Reviews for A Second Chance
USA-Jeanette chapter 34 . 7/12
Powerful and amazing I love this story and my heart aches that you have been missing for over a year. This story is more enjoyable to me than the series. I love the character development and you have caught the individual flavors of each person so very well. I love how the number of those in the know continues to increase and I eagerly await the reunion between Sam and Jon. I hope all is well with you and that you will come back to this story soon... thank you for sharing your talent with us!
JesusTheMesiah chapter 28 . 6/28
Sansa lies about how Lysa died. And yet at Little Fingers bullshit trail nobody cares that Sansa covered up how she died. Which should be a crime.
Guest chapter 32 . 6/28
Bear Island had been a revelation to Arya. Never before had she seen women learning how to use weapons. Even little Lyanna Mormont was being trained. The inhabitants of Bear Island knew that due to their isolated home, they were a regular target for Wildling raids and they didn't have enough men to fight off the raiders so the women fought alongside the menfolk as one people. To the women of Bear Island, the right to bear weapons and fight to defend oneself and one's family was a Gods given right. They knew that those without swords could still die upon them and as they didn't have that many people in the first place, they all had to work together to survive. There was no such thing as women's work or men's work because they all worked together. One of Lyanna's cousin's by the name of Beth was a Master Blacksmith, proving to Arya once and for all, that there was nothing a woman could do. While Arya was revealing in her new found freedom to learn how to fight properly, she was also learning that while fighting was important, she was a daughter of the Lord Paramount of the North and therefore had obligations expected of her. She still had to learn the lessons that any noble girl had to learn, but Maege had seen the problems Arya had when Septa Mordane had been teaching her and decided that the carrot and stick approach that she had used with her own daughters would see more success with Arya and outright commands, but Arya was no southern flower since she had too much of the North in her veins to be that and was also wild in her ways and the legendary stubbornness of the Starks had manifested in her particularly strong. Arya still hated her "how to be a Lady" lessons but she was now committed to learning them as best she could as Maege had sat her down and spoken to her about her obligations and responsibilities to her house, especially as she was a daughter of the Lord Paramount of the North.
piglet873 chapter 6 . 6/23
the you just made my list reminds me of WWE with Chris Jericho.
Fairy-GG chapter 34 . 6/9
I love this story I've re read it a million times already! I hope you do carry on with it as its so addictive!
Guest chapter 33 . 6/5
You may be as different as the sun and the moon, but the same blood flows through both your hearts which means people who are opposites of each other, are related.
Guest chapter 28 . 6/4
But what about Arya's foster home-lifestyle elsewhere in Bear Island?
Guest chapter 15 . 5/29
"Now while I like your younger girl, Ned, even now I can see something in her behavior that disturbs me greatly." Tyrion started off with a light touch but serious demeanor. "And that is?" Ned was worried. "Arya can hold a grudge is such a way, which puts my father to shame. I can see it now with Sansa. Sansa disapproves of her sister's "wilderness" and picks on her for it with a variety of nasty little comments. Also, she's always being compared to her "perfect" sister and always being asked "Why can't you be more like Sansa?" Now Arya knows it's not really Sansa's fault, but she can't help but to feel resentful towards her sister. The more people compare the two and the more Arya is found lacking, well those sorts of things can often lead to hate. Trust me, Ned, as the "imperfect" sibling of two "perfect" ones, I know how these things can fester and turn to bitterness, anger and hate and Arya knows how to hate." The bitterness in his voice as he spoke about his siblings was evident. Ned was more worried than ever because he had seen what Tyrion was speaking of in regards to Arya and Sansa and from what he had been told about Arya's fate in the Time Before, Ned feared she turned into a cold blooded killer who took joy in her kills. Tyrion confirmed this by telling Ned about what happened late one night shortly after he and Daenerys arrived in Winterfell. It had been very late when suddenly Tyrion woke up to find a knife at his throat and the hand that wielded which belonged to Arya. She had no emotion on her face and her eyes were dead. She questioned him as to his true purpose in the North. Tyrion told her the same thing they've said in the great hall they were there to help them with the war against the dead. Arya had been silent for a moment and seemed to accept that but it didn't withdraw her knife from it position. Then she asked him if he planned to hurt his family, especially Sansa. This time, there was a hint of barely controlled anger in her eyes and a wild look that said if he answered wrong, he'd not live more than a second after. Tyrion had done his best to convince her that he had absolutely no intentions on hurting anyone, least of all Sansa. He told her that her family suffered enough and he'd not add to it if he could help it. Suddenly, a strong gust of wind blew the shutters open and before he could realize it, the knife and Arya were gone. The next morning when Tyrion went down to the great hall to break his fast, Arya was there, acting completely normal. Tyrion wondered for a moment if he had dreamed the whole thing when Arya looked him in the eye and what he saw in hers both chilled him to the bone and convinced him that he hadn't been dreaming. Which disturbed Ned more than he thought. He didn't like the fact that his baby girl had to kill someone in self-defense before she was even a woman, but what she had been though after he died shaped her anger into an all-consuming hatred, making her want to seek out bloody revenge against all those who have wronged her and her family. She just couldn't let go of her anger and hate even after everyone on her "List" was dead either by her hand or another's. The hate kept her going when she should've given up by rights or died. The hate made her strong which killed the real Arya Stark and left a empty cold blooded killer behind. Ned knew something had to be done to curb this type of behavior before Arya repeated the mistakes she made in the Time Before. He knew he was going to have to interfere in what was usually Cat's domain. He didn't want to but he knew he needed to speak with both his daughters separately. Sansa needed to be told that the South was not as the stories say. There weren't many very gallant knights who would save her and not expect something from her in return. She needed to understand that the world was not a song, however, a harsh brutal place that hurts/uses innocent little girls as pawns just like her. That the only thing she can truly count on is family for when winter comes, the lone wolf dies, but the pack survives. Arya's problem lay in another direction. She had known the world wasn't a good place which doesn't matter who you are, the strong will always pick on the weak. At least she had no illusions about the world, especially not like Sansa did which drove Arya crazy as she couldn't understand why Sansa couldn't see this, she thought Sansa was stupid because she still had those illusions of a perfect world. It was because of this, Arya didn't see the point of being a Lady if it was going to make you stupid. Besides, she'd much rather learn how to fight, shoot arrows or ride than learn how to sew and play the harp. The girls have resented each other for a while now and Ned didn't understand why Cat wasn't stepping in and re-enforcing the fact that they were family and family comes first. After all, her House words were Family, Duty, Honor. Ned felt that Cat really dropped the ball on this one. He also couldn't understand why she hadn't started to instruct either of the girls in politics and court intrigue as it was a vital part of any noble House. There was a saying in Westeros that went, a lord may rule the manor, whereas, his wife rules the house. What it meant was a lord rules over his lands, command his armies and makes all the big decisions, whereas, his lady rules the house. Which is she who makes sure his children know their duties. Which is she who manages the budget. Which is she who gives the final approval on who her children marry and it is she who is his closest confident and advisor and she does it all in the most subtle manner so her husband never knows that it is she who truly rules. Cat had this education and the fact that she hadn't taught her daughters what they need to know in order to survive the cut throat world of House and Court politics didn't bode well for when they had to go to King's Landing, especially not Sansa. There was no choice in this. As much as he wanted to, he couldn't say no to his King. Which was just another issue that Ned had to speak to Cat about, when she started speaking to him again….That if she decided to speak to him again. Right now, it was doubtful that she would.
Guest chapter 34 . 5/29
Sansa Stark's a quiet, ladylike little girl, whereas, Arya Stark's a rough-and-tumble little tomboy.
Guest chapter 34 . 5/27
Arya sticks to her Northern customs, whereas, Sansa believed in the Southern ways.
Guest chapter 20 . 5/20
Sansa’s the type to follow the rules/allow tradition to bind her, whereas, Arya has too much Northern wolf blood in her veins.
Guest chapter 20 . 5/19
Sansa’s the type to follow the rules and allow tradition to bind her, whereas, Arya has too much Northern wolf blood in her veins.
The Snow Queen chapter 19 . 5/6
Cat reached the door to Sansa's room. Which was only the other day when she decided to split the girls up and give both of them their own rooms in the hope that it'd ease some of the animosity that the girls were displaying towards each other. So far, it didn't seem to be working but it was still early days. Cat sighed, knocked on Sansa's door and waited for the response from Sansa, but it was no answer at all. "Sansa, open this door now." Cat's anger was mounting, but it was still no answer at all. Cat opened the door only to find out not only was Sansa's room already empty and noiseless, but Sansa herself was nowhere to be found nor seen at all. "Where's she? Where's Sansa? Where did she go?" Catelyn only needed talk to Sansa until she found out Sansa vanished without any traces. Catelyn read all the letters from Lord Petyr Baelish to Sansa Stark until then she left Sansa's room, letters from Lord Petyr Baelish to Sansa Stark in hand. Catelyn stormed through Winter-fell's hallways on her way to her husband's solar in a towering rage. Her anger was directed at, not Ned, but the letters from Lord Petyr Baelish to Sansa Stark. In her rage, she didn't notice that the solar door was closed, for Ned was in a meeting and walked right up to the door, slammed it open and stormed inside, slamming the door shut behind her. Cat stalked up to the desk and threw the letters from Little-finger to Sansa on the desk in front of Ned. Ned looked at Catelyn and realized that she was angrier then he had ever seen her. She actually scared him a little in this moment. "Cat, what is this about?" Ned asked his wife in a mild soothing tone, anxious not to set her rage off. He failed. "Letters from Petyr Baelish to Sansa, Ned. Sansa vanished without traces." Which was the angry reply. "Vanished?! Where did she go?" Ned instantly frowned. Not liking the implications that were running though his mind. He quickly picked up one of the letters and started reading it. "We need to find Sansa, Ned." "Well, well, well, it seems that Littlefinger had plans in which he needs Sansa to be Queen. I wonder what he's up to?" Tyrion's voice startled/snapped Cat out of her anger. She looked around to see Tyrion standing next to Ned's desk holding a letter in each hand. "Lord Tyrion. Forgive me please. I did not see you there. Perhaps you would be so kind as to give me and my husband a moment to discuss this in private?" Cat asked. "Wait a moment, Cat. Tyrion has been around Littlefinger in the capital. Perhaps he could shed some light on what possible motives Petyr has." Ned told his wife. Tyrion looked at both of them and sighed. It was time to let Cat in on the big secret. If nothing else, they could assign her to keep an eye on Baelish. He wouldn't expect that at all. Tyrion looked at Ned. "It's time to tell her, Ned. I wasn't aware of this last time and neither was anyone else for Sansa never told anyone. So I have no idea what to do in this situation." Ned closed his eyes. This could go wrong is so many ways but Ned was now positive that they were going to need Cat's advice and insights on what to do. He nodded his head in agreement. "Sit down, Cat." He told his wife who was looking confused. "This is going to take a while. Tyrion, please start while I pour my Lady some wine. She will need it." Tyrion gave her a look of both sorrow and pity. "What I am about to tell you sounds completely unbelievable but I swear by the Old Gods and the New, what I about to speak is only the truth." Tyrion started off then proceeded to tell Cat everything that had happened to him Jon in the time before. He told her about the fate of her family and the fate she suffered. Tyrion told her how every living being had been killed and then rose again in service to the Night King. On and on it went until Cat had been caught up on everything that had happened up till now. Cat's first instinct had been to laugh at the absurdness of what he was saying. Sent back in time indeed, but as she listened, she slowly believed him. There was no reason to make up such elaborate story to tell her unless it was true. She was utterly horrified at what happened to everyone, including Jon and Tyrion and found that she had to respect them and was grateful for coming back to try and save her family from the terrible, disturbing fates that have suffered in the Time Before. Ned had been watching his wife's reactions during Tyrion's telling of the Time Before. He knew from personal experience that it was a lot to believe but he'd also been "prepared" for it. Cat was finding out cold and Ned was worried that she may just take a knife to Tyrion at some points of the story. Cat just sat there trying to absorb all that Tyrion had told her. One thing stood out for her though. "Lord Tyrion, I would like to thank you, as a mother, for neither forcing nor hurting Sansa. Which is one of a mother's greatest fears that her daughter's husband will mistreat her and I am so very glad that you are not the type to hurt a woman." Her thanks were sincere and heartfelt. Tyrion stared at Catelyn Stark in shock. This was certainly a change from the way she had treated him in the past. In both timelines until now, she had been hostile and hated him just because he was a Lannister. Tyrion felt for sure she was going to kill him when he told her about being forced to marry Sansa, so to have her thanks for not hurting or abusing her daughter was very odd indeed.
Tyrion gave her a small bow. "I won't say it was my pleasure, Milady. Neither of us wanted that marriage and I would've set her free and sent her back to you if I could but alas it wasn't possible. So if I couldn't send her back to her family, I was determined to protect her from everyone who'd most likely intend to hurt or use her as a pawn. We were getting along quite well until my father ordered yours and your son's death." Tyrion frowned. "Which wasn't a good time at all. Sansa was devastated. She couldn't eat, would hardly drink anything. She was crying all the time and I couldn't do a thing to comfort her. She despised me thanks to my father." Which was clear to both Ned and Cat that hurt Tyrion deeply that he couldn't do anything to help Sansa during that time. Cat was glad to see that he really did care about Sansa and had done whatever he could to help her after he had gotten back to King's Landing, which brought another thought to her mind. "Tyrion, how bad is Prince Joffrey really? Did he really have Sansa stripped and beaten in front of the whole royal court?" Cat was worried about what the answers would be. Which was clear now that Ned would have to go the south and that Sansa would have to be betrothed to Joffrey, for a time. The look of rage and disgust on Tyrion's face at the mention of his elder nephew gave Cat the answer she needed but she listened to what Tyrion had to say. "My elder nephew. To be honest, he should've been drowned at birth. Which would've saved Westeros a lot of grief. Joffrey is a vile boy who enjoys inflicting pain and humiliation upon the others. My younger nephew, Tommen and I once caught him slicing a pregnant cat open just to see the kittens inside of it. The cat was still alive when he did this. I can't swear to it, but I am sure that Joffrey has also inflicted pain and humiliation on his younger brother and sister. Neither of them will say anything but I know what I know. Did you know that Joffrey would rape Sansa if he had a chance to? And he would get away with it because of who he is and who his parents are." Both Ned and Cat here horrified. This monster is what they would betroth their daughter to? Not this time if they had any say in it and if they couldn't get Sansa out of it, they'd make sure that she knew damn well how to protect herself from him. What Cat couldn't wrap her head around was where his parents were while he was doing this? "Why neither of us have noticed nor disciplined him for his actions yet?" Cat asked Tyrion. Tyrion gave a bitter laugh. "You must be joking. Joffrey is Cersei's golden child. To her, Joffrey can do no wrong which is from her he gets his cruel streak. As far as Robert goes, I informed him about the incident with the cat straight away. Robert went to where Joffrey was, saw what he had done and smacked him across the face. He left a bruise for a week. After that, he seemed to do his hardest to forget he even had a son. The only discipline he gets is from me and one day, he will try to make me pay for every insult, smack and lecture I've ever given him." The look on Tyrion's face was a mixture of loathing and bitterness. "Anyway, we seemed to have strayed away from the original topic of interest here and that's Littlefinger writing to an innocent girl of twelve. I'm wondering if he's been preparing her this whole time to think of nothing else but being Queen and had a plan in place to make it happen. What about these letters?" Then Cat told Tyrion what the letters told her about Little-finger writing on the prince's behalf and how the prince wanted to marry Sansa and how she was supposed to destroy the letters but didn't because she thought they were proof of the prince's love for her. When Tyrion heard her last comment, he couldn't help himself. He started laughing and couldn't stop. Cat and Ned were looking at him, bemusement plain on their faces. When Tyrion's laughter had subsided he explained to them that the thought of Joffrey loving anyone other than himself, was both unbelievable and hilarious. "From what I can figure out, knowing what I know of what Little-finger got up to last time, I'd say he is "grooming" her to be Queen and once she is Queen, grateful to him" Tyrion explained to them. "For what purpose though?" Ned asked him. Tyrion looked a little ashamed. "Well if he can't have the woman he wants, he's willing to settle for the younger version of her." He didn't really want to say that. Ned fell back in his seat both shocked and revolted. Cat, on the other hand, was beyond furious. "If he so much as touches a hair on Sansa's head, I'll grab a dull, rusty meat cleaver and chop off his "littlefinger". Cat's voice was dark with anger and menace. Both Ned and Tyrion winced and tried not to cross their legs in sympathy.
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Cat left shortly after that and Tyrion and Ned have gotten back on track with their original discussion. "So, are you sure your agents in the south will be able to find him? I mean, he could be anywhere right now." Tyrion asked Ned. "I'm sure they can and if he's currently not at home, my men will either wait or go to where he's headed and find him there. Although, why do you want this particular man? I mean there are plenty of men with years of experience in their chosen field." Ned asked. "Do any other of those "experienced" men have maps of where were going?" Tyrion asked with a smirk.
"No they don't or I'd be organising this mission with one of them now instead of asking you for use of your agents in the South." Tyrion answered his own question. Ned sighed and admitted Tyrion had a point. No one had accurate maps of where Tyrion and Jon would be going. "So what do you want the message to say? Ned asked him in curiosity. Tyrion grinned at Ned.
"The usual. Who's hiring him, how much I'm willing to pay him, blah, blah, blah. But you must include this in the greeting; it's time to sacrifice your bones back to the sea. He'll know what it means." Ned nodded.
"And his name is Seaworth correct?" he asked for conformation purposes. Tyrion's grin just got wider.
"Yes. Ser Davos Seaworth. Otherwise known as The Onion Knight. He is the only one who has mapped Old Valyria and lived to tell the tale."
LJ-Todd chapter 18 . 5/5
Sansa Stark just sat in the godswood (which was the only place wherever none of the other people tried to talk to her), alone, except for her Nightingale daemon, Spas (which is a Bulgarian name meaning "salvation"), though she appeared to be praying. Spas looked up at her with his large dark eyes from wherever he sat on her arm and softly told her. "Sweetheart, we should be going back to the keep in case Tyrion would most likely be finding you...shouldn't we? He, Shae and I are really worried about you, Sansa... ever since word came about your brother, Robb and your mother, Catelyn, you lied awake by staying up all night, when you cried, stared at the canopy, thinking about how Robb and Catelyn passed on at the Twins during the Red Wedding...which was something neither of them deserved." However, Sansa cut him off. "Please just don't bring that up, Spas! Just don't bring up anything." "Okay, okay, I won't." And there was silence for a long while, but Spas slowly nuzzled her hand, silently comforting Sansa.
Guest chapter 18 . 5/5
INTERIOR. KING'S LANDING THE SOUTHERN RED KEEP
"One's the docile, obedient, proper Southern lady was Sansa Stark and the other's the rebellious, wild Northern she-wolf was Arya Stark." "Arya was nowhere to be found which is better and safer this way since Ned's undeserved, fatal death." "Oh well, Arya's never fit to be another proper Southern lady anyway, unlike Sansa." "Which is why Sansa and Arya don't get along well." "Which is true." "What a shame." "You got that right." "No kidding." "No doubt."
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