Game of Thrones: The Power of Family

Chapter 1 of a new GOT story, a modern Gendrya AU. Similar to my previous GOT story, a teen pregnancy story, this one, while still having it's difficult moments will have a happier overall feel. This happy take is generally to make up for Arya's difficult time at present and for the foreseeable future in my crossover series. Anyway, hope you enjoy.

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

Chapter 1

The sixteen year old girl bit her lip as she sat on the floor of the bathroom.

'Urgh, again…' She thought to herself. 'I must have caught something, surely; I mean, what else could make me throw up so much?'

Well, she could think of something, but she didn't want to consider that. The girl was in fact the third child and youngest daughter of Eddard Stark and his wife Catelyn, her name was Arya, she had shoulder length brown hair and grey eyes, a skinny build and was no more than five foot one in height.

She had an older brother and sister and two younger brothers, yet she was the only one who inherited her father's physical features, such as hair and eye colour, as well as a long face, the rest inherited their mother's auburn hair, blue eyes, high cheekbones and such.

For a long time Arya had always felt the odd one out, and at first felt she wasn't attractive, not that it bothered her as she felt that love and all that mushy stuff wasn't worth her time.

'Until I met him, then I realized…' She thought to herself.

The 'him' was in fact her boyfriend, Gendry, a man aged twenty-one, which had at first caused issues with her family; who had been outraged at Arya, dating a man five years her senior, suspicious of Gendry and worried due to him living in the bad neighbourhood of King's Landing.

Slowly but surely however, especially when it became clear that Arya was certain of her feelings for Gendry and eventually her family turned around and slowly began to accept the relationship, especially when it became clear that, if they continued to protest, Arya was seriously considering leaving home and staying with Gendry.

In the end however, what truly turned her family's opinion was Gendry himself, somehow winning them over. Arya felt grateful for that and before long, things were finally repaired between Arya and her family. However now this had started happening.

She shook her head. 'It's been two months since Gendry and I…Wait, no, when's the last time I…No, it can't be…'

A sudden dread came over her, she had to be certain, but the thought of finding out scared her greatly. But she had no choice, if she didn't, then soon her family would start to notice something was wrong. As if on cue, there was a knock at the door, her youngest brother, ten year old Rickon then called through.

"Arya, are you done in the bathroom yet!?"

Arya stood up. "Yeah, done."

She quickly left and let Rickon in. She wouldn't find another chance, so she had to be quick. She left the house and began making her way to the pharmacy closest to her house. Her nerves built up more and more to the point that things passed in a haze and before she knew it, she was once more hiding in the upstairs bathroom, thankfully Rickon had left by this point and she had privacy. She had just taken the pregnancy test and was waiting in terror for the result.

Arya was so scared she found herself doing something she had never done since she was a young child, praying, praying to the Old Gods, for what she wasn't sure. Finally however, the timer she brought into the bathroom with her rang. Trying hard to compose herself, keep her breathing steady, she picked up the test and turned it over, looking for the result; her heart dropped into her stomach.

'No, NO!' Her thoughts raced, panic setting in.

For there in front of her was the unforgiving pink plus sign, she was pregnant.

She shook her head; trying to think. 'Gods, how did this…Gendry and I were always so careful, that night, Gendry didn't wear a condom, but I was on the pill. How could I…Did it not work?'

She trembled, fear overcoming her.

'It, this isn't…How can I, I'm only sixteen, I can't…I'm not mother material either, I'd be a horrible mother; I can't.' She fretted almost in tears. 'I've always said I wasn't the kind of girl who liked or even thought about that kind of stuff…Now, now I'm, Gods, what are my family going to do when they find out?'

They were only now truly happy with her dating Gendry, now this had come up. Everything was so messed up, she had no idea what to do, where to start. She let out a slow careful breath and tried to get her heart rate under control.

"Okay, calm down, remember, fear cuts deeper than swords." She whispered to herself. 'First things first; I need to, I need to talk to Gendry.'

She bit her lip at that; afraid of what would await her with this. Wiping her hands on her jeans, she was careful to discard the pregnancy test before preparing to head down to Flea Bottom.

Getting off the bus, Arya fought to keep herself calm; she couldn't believe this had happened. Not only had she now discovered she was pregnant, she had to tell her boyfriend, the baby's father. She was afraid of his reaction; what if he grew angry, hated her, she was basically now binding them together for life.

'What if he feels I've ruined his life?' Was one of her most prevalent thoughts.

She knocked on the door of the Waters home; waiting nervously. The door was answered by a blonde middle-aged woman with a kind smile.

"Arya, hello." She greeted the girl cheerfully.

Arya smiled. "Hi Miss Waters, is Gendry in?"

Gendry's mother, Alyssa, nodded and let Arya in, directing her up to Gendry's room. Arya made her way up and knocked on the door.

"Come in." He called out.

Hearing his voice calmed her slightly, she entered and Gendry grinned as he saw her. Gendry was taller than her, more muscular with shaggy black hair and blue eyes.

"Hi Arry." He greeted her happily.

Arya smiled weakly as she sat down on the bed, next to him. "Hi."

Seeing her expression, Gendry's changed, growing worried. "Arry…?"

"I…I have something important to tell you." She burst out. "I…I'm pregnant Gendry."

The words just came tumbling out before she could stop them, so too did the tears. She couldn't help it, it wasn't like her she knew, but she cried anyway, it was like everything just came unravelled as she said those words.

"Well, say something." She choked out when Gendry didn't reply.

To her surprise, his first action wasn't to shout, or get angry, it was to embrace her and brush away tears. Then he kissed her before smiling softly at her.

"Gendry…" She whispered.

He smiled. "Oh Arya, that's…I know it'll be hard, but I'm with you I swear."

She let out a shuddering breath. "You're not angry?"

"No, I'm happy, while it's sooner than I thought, there's no one I'd rather be with, no one I'd rather be a mother to my children." He replied with a soft smile.

Arya didn't have the energy to complain, to point out how awful she'd be as a mother. Nonetheless she was relieved, Gendry wasn't angry, he was happy and stood by her side, that was, for her, the best possible result so far.

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