Chapter 1

***Rewritten 4/2/2017***

Sansa woke with a gasp as she was shook awake. Rubbing her eyes she sat up quickly as she recognized the man in her room. Realizing that she had fallen asleep waiting for him Sansa jumped up quickly from the bed and grabbed the bag that was laying on the floor. Gendry stood by the door as he waited for her to grab her stuff. Thankfully she had gotten prepared before so she was already dressed in dark riding clothes and had packed her bag with everything that she could not leave behind.

"Your brother and cousin will be meeting us at a camp in the Riverlands. We need to leave now if we want to reach there by morning." he told her as she walked up to him. Sansa smiled at the thought of seeing her family again.

Looking around the room that had held her captive for three years Sansa could not say she would miss it. It truly was a gilded away she left the room with Gendry following closely behind her. The only thing that would make the escape easier would be if her rooms were not so close to Joffrey's but Gendry had informed her that he had taken to dismissing his guards at night claiming that 'no one would dare touch the rightful king'. Thankfully that was proved to be correct as they moved quietly towards his room the hallway noticeably absent of any guards.

Sansa crashed into Gendry's back when he suddenly stopped short in front of Joffrey's doors. Before she could question him Gendry suddenly pushed open the doors. It was then she heard the crying and small screams coming from inside the room. The last thing Sansa expected was to see Gendry pulling the king off of his own sister. Sansa ran over to Myrcella as Gendry slammed Joffrey into a wall knocking him unconscious. Myrcella was curled up into a ball bleeding in the middle of the bed. Her clothes were ripped and she was trying to pull what was left of her skirts back down. She flinched away as Sansa carefully reached out towards her.

"It is okay. Let me help you." she said in what she hoped was a soothing voice. The younger girl looked at her cautiously before nodding slightly in assent.

Sansa moved closer to her and carefully examine the wounds bleeding slightly on her face and neck. While she had never been one to make impulsive decisions she had never been more sure of anything in her life.

"Do you want to come with us?" she asked Myrcella. The girl nodded quickly. "Run to your room, dress warmly in dark clothes. Make sure your hair is concealed. Pack a small bag with anything you absolutely can not leave behind. I will meet you there in a minute." Sansa said.

While she was not surprised how eager Myrcella was to leave due to seeing what Joffrey was doing to her Sansa was surprised to note that she ran over and hugged Gendry before leaving the room.

"How do you know each other?" she asked curiously.

"She is my sister. Last year she found me with her Uncle Renly. She visits when she can and brings me food and money when she can sneak some out. Myrcella is a sweet girl, she told me Joffrey had stopped and that it was not that bad. She obviously lied. Why did she not just tell me the truth!" Gendry hissed angrily as he punched the wall he had just slammed Joffrey into.

Sansa eyed him warily as she walked over towards him. There was not much resemblance between the two but their eyes were exactly the same, "I know you want to protect her but we must leave before we attract the attention of the guards."

"You are right," he whispered as he lowered his head, "I should have protected her though. She is my little sister."

"You are helping her now. If you want her to be safe we need to leave." Sansa murmured as she tried to soothe him. "Lets go get Myrcella and then we can leave. He cannot hurt her if she is not in the keep." With that she turned on her heels and headed out of the kings room.

Gendry followed closely behind her after slamming Joffrey into the wall one last time. Sansa could not help but feel a rush of happiness watching the king lay helpless on the floor like she had been so many times under his orders. Turning away from the scene she hurried quickly down the hallway to Myrcellas chambers. The door was open and as Sansa stepped in she was surprised to note how little personal belongings there were. The princess had a small bag filled and was already dressed in a midnight blue riding dress and had pulled her hair back under a black cloak. She was making one last sweep of her room when she noticed that Sansa had walked in.

"You are still letting me come with you right? Please I cannot stay here." Myrcella pleaded staring at Sansa with her wide eyes filling with tears.

"Of course, I am not leaving you here. Especially after what your brother did to Joffrey." As soon as the words left Sansas mouth Myrcella rushed forward hugging her quickly.

Sansa hugged her back quickly before grabbing the younger girl by the hand and pulling her out the door. Gendry joined them quietly as the trio ran down the corridor towards the stables where he was supposed to have two horses waiting. It only took them a few minutes before they were out of the doors and outside the keep leaving behind the painful past the girls were escaping from. Gendry was quick to help Sansa up onto a horse before boosting Myrcella up onto the other pulling himself up behind her. They rode out the gates leaving behind everything they had known. The bastard, the princess, and the prisoner. Sansa snorted thinking about how odd of a group they were. Three people who had nothing in common but pain. Shaking herself from her thoughts Sansa held her head high. They were all moving on from that and they had just taken the first steps into accomplishing that.

Original Authors note: I hope you guys like this. Any feedback is greatly appreciated. Ideas on the story are also great. Please be nice. Review and follow!

I am officially back! I am so sorry this took so long but school has been absolutely crazy this year but with the school year calming down and spring break being next week I officially had time to work on my rewrite. I am now making Jon the Starks cousin because I fell in love with the Jonsa ship. So no more Willas/Sansa sorry to anyone looking forward to that. The rest of the chapters will probably be confusing until I rewrite everything but be patient I hope to have everything done with the next few weeks. Please feel free to PM me with any questions you may have! Review!