(Location: Gogossos)
(Time: Morning)
(Gogossos)
Jon stood there in front of this eldritch monstrosity, a fragment of a god that had come and gone, he knew the consequences of what should happen if he failed, the age of heroes was over there was no one that could stop this monster once it got back into its domain, it would rule the seas and no one would be able to stop it. Only Jon stood between this creature and a new world.
Jon's scales glistened in the sun they were a pure white that seemed to be made of starlight, though he was almost half as short as the Lord of the Deep ones his wing span made up for it stretching out almost twice his size. They both stood there not making a move glaring at each other intently, then as if a pebble dropped signifying the end of their silence Jon charged.
*ROOOOOOOOARRRR*
Jon ran on all four of his legs towards the creature before he stood up on his hind legs and with a flap of his wings he jumped straight at it.
Firing scorching blue flames from hiw maw, the creature tried to cover itself with its numerous tentacles, and while it did protect itself it did not realise what Jon was after, Jon landed on the creatures upper body, unbalancing it and with his teeth he bit into the appendage that held the light that almost drove Jon mad and ripped it straight off it's head.
Ȩ̴̧̯̻͎̝̮͎̮͍̝̖̭̎͝ͅA̶̢̠̳̦͍̭̪͕̰̿̏̓Ḩ̴̨̬̣̯̞̹̻͓̬̖̩̫͉̗̀͌̈́̑̀͊̂̆͗́̊H̷̛̛̬̖̯̯̬̠̺̪̉̍̄̓̒͂̅̒͋̓́͜H̶̩̬̲̣͌́̾͐̓̆͂̀̓͛͐̂̕͝ͅH̵̡̛̦̥̯̹̮̞̣̰̻̾͂͊̏̃̂͑̑́̽͜͝͝H̸͕͕̠̙̳̥̲͎̕H̶̪̺̯͔͎̭̅̔̔͘̕Ḩ̸̲̤̟̼͙̝͈͓̄̓̇̔H̵̛̩̦̆̒́́̍͐̇̑̏͘͠
The creature roared in pain, Jon prepared to let loose another stream of fire but he was grabbed by the neck with one of the creatures tentacles and thrown into the the rubble of what used to be the keep. Getting himself up and dusting shaking the rubble from his body Jon flaps his wings and charges back at the monster.
(Salladhors Cove)
Asha had made it through the confusing network of tunnels though it had taken her a while when she made it to the cove where Salladhor resided she found the other prisoners Euron kept there, at the moment they were being held back by guards from boarding the small ship that was currently in the water.
People were scared, the whole island seemed to shake, shockwaves reverberated throughout the cove, some rocks even falling from the ceiling falling into the water. Asha fought her way to the front of the crowd.
"I'm sorry my friends but I must leave you here for my ship has limited space, but I'm sure you'll all be fine" Salladhor says with a smile trying to keep the people calm.
Ē̵̡̦̣͆͛̓̈́̋̓͛̎̐͘͠Ḁ̵̫̞̩͐̆͊́̋͂͂͐́͆H̵̪͖̺̣͚͕̍͌̿̔̔͗̈́͋͊͆̀̚͠͝H̸̨̫̫͖̟̔̈́͋͘͝͝H̶̡̢̼̣̞̖͔̺̬̜͚͛͜Ḩ̷̡̳̻͍͍͘H̵̢͖̠̀̊́̓̎̕H̸̨͕͙̟͕̥̜̲̹͕̖̤͙̄̒̅̔̂̍͊̕̕͜ͅH̴͙̝͈̦̍H̶̭̳̟̪͔̖̟͍̃͛͌̈́̔͌̾̄͒̑̽̉
The screech cause people to cover their ears in pain, but after they recover it causes them to panic even more, not wanting to stay with whatever was on the island.
"Jon said he had a ship! Where is it!" Asha shouts out at the dark skinned pirate.
"Ah you've met my good friend Jon, his ship is just outside the harbour" Salladhor replies.
"Take us to that ship, if you don't have space at least transport us, no need to be a total cunt" Asha says in her usual unrefined manner.
Though Salladhor finds the humour in her speech "I suppose I could, the fact you are here and Jon is not, I'm guessing he did not make it, then the least I can do is supply his friends with a crew" he tells her, before making his guards stand down and to allow the ex prisoners onto the ship.
(Ship)
Currently all of the group were hiding in the captains cabin with Rhaenys lying down in the captains chambers, they were all waiting and hoping that they'd make it to the next day, Vhagar had flown off not wanting to hear the sounds the creature made while Thoros seemed to be muttering a prayer.
No one seemed to notice Joy wasn't inside the room, she had snuck outside of the ship too curious at what had been unleashed to not take a look at it. On the top deck near the ships wheel she looked at the creature unleashed from the Toad Statue.
She looked into the pulsating light, while others would have been driven mad Joy saw the beauty of it. "Amazing…" she quietly says as she processes what she is seeing, though even she cannot stare into it forever as her eyes and nose start to bleed and she needs to look away.
Only to be drawn back to it as she feels a wave of heat hit her in the direction of the island, seeing a dragon appear out of a tornado of flames both shocked and amazed Joy.
Seeing it charge and clash with the deep sea lord made her hope that she wouldn't die today, when the dragon ripped off the creatures light she realised it wasn't painful to look at it anymore.
'So it must have been the light that caused pain and madness' Joy thought to herself. She rushed down back to the captains cabin to tell the others what she's seen.
"Arthur, Thoros it looks like we might to all die horrifically after all" she says in a light tone.
"What do you mean" Arthur replies now noticing Joy had left.
"There's a rather large dragon outside fighting the toad man" she replies.
Arthur's eyes widen and he goes to get up and leave the cabin before his arm is grabbed by Thoros.
"You fool you can't look upon the creature or you'll never come back" he says to the knight.
"I think it's fine now, I was able to look, the dragon destroyed whatever was harmful to us" Joy says to Thoros before heading back outside the cabin, Arthur quickly followed and after a few seconds Thoros followed but not before silently cursing.
All three got to see the complete majesty that was the large white dragon with scales composed of pure light, in complete contrast to the pitch black abomination that looks like it had come from the pits of the abyss.
Seeing these two creatures of the old world clash, the whole island shaking and the ocean rippling as they tear at each other and do their best to wipe the other from existence. They could all feel the heat of the flames even as far away as they were, it completely turned the wooden buildings surrounding them into ash.
They were so distracted by the fight that they did not see the ship pull up next to theirs. Arthur getting his sword out goes down the stairs to to the main deck though he relaxes when he sees the face of Salladhor Saan.
"Truly we live in strange times, where ancient creatures battle and Salladhor Saan has a smaller ship than people who can not sail" Salladhor jokes as he jumps onto the ship.
"I have done to fulfil my promise to Jon, even if he did not get me the goods I feel it is the least I can do for him dying" He says respectfully.
He signals one of his men and the man brings someone with a sack around his head "I've even brought this pathetic man, to believe he tried to escape, unfortunately for him he ran into Salladhor Saan" he says as he takes the hood of revealing Euron Greyjoy.
"DO YOU NOT KNOW WHO I AM! I AM THE GODS CHOSEN IT IS ME WHO WILL RULE THIS WORLD!" Euron shouts manically.
Asha jumps onto the ship and next so do the pirates that were taken captive and tortured by Euron, though some needed help getting into the ship. Asha goes up to her uncle and punches him in the face and then kicks him in the balls. Arthur sees them and addresses them directly.
"I am Arthur and I am your captain, anyone who is able will man the ship and get us out of here, the ones too injured can be placed in the crew quarters" Arthur booms in his best commanding voice. They all nod their heads, after seeing the two creatures tearing each other apart they are in no mood to argue. Asha approaches Arthur to talk.
"I can sort out this crew, I've been sailing since before I could walk, I know ships inside and out" Asha says to him to which Arthur just nods, anything to get out of here.
Asha looks to the ship and shakes her head and rushes towards the anchor wheel.
"What're you doing you cockless cretin!!! Do you think ten people need to pull up the anchor!" She shouts at them, before pulling two of the skinny ones away from it.
"You two get up and let down the sails" she commands before pushing them towards it.
"Tie that trash to the mast i don't trust him below deck" Arthur says to one of Salladhors men.
Arthur goes back to the bridge and continues to watch the fight unfold with Thoros and Joy.
(Gogossos)
Jon was panting heavily, the creature was tough, it's arms and legs may be frail but the tentacles attached to it had enough muscle and manoeuvrability to make up for it. Flapping his wings he dodged to the side again avoiding a swipe of one of the tentacles, he then grabbed it digging his claws into it causing the creature to scream in pain. It tried to use the others to swipe at him but he let out a great spiral of flames from his maw burning them causing them to retreat.
Flapping his wings he lifts off the ground, attempting to pull the creature back into the pit, but it was difficult not only was the creature twice Jon's size but it struggled as well using its tentacles for leverage and holding onto anything it could grab onto.
It's mouth then bulges and Jon gets the feeling of incoming danger so he lets go of the appendage and flies to the side narrowly dodging a ball of thick black gooey substance, though some managed the get on his scales and it burned surprising Jon.
Getting low and pouncing with a boost from his wings Jon manages to push back the creature back but before he can push him back into the pit he is swiped by a tentacle hitting him to the side, he's then grabbed around his long neck by one's of the others and lifted up into the air.
Jon sees that the creature is opening its mouth, he can see the thousands of black teeth and it's elongated tongue and knows he's about to be devoured. Jon claws at the tantacle trying to get it to let go, flames erupt from its mouth but because of the angle that his neck is being held at they hit nothing but the sky. He tried to flap his wings but that does nothing but hurt himself. It really is looking like the end for Jon, as he is close enough that he can feel the rancid breath of the creature hit his nostrils.
*ROOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAR*
An orange plume of fire hits the creature in its black eyes blinding it and distracting it for a second. Jon grabs onto the tentacle around his neck and pulls it down allowing him to lower his neck, he puts his bottom legs onto the creatures body to give himself some leverage and inhales, his chest nearly expanding to twice its size.
With a giant bellow, he unleashes the largest flame he can shooting it directly into the face and mouth of the creature, it's so powerful that the heat generated burns away the tentacle around his neck.
Finally the fire dies down and his maw closes only to see that he burned a whole straight through the creatures mouth and neck. Which is why he's caught off guard when the creature grabs him and bites onto his shoulder causing him to roar in pain.
'I don't have long left I have to end this' Jon thinks to himself fighting through the pain.
Clawing at the creatures eyes trying to rip it out he manages to get the creature to release him, his arm on his right side is useless and he can't feel it. The pit is close now, he only needs a few more steps and he'd fall in. Using his claws to sink into the creatures skin he climbs around and gets onto the creatures head and back, using the base of the creature tentacles he pulls as hard as he can trying to unbalance the creature. Jon ignores the tentacles as all they can do is stab into his body not being able to build up enough momentum to swing him off.
Pulling even harder Jon let's himself drop down further using his legs to kick behind the creatures toppling themselves both into the pit, though Jon managed to flip them midair so he would land on top. Feeling weak Jon doesn't know how much longer he can go on, even after all he's done with all the power he currently had all he could do was push it into the hole.
Jon flaps his wings and attempts to get out of the pit but is grabbed by one of the tentacles before he can leave, he attempts to kick out at it but it proves to be ineffective. He opens his mouth and flames erupt once again though not nearly as powerful.
*Jon you need to stop, as it is now you'll already never be able to use your fire magic again, but if you keep going it'll be too late you won't be able to come back*
Jon hears Nissa's warning in his head he's tired, bleeding and in pain he barely has enough strength to fly. He looks into the distance and can see his ship sailing away.
'I'm sorry but i have to do this, otherwise no one will be safe' Jon thinks to Nissa.
He looks inwardly, he can see his magic it was a roaring cyclone when he had first woken up but now it was little more than a campfire, he sees that his magic is connected to something and follows the trail, it leads to a pure white wispy light that Jon can feel is his soul.
*Magic and the Soul are not that different both transcend your mortal bodies*
Jon hears Nissa speak to him, knowing what he needed to do he snapped back to reality and looked down at the creature, it was starting to get up and was reaching for Jon with the rest of its tentacles.
*ROOOOOOOOOOOARR*
Jon roared as loud as he could at the creature the sound reverberating across the island. Jon inhaled deeply, he drew on his magic, all of it, and then used the link between them to use his soul to fuel it in one last attack.
His soul ignited turning into a miniature star, Jon felt his body bursting with magic he concentrated it all and with a mighty shout he shot white hot flames down at the creature.
Pure blistering white light, like the fire of a star was hammered down on the creature, cutting through the creatures tentacles turning them into ash, the pit started to get deeper and deeper as the rock liquified and the creature started to sink into the molest lava.
On the ship the crew had to cover themselves as they felt their skin start to blister in the face of the white flames. Jon felt himself get weak and eventually his flames died down until nothing but smoke came from his maw.
He saw the creature sink into the pit of lava and within a few seconds saw it solidify into black stone. Feeling relieved Jon flew down to the edge of the pit that was now nothing but glass and collapsed.
He shrunk and returned to his normal form, he couldn't move at all he knew he was dying but at least his friends are safe.
'Rhaenys'
The last thing Jon thinks to himself before his eyes shut and he stops breathing.
(The Ship)
Arthur was in complete disbelief at what he had just saw, the dragon seemingly coming out of nowhere and fighting the abomination and saving them all. But he's snapped out of thoughts by a bloodcurdling scream.
Arthur rushed down the stairs only to see Rhaenys who had collapsed on the floor in an attempt to leave the cabin, rushing to her side and helping her up she was crying inconsolably.
"Rhaenys! What's wrong!" Arthur shouts at her trying to get through.
"He's gone!!! I can't feel him anymore!" She shouts out in anguish as she falls limp against the wooden wall of the ship. Rhaenys had felt the moment Jon had taken his last breath as it severed the connection between them. The indescribable pain Rhaenys felt could only be matched with the void that now was in her heart. Arthur could do nothing but hold the crying girl as he too felt the sting of loss.
(???)
For the second time that day Jon woke up in a place he didn't recognise, or maybe he did from what it looks like it was his room when he was in White Harbour not that he got to spend any time in it. Jon gets out of bed and realises his clothes are different than what he was wearing before, instead of his pirate outfit he has a clean high quality tunic and breeches on.
Heading outside Jon doesn't find anyone, he walks for a while and eventually ends up in the Great Hall but no one is there.
He heads out into the courtyard and it's empty too, though before he can head out of the keep someone jumps on him from behind hugging him.
"Guess who" the person says in a noticeably female voice.
Being able to recognise the heat and comfort anywhere Jon immediately knows who she is. Smiling he turns around.
"It's good to see you again Nissa" Jon replies as he holds the woman in his arms.
"Where are we Nissa?" Jon asks as he looks around at the empty castle.
"Where do you think we are Jon" Nissa asks as she loops her arm into his and they walk.
"It looks like White Harbour, but there are no people here" Jon replies to her.
"I think you know why that is Jon" Nissa says to him as they walk out of the keep.
"I'm dead aren't I" Jon asks though it was more rhetorical, though she still nods at him.
"You used your life to fuel your magic nearly destroying the creature, I imagine even if it was unsealed again it would be no bigger than a dog" she says with a small laugh.
The whole world looks weird to Jon as if he's moving through a light mist, he sees the air spiralling and taking shapes he then looks up and realises the sun isn't there.
"Did my friends make it" Jon asks Nissa. She laughs a bit and flicks him on the nose.
"You really are like him you know" Nissa says to him.
"Like who?" Jon asks.
"My beloved, Asor" she replies to him. This shocks Jon a bit but before he can ask anything she continues talking.
"Your friends are reincarnations of two of the seven did you think they are the only ones, you're my beloved husband reborn" Nissa says to Jon as she cuddles in closer to him.
"Is that why I could do the things I could do" Jon asks Nissa who nods her head at him.
They were enjoying their stroll through the city until Jon realised something.
"If I'm dead why are we in White Harbour" Jon asks curiously
"It's not White Harbour, it's different for everyone this place is just significant to you" Nissa replies to him.
"But I've only been here once shouldn't we be in Winterfell" Jon asks her to which she shakes her head.
"This place is significant to you because it marks the place where you decided to choose your own destiny, in Winterfell you were on a path that led to a choice that was not your own, you see this as the place you gained your freedom" Nissa says to Jon who finally understands.
They continued walking arm in arm for a while as they enjoyed each others company.
(Ship)
Everyone was in a somber mood, especially those who knew Jon, Asha felt guilty that she had not tried to go back for him and let her fear get the better of her, while Joy had pieced together that the dragon must have been Jon as the timing between when it disappeared and when Rhaenys started screaming fit.
*ROOOOOOOOOOAAAAR*
Everyone looked up and those who did not recognise the dragon cowed in fear while those who did were happy to see Vhagar was okay, but then they realised that something was in his claws.
When he landed on the deck of the ship a lot of people drew whatever weapons they had, some even lifting chairs or anything they could get their hands on.
"Stand down!" Arthur shouts as he approaches Vhagar to see Jon's body has been gently placed on the deck. Before Arthur can do anything he's pushed out of the way by Rhaneys who runs to Jon's body and collapses next to it. She's still crying but seeing Jon's lifeless body seems to have made it worse.
Vhagar tries to comfort her by rubbing his head against her body, it does little to comfort her but she does feel her connection with Vhagar grow a lot more intense. Since Jon was dead his connection to Vhagar was also severed making Rhaenys his new rider.
Asha was shocked at what she was seeing, dragons had been gone for nearly 200 years and yet one just landed right there with Jon's body. She looks into the knapsack she had carried for Jon since he had told her to run, she didn't feel like giving it to Salladhor as he was partly responsible for Jon's death, even if it saved her life.
She sees the large red dragon egg that had purple lines running around it like cracks.
'How did they hatch them' she wonders to herself.
Arthur approaches Rhaenys and puts a hand on her shoulder, for a minute he doesn't say anything but before he can she speaks.
"I want to burn the body, he deserves that much, I won't cast him into the sea" Rhaneys says resolutely leaving no room for argument.
Arthur just nods and commands the crew to ready one of the rowboats.
"And tie him to the boat" She says menacingly as she points at Euron who was still tied to the mast of the ship.
None of Jon's friend found a problem with this, if it weren't for this man Jon would likely be alive, though their anger varied based on what they knew the man did.
Euron was tied to the row boat though he was kicking and screaming they eventually knocked him out and tied him tightly. Jon was then placed in the boat they all went up and said their goodbyes but when Asha went up she placed the dragon egg in his chest and kissed him on the head, the boat was then lowered and sent out to drift while Sansa got a flaming arrow ready.
(???)
"We've been walking for a while, where are we going?" Jon asks Nissa as he stares into her purple eyes as they walk arm in arm.
"We're here" she says as they find themselves in the Harbour though this place too is surprisingly empty with only one ship being here.
Jon thinks he understands what's happening and feels anxious.
"Is that ship for me" he asks Nissa who nods at him with a smile.
"I thought I'd give you gift Jon, I was hoping you'd get it a lot later in life but I guess you can have it early" Nissa says with a wink.
Looking back to the ship Jon sees two people get off of it, one of them is beautiful brunette with grey eyes, she's half a head shorter than Jon and she's wearing a pure white dress, the person next to her is a young man with pure white hair that went just below his shoulders and purple eyes. They both smiled when seeing Jon however the brunette immediately charged him.
"Stupid! Stupid! Stupid!" The woman says hitting his chest repeatedly, while she's doing that the man just stands there smiling helplessly. After getting it out of her system she then tightly hugs Jon.
"Come on Jon aren't you going to hug your mother back" Nissa says to him with a smile.
"Mother…" Jon croaks out as he feels his eyes become watery and he hugs her tightly, being able to hold his mother for the first time in his life was an indescribable feeling.
"I've missed you so much my darling boy" Lyanna says as she holds his face.
"I wish you could've stayed with me" Jon mutters out as he holds his mother.
"Oh my darling son, we never left" Lyanna says confusing Jon.
"We've been here waiting for you the entire time" Lyanna says to Jon with a teary smile.
"Usually it wouldn't be allowed but Nissa went through quite the trouble to allow it for her love" She continued.
At this point the man approached and put a hand on Jon's shoulder "we're very proud of you son, you've done what men can only dream of achieving at such a young age it looks like you're doing your namesake proud" Rhaegar says to Jon with a smile, before Jon can ask what he meant he's interrupted.
"You don't have long now, or the boat will leave" Nissa says to them to which Rhaegar and Lyanna nod.
"Where is the boat going to take us" Jon asks still feeling anxious. His parents take both of his hands leading him to the ship.
"Beyond" Rhaegar simply answers with a smile, Lyanna smiling as well, she gets close to Jon and holds his face.
"It's time to rest now, you've been so brave for so long" She says making Jon feel less anxious.
"Will I see you again Nissa?" Jon asks as he turns away from the entry ramp of the ship.
"We all end up in the same place sooner or later" She smiles at Jon as she remains on the dock.
"See you out there" she says as she looks up towards the sky which had transformed into a collage of stars and spiralling galaxies.
"Come on Son it's time to go" Rhaegar says as he holds his hand out to help his son aboard, he tries to take his hand but he seems to be blocked by an invisible barrier.
"What's going on" Jon asks, Nissa comes closer to him and peers into him and smiles.
"It seems that life is not done with you quite yet" Nissa says to him.
"But I want to go with you" Jon stutters out as he looks as his parents, trying to force his way onto the ship.
His parents smile at him lovingly "Enjoy life and make memories with your friends have adventures and love, and then when you come back we can travel across the beautiful sky and go to places never seen before" Lyanna says on her son as he has tears coming down his face.
Jon starts to feel a tug on his body, he knows he doesn't have long before he leaves this place.
"Will you wait for me" Jon shouts out desperately as he feels himself move away from the ship.
"Always" they both reply.
"It's time to wake up my sweet Daeron" Lyanna says just before loses consciousness and is taken away from the place.
(AN: Finally done with the Arc, thought it wasn't too bad of an ending, anyway next chapter will be a mini arc describing their journey at sea, I say mini arc because it'll be one chapter with it ending with them in Westeros and after that begins the Westeros arc. Let me know what you guys think.)