MASS EFFECT: Guardian Rising
Summary: Nothing was ever simple for Ashley Williams, granddaughter of General Williams, who bravely defended his men during the siege of the human colony Sanxi. When her father leaves under mysterious circumstances questions arise, when she interacts with a Prothean Beacon and is assigned to the SSV Normandy everything begins to unravel for her and the crew.
Disclaimer: I don't own Mass Effect, I do own the OC's.
Authors Note: This IS the second part of the "Rise of the Paladin" Series. This will be a long series. For those of you who have waited, Rise of the Paladin set up one half of the equation, this sets up the other half.
Chapter 0- The Foundation
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The colony world of Sirona was a marvelous planet in the small and unspectacular 61 Ursae Majoris system. There was one bright spot under the faint orange and yellow glow of the small star, a small house sitting on a hill on the edges of a small town.
A man appeared to be in his early thirties but his eyes shone with wisdom long past his young appearance. Beside him stood a young teenage girl, proud with her hands behind her back. It was a quiet moment with both of them staring over the field blowing in the breeze, neither speaking for the longest time for fearing it would be the last time.
Finally after some time the silence was broken by the young girl with one simple question "Why do you have to go?" she asked.
The man continued to stare at the field for several seconds before answering. "The people who are after me are not normal assassins. They will come after all of you to make examples, even all the way out here you will be a target." the man explained.
"Will you be back? Will it be like what happened to grandpa?" the girl asked looking up at the man sadly.
"Your grandfather was a brave man and a strong leader." The man told her, ignoring the first question.
"But will you be back?" she asked again, looking back at the field.
The man faced the girl and pulling her into a hug "I love you Ash, and your sisters, never forget that." he man told her.
"I don't want you to go." The girl told him, returning the hug with tears in her eyes.
"I don't want to go, the family means more to me than life. Remember, you can't stop change anymore than you can stop the suns from setting. Practice hard, the same way I taught you, protect your mom and sisters, and in your darkest hour we'll be united again." he told the girl before releasing her but holding her by the shoulders.
"There is so much I want to tell you." the man told her sadly before putting a medallion of some kind in her hand. "The Minotaur, powerful and fierce, will be there, don't be afraid to call on it in your time of need." he told her.
"I will dad, just please come home safe." she told him leaning in for one last hug.
"I will Ashley, I promise. In our darkest hour, 'til all are one." he whispered before he slowly let go and walked down the hill, leaving his family behind.
When Ashley looked down for the medallion it was gone, only a black tattoo of the medallion with the head of a minotaur on the top of her hand remained.