Rightfully Mine // Ned Stark

123. Kiss her

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'As soon as we heard of the wall falling I called all our men back... when can we expect your people to arrive?' tyrion was sat at the high table his eyes drifting around the room for Sasha or ned but they were no where to be seen. Probably for the best. Everyone knew of ned and in sasha's few visits here the northerners did seem to be fond of her. if someone said something, saw them, recognized them, daenerys would have Sashas head faster than Tyrion could open his mouth to object and he still did adore her. sasha was a smart and kind woman. Tyrion couldn't help but notice that even through this whole thing she didn't lose her smile.

'We need more horses and wagons if it pleases my lady and my Lord. And my queen' the boy, Ned Umber added looking from Sansa to Jon to Daenerys.

'We will give you as many as we can spare'

'We need to send ravens to the night watch as well' Jon said

'Your Grace... But you're not are you? You left Winterfell a king and came back a... I'm not sure what you are now a lord? Nothing at all?' a girl, both children that spoke up soo young to have such pressure put ontheir shoulder, Alys Karstark.

'That is not important' Jon told her

'Not important? We named you King in the north' she was just a girl but the men rallied behind her

'You did my lady it was the honor of my life and I will always be grateful for your faith but when I left Winterfell I told you we need to make allies or we will die. I have brought those allies home. I had a choice keep my crown or protect the north. I chose the north' he told them

'If anyone survived the war to come we will have Jon Snow to thank.' Tyrion told them moving around the long table. 'he risked his life to show us as a threat is real thanks to his courage we have brought with us the greatest army the world has ever seen we have brought two full grown dragons and soon the Lannister army will ride north to join our cause' he added and there was an uproar 'I know I know our people have not been friends in the past' tyrion reminded them 'but we must fight together now or die.'

'May I ask how we are supposed to feed all of these armies, the dathraki and the unsullied and two full grown dragons?' sansa questioned 'What do dragons eat anyway?' Sansa questioned

'Whatever they want.' Dany informed her smugly.

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Gendry and the other welders were hard at work making dragon glass weapons for every able body while they discussed what to do about feeding the soldiers. Meanwhile arya was very grateful to have her father back.

'so why can no one know? You are the rightful heir of the throne.' Arya reminded her. 'the people need you not this dragon bitch.' Sasha couldn't help but smile at least she had arya and sasha on her side.

'it is safer for now. besides if we do not defeat the army of the dead first, there will be no throne, no kings landing, no one to rule over. We use this child and her dragons.' Sasha told arya. 'we win this war and then I worry about daenerys and cerseis claims.' Sasha told her.

'then why do you have to stay hidden?' she questioned ned. 'you don't want the throne.'

'no but I already made myself known as a bastard to this woman, telling her the truth now... she wouldn't trust us. Its safer for now to remind annoymus.' Ned told his daughter

'I'm really glad you are not dead.' Arya told him hugging him again.

'family reunion?' jon questioned coming up behind them.

'How did you survive a knife to the heart?' Arya questioned

'I didn't' Jon told her. She hugged him hugged him tight and he lifted her off the ground. Jon looked past her to ned and sasha. 'father survived a beheading.' Jon remarked. 'and sasha an assassination or two. A knife to the heart is no big deal.' Jon told her. 'You still have it?' Jon said pointing to her sword, the sword he had given her before everything went to hell.

'Needle' she told him.

'I remember when Ned was going to take that away... mighty glad he didn't.' sasha added. Ned smirked shaking his head pulling sasha into him.

'Have you used it?' jon asked.

'Once or twice,' she told him. He took out his sword showing it to her 'Valyrian steel' she whispered, she took it in her hands, admiring it.

'Jealous?' Jon question

'Do you have any for me?' arya questioned

'Where were you before I could've used your help with Sansa?' jon told her. 'She does not like our queen,' jon told her and sasha let out a sharp breath. Our queen. She hated that. she hated that so much. 'and Sansa thinks she's smarter than everyone else.'

'She's the smartest person I've ever met.' Arya told them. 'besides sasha, I think.' Arya added and sasha beamed over at her.

'thank you my sweet girl.' Sasha told her.

'you're defending her? you?' Jon said shocked

'I'm defending our family and so is she' arya reminded him

'I'm family too,' he told her.

'Don't forget that' she told him hugging him again. While her arms wrapped around jon her eyes wandered to her father and Sasha, his arms wrapped around her. 'whats going on?' arya questioned pulling back from jon.

'what do you mean?' ned questioned letting his arms fall away from sasha.

'that. just that.' arya said. 'oh my GOD!' she declared. 'shut up!'

'I didn't say anything.' Ned reminded her.

'no way!' arya looked to jon. 'seriously?'

'say more words, Arya.' Sasha encouraged.

'you two?' arya all but squealed. 'yes!' she hugged sasha tight. 'yes, I approve!' arya told her. sasha smiled back blushing at Ned.

'she approves...' sasha said happily.

'when did this happen? Does sansa know?'

'she does not.' Ned said 'and I would like to keep it that way... at least for a while.' Ned told her.

'but this is-'

'I don't think she will take it as well as you.' Ned told her.

'but you two are together right?'

'for a long while now.' ned admitted.

'that's so-' arya looked to jon. 'how did you find out?'

'Father kissed her, right in front of me.' jon recalled. Arya smiled an open mouth smile at her father.

'wow a soon to be Queen, father she is a bit out of your league no?' arya teased.

'you are not wrong.' Ned confirmed, bringing his lips to sasha's a smile covered her face when he pulled away.