AN I know that the Blackfish scene seemed a little out of character but I've always felt that the Tullys cared too little about Jon, and I wanted to have one of them make a big deal about it and Edmure is too young and I couldn't see Hoster leaving Riverrun to go to Winterfell.

And it kinda slipped my mind that Ned and Catelyn only knew each other for a few days

Jon's real name is Jaehaerys I made a mistake last chapter by using Aemon and I can't figure out how to change it

Thanks for all the reviews I really appreciate it

I don't own A Game of Thrones all rights belong to GRRM

Ser Arthur

Pyke

291 AC, 8 years after the birth of Jon Snow

Ser Arthur stood on the front lines next to Thoros of Myr, a Red Priest, while the siege engines battered at the slowly crumbling walls. Also next to him were his brothers of the Kingsguard Ser Oswell, Ser Gerold, and Ser Barristan. It was nice to be alongside his brothers after so long. Ser Barristan still had no idea of the existence of Jon. They all knew they could trust him, but none wanted to risk the chance of being overheard by any unwanted ears.

Arthur was knocked out of his thoughts by Thoros of Myr who said "I bet you I make it through the breach before you, Dayne."

"You're on." Arthur responded with a small grin.

Thoros laughed at that and said "Thirty gold dragons." The men both shook hands and focused their attention back on the crumbling wall.

Ser Arthur thought about the Usurper and how when he last saw him he looked like the fierce Demon of the Trident everyone talked about, now he looked like your standard middle aged man that was once a warrior that has started to let himself go.

He was Knocked out of his thoughts again by a loud crash as the wall came down. "Charge!" A man behind him yelled.

Arthur and Thoros were leading the pack, neck and neck with the nearest man at least fifteen feet behind them. Arthur pressed himself to run faster, his mind set on one goal, beat Thoros. They had covered three quarters of the distance to the wall and he and Thoros were still neck and neck, leaving all other men in the dust. It must have been quite the sight for any man watching, Thoros of Myr with his flaming sword drawn, and Ser Arthur Dayne with his gleaming blade Dawn, both running fearlessly into battle. As they got closer to the wall, only twenty feet away Ser Arthur kicked it into high gear and sped past Thoros beating him through the gap by a few feet.

As soon as he entered the gap he was swarmed by Greyjoy soldiers. The first one to attack him was a boy no older than eighteen, probably looking for glory by killing the famed Sword of the Morning. Arthur ruined the boys hope of glory with a flourish of Dawn, and his body fell to the ground lifelessly.

The next to come after him was a bulking man standing at least a head taller than Arthur and maybe twice his weight. The man wielded a greatsword with one hand and brought it down at Arthur with all his strength. Arthur was much quicker, he merely stepped out of the way and evened their height before moving on to find his next victim.

Arthur danced around the battlefield and showed everyone there why he is considered one of the greatest fighters ever, he had killed at least half a dozen men by the time someone beside Him, Thoros, or Jorah Mormont had arrived. He sliced down man after man, and no one seemed to be able to match him for more than a few blows.

This continued on for what felt like ours to Arthur, until the Greyjoy men started to retreat into the Keep. Arthur, followed by the remainder of the Usurpers force charged after the retreating Greyjoys. They chased the Greyjoy soldiers into the Great Hall, where the fighting got even more intense and deadly. Arthur continued to end any man foolish enough to cross blades with him, until he spotted the man he was looking for. Victarion Greyjoy, and if the rumors were true he and his brother Euron were the Crow's eyes the two most feared pirates on all the seas. He saw the man standing on the other side of the room cutting down any man in his path. Victarion is hailed as one of the greatest swords alive, and Ser Arthur wanted to test his steel against him. But more importantly, it was rumored he had found a very famous blade Arthur wanted to claim.

One look at the weapon and Arthur knew the rumors were true, he saw the finest blade he had ever seen in his entire life, except maybe Dawn. Arthur cut a path to Victarion until he was close enough to reach out and touch the man. Victarion turned towards him, they looked each other in the eyes, and they dueled.

It was a clash of the titans as two of the best combatants alive fought. They were a blur of slashes and jabs as both men tried to do whatever they could to gain the upper hand in the fight. They fought at a standstill for nearly five minutes, while any man who tried to intervene was quickly cut down. Finally after nearly five minutes Victarion made a mistake, well he technically made a mistake right away by challenging The Sword of the Morning but who's counting, he overextended himself just a little bit, it was so little that against any other fighter it wouldn't have mattered, but this was Ser Arthur Dayne.

Ser Arthur took advantage of this mistake and struck out a quick, powerful blow against Victarion. Victarion was able to block just in time, but in doing so he couldn't plant his feet correctly, and Ser Arthur took advantage of this and launched himself at Victarion with a frenzy of blows. Arthur pressed his opponent back, until with a flick of his wrist he disarmed Victarion, and before he could even blink Victarion's head rolled onto the floor.

Arthur picked up Victarion's blade for a second, before sheathing it and strapping it onto his belt. The fighting around him had died down, and with the battle won he walked back to his tent to store his prize.

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Arthur stood outside the Usurper's tent with a bag of gold coins strapped to his belt, already knowing why he was there. He waited for what felt like an eternity until Jorah Mormont and Jory Cassel walked out of the tent both beaming with joy. Arthur was told to enter by Ser Gerold, the Kingsguard on duty.

As he entered the tent he noticed that besides himself there were only two other men in the room, Lord Eddard Stark, and the Usurper.

Eddard bowed, and said "Your Grace" before leaving the tent.

"Your Grace." Said Ser Arthur as he dipped his head in front of the Usurper, the words making him want to vomit.

"Rise Ser Arthur." Said the Usurper.

"Might I ask why I am here?" Questioned Ser Arthur, knowing full well why he was there.

"Right to the point eh? I like it." The Usurper said.

"I heard you found a Valyrian Steel weapon on Victarion Greyjoy?"

"Yes Your Grace, and I would like to claim it as my own through conquest." Replied Ser Arthur.

"I would like to know what you plan on doing with it before I grant it to you." Said the Usurper, taking a sip of wine.

Ser Arthur shrugged "Perhaps I will give to one of my Nephews, Jon of Eddrick, or maybe I shall keep for myself should someone else take my position of Sword of the Morning." Said Ser Arthur as if he didn't already have it planned what he would do with it.

The Usurper pretended to think on it for a second, even though it was quite clear he didn't care, before saying "Sounds fair to me, you shall keep it. Though I should tell you Tywin Lannister would pay all the gold in Casterly Rock for a Valyrian steel blade."

"Fuck Tywin Lannister." Said Arthur quite angrily.

The Usurper nearly choked on the wine he was drinking and spit it out. What followed was the loudest, most booming laugh he had ever heard in his entire life.

"I can't tell you how many times I've thought that in my life." Roared the Usurper.

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Arthur approached Winterfell along with Lord Stark's party. It was just under four moons until Jon's ninth Name-day. Arthur thought back on how different his life was in those nine years, the biggest difference was of course the Starks.

First there was Lord Stark, a man who he had only grown to respect more and more over the years. Then there were their children starting with Robb, who treated Jon just like a trueborn brother, and would grow up to be a great Lord someday. Then there was the eldest daughter of the Starks, five year old Sansa. She was already quite the proper lady at age five, and she tried to act like her mother, including with Jon, though it was quite clear she cared for him a lot. Then there was recently turned three year old Arya Stark, who reminded Arthur very much of Lyanna, in looks and how she acts, and she was basically attached to Jon at the hip, following him everywhere. Then there was young Bran Stark who is so young he wasn't even a fortnight old when they left for the war.

Then there is Jon Snow. Jaehaerys Targaryen. The rightful King of the Seven Kingdoms. The boy he was sent to the North to protect. The boy reminded him very much of his father, more in his personality than in his looks. The only thing in his looks that were Targaryen were his eyes and his build, the rest is Stark. Jon would have made his father proud, and one day he will make a great King of the Seven Kingdoms. Jon was one of the hardest workers he had ever met. He took sword fighting and archery lessons with Robb, taught by both Martyn and Rodrik Cassel. He also takes lessons from Maester Luwin with the other Starks. On top of all of that he takes special Sword fighting lessons every day with Arthur per the Boy's request, he even said he wanted to be the next Sword of the Morning, and every night before Jon went to sleep he would give him lessons on either battle strategy or strategies used by former kings on ruling and how well they worked.

And let's not forget Lady Stark. Arthur disliked the woman because she treated Jon like he was some kind of criminal for being, as she believed, a bastard. She despised Arthur because he made sure Jon was treated as trueborn. At first the servants had treated Jon like he was below them, and the only served because their Lord commanded them to, they even mocked the boy behind his back. As soon as Arthur had caught wind of this he had broken a few noses of servants and beaten a few bloody in the training yard, and ever since then Jon has been treated with the utmost respect. Arthur remembered back on the day he taught the servants and Lady Stark a lesson on why Jon is to be respected.

Flashback

Arthur was walking down a hallway in Winterfell when he heard some serving men making quite a ruckus, so he decided to go see what it was about. When he walked towards them he couldn't see what was going on, as they were standing in his way, so he pushed to the front of them. When he go to the front of the seven laughing men he saw Lady Stark holding Jon by the hair, and was yelling at the boy quite angrily, judging by the wet stain on her clothes it seemed likely Jon had spilled something on her. Arthur was about to intervene when he heard on of the servants who clearly hadn't noticed him say something about Jon being a filthy bastard, so Arthur turned and his fist met with the man's nose, with a sickening crunch the man was thrown to the ground from the force of the punch. Arthur then moved forward to confront Lady Stark.

"What do you think you're doing!" Arthur roared at her.

Catelyn looked quite scared for a moment before she composed herself and said "I am disciplining this boy." She said the word boy as if it were poison on her tongue.

Arthur looked at her angrily and yelled "For what was clearly an accident!"

Catelyn looked as if she were about to say something when Lord Stark came around the corner and yelled "What is the meaning of this commotion?"

He saw Catelyn and Arthur standing next to Jon and said "Come to my Solar." And he turned and walked off with Catelyn hot on his heels.

Arthur turned to Jon and said "Go find Robb." The boy nodded and ran off. Arthur then turned to the servants and said "You six go to the training yard and wait for me." The man with the broken nose had already been gone for a while.

Arthur then turned to follow Lord and Lady Stark to Lord Stark's solar.

When he arrived and walked in he heard Lord Stark say "Can't you just try to like the boy?"

Neds eyes flickered to Arthur and Catelyn turned to look at him for a second, then quickly turned back to Ned, stood up, curtsied and said "My Lord." She then made to leave, but as she walked by Arthur and he grabbed her arm, stopping her and he said "Don't forget what I told your Uncle, if you lay another finger on him I'll cut off your hand." She looked at him fearfully and quickly left.

Arthur then sat down where Lady Stark had been sitting. Lord Stark sat there a minute before saying "Can't you two just try to get along."

Arthur looked at him incredulously before saying "She treats Jon as if he is worthless because of something he did not do, and I shall continue to defend Jon."

Ned responded "I know she treats the boy unfairly, but can think about it from her perspective, she has to live her life with the proof of her husband's unfaithfulness."

Arthur stood up abruptly and shouted "How dare you!" He lowered his voice and said "I swore a vow the day he was born, you swore it too, and I intend to keep my promise, or have you forgotten that he is your blood?"

Ned looked at him incredibly angrily and said "I remember my promise and I also intend to keep it, and I shall never forget that he is my blood, and I love him as if he were my own. So could you two please, for my sake, try to remain civil?"

Arthur said nothing for a minute before saying "Rhaegar was my brother, he was my king, Jon is his son he is the rightful king until Lady Treats him as such I shall not change my mannerism towards her."

Arthur then turned around and left heading to the courtyard. He saw the servants waiting for him practice swords in hand. Arthur walked to the weapon rack and grabbed a wooden blade.

He then turned towards the men and said "We shall be training and we shall be done either when one of you lands a hit on me or when the sun goes down in about an hour."

Arthur leapt at the men and smashed one in the face with his sword then quickly pivoted and did the same to a second servant. He smirked and thought to himself 'this will be fun'. An hour later one knight walked away from the training yard leaving six bloody, battered servants behind him, and after that day Jon was shown nothing but respect by the servants at Winterfell.

End Flashback

Winterfell was getting much closer and Arthur couldn't wait to get back home and to Jon. It's kinda funny, Arthur never imagined him viewing any place other than Starfall as home. Even when he lived in King's Landing for all those years with his brothers and Rhaegar he still viewed Starfall as his home, now he's been living in Winterfell for only a few years longer than he did King's Landing, but he has never been this happy anywhere else.

They rode through the gates of Winterfell and all Arthur could think about is seeing the little Stark children and especially Jon.

Can you guess what sword Victarion had? Leave a review and tell me what you think.

I know Victarion isn't that good of a fighter but I changed a little bit about his backstory after Robert's Rebellion that I might write about eventually