BRAN

WINTERFELL

The smell of smoke and the stench of death still filled the air as Bran, Jojen and Meera ride into the ruins of Wniterfell's courtyard. "We should not have come here..." Jojen says.

Bran looks at him with teary eyes, "I had to see if the rumors were true..."

"Bran I am so sorry..." Meera says.

Bran dismounts his horse and walks to the crypts. "We cannot stay long." Jojen warns.

Bran enters the crypts and finds a statue of his father. "Jon should have killed Theon..." Bran says remembering the day Jon attacked Theon calling him a traitor. He leaves the crypts after Jojen calls his name. "I must visit one last place before we leave. He goes to the godswood. Someone had been buried under the Heart tree. Meera joins him and frowns staring at the ground. "What?" Bran asks.

Meera is a hunter and a good tracker, "A boy...A woman and three Dire Wolves stood here..."

"Are you saying that my brother is still alive?"

"Possibly...A man lay by the tree severely wounded...Then they left through that gate..."

"If you try to go after them you will never get beyond the wall..."

Eventually Bran decides to continue on his quest North, but before he leaves he touches the Heart tree and sees many visions. "Come to me Brandon Stark…"

"Where are you?"

"Far North beyond the wall...Hurry before it is too late..."

They ride out of Winterfell staying away from the roads and villages as they travel. "You had a vision when you touched the tree didn't you?" Jojen asks breaking the silence.

"Aye I did...Far North we must go..."

No one said anything until they were sitting around a camp fire eating, "How are we going to get pass the wall?" Meera asks.

"There are eighteen castles on the wall...Five of them are in use...We find one that is not being used and sneak through...If I remember correctly we can get through Stonedoor easy enough..." Meera asks.

"A secret door is locked from this side..."

"How do you know about it?" Meera asks.

"I read a lot..."

After three weeks of travel they finally arrive at Stonedoor. They manage to enter the castle and rest for a few days before moving on. On the fifth day after leaving Stonedoor they are attacked by a Snow Bear, but Bran is able to stop the bear by Warging into it. The Bear follows them only wondering off to hunt for itself. Sometimes it ould bring back meat for Bran and the others. "You should name him..." Jojen says.

Bran smiles, "I'll call him Storm..."

Farther and farther North they go. Soon they reach the frost fangs near the milk water. As they unpack the horses to make camp the wind starts to blow and fog rolls in. "They're here..." Jojen says.

"Ride!" Meera screams. Storm roars as the Wights appear. He stands on his hind legs and swipes at one knocking off its head. Storm fights the Wights as Bran, Jojen, and Meera try to get away. After a mile the wind stops and the fog clears. Three days later they come upon the tree sitting above a cave.

"Welcome Brandon Stark..My name is Leaf..." They are greeted by one of the children of the forest. Leaf leads them into the cave down a tunnel to a large area where the three Eyed Raven waits.

After they rest Bran's training begins the next day...

WINTERFELL - 27 years ago

Bran stands beside the three Eyed Raven watching as an eight year old Eddard Stark trains with his brothers; Brandon and Benjen Stark. Their father Rickard Stark observes them along with Rodrick Cassel. "They seem happy..."

"They do don't they..."

Bran looks at the Raven, "Why show me this?"

"So that the mistakes of the past are not repeated..."

"What mistakes?"

"Lyanna!" Young Eddard says.

A young woman rides into the courtyard on her horse showing off. "Is that..." Bran begins to ask.

"Your Aunt Lyanna...Yes."

With a wave of his hand Bran returns to his body...

"Why did we leave?"

"You must be patient. Some of the things I show you are for training...Others are to reveal truths..."

"What truths?"

"In time...But first learn patient..."

It was hard but Brandon is able to cope. The Children of the forest bring them food whenever Meera is unable to kill something hunting.

HARRENHAL - 19 YRS AGO

Bran stands beside the Raven watching the tourney. "My Aunt seems to be attracted to Prince Rhaegar…"

"Yes she does and he is attracted to her..."

Rhaegar wins the tourney and gives Lyanna a crown of winter roses. Bran watches as Rhaegar, Elia, and Lyanna become good friends. "He didn't kidnap my Aunt did he?"

"No he didn't..."

When Bran comes out of his trance he looks at Jojen. "It was all a lie..."

"What was a lie?"

"My Aunt's kidnapping...Prince Rhaegar and my Aunt Lyanna fell in love." Bran looks at the Raven, "...And you did nothing to stop the war."

"The Three eyed Raven was not meant to stop anything, but things change and when you take my place you will be able to help more..."

Another week passes and Bran is showed the famous duel at the Tower of Joy. "What was in that Tower..." Bran asks impatiently.

"You already know the answer to that question."

"My father he heard me."

"Perhaps...The Past is written and the ink is dry we cannot change the past."

Many hours later Bran wakes up and finds the Three eyed Raven sleeping. The Children of the Forest are also gone. Bran walks over to the tree and touches it...

Bran finds himself by a dead heart tree with stones in a circle around it...

When he turns around he sees thousands upon thousands of Wights standing still. He starts walking through them and stops when he sees the Night King. The Night King looks at him and grabs his arm. Bran screams...

Meera and the Children come running as the Raven awakens, "What have you done?"

"I saw him! I saw the Night King..."

"Did he touch you..." When Bran hesitates to answer, Leaf walks over to him and grabs his arm.

"You just killed us all..." She says in a voice of doom.

"I'm sorry I didn't mean to..."

"It's too late for that...You must prepare to leave here...He is coming..."

Leaf looks at River, "You will go with them..."

"What of the rest of you?"

"We will hold them off..." Leaf hands River a horn, "Here take it...Get to the wall."

While Bran takes one last trip into the past with the Three Eyed Raven Leaf, Rain, Ice, Stone, and Rune run to the mouth of the cave while Meera packs the horses. When they arrive they place broken branches around the mouth of the cave. The snow starts to fall and the wind starts blowing. A fog rolls in and then the Wights appear. Leaf frowns as the Night King and his White Walkers appear. It had been years since she has seen him. When Wights start to charge Leaf and her companions start hurling fire balls at them. Dozens die in the fiery explosions. Then Leaf throws a fire ball at the small wall of branches they erected. The wood bursts into flames creating a wall of fire that temporarily stops the Wights.

"Fall back!" She cries as the Night King and his Walkers approach the wall of fire. The fire parts left and right as they walk through. A Walker screeches and the Wights go around climbing up on the hill and digging down into the cave.

"What's happening?" Meera asks. She screams as Wight bursts through the top of the cave and stabs Leaf to death.

"NO!" River screams.

The Wight screeches as Rain stabs it with a dagger of Dragonglass. "Go! And don't look back..."

"Look out!" Meera screams.

Rain ducks as the Walker swings his ice sword at her. Then she thrusts the Walker through with her Dragonglass spear. River and Jojen place Bran on a horse then they lead the horses down a tunnel as the rest of the children are overwhelmed by the Wights.

WESTEROS - 8000 YRS AGO

"Who is that?"

"That is Azor Ahai…"

They watch as he raises a sword high and destroys thousands of Wights and White Walkers...

"That sword?"

"Is called Lightbringer...Only the Prince that was Promised may wield it..."

The Night King retreats to the lands of always Winter Azor hunts him , but is unable to find him and returns to his friend Brandon the Builder...

"Bran! Bran!" He hears Meera's voice.

"Our time is over...You are the Three Eyed Raven now..."

"But what shall I do?"

"You will know when the time comes..."

Bran gaps as the Raven becomes ash and smoke carried on the wind...

While he Dream walks Bran sees many things...

When Bran awakens he is sitting by a tree with Meera and River, "All you humans are the same...Your curiosity will be the death of us all...We should have wiped you all out long ago..."

"You created the Night King...I was there and I saw you, Leaf, Rain and many others...If you created him why can't you destroy him?"

River stands up and turns her back to them, "We use to rule all of what you call Westeros...We called it Woo'Levyre...We lived peacefully with the Free Folk...Then came the First men...They cut down our trees and hunted us...We tried to make peace, but they would not...So we created the Night King...But Your ancestor Bran the Builder made peace with us by marrying one of our kind...Then came the Andels and they did the same...Our sister Cloud unleashed the Night King and in anger allowed him to drink her blood...That is how he broke free of our control...Azor Ahai came and with his sword he defeated the Night King but was unable to kill him..."

After resting they pack the horses and head south to the wall and castle Black. As they travel Bran learns the truth about Jon...