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MAIA'S hand immediately went to her forehead, which throbbed heavily against her skull. The mannerism was strange, because she wasn't known to black out like this. She groaned as the throbbing seemed to get worse with each passing second. The only good thing was that she noticed she wasn't cold anymore.
The second she opened her eyes, she was greeted with the sight of two gruffly looking men looking down at her. Maia was ready to scream, but not before the shorter man pressed his finger to her lips.
He then proceeded to hit his slighter bigger friend. "See what you did? You scared the lady!" He scoffed. "Go get her more blankets, Sam."
Maia looked around at her surroundings, realizing she was in some type of log cabin. She was wrapped up in over a dozen blankets and furs, making it hard to sit up with the cocoon around her. She was still in the same clothes as before, though they were a bit dirty and torn at seams, almost like her brain at the moment. Her knees were significantly bruised and her fingers tinged with blood.
"Hello, Miss," the short man greeted with his hand stuck out. "I'm Ed Tollett."
She shook it, her features growing confused. "Maia Sanders."
"Sanders," Ed mused to himself. "Never heard of that house myself."
Maia glanced at Ed for a second before observing herself. First, what were these men wearing? She hadn't seen capes like that worn since she saw her college's LARPing group on campus. Secondly, where was she? If anything, she wasn't in Washington anymore. So how did she just black out and move?
Derek must be so worried.
The clang of metal outside distracted her, and Maia found herself bolting out of the squeaky bed the random men had given her. From the window that led outside, she looked out to see two men cloaked in black clashing their swords against each other. They both held shields made out a dented wood, just good enough to practice fighting.
Maia backed away, not believing her eyes. "This isn't real," she breathed out.
Not only was she somewhere far from Washington, but it also looked like she was in an entirely different century.
She looked at back at Ed. His name – where had she heard it before? Ed Tollett.
Ed Tollett is probably the best secondary character for the Night's Watch, she recounted Derek saying once.
Ed Tollett. Night's Watch. Character.
This was an exact setting in Game of Thrones.
It was like she'd fallen through time.
"Are you okay, m'lady? You look like you're going be sick." Ed treaded his words lightly, careful not to offend. "We don't usually have ladies behind the Wall, so excuse me if I don't know feminine facial expressions. You're lucky they even allowed you in."
