The Wars to Come - J.S.

5 - MEETINGS

— yunkai —

Everyone in the tent turns to Jorah immediately, all with looks of confusion, only to find that he looks confused as well.

"Who are you?" he questions the dark haired girl standing in front of him and his queen.

"My name is Aurora Mormont." she answers confidently, although her inner monologue is anything but confident. She's fearful of what he will think of her, the baby that his father picked up outside of Castle Black.

Daenerys raises a questioning brow at this, "You are related?" she says, looking between the two Mormonts.

"Not exactly, I was-" Aurora stops, trying to think of the best way to explain herself and her story to these strangers, "My... your..  our father," she stumbles again, "He found me outside Castle Black as a baby, my family abandoned me, he took me in and Lord Commander Quorgyle kind of, in the plainest of terms, didn't give a shit. So, I was raised at Castle Black, and your father took me in."

Jorah doesn't say anything, he simply turns around and walks out of the back of the tent.

Aurora's face falls as her hopes of getting along with her adoptive brother follow him out of the tent and fly away on the breeze.

Daenerys sees the girls disappointment and decides to introduce her to everyone to get her mind off of Jorah's rejection.

"Well, Aurora Mormont, I am Daenerys Targaryen, this is my Queens guard Sir Barristan Selmy, and my advisor Missandei. And my dragons." She smiles kindly at Aurora who smiles back and nods graciously at all of them.

Aurora is unsure if the Dragon Queen is attempting to intimidate her, but if she is she failed as Aurora walks right up to the dragons as if they were dogs.

"Hello there." she says to the dragons, who squawk in return, "They're quite beautiful. Do they have names?" she questions as she watches the animals closely. 

"Yes, this is Drogon, Rhaegal, and Viserion." Daenerys watches on skeptically as the Northern girl moves closer to her children.

She reaches out a hand towards Rhaegal and Daenerys opens her mouth to issue a warning to the girl, but stops when Rhaegal nuzzles his head into Aurora's hand. 

Her mouth gapes as this strange girl  touches her dragon and doesn't get burnt alive.

Daenerys is instantly intrigued, as are the rest of the people in the tent. 

"Should I go look for him? Or should I just give it time, I don't know, I've never met a long lost adoptive brother before." Aurora questions openly, Daenerys laughs lightly at Aurora's awkwardness.

That's when Aurora looks away from the dragon, who is still enjoying her petting him, and locks eyes with the Dragon Queen as if she has just remembered where she is and who she is with.

"Oh gods, I should have asked before I touched him, I'm so sorry," Rory looks down at the ground, embarrassed, and quickly draws her hand back from the dragon.

"It's perfectly alright, I believe he was enjoying it. Although I'm not sure why he let you touch him, they're quite selective in who they allow to be near them, much less touch them. You must be special." she replies, stroking Drogon's head.

"Thank you," she begins to say something else but pauses, "Sorry, what should I call you?"

"Daenerys is fine."

"Thank you, Daenerys. You can call me Rory."

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a/n: I just wanna put this out there, that this is gonna be a slow burn in that its gonna take a while for them to get back to each other (you know, long awaited reunions are kind of standard in this show), right now Rory kinda knows she likes him but Jon has no idea how he feels or how she feels. Okay? okay.