Game of Thrones: From the Outside

Chapter 11 of my Game of Thrones story, the final chapter, enjoy.

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Disclaimer: Game of Thrones belongs to George R.R. Martin.


Chapter 11: Mordane

Walking through the aisles of the supermarket, Mordane browsed the shelves as she made her weekly shopping trip. It was while she was shopping she took note of the young woman in front of her. The young woman couldn't be more than twenty or twenty-one. She seemed familiar to Mordane, although she could only really see her back, the long brown hair.

'Where have I seen her before, perhaps I've taught her in the past.' Mordane considered.

In addition to being a Septa, Mordane also sometimes was hired to work as a nanny, mainly by wealthy families, for their children. The last family she worked for, before retiring from that line of work, was the Stark family.

She remembered them well, one of the children in particular and when the woman in front of her turned her head to observe something on the shelf next to her, Mordane saw her profile. She almost gasped, she was now almost certain this was that same person, that same girl, only now, grown up.

Still she had to be sure, so she tried. "Arya...Arya Stark?"

Sure enough the woman stopped and turned, and, seeing her face on, Mordane saw it was indeed Arya Stark; the wild child of the Stark family whom she hadn't seen in nearly ten years.

Arya's eyes widened too as she recognized her.

"Oh...Mordane?"

Smiling Mordane nodded. "I thought that was you."

Arya smiled too. "Yeah, it's...nice to see you again."

"Yes, how long has it been?" Mordane replied.

She remembered all the fights she and Arya would get into, the arguments, the girl just seemed to resist everything Mordane tried to teach her.

Arya laughed lightly. "Years now…"

Then, a fresh voice came from behind Arya.

"Mama?"

Arya quickly turned and Mordane saw the speaker was a little boy, around two years old, seated in the toddler seat of the shopping trolley. He had jet black hair and blue eyes, but his other features were very similar to Arya's.

"It's alright." She was saying softly to the boy.

"Is, this your son?" Mordane asked, a little surprised.

Arya nodded. "Yeah, this is Rickard."

She watched as Arya quickly turned back to her son, checking he was alright, making sure he was comfortable and showing remarkable patience with him. Certainly patience she lacked all those years ago.

Mordane couldn't help but smile at that. "You've come so far."

Biting her lip, looking somewhat embarrassed Arya replied. "I...Thank you."

Mordane nodded and, as both women later went their separate ways, Mordane was impressed. Arya had told her about her fiancée, Gendry Waters, and Mordane could see, this impressive change in Arya, had certainly been brought about, just by that man's presence in her life.


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