The Forest Child {Sandor Clegane Story}

Dog

"Where have you been?" Sansa yelled at her older sister as Natari walked into her apartment.

"Sandor took me back to my apartment," Natari grumbled and pulled her sister into a tight hug.

"He's a bad man Nat, he was there when they took father. He helped kill the men loyal to us. Don't forget what he did to Arya's friend!" she cried.

"He did what?" Natari asked softly and stood back from the girl.

"He was in the throne room when they killed our guards, he's the one that brought me to the Queen!" she explained further.

Natari looked down at her feet and sighed. How could she of been so stupid? "We need to leave here Sansa, we need to find our brothers and sister."

"We will never get out of the castle," Sansa whimpered and began to cry again.

"Tonight, Sansa. Listen to me. Tonight we shall climb out of here. Wear your most simple clothing, we can use the underground to escape the city,"

"The underground?" Sansa asked confusedly.

"When Arya and I would go exploring, we found a tunnel just off the coast. It leads throughout the city. I know it well and we could stay hidden in the dark. Just do as I say and I will get you home sweet sister."

Sansa nodded and Natari pulled her into another tight hug before leaving. For the rest of the day, Natari spent her time looking through the maps she had hidden under the bed. Deciding the route they would take, she believed Arya would be at the wall by now with the man of the night watch, unless he had already taken her back to Winterfell.

As the sun began to set in the sky, Natari was finishing packing her small bag when someone came storming through the apartment. Natari's quickly pulled the covers on her bed over the bag and tried to act natural.

"You spoke to your sister?" Sandor asked as he walked into the bedroom.

"Yes, we had a very interesting talk about how you were the one that took her to the Queen... how you helped butcher our guards, just like that young boy on the journey down to this god forsaken city!" Natari spat viscously.

"I had a duty," he replied flatly.

"Fuck your duty. It was not more than a few hours ago when you told me how I came before duty. So fuck you dog!" Natari was seething now as she looked at the man with nothing but disgust.

"Dog is it now little woman, am I no longer the Sandor you were crying out earlier?" he laughed and stepped closer to her.

Natari slapped him as hard as she could across the face. "You disgust me!" she spoke coldly and slowly.

"Aye, I'm sure I do," he smiled before slowly backing out of the room.

Finally, once the night had covered the city Natari ran down the corridor to her sister. "I wish to speak with my sister... about girl things," she told the guard by the door, who in an attempt to not find out any more quickly opened the door and then slammed it shut behind her.

"Are you alone sister?" Natari asked.

Sansa nodded silently, she had been crying again and was shaken with fear. "I will not let anything happen," Natari spoke slowly to the girl in an attempt to calm her.

Sansa nodded again but more quickly this time. Meanwhile, Natari was throwing down the chain of sheets, dresses and other fabrics she could find out of the window. It was not as long as she had hoped for and there was still a small jump at the end.

"I can't climb down that!" Sansa cried when she saw her plan.

"Yes, you can Sansa. I shall go first and catch you if you slip, but you must follow me okay?"

"I will try," she sniffled.

They tied the end of the chain to the frame on the window and Natari positioned herself for the climb.

"I hope this works," she whispered to herself as she looked down at the long drop.

"I'll see you down there Sansa," Natari smiled and then began to climb. When she was halfway she made the bird call for Sansa to start.

Slowly Sansa then climbed out of the window and began to shuffle down the chain. The plan was going perfect until they heard shouting from the window they had just climbed out of.

"Sansa... Sansa slide down sister!" Natari called out as she jumped off the chain and onto the floor.

Sansa was not even halfway down when the men looked out and saw her. "SANSA YOU MUST!" Natari cried out to her.

Sansa had frozen though, clinging onto the chain for dear life as the guards began to pull her up. Natari looked around, she did not know what to do and her heart was sinking in her chest.

If I go back in there they'll take my head. My only chance of saving her now is to run and come back with an army. Natari thought as she watched the men pull her back into the window.

That's when she saw him. Sandor. That dog.