"Here you go lass." I heard in front of me, the same man with the bow sat across from me and gave me a small nod as he handed me the bowl of food and a piece of brown bread to go with it. After we traveled with the Brotherhood for a few moments, we stopped at an Inn and they offered to feed us. At first I was confused as to why they were so kind, but then again things were always confusing me now. Arya trusted them, and that was enough for me. Even Gendry was convinced that they meant no harm, so I only sat there with the rest of my companions on one side of the table and the Brotherhood members on the other side. The man whom I threatened before, Anguy, was still staring at me with less of a threatening look but more of curiosity.

"Where did you learn how to shoot?" He asked me aloud, trying to seem somewhat polite. I looked at the bowl, thinking it would be rude for me to wolf it down since I was in fact hungry.

"My old guard taught me: Brennon." I said to him in a sheepish tone, seeing him nod his head and look down at the bowl in front of me. I was looking to my left, seeing Arya, Hot Pie and Gendry already eating and talking to Thoros.

"It's okay to eat you know." I looked back, seeing Anguy smile at me. He was trying to be nice, and with all of the recent men who would walk by me and see me as property or someone to lay with, I was hesitant to believe him. He nodded his head at my bowl, having me then grab the spoon and start shoving it in my mouth, feeling the hot….whatever it was…go down my throat and make me feel somewhat better. I and no idea what the taste was, but then again I doubted they wanted people to know.

"So….this Brennon…he taught you to shoot?" He asked me aloud, placing his own bow on the table and having me eye it. It was smooth and it looked like it went though plenty of battles, the carvings on the bow had me interested as I ripped off some bread to dip it in the bowl. It made it better, somewhat more filling for me to chew on a swallow.

"He was about to, got me started before he disappeared." I explained to him a bit more, feeling myself open up a little but more to him. He wasn't looking at me as a prize, the same with Thoros. I could feel these men had some respect for us as a group.

"I can teach you how to aim and shoot…properly." He suggested with a shrug of his shoulders.

"Properly?" I asked him with a amused tone.

"Look…" He started, but he didn't know my name.

"Nora." I said to him aloud. Saying my alias was no longer needed at this point, since I didn't feel like I was a threat now.

"Nora." He continued, "You can shoot, I give you that. But how you shoot is a bit on the shaky side. If you want, I can teach you how to do it properly." I eyed him, seeing him looking at me to see my answer. It wouldn't hurt to learn from him on how to shoot and to shoot properly. It was beet than how I was doing it now, since I was shooting blind and hoping it would hit someone. it worked the once time, since that soldier did almost kill Gendry. I nodded my head at him, seeing him smile and eat some of his own food before looking at me again with a question on his mind.

"You said his name was Brennon? he asked me aloud, having me nod my head at him once more as I drank some of the bowl of soup.

"You know him?" I asked him aloud, watching him from my spot.

"We came across him once or twice while traveling. Last we saw of him, he was on his way to King's Landning to see Eddard Stark and to be on his guard. Nice fellow, showed us no harm when we crossed him." he explained to me, having me see Gendry look over from his spot and watch me as I listened to him talk, "When did you see him last, Nora?"

"When we were taken to Harrenhal, he disappeared." I explained to him, seeing him pause before looking down from his bowl. So, they knew of him and met him before. He must of been kind, since the look on Anguy's face when I mention he was lost almost looked a bit pained, pained and confused. But I pushed that out of my head as I heard the conversation between Thoros, Arya and Gendry.

"—we're not children!" Arya said aloud.

"How did these four young persons such as yourselves, untrained in the art of war, escape from Harrenhal?" Thoros asked as he raised his glass lightly to her as a flippant acceptance. Arya tried to eye Gendry, but with Hotpie between them I saw that was a bit of a tricky situation. I eyed her too, seeing her look back at Thoros as Gendry placed his hand on the stool between us.

"Gendry's a smith. He was apprenticed in the armory." Arya explained to him.

"A smith, ey? Where'd you train?" Thoros asked him aloud, having me watch Gendry and see him eye Thoros back.

"King's Landing." He replied in his low tone, Arya look back and for the between them, "Tobho Mott's shop."

"That criminal." Thoros said aloud in almost a growl, "He charges twice as much as every other armorer in the city."

"That's because he's twice as good." Gendry shot back.

"Aha!" Thoros laughed aloud, "A smith and a salesman."

"Gendry stole us weapons." Arya said aloud next to Hotpie.

"Ah, fought your way out of Harrenhal, I see." I heard the sarcasm in Thoro's voice as he said loud.

"He know how to use a sword. And so do I!" Arya said almost a triumphant voice. All the men around us laughed heartily as Arya continued, "My brothers taught me." More people laughed, having me watch her as I sa where getting angry in her spot. She then shot to her feet, having me watch in both fascination and horror as she took out the sword she had the whole time, pointing it at Thoros with a glare in her eyes.

"Ohhhhh!" was heard as a mock throughout the place as the men watched her with smirks on their faces. Thoros, within a moment drew his owns word, knowing hers away and stood up all in one movement, having me see her take a step back. I immediately threw my hand down on Gendry's on the stool, gripping it tight. She might be hurt, her and her stubborn way to show that she was to be feared. But she was a child, and she stood in front of the man with no fear. Gendry's hand gripped my own tightly as we watched. He made a move, her sword out of her hand within a second and was about to strike her. I wanted to scream, to stop him since I saw how scared she was, but he turned round and rose his tankard in the air. The men hooted an laughed from his gesture.

"To your brothers!" He said in a booming tone as the men laughed from the gesture. Arya, looking embarrassed and furious, grabbed the sword off the ground roughly as I saw Gendry look at me, pointing to the bowl to silently tell me to continue eating. She didn't need a spectical since she already made a fool of herself, and Gendry didn't want me on the chopping block as well. I went back to eating, trying to remain calm as I did this.

"You can finished your meals before you go." Thoros said aloud in a calmer tone, "It may be awhile before you see another."

"You'll free us?" Arya asked as she looked at him. I looked as well.

"I gave you my word." As soon as he said this, Arya grabbed Hotpie and pulled him up. Gendry, still holding my hand, gently pulled me after him and once we were standing had me close to him. So some reason, he didn't trust anyone there with me not being near him, and who would blame them. They were all rowdy men who didn't have ties to no one. I felt safer with him anyways.

"But before you go," Thoros said, standing as well where he was, "allow me to raise a cup to—" he was cut off as a loud entrance was heard, having us all look to see who it was. A large group of men were walking into the area, a larger one with a good over his head was being taken in with his hands behind his back. Anguy, whom was sitting throughout the whole incident, walked over to the group and passed me, looking down at me and giving me a quick wink. I felt Gendry pull me closer to him since he saw that, having me see that he hated the fact Anguy winked at me. It was playful wink, but Gendry didn't see that.

"That is a uncomfortably large person," Thoros said in amusement as he looked at the hooded man, "How does one manage to subdue such a uncommonly larger person?"

"One waits for him to drink until he passes out." One of the man said in a grin.

"Poor man, you have my sympathy." Thoros said as he reached up and pulled the bag completely off the man's head. Arya's eyes went wide in horror as I tried to see who it was. A man with burn marks on half of his face, tall and looking rather angry and demented. He scared me from just looking at him. It wasn't his scars that scared me, though it helped. No, it was his eyes and the face he was making, the face of murder and death. Arya looked petrified, having me think that she knew who he was.

"Aha!" Thoros said aloud in a triumphant voice, "Not a man at all, a hound!" the man laughed and howled, "Good to see you again Clegane." When he said his, his voice was lower and more threatening.

"Thoros, "The Hound replied, "The fuck you doing here?"

"Drinking and talking too much, same as ever." He said back to him in a light tone as I felt Gendry tugging me pass the men in a hurry, trying to keep up with Arya, whom as trying to get out of there in a fast but causal pace. She didn't want to be seen by that man, but why?

"A pretty prize lads!" Thoros said aloud as we passed the Hound.

"Girl!" We all stopped looking behind us at Thoros as The Hound eyed Arya with a low growl on his face and lips.

"What in Seven Hells, are you doing here with a Stark Bitch?"

Apparently the Hound worked for the Lannisters as Joffrey's personal bodyguard, and was the same guard that killed Mycah when we were traveling from Winterfell to King's Landing, in which Arya was still heated with him about it. I never saw so much hate in her eyes when she was looking at someone, and it was a matter of time when I knew that she was going to snap and do something stupid on him. So I was glad that he was tied up and being lead into a cart but the other members of the Brotherhood. After that incident, he was lead away and we were going to be traveling once more with the Brotherhood, taking us to their spot. I and no clue where it was, neither did the others in my group, but I suppose that was how it was supposed to be. They were a secretive bunch with us as I found myself with my first lesson with Anguy next to the Inn, holding up my bow and arrow for him to correct.

"Keep your bow arm here." He said to me as I held back the aim, ready to release and I saw him move my hand gently down a bit on the weapon, "Keep it relaxed. if it's too stiff than you can shoot off." I nodded my head as I aimed at the tree trunk in front of us about fifteen feet away.

"Before you release, release your breath and then let go." He informed me, having me loose my breath and released the string, seeing the arrow hit the trunk a bit off but hitting it none the less. I smiled from my spot, seeing him chuckle next to me as I looked up at him. He was leaning on his own bow, a small smile on his face.

"Well done, lass." He said to me aloud, having me look over from where I was to where Gendry and Arya were. Arya was watching Gendry fix armor on Thoros, having a bitter look on her face. But when I looked over at the group, Gendry was looking right at me with what looked like hard eyes, almost on the brink of jealousy. As soon as we made eye contact, he looked down and away as Arya was talking to him.

"Why are you helping him?" She asked aloud in annoyance, "He takes us prisoner, and now he's our friend?"

You're not a prisoner, little Lady." Thoros said in reply as I looked back at Anguy.

"Where are you from?" He asked me in curiosity as I walked over to the arrow, yanking it out of the tree.

"Thedra Ascent." I replied back to him, seeing him nod his head.

"I know the place. Good Lord, not a fan of the fact it's near the sea and reeks of fish. And as I remember, the place is in an Alliance with the Starks no doubt." He said aloud, as it to himself as I drew back once more, "Don't aim dead on, aim to the left."

"Left?"

"You body stance is making you hang a right. So aim left and you'll hit it dead on." He informed me before going back to the topic of Thedra Ascent, "You grew up there I take it? I reckon so, you don't look like a Southerner. More of a Winter child than a Summer babe."

"I grew up there all my life." I replied, releasing and seeing the arrow hit the same place once more again. I growled, walking over and pulling it out in a rough manner. Anguy chuckled, seeing my frustrating as I walked back to my mark.

"You work yourself up like that then you'll miss. You need to not think to much." He informed me with a shrug of his shoulders, "Wipe your head clean and just feel it out." I glared at him, having him see that I was really trying to hard to be perfect. But he saw through me, the frustrations I had with being perfect at this. I was perfect at making dresses, and I wanted to be perfect at defending myself. I looked from him to Arya, seeing her walk over and watch as the Hound was loaded, a hood over his head, into the caravan and hitting his head on the roof.

"Come on lass, we're heading out." Anguy said to me as he passed me with his bow in hand. I followed, loaded the bow in my sheath I was wearing and being joined by Gendry, seeing him eye me suspiciously as we walked. I raised an eyebrow at him.

"What?" I asked him as we walked, I could feel he was stiff about something.

"He seems cozy with you, don't you think?" He asked me as I rolled my eyes and stared ahead at Arya whom was walking to us and Hot Pie coming out of the Inn with something in his hands.

"Don't start Gendry," I said to him in a lower tone, seeing him eye me once more as we approached Hot Pie and Arya. Arya looked like she was still fuming about the Hound, her eyes were on Hot Pie, whom didn't look like he was leaving with us.

"What are you doing? We're about to leave!" She said to him with the same tone of annoyance as she used on him over and over again since we met him.

"I'm staying." All three of us looked at him when he said this, no longer in annoyance or hate, but with shock and confusion.

"You're what?" Gendry asked next to me.

"I baked some brown bread for the innkeeper and she said she'd never had better." he explained. I saw Gendyr look blinded by this as he talked,"She told Thoro's she's keeping me as a payment for all the free meals she's gave him. Anways, it's not me the Brotherhood wants." He then looked at Arya with softness in his eyes, "My brother ain't no King. I'm not Stark of Winterhell."

"Winterfell." Arya corrected immediately with some anger from the Hound behind it, but it was softer than what she would usually use with him.

"Are you sure?" Hotpie asked aloud in confusion, as if the tone she used did no phase him. I saw her smile, a smile on his finally from all this time together.

"I'm sure." She replied to him in a soft smile and tone of voice. It was still sad to see him go, for us to leave him. However, I was glad he was going to be somewhere safe and away from immediate danger, no one was going to make him want to run away screaming. He then looked down and what was wrapped in his hands.

"Oh, I made this for you." he said to Arya, handing it to her. Gendry and I looked as she unwrapped it, having me see a piece of bread, but it was shaped in such a manner that it must of been some kind of animal. Arya was confused.

"What is it?"

"It's a wolf." As soon as he said it, I saw him look at her with hope in his eyes. She looked down at it, having me see that it was in fact a wolf. I saw it from where I was, and I smiled so widely that it warmed my heart. He made it for her, to show her that he meant well with her, after all of the times he was annoying and scared to be around. Gendry even smiled, nodding his head in approval.

"Yes it is." Gendry said aloud with a voice of approval.

"That's the tail." Arya said aloud, pointing to the end of the piece.

"Yeah." Hot Pie confirmed to her. I saw him look at both Gendry and I, having me see that this was it, we were saying good bye to him.

"Well, be safe." Gendry said aloud to him.

'Yeah, you too." Hotpie said aloud back to him in a shrug, "Don't get stabbed."

"You don't….burn your fingers." Gendry paused before finishing it, trying to find the right words. I giggled from my spot, seeing a grin on Hotpie's face as he looked over at me.

"I hope you get home." He said to me, having me feel so sad for him for being so nice. I nodded my head at him, seeing as though I wanted to hug him.

"Don't tears anymore of your shirts. I won't be around to mend them anymore. I left a few for you at the Inn." I urged him, seeing him nod his head and Gendry grinning from his spot. He then slapped Hotpie on the shoulder twice before walking to the group that was moving out. I nodded my head at him, seeing him nod back at me as I moved away from the two of them over to Anguy. He had another horse for me to use as I hopped up, grabbing the reins and hearing Arya being boosted up to sit on a horse behind Thoros. I kicked the horse, the horse trotting away and having me follow the group. Gendry walked next to me as we were heading to a new place with a new group of man to call allies.

"Hey Hotpie!" I heard behind me, having me look and see Arya look back at Hotpie who was standing by the Inn and watching her eat the wolf bread. A big smile on her face as she pointed to the bread, which in return warmed my heart as soon as she said the next thing on her mind.

"It's really good!"