Game of Thrones: Unbreakable

Chapter 1 of my new Game of Thrones story, enjoy.

Pairings:

Arya/Gendry
Ned/Cat
Robb/Talisa
Sansa/Podrick
Bran/Meera
Rickon/Shireen
Jon/Ygritte

Disclaimer: Game of Thrones belongs to George R.R. Martin.

Chapter 1

It was a rather busy afternoon in the mansion of the Stark family; who were the most important family in the North, quite possibly the largest state in Westeros. The head of the family, forty-two year old Eddard Stark, known affectionately as Ned by his wife and closest friends, was the head of the most powerful and richest corporation in the North, living in Winterfell, the capital of the North.

He was preparing, along with his family for a business dinner, many of Ned's colleagues and several other family members or close family friends would be present too. Ned sighed as he ensured once more that everything was ready. A common trait in many members of the Stark family had been brown hair, grey eyes and a long face, Ned had these traits himself.

However, most of his family were different, taking after their mother, having auburn hair, blue eyes and high cheekbones. Ned smiled as his wife, forty-one year old Catelyn Stark entered. She was originally from the Tully family, who normally had those very physical traits she had. Cat smiled warmly at her husband.

"Dinner is almost ready Ned." She told him.

He nodded. "Good, we better check in with the kids and make sure the table is set."

They both headed through to the living room where their five children were.

They both smiled; the children were all watching TV. As Ned had noted before, as well as many others, aside from one of their children, their third child and youngest daughter who inherited Ned's brown hair, grey eyes and long face, all the children inherited Cat's auburn hair and blue eyes.

The oldest of their children was twenty-two year old Robb, the rest; in age order were nineteen year old Sansa, the eldest daughter, seventeen year old Arya, the youngest daughter. Then their two youngest sons; sixteen year old Bran and fifteen year old Rickon.

Robb looked up and noticed their parent's presence. "Mum, dad?"

Everybody else turned to face them and Ned spoke.

"We're getting ready for the dinner; we could use help, everybody's help." He explained. "Just remember, we need to get ready quickly, we all still need to get dressed and I believe you all have some phone calls to make."

They all nodded and stood up, heading through to the kitchen, dining room and such.

"Let's see now." Catelyn remarked as she checked a list she had prepared. "Do we have enough chairs?"

Ned nodded and soon they continued until their preparations were almost done. The food only needed to be served and that was it. All that remained was to make the calls and for them to get ready themselves.

Meanwhile the Stark siblings; having helped their parents as much as possible, were all on their respective phones, calling their loved ones. Robb was on the phone to his girlfriend, Talisa Maegyr; a girl from Volantis who had moved to Westeros two years ago. They started dating last year and were still going strong.

"So, you think you can make it?" He asked. "It should be pretty fun, at least."

Talisa laughed. "Fun; a lot of businessmen all talking about their latest deals…Well, I'm sure with your company it'll be tolerable."

Robb laughed too. "So, you will be here?"

"Yeah, I'll see you soon."

Robb smiled and hung up. Likewise the others were calling their loved ones, Sansa calling her boyfriend Podrick Payne.

"So, do you have any idea when you might be here?" She asked casually.

Pod replied immediately; sounded more relaxed than he usually did. "I'm afraid I can't say exactly, but, I'll be up with Tyrion, we're coming with his father and brother."

Sansa nodded; Tyrion Lannister was Podrick's adoptive father. "Alright, cool, I can hardly wait, I'll see you later."

Bran meanwhile was talking with his girlfriend Meera, the daughter and eldest child of his father's close friend Howland Reed and his wife Jyana. Bran was also good friends with Meera's younger brother Jojen.

"Right, so, Jojen and I will be there soon, mum and dad are nearly ready." She explained.

Bran smirked. "Oh, and you?"

Meera laughed and Bran was sure she was rolling her eyes. "Yeah, yeah, I get it, I better get ready too, alright, see you later."

Bran agreed and hung up, still laughing.

Rickon meanwhile was on the phone to his girlfriend, Shireen Baratheon. He sighed, knowing how difficult her life was, her father almost always absent due to his work and her mother an overzealous religious woman who kept trying to impose her views on Shireen. The poor girl had been so shy and withdrawn, until they had met and became friends, eventually dating, much to the frustration of her mother.

"You're really coming?" He asked, relieved and amazed at the same time.

Shireen laughed. "Of course; just, don't be surprised if mum seems to be in a bad mood though."

Rickon was surprised by this; Shireen seemed to be anticipating her mother's anger. "Oh, why?"

"I doubt' she'd approve of what I'm wearing." Shireen replied.

Now Rickon truly was interested; he could hardly wait for her to arrive. The last person still on their phone was Arya, talking to Gendry, her boyfriend. Gendry and Arya had been dating for two years, during that time there had been issues with her family, mostly due to an age gap of five years and Gendry living in Flea Bottom, the most dilapidated part of King's Landing as well as other issues which thankfully were now all resolved.

The family had accepted Gendry and come to like him, much to her relief; she was tired arguing after all.

"Hey Arry." Gendry greeted her happily.

She grinned. "Hi, so, are you coming?"

Gendry replied. "Of course; I don't know how long it'll take, but I will be there."

"Glad to hear it." Arya replied with a grin.

They exchanged a few final details before hanging up.

As she hung up she noticed her mother walking up to her. She smiled lightly, her mother had been her biggest opponent in her relationship with Gendry, yet now seemed to be their biggest supporter.

"You just called Gendry?" She asked casually.

Arya nodded and Catelyn bit her lip. "I'm worried; bringing him here, are you sure that's wise…"

Arya stared, wide-eyed at this. "Mum, c'mon."

Catelyn shook her head. "I want him here but…It might be complicated, his father will be here after all, and then there are the other people, you'll recall, the Boltons and Karstarks for instance."

"Oh…" Arya replied as she realized what her mother meant. Robert Baratheon was Gendry's father, but his mother wasn't Robert's wife Cersei. Not only that, but the Bolton and Karstarks kept trying to get Arya to date members of their family, much to her annoyance.

She finally sighed. "Yeah, good point."

Catelyn smiled. "It's alright, we'll support you, all of us, don't worry."

"Thanks." Arya replied with relief.

Finally, wither everything already prepared, the family all went to begin and get dressed for the upcoming party.

End of chapter, just getting a set up for now, hope you enjoyed it, read and review please.