End Game// Tormund Giantsbane (3)

49. Quiet Game

"Arya?" Tumi questioned making her jump. Arya had been following around Petyr all afternoon. He was being extra shady, hushed voices near the kennels then talking with Golver and Royce now he was being shady near the chambers.

"Quiet game tumi." Arya remarked bringing a finger to her lips. TUmi nodded eagerly.

"I found it, my Lord." Wolkan remarked holding out a scroll.  "It took some searching. Maester Llewyn's archives are thorough." Petyr read the note over before looking back to Wolken.

" Are you sure this is the only copy at Winterfell?"

"Yes, my Lord." Wolkan agreed

"Lady Stark thanks you for your service." Petyr remarked fondly.

"Are we done playing the quiet game? Its not fun." Tumi admitted as Petyr went into his chambers.

"Yeah." Arya agreed.

"Can we teach me that sword game? Mama is getting Tya and me a sword like Nettle... Needle!" Tumi declared. "Needle, little like your Needle."

"Thats great." Arya agreed. "I will meet you in the courtyard." Arya offered and Tumi ran off. Petyr locked his door and left as Tumi ran off singing down the halls. Arya picked the lock promptly and began looking around.

She opened a cabinet but found nothing of value. She checked another cabinet, then looked in the fireplace and above the mantle finding nothing. She lifted up the mattress and found a small hole cut into the bedding. She reached in and retrieved the raven scroll. She unrolled it carefully reading it through.

"Robb, I write to you with a heavy heart. Our good king Robert is dead, killed from wounds he took in a boar hunt. Father has been charged with treason. He conspired with Robert's brothers against my beloved Joffrey and tried to steal his throne. The Lannisters are treating me very well and provide me with every comfort. I beg you: come to King's Landing, swear fealty to King Joffrey and prevent any strife between the great houses of Lannister and Stark. Your faithful sister, Sansa."

Arya rerolled the note and left. She locked the door behind her with a huff. Petyr peered out a smirk on his face as Arya marched off.

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'How many queens are there?' Tormund questioned.

'Two' jon answered.

'And you need to convince the one with dragons or the one that fucks her brother?' Tormund mused with a laugh.

'Both' jon answered.

"Alright so the scouts found them a mile south of the wall said they were on their way here...' Tormund offered when they got to the cells at castle black.

''Hey I know you,' jon said looking around the group. 'You're the hound..." He grumbled glancing over at Jon. 'I saw you once at winterfell.'

'they want to go beyond the wall to.' Tormund told jon. Sandor sat up, the rest of the brotherhood waking as well.

'we don't want to go beyond the wall, we have to.' beric told them. 'Our Lord told us that the great war is coming.' Beric told him

'Don't trust him, don't trust any of them.' Gendry said stepping forward 'they are the brotherhood and the last thing their Lord told them to do was sell me to a red witch to be murdered!'

'Thoros, look who it is.' beric said in Thoros leaned forward

'Boy?' thoros grinned

'Last time i spoke to a fire worshipper i was sold to the red woman! They sold me!' gendry shouted.

'Boy? I hardly recognized you' Thoros said grinning at gendry he shot him a glare though. 'Anything to drink down here I haven't been feeling like myself'

'You are a fucking mormont like the rest of them. Like the last Lord Commander.' Tormund was busy shouting at Jorah while gendry shouted at Beric.

'He was my father.' Jorah told him

'He hunted us like animals.' Tormund told him

'You returned the favor as I recall.' Jorah Mormont reminded him.

'OK we all are at the edge of the world at the same moment heading in the same direction for the same reason.' Beric spoke up.

'Our reasons are not yours' davvos said

'It does not matter what we think our reasons are.' beric told them 'there is a greater purpose at work and we serve it together whether we mean it or not we take the steps but the Lord of light-'

'Shut the fuck up' sandor said 'are we coming with you or not?'

'Don't you wanna know what we're doing?' jorah questioned.

'better than sitting in a freezing cell waiting to die.' Sandor told them.

'He is right... we are on the same side.' Jon told them

'how can they be?' gendry questioned incredulously.

'we are all breathing.' Jon confirmed opening the door.

"And I would like to stay that way until I get back to my girl. Longer preferably." Tormund declared.

As the gate opened at the wall it was a blizzard outside. they headed out snow so thick they could barely see what was ahead of them they were going to catch a white Walker. It seemed like forever when the snow stopped flurrying around them and the sun came out but it was still bitterly cold.