*** Author's Note ***

Hello to everyone who has opted to read my FanFic :) This is my first ever piece of writing FanFic or otherwise and I'm really quite nervous about posting. So if anyone thinks I deserve so constructive criticism then please do share.

This is a romance that will center around the feelings of the characters but I will brush over missions that I think are relevant to the story. It is also a self-insert and OC and will contain mature themes and dark plots, so if anyone is nervous about that sort of thing then I doubt this is for you, sorry :/

I hope you enjoy it and again please share your thoughts about it :)

Also I haven't thought of a title yet so any thoughts on that would be appreciated.

- Sophus xx

Disclaimer - I do not own Dragon Age all credit goes to Bioware. I'm just borrowing :)

Chapter One

Sarah looked around the greenery surrounding her, thoroughly bored. Glancing toward Sophie she let out a loud sigh. Waiting on a reaction she did it again and again and again, smirking each time her usually stoic friend winced.

"Ugh, what do you want Sarah?"

"I'm bored."

Sophie looked up from her work.

"Would you like to go home?"

"Only if you're finished setting your traps."

The girls were poverty stricken, with no home and no source of identification neither of them had been successful in getting a job. And so they had taken it upon themselves to get food and any form of shelter. In doing this Sophie had become quite dextrous and figured out minor traps.

Sarah had once suggested leaving the area and going back the way they came but a death glare from Sophie and stopped any further musings. Sophie would never go back, She would prepare food herself to keep them both alive, even if it meant going hungry sometimes.

"I suppose I'm done for the day." She said standing, brushing the dirt from her threadbare jeans and T-Shirt.

"Oh, Thank God! I thought we'd be here forever bro." Sarah stood beside her, looking down she grinned at Sophie. "You're really short you know."

"Or maybe you're just freakishly tall." Sophie looked up at her. The clouds were darkening above her head making her red hair seem like fire. Her blue eyes had a slight cast to them as though she were deep in thought, a slight frown was upon her lips. "Hey, are you okay?"

"Hmm? Oh, yeah I'm fine, just thinking..."

"About?"

"Do you ever get bored? Of like, life?"

"Dude, all the time. Another reason to why I play with knives and trap bunnies."

She giggled as they began their trek to the little haven they call home. For now. The first raindrops, of what was promising to be an impressive summer storm, fell onto their faces. The nearby town they lived in was roughly an hour away and they quickly fell into a silent rhythm to avoid people and animals alike. They kept their ears open and their mouths shut until they came to the edge of the forest. By now the rain was torrential, drenching them both and making them wish they had a jumper.

Joining the busy streets they quickly made their way to an alley. At the end of the alley there was a hole in a wall that was slowly falling down. The girls crept through and into the relative dryness of a decrepit building known only as The Dwellings. The other residents kept their distance from the two girls who just turned up one day about a year ago and refused to leave. A few grunted a small greeting to them as they passed to get to their usual spot.

"Ah, gotta love the neighbors, right?"

"Ha, you read my mind."

"How much money do we have left? I'm starving and we didn't catch anything today..."

Sophie looked into the sock that they kept any money they find in.

"Ummm, One pound and twenty seven pence. Shop?"

"Yep."

They both tugged on drier clothes and left through the hole in the wall, grunting goodbyes to those around them. Outside, the storm had really kicked in. Lightning licked the sky and clouds broiled out thunder.

"Ugh. You gotta love English weather...I thought it was summer?"

"It is."

At this the earth beneath their feet trembled, thunder rolled and a flash of light.

*** Author's Note ***

So? What did you think? :)

Let me know!

- Sophus xx