Author's Notes: Hey everyone, thank you for your comments. I hope that you enjoy this chapter. As always I own nothing. SPOILER ALERT: This chapter will contain spoilers from one of the Winds ofWinter sample chapter.
Sansa ran through the camp, trying desperately not to be seen by the combatants on either side. Though her powers were back she dared not use them and leave herself vulnerable while her mind was in another body. Fortunately in the darkness and confusion of battle no one seemed to notice her. Unfortunately that same darkness made it difficult, almost impossible in fact, to find her way out of the camp. No matter where she looked there were flames and fighting men only half visible in the light of the burning tents.
In desperation she chose a direction at random and headed in that direction. To her dismay the fighting soon grew more intense and she realized that she had headed right into the center of the camp where the fighting was the most intense. She turned to head back the way that she had come, when her attention was caught by a knot of Ironborn cutting their way through. Her eyes were drawn to the man leading the group. He was a darkly handsome man, with pale skin and dark hair and beard. He wore no helmet and Sansa could see that he had a patch over his left eye and his lips looked bluish in the firelight. He wore armor of black and red scales and wielded a sword and a shield which bore a red eye with a black pupil beneath an iron crown supported by two crows.
With the man at their head the Ironborn barreled into the ongoing melee. Despite being outnumbered the Ironborn were skilled and fierce. Some of them fell, but the others pressed on and while several blows fell on the leader they seemed to have no effect. Just as it seemed that the Ironborn would carry the fight a new group of knights appeared, with Lord Tyrell, whom Sansa recognized despite the helm he wore, himself at their head. He raised his sword and pointed it at the leader of the Ironborn.
"Euron Greyjoy! I, Mace of House Tyrell, Lord of Highgarden, Defender of the Marches, High Marshal of the Reach, Warden of the South and Master of Ships to Her Grace, Queen Daenerys of House challenge you to face me in combat!" While the words sounded like something out of an epic balled the Ironborns' reaction was to laugh uproariously. Euron remained silent, but his lips curled in a smile so cruel that Sansa felt her blood grow cold. Joffrey had tried to smile like that, but his cruelty appeared small and petty in comparison to the cruelty promised by the smile of Euron Greyjoy.
The two sides moved apart, leaving the two leaders to face off against each other. Sansa had expected them to circle and look for an advantage, but Euron did not do this. Instead he moved in at once, his shield up and cutting at Mace's legs. Lord Tyrell back away and then lunged forward to counterattack. Their shields clashed together and he in his turn cut at his opponent's legs. His blow landed, but like the other attacks it bounced harmlessly off his opponent's leg guard. Euron counterattacked and it was clear that he was the stronger of the two. He shoved on his shield and forced Tyrell back and as Mace stumbled Euron kicked him in the shin which caused him to stumbled and lose his footing. As he did this Euron grabbed his arm and jerked it straight up aimed his sword at the exposed armpit.
Sansa decided, despite the risks, to intervene. She was not overly fond of Mace Tyrell, but Margaery had been kind to her and she did not want Euron Greyjoy running around. So, as she had done with the Mountain during his duel with Prince Oberyn, she cast her mind from her body and towards Euron Greyjoy. Her mind entered his and they touched. If she had been capable of doing so Sansa would have screamed.
Euron's mind was like nothing which she had ever experienced before. The Mountain had had a simple, brutish mind, this was nothing like what she was experiencing now. Euron's mind was dark, cunning and cold. The cold, Sansa realized, was not all his. There was something else, something which filled her with terror. A terror which grew when she sensed that whatever it was alive and had a mind of its own and it was trying to draw her in and smother her in its darkness. It took all of her strength and for a moment it seemed that she would fail and be dragged in, but with a final cry of effort she freed her mind and it fled back to her body.
Once back she looked to the where the…man, if he could be called that, stood. To her horror he was looking directly in the eye at her smiling that smile again as he casually drew his blade out from Mace Tyrell's armpit. He flicked the blood off the blade, never once breaking eye contact with her. His eye appeared normal, but filled with malice and the promise of cruelty. She did not know why, but her eyes were drawn to the patch which covered his left eye. She could not explain it but she was certain that if he were to remove it whatever was beneath would cause her to freeze, like a bird staring at a snake. In desperation she crawled back on all fours Euron began to speak, barely having to raise his voice to do so.
"An interesting attempt my lady. But I fear that it will take more than your petty magic. Still." With that he began to walk towards her. Terror flooded Sansa anew as the man started to walk towards her, a slow, unhurried walk, yet to Sansa it seemed as if the very ground shook to each step. She finally managed to scramble to her feet. She turned and ran. She had no idea where she was going and at the moment it did not matter. All that she cared about at that moment was getting away from Euron Greyjoy and so she ran into the swirling darkness and confusion of battle with the sound of his footsteps echoing in her ears over the sounds of it all.
Author's Notes: Hey everyone, I hope you liked it. If you are confused by Euron I am going more off of the books than the tv show, especially the sample chapter for the Winds of Winter in which he is much better than the show and the theory put forward is by a YouTuber that I like IdeasOfIceAndFire, here is the video in question www.youtube watch?v=Cr_L_xB4ePs it too contains spoilers so be warned and check out the rest of his stuff as it is quite good and I have decided to incorporate his theory into my story and I want it clear that it was his and have him get the credit. Till next time please pray for all who need it and may Jesus bless you.