Faceless // Jaqen H'ghar

A girl will obey

'I'm sorry,' Arya said as she bumped into a soldier but she looked up and saw it was Jaqen. 'Where were you!' she demanded her tone suddenly aggressive.

'A man has patrol duty.' Jaqen said calmly.

'Tywin Lannister was right here and now he's gone.' Arya informed him.

'A man owes a girl one more name, the red god demands it give a man a name.' Jaqen told her.

'How long after I give you a name does it take you to kill someone?' arya questioned

'A minute, an hour, a month, death is certain the time is not.' Jaqen told her.

'He is taking an army to attack my brother.' she told him 'I need him dead right now. I need tywin Lannister dead right now!' she demanded.

'This a man cannot do.' Jaqen informed her.

'You promised you'd help me!' arya shouted.

'Help was not promised lovely girl only death. There must be others given name any name.' Jaqen told her.

'You would kill them? Anybody?'

'By the seven gods the old and the new and still counting I swear it you.' Jaqen agreed

'All right.' She leaned in close 'Jaqen H'ghar.' she said and he stared up at her

'A girl gives a man his own name...'

'Yes that's right.' Arya agreed.

'The gods are not mocked this is no joking thing.' Jaqen told her

'I'm not joking a man can go kill himself.' Arya informed him.

'Unnamed me.' he demanded

'No'

'Please.' He added softly.

'I will unname you.' Arya agreed

'Thank you.' he said leaning back

'If you help me and my friends escape.' Arya bargained.

'This would require more than one life this is not part of our bargain.' jaqen told her

'Fine Jaqen H'ghar, Jaqen H'ghar. Jaqen H'ghar. ' Arya told him stubbornly.

'A girl lacks honor.' Jaqen told her, she shrugged. 'if I do this thing a girl must obey.'

'A girl will obey.' she agreed

'And a girl and her friends will walk through the gate at midnight.' he told her walking away.

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'What did you bring?' Ary asked

'Some cheese and some sausages.' hot pie answered

'What are we going to do about those guards?' Gendry asked as they crouched behind a pillar waiting for the moon to hit its peak.

'He didn't say.' Arya admitted 'he just said walk through the gates at midnight.'

'But what about the guards?' Gendry asked again

'He didn't say anything about guards,' arya told him, she watched the guards hesitantly.

'he left them out? it's pretty important part don't you think?' Gendry asked

'We have to trust him.' Arya told them

'Trust him? You trusted him to fight with us and he ran.'

'I wanna go back to the kitchens.' Hot pie told them nervously.

'Shut up.' she shouted at them, 'stay here if you're afraid.' she got up walking towards the gate

'Arya don't!' they called but they followed after her hesitantly walking through the gates. The guards did not stop them because they were already dead their bodies hanging to look as though they were guarding they walked and walked and walked the sun was peeking up when they saw Jaqen on the top of a cliff looking down upon them.

'How did he find us?' hot pie questioned. Arya told them to stay put that she would deal with this she kept her eyes on the cliff but when she got around the peak Jaqen was gone. She kept walking looking when he appeared behind her.

'What are you doing here?'

'Waiting for you.' Jaqen answered

'How did you know we would come this way?' arya questioned curiously.

'After all the things you've seen this is your question? Not how did you kill those guards?' Jaqen questioned.

'Was it hard?' arya asked.

'No harder than taking a new name if you know the way.' Jaqen informed her.

'Show me how I want to know the way.' Arya begged.

'If you want to learn then you must come with me.' Jaqen told her

'Where?'

'Far away across the narrow sea to bravos.' Jaqen told her.

'My dancing masters from Bravvos.' arya smiled fondly at the memory.

'To be a dancing master is a special thing,' Jaqen agreed 'to be a faceless man that is something else entirely. A girl has many names on her lips Joffrey, Cersei, Tywin Lannister, llyn Payne, the hound...These names mean little to the faceless God.' jaqen told her. 'She could off them all one by one.' Jaqen suggested.

'I want to.' arya agreed 'but I can't... I need to find my brother and mother... and my sister.' she added, 'I need to find her too.'

'Then we must part a man has duties as well... here.' he held out a coin to her

'What is it?' arya questioned holding the coin in her hand, she didn't recognize it.

'A coin of great value.' Jaqen assure dher.

'Could I buy a horse?' She asked looking it over in her hands

'It is not meant for the buying of horses.' Jaqen informed her.

'Then what good is it?'

'If the day comes when you must find me again just give that coin to any man from bravos and say the words and say valar morghulis.' Jaqen told her.

' valar morghulis' arya repeated. He nodded smiling down to her, he turned he a path and he had a woman he needed to get back to. 'Please don't go Jaqen.' Arya called to him.

'Jaqen H'ghar is dead.' He informed her, 'say it again valar morghulis.'

' valar morghulis'' arya answered.

'Good.' he turned around pulled off his mask revealing a new face. 'goodbye arya stark.' she looked at him baffled as she watched him leave.