Chapter 9

True Leader

Oh and to the quest who had concerns about their age, It is true that Arya was around 9 when the series started, but Daenerys was also young. Around 13 years. And obliviously some time passed between then and the start of this fic. In my mind, Arya's like 15 and Daenerys' around 19.

The Stark party left the throne room and walked across the courtyard in order to get to Arya's quarters. On the way there every soldier who passed them, curtsied in front of Arya. This surprised the Starks, since Arya never wanted to be treated as a Lady. They got their explanation as an Unsullied stopped in front of them.

"Commander?", Jon already reacted, but Arya aknoleged the man with a nod.

"Yes Grey Worm. What is it?" She asked, as if it was a normal thing for the chief of the Unsullied to call her commander.

"Arya! That is very insulting. Don't call this good man such deceaving names." Catelyn chastised and before Arya could explain Grey Worm clarified.

"No, my lady. Grey Worm gives this one pride. It is a lucky name. The name this one had, when he was born was cursed. That was the name he had when he was taken as a slave and treated worse than a dog. But Grey Worm is the name this one had the day Daenerys Stormborn set him and his people free."

The man eyes gleamed with pride as he said those words. A group of close to 200 men had build around them, most of them former slaves. One of them spoke out:

"Mhysa freed us, gave us homes and a purpose. She rules with kindness and honor, but is just and punishes those, who need be punished. And our Lady Commander teached us, helped us, treated us as her equals and led us to many victories. I for one couldn't be prouder to serve anyone else."

Cheers were heard all around them. The Starks were astonished at this. So far they had seen Daenerys as a younger, female verion of the Mad King or as a silly young girl with no idea of how to rule. Now they were beginning to realize that she may actually deserve the throne.

"So what was it?" Arya returned back to Grey Worm.

"The Baratheon party has arrived" Grey Worm told her and Arya mentally groaned, not prepared to deal with the wannabe King. She asked one of the Unsullied that surrounded her to run up to Dany and inform her, then turning to her family,

"I'm afraid I have some work to do before we can talk. Would you like to join me? You, Mother at least know Stannis Baratheon" Arya trailed of, walking towards the city gate. The Starks shared a glance and followed their family member.

Stannis Baratheon's army was posed at the other side of the city gates, not far from where their own had been just a few weeks ago. Stannis himself sat at the front of the force, with a woman by his side. She looked mysterious, almost smug as if she posessed some great power. The army split into a smaller party of tenth men, along with their leader and who Arya supposed was the Red Priestess.

"Let them pass, but disarm the soldiers!" Arya instructed and to the Starks surprise, about twenty men bowed their heads deeply and touched their heels together. With a 'Yes commander' they went to do as they were told.

As Stanis arrived in the city he looked for a leader to talk with and as he found no one better, he turned to Grey Worm.

"You, slave, where is your petty whore queen at?" All of Daenerys' men drew their swords and growled, while the other followers, including Arya settled for spitting at his feet and looking disgusted.

"I'm right here and my men are no slaves. They serve me because they believe in my cause, unlike yours. And if you refer to me as a whore, then what do you call yourself since you are the one here with over 30 children fathered outside of your marriage bed",

Daenerys exclaimed in a cool voice as she appeared out of the crowd. Stanis was slightly startled but regained composure nearly immediately.

"Ah Lady Targaryen, or should I refer to you as Mother of Dragons? I haven't seen any around" He replied looking smug, as if he had pointed something very suspicious out. Daenerys raised her hand and startling everyone, whistled as if her dragons were dogs. Her whistle sounded piercing through the air.

The smug look on Stannis Baratheon's face effectively melted, and was replaced with one of pure terror, as three now full grown dragons appeared from the skies and landed in front of them. Two behind the queen and one right next to Arya.

"Are you impressed by my children? Don't worry, they only bite when I tell them to" Daenerys laughed sarcastically, angering the terrified and shaking quests. Stanis gulped.

"Are you here to give up your claim to the throne?" Daenerys continued challengingly. At that the priestess Melisandre finally spoke,

"He is the one true King, proclaimed by the Lord of Light! You on the other hand have no claim. The Lord of Light does not accept you.", she then threw some powder into a fire and it grew to the size of a large bonfire, " Step into the flames. If you are the rightfull Queen, you shall not be burnt"

Daenerys smiled and stepped forward, giving Arya her crown as she walked by her.

"You fool", Arya exclaimed," she is the Mother of Dragons, the Unburnt. No flames can hurt her!" But the priestess looked confident in her words. Dany approached the flames and step by step walked into them. She did not burn. The fire burned at her feet and created an aura of fire. As she stood there, the fire formed into a crown on her head and a cape on her back. Melisandre was utterly shocked, but one didn't need to be a priestess to realize what the signs meant. She quickly dismounted and got down on her knees. Then as Daenerys turned back to everyone inside the citadel, she extended her hand towards the Starks and beckoned Jon to join her.

"Come Jon. The flames cannot hurt you, for the blood of the dragons flows in your veins." Jon took a few steps toward the Queen and stopped right by the fire. The reached out his hand and to his surprise it did not burn him.

So, how was it? Please leave a comment and tell me how you like the new side. And yes I am planning to get to the pairing stuff soon, this is just sort of a lot of story all happening at once an I'm not good at writing long chapters... By the way if someone would want to beta read for me, I'd really appreciate it a lot! Also thank you to everyone who has followed and favorited, I really can't believe all the attention this story has gotten!

-Maisila