Arya found she had passed out shortly after heading out of King's Landing. How she managed to stay on the pale horse without falling is beyond her. How long had she been riding? The head wound she received while trying to flee from falling buildings and dragon fire had Arya confused. She felt like she was going the wrong way, but being weak from hunger and lack of water made her weary of making sound decisions.
Suddenly, she heard horses pulling a wagon. She pulled her horse to a stop and listened intently. "Ser Davos. I want to thank you for risking everything to get me out of there, but I am really not worth possibly losing your life over." She knew the voice; it was the Imp. "Well, I've lived a long life, and if I do die, at least I die knowing that I am the best smuggler in the Seven Kingdoms." Ser Davos laughed. So, they've abandoned their Queen? Arya thought to herself. Her horse whinnied and Arya her the riders stop. "Who's there?" she heard Davos yell out. Arya was too tired to hide so she stepped out onto the path where the two men and their wagon sat.
"Lady Arya Stark? By the Seven! My dear girl, you look a little worse for wear." Ser Davos jumped down from the wagon and came over to Arya. "Ser Davos, good to see you. I see you have a wagon full of onions and an Imp. Where are you two headed?" Tyrion and Ser Davos exchanged a look. "We are heading back to the North to take the Black. It seems our only chance to stear clear of Daenerys's wrath," explained the Tyrion. "You? Take the Black? You think that you could do that? Are you mad?" Arya stood there staring incredulously at the two men but Tyrion knew it was him the questions were aimed at.
The three decided to travel together. The men had Arya rest in the wagon after feeding her and cleaning and dressing her wounds. They told her how they escaped the night before after the Dragon Queen had decimated King's Landing. They had not known the whereabouts of Jon Snow but suspected that he was headed North as well to get back to Winterfell. She told them of how Sandor Clegane stopped her from going after Cersei and convinced her to go back home. Of running through the Red Keep and all of King's Landing while Daenerys and Drogon burned through everyone and everything. Tyrion spoke of helping his brother escape and giving him the chance to convince Cersei to step down from the Iron Throne and knowing in his heart that they were both dead now. Arya wanted to ask Ser Davos about Gendry but didn't know how to bring him up. They took turns driving the wagon and resting but nobody could really sleep. Not knowing what was going on at Dragonstone kept them anxious. Had destroying King's Landing made her into the Mad Queen? Was there any way for her to become the same woman that was Khaleesi, the Breaker of Chains, Mother of Dragons? Arya doubted it.
It took them a fortnight as they made their way through Riverrun, The Eyrie, and The Twins. News had traveled through Westeros of the death of Queen Cersei and the end of King's Landing by the new Queen, Daenerys Targaryen now ruling through Dragonstone. Jon Snow was back at Winterfell as Warden of the North. Nobody knew of his true parentage apparently. Arya had sworn her brother, correction, cousin that she would not tell a soul. She vowed to keep that promise.
As they made their way through winter town, Arya became anxious. What would she do now that her list was finished? She thought about helping Ser Brienne with training soldiers. Maybe she could take up smithing? Where the Hell did that come from? She's a warrior. A fighter. She shook her head of her thoughts as Ser Davos brought the wagon to a stop in front of the gates of Winterfell. She was back home.