Author's Note:
Hello readers! Welcome to my story. Before reading, I'd like to fill you in on what to expect from this fanfiction.
The Mass Effect fanfiction your about to read is 100% true to the story based on Paragon choices, even the dialogue is from the first game. So, if you've never played Mass Effect, this story will cover the basics. The story starts off with Jennifer Shepard, who is the generic red-head "Jane Shepard", the only difference being a name change (it's just my personal opinion that 'Jane' didn't fit) so she is not an OC (original character). While this story is listed as Garrus and Shepard, I decided not to make them romantic, however, I added extra dialogue and scenes to Mass Effect to give you a feel for an upcoming relationship in the next stories. Basically, Garrus meets Shepard early on when he's young and that gives him more of an emotional attachment to her. While I kept the story true to the game, I wanted to convey more emotion between the characters and Shepard because while I love Mass Effect, the first game can be rather dull in terms of the reactions Shepard gives her crew and vice versa.
So! If you're not interested in a summary story of the events to Mass Effect 1, feel free to skip ahead to Mass Effect 2 once I release the story where romance will blossom and the writing will be more original on my part. This story is simply a recap so you get the background info from the first game while seeing Garrus and Shepard's friendship grow along the way. I will say I focused a lot more on them than the rest of her crew because this fanfiction is dedicated to them becoming friends and eventually a couple while staying true to the game's events. I will continue throughout the series, adding more interactions and personal moments with the crew (Especially Garrus).
Please feel free to give me feedback along the way, what you'd like to see in the next chapters or any ideas you have to make it better. I would love to improve myself so friendly criticisms are appreciated. I'm writing this for fun and want to provide you Shekarian fans with moments Mass Effect didn't have while also giving you the ones they did give us.
Whew! Now that you've heard me out, I hope you enjoy! :)
Disclaimer: I do not own the original story or in-game dialogue used in this story, that respectfully belongs to Bioware and the entire Mass Effect team.
