Game of Thrones: Family Ties
Chapter 1 of my new Game of Thrones story, some light hearted modern AU stuff, to get me back into things, enjoy.
Disclaimer: Game of Thrones belongs to George R.R. Martin.
Chapter 1
It was the start of another day for the Stark family, one of the richest family's in the land of Westeros and the most prominent family in the North. They were major business players and well known throughout Westeros for their integrity, especially when it came to their work. The head of the family was Eddard Stark, a tall man with brown hair and grey eyes, notable traits of the family. His wife Catelyn was from the Tully Family, close friends and partners of the Starks, Catelyn had long auburn red hair and blue eyes, as well as high cheekbones.
The couple were very much in love and had five children together. Of these children only two still lives at home, eighteen year old Bran and fourteen year old Rickon. One notable fact about their children was that most of them took after Cat in appearance more than Eddard. The other three family members, nineteen year old Arya, twenty-one year old Sansa and twenty-four year old Robb had all moved all, although one of those moving out had been plagued with issues and said family member had become estranged from the rest of them.
That family member had been Arya, the youngest daughter, a wild child in her youth and early teenage years, things began to change for the worse as she got older, as she frequently got into fights, argued with practically everybody, but her mother and sister especially and then there was the matter of her love life.
She had ended up revealing she was in love with a man five years her senior, she had been fifteen at the time and it had caused major rifts and arguments in the family until Arya left home at age sixteen, to life with her boyfriend, leaving rather suddenly the family felt. Sure enough they soon learned Arya had been pregnant when she left, but that was the last they had heard from her, in three years.
All this passed through Catelyn's mind as she smiled wryly, examining the mirror in her and Eddard's bedroom. She was amazed at how 'well-preserved' she and her husband were, they were both in their forties now, yet their only signs of age came from the few small streaks of grey in their hair that was just beginning to form. It was at that moment that her husband walked into the room and smiled when he saw her.
"Cat..."
She turned to him, also smiling. "Ned I...Why are you all dressed up?"
"It's not just me, the boys too." Ned revealed. "C'mon, you should get dressed up too, we're taking you out to eat tonight, at that restaurant you always talked about."
Cat knew right away what this was about and sighed. "Oh Ned, I...I told you, I don't want to do anything special for my birthday, just being with you all is fine and..."
"Maybe so, but we want to treat you for your special day." Ned replied softly.
She smiled and shook her head; she was always touched with how her husband and children cared for her.
"What about, everyone else?"
Ned explained. "They'll meet us there, I sent word and let them know."
Relieved and feeling happier than before, Cat went to do just that and got ready for going out.
She followed Ned downstairs, and sure enough spotted her younger two sons, Bran and Rickon, also dressed up and sitting on the couch, chatting away. They weren't alone either, there were two other people with them. Cat paused for a moment, her good mood faltering a little; giving way to some slight unease, but she did her best to move past it.
The two people with her sons were both female, the first was Lyanna Mormont, a girl of medium height with long dark brown hair, brown eyes and pale skin. She was the youngest member of the Mormont family who worked for the Starks and a good friend of Rickon's.
'Although the way they've been behaving lately makes me wonder, could there be something...more...' She thought to herself.
Then she took note of the other woman; the main reason she had faltered slightly. She wasn't very tall and was quite slender with shoulder length curly dark brown hair; green eyes and pale skin. She was also twenty-three, five years older than Bran, yet they had been dating for the past three years.
The young woman's name was Meera Reed. She and Bran had been friends for some time, along with her brother Jojen; but Bran had apparently nursed a strong crush on her and this later developed into both of them starting a relationship.
'One they tried to keep secret.' Cat recalled. 'And who can blame them after all the trouble I gave Arya over her and Gendry...I was shocked when I found out, there were nearly more arguments but...'
She pushed the thoughts away, reminding herself that those issues had been resolved.
Learning from the issue with Arya, Cat had welcomed Meera as best she could and now was happy for her and Bran, although she still some slight unease at times.
Mainly as it reminded her that she was yet to try and set things right with Arya, not to mention she still had no idea how to even get in touch with her. She was jolted from her thoughts when Ned spoke.
"So, are we all ready?"
Everyone agreed and Cat smiled again, hoping she could maintain this good mood, especially on this day. She walked with her family out to the waiting cars, ready to go out for her birthday.
End of chapter, hope you enjoyed it, read and review please.