Chapter 1: The Beginning

Alice walked outside as she went to retrieve some groceries for her boss. She walked by an old small house that looked to be half broken as she carried the bags of food and stopped feeling something strange about the house. Alice rolled her eyes and but found herself unable to walk away her curiosity getting the better of her as she set it down and walked over to it pulling off some boards that closed off the entrance from the world and slipped inside. The room was dark except for the light that came through the boarded door. She saw a well through the light and walked over to it peering over into it but not too much. Darkness. Alice sighed and rolled her eyes. "I really don't understand why I came here." She said and turned away. "Perhaps you wanted something to happen?" an elder woman's crackly voice asked. Before Alice could turn around hands covered her mouth and nose, dragging her down the dark well. Alice slowly fell unconscious as she saw the sun-light at the bottom of the well.

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"Why in the hell did you bring us to this piece of shit village Morrigan?" Willow asked angrily.

"I brought us to the closest village there was, and I didn't hear you suggesting anything Warden." The dark haired witch said annoyed.

"Anywhere is better than here because I hate seeing pathetic shems lying around in one place together."The elven woman hissed.

Alistair sighed and looked at Fen, Willow's Mabari hound, "Looks like she's in a fowl mood already."

"I'm not in a foul mood, I'm always like this. If you have a problem then suck it up or you can leave." Willow said, pulling the dark cloak closer to her.

"Hey now was just kidding." Alistair said smirking weakly as Fen sniffed the air.

"Smell something there boy?"She asked the Mabari.

He barked and ran into the woods to a well where a girl was climbing out of it and looked at the hound. "Hey where did you come from?" she asked patting his head smiling softly.

"Hands off my hound Shemlen." Willow growled, pushing her dog back and standing in his place."Haven't you got manners?"

She looked at her curiously/annoyed. "Sorry, being kidnapped by an old hag and thrown down a well doesn't really allow me to process my manners." she said crossing her arms. "And plus I had no idea he was yours"

Willow rolled her eyes,"Who gets themselves kidnapped by an old lady? Gods, even more pathetic than I thought."

"You know what thanks for nothing lady, really nice to see people helping each other." She said annoyed and stood up walking away. "I like her." Morrigan said smirking.

Willow glared at the raven haired mage and walked the other way,"I really hate shemlen. She should learn her place."

Alistair sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose. 'Learn her place? Maybe you should learn to be a little nicer.' he said to himself.

"Let's go, I'd rather get out of here soon. I'll buy tents and we should also look around for information." Willow said, her armored boots clicking against the ground.

They walked in the town and found the girl asking information from a farmer. "Ok where am I really?" "I already told you you're in the small town of Lothering, in Ferelden." the girl shook her head. "Riight. Ok this day keeps on getting weirder and weirder." she said walking away. "Maybe we should help her." Alistair suggested. "She seems lost."

"Who cares if she's lost. She's probably too stupid to realize where she is and she'll more than likely get killed, which isn't my problem."Willow said annoyed.

"Why shouldn't we? It'll be better than having just her in our group." Alistair said pointing to morrigan.

"I'd rather have a useful bitch than a pathetic shemlen who probably has no idea how to use a weapon."

"Well you don't know until you find out." Alistair said smirking. "Please Willow, trust me I have a good feeling about her."

Willow rolled her eyes,"What ever but your going to talk to her, I'm going to go take care of Grey Warden business."

Alistair nodded and walked away. "And now you've given into the fools pleads. Are you gonna become soft like him as well?" Morrigan asked smirking.

"I'm turning soft for no one bitch, oops I mean witch." Willow said smirking.

"I expected as much, thank you for proving me wrong." The witch said smiling.

Willow rolled her eyes and continued walking.

Alistair was talking to the girl who didn't really seem to want to listen to him as she walked around helping around the people of the village collecting coin for herself.

Willow walked past her and into the Tavern only to bump into a couple of guards.

"Look here men I think we've just been blessed." the leader of Loghain's men said. "Didn't we ask around by an elf of this very description and everyone said they hadn't seen her?" "It seems we were lied to."The leader growled. "Gentleman, there is no need for trouble. This is just another poor soul that is here to escape the darkspawn." A woman that had fiery red hair and chantry robes said trying to appease them.

Willow laughed, silencing everyone in the room,"Oh no chantry women, they are telling the truth and they will die by my hands alone."

"Please, they are ignorant and will blindly follow their masters orders, spare them." she begged.

"No, I give no one mercy." she said pulling her dark blade from it's sheath, pulling her cloak's hood back so they could see her face and her sharp fang s that hung over her bottom lip.

"Enough talk! take the warden into custody, find the other and kill anyone who gets in your way." The leader said a few men left but the others stayed and the man beside the leader smiled and said. "Right let's make this quick."

Willow charged him, jumping up, twisting in the air, and landing on his back, biting into the throbbing vein on his neck. Blood pooled on her tongue and she drank him until he was dry. She pushed him aside and grabbed the leader, her mouth moving in on his neck.

"No! Please spar him!" The sister begged trying to pull her off him.

Willow bared her teeth at the women,"Back off or you'll be next"

The woman's face paled as she backed away.

Willow bite into the man's neck and drank him dry, she dropped his dead body. She glared at the red haired women,"Come with me now!" she said fiercely, her eyes telling her answer better not be no.

The woman hesitantly followed her.

Willow pulled her hood back up as they left the building. She breathed in the fresh air, remembering she had to control herself or everyone here would parish in her wake even if she hated all shemlen."What is your name?"

"Leliana." The red head said calmly even though she was terrified of the woman in front of her.

Willow looked at her, her eye glowing through the darkness of the hood,"Learn your place in my presence. Next time I will not hesitate to kill you, understand?"

The red head hesitantly nodded and watched her walk away. "Don't worry about her, the darkspawn are more terrifying than she'll ever be." The brown haired girl said leaning against the tavern wall. "Besides, if I am to guess, I'm guessing her lover died by darkspawn and she was forced to become a warden, but that's just my guess though." she said shrugging.

Willow's ears lifted and she stopped dead in her tracks, seeming to have heard everything, even though she was a good distance away. She practically flew back to the girls and her hood fell back and her eyes shifted violently, angry and pain revealed in them,"What do you know about that?" she practically screamed.

"Oh me?" She asked smirking. "I thought I was dead to the world to you?" She jested.

Willow poked the girl in the chest, pushing her back a little,"I said what do you know, you will answer me."

"Hey now," she said calmly. "Beating me wont help you, cause I'll never tell." she said smirking. "Now I'm going to go if that's alright, since the darkspawn will be coming soon and I don't want to be infected." She said waving slightly and walking away.

Willow growled and turned back around and pulled the red head with her to go find Alistair.

Alistair saw Willow walking towards him with a look he wasn't excited about.

"Let's go, now!"Willow said, biting into her snack bites.

"What got you so in the mood to leave?" Alistair asked as he packed his things.

"I just want to leave. I hate humans and I need sleep or I'll be very pissed tomorrow. The woods is were I prefer to sleep." she said crossing her arms over her chest.

"Alright." Alistair said. "Hey, your fine with Alice coming along right? As long as I watch her?" he asked.

Willow laughed icily."You mean the brown haired girl from earlier? She left not too long ago."

"You mean the girl that isn't too far away from camp?" Morrigan asked pointing to a fire a little ways away from the camp.

Willow sighed,"I'm guessing so. Damn it, whatever, but keep her away from me or I'll make a feast from her blood." she said angrily.

Alistair looked at her. "What did she do to you?" Leliana opened her mouth to explain.

"Shut up right now chantry girl!" Willow snarled.

Leliana shut her mouth quickly and looked in fear of her. Alistair sighed and asked. "So where are we going first?" he asked.

"The dalish. Out of all the alliance we can get I would rather have the dalish."

Alistair nodded "Do you want me to cook again?" he asked. "I can cook." Alice said walking up behind them making Alistair jump from how silent she was.

Willow rolled her eyes,"I'm full from my recent meal. I'm just going to make camp and go to sleep with Fen." she said turning on her heal and walking away from them all, making herself a camp a good ways off from them.

"I wonder what she eats? Toads?" Alice asked teasingly making Alistair try not to laugh.

"If you must know, I drink blood" she said loudly.

"Oh? Like the blood of Virgins and such, I'm in danger then." Alice teased more making Alistair shake his head.

Willow rolled her eyes and looked at Fen,"Why did I have to be the Grey Warden?" she asked the dog.

He looked at her and licked her hand.

"Because the Gods decided for me." she whispered, setting up her dark tent where there was enough room for 5 people. She pulled out her bedroll and a small blanket for Fen and set it up inside.

Fen walked inside and lied down on his spot slowly dozing off.

Willow crawled in and pulled her black cloak off, her tattoos revealed. They swirled around almost everywhere. Her face was lucky. The tattoos stopped at the curve of her neck. She remembered those nights her and Tamlen would lie naked in the grass under the stars and he would hold her and gently trace the tattoos. Tears brimmed her eyes and laid down on the pallet, crying herself to sleep.