Chapter Eleven

Catelyn notices the change expression of Aera. "Why... What is it?" Catelyn asked and Aera turned to her.

"Red, as they say, blood will spill from an invited guest. A brother from oath will double cross, a man with a head of wolf will lay beneath." Aera declares out of nowhere confusing Lady Catelyn. Aera stops herself from crying as she remembers what will happen in the Red Wedding.

" Aera? What... What is that supposed to mean? "Lady Catelyn asked worriedly but Aera shake her head and step back almost stumbling.

Aera looks down and glances up again at the woman, she looked at her worriedly. "Are you alright?" The woman asked but Aera shake her head.

"Listen carefully... My Lady. A Predecessor with a vengeful heart will remove the air from youngsters to quench their thirst. To repay what had been a loss but what will be the outcome... " Aera trails off, Robb Stark made a huge misstep by marrying Talisa.

Can Aera prevent their death?

Catelyn who's still confused can feel the shivers run down her spine, the girl in front of her spit some weird cryptic words but it seems a warning and prophecy.

Catelyn doesn't want to believe in prophecy but she's terrified.

"Forgive me, My Lady but I have to leave. If you want to write to Sansa give it to me now and I'll deliver it." Aera said and the woman who still had so many questions just nodded.

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Daenerys together with Jorah and Selmy at Astapor. Daenerys tried to make the slave drink some water but the slave cannot move because of his suffering. Daenerys looked around in anger.

"The Walk of Punishment" Daenerys whispered angrily, she loathed these people, the people in charge of doing this. Ser Jorah and Ser Selmy debate for a bit but Daenerys steps in.

"When your brother Rhaegar led his army into battle at the Trident, men died for him because they believed in him, because they loved him, not because they'd been bought at a slaver's auction. I fought beside the last dragon on that day, Your Grace. I bled beside him." Ser Barristan spoke out.

"Rhaegar fought valiantly, Rhaegar fought nobly, and Rhaegar died." Ser Jorah's response.

" Did you know him well, Ser Barristan?" Daenerys questioned.

"I did, Your Grace. Finest man I ever met."

" I wish I had known him. But he was not the last dragon. I and Aera are. " Daenerys said darting at the man.

" Aera? Your sister, where is she?" Ser Barristan asked, the longest time his with Daenerys none of them mention where is Aera. " I heard she had three dragons with her too, it will be an honor to meet her," Ser Selmy said but the two stayed quiet.

" Apparently, she's not here. "Ser Jorah said baffling the other knight. Ser Barristan assumed that the Princess died and Daenerys saw his reactions.

" My sister is alive, Ser Barristan. She's doing something for me, to make sure I get the support that I need in Westeros." Daenerys inform.

"Princess Aerasanne is different, Ser Selmy. I saw the Princess destroy a place by just staring at it, Daenerys and her are remarkable people." Ser Jorah proudly told and Daenerys smiles, she missed her sister so much.

She didn't hear anything from the girl but she knows that her sister is alive, she will know if she was not.

"Furthermore, she doesn't like Rhaegar." Daenerys paused and Barristan looked at her. " She doesn't hate him but she doesn't like him, he causes a war, and the dynasty of our family collapse just for a girl. " Daenerys spoke out. Aerasanne doesn't like her older brother Rhaegar but she didn't hate him either.

What she didn't like about the man was that he didn't do anything to save Rhaella from Aerys and let everything falls apart because of Lyanna. If she could see him she will give him a big slap in the face for not protecting Elia, Rhaenys, and Aegon.

Barristan did not say anything, he's been with Rhaegar for a long time but he cannot defend the man for what he did. Daenerys turned around and began to walk. The two knights follow their Queen.

They approach an impressive round structure with a huge, golden-winged statue crouched atop it.
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"She cannot give her dragons-" Ser Jorah stop Ser Selmy from speaking, Daenerys just walked away from them after arguing giving the dragon to KRAZNYS.

"She has her reason. If Aerasanne is here she will enlighten us about what will happen." Ser Jorah said missing the little Targaryen.

"Princess Aerasanne, is she special?" Ser Barristan asked and Ser Jorah nodded.

"Both of them are, but Aerasanne manages to terrify me as if she can see through me. That girl is different, she even questions why the warlock is bald or does he even grow hair." Ser Jorah chuckles as he remembers Aera's comment.

"She seems a delightful Princess." Ser Barristan said and she wanted to meet the Dragon Princess.

"She is."

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Aerasanne wanted to travel to Dragonstone, to see the homeland of her family but she stop herself. She will go there with Daenerys.

So she decided to send the letters to Sansa and leave it in her room where she was the only one who could see the letter, Aera made sure of that.

Now what she needs to do is, she doesn't know. A great way of planning... So she trails Jaime and Brienne in Riverland, Aera saw the man chop off the hand of Jaime Lannister.

It startled her but he's such a daddy's boy who relies too much on his lord father, this journey will teach or rather show him how the world works outside his golden door.

Aera knows that Jaime Lannister is not a cruel person... Well, he did kill his relatives just to escape but he will come a long way. Aera glance at Brienne who looks terrified, who won't... These people are savages.

Aera followed them until he saw Jaime falls off his horse, she wanted to help him but she stops herself... She just watched everything unfold before her eyes and Brienne almost beg them to stop beating the poor man.

They stop moving when nightfall begins and camp on the side. Aera saw that Brienne and Jaime is talking while their captors are at the side doing whatever they want.

Aera muttered something under her breath, a spell to make them sleep aside from Brienne and Jaime. When everyone was asleep Aera walked towards them.

"Your hand... These savages." Aera sighed making the two turn to her. Both of them are bewildered because a girl in a mask appears out of nowhere.

Brienne turned to their captors only to see that they are asleep, snoring.

"Who are you?" Brienne asked and Aera walked closer, she took her two canteens filled with clean water. The Princess sits in between them, comfortably.

"Here... Drink" Aera said and place the water into Jaime's mouth but the man turned away afraid of drinking another horse pee.

Aera rolled her eyes. "It's clean water, Jaime." Aera removes her mask and took a sip just to prove that it is clean water. Jaime and Brienne were bewildered by the girl's beauty, a beauty they had never seen before.

Aera places the canteen on Jaime's mouth again and the man drinks, the clean water running down his throat giving him a boost of energy. Aera then turned to Brienne and helps her drink the water from the other canteen.

"You never answered my question who are you and how are they fast asleep?" Brienne asked again. Aera close the lid of the canteen and turned to Brienne.

"I'm Aera, I made them fall asleep just to make sure I can sneak in," Aera said while looking around.

"Free us and my fath-" Aera shove a piece of cook meat into Jaime's mouth shutting him up and Brienne secretly chuckle.

"I hear you say 'my father will do this or that' one more time and I will lose it" Aera snapped and Jaime chew the piece of meat that was shoved into his mouth. Aera slowly feed Brienne the meat which the woman accepted.

"He can give you gold or anything..." Jaime promise but Aera stared at him.

" I have every wealth that I need... Your father cannot resolve the world's problem, Ser Jaime. Besides, I don't like the man... He is clever and knows how to do things but he's a piece of shit... He's the one who ordered the death of my nephew and niece." Aera blankly said making Jaime turn to her.

"Why are you helping us?" Brienne asked.

"I have every reason to help you, Lady Brienne. Your honorable than any man that ever lives. While you..." Aera paused and glance at Jaime who was staring at her. "Aside from being the prideful man you are... I can see that you have goodness inside of you." Aera said and cut a piece of meat again to feed it to the man.

"Goodness," Jaime hissed at the word.

"There's nothing wrong with being good, Ser Jaime. It's not a weakness or anything... The world is just fucked up but don't let it fuck you up. Your hand is the payment for the legs you broke. It's not the end of the world for that kid or you. " Aera said looking at the hand hanging around his neck.

Jaime then remembers when he pushes Bran Stark off the window after seeing him with Cersei doing their rituals

"I mean seriously, can't you and Cersei take each other hands away from each other while staying in Winterfell? Do you really need to have sex in that weird full of hay shitty place?" Aera retorts, people in this world love fucking around and then kill innocent people for seeing them fuck around.

Jaime who's never shame of what they did turn away for the first time. "Why do you know so much?" Brienne asked.

"If you know something, you make sense of everything." Aera pause the looked at Jaime. "You are an oath breaker, you lack loyalty and honor but who isn't? You have something that most people don't have a different kind of Morality, Where what is right and wrong cannot be defined by black-and-white rules. You have a long way to go, once you redeem yourself... Don't go back" Aera said and she stands up.

" You're not gonna free us? " Brienne asked and Aera shakes her head.

" You too... Lady Brienne, you have a long way to go." Aera said and she takes out a coin, a coin that isn't gold or silver, a coin that doesn't worth anything. She tossed it to Jaime's remaining hand. " Hold it for me, give it back to me once you manage to find yourself. " Aera said, the girl start walking away then she disappeared into the forest leaving them watching her behind.

Brienne turned to Jaime, who hold on to the coin. Brienne saw something in Jaime's eyes, a fire that ignite... Like something gives his life a new meaning.

Jaime stared at the fire and didn't say anything the whole time while putting the coin inside of his pocket and grabbing the piece of meat Aera left for them.

He will need his strength back. From afar Aera smiled seeing the man willing to live.
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Aera arrives in Sansa's room, waiting for the girl to come in. It's either she will be with Shae or she will not and luckily she isn't.

When Sansa entered she smiled seeing Aera on the side waiting for her return. "You're here!" Sansa exclaims.

"I'm here, I'm just checking if you want me to send any letter to your mother," Aera asked and Sansa shake her head, she doesn't have it yet but she keeps praying for their safety.

"Have you seen my siblings? Any of them?" Sansa asked and Aera nodded.

"I know where Arya is, Bran and Rickon. But they move too fast before I could even catch up to them." Aera inform and she took a sip from her canteen, bringing her mask down.

Sansa stared at her. "You are a beauty," Sansa said in surprise and Aera chuckles.

"Why... My Lady, do you think of me ugly?" Aera asked teasingly.

"No, of course not. It was just different from what I expected. Many Lords would want to wed you once they saw you. " Sansa said, she was wondering why the girl didn't marry any lords to have a stable life.

Aera stared at Sansa." Men... I refuse to marry anyone if it's not by love or if it cannot profit the people I care about. " Aera said remembering Daenerys, she missed her so much.

" People, you care about? " Sansa asked and Aera nodded.

" I have a sister, she's far away from here. I have to go here for both of us to survive. Our parents died before we could meet them and it was our older brother who take care of us but he becomes abusive. " Aera said and Sansa felt bad for the girl.

" What happened to your Brother? "

" He died. The world can be cruel sometimes. " Aera said facing out and Sansa sighed.

" Are you here all alone? Without anyone? How did you meet my mother? " Sansa asked.

" Yes, I'm here all alone, I'm actually trying to get away from the war but I saw your mother's worried face. I saw her sadness and it reminds me of what will my mother do if she were in her position. I cannot help it so I talked to her and tell her you are alive. " Aera said most of it is truth.

" You came here just to send a letter knowing it's dangerous? "

" You could say it that way... " Aera hesitate. Sansa felt grateful that they are people like Aera who wanted to help a grieving mother. Sansa takes Aera's hands.

" I can be your friend." Sansa offered to make Aera smiles.

" That would be lovely, My Lady. If you need anything I'm just here but right now I need to leave... I'm actually looking for your siblings and I need to send some money for my sister that I'm working under your mother now. Now she will be safe. " Aera said half true. She needs to earn the trust of Sansa, luckily this Sansa is easy to be friends with.

Sansa looked around and take a hairpin." This causes a fortune, sell it and send it to your sister. " Sansa said and Aera looked at the Hair Pin she accepted it. But she didn't plan to sell, it will be their token of friendship.

"Thank you, My Lady," Aera said staring at the hairpin.

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