Nyctophilia|Game of Thrones

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Joanna sat on a chair beside a table where Jon Snow lay.

Her hands grasped his right hand as her head laid in her arm that rested on the table.

She was fast asleep but even then, refused to let him go. "She's not going to be okay. This will kill her." Daemon whispered knowing the love the two held for each other from many years ago.

"She just needs to stay asleep until we can decide what to do." Ser Davos spoke up

"Us decide. Those two were betrothed. Jon didn't care about his vows as long as he was risking them for Joanna. She should decide" Lucion argued

"What makes you think she will be able to?" Edd asked the man. "She's lost two husbands, a child, and now the person she's loved her whole life."

"It is still her choice." Lucion softly shouted

"A choice we both know she won't be able to make," Edd argued back. "No, Thorne did this. To his commander and Queen. He should be killed."

"How many of your brothers do you think you can trust?" Davos asked

"Trust? The men in this room." Edd replied

"Do the wolves know you?" Davos asked Edd who looked over Davos' shoulder at Ghost and Greywind before nodding his head yes "We need all the help we can get." Davos spoke

Edd began moving towards the door and as he approached it, there was a knock causing some of the men to draw their blades and Joanna to wake up.

"Ser Davos." The person's voice spoke up

Edd looked over his shoulder at Ser Davos who nodded but before anyone could do anything, Joanna stood up, walked to the door, and opened it, pulling the woman inside before closing the door again.

"Melisandre..." Joanna trailed looking at her with soft sad eyes as the red woman looked distressed at the sight of Jon's body.

"I saw him in the flames, fighting at Winterfell." She told the Davos and Joanna.

"I can't speak for the flames, but he's gone," Davos told the woman who walked up to Jon and touched his cheek.

A tear fell down Joannas cheek as she walked over to Lucion and hugged the man. "My sweet girl," Lucion whispered hugging her back.

"I will be back soon." Joanna heard Melisandre say before she left the room.

"He'll have seen we didn't come. Thorne will have made it official by now. Castle Black is his." Davos spoke up after a few minutes

"I don't care who's sitting at the high table. Jon was my friend, and those fuckers butchered him. Now we return the favor." Edd told the man pulling Joanna's attention

"We don't have the numbers," Davos told the man

"We have two direwolves" Edd replied

"It's not enough. I didn't know Lord Commander Snow for long, but I have to believe he wouldn't have wanted his friends to die for nothing." Davos retorted

"If you were planning to see tomorrow, you picked the wrong room. We all die today. I say we do our best to take Thorne with us when we go." Edd argued

"We need to fight, but we don't need to die. Not if we have help."Davos told the man who scoffed

"Who's gonna help us?" Another man asked as Davos turned to look at Joanna which caused everyone else to look at her.

"You're not the only ones who owe your lives to Jon Snow." Davos told the man "Ain't that right... Your Grace." He continued

Joanna slowly turned to face the men, pulling away from her uncle with tear-stained cheeks.

She stood there for a moment before she sighed heavily.

"I will go with Edd. Bolt the door. Do not let anyone in. We will be back as soon as we can." Joanna told the men

"Why do you have to go?" Daemon asked his sister

"Because I'm a Queen. It's my duty. Luc watch the children." Joanna whispered to the men. "come Greywind." Joanna softly said before the two and Greywind left the room.

....

A little while later, Edd and Joanna rode on their horses to where they knew the freefolk were. "Do you think this will work? Do you think they will come?" Edd asked the woman

"They have to. It's our only hope." Joanna replied softly trying her best not to cry.

"It will be okay. We will get vengeance. I swear it." Edd whispered softly

"Promises mean very little to me now." She replied before signaling her horse to move faster.

..

A while later, the two continued riding until suddenly Joanna fell off of her horse causing the two to stop.

"Joanna!" Edd shouted jumping off his horse and running to the girl who lay there with her eyes closed and a small smile on her lips.

Joanna, whose mind had been clouded by a vision, looked through the eyes of her mother.

In the far-off distance, she could see a boat with Dornish symbols. Immediately she thought about Oberyn but secondly, she thought about her little sister, Myrcella.

She saw a boat growing closer and the closer it grew, the more she could see her father, Jamie.

If Jamie was there, that meant he was bringing Myrcella home but her smile soon faded and tears began flowing down her face as sobs escaped her lips once she only saw Jamie and a body covered behind him.

Her sadness grew as she also felt her mothers and fathers all together.

Soon she opened her eyes sitting up and gasping for air. "Your Grace!" Edd spoke once more

"Princess Myrcella. My sweet Myrcella..." she trailed softly as the man carefully helped her stand up.

"What about your sister?" Edd asked

"She dead..." Joanna finished looking over at him.

"Joanna?" A voice spoke up pulling the duo's attention

"Tormund," Joanna replied softly as tears continued down her face.

"What is it? What's happening?" The man asked getting off his horse and walking up to her.

"My sister and Jon are dead." She whispered softly

"What?" He asked her

"Myrcella Baratheon and Jon Snow are dead!" Joanna said a bit louder

"Stay here, I'll gather men and we'll ride back to Castle Black." Tormund told the woman walking back to his horse

"No wait!" She called after him causing him to stop and face her.

"All I have is my children. I have no one else anymore. I carry a child who holds no father." She sobbed falling to her knees.

"I'm sorry what?" The two men asked in pure shock.

"What am I going to do?" She cried out as Greywind lay beside her with his head on her lap.

"You're going to wait here. I'll bring men and a giant." Tormumd told her before getting on his horse and running off.

"You're with child? Jon's child?" Edd asked the woman

"I was going to pardon him of his vows. We were going to marry. Have a family. Be happy. It wouldn't have mattered if I was Queen of the Seven Kingdoms or Queen in the North. As long as he was there." She told him softly

"We'll get revenge. I swear it my Queen. We'll get revenge." Edd finished in a low threatening tone.