The Warrior

Chapter 7

Alyssa was mulling over words said to Jon, maybe she shouldn't have told him that anecdote. Remorseful and full of guilt, she tried to reach Jon's room, but Jaime stopped her.

"Lady Alyssa,a black raven has come from King's Landing ..."

She knew they were certainly not good news and immediately flashed to her mind the slender little figure of Tyrion. Jaime kept talking, waiting for any response from Alyssa.

"Tyrion will be processed earlier."

"What? Ser Jaime You must be joking! We have come here even if it means risking our life for that of Tyrion and you're telling me that it will be all in vain? "

Alyssa clenched his fists and looked up to the roof ... could not believe everything. Tyrion, the only friend she had who would soon be eaten by his own lions. Jaime showed no signs of vitality, no emotion.

"How can you be so calm? Your brother could be killed by your own family and stay powerless? "Alyssa looked at Jaime in a disgusted way .

"Lady Alyssa, we both knew Tyrion would have had this fate ... Even I have not had any chance to free him and believe me, to remain so helpless it means that I have exhausted all opportunities."

Alyssa, in a sense, was raised by his words, but the thought of her Imp who was being unfairly prosecuted for a crime not committed and taken to the guillotine, made her shiver. She dismessed ser Jaime and locked herself in her room. She wanted to sleep, but her eyes saw nothing but pain and blood for Tyrion. A few minutes later a horn sounded, and jumped up to his feet. Jaime knocked on the door and he took Alyssa by the arm.

"You have to hide or at the end of the day I will find yourself in a bloodbath"

She knew that Ser Jaime was not kidding, the wildlings were a savage and primitive people.

"No, I will not wait hiding." She went back to her room and pulled out an old trunk with a sword forged with Valyrian steel

"I will fight with you and with the Night's Watch"

Ser Jaime was astonished, he would never have expected such a scene, usually all maidens around him would pay just to be saved by him but Lady Alyssa was different, she had a fire inside that it seemed to be indomitable.

The young girl went into the yard to prepare herself for battle. Jon Snow saw her and he was also amazed.

"My lady, you should not stay here, it's dangerous."

"I know the risks that I run and I decided to help ... Oh, and forgive me for what I said before, do not give weight to my words."

After getting rid of that weight, Alyssa drew his sword and took his position with Ser Jaime at her side to cover her shoulders.

A horde of wildlings invaded the central courtyard knocking out the huge door. Alyssa heard shouting, she cries of pain and encouragement. After a moment of uncertainty, she threw herself into the horde, followed by Jaime. She killed a brute who tried to touch her, and who had promised to rape her repeatedly, which made Alyssa even more furious. She tried to find Jon, she does not know why, but she didn't want him to die. She found him after fighting its twentieth wildlings. He was there, kneeling on the cold snow colored by red, he held in his arms a redhead wildling girl. His eyes were empty, he remained there for a long and Alyssa could do nothing but watch his back and make him get up.

"Jon got up, now. Let her go."

Jon was not moving, then Alyssa took him by the arm and put his sword in his hand.

"Without you we can not win."

She did not know why, but she was on familiar speaking terms with him,now. And perhaps because of this, he was able to heel and to get up and continue to fight. Alyssa went to find Jaime and realized that even though he had a hand, he fought better than the rest of the crows. They were almost all dead, they were going to win. She had a lopsided smile that she could not get out, they had made it ... But her complacent smile turned into a cry of pain; she could feel a flow of heat that spread from her abdomen, and then she realized that the heat was actually the flow of blood that was gushing from her body.