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I am tending to Jon's wounds as Ygritte shows up aiming her bow at Jon. We stand slowly. They argue. Jon tries to hop on the horse quickly and I watch as she puts an arrow in him. He still crawls for the horse. She puts another. And one more before she can land another I feel a deep fire in my core. I open my mouth letting the fire escape. It feels warm and slick in my throat. I'm to far to burn her completely but I catch her arm and it is enough to scare her off. Jon is slumped on the horse. I get on and ride us to castle black.
... we arrive at the gates. "Halt!" The man says. "It's me Leon! And Jon!" I call up. My hood over my head hiding my white hair. He can't tell I'm a girl from here. We get in and Jon lays on the floor. "Jon!" Sam says. "I don't think he can see us." ... Jon says the mans name. "Sam." He says too. "We're home now Jon." I say. "-carry him gently." Sam says.
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Sam, Jon, and I stand atop the wall. "What's it like?" Sam says. "To have someone who you love and they love you back?" He asks. Jon had told that he had taken a woman sexually but he told them nothing more. I look at Jon and he seems to be having trouble to explain it. I take a deep breath. I turn to Sam and I remove my hood. "You're a girl?" Sam asks clearly shocked. "That I am Sam." My hair is still white. "Your hair? Are you a..." "I am." I say. "The sister of the great Khelisi across the sea." I say with pride. "I tell you Sam." I says. "To love someone and them love you back it's like being complete. You're not just living for yourself anymore. You both live and die for each other. You're no longer your own person you are one together. It's like you finally have a reason to live. You have something worth fighting for." Jon looks at me. I smile at him.
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We all prepare the wall and I have managed to sneak away to put on a cap to hide my white hair. The wildlings attack. I'm praying that red headed whore is among them. It would bring me much joy to see her lifeless corpses. We watch them approach. "Loose!" I take my bow and I take down at least 15. Jon watches. He stands close to me. I spot that little whore. I smile. They've made it in. They fight down below. "Archers! Nock your Arrows!" Jon orders. I stand beside him and I do as told. "Draw!" "Loose!" I land every single shot I make. I am lowered with the other over the edge. "Nock!" "Draw!" "Loose!" "Down!" One of our men is launched over the wall by a giants arrow. "Now!" We drop the oil barrels. I stand beside Jon. The giants begins punching through the wall. He hooks a top to it and they pull with the mammoth. I follow Jon. "The outer gate won't hold." He tells the man. "Take five men hold the inner gate. Hold the inner gate. If they make it through..." "They won't." he says. "Oil." Jon orders. I look at Jon. "Jon." I say. "No matter what happens." I says. "I love you." I whisper to him. He looks at me. "I love you too." He says. Sam reaches us. "Edd you have the wall." We go down with Sam.

"I don't want you out there." Jon says to Sam. "You can't protect me forever." Sam says "There won't be anywhere to hide if the castle falls." "I need him more than I need you." I follow Jon down and draw my sword. I breath fire on it. I help Jon fight off the wildlings. We do it side by side. That bald man comes at Jon. I fight off others from attacking him. I see that whore. I watch her. She points an arrow at Jon. He looks at her aiming for him. I cross into his line of sight. I charge at her. I jump tackling her to the ground. She pulls at my hair and I punch her twice in the face. She manages to get on top of me. She holds a rock over her head so bash me with it. While she does so I thrust up and over rolling her off of me. I start to punch her in the face repeatedly. Over and over and over. I keep punching and punching until finally she stops moving. I take the rock and bash her skull in for good measure. Jon's arms wrap around me. He holds me back. I hug him. He kisses me. (Behind the wall) "I love you." He says. "I love you too." We both stand. "Till death do us part." He says. "Till death do us part." I say. It's Thormund. The last man. "Thurmond." I say. "It's over. Let it end." Jon kicks him down. "Put him in chains. We'll question him later." "I should have thrown you from the top of the wall boy!" "Aye." Jon says. "You should have."

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