val moaned in complaint as he removed his hand, thrust her ass back against Naruto's pelvis in hope of getting something. "I'm not doing it until you beg me," Naruto whispered in her ear huskily, both dragon and wolf instincts demanding that he establish his dominance in this newly formed relationship.
"Please, Fuck Me!" Val begged finally.
"Gladly," Naruto said huskily as he lined up his cock with her pussy, and sheathed himself inside of her completely, stretching her pussy to it's limits and hitting the entrance to her womb.
"Fuck, you're so tight," Naruto breathed
"You're so deep," Val moaned at the new level of pleasure that she had never experienced until now. Naruto withdrew his rod until only the head remained inside her love canal and then shoved forward again.
He slammed his big cock in and out of her wet cunt as hard and fast as he could while keeping her hair in a tight grip. 'Kind of like a wolf claiming his bitch,' Naruto thought savagely as he let go off Val's hair and grabbed her throat instead, pulling her backwards until she stood on her spread knees, her neck leaned back on his shoulder, her back pressed against his chest, while his right hand played with Val's breasts.
A few minutes later, it became too much and Val cried out as her pussy tightened like a vice around his dick as she reached her climax. "I'm cumming!" She cried out.
Apparently, Jon had not had a lot of sex, because Naruto's own climax was here. "Me too." Naruto growled huskily as he blew his load inside of the beautiful Free woman, painting her womb white with his extra hot seed.
'Wow, this bodies stamina in general is terrible compared to what my other bodies were used to. I had more stamina as the Old King than this body does. Of course that might also be because half of my spirit is still inside my old body. Gonna have to fix both of those things later.' Naruto thought.
"What? Done already?" Val asked teasingly as she laid on her back, her chest and face flushed red, their mixed cum trailing down her legs, and her heavy breaths doing wonders for Naruto's libido.
"You think I'm done with you?" Naruto countered as he pulled her up onto her feet and almost slammed her against the nearest wall, making the woman giggle a little.
"Can you keep going?" she countered back, though the sultry glint in her eyes told him that she wanted to be plowed badly.
He sheathed his hardened cock back inside of her, eliciting a loud moan from Val as he bit her shoulder. "You're mine, Val."
"Yours. Only Yours." Val moaned back as he fucked her hard. None of her other lovers could hold a candle to Naruto. Not even a little. No sane woman would give up this cock. She was not the type to submit to anyone but she would gladly submit to him if he could pleasure her like this. Naruto, on the other hand, smirked in satisfaction at her submission to him as he dominated Val for the rest of their 2 hours together.
END LEMON
Later
A shirtless Naruto was sweating as he hopped back up to his feet, having done an intense workout. There were runes his shoulder's. The one on the left was for gravity and how much gravity he was training under. The other one on his right was for resistance.
He sat down in a chair and closed his eyes before he opened them, using his Greenseer ability. His sclera, irises and pupil's were completely red as a result. He saw several events in the future, including Margaery and her family being blown up by wildfire, Bryden Tully pointlessly sacrificing himself after he allowed his nephew to command his men to stand down, and saw further into the future, seeing the wall crumble as the Night King rode on an undead Viserion, somehow having gotten his hands on the dragon and reanimated it with it's magic.
Naruto woke up, clutching his head from the slight headache he had received from his vision. Which was because half of his spirit is still inside his old body of Brynden Rivers. to find Edd holding Longclaw in his hands, examining it. Naruto got up and began putting on his outfit(Same one Jon wears for Season six, except his tunic is all black) when Edd turned to him.
"Where you gonna go?" Edd asked.
"South." Naruto said, putting on his tunic.
"What are you gonna do?" Edd pressed.
"Get warm." Naruto japed, causing the two to chuckle while Naruto finishing putting on his upper body leather armor as Edd continued.
"I was with you at Hardhome. We saw what's out there. We know it's coming here. How can you leave us now?" Edd continued.
"I did everything I could. You know that. I can do more for this cause in the South then I can freezing my ass off here." Naruto said.
"You swore a vow." Edd said.
"Night gather's and now my watch begins. It shall not end until my death. I died." Naruto said, reciting a specific line from the vow, while moving on to the gloves and forearm guards.
"For all nights to come" Edd tried to press. By this point Naruto Targaryen was getting tired of Edd's persistence and decided to nip it in the bud as he reeled on him, fury shining in his eyes.
"It shall not end until my death!Death is the only release for a man of the Night's Watch and they murdered me, Edd! My own men! Men that I was entrusted to lead and protect! You really think I want to stay here after that!?" Naruto shouted. He calmed himself for moment.
Naruto sighed and continued, "Look, you and I both know that your argument is weak at best, but even if it wasn't, there is still one thing that still frees me from those vows. Jon Snow swore those vows, and he died in the snow. I am Naruto Targaryen, heir of Prince Rhaegar and the True King of Westeros, and this kingdom has been destroying itself since my grandfather went mad."
"I'm not a bastard, I never was. I'm not just THE King either, I'm also Protector of the Realm, and I can't very well protect the realm from the White Walkers if I stay here, freezing my ass off, simply out some selfish desire to maintain a sense of normalcy or play it safe. Those days are over." Naruto said.
It was at that point that they horns blowing.
"Riders approaching!" One brother yelled.
"Open the gate!" another brother yelled. The gate to Castle Black opened and Sansa, Podrick and Brienne rode in on their horses. There was murmuring all throughout the castle. Val eyed them with interest. Tormund was off to the side and was mesmerized when he looked at Brienne. Sansa looked around for Jon but did not see him. It was then that she saw Naruto on the balcony of his quarters, confused at the presence of a Targaryen. Naruto walked down with Ghost at his side until he stopped a few feet in front of her. He eyed her for a moment and then said, "Sansa."
Sansa gasped. Naruto might have his old hairstyle and Targaryen coloring, but his voice was still the same as Jon's. "Jon?"
"Yeah, it's me." Naruto said before he petted Ghost's head before said cheekily, "Who else has a white direwolf with red eyes?"
Sansa, overcome with emotion, rushed forward and hugged her 'brother' tightly, afraid that if she let him go she would lose him. Naruto hugged her right back.
1 hour later
Sansa and Naruto were in his quarters in front of the fireplace, with Sansa in a fresh cloak and dress, sipping on some soup. Ghost was laying on his stomach in front of them.
"This is good soup." Sansa said to break the ice. "Do you remember those kidney pies Old Nan used to make?"
"With the peas and onions?" Naruto asked as he had all of Jon's memories. "We never should have left Winterfell."
"Don't you wish we could go back to the day we left? I want to scream at myself 'Don't go, you idiot.'" Sansa said in regret.
"How could we known?" Naruto said, playing up Jon.
"I spent a lot of time thinking about what an ass I was to you. I wish I could change everything." Sansa said wistfully.
"We were children." Naruto reminded.
"I was awful, just admit it." She said the both chuckle.
"You were occasionally awful." Naruto admitted before he said something that Jon would say, "I'm sure I can't have been great fun. Always sulking in the corner while the rest of you played."
"Can you forgive me?" Sansa pleaded.
"There's nothing to forgive." Naruto said, as she had not hurt Naruto, just Jon.
"Forgive me." She pleaded again.
"All right. All right, I forgive you." The two laughed, and he offered her his mug of ale. Sansa took it and drank a little but coughed as the taste of bad ale hit her. Naruto chuckled and took the mug back.
"You'd think that after 8 thousand years, the Night's Watch would have learned how to make a half-decent ale." Naruto commented.
They sat in silence for a moment, before Sansa looked at him, eyeing him critically. He looked at her and asked, "What?"
"Jon, what happened to you? Why do you look like a Targaryen? If it wasn't for Ghost and your voice, I wouldn't have recognized you." She said.
"A lot of things." Naruto said as he stood up, "If I'm gonna explain this, I've gotta have to start at the beginning."
"So," Naruto said as he took off the leather on his body, "After I brought the FreeFolk past the Wall, I got a message from the brothers late at night a few days ago, that someone had information on Benjen. They lead me out into the courtyard where a group of them surrounded something. When I saw that the sign said TRAITOR on it, I realized had been betrayed. Then Thorne and the other's stabbed me 9 times."
"H-How did you survive?" Sansa asked in horror at her brother being hurt.
"I didn't" Naruto said as he took off his tunic to show her the scars. Sansa was horrified at this as she stood closer to him, running her finger across the one in the center of his chest, making her retch in horror.
"Thorne then took over the castle and was gonna destroy my body, but some of my men stayed loyal and defended my body along with Davos Seaworth. Edd got the Freefolk to help and they defeated Throne and his mutineers and threw them in the cells. Melisandre, the redhead in the red cloak, tried to bring me back to life. Some of those Red Priests have magic abilities, like resurrecting the dead. She couldn't though, so the next day, they burn me on the pyre right in front of the heart tree where new members of the Night's Watch say their vows. Only I didn't burn. I came back to life."
"That's when this," Naruto pointed to his hair and eyes, "when this happened."
"Anyway, while I was dead, I saw the truth about my origins and how I came to be. Let me show you," Naruto said as he placed two fingers on Sansa's temple, and showed her the memories Jon saw, minus the part where Jon met Naruto and he took over Jon's body. She did NOT need to know that part. He also showed her Jon's memories of fighting White Walkers and seeing the Night's King at Hardhome.
He took his fingers off Sansa's temple and she was hysterical. "Come on, Jon. That's ridiculous. White Walkers don't exist. There's no such thing."
'Guess I'll have to show her.' Naruto said as he warged into Ghost, Naruto's and Ghost's irises, sclera and pupils turned red. Sana say this and it honestly scared her a bit. Ghost walked up to her and said, to her shock, with Jon's voice "I can assure sister, or rather, cousin, that all of this is true."
Sansa sat back in her seat, floored by these revelations as Naruto warged out of Ghost, the direwolf laying down. Naruto sat next to her and wrapped his arm around her shoulder, rubbing her arm.
Naruto looked to the corner and said in High Valyrian, 'Fly over here.' His dragons flew over startling Sansa.
"It's okay. They won't hurt you." Naruto said as he turned to the dragons and said in High Valyrian, 'She is family.' The dragons screeched in acceptance and Midhir landed on Sansa's shoulder and nuzzled against her head against Sansa head gently.
"So, what now?" Sansa asked as she slowly accepted that all of this was true about Jo-no, Naruto, being her cousin. She also stroked the Midhir's head, causing it to whine in approval.
"Well, first, I'm gonna go south, retake the North for the Starks, kill the Boltons, retake the Riverlands, kill all the Frey's, kill the Greyjoys, burn the Iron Islands to ash, take over Dragonstone, kill Cersei and the Lannisters, take Kingslanding, slaughter the Night King and all of his White Walkers, and save the world. So, pretty big to-do list," Naruto admitted.
A knock on the door was heard. The door opened to reveal a brother. "A rider just arrived from Winterfell with a letter for you, Lord Commander." He said, handing the letter to Naruto.
Naruto takes the letter without saying anything. The brother leaves in a hurry. Naruto sees the seal of House Bolton on the letter. He opens the scroll and starts reading to Sansa. "To the traitor and bastard, Jon Snow. You allowed tens of thousands of wildlings past the Wall. You have betrayed your own kind. You have betrayed the North. Winterfell is mine, bastard. Come and see. Your brother Rickon is in my dungeon thanks to the Umbers." Naruto looked at the window, cold fury etching its way to his face as he grit his teeth, his eyes narrowed and his lips pursed. Sansa was looking angered as well.
"His direwolf's skin is on my floor. Come and see. I want my bride back. Send her to me, bastard, and I will not trouble you or your wildling lovers. Keep her from me and I will ride north and slaughter every wildling man, woman, and babe living under your protection. You will watch as I skin them living. You-" Naruto had to pause for a moment.
"Read it. Please," Sansa urged and he continued.
"You will watch as my soldiers take turns raping your sister. You will watch as my dogs eat your wild little brother. Then I will spoon your eyes from their sockets and let my dogs do the rest. Come and see. Ramsay Bolton, Lord of Winterfell and Warden of the North."
"Lord of Winterfell and Warden of the North." Naruto growled as he crumbled the letter in his fist, trying but failing to control his newly magnified temper. 'That fucking BASTARD DARES TO LAY CLAIM TO THAT TITLE!? A TITLE THAT BY RIGHT BELONGS TO MY MOTHERS FAMILY!' Naruto didn't give two flying fucks if the bastard sitting on the Iron Throne had legitimized him, Ramsay would ALWAYS be a bastard. Naruto also had all of Jon's emotions as well, and while he could differentiate his own feelings from Jon's, it wasn't easy. This was the whole reason he wanted to inhabit Jon's body from the beginning. He would have been a blank slate, but now he has to deal with keeping Jon's feelings separate from his own.
"Roose is dead. Ramsey obviously killed him. And now he has Rickon." Sansa said coldly.
"How many men does he have?" Naruto asked, clenching his fists together.
"He has 8000 men, but that was just counting Bolton and Karstark Men, and I don't know how many he lost when Stannis attacked." Sansa said, as after the War of the Five King's ended, the Bolton's had 5000 of their initial men left and the Karstark's had 3000. Naruto checked with his GreenSeer abilitiy real quick and found that Bolton had lost 1000 men after defeating Stannis, so with just the Karstark and Bolton men, Ramsay had 7000 men.
Naruto grabbed Dark Sister and marched outside.
"Naruto, what are you doing?" Sansa asked.
"I'm gonna kill the messenger. Can't let him get word back to Winterfell." Naruto said.
Naruto found the brother who had given him the message. "Where is the rider from Winterfell?" He asked.
"I-In the Mess Hall, My Lord." The man said, scared.
Naruto came to the mess hall with his dragons and Direwolf behind him and kicked the doors open. His eyes immediately trained on the Bolton man. He drew Dark Sister, and quickly gripped the man's head by his hair with his left hand and plunged Dark Sister into the man's back with his right hand, piercing the Bolton man's heart. The man fell to his knees as Naruto pulled Dark Sister out of his back and decapitated him in one fluid motion.
Naruto flicked the blood off of Darks Sister and looked at his Dragons. "Eat Up", he said in High Valyrian while he resheathed his blade. The four dragons bathed the corpse in dragonfire and then proceeded to feast on his flesh. Naruto watched them eat as his mind began to plot. 'So, between Jon's death and my resurrection, Ramsay killed his father and usurped him, and now he has Rickon, thanks to the Umbers! I know now who my first target is.' The dragons had their fill after 15 minutes, and they left the corpse half-eaten, as they weren't big enough to eat a whole body yet.
Naruto went back to Sansa then set off to find Davos and Melisandre.
Castle Black
Balcony
Melisandre was overlooking the castle from a balcony. Davos approaches her.
"My lady." Davos said.
"Ser Davos." Melisandre says.
"Will you stay here at Castle Black?" Davos said.
"I will do as King Naruto commands." She answered.
"You serve Jon Sn-I mean, Naruto Targaryen now?" He asked
"He's the prince that was promised. The one destined to save the world from the threat of the White Walkers." Melisandre informed him.
"Forgive me, my lady, I thought that was Stannis." Davos reminded her.
Melisandre looks uncomfortable as she walks away from Davos and down into the courtyard. Davos follows her.
"What happened down there?" Davos asked
"There was a battle. Stannis was defeated." Melisandre informed him.
Melisandre still walks away but Davos grabs her arm to stop her.
"And Shireen? What happened to the princess?" Davos asked.
Luckily, Melisandre was saved from having to answer him, or having an awkward conversation with Brienne, as Naruto approached, dressed head to toe in his Valyrian Steel Armor, Sansa and Val trailing behind him, "Just the two I was looking for."
They turn to face him, with Melisandre bowing to him, "My King."
"Please Rise Melisandre." She does so. "I know that I told you I would repay my life debt to you both, but I'm planning on beginning the War for the North. I'm sorry, but I need your answer's. Now."
"Your Grace," Melisandre said with passionate belief and devotion, "You are Azor Ahai come again, the Prince that was Promised. Where you go, I follow."
"Ser Davos?" Naruto said, accepting Melisandre's answer.
Davos thought it over for a moment before saying, "When I was Hand of the King under Stannis Baratheon, I always tried my damnedest to give him sound and honest counsel. But Stannis was a hard and stubborn man, and he didn't always listen or think things through in his last few years. If you really want me to help you, I will try to offer that same sound and logical counsel I tried to give Stannis," Davos said before falling to one knee and bowing his head, "Your Grace."
Naruto smiled and said, "Thank you, both of you." Naruto said putting his Valyrian Steel Helmet on, giving him an almost demonic appearance. "Get yourselves ready. We leave for the Freefolk's camp in one hour."
Vale
Runestone
Training Yard
Robin Arryn was aiming at a target with a bow and arrow. He shoots, but the arrow falls short…just like the other 45 arrows. Yohn Royce sighs to himself and silently says a prayer to the Old Gods, 'Please, give me strength to deal with him'. Robin looks to Royce for approval, who smiles back at the "Arryn" Lord. A carriage approaches, accompanied by several Vale knights. The knight driving the carriages dismounts and extends the carriage steps. Littlefinger emerges from the carriage.
"The Defender of the Vale!" Littlefinger greets Robin warmly.
"Uncle Petyr!" Robin excitedly drops the bow and arrow and runs to Littlefinger. They give each other hug.
"My lord. Come and see." Petyr ushers Robin to the rear of the carriage. "I have a gift for you, since I missed your name day. Go on."
Robin pull a sheet from the back of the carriage, revealing a cage with a falcon inside. The falcon squawks, which makes Robin gasp.
"A falcon!" Robin said.
"Not just any falcon. A gyrfalcon. The greatest and rarest of birds." Baelish informed.
"Last time we spoke, Baelish, you told me you were taking Sansa Stark home with you to the Fingers." Bronze Yohn Royce addressed Baelish.
"Indeed I was." The man said, turning to face the hulking Lord of Runestone.
"And yet, three days ago, we received reports that she has been married to Ramsay Bolton in Winterfell." Yohn Royce stated.
"On our way to the Fingers, we were set upon by a large force of Bolton men. Seemed to know exactly when we were traveling and exactly whom we were transporting." Baelish lied smoothly.
Yohn Royce breathed deeply and said, "Do you take me for a fool, Littlefinger? Everyone knows that the Boltons are too busy trying to secure their weak position as Wardens of the North to bother sending any troops into the Vale, and besides, they couldn't have gotten in without being noticed."
Littlefinger knew Yohn had him there and retorted quickly to turn the battle of words back in his favor. "Tell me, Lord Royce, how many people knew of my travel plans with Sansa Stark? I shared my intentions with you and no one else."
The ensuing conversation momentarily distracts Robin from admiring the falcon. The Bronze Lord slowly approached Baelish. "Slander a man in his own home, you might find yourself crossing swords with him. You should know better by now than to challenge a man who is your superior in the way of the sword. You still bear a certain lesson from navel to collarbone, courtesy of the late Brandon Stark, last time you forgot this lesson." He said cruelly.
Baelish had to clamp down on his emotions. He HATED when people reminded him of what Brandon did to him. Composing himself, he said, "Your home is the Vale. The Lord of the Vale stands before us. And only his judgment concerns me."
Yohn Royce looks Robin out of the corner of his eye.
"Shall we throw him through the Moon Door?" Robin excitedly asked. His problem was that he had been spoiled too much as a kid, and still was, in a way.
The surrounding House Arryn knights begin to approach Lord Royce, while Royce's men put their hands on their weapon's to defend their liege lord, who steps closer to Lord Robin, to persuade him away from this path. "My lord. My lord, I have always been faithful to House Arryn. To your father, to your mother, and now to you."
"Do you believe him, Uncle Petyr?" Robin asked his 'uncle'.
Baelish gathered his thoughts before giving his answer.
"Lord Royce has served the Vale well." Baelish informed Robin, "He's enjoyed a distinguished military career. If we could trust his absolute loyalty, he would make a capable commander in the wars to come."
"You can trust my absolute loyalty, my lord." Lord Royce affirmed to Robin.
"I think he deserves one more chance. What do you say?" Littlefinger suggested. While Lord Royce was perhaps his greatest enemy in the Vale, he was also the best military commander and Baelish couldn't afford to get rid of him…yet.
Robin finally relented, "Fine." Lord Royce takes the time to step away from the little Lord.
Baelish turned to Robin and said, "I bring good news. My friends in the North tell me Sansa has escaped Winterfell. I expect she's headed to Castle Black where her brother serves as Lord Commander. But she won't be safe there, not with the Boltons after her."
"She's my cousin. We should help her." Thing this, it wasn't Robin idea, but really Baelish's.
"That was my instinct as well." He commented in agreement.
Littlefinger turns and walks towards Lord Royce. "Our lord has spoken. Gather the Knights of the Vale. The time has come to join the fray." Baelish ordered.
As Baelish turned away, the Lord of House Royce glared at his back, thinking, 'Go ahead. Delude yourself into thinking you are safe, Littlefinger. I know the truth about Robin Arryn, or should I say, Robin Stone. And so does Lady Waynwood.'
'I fostered in the Eyrie in my youth with Jon Arryn and met him many times when we both became Lord's. I remember exactly what he looked like. Sandy Blonde Hair, dark blue eyes, and a stocky build. Just like young Harold Hardyng. If Robin had inherited his mother's features, I would not have noticed, but he didn't. Robin is thin and frail, with brown hair, black eyes, and a sickly disposition. Just like you in your youth.'
'I may not know who killed Jon Arryn or prove Lysa's death was not an accident, but I do know who Lysa cuckholded him with. So, watch yourself Baelish, because Lady Waynwood and I already have an Arryn to replace Robin. And the moment you slip up, know that I'll be the one wielding the sword that falls upon your neck.'
Freefolk Camp
"We said we'd fight with you, King Crow, when the time comes and we meant it, but this isn't what we agreed to. These aren't White Walkers. This isn't an army of the dead. This isn't our fight." Karsi said. Thanks to Naruto getting there soon enough, Karsi managed to escape the carnage at Hardhome.
"If it weren't for him, none of us would be here. All of you would be meat in the Night King's army. And I'd be a pile of charred bones just like Mance." Tormund countered.
"Remember Mance's camp? It stretched all the way to the horizon. And look at us now. Look what's left of us. And if we lose this, we're gone. Dozens of tribes, hundreds of generations. Be like we were never there at all. We'll be the last of the Free Folk." Dim Balba said.
"That's what'll happen to us if he loses. The Boltons, the Karstarks, the Umbers, they know we are here. They know that more than half of us are women and children. After they finish with him, they'll come for us." Val argued in favor of her lover.
"You're right. You shouldn't have to come to Winterfell with me. I shouldn't be asking you. It's not the deal we made, I know that. This isn't your fight. But they're gonna make it your fight. I don't want to ask you to help me, but if you don't, the Bolton Bastard will flay every last one of you alive, and in the women and children's case, it will be after he and his men rape them. I need you with me if we're gonna make the North safe again, and we need to beat them if you're going to survive long enough to fight the White Walkers." Naruto said, angering most of the Freefolk when he told them what exactly Ramsay would do to them.
Tormund points to Naruto. "The crows killed him because he spoke for the free folk when no other southerners would. Jo-I mean Naruto Targaryen gave his life for us so we could all live. If we are not willing to do the same for him, we're all cowards. And if that's what we are, we deserve to be the last of the free folk."
Wun Wun, who spoke for the Giants, got up and nodded to Naruto, saying in his deep guttural voice, "Naruto."
One by one, Naruto shook the hands of the freefolk leaders. As they prepared to march, Naruto looked out into the horizon, planning his next move.
The War to retake the North, begins now.
Chapter End
Another bullshit plothole both in the show's and books story is that Neither Lord Yohn Royce or Lady Waynwood didn't meet Jon Arryn at least a couple times in his youth and in his middle years. Harrold Hardyng in the books looks exactly like Jon Arryn in his youth, and since Harold is a Arryn descendant, since his grandmother was Jon Arryn's sister, we can safely assume that Arryn's typically have sandy blonde hair, blue eyes, and a stocky build. Meanwhile, Robert "Arryn" looks nothing like his mother or father, which means by Westerosi logic, he couldn't possibly be the son of his father and his mom obviously committed adultery. I find it difficult to understand that this important detail was completely overlooked in both incarnations of the story.
Another bs plothole is in epsode 4, season 6, Baelish is at Runestone in the Vale with Robin and Yohn, yet one episode later, which I'm guessing is only a few days, he has somehow teleported all the way to Castle Black, at least 1000 miles, an impossible trip to make a few days on horseback.
I'm going back through the last two chapters and making it so Jon's Targaryen name is Naruto, because it's gonna get confusing in this story if I have to call Naruto by 3 different names for too long.
Considering also brining in Shiera Seastar(Played by Kate Upton) on as well.