Game of Thrones: Loves Many Trials

Chapter 12 of my Game of Thrones story, enjoy.

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

Chapter 12

Jojen felt dull, numb as consciousness returned to his body. He couldn't understand, he expected pain, terror clawed at him, before he realized he could move his hands and feet, he was no longer bound and gagged. He was also wearing something now, soft clothing, and was lying in a bed. He opened his eyes, still terrified. He was in a room, all white, sterile, the bed he was in was white too. It finally registered to him that he was in a hospital.

'I...Someone found me.' He realized. 'Gods, I was seen, seen like that...'

He felt tears pricking his eyes and was afraid, then he realized he wasn't alone.

"Jojen." Bran gasped; seeing he was awake.

He reached for Jojen who flinched, seeing this Bran stopped, but Jojen shook his head, looking up at him, pleadingly. Bran immediately finished his previous action and pulled Jojen into a hug.

Jojen broke down at once and Bran did his best to comfort him as he cried. The full memory of his suffering almost crushing him.

"Bran..." He choked out. "They, I...I've been..."

Bran spoke gently. "I know, we know. The doctors explained what happened."

Jojen shuddered at that; Bran had said 'we', who else knew he had been tormented, raped and degraded in such a humiliating and obscene way.

Slowly Jojen began to recover and Bran finally let him go. He helped Jojen get more comfortable, soon he was in a seated position. He quickly wiped any signs of his tears away.

"Bran I...who found me?" He asked desperately. "You said we…?"

Seeing his distress, Bran sighed sadly. "Jojen, I...I found you, along with Meera and Jamie. I went to them because I couldn't find you after school. We went
looking for you and found you. Gods, when I saw you..."

Now Bran was nearly in tears, Jojen bowed his head, feeling even worse than before.

"I'm sorry Bran." He whispered.

Bran shook his head however. "No Jojen, never say you're sorry, you did nothing wrong."

He just nodded; it wasn't as bad as he thought; at least those who found him would keep things to themselves. He shuddered again, he didn't want to think about what happened. After a pause, Bran spoke again.

"Listen, if, if you're up to it, Meera's here, so is your mum and dad. I can get them if you want."

Jojen bit his lip but nodded. "S-sure, what...you said Jamie found me, did he…?"

Bran nodded. "He was here for some time...He only left when Meera asked him to, he looked terrible and she told him to go home and rest, said she'd call him and let him know when you recovered."

Nodding Jojen processed this while Bran went to fetch his family. He couldn't help but note that once again, something seemed strange between Jamie and Meera. But it hardly seemed important at this time.

A few days later, Jojen was released from hospital and felt relief for the first time since the incident as he entered his home.

"Jojen..." Meera began, worried.

He just nodded. "I'm, I'll be alright Meera, thank you."

She smiled softly and nodded. Jyana gently squeezed her son's shoulder.

"I'll go get dinner started, remember what the doctor said, honey, go and get some rest."

"I've done nothing but rest, mum." Jojen replied but he agreed nevertheless.

Howland watched as his son went upstairs sadly.

"I don't understand Jojen." He said quietly to Jyana and Meera. "Why doesn't he tell us who attacked him?"

Jyana nodded. "I understand your worries Howland, but this has been a terrible, traumatic experience for him. His mind is trying to protect itself."

"He wants to tell us dad." Meera added. "But he's not ready, it's too fresh."

Howland sighed. "I hope so, well...We'll just wait until he recovers, until he is ready."

They all agreed to this and went to continue with their day, all of them hoping that this wouldn't destroy Jojen; that he would recover well. One certainty they had was that he still had Bran, it was their main hope; that Bran would be able to help Jojen to recover and become his old self again.

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