Fresh Beginnings

Chapter 1 of my next Game of Thrones marathon story, this time a crossover with Life is Strange, hope you all enjoy it.

Disclaimer: I don't own Game of Thrones, Life is Strange or their characters.


Chapter 1

The quaint quiet town of Arcadia Bay shone with it's peaceful beautiful nature as usual. The residents went about their business as usual, yet every now and then, someone would notice the car making it's way down the roads of the town. It was new, not belonging to anyone that currently lived in the bay. Driving the car was a woman and with her, her two daughters as passengers. None of the three said anything yet; all too focused on reaching their destination.

It did not take them long to do so however and they soon pulled into the driveway of their new home. The trio exited the car and stood for a moment, observing the home. The woman who had been driving the car was in her mid to late forties, apart from a few grey streaks near the temples however, her auburn hair seemed untouched by time. She had blue eyes, fair skin and high cheekbones. Her name was Catelyn Stark, she was the wife of Eddard Stark, the governor of the North in Westeros where they had come from.

She turned to observe the two girls with her, her daughters. The first was nineteen year old Sansa, who was essentially a younger version of her mother in appearance, although she was far paler.

The final girl was seventeen year old Arya, the only one of her and Eddard's children to inherit his appearance, having brown hair, grey eyes and a long face, she was also pale.

However while normally pale, said paleness was different on the younger girl now, instead looking sickly, as did her gaunt appearance, especially when she was already skinny. Cat could swear she could see her younger daughter's cheekbones protruding from her face.

Still, she tried to remain calm. "Well, here we are, girls."

Sansa smiled widely. "Yeah, Arcadia Bay at last."

"Yeah..." Arya replied, nodding, not seeming all there.

Cat wasn't surprised, she smiled gently, trying to encourage Arya. Sansa did so too as they began to unpack and head into the house.

Cat heard Sansa speaking to Arya at that moment. "C'mon Arya, this will be good for us, for you especially. I'm sure of it."

"I hope so, Sansa, I hope so." Was all Arya offered by way of reply.

Observing her younger daughter again, Catelyn sighed sadly. She wasn't surprised at Arya's despondency, or indeed her appearance, it was also partly why they were here in Arcadia Bay.

'Oh Arya, if only I hadn't, if only I'd been more aware, I could've done something...' Cat thought sadly. 'But then, would you have let me...'

It had happened roughly two years ago, after so many years of teenage rebellion, Arya had proven herself the most difficult for the Stark children. Cat and Ned had tried to get through to her to no avail. She ended up falling in with the wrong crowd and, perhaps the most terrifying part of all, ended up getting into drugs.

It was only recently and with the help of Gendry Waters, a twenty-two year old mechanic from King's Landing that Arya had begun dating before her breakdown that they had been able to save her.

That was another thing that weighed on Cat's mind. 'I gave Arya such grief about Gendry, thought he was too old, too rough, too inappropriate for her. That just helped push her away, but he never gave up on her...Now, it's truly thanks to him that we have Arya back...That she can get help.'

The drugs issues had caused Arya to have the gaunt appearance she did now, as well as other problems. But Arya had been convinced by Gendry to break away from those people who were putting on this path; to admit she had a problem.

So it was they ended up in Arcadia Bay, for they had heard about possibly the best drug treatment program available was located there. They also came for Sansa as well, for she had finally found an outlet for her artistic talent in painting in the form of Blackwell Academy. With the three of them all now settled in, Cat picked up the phone and dialled the number.

"Hello?" Cat smiled hearing her husbands voice.

"Hello Ned." She said. "That's us there, we've settled in."

She knew he'd be smiling at that. "Good, that's, that's good...Tell the girls I said hi. We should be down soon ourselves."

Since Sansa's course started soon and they wanted to get Arya into the treatment program fast, Cat had taken her daughters and went on ahead to make the move. Meanwhile Ned and their sons would be sorted out things back in Westeros, tying off loose ends and such before moving down to join them at a later date.

"I will; everything should be fine Ned." She said. "Don't forget, it's not just us, Gendry and his mother moved down here too for her new job, so we'll see them too."

"Good, well, see you as soon as we can."

They both hung up then and Catelyn went to rejoin her daughters, just hopeful that this move would give them all just what they needed.

A fresh beginning.


End of chapter, hope you enjoyed it, read and review please.