Arya I

Arya was training in the courtyard, Needle in hand with a dummy. It was a cloudy day today, with light snow falling from the sky. Sansa was inside the castle, doing whatever her role as lady of Winterfell required her to do. She was swinging her sword at the dummy, but then she saw soldiers head out to the main gate. She was wondering why, but then she saw Ghost heading there as well. It could only mean one thing, she thought. She sheathed Needle, and head out to the main gate with Ghost.

"Open the gate!" She heard one of the soldiers said, and soldiers lined up wearing different banners all bent the knee making a path, some with poles representing their houses. Then she saw the gate open, many people with different faces were present, but Arya could only care about one of them, and she locked eyes with that person, that person was in Stark armor, with their hair, dressed just like their father's.

She had tears in her eyes, but couldn't release them, happiness flooded her.

He's back, she thought. Jon's back.

And so the two siblings locked eyes with eachother, they couldn't move. And then she walked slowly towards him as to see if it was really him, and when she was close enough. They both took time to examine eachother, and he breathed in relief as to say it's really you, without saying anything with a smile over his face and tears in his eyes. And Arya, overjoyed jumped into her brother's arms as they both cried tears of joy silently, burying their faces in eachother's shoulders. He held her tightly, not wanting to let her go.

"I thought you'd never come back" Arya whispered in Jon's ear, tears dropping on Jon's cloak.

"I told you, different path sometimes lead to the same castle." Jon whispered back. The siblings continued their embrace for a while before Jon landed Arya on her feet. They continued to lock eyes. She didn't know what Jon went through, but she could see through his scarred face the brother that left Winterfell for the Night's Watch.

"You still have your needle." Jon remarked. "You remember your first lesson?"

"To stick'em with the pointy end" Arya and Jon said at the same time, before embracing eachother again. She was happy to see Jon again, more than happy, she never felt so much relief in her entire life. In all her time since she was alive, she never thought she'd be so happy to see someone again. Her head still buried in her brother's shoulder, she then took a look at the people behind him, she was astonished at the people there.

She then let go of Jon and went back on the ground carefuly, and looked at the rest of the people, she was shocked. Jaime and Tyrion Lannister, Brienne and Podrick were there, but there were two other people, she thought they were both dead. The Hound, that wasn't possible, he was dying the last time she saw him, and Gendry... she never thought she'd see him again after that Red Witch took him.

"You're not a dream?" She asked to her brother, as they were now standing beside eachother looking at the people

"I'm here" Jon replied. She then looked up at the sky and saw a dragon and then behind Jon where stood a woman dressed in white, with purple eyes, her hair and skin like snow, was it the woman she heard so much about in the free cities? Daenerys Targaryen?

"Are you sure?" Arya asked, looking back at the dragon. "That's..."

"Aye, a dragon" Jon said before long she saw another dragon, but not a third one.

"And she's..." Arya started again, but Jon completed her sentence.

"Daenerys Targaryen."

Arya would lie if she'd say that Daenerys wasn't one of her own heroine. To have freed so many slaves and held her head high to so many men, and if the rumors Sansa told Arya were true about her and Jon, she'd be her sister soon. But she couldn't stop to think about that. There was so much happening at the same time.

"There's people with you, I'd like to see..." Arya said, almost in a shy way, looking for her brother's approval.

He looked down at her, smiling and said "Go on." as if he understood, and he turned to Ghost while she walked towards Gendry and the Hound.

"I thought you were both dead..." Arya said

"Not yet." Sandor Clegane said with a smile. "The bloody cunts up there decided I had some unfinished business down her."

"It's... good to see you again." Arya said calmly to the hound, who only responded with a shy smile.

Arya then turned to Gendry, and he said :"Didn't thought you were going to get rid of me so easily, my lady?" She only teared up more and jumped in his arms.

"I missed you."

"I missed you too, my lady." Gendry said, with the mocking tone Arya had fallen in love with.