Disclaimer: Dragon Age belongs to Bioware. I am solely writing for fun.
Author: So I sat down ready to do my summer homework and ended up writing this, lol, woops.
Enjoy!
Leliana's Pov
I watched Tabris and Alistair banter over the campfire. Tabris was usually solemn and I could see the pain and hurt in her eyes. Alistair was the clown of the group with terrible jokes, which still managed to cure Tabris's gloomy mood. Morrigan was holed up in her tent at the edge of the camp. My eyes finally settled on the third warden. She was quiet and like Alistair she allowed Tabris to lead, but unlike him she would argue and chime in her opinion more frequently. She was currently leaning against a tree with a blanket draped over her shoulder, making her seem smaller, nearly invisible. She held an inscrutable, blank expression voice of emotion. She turned towards me and gave me a bright, silly smile, baring her white teeth.
"May I? I asked the third warden.
"Help yourself," she replied, still baring her bright smile.
"I didn't quite catch your name," I told her. She never introduced herself. She barely spoke back in Lothering, but she did convince the others into accepting me into their merry band.
"Elissa," she hesitated as if she was going to say more, but stopped.
"Are you okay?" I asked her kindly. Despite her reassuring smiles, I felt as if she was hiding behind it.
"I don't believe any of us are alright, not with the civil war brewing and darkspawns roaming," she said truthfully, looking into the distance as if she was scanning for threats. "How are you holding up?" she asked back.
"I'm fine," I automatically replied. She nodded, accepting the answer as it was. We fell into a calm silence. I envied Alistair and Tabris's cheerful banter as I stared across the camp. Those two were already very close and it felt awkward to disturb their jolly circle. Elissa didn't seem to care for their banter. It was as if her head was in the clouds. I excused myself and left for my tent.
Author: I'm purposely keeping these chapters short to signify change in time. I've finished the entire story, but its unedited, so over the course of the next five days I'll be posting two chapters. (Yep, there's ten chapters total, I believe.) Not to torture you guys, my dear readers, but I don't want to release unedited writing.
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