Game of Thrones: True Love Finally Comes
Prologue and first chapter of my new Game of Thrones story; a modern AU, hope you enjoy it.
Pairings:
Robb/Myrcella
Sansa/Podrick
Arya/Gendry
Bran/Meera
Tommen/Robin
Will later see some Shireen/Rickon and Jon/Ygritte.
Note on ages: I've had to mess around with a few of the ages; here are the important ones:
Robb, Jon, Arianne and Gendry: 24
Ygritte and Margaery: 23
Meera: 22
Sansa and Podrick: 20
Arya and Myrcella: 17
Bran, Tommen and Robin: 16
Rickon and Shireen: 15
Now onto the story.
Disclaimer: Game of Thrones belongs to George R.R. Martin.
Prologue
The girl shivered; trying to ignore the chafing of the ropes binding her to the chair. A rag had been tightly pulled between her teeth and tied behind her head, gagging her. She was cold, clad in only shorts, a thin top and small boots. She wasn't alone either; she looked around the room, fearfully, she couldn't see any of their captors, but other members of her family were also present. They all had the same hair and eye colour as her and were presently tied to chairs and gagged the same way she was. Her older brother was clad only in a pair of rather childish briefs; her younger brother in shorts and a tank-top. Finally her mother; clad in a dress, they were all helpless, all prisoners, all waiting fearfully for their captors to come through the door and do as they pleased with them. The kidnappers, a mixed group of males and females, were just on the other side of the door; in some sort of room. The four prisoners could hear them talking in low voices, but couldn't make out anything distinct. The red faced older brother kept struggling against his bonds, shouting into his gag, but to no avail. The mother remained stoic and firm, refusing to break, but the younger brother was in tears.
'How did my life end up changing so drastically?' The girl thought sadly.
She didn't know how, but she definitely knew when her life changed, it changed that fateful day she was reunited with childhood crush.
A Needed Distraction
Robb Stark sighed; his life had recently taken a bit of a down turn. His girlfriend, Jeyne Westerling had split up with him, accusing him of cheating on her. He hadn't been cheating on her, but he wasn't surprised she thought that; that was how their relationship started after all. He had cheated on his high school sweetheart Roslin Frey with Jeyne. After the break things got worse; full of despair he spent a night drowning his sorrows and ended up having a drunken one night stand with an exchange student from Volantis called Talisa. He had thought nothing of it afterwards, until Talisa came to clarify that what happened between them was only a onetime thing. Unfortunately she turned up when Jeyne was there, in the process of taking him back. Now both girls ignored him and surprisingly both girls had become fast friends; perhaps bonding over their disgust at him. So in desperate need to get away from it all; he accepted his mother's invitation to attend a pool party/barbecue at the Baratheon Mansion in King's Landing. His father, Eddard Stark, Mayor of the North, was close friend with President Robert Baratheon and the families remained close, despite some tension that had recently affected them. Finally Robb pulled up at the Baratheon Mansion, parked his car and got out; he noted from the other cars that a number of other guests were already here.
After the tense last few months; he was happy to leave Riverrun University and spend time with his family; especially his cousin Jon. He approached the mansion, splendid as ever with the statues of stags and lions flanking the gates. A doorman opened the door for him and directed him to a room he could get changed in. Robb quickly got changed into his swimming trunks and headed out to the back garden, already he could hear the sounds of the other people, talking and laughing. He smiled as he looked around at the people gathered; he immediately spotted his father and Robert Baratheon; both dressed in swimming trunks; his father's being black with a white and grey stripe on the right leg. Robert's were blue and white with square patterns and black palm tree designs. They were by the barbecue grill, laughing and working with it. Robb decided not to bother his father yet and instead headed to the other person he easily recognized. His mother, Catelyn Stark was lying down on one of the lounge chairs; despite being in her forties, Catelyn Stark was still a beautiful woman with no hint of grey in her fiery hair; her blue eyes were closed as she relaxed. She was clad in a red two piece swimsuit with red and white shorts and white sunglasses. She opened her eyes as Robb approached and smiled; pushing the sunglasses up on top of her head as she stood up.
She hugged her eldest son, Robb returned the hug cheerfully. She kissed his cheek and stepped back.
"Robb, it's so good to see you again." She said happily. "You've grown so much, you should visit us more."
Robb smiled. "I know, sorry mum, but…you know, exams and everything."
She nodded understanding. "So, have you seen your siblings yet?"
"No, you and dad are the first ones I saw…I've still gotta talk to him." Robb replied.
"I'll go let your father know you're here; take a look around, the others shouldn't he hard to spot."
Robb nodded and as his mother walked off he turned and observed the rest of the party. Since his siblings, like him, had inherited their mother's hair and eye colour, they would be easy to spot as his mother said. The only exception was his youngest sister who had inherited their father's looks. He immediately spotted his younger brothers. Bran was in his wheelchair, sitting at a table next to the pool; clad in grey swimming trunks. Rickon, who was wearing black and white striped board shorts, was swimming in the pool. Sitting opposite Bran, engaged in some card game with dragons and knights, was a skinny brown haired blue eyed boy the same age as him; it was their cousin Robert Arryn, although those closest to him called him Robin. Robb was surprised he was simply wearing a pair of blue and yellow trunks with dark blue bird designs on them. He thought Robin's overprotective mother would make him wear more than that to protect from the sun. Then he spotted the factor 50 sun cream on the table next to Robin.
He continued to look around and spotted his sister Sansa, notable due to her hair being even redder than their mother's. She was clad in a simple blue and white bikini and was talking to a group of other girls who were sitting with her. The one right next to her was her best friend, Jeyne Poole; clad in pinkish bikini briefs and a similar coloured thin strapped swimming top. Robb also spotted another of his sister's friends amongst the group, who was also his first crush, Margaery Tyrell. She was wearing a rather revealing green and black bikini, Robb knew if he or their father caught Sansa wearing something like that, they'd lock her in her room immediately. Also with the group was Robert's niece Shireen Baratheon; clad in a simple light grey bikini and a white mini sarong. Due to the angle he couldn't see it but he knew the left side of her face was grey and mottled with Greyscale scars, something the poor girl was ashamed of. The next girl in the group he didn't know; she was roughly his age, with dark skin, black hair and black eyes, Robb guessed from her appearance and accent whenever she spoke loud enough for him to hear, she was Dornish. She wore a black bikini that was just as revealing as Margaery's. The final girl he couldn't see clearly as she had her back to him, all he could make out was she was wearing a black bikini that marked her small, delicate curves without being too much and she had curly blonde hair that reached midway down her back. His thoughts were interrupted when he heard his father call his name.
Robb smiled, he had missed his father, they spoke on the phone every week and Robb still went to him for help with some of the bigger problems he faced; but it was different seem him face to face.
Ned laughed and hugged his son. "Robb, you look more like your uncle Edmure every day."
Robb laughed at that; he knew it was true. "Thanks, dad, so how's everything? You and mum don't look as tired."
Ned nodded; the day Robb left for college, his parent and younger siblings moved to King's Landing to help Robert. "Being back in Winterfell did us all some good. So, how were the exams?"
"Pretty good."
"And life?"
Robb sighed. "A bit…messed up, Jeyne and I broke up."
He decided now wasn't the time to reveal the full story. He smiled gratefully at his father and Robert's encouragement that he would be fine and then excused himself, heading to the beverage table. At the same time, the blonde girl in the black bikini he had noticed earlier walked up to the table. He could now see her face, he smiled, she was rather pretty; her green eyes sparkled in the sunlight.
"Hi, can I get you anything?" He offered; his mother had long drilled the lessons on how to be a gentleman into him when he was younger.
The girl smiled and nodded. "Thanks, a coke would be nice."
He got it for her and got himself a beer, taking a sip. He didn't notice the girl observe his actions and swallow nervously.
He turned to face her.
"I'm Robb Stark, you are…?" He introduced himself and asked; before she could reply however another voice called his name and he was nearly knocked over as Sansa ran to him and hugged him.
"I missed you." She cried as she stepped back.
Robb laughed. "Good to see you too Sansa." He remarked nodding politely to Jeyne Poole who was standing just behind Sansa, smirking at her friend's behaviour.
Robb turned to Sansa's other companion, the Dornish girl who noted his quizzical look and held out her hand; he shook it as she introduced herself.
"Arianne Martell. I'm a friend of Myrcella's." She said gesturing to the blonde he spoke to earlier.
Robb froze as he gaped at the blonde girl; she smiled sheepishly back at him.
'No way, this is Myrcella Baratheon?' He thought incredulous. She had really changed, the Myrcella he remembered had pigtails, braces on her teeth and wore clothes so pink it hurt your eyes. Now; Robb couldn't help where his thoughts went next. 'Now she's…stunning, amazing…beautiful.'
End of chapter, hope you enjoyed it, read and review please. As usual with outfits like this, they are on the profile and there are more to come, we've not seen everyone at the party yet :)
