Somewhere in the Shimmering Sea Near White Harbour
Arya felt cold, so very cold. The words of her house seemed to have rung true in the months since she'd been away from Westeros. She could see the snow falling even if she couldn't touch it yet. It made her heart ache, to know that she was so close and yet still so far away from White Harbour, and Winterfell her home.
Finding the ship to take her back home had been easy enough, she'd found the men her brother had sent to find her near the port and had looked straight into the eyes of someone she'd thought she'd never see again Gendry.
He'd seen her and been just as dumbfounded to see her "Arry?"
"No stupid, its Arya, what are you doing in Bravos? I thought you were with the Brotherhood?"
"I was but then I left after Lady St-"
"After what Gendry?"
"No it doesn't matter. All that matters now is that we've found you and you can go home!"
Arya didn't want to let the subject drop, but one quick look at Gendry told her, she wouldn't be getting any answers from him, she could tell he was hiding something but what it was she didn't know.
"Well get on the ship Arya, we're going back now."
"We, who do you mean, who else is here?"
"Why the men from White Harbour and some men from Winterfell, quickly now the ship's about to go!"
With that Arya had hurried onto the ship, which she noticed had the Grey Direwolf sigil of her house on it.
That had been five days ago now, and Arya hadn't seen or spoken to Gendry since then, whenever she tried to speak to him he ignored her or walked away, she didn't understand why he was doing it, he was being stupid. As were all the other people on the ship who kept bowing to her as she walked past, calling her princess, she'd half a mind to tell them to stop calling her that when she remembered that Robb had been a King, and so now was Dareon.
"My lady?" Arya's thoughts were interrupted by a small voice behind her, it was one of the handmaids she'd been given by Lord Manderly upon entering the ship.
"Yes, Wylla, what is it?" Arya thought it strange that her handmaiden had the same name as the woman who Ned had told her was Jon's mother, could this be the woman?
"My Lord Manderly, instructed me to tell you that we'll be in White Harbour by nightfall."
"Ok thank you, you may go." Arya thought it would be better to ask the lady when they were on land where no one could openly question her, that was the one thing that her time in Bravos had taught her, only your instincts could be trusted to keep you alive, and right now her instincts were on edge, she was near home and yet she felt trouble was brewing in the near future she just couldn't tell what.