this chapter isn't done yet, dearies, patience.
Sam, Dean and Cass got on their horses, and Jack took turns riding with each of the brothers. Halfway there to make it interesting, Sam and Jack rode ahead to judge a Cas versus Dean horse race. When Cas won, Dean wanted a 2 out of 3, not waiting for Jack and Sam to go ahead again. So, he and Sam had to include themselves in the race when robbers appeared. Cas still won every time. They ended the race at the gates of Winterfell and Sam smiled triumphantly for Cas, Jack high-fiving him.
"Whatever man, I can still kick your ass at sword-fighting." Dean replied. The two discreetly laughed at him as they went through the gates. Sam nodded courteously at a guard in the courtyard and caught sight of Arya Stark.
"Dean" He whispered. Dean whipped his head around and saw Arya coming down to meet them.
"Dude, you think Gendry's ever gonna show again?" He asked. Sam ignored him as Arya greeted them, and they got off their horses.
"Lady Arya" Sam greeted, hesitantly bowing his head.
"Sam Winchester." Arya replied. She turned to Dean, Cas and Jack. "Your brothers and yourself have been summoned at Queen Cersei's request."
"Oh come on, we just got here." Dean grumbled. Cas elbowed him.
"Did she say why she wants us?" Sam asked.
"I suspect she wants to hold you all prisoner in order to ensure our war is lost. I would like to request you comply with her order." The woman replied smoothly.
"Oooh, yes, deadly Arya idea." Dean replied with a grin.
"Take twenty men with you, they need to be drafted from villages while on the way in order for her not to catch on. And when you get there, we will kill Cersei Lannister."
"Wait, we?" Sam asked. Arya smirked.
"I shall accompany you as no one. That mode of travel assured me very safe passage through the land in the past, I see no reason to alter that path this time." She replied.
"But she's pregnant." Cas protested.
"I'm fairly certain I don't care."
"What if the baby's like the other children Cersei had, not like her oldest?"
"And what if Joffrey is reborn again?" Arya replied simply.
"It's not the character the baby's born with, it's how they're raised." Jack piped up.
"Then I'll cut the baby from Cersei's stomach and send them away." She said. She nodded to dismiss them and they got their horses back from the stables, on the way to the Kingdom of the North before nightfall.
"Dude, it sucks we can't make bullets out of the dragon glass. That'd make things so much easier." Dean blurted out. Sam shrugged.
"Whatever works." He replied. "I just wonder if they're able to be turned back into the people they were."
"And I thought you wanted to kick my ass at sword-fighting." Cass added. Dean gave him the stink eye.
"Turning the walkers back would certainly be an advantage. Those white walker generals would be toast in days." Dean replied.
"There's certainly somewhere that idea could go, we need to ensure Cersei is safe as well as Arya."
"Cas, Cersei doesn't need saving. Her kid certainly does but not her." Dean replied.
"What about Gendry?" Sam asked.
"Gendry might not be Cersei's kid. In fact if she learns about him and he isn't her son, he's twice as likely to be dead."
"What's with the double death talk?" Sam asked
"Three words. Game. Of. Thrones."
The conversations kept going back to Cersei and Gendry, in-between stopping at villages and asking if anyone wanted to come with in a kind of rebellion against the queen. By the time they'd gotten halfway to Cersei, they'd only drafted three families, totaling fifteen people. Castiel tried to figure out where Arya was, asking everyone who crossed their path who Arya was, and everyone's answer was either 'who?' or 'the young lady Stark of Winterfell." There was no reply of 'no one.'
Coming up on the North Kingdom and seeing the place from a totally different perspective than the four had seen on a screen in the Letterman's Bunker, they wondered briefly if they were lost. Three men had gone to the kingdom before and assured them they were heading in the right direction.
"Five men five women and five kids. That's one hell of an army." Dean grumbled.
"Why did we take the kids along, anyway? They wouldn't last against the freaking mountain." Sam agreed.
"This was a mistake, we should convince them to go back." Dean replied.
"Guys, calm down." Cas interjected. "Those kids aren't very young, and Jack and I can protect them."
"Hey Jack, I know we've been here for a while, but have you tried to use your powers?" Dean asked.
"Uh, I accidentally threw a guy a mile away when he threatened me our third day here. That's really it." Jack said.
"Keep figuring out your powers here, Jack. They'll definitely come in handy at some point."