ARIYANA CASWELL II

I ran down through the Forest past the trees, I hid behind a large Oak Tree; gasping for breath as I panted, my hand on my chest as suddenly I stopped myself from wheezing. I looked around, nothing around me apart from the trees of the Forest; similar to the ones which Ryden and I used to play hide-and-seek in when we were kids with other children, only these trees were much thicker and more useable to craft shields and swords. The Dreadford was no longer in site I noticed, I must have ran miles away from it. I heard barking from the Hounds miles away, but they began to draw closer, and so did the Bastard and his whore's

"ARIYANA!" The Bastard – Ramsay – called out for me.
"Ariyana, this isn't hide-and-seek, you know?!" Myranda laughed, as I heard the dogs barking come nearer. They must have translated what she was saying in their own language, considering she was a dog herself.
I looked around for safety, noticing a small cave in the middle of nowhere – in the Forest – what was it Ryden said?
"A man will meet you in a cave, out in the Forests." I remembered, those were his words – maybe not his exact words, but they were close enough.
I jumped up to my feet, running towards the cave; I turned, catching a glimpse of Ramsay, Myranda and the Hounds. Myranda drew her bow at me with the arrow loaded, aiming at me.
"THERE SHE IS!" Ramsay called, looking delighted as I turned again; the cave had disappeared, gone as though as it was a myth like the Children of the Forests and The White Walkers, instead I was running towards a tree; I found myself running into it, unable to stop myself from running. I was about to run when suddenly a fire-arrow hit the tree, I let out a scream as it skinned my cheek; falling onto my knees, groaning in pain as I tried to calm the burning down.
"Shit!" Myranda shouted, "I missed her chest!"
I turned, seeing the Dogs rush towards me in which I found myself running; back on my feet again, forcing myself to run as fast as I could through the Forests. When was this going to end?

I was a fair distance away from the Bastard, his whore and the hounds again; I heard the barking draw near though. I looked up at the large Tree I was stood nearby, grasping hold of the trunk of it – I remembered Ryden teaching me how to climb trees not long ago in training – and pulling myself up to the top of it, I sat on the thick-branch; hiding in the shadows underneath the leaves as I saw the bastard, the whore and the hounds approach the Tree. The dogs rushed past the tree in which I responded, sighing with relief as they faded into the bushes.
"She runs quickly." Myranda said, looking around the Forest.
"So she does." The Bastard agreed, looking up at the top of the trees, his eyes wavering around me, "So she does." He repeated. His eyes were beaming at me. I closed my eyes, trying to stop myself from breathing so heavily, for a moment everything froze. For a small moment it felt as though the whole world had frozen, I felt a tear slowly roll down my cheek before I re-opened my eyes and Ramsay and his whore were following the Hounds through the Forest. I sighed with relief, putting my hand on my chest over my heart; feeling it beat a hundred times a second, I felt the pressure of the branch suddenly begin to snap before I found myself on the floor of the Forest.

"GET HER, BOYS!" The Bastard commanded his Hounds as I ran through the Forest, my legs covered in blood from the impact of the fall from the Tree not so long away from me. I turned around, seeing a fire-arrow dart itself towards me, I jumped to one side and the arrow dodged me, hitting a tree which I was stood in front of.
"Fuck you." I heard Myranda say underneath her breath as she drew another arrow; two this time, Ramsay stood not so far away from her and the Hounds continued to charge towards me. I pulled myself back up to my feet, I could not stop for a second, not for a minute; I had to escape, find this man, this cave for Ryden. I continued to run away, fleeing from the Bastard before I looked up; seeing a cave in front of me, I couldn't lose it; not again. Even if it was a hallucination, a myth; I had to get there for Ryden. I sprinted towards it, hearing the Hounds bark and Myranda walking up from behind me, she drew her arrows back in her bow; aiming at my head. The arrows darted into my back and I let out a scream, feeling the burn from the fire of the arrow, I reached out for the cave, trying to pull it towards me, but I fell down a ravine; falling deep to the pit of it.

Was I alive? Was I dead? I felt myself moving. I felt myself walking. No, not walking. I was not moving either. I felt my body move, but nothing else. I slowly opened my eyes, seeing a masked man who shared comparisons to an assassin kneeled over me, I let out a scream; punching him across the face as I stood, picking up a rock from nearby as he stood up straight; not hurt from the punch.
"Who are you?" I asked, demanding an answer.
"It doesn't matter who I am." The man explained as he neared towards me, grabbing hold of the rock, taking it away from me as I loosened my grip, "It only matters where you are now."
I looked around me, I was in a cave. The cave. THE cave.
"What do you want from me?" I asked him.
"I want you to show me how loyal you are to your brother" He explained, "Ryden Caswell."
I felt a lump at the back of my throat as my eyes began to fill with tears, I swallowed the lump.
"Let me see your face." I demanded, "Let me see your face."
The man grabbed hold of his mask, pulling it off as he revealed himself; he was a Highborn, it seemed. He was handsome, VERY handsome. The sort of gentleman you'd only see in Kings Landing or Dorne. I felt him grab hold of my waists as he began to remove my gown, pressing me against the wall as he kissed me. He revealed my breasts, they were only small and he grabbed hold of one of them, kissing them softly before he looked at me again.
"Are you proud of your body?" He asked me. I stared at him, nodding as I was in shock from the tenderness of his lips. "Who do you want to look like?" He asked me.
I shrugged my shoulders, "I don't know." I explained, "Lyanna of House Stark."
"I can make you her." He explained. His eyes were full of mystery. I noticed his face was ice-cold, going from a tanned skin colour to what appeared to be pale-white, just like mine. His eyes turned from ocean-coloured blue to green, just like mine.
"No." I slowly stepped away from the man, shaking my head. "No you can't be him. You can't—I saw him die. I SAW HIM DIE!" I said, feeling tears rolls down my cheeks.
"It's okay, Ariyana." He said, holding his hand out to me.
"No—NO! NO STAY AWAY FROM ME!" I shoved him away from me.
The man stood in front of me was not any man, he was my brother, Ryden.