A small council meeting had been called to discuss the revelation about the Three Eyed Raven and the Night King. The majority assumed that with the amount of corpses that had been left behind the Night King was defeated. Jon didn't have the heart to tell them otherwise. He didn't know whether or not he trusted the Night King's word but he couldn't deny a certain atmosphere had left Winterfell. The surviving Dothraki and Unsullied weren't shunned anymore. The people of the North were grateful for any help that they could provide and were generous to offer help to their foreign allies who were not so used to the cold weather. It was everything that Jon Snow had hoped for when he had made the alliance with Daenerys. Everywhere he went the people expressed their gratitude to him and wished to offer that same gratitude to Queen Daenerys but the Dragon Queen had refused to leave her rooms.

Jon had told Daenerys himself of the Night King's true intentions. At first Daenerys didn't want to believe it but then Jon had handed her the dragon eggs that the Night King had left behind. Daenerys knew that the Night King wouldn't leave behind a potential weapon that could be used to harm his army if he was truly against them. Not only that a scout reported that the huge gap in the Wall which allowed the Night King's armies to pass through had been rebuilt overnight. No one could understand it but it only confirmed what Jon already knew that the Night King was telling the truth.

Jon had hoped that Daenerys would turn up for the small council meeting but then he saw Missandei and Greyworm arrive without the Dragon Queen. Jon pulled Missandei aside to enquire, "Is she alright?"

Missandei spoke quietly, "This morning when I came to do her hair. She refused to allow me to braid it."

Jon looked at Missandei in confusion, "I'm afraid I don't understand."

"It's a Dothraki custom." Missandei explained, "Each braid signifies a victory."

"That explains the long list of titles you announced on Dragonstone." Jon remembered being really irritated with Daenerys as Missandei listed each one. Jon never liked to announce his achievements like that. He didn't even allow Davos to speak about his resurrection to others not even to his own Northern Lords who were slightly sceptical about why Jon was released from his Nights Watch vows. Daenerys announced her achievements proudly which gave Jon the impression that she was arrogant. However after meeting with the Dothraki and the Unsullied Jon could see why announcing those titles was so important. It was a demonstration of strength which was important in Essos. If Daenerys didn't appear to be strong no one in Essos would have taken her seriously.

Missandei looked down at her hands sadly, "Our Queen doesn't believe that her victories were properly earned. I'm not even sure that she believes herself to be worthy of being our Queen anymore."

"I'll speak to her after the meeting." Jon tried to sound reassuring but he wasn't truly sure how he could help Daenerys through this. He himself was going through an identity crisis of his own so he how could he possibly help someone else with theirs, but he had to try. He had a duty to his people and so did Daenerys. They couldn't fail the people now that the Three Eyed Raven had been defeated.

Jon was beginning to wonder whether telling the truth to the small council was such a good idea at all. It was easy for Arya to believe that the Three Eyed Raven manipulated all of these people as she along with Meera faced him in the end. Tryion however remained sceptical, "I refuse to believe it!" he raged, "I refuse to believe that some spirit tampered with my mind!" Jon could hardly blame Tryion's scepticism. Jon had already known how much Tryion valued his mind. Tryion had said as much when they had first journeyed to Castle Black. To Tryion his mind was the only weapon he had against his enemies and to hear that something had tampered with it was deeply upsetting for him.

Sansa on the other hand was definitely convinced which had completely surprised Jon for he was sure that she would be the most difficult to convince. "You saw what Varys was like in the crypts. He was completely catatonic and so was Ser Jaime."

"Are there any theories as to why they were worse affected?" Jon really wanted know. If they knew the reason why then maybe these people could be cured.

"I believe it has something to do with how often and how heavily influenced by the Three Eyed Raven they were." Meera explained, "Willis or Hodor as some of you may know him as, according to Bran used to be able to speak actual sentences. When Bran had become the Three Eyed Raven Hodor assistance allowed us to escape the Night King. When I asked Bran what happened to Hodor he barely spoke of it. At the time I assumed he was grieving but now I don't believe so. The Three Eyed Raven must have done something to him."

"Are you saying that my brother has now become a simpleton?" Tryion didn't want to believe that he had lost his brother for good. Tryion desperately wanted to believe that his brother could be saved.

"Not much change there then." Arya quipped which made Tryion want to launch across the table and choke her but he wasn't suicidal.

"Lady Meera's theory does have some merit." Sir Brianne spoke sadly thinking of her friend's state of mind. Brianne was the first to discover Sir Jaime in that state and she was the one that cared for him when he was in that helpless state. "Sir Jaime told me he killed his King to stop Aerys from using wildfire to destroy Kings Landing and yet when Cersei had used it to kill those people in the Sept of Baylor he remained faithfully by her side long enough…"

"To destroy Lady Olenna." Samwell Tarly had finished. Sam had finally stopped and listened to why his family had been executed. He couldn't understand why he had been so upset to hear about his father after everything Sam had suffered at his father's hands. If anything Sam had blamed his father for Dickon's death as well because in Dickon his Randell Tarly had finally got the son he always wanted; a son who would waste his life foolishly all for the sake of pride. Sam had advised Jon against allowing his pride to override what was best for his men when he urged Jon to sign a document to ask the Bolton's for aid for the Nights Watch. Sam logically new that Daenerys aid in the war against the Night King was more important than any grievances he may have had with her. So why did Sam try to jeopardise the alliance with Daenerys by revealing information that could potentially destroy not just her but Jon as well.

"Varys claimed he served the realm but his actions seemed to prove otherwise." Missandei was there when her Queen listed all of Varys' crimes. Varys claimed he had tried to protect her but then aided Robert Baratheon to send assassins to murder her Queen. Then there were his failures in the war against Cersei, "Our allies against Cersei fell so easily and yet his little birds hadn't reported to us any plans for the attacks."

"Your plan was misguided too." Sansa pointed out to Tryion, "I may not be a military expert by any means but even I know that food is more valuable than gold during the winter and yet you had left Highgarden completely exposed." Sansa had heard about this so called clever plan when she was trying to gather food for the troops. The food from Highgarden could have been really useful to them right now. "When we were married you were Master of Coin you had have known that Casterly Rock couldn't have had that much money left if your father was relying on the Tyrell's money to pay for Joffery's wedding."

"Fine." Tryion leaned back in chair with a huff, "The Three Eyed Raven made me a simpleton so what do we do now?"

"We need to know how the Three Eyed Raven's death is affecting the south." Jon announced, "Arya, Meera I want you to form your own spy network. Meera, the Free Folk has one or two wargs that be of help to you. Arya whatever information Meera gathers I need you to assess which is potential threat." Jon knew that Arya's experience as an assassin could help with this. In order to eliminate a target Arya had to observe the target's habits first. Meera's family had experience with wargs and using the wargs could be of an advantage to them.

However not everyone had felt this way. "Are you sure that is wise?" Tryion questioned, "It was a warg that fried my brother's brain and you want them to use their abilities to spy on the south."

"Most warg's can only use their gifts on animals." Meera explained, "The Three Eyed Raven is the only human being that is known to able to invade a human's mind. Though don't believe he was entirely human."

"We can't march south blindly." Jon confirmed, "We need to have some idea what we are up against and we can't march south with an army that is unprepared. I'll be working closely with Greyworm to build our army up to strength." Jon turned to Sansa and Davos. "Sansa and Sir Davos you will look into the castle's defences. Look for any sign of damage or areas where our enemy could sneak in undetected." Jon then turned to Sam and Tryion, "I need you two look into gathering supplies. If there is war we need food and equipment."

"That's assuming our Queen still wants to go to war." Tryion replied glumly. Jon wasn't sure if Daenerys still wanted to go to war either but he wouldn't leave his people defenceless. Jon just hoped Daenerys would feel the same way and snap out of whatever daze she was in.

Whilst Jon was in the small council meeting Daenerys took the opportunity to sneak out and spend time with her dragons. A part of her felt guilty for avoiding Jon like this but she was ashamed of her reaction to Jon's parentage. Deep down she knew it wasn't her fault as the Three Eyed Raven pushed the thought of her claim to the Iron Throne but now that her mind was clear Daenerys was thrilled to be not so alone in the world.

Her blood boiled at the thought of what the Three Eyed Raven had done to her family. The time she had spent in her room alone allowed her to read the histories of her family. Gilly had brought the books at Daenerys request knowing how uncomfortable Sam had felt around the Queen. Gilly was quick to reassure Daenerys that despite being close to Sam Gilly held nothing against Daenerys for what happened to the Tarlys. Based on what Gilly had told Daenerys of the young mother's encounter with them Daenerys could see why. Daenerys began to wonder if that was another relationship the Three Eyed Raven had poisoned. According to Gilly Sam had made recommendations on which books to start with as gesture of good will. Daenerys was thankful that Jon's friend had made a move to befriend her if only for Jon's sake.

As Daenerys read through the Targaryen histories she could actually pinpoint where the Three Eyed Raven left his mark. From Aegon the Conqueror and his sisters united together to build a better world to his son Maegor turning against his half brother for power and strangely enough with his mother Visenya's approval. This had surprised Daenerys for it was Visenya at Aegon's side that burned castles to avenge her fallen sister so why did she help Maegor push Rheanys' son aside. Most historians assumed it was greed but Daenerys didn't think so for she had felt it herself when Jon told her of his true parentage.

Daenerys had felt resentful towards Jon because the Throne was something she had worked towards her whole life and Jon could take it all away with one word. It didn't matter that Jon had proclaimed he didn't want it. It didn't matter that Jon wasn't aware that he had a birthright to fight for. All that mattered at that time was that the Throne was hers and she couldn't allow Jon to take that from her. It made Daenerys sick to her stomach that she had felt that way and she only could imagine what Jon had felt at that time. Jon's identity had been completely ripped away from him and instead of finding comfort amongst people that he'd thought loved him, all he had felt was rejection.

The Three Eyed Raven had wanted them to be isolated. He wanted Jon and Daenerys to be distrustful of one another. He wanted them to turn against each other like he turned their ancestors against each other in the past. The people said that when a Targaryen is born the Gods flip a coin but that's not what happened. For every time the Three Eyed Raven thought he had destroyed the Targaryen legacy by inflicting madness to the family another Targaryen would find a way to redeem their line.

It must have frustrated the Three Eyed Raven to no end that her her family had found a way to bounce back. Jon was living proof of that. From what Daenerys had learned of Jon's life the Three Eyed Raven must have done everything he could to weaken Jon. Living the life of a bastard would have put Jon at a great disadvantage especially under Lady Catleyn's cold gaze. To have the true heir of the Iron Throne live at the Wall with thieves, rapist and murderers. Daenerys may have had a tough life in Essos but at least she had hope that one day her life was going to be better. What hope did Jon have after he had chained himself to the Wall, forbidden from pursuing his destiny? The Three Eyed Raven must have rejoiced when those mutineers had killed Jon but thanks to Melisandre Jon was brought back and he was free to be what he should have been. Despite having a bastard name he became King of the North and Daenerys had taken that away from him she thought sadly.

Daenerys had played right into the Three Eyed Raven's hands by forcing Jon to bend the knee. It was so obvious now how it must have looked to the Northern lords. Jon had gone the Dragonstone as King in the North only to come back months later with the Dragon Queen looking like a lovesick fool with no crown. It was no wonder to Daenery that she wasn't trusted in the North but she had kept pushing her claim for no other reason than it was simply her by right. She could have said the North needed southern support not just to survive the Long Night but many winters to come but instead she had made herself seem entitled and made Jon look like a fool for bending the knee to her.

However unlike Daenerys Jon hadn't chosen to wallow in despair over the Three Eyed Raven's manipulations. He had chosen to bury himself in his duties. From what Daenerys had seen from her window and based on what Missandei had told her Jon hadn't stopped working. It was like Daenerys and Jon had completely switched mentalities. Her brooding in the corner dwelling on the past whilst Jon refusing to look back and to keep constantly moving forward.

Ghost seemed to be just as busy as his master. Daenerys watched as the white wolf dragged a massive carcass to a very injured Rhaegal. The fight with Viserion took a lot out of Rhaegal both physically and emotionally. In Mereen the two dragons were imprisoned under the Great Pyramid together whilst Drogon was flying off who knows where. Rhaegal and Viserion had a close bond and were often seen flying close together. After Viserion's death Rhaegal mourned for his brother greatly. It wasn't until Rhaegal had bonded with Jon did the dragon started show some joy again. Rhaegal couldn't help but show off to his brother Drogon when Jon took his first flight much to Jon's terror. Since the Three Eyed Raven's defeat Jon had been less wary of Rhaegal and began to truly bond with the dragon. Ghost had managed to form a bond with the dragon as well. The direwolf was often bringing some food to Rheagal whilst the dragon had been too injured to take flight.

Daenerys showed her own appreciation for the direwolf by patting him on the head, "Thank you Ghost that was very sweet of you." Ghost responded by licking Dany's face making her giggle.

"He knows how to take care of his pack." Jon approached her with a smile glad to see that his wolf was getting along with Daenerys. Before the Battle for Winterfell Jon could detect a slight hint of jealousy from his direwolf as the Dragon Queen seemed to monopolise all of Jon's attention. However lately Ghost was Dany's constant shadow, offering what comfort he could during Dany's self imposed isolation but Jon couldn't allow her to hide herself away any longer. "I didn't see you at the small council meeting."

"You seemed to be doing fine without me." Daenerys turned away from Jon tending to her dragons.

"Daenerys." Jon sighed, "If this is about my heritage…"

"No." Daenerys insisted turning to face Jon, "This is about me and the things I've done."

"Missandei told me about the braids." Jon approached Dany moving a strand of hair from her face to behind her ear. There was something about Dany's hair flowing free that gave her a look of innocence. "If you don't feel that those victories are yours we can make new ones."

"It's not just that." It felt good to Dany to have Jon close to her again but there was still something holding her back. "There is something in my past that I used to think I was a happy about but with the Three Eyed Raven gone now I feel differently."

"About what?" Jon wanted to understand so that he could help her.

"It's about my first husband, Drogo." Daenerys shivered in disgust at thought of him when before she had felt differently.

Jon saw the reaction as Dany mentioned her former husband. It was the very same reaction Sansa had when she spoke of Ramsey Bolton. He suddenly remembered something Dany mentioned on Dragonstone, "He was the one who raped you." Jon growled and paced angrily, "And Viserys did nothing to stop it?"

"Not all of us are so fortunate to have brothers who would wage war against men who harm their little sisters." One of the reasons Dany had resented Sansa before was because the girl was so under appreciative of Jon's efforts to protect his sister. Dany would have given anything to have a brother like that but she didn't. "Viserys once said that he would let a whole tribe of Dothraki savages and their horse fuck me if it had gotten him an army."

Jon wanted to hit something when heard those words. If Viserys had been alive right now Jon wouldn't have cared if people called him a Kinslayer as long as Jon got to kill him with his own bare hands. "You named your dragons after them?"

"I remembered when Viserys was kind." Daenerys smiled sadly thinking of how he was before. "I don't know if it was the poverty that made him mad or if it was the Three Eyed Raven's doing but he was no longer the brother I once knew."

Jon nodded in understanding. The Three Eyed Raven had meddled in so much that it was hard to tell what aspect of Jon's family was true or not but Drogo was another matter. "What about Drogo? What made you love him?"

"That's the thing. I don't know anymore." Dany cried, "He raped me every night. I thought if learned how to please him things would be better. When I became pregnant he was more gentle and loving but even then I was still treated like a trinket. Then the day came when Robert Baratheon sent a man to poison me whilst I was with child. The man had failed but my husband was livid. He had made a promise before his Gods that he would bring his army across the Narrow Sea. He promised to kill all the men, enslave the children and rape all the women." Daenerys saw the look of horror on Jon's face as she spoke of Drogo's intentions, "I believed myself to be rightful heir to the Seven Kingdoms and yet I was thrilled when my husband told his men what he had planned for my people. How could I possibly think like that?"

Jon pulled Dany into his arms as she sobbed. "It wasn't you." Jon reasoned, "It was the Three Eyed Raven. The fact that you feel disgust right now for what Drogo had said shows me that those feelings you had back then weren't real."

"I believed I was in love with him." Daenery looked into Jon's eyes, "So much so in fact that I allowed a witch to perform blood magic to save him from death and sacrificing my child in the progress." Dany placed her hands over her belly looking down in shame, "Because of that spell I can't give you any children."

Jon took Dany's hands away from her belly and wiped her tears tenderly, "I told you I don't believe in that witch's curse."

"But I've had other lovers after that and never got pregnant." Danerys argued. "You going to have to find someone else to carry on our family name."

"I won't." Jon spoke with conviction, "I'm too much a wolf to dishonour you in that way and I'm too much a dragon to let you go."

"But if you don't our house will die." Daenerys cried.

"You are the Mother of Dragons." Jon declared, "You walked through fire and called dragons from stone. Are you telling me that some common witch is more powerful than you? That you can't find a way to break this curse?"

"I don't know if I can." Daenerys never gave much thought in breaking the curse before. She always assumed it was impossible.

"I believe you can." Jon kissed Daenerys on the forehead, "I believe in you so much that I won't marry anyone else but you." Daenerys began to protest but Jon silenced her with a kiss. "As your soon to be husband I command you to find a cure."

"You really believe I can find a way." Daenerys rested her forehead against Jon's. She remembered when she issued such a command to Jorah when he was dying of Grey Scale. The Old bear had been ready to die at that point and yet Daenerys had given him hope.

This was what Jon was giving her. A chance to fight for what she wanted. Jon was giving her hope. "I have more faith in you than any God or prophecy. The question is Dany do you feel the same?" Dany answered him with a kiss of her own. She didn't know what the future may hold for them but she did know that there would be no Three Eyed Rave to ruin things this time. House Targaryen like a phoenix would rise from the ashes and create something better. Like Aegon and his sisters before them Daenerys and Jon would create a dynasty that would last a thousand years. A world where women weren't sold like broodmares and could chose their own destiny. A world where bastards wouldn't be judged for their parent's sins but to be treated fairly and be appreciated for their accomplishments rather than scorned. Together Jon and Daenerys could accomplish anything.

NOTE: I've decided to finish the story here. I didn't want to make the story too long because I still have another story I want to finish and hopefully do it justice. I've become completely obsessive concerning Game of Thrones at the moment and the bad ending hasn't helped nor have the "fix it" fics. I like both Jon and Daenarys so I want to see writing that does them justice. Sadly what I have seen is a lot of Jon bashing fics for killing a woman that indiscriminately burned loads of people in a mad rage. I refuse to acknowledge that woman as Dany because that's not her just as I refuse to acknowledge that the man that passively allowed it to happen was Jon. Another writer on this site described Jon as a man who wouldn't stand idly by and allow bad things to happen around him. This writer obviously knows these characters a lot better than the so called professionals do. The more people bash Jon in these "fix it" fics the more I want to dig my heels in and defend him. To make it worse these "fix it" fics are making me dislike Daenerys as a character which is unfair because the Dany in those fics are no more in character than the one being presented in the show. Some people may disagree with my views and think I should simply ignore it. I have for the most part. Any story I don't like I stop reading and don't bother giving it a review. I hope you treat my story the same way.