Chapter 311

"Bran Stark. Meera Reed."

"Lord Stark." The two greeted him in return.

"Coffee?" he asked as he poured some for himself and Ygritte from his bottomless flask which had been filled with high class coffee by his chefs so that he will have access to it wherever he went.

"Coffee?" Meera asked, looking a little confused.

"A hot drink. Made from the leaves brought from Summer Islands along with some milk and sugar." He explained. The truth was that this coffee was from the coffee plants grown in his magical Glasshouses but they didn't need to know that. "It is very good. You must try some." He said and filled two glasses for Meera and Bran.

They took the glasses and started drinking it.

Meera didn't like it too much but Bran did.

"So… I need to take you to Lord Bloodraven now. Or the Three Eyed raven as you call him." He said with a sip "Are you ready to go with me Bran Stark?"

Bran nodded "If I can help my family and the North by becoming a Greenseer then I should do so. Right?"

"Yes." He nodded "Even if the White Walkers were not a factor, you should still learn how to use your powers from Lord Bloodraven. Plus, with great power comes great responsibility."

He then turned to Meera "I do not not know why Lord Bloodraven asked for you. Or why you even agreed to this journey. But since you're here, I assume you want to finish the journey you've started."

Meera nodded and he smiled.

"In that case. Close your eyes." He said.

"Why?" Meera asked while Bran, the more trusting of the two had already closed his eyes.

"Because I don't want to reveal the path to Lord Bloodraven's home." He said.

Meera looked reluctant but followed his order and closed his eyes.

"Will this be enou…"

"Stupify." He said while touching their knees and both of them went limp in their chairs.

He turned to Ygritte "Wait here." He said "I'll deliver these two to the Greenseer and come back as soon as possible."

With that, he picked the two with his enhanced strength and then apparate outside of the tunnel under the Heart tree.

He sent out a magical pulse to alert the old coot to his presence.

As soon as he did that, he heard some noises from behind him.

He turned and found a few undeads rising from the snow.

He put the two down on the ground and took out the Valyrain staff from within his bottomless bag.

"Bombarda Maxima." He said and a large ball of energy shot out of the staff and exploded as soon as it came in contact with the undeads.

Once the snow cleared, there was a large crater in front of him where the wights were rising from.

He looked around but but nothing happened.

"You humans… always so prone to violence." He heard a voice from behind him.

He turned and saw that one of the few Children of the Forest who had chosen to remain behind and take care of the Greenseer was now standing beside the two unconscious teenagers.

He thought of arguing against her but then thought better of it.

"Snowylocks. Your Greenseer asked for them." He said, pointing at the two teenagers "Tell him that I've returned the favor. They'll wake up in a few minutes."

"Will you not meet with him?" she asked in a soft voice.

He shook his head "Nah! But give these to him." He said and gave a spare communication mirror to Bloodraven and a steel ball with the words 'Nightfort' in it. "He'll know what to do with them."

As soon as Snowylocks accepted his gifts, he turned around and apparated back to the command tent.

"Is it done?" Ygritte asked as soon as he appeared out of thin air.

He shook off the disorientation affect from the apparition and nodded.

"Yes." He said "Have the women packed their belongings."

Ygritte nodded "People say that the women here are cursed. Are you sure you want to take them with you?" she asked.

"There are no curses on them." He said "Some of them might have some deformities due to being born from incest but otherwise they'll be just fine."

"If you say so." She said.

He nodded and left the tent.

Outside, Varko, Baka, Varamyr and Walton were waiting for him.

"Varamyr. You can return to Dreadfort." He said and then turned to Walton "Tell to men to break camp. We're leaving for Nightfort."

"Nightfort. Not Castle Black?" Walton asked.

"Yes. I'm not sure if the Black brothers will allow these women to cross the tunnel and Nightfort is near anyway."

"Hasn't the tunnel of Nightfort been sealed?" Ygritte asked.

"It has. But there's another way." He said and smiled.