Game of Thrones – And so my watch has ended
Written by Durai
WARNING: If you haven't read all the books yet, this fan fiction might contain spoilers for you. If this is the case, please do not read any further unless you want spoilers. You have been warned!
Chapter 5 – The Walkers come
My mouth fell open. At first, I didn't know what to say. Then, I managed to utter: 'You're a Targaryen?!' Grak nodded. 'Indeed I am, boy. One of the last, I'm afraid,' he said. Then he straightened his back and said: 'My real name is Galen Targaryen. And I will not let the White Walkers enter Westeros!'
I frowned once more. This man kept amazing me, but also surprising me with riddles and things I didn't know about. 'Well, they never entered Westeros in the first place, did they?' I said. Galen sniggered. 'They did once. And you can't possibly imagine the massacre they caused,' he said.
'We Targaryens brought the solution of fire forward, you know. We found out that burning the Walkers can destroy them.' I shrugged. 'I don't care who invented that trick, as long as it works!'
Then we heard a horn. 'Wait a few seconds, boy!' Galen said. 'It could be the Walkers!' When I looked outside, I saw he was right. A blizzard had the house surrounded in a thick white mist of snow. Then, a second horn blast. 'Get up to the watch post, I'll stay here in case they break in!' Galen said. I nodded and climbed the ladder up to the watch post, where the giant bow was.
As soon as I took hold of the bow, the third horn blast reached our ears. Atop the roaring sound of the blizzard, I heard Galen roar: 'Use fire! Burn the trees if you have to! Stop them at all costs!' I breathed in and out slowly. 'Let 'em come!' I roared.
Two agonizing hours. Two hours before the damned Walkers finally gave up their attack. They snarled and grunted and they even shot arrows at me. But it was no use, for I had the Rapidfire, as I've taken to calling the bow.
As I would have expected from a Targaryen, Galen had casks of Wildfire in his home. When the attacks stagnated, I quickly went down to retrieve some. Galen nodded when he saw what I was planning. 'Clever kid!' he yelled. I grinned. I might be scum, but I ain't a stupid one.
With the Wildfire attached to the firing mechanism, things went a lot faster. I lit my arrows by letting the mechanism pour the liquid over the arrows, then firing them through the fire of a torch. This time, the Walkers bit the dust.
After the two hours, the place was barren. Snow had melted away around most parts of the area and many trees burned to ash, caused by some stray arrows. Everywhere I looked I saw dead bodies. Not that they were alive in the first place, but now they were finally and definitely dead.
Galen joined me on top of the watch post. 'Good shooting, lad. Now they know they have to be afraid of you,' he said. I smiled and looked him in the eyes. 'Well, you're the one who invented this thing, right?' I said.
Galen laughed hard again. 'Ha! Who ever said I could aim with that bloody thing?' he said. We both laughed until we were rudely interrupted by a loud banging on the door. Galen narrowed his eyes. 'There's only two things here that could do that,' he said. 'Something inside, or something outside!'
He jumped off the watch post to the bottom of the house. I could hear a woman's voice say: 'My family has been slaughtered. I'm the only one left. My name is Cyl.'
That was it for chapter 5. Please let me know what you think of the story so far and please be so kind as to leave a review of this chapter, would be much appreciated. Thank you for reading!