Rightfully Mine // Ned Stark

121. Eye to eye

They were back a dragon stone, planning their journey to winterfell. To gather their troops and defeat the army of the dead.

"if we have the dorthraki ride hard they will get to winter fall within a fortnight.' Jon said moving his hand along the map.

'And the unsullied?' dany questioned

'We can send them to White Harbor to meet the Dothraki on Kings road and we can ride together from there.' jon told her.

'Perhaps you should fly to Winterfell your Grace,' Mormont said 'you have many enemies all it takes is one angry man with a crossbow to see you are silver hair and want vengeance and declare himself the man who killed the conqueror...' Mormont warned. Your grace. Sasha's jaw tensed every times someone called this child your grace or my queen, Gods. But somehow ned always knew he took a step back away from jons side and held tight to her hand. Dany didn't know why two bastards from the north had to be in on every meeting but she trusted Jon.

'It's your decision your grace but if we are to be allies in this war is important for the northerners to see us as allies together' Jon told her.

'if you show up alone on a dragon... they really wont trust you. Northerners have walls up, especially when it comes to outsiders.' Ned told her, Dany spared a glance back at him. She stared at him waiting for him to say your grace but he didn't.

'Fine we sail to the Harbor together I think it sends a better message,' dany told them agreeing with jon. 'I have not come to conquer the north I'm coming to save the north, we sail together' Daenerys told Jon.

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'What you did in Kings Landing you could've lied to Cersei about bending the knee to Daenerys you risked everything to tell the enemy the truth.' Theon reminded Jon. Ned peered inside the throne room only to see theon and jon. He wanted to ring theons neck.

'We went down there to make peace and it seems to me we need to be honest with each other if we are going to fight together.' Jon told him.

'"And you always know what is right, to be honest even when we were both young and stupid you always knew every step we take, it was always the right step.' Theon told him

'It may seem that way from the outside but I promise you that is not true,' Jon told him 'I've done plenty of things that I regret'

'Not compared to me you haven't' theon told him

'No not compared to you' Jon confirmed. Theon made his way closer to jon

'I always wanted to do the right thing be the right kind of person but I never knew what that meant.' Theon admitted 'it always seemed like... Like it was an impossible choice I had to make stark or Greyjoy.'

'Our father was more of a father to you than yours ever was and you betrayed him!' Jon told him 'you betrayed him for a man that never loved you!'

Atta boy, ned thought as he watched them silently.

'I did' theon agreed.

'You never lost it. It's a part of you just like he is a part of me' jon told him

'But the things I've done-'

'It's not my place to forgive you for all of it but what I can forgive...' Jon told him 'I do.' He heard the creek of the door and saw his father watching them. 'You don't need to choose Theon you are a greyjoy and you are a stark.' Jon told him.

'Thank you Jon.' Theon told him sincerely. 'When I was a prisoner my sister tried to save me she was the only one that tried to save me' Theon told them 'she needs me now'

'So why are you still talking to me?' Jon turned and walked away ned followed after him. 'I thought that was something that you might say.' Jon told him.

'you thought I would pardon the man that took winterfell, pretended to kill my sons, last winterfell, and became ramsey's bitch?' ned questioned.

'I did.' Jon agreed.

'you are a good man jon. A big heart.' Like your mother, ned wanted to say. He wanted to tell him, tell him everything but it never seemed like the right time and with sasha a clear choice, at least in his mind for queen if jon found out about his Targaryen nature... he would want the throne and him and sasha would never see eye to eye again.

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They were already in the great game but they were about to enter the great war. And the white walkers had a new weapon. One to compete with daenarys fire breathing dragons.