Faceless // Jaqen H'ghar

My own power

'You will never be one of us lady stark.' the faceless woman said and arya shot up nervously she looked at jaqen, beside him stood Seraphina Lannister. Arya stared at her a moment longer, she had so many questions.

'she has a point.' Jaqen remarked, 'none of the faceless men were born to lords and ladies... Until recently but she is an exception.' Jaqen said nodding to Sera.

'Who are you?' arya questioned

'They were slaves in the mines of Valeryia.'

'Who was the first?'

'He was no one.' Sera answered.

'the many faced God, taught him how to shed his face and harness his gift,' Jaqen told her, 'and teach others in exchange for their services many more gifts were given... soon all the masters were gone and the first men fled.'

'Where did they go?' arya questioned looking between the three, she wanted to ask sera what she was doing here, last she heard Seraphina had been killed but here she stood, but maybe it wasn't Seraphina. Arya had seen Jaqen become someone else, maybe they had killed Sera and were using her face.

'They found the free city of Bravvos and built this temple.' Jaqen told her.

'These are the faces they were in life, when they were not wearing others...' Jaqen went on, 'the first faceless man,' Arya looked up on the wall of faces 'and now Girl is one of them.' Jaqen told him 'if a girl decides.'

'A girl has no desires.'

++++

'a girl has no desires?' sera questioned.

'a man has a desire. A man thinks that the many faced god will forgive him.' Jaqen told her.

'I hope so,' she coed her eyes jumping up to his. 'because a woman has the same desire and she doesn't think she can stop.'

+++++

'Who are you?'

'No one.' Arya said and the woman whipped her. 'Cunt!' Arya shouted holding her arm

'Lie. you all lie.' The woman told her whipping her again. 'who are you?'

'I told you-' but the woman smacked her again, 'do that again-' arya warned, she smacked arya again this time arya fell to the ground

'Who are you?'

'You're about to find out.' arya hissed

'What are you doing?' Jaqen questioned

'We were only playing.' the woman said 'the game of faces'

'A girl is not ready.' Jaqen told her

'Clearly not.' the woman agreed.

'be glad she didn't break your nose like I did when you decided it would be good to play the game of faces with me,' sera recalled. The woman sneered at her. 'although I'm sure if we waited long enough Arya would have proved you wrong as well.'

'I am ready.' Arya objected, 'I am ready!'

'For what?' Jaqen questioned.

'For whatever you want! To be able to be a faceless man to be no one!' Arya told him confidently. They stared at each other along moment before Jaqen looked over at the bed and saw a sword

'Who's sword is that?' he questioned, arya glanced back at it. 'It belongs to arya stark, Arya Starks sword arya Starks clothes, arya stark silver... a man wonders how is it that no one came to be surrounded by arya Starks things.' Jaqen told her simply before leaving. A woman followed leaving sera and arya alone.

'I will find you some new clothes.' Sera told her but arya grabbed her wrist.

'what happened to you?' arya questioned. Sera just smiled running a gentle hand through aryas hair.

'I will be right back.'

+

So arya knew what she had to do she disposed of her clothes her jewels anything that was arya stark bundling it up and throwing it into the water all except her sword she hid that in the stone.

'I hid something as well at first.' Sera told her sitting down at the waters edge. Arya looked up thinking she was being sneaky. 'I wont tell but don't think that Jaqen does not know.' Sera told her.

'what happened to you seraphina?' arya questioned sitting down next to her.

'a scared and weak girl was sent, sold,' she corrected. 'to a man, he was a handsome man, I will admit but he would have used a girl for what he wanted.'

'what happened? Everyone thought you were dead.'

'did they weep for me?' she questioned with a laugh. Arya didn't answer, when the news of Seraphina's death came to the capital the queen, sera's sister and ser Jaime her brother, hadn't batted an eye, as if they didn't even care. 'my family... that scared girls family was not like yours arya. They were not close, they didn't care about one another like you do with your family. Jaqen told me you went ot find your brother and mother, your sister too. Did you?'

'no, they were dead... I don't know where sansa is.' Arya told her.

'I'm sorry.' Sera told her.

'how did you do it?'

'do what?'

'come here? Be this faceless man?' arya questioned.

'jaqen killed everyone. At the port of white harbor, he killed my betrothed and his family at the docks, he killed my knights sent to protect me until the hand off and he let me live.' Sera recalled, like a distant thought, her eyes wandering the horizon. 'he offered me a chance to be strong. To be my own person, to have my own power.... To not have to be someone's property.' Sera said looking to arya. 'I took it. I worked hard and I listened. I trained harder. When the time comes, do as you are told, do it well and you will be rewarded. Don't rush them, its not how this works.'

'but all ive done is-'

'sweep. I know. I did it too.' Sera told her. 'your time will come, just listen, pay attention and do as you are told. Fight back against the bitch.' Sera told her.

'shes a real cunt.' Arya agreed.

'yes. She doesn't like me. it seems she doesn't like you very much either.' Sera acknowledged.

'she has a lot of rage for someone who is supposed to have no wants or needs.' Arya remarked.

'I think that every day.'

'has she attacked you?' arya questioned.

'yes. But I was ready and you will be ready as well.'

'will you train me?' arya questioned hopefully.

'not until Jaqen says so. But then I will gladly train you, little wolf.'