A YOUNG BOY RUNS THROUGH THE STREETS OF THE TOWN after running through a snow-covered forest Pigs squeal and donkeys bray as he runs through

He arrives on the street Next Arya watches the army marching along the road from the winter town up to Winterfell. A man's shout can be heard, and the boy turns to face the rear of the army. 

Many people in the town stare at the Unsullied marching through. The army continues to march and Missandei and Grey Worm ride alongside each other. The villagers stare at them disapprovingly. 

Dany and Jon ride ahead of the group but are still surrounded by soldiers, Helaena is next to the solider line going faster than usual and hitting snow off trees as she laughs 

"Laena wait," Talia says as she kicks her horse to catch up with the princess, Missandei looks back to make sure both girls are okay, She nods at Ser Hallyne who nods and follows after the two women 

"It's so beautiful here Dany!" Helaena exclaims to her sister who was behind her in the row of soldiers, Dany smiles but looks around at the scowls from the people being grateful that her sister can't see them

" I warned you. Northerners don't much trust outsiders." Jon said seeing Dnay's face 

Helaena saw a mother clutching her two kids who looked mesmerized by the site, Helaena waved at them as the two kids waved back and smiled unlike the mother who covered the youngest ones eyes and said something Helaena couldn't here 

She watches as their faces turn into fear until they disappear from the crowd, Helaena's expression falls but quickly gets put back up when a dragon roars as the villagers look up at the sky in fear. 

Caraxes, Syrax, Drogon, and Rhaegal fly overhead, and Arya emerges from the crowd smiling at the beats said to have been extinct. The dragons swoop over Winterfell as Sansa watches them fly overhead as they circle over Winterfell keeping a close distance with their riders 

The group rides into the gates of Winterfell, Ser Hallyne steps off his horse first as he helps Talia off her horse, When she says thank you Helaena rides in and both of them walk to help her off as she smiles at them both 

 Jon rides up to the people at the front of the crowd waiting for him and dismounts his horse. He walks up to Bran and kisses him on the forehead.

"Look at you." He said, "You're a man."

 "Almost"  Bran said as he smiled as Jon then walked up to Sansa and gave her a hug.

Bran looks at the crowd behind Jon as his eyes land on the Targaryen Princess waving at a child at the front of the crowd. He takes note of her belly bump as he looks down when she begins to walk over 

"Where's Arya?" Jon asks Sansa"Lurking somewhere." she said

Jon turns around to Dany and she walks over to him "Queen Daenerys of House Targaryen, and Princess Helaena of House Targaryen, My sister, Sansa Stark, the Lady of Winterfell."

"Thank you for inviting us into your home, Lady Stark. The North is as beautiful as your brother claimed, as are you." Dany said 

Sansa looks at her hesitantly " Winterfell is yours, Your Grace"

"We don't have time for all this. The Night King has your dragon. He's one of them now. The Wall has fallen, the dead march south." Bran said as Helaen finally noticed the crippled boy 

Talia also took note of the staring of both the Stark and the Targaryen

-

Helaena was sitting next to Bran and Sansa as her sister sat next to the Lady Winterfell "As soon as we heard about the Wall, I called all our banners to retreat to Winterfell. Lord Umber when can we expect your people to arrive?" she asked 

A young boy stands up from the side of the room and walks forward "We need more horses and wagons, if it pleases my lady." he said bowing

He stops and then turns to look at Jon and says "And my Lord' and he stops again and then turns to look at Dany and Helaena and says "And my Queen, and princess. Sorry." Helaena smiled at the young boy as she nodded to him 

Sansa said " You'll have as many as we can spare. Hurry back to Last Hearth and bring your people here."

Umber bows and walks out of the hall "We need to send ravens to the Night's Watch as well. There's no sense in manning the castles anymore. We make our stand here."

"At once, Your Grace."  Wolkan then exits as Lyanna stands up '"Your Grace? But you're not Are you? You left Winterfell a king and came back and I'm not sure what you are now." She said in spite 

People started murmuring and said "A lord? Nothing at all?".

"It's not important" Jon replied "Not important? We named you King in the North."

People start cheering, Helaena smiled at the girls passion but also was weary about the people here 

"You did, my lady. It was the honor of my life. I'll always be grateful for your faith. But when I left Winterfell, I told you we need allies or we will die. I have brought those allies home to fight alongside us. I had a choice, keep my crown or protect the North. I chose the North."

People murmured in agreement 

"If anyone survives the war to come, we'll have Jon Snow to thank. He risked his life to show us the threat is real. Thanks to his courage, we have brought with us the greatest army the world has ever seen. We have brought four full-grown dragons. And soon, the Lannister army will ride north to join our cause." He said silently at the last part 

"I know, I know, our people haven't been friends in the past. But we must fight together now or die." He finished off 

"May I ask how are we meant to feed the greatest army the world has ever seen? While I ensured our stores would last through winter, I didn't account for Dothraki, Unsullied, and four full-grown dragons. What do dragons eat, anyway?"

Dany then spoke up from her spot "Whatever they want" Both women glanced at each other as both Bran and Helaena looked at the two then at each other not trusting the tension in this room.

-

Later as Bran sat by the wall of one of the towers watching as many men began to pack the dragon glass in different boxes, he felt a presence behind him as he looked back he met violet eyes

"Princess," He says with no mention in his cold eyes or voice "Lord Brandon is it?" Helaena asked as she stood next to his side "Bran" He corrected 

"Apogliges my lord," She says as they sit in silence for a few seconds before Helaena speaks up again 

"What are you?" She asks as Bran looks down questioning where in the world would she think to ask that "I the three-eyed raven" He says to her as she raises an eyebrow 

"I can see things Nodboy else can see," he said as he looked to turn to her, Shes beautiful, He thought.  "Like what?" she asked, "The past," He said as he turned away from her after relating he was staring 

"Are you married princess?" He boldly asks "I was," She said as she clutched her stomach which didn't go unnoticed by Bran 

"I'm sorry for your loss" He states, How old are you My lord," Helaena asks "8 and ten," he tells the silver-haired girl 

"You quite young" she states from her spot, he doesn't say anything just nods "Your home is beautiful, and the people are beautiful," Helana says clearly wanting to befriend the Stark boy

"No need to lie, Princess, I've seen the way the people look at you and her grace" She says as she fiddles with his coat watching as men load dragon glass, He then turns to look at the princess whose face drops 

"Lady stark and my sister don't seem to get along well" Helaena said to her hopefully new friend as she smiles, For some weird reason bran smiles aswell, it was a rare thing for bran to smile in conversations 

"I don't suppose they really do" Bran says as she looks at the Targaryen Princess and smiles 

While they talked getting to know more and more about each other  Tyrion, and Varys were watching them from the castle walls "A good marriage alliance there, not only a political one, but a happy one, a rare thing, isn't it?"

"I sense that you're leading to a proposal."

"A proposal is what I'm proposing. On the off chance that we survive the Night King, what if the Seven Kingdoms, for once in their whole shit history, were ruled by a just woman and an honorable man?" Ser Davos said as he turned his attention from Bran and Helaena to Dany and Jon

"They do make a handsome couple." Tyrion said  " You overestimate our influence. Jon and Daenerys don't want to listen to lonely old men." Varys said

"I'm not that old," Tyrion says as he looks up at Varys and then at ser Davos" Not as old as him."

Ser Davos chuckles"Our queen respects the wisdom of age"

"Of course she does. Respect is how the young keep us at a distance, so we don't remind them of an unpleasant truth." Varys says

"What is that?"Tyrion asked Varys "Nothing lasts." Varys tells him