Arya's POV
All three of the Starks waited behind the doors with baited breath for Jon, just as the rest of winterfell did the same. Sansa stood in the middle of the trio with Arya to her right and Bran sitting on her left. They waited with anticipation to greet the officials who would arrive with the Queen of dragons and their brother the King in the North.
Arya hadn't wanted to have her long awaited reunion with her favorite brother in front of all these people, but Sansa insisted they show the proper amount of respect and professionalism the north deserved. She was about to voice her complaint to Sansa yet again when the doors of Winterfell opened. Arya swallowed her words and stood with her arms behind her back.
First they saw the men called the unsullied with the Targaryen flags, then came a man on horseback as well with the Stark flags. That's when Arya saw them, her brother and the dragon queen- on two horses they walked at a pace Sansa would have called royally dignified.
It wasn't fast enough for Arya and she sensed it was to slow for Jon as well, because one he saw the gates open he spurred his horse to a trot.
The dragon queen next to him followed his lead and the horses were in sync yet again. Arya's breath was caught in her throat, her brother looked so different since the last time she saw him. As she imagined he thought the same, she no longer wore the dresses her mother had insisted on, this was her true self. Jon wasn't the clean shaven boy anymore, he was a King and he looked the part.
The dragon queen slowed her horse in respect so Jon could enter first, she assumed. Winterfell was silent- all you could hear was the people bending the knee in respect to their king.
Jon dismounted and walked over to the group of Starks with a sad but excited look on his grown face. He stopped in front of Arya and looked at her for what seemed an eternity, as she did the same- his eyes stopped on her hip. Needle was in his place and Jon smiled that his sister had kept it this whole time. Before she could say anything he grabbed her and held her in a hug that seemed years overdue.
They pulled away and embarrassingly looked at the whole of Winterfell watching them before he walked over to stand in front of Bran. Their reunion was not as long as Arya's had been as both the boys were different now, but nonetheless full of love.
The rest of the group had arrived as they had their moment before Jon pulled away to walk over to the Dragon queen. He put his hand out and assisted her to the ground.
There was a questioning murmur from the whole of Winterfell including the young Starks, hadn't Jon been apprehensive to go to Dragonstone. Why was he smiling at her, with that funny look on his face? He turned to his people and cleared his throat, his people waited for his first words with anticipation.
"This is Daenerys Targaryen, Queen of Meereen. Khaleesi of the great grass sea, another of dragons, breaker of chains- and queen of the seven kingdoms. She is our guest here and will be treated with respect." Jon looked back at the queen and smiled, she returned it and began introducing the people she brought with her.
First she brought forward a woman who looks said she was from the south, named Missandei- next came the leader of her Unsullied with a strange name, Grey Worm. After that was the imp, who she recognized as Tyrion Lannister- this one came as a shock to the people of Winterfell, hating anything with that name. There were some words from the crown before Jon silenced them with a look- finally she introduced the man that caused many growls from one of the houses, Ser Jorah Mormont. He stepped forward and looked at his queen, before he looked out at the crowd and saw where the majority of the unease came from- Lady Lyanna Mormont. He looked at her with shame, and turned his eyes from her deadly stare.
Arya hadn't really been interested until Jon introduced his hand, Ser Davos- standing next to him was someone she never thought she would see again. Gendry. She moved forward to greet him, when her sisters hand came to stop her. As if saying now wasn't the time, now was about the return of the northern King Jon.
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