Game of Thrones: New Era
Chapter 34 of my Game of Thrones story, enjoy.
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Now onto the story.
Disclaimer: Game of Thrones belongs to George R.R. Martin.
Jon
Jon grit his teeth as he struggled to recover. He was still on the ground, trying to get back to his feet. But it was no good; everything was still spinning, the blow that knocked him down left lingering pain. Just enough that he couldn't move without feeling it, yet he was so disoriented that he couldn't make sense of his surroundings.
'It's still there; I need to, I need to...' He thought desperately.
He tried to reach for his sword, which lay just out of reach. The Great Other began to approach him, clearly in no hurry. Jon wasn't surprised, he was currently helpless, the almighty creature had all the time in the world, he was debilitated and could hardly hope to recover in time.
Soon the Great Other stood over him, sword in hand, ready to deliver the final strike. Jon reached out one last time, his fingertips brushed the pommel of his sword, but he'd never be able to get a grip.
An overwhelming feeling of despair overcame him. 'It's over, I...I failed, I failed Westeros, the world, the Night's Watch, the Free Folk...Everyone. The battle is lost...'
His mind continued to race, his thoughts however remained on only two people, Ygritte and their son. He had already failed Ygritte when he allowed this creature to kill her, now he had failed his son. There would be no world for him to grow up, everything was fated for desolation now.
He could only watch in dismay as the Great Other raised his blade, ready for the final strike. Suddenly it let out a yell and stumbled, startling Jon. As it stumbled it almost dropped its blade, he could see a Dragonglass dagger embedded in the back of its knee.
"JON!"
Jon's eyes widened in shock and disbelief as he saw who had just saved him.
"Sam, what are you…!?" He gasped; but could not finish.
At that moment; the Great Other recovered and delivered a vicious backhand which knocked Sam through the air and caused him to land hard on the ground, dazed. It then turned and began to approach Sam, raising it's blade, Jon's eyes widened in horror and suddenly, a strange feeling of warmth and strength began to flood through him.
He couldn't let this happen, not again. 'I cannot let this happen, I failed Ygritte, I'll be damned if I let anyone else die, I won't lose anyone else!'
With that, the feeling overflowed and his pain vanished. He reached over, grabbed his sword and leapt to his feet with a yell of effort. As he did so, flames burst from his sword, which glowed brighter than ever, in addition, Jon felt stronger than he ever had before.
The Great Other turned to him and froze, stepping back, a low growl emanating from it.
The creature was afraid, Jon realized and he tightened his grip on the sword. It was then he realized that was indeed what was to happen, destiny had rushed forwards to meet them. Azor Ahai reborn, the full power of Lightbringer unleashed and now ready to face the Great Other.
The Great Other seemed to recover itself, and readied its blade. Jon glared, ready to fight, ready to defend Sam who had enough strength to back away from the fight, despite still being dazed. Jon refused to back down, yet so to did his opponent.
Without hesitating, Jon attacked, the Great Other raised its blade to deflect and did so. When it countered, Jon ducked the attack and delivered a rising strike, this blow struck and the Great Other roared in pain. The blow wasn't deep however, but the power of the blade and the flames added to the pain.
"This ends now, right now!" Jon declared. "You will pay for everything you did, for those you have killed, for those you hurt...For what you did to Ygritte!"
Despite his anger at this, Jon kept in control this time, he did not lose it. That was what happened last time, he got lost in his anger and became reckless. Not this time, this time it wasn't vengeance that drove him, but justice. It was time for this to end, before it was too late.
They fought back and forth, both exchanging powerful blows, both currently unable to do more than nick each other with their blades. Jon didn't want to think about the damage that sword could do to him once this battle was over. He had to focus on the now.
He noticed something. 'It's sluggish, slower than before. It must be due to Sam's attack, the creature is wounded...This could be my chance, I just need to exploit it.'
So he leapt back from another attack by the Great Other and then countered with his own blow which the Great Other blocked, but its left leg, the injured leg, buckled slightly. Jon continued his attack, forcing the creature to slowly back off, in an attempt to avoid being overpowered. This put more weight on it's injured leg and as he deflected the counter attacks, he began to see his chance.
'This is it, carefully, don't get overconfident.' He told himself. 'Wait for the exact moment and take it, finish this in one final blow.'
It was time to finish this he knew, so, he was set to strike. The Great Other attacked again and again, but the blows were clumsy, due to its weakened state. Jon struck out now, striking blows at the creature, aiming for the head. He struck once, twice, three times, all three were blocked but then, for the fourth blow, he changed, mid-swing and thrust his blade through the creatures chest, piercing it easily, his blade flared and the Great Other let out a deafening roar of agony.
The Great Other dropped it's blade, its limbs trembled and it glared at Jon hatefully, before it's eyes dimmed.
"You are finished." Jon growled.
With one more roar the Great Other let out its agony and rage before suddenly, it utterly disappeared, with a concussive blast which knocked Jon clean of his feet. The shockwave was that powerful, the last thing Jon heard was Sam calling his name, before suddenly, he blacked out.
End of chapter, hope you enjoyed it, read and review please.
Well, that's the end of the battles, the remaining chapters deal with the aftermath of the battles, this is the second last Jon chapter. He has one more chapter, Sansa has one more too, Arya has two and there is an epilogue chapter, we are nearing the end now.