CHAPTER 31. WAR OF THE DEAD

Over the next few days a coronation was planned and Daenarys made appointments and issued executions out. Meanwhile Tara prepared an army to secure her hold over the Stormlands. Up in the North at the wall things had not been going well for Jon and the men of the Night's Watch. For Jon it was not the place he was led to believe. Tyrion Lannister had told him and through his advice Jon endured, but then there was Alliser Thorn who always reminded he was a bastsard.

As time passed Jon found friendship in Samwell Tarly, Pyp, Gren, and Ed. They stop Jon from making a huge mistake when he learned about the war and his father's arrest. Lord Mormont talks with Jon and then he joins the Lord Commander and his brothers on a mission beyond the wall. Mormont leads 300 men of the watch into the wilds. During the trip Jon learns some hard truths. Then he is sent on a scouting mission with the Half Hand.

They are captured by Wildlings and the Half Hand convinces Jon to kill him in order to gain the trust of Mance Rayder. Jon meets Mance and pretends to join the Wildlings. He also meets a young woman by the name of Ygritte. They fall in love, but despite this Jon maintains his loyalties. He joins a Wildling raiding party climbing the wall and eventually escapes to warn Castle Black of an impending attack by the Wildlings.

Jon is mistrusted by Alliser Thorn who has been against Jon ever since he arrived at Castle Black. When the attack comes the one hundred and fifty remaining brothers defend the wall and an attack is called off by Mance. During the battle Sir Alliser is wounded and Jon assumes command. Afterwards Jon goes to negotiate peace with Mance Rayder.

He delivers Mance's terms and begs the men of the watch to allow them to pass through the wall as the true enemy is the White Walker army. Some agree with him and others do not. Maester Aemon is among those who agree and calls for a vote of the new Lord Commander. Sir Alliser is nominated, along with Sir Malliser and Samwell Tarly nominated Jon. Jon wins and becomes the 998th Lord Commander. He invites Mance Rayder and several others to formalize the deal.

The Free Folk are given the Gift a stretch of land unused by the Watch. Later Maester Aemon dies and Jon sends Sam to study at the Citidel to become a Maester. Oliver a young bo who joins the Watch after his village is sacked by the Wildlings who climbed the wall lures Jon into a trap and he is stabbed to death by Alliser Thorn, Yarwyck, Marsh, Dustin Snow, Evander, and Olly.

Danys Malliser assumes command of the Night's Watch and arrests the men who attacked Lord Commander Jon Snow. Later Jon is placed on a funeral Pyre and just as they are about to light it there is a flash and a redheaded woman appears. "Stop!" She commands.

"Who in the seven hells are you…"

The Question is ignored and she walks up to Jon's lifeless body and starts praying. When they try to stop her a ring of fire arises around the pyre blocking them. Jon's hair starts to turn white and then his eyes pop open. Jon sits up and looks at the redheaded woman. Later Yarwyck, Marsh, Dustin Snow, Evander, Janos Slynt, and Olly are executed and Jon leaves with Milisandre.

WINTERFELL

When Jon arrives at Winterfell Tara is there with her Dragon Rhaegal and he explains why he left the Night's Watch. "The Night King is coming and we all must fight…" Milisandre says.

Robb agrees to summon his banners again and as the Ravens fly out of Winterfell Jon and Milisandre go down into the catacombs for the sword of Azar Ahai. With the ancient sword Jon can defeat the Night King once again. Then he and Tara fly to the gift to speak Mance Rayder about fulfilling his promise. Before she leaves Tara sends s message to Daenarys and Gendry.

THE GIFT

Tara and Jon circle the growing village three times before landing. "DRAGON!" Someone below screams. Rhaegal had already eaten so the Dragon lays down keeping a watchful eye on Tara.

"What in the world happned to you?" Mance Rayder asks looking at Jon's white hair.

"I will tell you later right now I have come to ask that you and the Free Folk fulfill your vow and help us fight the White Walkers…"

Mance looks at Tara, "This is Tara Clegane and her Dragon Rhaegal?"

"I will gather the clan leaders…"

They all meet in a large hut in the center of the ever growing village. "My brother Robb Stark is gathering an army, but it may be too late…We need to march now"

Mance has all able bodied men ready to march in three days. East Watch is closer so they march to the castle then up the wall towards Castle Black. Tara and Jon fly overhead, watching and scouting for the Free Folk army.

CASTLE BLACK

When the Night Watch brothers arrived at the Fist of the First Men they uncovered Dragonglass. Among other things, when the Night King arrived at the Fist he finds an ancient horn of magic. A horn he can use to bring down the wall.

"WHITE WALKERS!" A man screams from atop the wall using a spyglass. He runs to the horn and blows three times.

The men of the watch rush atop the wall, to prepare for the upcoming fight. "They say the wall is magic…The White Walkers won't pass…can they?" a man asks to another.

The White Walker army stops short of arrow range. The Night King urges his horse forward and blows the horn he found. There is a rumbling sound and the wall cracks and creaks. "The Wall is cracking!" Pyp yells. A chunk of the wall a mile wide collapses crushing castle black and killing many men of the watch.

The Night King raises his hands and those that were crushed by the wall rise up and joins the ranks of the dead. Then the Night King looks east and even though the Wildling army is thirty miles away he can see them marching and a Dragon with a man and woman riding the fire breather. What holds his attention the most is the man with Lightbringer.

The Night King looks at one of his Walkers. The mummified blue eyed creature nods and urges his horse east along the wall. As he leaves one quarter of the dead army follows. As they depart the Night King walks through the gap in the wall heading south.

Jon and Tara spot them first, "You go warn the others…Rhaegal and I will hold them off…" She dives low so that Jon can jump off, then she and Rhaegal fly strait at the undead army bathing them in a torrent of flames. But no matter how many Rhaegal burns; there seems to be hundreds more to take the place of those dead.

"Form a line here…" Jon commands to the archers as they set their arrow heads ablaze. "FIRE!" They fire a volley into the enemy killing more. Tara shouts from Rhaegal's back as the battle unfolds.

DEEP WOOD MOTTE

When Lord Glover receives the call to arms he sends a Raven back to Winterfell stating that he will march his army on to Castle Black. The day he is to march out a terrible snow storm hits his castle and thick fog. "Where did this come from…" Robett Glover says from his horse.

Just then the alarm bells sound and the iron bolts on the great doors begin to freeze along with the door. The door shatters and the White Walkers swarm the castle. "In the name of the gods!" It is a massacre. When it is over the Night King enters the courtyard on his horse. He raises his hands and the dead rise with them. They march from the frozen castle heading east towards Last Hearth.

TARA AND JON

The battle over and the enemy defeated as Jon used Lightbringer to destroy the majority of the White Walkers. They fly towards Deep Wood Motte and land in the courtyard. The entire castle is frozen, "We are too late…" Jon says in despair.

Tara looks at Rhaegal, "Rhaegal needs to rest and eat…" while the Dragon rests Jon and Tara search for food. They find salted meat in the food pantry and give it to Rhaegal while Tara makes a stew of vegetables and meat.

"How did you become a Dragon Rider you have Targaryen blood in you…"

Tara smiles, "No…Its hard to explain…Daenarys willed it somehow…She took me and Gendry before her Dragons with a Dothraki prisoner named Khal Jhoqo…The words of her House are Fire and Blood…She ordered her Dragons to burn us all…Jhoqo died screaming…Then some magic awakned the blood of the Targaryens in Gendry and she I guess you might say anointed me to bond with Rhaegal…"

"Interesting…"

"Not as interesting as coming back to life…"

Jon smiles, "Yeah I only had to die to learn the truth…" Jon staires at Tara, "You are so beautiful…"

She stares back at him with a smile then she gets up and walks around the fire. She sits beside Jon and they kiss. They start removing each others armor and make love in the courtyard. Then they are off in search of the White Walkers. Soon they come upon the Free Folk locked in a loosing battle against the White Walkers. When Tara has Rhaegal blast the rear of the dead and Jon unleashes Lightbringer's power they retreat.

WINTERFELL

Robb's army was three miles from Winterfell marching through the snow which only got heavier. Then a thick fog blows in as they march. A rider sees a girl in the rode and when he gets close he freezes stretching his eyes as the girl's eyes are white and half her skin is missing. Soon he is surrounded by White Walkers and is beheaded by a Walker.

A horn sounds and Robb's army is attacked from all sides. Robb has ice so every White Walker he kills remains dead. It seems hopeless when a blast of fire burns through the ranks of the undead; two Dragons, one Black and the other White and gold attack from above. Everyone cheers, but Robb is wounded badly in the fight. Grey Winds dies defending his master. As the dead retreat Dany and Gendry remain in the air until they are all gone.

WHITE HARBOR

It is decided by Daenarys that the White Walkers will probably march on White Harbor next so she flies in the air while Gendry leads the Robb's forces on the ground. Robb is taken back to Winterfell, but as they travel he dies from his wounds.

When Dany arrives at White Harbor it is under siege by the White Walkers who have broken through the main gates. As Dany does what she can on Drogon with Viserion flying beside his bigger brother, Tara and Jon arrive on Rhaegal. "Find the Night King!" Jon yells. Tara points and then Rhaegal lands by the Night King snatching him up with his mouth and throwing him into a tree. Tara had found Long Claw when she and Jon stopped to search for survivors. So she uses the sword to kill two Whites while Jon runs up on the Night King. He beheads the ancient King and then stabs him in the chest. All the White Walkers fall and stop moving.

Okay so sorry to all those who have read this and been looking for a completion...First my laptop was broke and I recently got a new one so to speak...I thought I had finished Tara's story until I was going over reviews and realized that I didn't finish...I was going to rewrite the last two chapters especially the part where Tara becomes a Dragon Rider at first I didn't like it but it grew on me and I said what the hell anyway I will wrap this up in the next few days one last chapter...Please review