Talking

Thoughts

Hello Everyone and thank you for Favoriting or Following this new story. I know a couple people commented it was a bit fast paced but I assure you the first chapter was more of a gauge to see if this was a good story idea, I plan to slow the pace down to be more reasonable.

A few wondered why I deleted Harry Arryn, my first attempt at a story, the answer is I was not happy with it. I originally thought up something more like this story, a powerful magical Harry throwing the world of Westeros for a loop. Harry Arryn started a bit that way but I pushed the magic to the side and wasn't happy with everything about it once I took a step back and read it again. Instead of trying to fix it I decided to just restart and try something more to my original idea.

If you are curious about the timeline this story is starting a few months before the events of the books.

I do not own Harry Potter, Game of Thrones or A Song of Ice and Fire.

Harry and Hedwig exited the cave to see all six Children waiting in a semi-circle for him. "So, it seems we should be partners." Harry watched their faces for reactions.

"We will do what we can to assist you Harold Potter." Leaf said, they all gave a small bow of their heads in agreement.

"The first thing is to tell me all you can about them." Harry pulled his wand out and cleared an area while making a chair to sit in. Some of the Children looked surprised by the magic but said nothing. "Where do they come from, what are their strengths, their weaknesses?"

The Children shared a look before Leaf stepped towards him. "Thousands of years ago, Mankind began invading our forest and destroying them." She waved to her colleagues. "We are smaller and were vastly outnumbered, so we devised a way to push the humans back."

"You created the Others." Harry surmised, Leaf nodded, and Harry chuckled. "Please forgive me but it is quite humorous that you seek the help of the people you wanted to defeat."

Leaf looked ashamed but nodded. "Yes, but they grew more powerful then we believed." She sighed. "And the evil in their hearts grew to great for us to turn."

"But we fought back with the humans before." Another stepped forward in defense. "And helped push them back to the Lands of Always Winter, which has been a frozen barren land even before Mankind came here." The others nodded in agreement.

"And did you tell your allies at the time you created them?" Harry asked, all looked away. "I thought not." He shrugged. "Worry not, I have no reason to create friction, so I will not mention this to the Free Folk." The Children looked relieved at their greatest sin not being shared. "How many of them?"

"Five." Leaf replied. "All the size of full grown men but beware of their leader the Night King. He is the first created and has the power to turn men into White Walkers."

"So. don't let him touch me." Harry muttered, though a small part of him wanted to challenge the magic it was quickly squashed by his logical side. "Strengths? I hear they are magical and can raise the dead."

Leaf nodded. "That they can, they also posse's greater strength than any human man. The very air around them chills, they can command the cold and their magic allows them to create ice. The ice is stronger than normal though."

Harry nodded. "I hear fire is their weakness but are their more?"

Leaf frowned. "With their command of the cold they can diminish flames, it would need to be extremely hot to counter that, the Wights will die from flames easily though." Harry frowned a bit but was comforted by the fact Fiendfyre was hot enough to melt any metal and stone, even if it was magical. "They can be killed by two things for sure, Dragonglass and Valyrian Steel." She pulled out a knife of black stone. "We created the White Walkers using Dragonglass and made it their weakness, Valyrian steel we discovered killed them during the war when the men cut them down." She walked forward and handed Harry the knife.

Inspecting it he found it similar to Obsidian but he could feel magic in it. "Do you have more?"

Leaf sighed and shook her head. "We no of none this side of the wall, even than were we once mined it might be destroyed or emptied."

Harry nodded, his plan didn't involve it anyway so there was no real loss. "Don't worry, we will make do without more." Harry stood and stretched, pocketing the knife as he did. "I must return to the Free Folk and finalize somethings, I will also be getting their help in setting up my plan." He vanished the chair. "Gather what you will need and meet by my tent."

Leaf nodded. "We will be there with haste Harold Potter."

"No rush, it will be a few days before we are ready." Harry informed them. "But it would be good to have you nearby." He thought for a second. "May I tell the Free Folk about you? It would be good to work together and if they know the Children of the Forest are with us it will give them hope."

Leaf and the others shared a look before they began speaking in a strange tongue, most likely their actual language. "You may but we would still like to limit our time with them." Leaf finally answered. "Once the Others are dead we would like to return to our seclusion."

Harry snorted and turned. "More like hide in shame." He was fine with that though, the less resistance against his possible new rule the better. "I will see you laterr tonight, oh and don't try to enter my tent or you will face a dangerous fore I highly doubt you are ready for." Harry enjoyed their perplexed looks, he also might have them rile Dobby up. "Merlin knows he's got a vicious side."

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Harry had a bit of time to pop back to the tent, much to Hedwig's annoyance, and let Dobby know there would be "People" hanging around the tent so let them be. He grabbed a small bite and took a nap to clear his mind before appearing back at the camp. He was a bit surprised to see several people near the area he always appeared in, not thinking on it he headed towards Mance's tent but noticed the stares and whispers. "It's like I'm fucking eleven again." He thought with a chuckle.

"Lord Potter?" Harry turned to see Orell off to the side. "May I walk with you?"

He nodded to the man, he had seen the fascination in his eyes after his display of magic. "How may I help you Orell?"

"Are you aware I am a Warg or skinchanger?" Orell asked as they walked, Harry shook his head. "Has anyone explained what that is?" Harry nodded as some people had mentioned the skills. "I am skilled but seeing the magic you displayed I wonder if I might learn from you?"

Harry stopped and looked at Orell, happy the man-made eye contact so he could use Legilimency on him. He was surprised however when Orell's eyes went wide and he backed off. "You can warg into men?"

"No." Harry assured him. "But I can read minds, I wanted to see the reasons you were wanting to learn from me. I will say I am surprised you could sense me but thinking on it you possess animals, so your mental abilities are stronger than a normal man's." Harry was going to enjoy looking deeper into this.

Orell looked at him for a moment before nodding. "I see." He licked his lips. "So, you cannot control me?"

"Not that way." Harry thought. "No, but I also do not want to spend my time teaching a man magic to have him use it for dark purposes or against me." Orell nodded to the logic.

"So, if I open my mind to you." He started with hope. "And you see my reasons you will teach me?"

"I cannot guarantee you can learn my magic." Harry replied. "But I am just as curious to explore the possibilities as you seem to be." He smiled. "If I see nothing terrible in your thoughts I would be happy to work alongside you in this task."

Orell grinned and stepped forward. "Then go ahead, I know my reasons will not scare or worry you." Harry chucked.

"I appreciate your eagerness we should do this in Mance's tent." Harry began walking. "A more relaxed state will make it go easier." Orell nodded and quickly fell into step with him again, it didn't take long to enter Mance's tent and find the man along with a few of the tribe leaders present. Harry cocked an eyebrow as a few glared or stepped back. "Mance." Harry said with a nod.

"Lord Potter." Mance looked to the men. "We will talk later." They all nodded and walked out of the tent, Harry and Orell having stepped aside so they could pass. "It seems after the excitement calmed down some were a bit more worried about working with you."

"What is it they are worried about?" Harry was curious and hoped it wasn't to serious.

Mance sighed. "Some are worried you will enslave use with your magic, others that you will force them to kneel once on the other side of the wall despite what you say." He shrugged. "There are still some like Tormund who feel it's worth the risk or Rattle shirt who want the chance to fight."

"Perhaps I should spend more time in the camp." Harry mused. "Show them who I am as a man, so their fear subsides." Mance nodded.

'It might help." Though he wasn't positive. "Many lead because they listen to their people, so when they spoke of the deal you wanted a few didn't like the idea. A bit of time with them may show you have good intentions to us."

Harry nodded. "And maybe our new allies will give me a bit of a reputation." He smiled when Mance and Orell looked curious. "I have met with the Children and they want to help defeat the Others just like in the past.

The two men gasped. "Truly?" Mance asked. "You have met them?"

"Yes, they do not want to be around us to much." Harry answered. "But will be there to help as needed but there is plenty to be done before that." Harry walked over to Mance's table where he had a map. "We need a ravine, pass or cove of some kind." He scanned the map. "It needs to have large stone walls that cannot be easily scaled and have one or two entrances or exits."

"What for?" Mance asked as he moved to the table.

"To defeat them we first need them trapped." Harry replied.

"How will we get them there?" Mance asked a bit shocked at the idea.

Harry shrugged. "I will need to test somethings but hopefully the fact they raise and control the dead means they have a connection." He looked at Mance. "If we capture a few Wights and hold them in an area we might be able to lure them into a trap." He grinned. "I doubt they will see the trap and even if they did, the fact you have barely held them off will give them a sense of superiority that will make them proceed without fear."

"I see." Orell cut in. "There are several places that would work for that." He pointed to a few. "But we have little to use to block the paths that the Wights and Others could not plow through."

"With my magic I can break apart or shrink stones to help." Harry pointed out. "Which has the highest walls? I don't want them to see us while they march."

"Here." Mance pointed to a pass. "It's about ten men wide but the walls go up for hundreds of feet on both sides."

"Perfect." Harry nodded. "So, first things first, have people start chopping down trees and making or gathering rope." Mance looked at him questioningly. "We will create containers of sorts on the walls that will hold the stones, then when the time is right release them."

"I see." Orell said. "I hope you can use magic to help because we could never get men and supplies up there."

Harry chuckled. "Of course, I can, and will use a few things to help make it more effective." He looked around. "Do you have ink or something to draw with?" Mance grabbed a small bag and handed it to him, Harry reached in and found bits of charcoal. "Excellent." Harry than circled the pass. "We need to begin cutting down trees and gathering or creating rope."

"What for?" Orell asked curiously.

"We need to create pins to hold the stones." Harry answered. "I will use magic to make them easy to open, we will need volunteers to be up there when this all goes down."

Mance grunted. "Plenty of brave souls, don't think it'll be hard so long as they know they'll be safe."

Harry waved the comment off. "Of course, now to work on this fear issue." Harry turned to leave.

"Lord Potter I thought we were going to discuss my learning magic?" Orell quickly said, Mance looked surprised by the statement.

Harry snapped his fingers. "Of course, please excuse me Orell." He pulled his wand out and created two chairs for them to sit in. "Have a seat."

"What's going on?" Mance asked cautiously.

"Orell here has seen what real magic is and wants to give it a try." Harry smirked. "I'm going to do a little test and if I find him adequate I will see what magics he could learn." Mance looked wide eyed at Orell.

"Aye." Orell replied as he took his seat, Harry sitting across for him. He took a deep breath than looked into Harry's eyes. "I am ready." Harry nodded and looked into his eyes, unlike last time he felt no barriers and could easily ready Orell's mind. He spent a bit of time learning about skinchanging before looking into what Orell hopped to gain from magic, he wasn't to surprised to see he wanted power. He was hoping to be able to use the magic to become a great leader, even take some land south of the wall once Harry marched them down.

Harry chuckled as he relaxed. "Well I think that is a worth reason."

"What reason?" Mance asked as Orell looked excited.

"I mean its close to mine so how could I stifle it." Harry ignored Mance's question. "Come with me." He stood. "And while I work on cutting some trees down we can discuss where to go from here." Orell quickly stood and followed him out.

"What reason!" Mance called out, he muttered under his breath as they walked away, he followed so he could figure out what was going on.

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Harry appeared at his campsite as the sun began to set, he had spent some time cutting down trees and piling them together. It was useful for two reasons, to show the Free Folk he would not require them to do all of the work and more of what he could do with his magic. He had spoken with some while working but most stood off to the sides watching him.

"Hello Harold Potter." Harry looked over to see Leaf watching him. "How did your talks with the Free Folk go?"

"Well." Harry replied. "We discussed a plan I believe will work, by chance do you know how connected the Others are with their Wights?"

Leaf looked curious. "In what manner?"

"Can they sense them or possible posses them?" Harry asked. "Speak with them telepathically? Understand them?"

"Ah." Leaf nodded in understanding. "The Wights are like beasts, they obey simple commands given by the Others through their magic. They can sense them, but I know not of the distance that connection can reach."

Harry nodded, it was a start. "Good."

"Why do you wonder these things?" Leaf asked.

"I plan to lure the Others into a trap, it will require capturing some Wights and using them as bait." Harry explained. "We will than trap them and I will use my magic to destroy them."

"They are intelligent." Leaf warned.

"Yes, but do you honestly think they expect the Free Folk have anything that could harm them?" Harry asked. "Even if they got hold of enough Dragonglass or Valyrian Steel to arm all of them would they be worried that the Free Folk would beat their undead army and kill them?"

Leaf paused and thought on that. "No, the dead easily out number the living and for everyone they kill they gain more soldiers." She nodded. "You may have a good plan, but you still underestimate their power."

"Are you sure it's not you who underestimate mine?" Harry asked before turning and walking into his tent.

Leaf watched the opening for a few moments. "I pray I do Harold Potter."

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"Well?" Tormund asked with a grin. "Bet you never seen somethin like this wizard." He chuckled.

"It is interesting." Harry replied.

Tormund frowned. "Just interesting? Not scared or nothin?"

"Well he's on the small side right?" Harry's question caused Tormund to look shocked.

"You call that small!" He yelled while waving his arms at Mag the Mighty, the eleven-foot-tall leader of the giants. Tormund had brought Harry to see him in hopes of getting a laugh at Harry's surprise.

"Well the giants I'm used to were at least twenty feet tall." Harry replied. "I mean he gets bigger right, he's a child?"

Tormund blinked at him than looked back at Mag, then to Harry again. "You take all the fun out of this Wizard." He muttered and began walking off. "Come on Mag, ya dumb giant."

"Was it something I said?" Harry turned and asked Orell, who looked amused.

"The tallest giant I've heard of is fifteen feet tall." Orell replied. "Mag is older than us by years, Tormund was hoping to spook you I believe."

"Oh." Harry responded. "Well tell him to try harder next time." Orell nodded.

"Did he ever tell you of when he fucked a bear?" Harry snorted at the statement.

"No, but if he does I'll make sure to look impressed to appease him." Harry chuckled and looked back to the giant walking away. "That aside, if we have more giants they will be helpful in building and deploying our stone plan."

Orell nodded. "Mag has just over a dozen giants following him."

"Excellent." Harry was pleased as that would speed things along and help with execution of his plans. "Hopefully they do not have a fear of heights." He turned to Orell. "Have you made any progress with finding a focus?"

"I believe so." Orell replied. "I found a good-sized branch of weirwood that I could use as a staff or widdle it down. I have also begun my meditation but am not positive I can feel my magical core."

Harry hummed. "Progress, however little, is still progress. We can begin testing theory and simple spells with the wood at staff size and see how things progress from there but do keep up with the meditation."

"Of course, Lord Potter." Orell was glad, he personally did not feel like he was making progress.